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Il Colosseo, originariamente conosciuto come Anfiteatro Flavio o semplicemente come Amphitheatrum, è il più famoso anfiteatro romano, ed è situato nel centro della città di Roma. In grado di contenere fino a 50.000 spettatori, è il più grande e importante anfiteatro romano, nonché il più imponente monumento della Roma antica che sia giunto fino a noi.
L'anfiteatro è stato edificato su un'area al limite orientale del Foro Romano. La sua costruzione fu iniziata da Vespasiano nel 72 d.C. e fu inaugurato da Tito nell'80 d.C., con ulteriori modifiche apportate durante il regno di Domiziano. Non più in uso dopo il VI secolo, l'enorme struttura venne variamente riutilizzata nei secoli, anche come cava di materiale. Il nome "Colosseo", che deriva dalla vicina statua del Colosso del Dio Sole (adattamento del Colosso di Nerone), si diffuse solo nel medioevo. Ben presto l'edificio divenne simbolo della città imperiale, espressione di un'ideologia in cui la volontà celebrativa giunge a definire modelli per lo svago del popolo. Oggi è un simbolo della città e una delle sue maggiori attrazioni turistiche.
Era usato per gli spettacoli gladiatorii e altre manifestazioni pubbliche (spettacoli di caccia, rievocazioni di battaglie famose, e drammi basati sulla mitologia classica). Esprime con chiarezza le concezioni architettoniche e costruttive romane della prima Età imperiale, basate rispettivamente sulla linea curva e avvolgente offerta dalla pianta ellittica e sulla complessità dei sistemi costruttivi. Archi e volte sono concatenati tra loro in un serrato rapporto strutturale.
L'edificio forma un'ellisse di 527 m di circonferenza, con assi che misurano 187,5 m per 156,5 m. L'arena all'interno misura 86 m per 54 m, con una superficie di 3.357 m². L'altezza attuale raggiunge i 48,5 m, ma originariamente arrivava ai 52 m.
Il Colosseo, come tutto il centro storico di Roma, è stato inserito nella lista dei Patrimoni dell'umanità dall'UNESCO nel 1980. Nel 2007 il complesso è stato anche inserito fra le Sette meraviglie del mondo moderno nell'ambito di un controverso concorso.
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O Coliseu, também conhecido como Anfiteatro Flaviano, deve seu nome à expressão latina Colosseum (ou Coliseus, no latim tardio), devido à estátua colossal de Nero, que ficava perto a edificação. Localizado no centro de Roma, é uma excepção de entre os anfiteatros pelo seu volume e relevo arquitectónico. Originalmente capaz de albergar perto de 50 000 pessoas[1], e com 48 metros de altura, era usado para variados espetáculos. Foi construído a leste do Fórum Romano e demorou entre oito a dez anos a ser construído.
O Coliseu foi utilizado durante aproximadamente 500 anos, tendo sido o último registro efetuado no século VI da nossa era, bastante depois da queda de Roma em 476. O edifício deixou de ser usado para entretenimento no começo da Idade Média, mas foi mais tarde usado como habitação, oficina, forte, pedreira, sede de ordens religiosas e templo cristão.
Embora esteja agora em ruínas devido a terremotos e pilhagens, o Coliseu sempre foi visto como símbolo do Império Romano, sendo um dos melhores exemplos da sua arquitectura. Actualmente é uma das maiores atrações turísticas em Roma e em 7 de julho de 2007 foi eleita umas das "Sete maravilhas do mundo moderno". Além disso, o Coliseu ainda tem ligações à igreja, com o Papa a liderar a procissão da Via Sacra até ao Coliseu todas as Sextas-feiras Santas.
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The Colosseum or, The Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.
Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started between 70 and 72 AD[1] under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus,[2] with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81–96).[3] The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).
Capable of seating 50,000 spectators,[1][4][5] the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.
Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession that starts in the area around the Colosseum.[6]
The Colosseum is also depicted on the Italian version of the five-cent euro coin.
Rievaulx Abbey was founded in 1132 by twelve monks from Clairvaux Abbey as a mission for the colonisation of the north of England and Scotland. It was the first Cistercian abbey in the north. With time it became one of the great Cistercian abbeys of Yorkshire, second only to Fountains Abbey in fame.
The abbey lies in a wooded dale by the River Rye, sheltered by hills. The monks diverted part of the river several yards to the west in order to have enough flat land to build on. They altered the river's course twice more during the 12th century. The old course is visible in the abbey's grounds.
The abbey was dissolved by King Henry VIII in 1538. At that time there were reported to be 72 buildings occupied by an abbot and 21 monks, attended by 102 servants, with an income of £351 a year. The abbey owned a prototype blast furnace at Laskill, producing cast iron as efficiently as a modern blast furnace.
Henry ordered the buildings to be rendered uninhabitable and stripped of valuables such as lead. The site was granted to the Earl of Rutland, one of Henry's advisers, until it passed to the Duncombe family.
Ramsay Street, Haberfield, NSW
Located in Haberfield, an inner-west suburb of Sydney. The Haberfield Model Pictures was built in 1912, and served a dual use as skating rink and cinema. The single storey building was constructed in pressed metal imitation stone, with mock turrets along the top of the front facade. The auditorium was a large galvonised iron shed, with a concrete floor for the roller skating. It was taken over by John Patience in 1920 and his family purchased the building in 1924.
They demolished the old structure and built the Haberfield Theatre which opened on 25th September 1925. The initials 'HT' are in the stonework on the Classical style facade. Seating in the auditorium was in stalls and circle levels.
Always independently operated, with the death of John Patience in 1940, a new owner took over and it was re-named Elite Theatre. By 1950 it was operated by G. Goldie.
The Elite Theatre was closed on Easter Saturday 28th March 1970, and was converted into a supermarket, which in 2009 is operated by IGA Lamonica.
The Jewish Square, Vienna 1, formed in the Middle Ages under the name of "schoolyard" the center of the former Jewish Town, extending next to the Ducal court. It was closed from the rest of the city by four gates. Here there were school, bathhouse, synagogue and the house of the rabbi. The school was one of the most important of German-speaking countries. The community existed from about 1190 to the Vienna Geserah in 1421.
The stemming from the 15th century Jordan House, Nr. 2, bears a late Gothic relief with the representation of Jesus' baptism in the Jordan. This is not only a reference to the name of the house owner, Jörg Jordan, but also to the Vienna Geserah which the accompanying text endorses. On the initiative of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archdiocese of Vienna donated a plaque which Cardinal Franz König on 29 October 1998 unveiled. Its text reads: "Kiddush HaShem" means "sanctification of God". With this awareness, chose Viennese Jews in the synagogue here on Jewish Square - the center of an important Jewish community - at the time of persecution 1420/21 the suicide to escape a feared by them forced baptism. Others, about 200, were burnt alive in Erdberg (today 3rd district of Vienna) at the stake. Christian preachers of that time spread superstitious anti-Jewish ideas and thus incited against the Jews and their faith. So influenced, Christians in Vienna acquiesced without resistance, approved it and became perpetrators. Thus, the liquidation of the Vienna Jewish Town in 1421 was already a looming omen for what happened in our century throughout europe during the Nazi dictatorship. Medieval popes pronounced unsuccessfully against the anti-Jewish superstition, and individual believers struggled unsuccessfully against the racial hatred of the Nazis. But those were too few. Today Christendom regrets its involvement in the persecution of Jews and recognizes its failures. "Sanctification of God" today for Christians can only mean: asking for forgiveness and hope in God's salvation. October 29, 1998
Already in 1910, consisted the plan here the poet of the Enlightenment, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), who in his play "Nathan the Wise" the interdenominational tolerance has put up a literary monument, to honor with a statue. In 1935, a sculpture by Siegfried Charoux was unveiled, but only four years later, in 1940, taken off and melted down for armaments. In 1968, the same artist created again a Lessing monument, which came first on the Morzin square and 1981 on the original site.
Since 2000, the place is a unique ensemble of remembering with the memorial by Rachel Whiteread for the 65,000 Austrian victims of the Shoah. 1995 the foundations of the in 1420 destroyed synagogue were excavated which now with finds constitute a part of the branch of the Jewish Museum Vienna. A computer-animated walk leads into one of the largest Jewish communities in Europe which existed here in the early 15th century. Another room is dedicated to the Shoah documentation.
Der Judenplatz, Wien 1, bildete im Mittelalter unter dem Namen „Schulhof“ den Mittelpunkt der einstigen Judenstadt, die sich neben dem Herzogshof erstreckte. Sie war durch vier Tore von der übrigen Stadt abgeschlossen. Hier befanden sich Schule, Badestube, Synagoge und das Haus des Rabbiners. Die Schule war eine der bedeutendsten des deutschen Sprachraums. Die Gemeinde bestand ab etwa 1190 bis zur Wiener Geserah im Jahre 1421.
Das aus dem 15. Jahrhundert stammende Jordanhaus, Nr. 2, trägt ein spätgotisches Relief mit der Darstellung der Taufe Jesu im Jordan. Dieses ist nicht nur eine Anspielung auf den Namen des Hausbesitzers, Jörg Jordan, sondern auch auf die Wiener Geserah, die der beigefügte Text gut heißt. Auf Initiative von Kardinal Christoph Schönborn stiftete die Erzdiözese Wien eine Gedenktafel, die Kardinal Franz König am 29. Oktober 1998 enthüllte. Ihr Text lautet: „Kiddusch HaSchem“ heißt „Heiligung Gottes“ Mit diesem Bewußtsein wählten Juden Wiens in der Synagoge hier am Judenplatz — dem Zentrum einer bedeutenden jüdischen Gemeinde — zur Zeit der Verfolgung 1420/21 den Freitod, um einer von ihnen befürchteten Zwangstaufe zu entgehen. Andere, etwa 200, wurden in Erdberg auf dem Scheiterhaufen lebendig verbrannt. Christliche Prediger dieser Zeit verbreiteten abergläubische judenfeindliche Vorstellungen und hetzten somit gegen die Juden und ihren Glauben. So beeinflusst nahmen Christen in Wien dies widerstandslos hin, billigten es und wurden zu Tätern. Somit war die Auflösung der Wiener Judenstadt 1421 schon ein drohendes Vorzeichen für das, was europaweit in unserem Jahrhundert während der nationalsozialistischen Zwangsherrschaft geschah. Mittelalterliche Päpste wandten sich erfolglos gegen den judenfeindlichen Aberglauben, und einzelne Gläubige kämpften erfolglos gegen den Rassenhaß der Nationalsozialisten. Aber es waren derer zu wenige. Heute bereut die Christenheit ihre Mitschuld an den Judenverfolgungen und erkennt ihr Versagen. „Heiligung Gottes“ kann heute für die Christen nur heißen: Bitte um Vergebung und Hoffnung auf Gottes Heil. 29. Oktober 1998
Schon 1910 bestand der Plan, dem Dichter der Aufklärung Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781), der in seinem Stück „Nathan der Weise“hat Lessing der interkonfessionellen Toleranz ein literarisches Denkmal gesetzt hat, hier mit einem Standbild zu ehren. 1935 wurde eine Plastik von Siegfried Charoux enthüllt, doch schon vier Jahre später entfernt und 1940 für Rüstungszwecke eingeschmolzen. 1968 schuf der selbe Künstler wieder ein Lessing-Denkmal, das zunächst auf den Morzinplatz und 1981 an den ursprünglichen Aufstellungsort kam.
Seit 2000 ist der Platz ein einzigartiges Ensemble des Erinnerns mit dem Mahnmal von Rachel Whiteread für die 65.000 österreichischen Opfer der Schoa. 1995 wurden die Fundamente der 1420 zerstörten Synagoge ergraben, die nun mit Funden einen Teil der Außenstelle des Jüdischen Museums Wien ausmachen. Ein computeranimierter Spaziergang führt in eine der größten jüdischen Gemeinden Europas, die Anfang des 15. Jahrhundert hier bestand. Ein weiterer Raum ist der Schoa-Dokumentation gewidmet.
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St Wulfram's Church, Grantham - the choir, altar and reredos.
Grantham Lincolnshire, St Wulframs Church
July 2014
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Parròquia de Sant Miquel
Plaça de l'Església No 1
C.P.08750
Molins de Rei
Barcelona,España
Tel. 936681839
L'ESGLÉSIA ACTUAL
Un cop acabada la guerra, el primer d'abril de 1939, l'11 de maig es va constituir un patronat per dur a terme la construcció d'una nova església.
Es va encarregar el projecte a l'arquitecte municipal Joan Gumà i Cuevas.
Es va iniciar l'obra l'1 d'octubre de 1940. El 23 de febrer de 1941 es va col.locar la primera pedra.
El dia de corpus de 1945 es va procedir a la inauguració de la totalitat del temple.
Podeu trobar més informació a l'apartat
LA NOSTRA ESGLÉSIA
LA IGLESIA ACTUAL
Una vez terminada la guerra, el primero de abril de 1939, el 11 de mayo se constituyó un patronato para llevar a cabo la construcción de una nueva iglesia.
Se encargó el proyecto al arquitecto municipal Joan Gumà y Cuevas.
Se inició la obra el 1 de octubre de 1940. El 23 de febrero de 1941 se colocó la primera piedra.
El día de corpus de 1945 se procedió a la inauguración de la totalidad del templo.
Puede encontrar más información en el apartado
NUESTRA IGLESIA
IMATGES I VITRALLS
LES IMATGES DE LA PARRÒQUIA DE SANT MIQUEL, EXPLICADES
Coincidint amb la Fira de la Candelera, del 2010 la parròquia de Sant Miquel de Molins de Rei va estrenar uns plafons explicatius de les imatges dels sants i dels vitralls dels altars laterals.
Com és sabut, la nostra església parroquial té una sèrie d'altars amb les imatges d'alguns sants i santes o advocacions de la Mare de Déu, damunt dels quals hi ha uns vitralls amb referències a les imatges de l'altar corresponent, alguns per cert molt bonics i de gran valor artístic.
Els plafons, impresos en mida DIN A3 i adherits a la paret prop de l'altar, contenen una fotografia reduïda de l'altar, amb els números indicatius de cada element que es vol explicar.
I en lletra escrita, però amb tipografia diversa: una explicació dels elements artístics (talla, vitralls) amb el número corresponent a la fotografia; una explicació del sant o sants corresponents (biografia, motiu de la devoció, data de celebració); i al final una pregària.
La intenció és oferir una explicació d'aquests elements artístics als visitants de l'església, alhora que també són un element de cultura religiosa. Aquesta iniciativa completa la que des de fa un any es va començar de tenir l'església oberta durant dues hores al matí i dues hores a la tarda de cada dia (a més de les hores de les celebracions litúrgiques), permetent així un espai de pregària, de silenci o de meditació per als que ho desitgin, com també la possibilitat de contemplar un dels edificis més emblemàtics de la nostra vila amb els elements artístics que conté.
A l'entrada de l'església, s'ofereixen uns materials per a la pregària personal, i també una guia explicativa del temple. És aquesta guia la que ara es completa amb els plafons explicatius.
IMÁGENES Y VIDRIERAS
LAS IMÁGENES DE LA PARROQUIA DE SAN MIGUEL, explicada
Coincidiendo con la Feria de la Candelaria, de 2010 la parroquia de San Miguel de Molins de Rei estrenó unos paneles explicativos de las imágenes de los santos y de los vitrales de los altares laterales.
Como es sabido, nuestra iglesia parroquial tiene una serie de altares con las imágenes de algunos santos y santas o advocaciones de la Virgen, encima de los cuales hay unos vitrales con referencias a las imágenes del altar correspondiente, algunos por cierto muy bonitos y de gran valor artístico.
Los paneles, impresos en tamaño DIN A3 y adheridos a la pared cerca del altar, contienen una fotografía reducida del altar, con los números indicativos de cada elemento que se quiere contar.
Y en letra escrita, pero con tipografía diversa: una explicación de los elementos artísticos (talla, vidrieras) con el número correspondiente a la fotografía, una explicación del santo o santos correspondientes (biografía, motivo de la devoción, fecha de celebración), y el final una oración.
La intención es ofrecer una explicación de estos elementos artísticos a los visitantes de la iglesia, al tiempo que también son un elemento de cultura religiosa. Esta iniciativa completa la que desde hace un año se comenzó de tener la iglesia abierta durante dos horas por la mañana y dos horas por la tarde de cada día (además de las horas de las celebraciones litúrgicas), permitiendo así un espacio de oración, de silencio o de meditación para los que lo deseen, así como la posibilidad de contemplar uno de los edificios más emblemáticos de nuestra villa con los elementos artísticos que contiene.
My recent shoot of a beautiful home for sale near Fort Worth. The owners were gracious enough to permit me to wander through for over an hour. Now, if I could only sell $500,000 worth of photos! ;) haha
(Sorry about the craziness of the angle..I tried to straighten it, but nothing seemed to help. I think it has something to do with all the lines - ha)
The Benicia Arsenal was a large military reservation located next to Suisun Bay in Benicia, California. For over 100 years, the arsenal was the primary US Army Ordnance facility for the West Coast of the United States.
In 1847 a 252-acre parcel of land adjoining the Benicia city limits on the east was acquired for a military reserve. First occupation of the post was on April 9, 1849, when two companies of the 2nd Infantry Regiment set up camp to establish Benicia Barracks, which also housed the 3rd Artillery Regiment . In 1851, after the urging of General Percifer F. Smith, the first Ordnance Supply Depot in the West was established in Benicia. In 1852 it was designated Benicia Arsenal. Notable military personnel who were stationed there during this time include Ulysses Grant, Edward Ord, and Joseph Hooker, among others.
The grounds of the Benicia Arsenal are also famous for stabling the Army's one and only Camel Corps. The short-lived Camel Corps was disbanded in 1863, but the Camel Barns, built in 1855, remain and are now the Benicia Historical Museum.
The Benicia Arsenal was a staging area during the Civil War for Union troops from the West, and the installation remained a garrisoned post until 1898 when troops were assigned to duty in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. During World War I, Benicia Arsenal gave ordnance support to all large Army installations in the Western States as well as supplying Ordnance material to American expeditionary forces in Siberia.
In the 24 hours following the Pearl Harbor bombing, 125 separate truck convoys were loaded and dispatched from the Benicia Arsenal, leaving its stock of ammunition, small arms and high explosives completely exhausted. Throughout the war, the arsenal supplied ports with weapons, artillery, parts, supplies and tools. In addition, the arsenal overhauled 14,343 pairs of binoculars, manufactured 180,000 small items for tanks and weapons and repaired approximately 70,000 watches. However, the arsenal is most famous for supplying munitions to Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle for the first bombing raid on Tokyo on April 18, 1942, launched from the USS Hornet.
Prior to 1940, the arsenal employed 85 civilian employees; by October 1942, the payroll had reached 4,545. The labor shortage in 1944 forced the arsenal commander to put 250 Italian and 400 German prisoners of war to work, alongside 150 juveniles from the California Youth Authority. Women comprised nearly half the civilian employee force. During the Korean War, the number of civilians reached an all-time high of 6,700 workers..
Benicia Arsenal was deactivated in 1963 and the facility was closed in 1964. Its functions were transferred to Tooele Army Depot in Utah. The arsenal has been redeveloped as work and sales space for artists and artisans.
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Three images each two stops apart merged in Photomatix and polished up in Photoshop CC.
Canon 70D and Canon EF-S 55-250mm f4.0-5.6 IS STM lens.
The minaret of the Great Mosque of Surakarta. Built by The javanese king, Pakubuwono X in the early 1900s.
This building is Grade II listed, and stands on Gainsborough's Ashcroft Road.
"Vigilans" was built in the Victorian "Tudor Gothic" style in 1887 as a Seminary College, and also acted as the Vicarage for the St. John the Divine Parish Church.
For a great many years in the Twentieth Century it stood empty and apparantly unloved, and then was suddenly converted into flats towards the end of the 1980s.
Taken during the 9th Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Flickr Group meet-up, April 1, 2012.
Camera: Nikon F65
Lens: Nikkor 28-70mm
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
The architecture of the Temple of Olympian Zeus is of Corinthian order on a colossal platform measuring 110min length and approximately44m in width. Out of the original 104 columns made of Pentelic marble, each 17 meters (56 feet) high only 15 remain standing today to give a sense of the enormous size of the temple. Inside the temple there was a gigantic gold and ivory statue of Zeus which does not exist today.