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....its doors in 1894 .........as penitentiary! Enlarged (!) ever
since it is now one of Germanys largest prisons.................
Central Java R-trip Episode 02 - Lawang Sewu
Lawang Sewu ("Thousand Doors") is a landmark in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, built as the headquarters of the Dutch East Indies Railway Company. The colonial era building is famous as a haunted house, though the Semarang city government has attempted to rebrand it.
Lawang Sewu was designed by Cosman Citroen, from the firm of J.F. Klinkhamer and B.J. Quendag. It was designed in New Indies Style, an academically-accepted term for Dutch Rationalism in the Indies. Similar with Dutch Rationalism, the style is the result of the attempt to develop new solutions to integrate traditional precedents (classicism) with new technological possibilities. It can be described as a transitional style between Traditionalists and the Modernists, and was strongly influenced by the design of Berlage.
Construction began in 1904 with A building, which was completed in 1907. The rest of the complex was finished in 1919. It was initially used by the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij, the first railway company in the Dutch East Indies.
After the Japanese invaded Indonesia in 1942, the Japanese army took over Lawang Sewu. The basement of B building was turned into a prison, with several executions taking place there. When Semarang was retaken by the Dutch in the battle of Semarang in October 1945, the Dutch forces used the tunnel leading into A building to sneak into the city. A battle ensued, with numerous Indonesian fighters dying.Five employees working there were also killed.
After the war, the Indonesian army took over the complex. It was later returned to the national railway company. In 1992 it was declared a Cultural Property of Indonesia.
Source:Wikipedia.
Junto con la Portada de los Apóstoles son de los mejores ejemplos del estilo gótico del siglo XIV en la Comunidad Valenciana.
Along with the home of the Apostles are the best examples of the Gothic style of the 14th century in the Valencian Community.
Morella. Castellón. España.
... and an Adelaide modernist classic.
Adelaide, morning
Wartengebäude im Innenhof des E-Werks, Mauerstraße, Berlin Mitte
Das E-Werk (ursprüngliche Bezeichnung: Umspannwerk Buchhändlerhof) ist ein ehemaliges und seit 1987 denkmalgeschütztes Umspannwerk. Es wurde zwischen 1924 und 1928 nach Plänen des Architekten Hans Heinrich Müller erbaut und befindet sich zwischen der Mauer- und der Wilhelmstraße im Berliner Ortsteil Mitte. Von 1993 bis 1997 war es einer der prägenden Veranstaltungsorte der Techno-Szene. Im Jahr 2005 eröffnete das komplett sanierte E-Werk als Ort für unterschiedlichste Veranstaltungen.
The Place des Terreaux is a square located in the center of Lyon, France, on the Presqu'île between the Rhône and the Saône, at the foot of the hill of La Croix-Rousse in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. The square belongs to the zone classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Life unfolds in this beautiful and busy central square, home to a superb fountain sculpted by Statue of Liberty designer, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi.
In the past, Place des Terreaux was used as a site of executions; crowds would have gathered here to watch public beheadings. It was redesigned in 1994 by architect Christian Drevet and artist Daniel Buren, who installed 69 jet fountains into the ground.
More amazing and beautiful architecture in downtown Calgary, taken late last Friday afternoon an overcast and a bit cold but still fairly nice day out and about!
There are no shortage of unique and interesting buildings in Calgary's downtown core to stop and admire; so many different styles and architecture coming together in the heart of my lovely city!
Hope you're all having a great week so far!
A country home built on top of an aparment building. Seen along the east side of Manhattan from a NYC Ferry up the East River
Estilo gótico, siglo XV. También llamada "Puerta del Perdón", solo se abre en excepcionales ocasiones. La forma un arco con seis arquivoltas, en cuyo tímpano figura la Virgen imponiendo la casulla a San Ildefonso y en las jambas los apóstoles. Las hojas de la puerta superan los cinco metros de altura y entre ambas se encuentra la figura del Salvador.
Main gate of the Cathedral of Toledo.
Gothic, 15th century.Also called "door of forgiveness", opens only on exceptional occasions. Forms it an arch with six archivolts, on whose tympanum figure the Virgin by imposing the chasuble on San Ildefonso and jambs the Apostles. Door leaves exceed five metres in height and between the two is the figure of el Salvador.
Toledo. Castilla-La Mancha. España.
Sài Gòn In the early morning @
Exposure : 67s
Aperture : f/22.0
Focal Length :18 mm
ISO Speed :100
Offline w my team : Deven,MAx,Khoa,Louis,Son,Ak-phuong,michaleHuy
Dist 1, Sài gòn, Việt Nam.
Die Kathedrale Saint-Étienne in Sens im französischen Département Yonne (Region Burgund) wurde ab 1140/45 errichtet und gilt damit als erste gotische Kathedrale.
Der Westbau wurde 1190-1220 errichtet.
Während des Bildersturmes der Französischen Revolution 1793 wurden den Skulpturen des Westportals die Köpfe abgeschlagen. Den Gewändefiguren wurden zum Teil auch die Attribute entfernt.
Der Baumeister der Kathedrale „Wilhelm von Sens“ errichtete um 1175 in England in Canterbury den dortigen Chor neu, nachdem dieser abgebrannt war. Somit leitete er die erste englische Phase der Gotik, das Early English, ein.
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St. Etienne or St. Stephen was one of the earliest Gothic buildings in France and is the largest of the early Gothic churches. It is a national monument of France. The choir was begun in 1140. As was typical in cathedral construction work progressed westwards, building the nave, with the west front completed around 1200. The structure was finally completed in the 16th century. The architecture of its choir influenced, through the architect William of Sens, that of the choir of Canterbury Cathedral.
The west front is pierced by three portals. That in the middle has sculptures representing the Parable of the Ten Virgins and the story of St Stephen.
Destruction of religious images or sculptures occurred in France during the Frenche Revolution in 1793, in Sens the portal sculptures lost their heads.
location: national shrine of our lady of lourdes, quezon city, philippines
on action: debbie & julius
image info:
nikon d90, 18-200mm lens, 75mm focal length
iso : 200
exposure : 1/30s
aperture : f/6.3
w/o filter
camera settings set in manual
handheld
flash, did not fired
shot taken last: june 25, 2011
photo process info: natural light, with crop and no hdr. pp in adobe cs2 (adjustment of brightness/ contrast, exposure, shadows/ highlights and color balance) and picasa 3.0 (adjusment of sharpen, crop, tuning, saturation, straighten and watermark).
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Shot was taken from the rooftop of Cayan Tower. Marina, Dubai, UAE.
Post-processing: 5 manual blending exposures processed with CC. Some more adjustment was done by Nik software (Pro Contrast, Dark Contrast, Dfine2, Sunlight filter and Darken/lighten Center)
Nikon D300s & Tokina AT-X 11-16mm f/2,8 DX
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