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The Bund, also called Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu (East Zhongshan 1st Road), is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years. It is on the west bank of Huangpu River from the Waibaidu Bridge to Nanpu Bridge and winds 1500 meters (0.93 mile) in length. The most famous and attractive sight which is at the west side of the Bund are the 26 various buildings of different classic Western-architectural styles including Gothic, Baroque, Romanesque, Classicism and the Renaissance.
FUKUHARA GINZA
Architect : Taro Ashihara Architects (設計：芦原太郎建築事務所).
Tokyo Construction (施工：東急建設).
Completed : 2011 (竣工年：2011年).
Height :
Floor : 11th (高さ：11階).
Location : 7-8-10, Ginza, Chuo Ward, Tokyo, Japan (所在地：日本国東京都中央区銀座7丁目8-10).
Another shot from Claremont Pier, Lowestoft. This was taken before the sun came up with a Lee Big Stoppa
Located through the front gates into Akron's historic Glendale Cemetery, on the left of the entrance road is the Civil War Memorial Chapel. This structure was built in 1876 to honor Akron's Civil War dead. The old-world gothic style of the building shows it's Victorian heritage. Over the front entrance is a stone banner proclaiming, "All Honor To Our Nation's Defenders." The Chapel building was entered into the National Register of Historic Places on Sept. 27, 1980. Around 1973 the building was almost destroyed when a disgruntled worker at an Akron area company dumped a chemical into the sewer line. He wanted to create havoc at his company but, instead, the chemical traveled several miles away and built up in an area around Glendale. The explosion was massive enough to be heard several towns away and did extensive damage to the cemetery grounds and nearly shook the chapel off of it's foundation. It has taken several years of hard work and repairs and restoration to get the cemetery and chapel repaired. The chapel's basement is a resting place for many Civil War "unknown" dead.
Glendale's Civil War Memorial Chapel is one of the country’s most prominent Civil War memorials, and was built to honor the Akron natives who served in that war. This 18,000 square foot historic Gothic chapel has exterior walls of broken ashlar stone and a porch supported by six columns of polished granite. The European rolled cathedral glass windows were imported from Scotland.
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Our docent said lots of people consider 333 West Wacker their favorite Chicago building. I'm no exception.
From the epic majesty of its cavernous structure to the intricate details in tile, brick and wrought iron, St Pancras is an awe-inspiring sight.
It's easy to miss the train, and that's even without dawdling in the champagne bar.
But Paris and Strasbourg await......
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Shaik Zayed Grand Mosque.. at Abu Dhabi capital of United Arab Emirates.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was initiated by the late President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, It is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largest mosque in the world. The mosque site is equivalent to the size five football fields approximately. During Eid it can be visited more than 40,000 people.
The Alcobaça Monastery (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça) is a Medieval Roman Catholic Monastery located in the town of Alcobaça, in Oeste Subregion. It was founded by the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, in 1153, and maintained a close association with the Kings of Portugal throughout its history.
The church and monastery were the first Gothic buildings in Portugal, and, together with the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra, it was one of the most important of the medieval monasteries in Portugal. Due to its artistic and historical importance, it was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1989.
The Alcobaça Monastery is one of the first foundations of the Cistercian Order in Portugal. It was founded in 1153 as a gift to Bernard of Clairvaux, shortly before his death, from the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, to commemorate his victory over the Moors at Santarém in March 1147. The foundation of the monastery was part of the strategy by Afonso Henriques to consolidate his authority in the new kingdom and promote the colonisation of areas recently taken from Moorish hands during the Reconquista.
The building of the monastery began in 1178, some 25 years after the arrival of the Cistercian monks in the Alcobaça region. Initially, the monks lived in wooden houses, and only moved to the new stone monastery buildings in 1223. The church was completed in 1252. The finished church and monastery were the first truly Gothic buildings in Portugal, and the church was the largest in Portugal. The last touch in the mediaeval ensemble was given in the late 13th century, when King Dinis I ordered the construction of the Gothic cloister, the Cloister of Silence.
The monks dedicated their lives to religious meditation, creating illuminated manuscripts in a scriptorium. The monks from the monastery produced an early authoritative history on Portugal in a series of books. The library at Alcobaça was one of the largest Portuguese mediaeval libraries, but was pillaged by the invading French in 1810, and many items were stolen in an anti-clerical riot in 1834, when the religious orders in Portugal were dissolved. The remnants of the monastery library, including hundreds of medieval manuscripts, are kept today in the National Library in Lisbon.
During the Middle Ages, the monastery quickly became an important and powerful presence in Portugal. The monastery owned and developed extensive agriculture areas, and the abbot exerted influence over a large area. A public school was opened in 1269. The importance of the monastery can be measured by the fact that many royals were buried here in the 13th and 14th centuries. Kings Afonso II, Afonso III, and their Queens Urraca of Castile and Beatrice of Castile are buried here, as well as King Pedro I and his mistress, Inês de Castro, who was murdered on the orders of Pedro's father, King Afonso IV. After being crowned King, Pedro commissioned two magnificent Gothic tombs for him and his mistress, both of which can still be seen inside the monastery church.
During the reign of Manuel I, a second floor was added to the cloister and a new sacristy was built, following the characteristic Portuguese late Gothic known as "Manueline". The monastery was further enlarged in the 18th century, with the addition of a new cloister and towers to the church, although the medieval structure was mostly preserved. In the Baroque period, the monks were famous for their clay sculptures, many of them are still inside the monastery. Elaborate tiles and altarpieces completed the decoration of the church.
The great 1755 Lisbon Earthquake did not cause significant damage to the monastery, although part of the sacristy and some smaller buildings were destroyed. Greater damage was caused by invading French troops in the 1800s. In addition to looting the library, they robbed the tombs, and stole and burnt part of the inner decoration of the church. In 1834, with the dissolution of monastic life in Portugal, the last monks were ordered to leave the monastery.
Today, the Alcobaça Monastery is one of the main historic tourist destinations in Portugal.
La Torre Eiffel costituisce il monumento più noto di Parigi ed è conosciuta in tutto il mondo come simbolo della città stessa e della Francia. Fu chiamata così dal nome del suo progettista, l'ingegnere Gustave Alexandre Eiffel, che costruì anche la struttura interna della Statua della libertà. È visitata mediamente ogni anno da cinque milioni e mezzo di turisti. La struttura è alta 324 metri e venne costruita in meno di due anni, dal 1887 al 1889, come monumentale ingresso all'Esposizione Universale, la fiera mondiale organizzata per celebrare il centenario della Rivoluzione francese. Inaugurata il 31 marzo del 1889, venne ufficialmente aperta il 6 maggio dello stesso anno.
Pesa complessivamente 10mila tonnellate ed è ancora è la più alta della capitale francese e per quaranta anni è stata la struttura più alta del mondo. Per la sua manutenzione occorrono 50 tonnellate di vernice ogni 7 anni e per salire fino in cima vi sono due possibilità: 1665 scalini oppure due ascensori.
Immagine digitalizzata tramite scanner da diapositiva scattata nell’anno 1996 con macchina fotografica Nikon 401X.
The Eiffel Tower is the most famous monument in Paris and it is known worldwide as a symbol of the city itself and the France. It was named after its designer, engineer Gustave Alexandre Eiffel, who built the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty. It is visited on average every years by five years and a half million of tourists. The structure is 324 meters higher, and it was constructed in less than two years, 1887 to 1889, as the monumental entrance to the Universal Exhibition, the world's fair held to celebrate the centenary of the French Revolution. Finished March 31, 1889, it was officially opened on May 6 of the same year.
It weighs 10 thousand tons and is still is the highest of the French capital and for forty years it was the tallest structure in the world. For its maintenance requires 50 tonnes of paint every 7 years and climb to the top there are two possibilities: 1665 steps or two lifts.
Digitized image scanned from slides taken in 1996 with a Nikon reflex camera 401X.