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The sun appeared during a brief break between storm cells. I took this photo from the front landing of my condo on Hollyhock Court, looking towards Carnation Drive, as I did the night shot adjacent to this photo in my Photostream.
2024-04-05_11-28-07
China, Guizhou, Huishui, Luodian, Miao tribe, minorities, village Kong Wang, Youba Miao tribe,
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www.tribaltextiles.info/Diaries/SWC2001_Diary.htm
Slideshow:
Entrance to the Cinecittà studios
Cinecittà (pronounced [ˌtʃinetʃitˈta]; Italian for Cinema City) is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres, it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constructed during the Fascist era as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry.[1]
World-renowned filmmakers such as Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Luchino Visconti, Sergio Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Mel Gibson have worked at Cinecittà . More than 3,000 movies have been filmed there, of which 90 received an Academy Award nomination and 47 of these won it.[2] In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made there led to Rome being dubbed "Hollywood on the Tiber."
The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini, his son Vittorio, and his head of cinema Luigi Freddi under the slogan "Il cinema è l'arma più forte" ("Cinema is the most powerful weapon").[3] The purpose was not only for propaganda, but also to support the recovering Italian feature film industry, which had reached its low point in 1931.[1] Mussolini himself inaugurated the studios on 21 April 1937.[4] Post-production units and sets were constructed and heavily used initially. Early films such as Scipio Africanus (1937) and The Iron Crown (1941) showcased the technological advancement of the studios. Seven thousand people were involved in the filming of the battle scene from Scipio Africanus, and live elephants were brought in as a part of the re-enactment of the Battle of Zama.[5]
The studios were bombed by the Western Allies during the bombing of Rome in World War II. Following the war, between 1945 and 1947, the studios of Cinecittà were used as a displaced persons' camp for a period of about two years, following German occupation and Allied bombing that destroyed parts of the studio.[6] An estimated 3,000 refugees lived there, divided into two camps: an Italian camp housing Italians as well as displaced people from colonized Libya and Dalmatia, and an international camp, including refugees from Yugoslavia, Poland, Egypt, Iran, and China.[7]
After rebuilding in the postwar years, the studios were used once again for their post-production facilities. In the 1950s, Cinecittà , described as Hollywood on the Tiber, was the filming location for several large American film productions, like Roman Holiday (1953), Beat the Devil (1953), The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Ben-Hur (1959), and some low-budget action pictures starring Lex Barker, who also starred in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960).[8] The studios were for many years closely associated with Fellini.[9][10]
Later, the studios were used for further international productions such as Francis of Assisi (1961), Cleopatra (1963), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968), Fellini's Casanova (1976), La Traviata (1982) and many other productions.
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.[11] On August 9, 2007, a fire destroyed about 3000 m² (32,000 sq. ft.) of the Cinecittà lot and surroundings. The historic part that houses the sets of classics such as Ben-Hur was not damaged; however, a good portion of the original sets from the HBO/BBC series Rome was destroyed.[12] In July 2012, another fire damaged Teatro 5, the vast studio where Fellini filmed La Dolce Vita[13] and Satyricon (1969).[14][11]
Since the 1990s, films have included Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (1992), Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York (2002),[13] Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ (2004).
The Strokkur geyser between eruptions. It's one of the most reliable in the world, erupting every 6-10 minutes. Seen on our Golden Circle tour from Reykjavik.
This time of year the sun sets in the perfect spot. I can sit on my porch and get great shots!
This was shot between two storm systems with my Tamron 18-200mm lens.
St. Martin´s Cathedral was once a part of the fortification of Bratislava, capital of Slovakia.
View from the Narrow street, between fortification walls
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Memorial Continental Hall, on 17th Street, between C and D Streets, NW, was designed from 1904-1910 by Edward Pearce Casey in the classical revival style of the beaux-arts. It is the oldest building of the DAR complex.
DMemorial Continental Hall hosted the Conference on the Limitation of Armaments in the wake of WWI, also known as the Washington Naval Conference, Washington Arms Conference, or simply Washington Conference, from November 12, 1921 to February 6, 1922 with delegates from nine nations including Great Britain, France, Italy, the United States, and Japan discussing limits on the proliferation of arms. Though the results of this effort were fully discredited by the 1930s and 1940s, for a decade these pacts did stabilize the armaments race and establish an embryonic security system in the Pacific.
Encompassing an entire city block, the DAR complex is one of the world's largest buildings of its kind owned and maintained exclusively by women. The headquarters consist of Memorial Continental Hall, Constitution Hall, added in 1929 by John Russell Pope and the Administration Building.
Between 1885 and 1907 Albert Langtry was Proprietor of this establishment in the centre of Trowbridge "The Bridge Temperance Hotel" at No3, Hill Street. With him his father John former police constable from the Wiltshire Constabulary and his wife Harriet (nee Sweet) and daughter Florence, and son Charles (Trowbridge Trinity Boy's School) who was a soldier with exemplary conduct and a LS and GC medal from the Wiltshire Regiment who passed away during WW1 now one of the "Commonwealth War Graves at St Woolos' cemetery" in Newport, Wales.
www.yeovilhistory.info/langtry-charles.htm
In 1885 the establishment was advertised in guides as a Coffee Room but very soon became a Temperance Hotel, and as it was by the Bridge, "The Bridge Temperance Hotel".
Albert Langtry's brother a sergeant of the the 25th Regiment was awarded a medal in 1899 for taking part with the 25th KOSB, in repelling the Fenian Raids on the Canadian border in 1866 and 1870 and also taking part in the Red River Expedition 1870
Trowbridge Postcards & Ephemera
www.flickr.com/photos/93838966@N02/
Albert Langtry's home address before becoming The Bridge Temperance Hotel proprietor in 1885 was No.8 Wingfield Road, Trowbridge BA14 9EA
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/struggle...
1885-1907
Electoral Registers 1885
Albert Langtry
Voter No.: s1618
Place of Abode: No3 Hill Street
Nature of Qualification: dwelling house
The three parliamentary reform Acts 19th-century Britain - The Reform Acts of 1832, 1867 and 1884 gave the vote in towns only to men who occupied property with an annual value of £10, which excluded six adult males out of seven from the voting process.
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A few articles from The Wiltshire Times regarding
Albert Langtry, proprietor of the Bridge Temperance Hotel at No3 Hill Street, Trowbridge, Wilshire:
+ 1876 September. Albert Langtry, Goods Foreman GWR (Booking Parcel Porter), Trowbridge Railway Station
+ 1887 March. Albert Langtry agent for sewing machines at 3 Hill Street
+ 1888 April. Freehold for sale. Bridge Temperance Hotel, 3 Hill Street, occupied by Mr Albert Langtry at £18 rent per annum
+ 1897 March 13th. Albert Langtry sued by one Thomas Muir for the price of a coat £1 8s 11d (Thomas Muir, a draper, from Trowbridge, sued several customers for non-payment of goods supplied to different individuals all creditors of her sisters state that he just inherited part of that list was local businessman Albert Langtry the proprietor of the Bridge Temperance Hotel who the plaintiff sued for the price of a coat £1 8s 11d and the judgement was for plaintiff for the amount claimed).
+ Local Businessman Albert Langtry passes away 18.12.1907 at "The Bridge Temperance Hotel" No3-4, Hill Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, where he has been the proprietor from 1885 till this date - The Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser 04.01.1908
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Between 1885 and 1907 Albert Langtry was Proprietor of this establishment in the centre of Trowbridge "The Bridge Temperance Hotel" at No3, Hill Street. With him his father John former police constable from the Wiltshire Constabulary and his wife Harriet (nee Sweet) and daughter Florence, and son Charles (Trowbridge Trinity Boy's School) who was a soldier with exemplary conduct and a LS and GC medal from the Wiltshire Regiment who passed away during WW1 now one of the "Commonwealth War Graves at St Woolos' cemetery" in Newport, Wales.
www.yeovilhistory.info/langtry-charles.htm
In 1885 the establishment was advertised in guides as a Coffee Room but very soon became a Temperance Hotel, and as it was by the Bridge, "The Bridge Temperance Hotel".
Albert Langtry's brother a sergeant of the the 25th Regiment was awarded a medal in 1899 for taking part with the 25th KOSB, in repelling the Fenian Raids on the Canadian border in 1866 and 1870 and also taking part in the Red River Expedition 1870
Trowbridge Postcards & Ephemera
www.flickr.com/photos/93838966@N02/
Albert Langtry's home address before becoming The Bridge Temperance Hotel proprietor in 1885 was No.8 Wingfield Road, Trowbridge BA14 9EA
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/struggle...
1885-1907
Electoral Registers 1885
Albert Langtry
Voter No.: s1618
Place of Abode: No3 Hill Street
Nature of Qualification: dwelling house
The three parliamentary reform Acts 19th-century Britain - The Reform Acts of 1832, 1867 and 1884 gave the vote in towns only to men who occupied property with an annual value of £10, which excluded six adult males out of seven from the voting process.
____________________________
A few articles from The Wiltshire Times regarding
Albert Langtry, proprietor of the Bridge Temperance Hotel at No3 Hill Street, Trowbridge, Wilshire:
+ 1876 September. Albert Langtry, Goods Foreman GWR (Booking Parcel Porter), Trowbridge Railway Station
+ 1887 March. Albert Langtry agent for sewing machines at 3 Hill Street
+ 1888 April. Freehold for sale. Bridge Temperance Hotel, 3 Hill Street, occupied by Mr Albert Langtry at £18 rent per annum
+ 1897 March 13th. Albert Langtry sued by one Thomas Muir for the price of a coat £1 8s 11d (Thomas Muir, a draper, from Trowbridge, sued several customers for non-payment of goods supplied to different individuals all creditors of her sisters state that he just inherited part of that list was local businessman Albert Langtry the proprietor of the Bridge Temperance Hotel who the plaintiff sued for the price of a coat £1 8s 11d and the judgement was for plaintiff for the amount claimed).
+ Local Businessman Albert Langtry passes away 18.12.1907 at "The Bridge Temperance Hotel" No3-4, Hill Street, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, where he has been the proprietor from 1885 till this date - The Wiltshire Times and Trowbridge Advertiser 04.01.1908
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The gardens were laid between 1700 and 1725 to beautify the palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, the military hero who saved Austria from Turkish invasion. The sphinx's traditional qualities of strength and intelligence were meant to reflect the Prince's own qualities.
Built between 1889 and 1895, this grand and massive Chateauesque-style mansion was designed by Richard Morris Hunt for George Washington Vanderbilt II and his wife, Edith Vanderbilt, whom had decided that Asheville would be an ideal place to build a French-style self-sufficient country estate.
The house is the largest private residence in the United States, with a 178,926 square foot (16,622.8 square meter) interior floor space. The house was named for De Bilt, the place where the Vanderbilt family came from in the Netherlands, and originally sat at the center of a 125,000 acre (195 square mile or 510 square kilometer) estate, which included Mount Pisgah, much of the present Pisgah National Forest Biltmore Village, and the upscale Asheville suburbs of Biltmore Forest and Biltmore Park, much of which has been parceled off and sold to help assist with keeping the estate running, with 86,700 acres of reforested land surrounding Mount Pisgah being sold to the United States government in 1915. Prior to becoming part of the estate, the land, which straddles the French Broad River, was home to small farms, and was in very poor condition, with Frederick Law Olmsted designing the landscape of the estate, reforesting large areas and creating a park-like setting with natural and artificial landscaped areas surrounding the house.
Part of the estate included Biltmore Village, formerly a small railroad town known as Best, which was redesigned to resemble a rural French medieval village, with a fan-shaped street grid centering around the Episcopal Cathedral of All Souls, which was attended regularly by the Vanderbilt family. The village also features Norman-style cottages, various shops, a train station, a hospital, and a school for the families of workers at the estate, with many of the buildings being designed by Richard Sharp Smith, who took over as lead architect following the death of Richard Morris Hunt. Today featuring many shops, restaurants, and tourist accommodations, Biltmore Village has since been annexed by the city of Asheville. The portion of the estate bordering Biltmore Village features an iconic gatehouse, which melds the cottage-like materials of the village with the more imposing design language of the mansion inside the estate. Between the gatehouse and the mansion, a 3-mile-long (5 kilometer long) driveway known as the Approach Road winds its way through carefully cultivated landscapes, as well as crossing under Interstate 40.
The grounds around the estate include a walled garden with rusticate granite walls, a large rose garden, gardener’s cottage, and a conservatory featuring various tropical plants that would not naturally grow in the local climate. Closer to the house, the large South Terrace enclosed by a rusticated retaining wall stands immediately south of the house, with a gazebo at the southwest corner of the terrace. East of the terrace is the Italian Garden, which features a formal layout, fountains, and Italian-style sculptures, with a more natural Shrub Garden and vine-covered arbor south of the Italian Garden. In front of the house is a large lawn, which runs east to the Esplanade, a stone wall with a series of stairs and ramps that switchback to an upper lawn, with a decorative series of six stone fountains embedded into the base of the wall, and a small belvedere with a Statue of Diana at the upper end of the lawn. West of the house is a grassy knoll, which leaves the views from the house of the surrounding mountains unobstructed. Finally, below the Walled Garden, an enlarged former mill pond, which predated the estate by many decades, is now known as the Biltmore Bass Pond, and has been stocked with fish, and features a boathouse, with a dam and waterfall at the lower end of the pond along the exit road from the house.
The Biltmore House features elements from various historic French Chateaux, including the stair tower and hipped roofs of the Chateau Royal de Blois, as well as various elements from the Chateau de Chenonceau, Chateau de Chambord, also in France, and Waddesdon Manor in England. The house features a facade clad in Indiana Limestone, with lots of Gothic details, leaded glass windows, casement windows, and double-hung windows, towers with steeply pitched hipped slate roofs and decorative copper cresting, ornate wall dormers, an elevator tower at one side of the staircase, a large conservatory known as the Winter Garden next to the front entrance tower, which features an octagonal glass roof with an wooden Gothic support structure, a loggia on the west side of the house with sweeping views of the Pisgah National Forest in the distance, and a stable wing on the north end of the house, with a porte cochere tower entrance to the stable courtyard, stone chimneys, and a loggia on the south side of the house. The smooth limestone exterior of the house is contrasted by the house’s rusticated granite base, quarried on the grounds of the house, which also was utilized in the massive retaining wall around the adjacent South Terrace.
Inside, the house features luxurious finishes, including carved woodwork, intricate plaster details, electric lighting and steam heat, multiple fireplaces, a large kitchen and laundry in the basement, many guest rooms, a massive four-story chandelier in the grand staircase, a basement swimming pool, bowling alley, and gymnasium, a large grand banquet hall, bedrooms for staff, and a two-story library. The house features antiques and decorations sourced from the Vanderbilts’ many international excursions and antique dealers, as well as lots of art.
The house was opened for public tours in 1930, which has, over time, expanded in scale to feature more areas of the house and estate. The house was utilized to store 62 paintings and 17 sculptures from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC 1942, with Asheville believed to be a safe haven for them in the event that the United States was invaded by a foreign military, with the house remaining the repository for these important works until 1944, when the tides of war had turned. Biltmore Estate was designated as a National Historic Landmark 1963, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, owing to the house’s significant size, intact detailing, and connections to notable individuals. Still owned by the Cecil family, the descendants of Cornelia Vanderbilt Cecil, George and Edith Vanderbilt’s only child, the house is today utilized as a museum and open to tours, with the 8,000 remaining acres comprising the modern grounds of the estate having been developed with tourist amenities, including the conversion of the estate’s various barns into museums, restaurants, and a winery, as well as the construction of a luxury hotel, shops, and additional support facilities. The estate today is a major tourist attraction, seeing nearly 2 million visitors every year.
Between snow - After 3.5 years, since we planted the first of those, no blossoms of these seen during last year, and at once we find it on another spot, again :)
Path leading from the lane to Croonaert Chapel Military cemetery.Just on the left where the trees are. The cemetery is situated in No Mans land between what was the German and British front lines during WW1.
Kingston Penitentiary
The passageway between prison buildings and "The Wall" is decorated this week with suspended Jack O Lanterns as part of a Halloween event. The decommissioned maximum security prison is also now used for filming TV shows and movies.
Chambord Castle, Chambord, Loire Valley, France
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur--Lore and Chalonnes, France
Date of Inscription: 2000
Minor boundary modification inscribed year: 2017
The property of the Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chaconnes is located in the regions of the Centre-Val-de-Loire and Pays-de-la-Loire. This cultural landscape covers a section of the Middle course of the 280 km river, from Sully-sur-Loire, east of Orleans up to Chalonnes, west of Angers, including the minor and major beds of the river.
It is formed by many centuries of interaction between the river, the land that it irrigates and the populations established there throughout history.
The 'Chateau and Estate ofChambord', which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the 'Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chaconnes'.
The Chateau de Chambord is in Chambord, Centre-Val de Loire, France, is one of the most recognizable chateaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures.
Postcrossing Round Robins
Buildings and Structures RR - Group 42 - Castles
#3 Nadia Soler @cannelle124
France
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