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Between Calgary and Banff (Alberta, Canada) I always stop to photograph the McDougall Church on Highway 1A. Today there was quite a lot of people, doing a video and stills of a lingerie clad young woman who was quite cold in the wind from the Rockies.
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Thankfully the crew cleared out before the good light came..
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15th between F and E Street, NW, Washington DC on Friday afternoon, 6 November 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
WHEN WE COUNT, DEMOCRACY WINS
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A hybrid between Tolumnia Golden Sunset x Tolumnia Irene Gleason
Tolumnia is a genus of miniature orchids native to the islands in the Caribbean Sea. They produce long, wiry stems with very colorful flowers that are wonderfully showy. Guido Braem separated these orchids from the mega-genus Oncidium in 1986 creating the genus Tolumnia. They grow in my greenhouse under high light and warm temperatures with regular fertilizer.
I need to get a good photo editing program and learn how to make convincing blaster bolts and lightsaber effects. I'd be open to any suggestions. Thanks!
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Mrs. Harry Vingut
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photograph shows Edith Augusta Gaynor, daughter of New York mayor, William Jay Gaynor, who married Harry Vingut in 1910. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10935
Call Number: LC-B2- 2455-13
The misericords, which date from between 1508 and 1517, seem to have been brought at a later date form La chapelle du chateau de Gaillon. The complete stalls are each “organic” masterpieces, If there’s a flat surface it is decorated with either relief carvings, paintings or marquetry, even the guide channels for the main seat show pictures. The misericords are of particularly fine quality carving - overall the misericords and stalls are breathtaking!
www.misericords.co.uk/st_denis.html
Country: France
Site: Paris, St Denis Basilica Cathedral
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Date: 1508 and 1517
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Basilica of Saint-Denis
The Basilica of Saint-Denis (French: Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, now formally known as the Basilique-cathédrale de Saint-Denis,) is a large former medieval abbey church and present cathedral in the city of Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. The building is of singular importance historically and architecturally as its choir, completed in 1144, was one of the first structures to employ all of the elements of Gothic architecture.
The site originated as a Gallo-Roman cemetery in late Roman times. The archaeological remains still lie beneath the cathedral; the people buried there seem to have had a faith that was a mix of Christian and pre-Christian beliefs and practices. Around 475 St. Genevieve purchased some land and built Saint-Denys de la Chapelle. In 636 on the orders of Dagobert I the relics of Saint Denis, a patron saint of France, were reinterred in the basilica. The relics of St-Denis, which had been transferred to the parish church of the town in 1795, were brought back again to the abbey in 1819.
The basilica became a place of pilgrimage and the burial place of the French Kings with nearly every king from the 10th to the 18th centuries being buried there, as well as many from previous centuries. (It was not used for the coronations of kings, that function being reserved for the Cathedral of Reims; however, French Queens were commonly crowned there.) "Saint-Denis" soon became the abbey church of a growing monastic complex.
In the 12th century, the Abbot Suger rebuilt portions of the abbey church using innovative structural and decorative features. In doing so, he is said to have created the first truly Gothic building. The basilica's 13th-century nave is the prototype for the Rayonnant Gothic style, and provided an architectural model for many medieval cathedrals and abbeys of northern France, Germany, England and a great many other countries.
The abbey church became a cathedral in 1966 and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint-Denis, Pascal Michel Ghislain Delannoy. Although known as the "Basilica of St Denis", the cathedral has not been granted the title of Minor Basilica by the Vatican.
The 86-metre (282-foot) tall spire, dismantled in the 19th century, is to be rebuilt. The project, initiated more than 30 years ago, was to have begun in May 2020, and is expected to take about 11 years at a cost of about €28 million.
Background
Saint Denis, a patron saint of France, became the first bishop of Paris. He was decapitated on the hill of Montmartre in the mid-third century with two of his followers, and is said to have subsequently carried his head to the site of the current church, indicating where he wanted to be buried. A martyrium was erected on the site of his grave, which became a famous place of pilgrimage during the fifth and sixth centuries.
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A glass diamond shaped bottle stopper between two bottles of 19 Crimes, Australian red wines. One is a Shiraz-Durif blend, the other a Cabernet Sauvignon.
Visualization of Flickr geotagged photos, uploaded between 2007 to 2015 and geotagged with the highest accuracy (street-level). I generated a number of different visualizations. Some are more artistic in style while others are designed more informative.
This type of visualization has been done years before (check out Eric Fischer's maps). Maybe the statistics going on on the lower-right corner provide some additional information not available so far.
Created as part of my research project (maps.alexanderdunkel.com).
Pastorius Reservoir in Durango. The clouds were reflected so beautifully in the lake that day that I opted for the long symmetrical view.
#42 Smooth - 116 Pictures in 2016
Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery
La Highway 1 (Between Court House Street and La Highway 1008)
Napoleonville, Louisiana
Assumption Parish
Status: National Register
Date Placed on National Register: 5/2/1977
Gothic Revival (19th Century) Architectural Style
Architect: Wills, Frank
"During the Civil War, Christ Church was used as a barracks for Union troops and then as a stable for their horses. The stained glass was used for target practice, and then fire left the Church a ruin.
An outstanding clergyman of the twentieth century was the Rev. Mr. Quincy Ewing, a
grandson of the Dr. Kittredge who gave the land for Christ Church. This brilliant, always
controversial man served as rector of Christ Church from 1906 until 1929.
The Rev. Mr. Ewing had earned the enmity of Mississippi s Negro-baiting Senator James K.Vardaman by challenging the racial status quo in his preaching there. Being forced to leave, he continued his iconoclastic battles in Alabama, denouncing the crime of lynching through the columns of The Outlook (October 1904). Far from changing his philosophical and theological views to accord more closely with those of the community, the Rev. Mr. Ewing continued to espouse his more radical views after coming to the Bayou.
In 1909 he published in the Atlantic Monthly (March, 1909, Vol., CIII, p. 393) an article entitled "The Heart of the Race Problem," which was a model of Southern dissent from prevailing views on race. The Rev. Mr. Ewing's long tenure at Christ Church may have been due to the fact that he was among family on Bayou Lafourche.
The influence, nevertheless, of such a man preaching such provocative ideas of social justice so foreign to those of his day, could not help but be felt in the small community of Napoleonville."
Quoted from an amazing site: louisianagraveyardrabbit.blogspot.com/2009/04/christ-epis...
Drawing is a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to mark paper or another two-dimensional medium. Instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, various metals (such as silverpoint), and electronic drawing.
An artist who practices or works in technical drawing may be called a drafter, draftsman, or draughtsman.[1]
A drawing instrument releases small amount of material onto a surface, leaving a visible mark. The most common support for drawing is paper, although other materials, such as cardboard, plastic, leather, canvas, and board, may be used. Temporary drawings may be made on a blackboard or whiteboard or indeed almost anything. The medium has been a popular and fundamental means of public expression throughout human history. It is one of the simplest and most efficient means of communicating visual ideas.[2] The wide availability of drawing instruments makes drawing one of the most common artistic activities.
Drawing is one of the major forms of expression within the visual arts. It is generally concerned with the marking of lines and areas of tone onto paper, where the accurate representation of the visual world is expressed upon a plane surface.[3] Traditional drawings were monochrome, or at least had little colour,[4] while modern colored-pencil drawings may approach or cross a boundary between drawing and painting. In Western terminology, drawing is distinct from painting, even though similar media often are employed in both tasks. Dry media, normally associated with drawing, such as chalk, may be used in pastel paintings. Drawing may be done with a liquid medium, applied with brushes or pens. Similar supports likewise can serve both: painting generally involves the application of liquid paint onto prepared canvas or panels, but sometimes an underdrawing is drawn first on that same support.
Drawing is often exploratory, with considerable emphasis on observation, problem-solving and composition. Drawing is also regularly used in preparation for a painting, further obfuscating their distinction. Drawings created for these purposes are called studies.
There are several categories of drawing, including figure drawing, cartooning, doodling and shading. There are also many drawing methods, such as line drawing, stippling, shading, the surrealist method of entopic graphomania (in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots), and tracing (drawing on a translucent paper, such as tracing paper, around the outline of preexisting shapes that show through the paper).
A quick, unrefined drawing may be called a sketch.
In fields outside art, technical drawings or plans of buildings, machinery, circuitry and other things are often called "drawings" even when they have been transferred to another medium by printing.
Drawing as a Form of Communication Drawing is one of the oldest forms of human expression, with evidence for its existence preceding that of written communication.[5] It is believed that drawing was used as a specialised form of communication before the invent of the written language,[5][6] demonstrated by the production of cave and rock paintings created by Homo sapiens sapiens around 30,000 years ago.[7] These drawings, known as pictograms, depicted objects and abstract concepts.[8] The sketches and paintings produced in prehistoric times were eventually stylised and simplified, leading to the development of the written language as we know it today.
Drawing in the Arts Drawing is used to express one's creativity, and therefore has been prominent in the world of art. Throughout much of history, drawing was regarded as the foundation for artistic practise.[9] Initially, artists used and reused wooden tablets for the production of their drawings.[10] Following the widespread availability of paper in the 14th century, the use of drawing in the arts increased. At this point, drawing was commonly used as a tool for thought and investigation, acting as a study medium whilst artists were preparing for their final pieces of work.[11][12] In a period of artistic flourish, the Renaissance brought about drawings exhibiting realistic representational qualities,[13] where there was a lot of influence from geometry and philosophy.[14]
The invention of the first widely available form of photography led to a shift in the use of drawing in the arts.[15] Photography took over from drawing as a more superior method for accurately representing visual phenomena, and artists began to abandon traditional drawing practises.[16] Modernism in the arts encouraged "imaginative originality"[17] and artists' approach to drawing became more abstract.
Drawing Outside of the Arts Although the use of drawing is extensive in the arts, its practice is not confined purely to this field. Before the widespread availability of paper, 12th century monks in European monasteries used intricate drawings to prepare illustrated, illuminated manuscripts on vellum and parchment. Drawing has also been used extensively in the field of science, as a method of discovery, understanding and explanation. In 1616, astronomer Galileo Galilei explained the changing phases of the moon through his observational telescopic drawings.[16] Additionally, in 1924, geophysicist Alfred Wegener used illustrations to visually demonstrate the origin of the continents.[16]
Notable draftsmen[edit]
Since the 14th century, each century has produced artists who have created great drawings.
Notable draftsmen of the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries include Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo and Raphael.
Notable draftsmen of the 17th century include Claude, Nicolas Poussin, Rembrandt, Guercino, and Peter Paul Rubens.
Notable draftsmen of the 18th century include Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and Antoine Watteau.
Notable draftsmen of the 19th century include Paul Cézanne, Aubrey Beardsley, Jacques-Louis David, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Edgar Degas, Théodore Géricault, Francisco Goya, Jean Ingres, Odilon Redon, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Honoré Daumier, and Vincent van Gogh.
Notable draftsmen of the 20th century include Käthe Kollwitz, Max Beckmann, Jean Dubuffet, George Grosz, Egon Schiele, Arshile Gorky, Paul Klee, Oscar Kokoschka, Alphonse Mucha, M. C. Escher, André Masson, Jules Pascin, and Pablo Picasso.
The medium is the means by which ink, pigment or color are delivered onto the drawing surface. Most drawing media are either dry (e.g. graphite, charcoal, pastels, Conté, silverpoint), or use a fluid solvent or carrier (marker, pen and ink). Watercolor pencils can be used dry like ordinary pencils, then moistened with a wet brush to get various painterly effects. Very rarely, artists have drawn with (usually decoded) invisible ink. Metalpoint drawing usually employs either of two metals: silver or lead.[18] More rarely used are gold, platinum, copper, brass, bronze, and tinpoint.
Paper comes in a variety of different sizes and qualities, ranging from newspaper grade up to high quality and relatively expensive paper sold as individual sheets.[19] Papers can vary in texture, hue, acidity, and strength when wet. Smooth paper is good for rendering fine detail, but a more "toothy" paper holds the drawing material better. Thus a coarser material is useful for producing deeper contrast.
Newsprint and typing paper may be useful for practice and rough sketches. Tracing paper is used to experiment over a half-finished drawing, and to transfer a design from one sheet to another. Cartridge paper is the basic type of drawing paper sold in pads. Bristol board and even heavier acid-free boards, frequently with smooth finishes, are used for drawing fine detail and do not distort when wet media (ink, washes) are applied. Vellum is extremely smooth and suitable for very fine detail. Coldpressed watercolor paper may be favored for ink drawing due to its texture.
Acid-free, archival quality paper keeps its color and texture far longer than wood pulp based paper such as newsprint, which turns yellow and become brittle much sooner.
The basic tools are a drawing board or table, pencil sharpener and eraser, and for ink drawing, blotting paper. Other tools used are circle compass, ruler, and set square. Fixative is used to prevent pencil and crayon marks from smudging. Drafting tape is used to secure paper to drawing surface, and also to mask an area to keep it free of accidental marks sprayed or spattered materials and washes. An easel or slanted table is used to keep the drawing surface in a suitable position, which is generally more horizontal than the position used in painting.
Almost all draftsmen use their hands and fingers to apply the media, with the exception of some handicapped individuals who draw with their mouth or feet.[20]
Prior to working on an image, the artist typically explores how various media work. They may try different drawing implements on practice sheets to determine value and texture, and how to apply the implement to produce various effects.
The artist's choice of drawing strokes affects the appearance of the image. Pen and ink drawings often use hatching—groups of parallel lines.[21] Cross-hatching uses hatching in two or more different directions to create a darker tone. Broken hatching, or lines with intermittent breaks, form lighter tones—and controlling the density of the breaks achieves a gradation of tone. Stippling, uses dots to produce tone, texture or shade. Different textures can be achieved depending on the method used to build tone.[22]
Drawings in dry media often use similar techniques, though pencils and drawing sticks can achieve continuous variations in tone. Typically a drawing is filled in based on which hand the artist favors. A right-handed artist draws from left to right to avoid smearing the image. Erasers can remove unwanted lines, lighten tones, and clean up stray marks. In a sketch or outline drawing, lines drawn often follow the contour of the subject, creating depth by looking like shadows cast from a light in the artist's position.
Sometimes the artist leaves a section of the image untouched while filling in the remainder. The shape of the area to preserve can be painted with masking fluid or cut out of a frisket and applied to the drawing surface, protecting the surface from stray marks until the mask is removed.
Another method to preserve a section of the image is to apply a spray-on fixative to the surface. This holds loose material more firmly to the sheet and prevents it from smearing. However the fixative spray typically uses chemicals that can harm the respiratory system, so it should be employed in a well-ventilated area such as outdoors.
Another technique is subtractive drawing in which the drawing surface is covered with graphite or charcoal and then erased to make the image.[23]
Shading is the technique of varying the tonal values on the paper to represent the shade of the material as well as the placement of the shadows. Careful attention to reflected light, shadows and highlights can result in a very realistic rendition of the image.
Blending uses an implement to soften or spread the original drawing strokes. Blending is most easily done with a medium that does not immediately fix itself, such as graphite, chalk, or charcoal, although freshly applied ink can be smudged, wet or dry, for some effects. For shading and blending, the artist can use a blending stump, tissue, a kneaded eraser, a fingertip, or any combination of them. A piece of chamois is useful for creating smooth textures, and for removing material to lighten the tone. Continuous tone can be achieved with graphite on a smooth surface without blending, but the technique is laborious, involving small circular or oval strokes with a somewhat blunt point.
Shading techniques that also introduce texture to the drawing include hatching and stippling. A number of other methods produce texture. In addition to the choice of paper, drawing material and technique affect texture. Texture can be made to appear more realistic when it is drawn next to a contrasting texture; a coarse texture is more obvious when placed next to a smoothly blended area. A similar effect can be achieved by drawing different tones close together. A light edge next to a dark background stands out to the eye, and almost appears to float above the surface.
Form and proportion[edit]Measuring the dimensions of a subject while blocking in the drawing is an important step in producing a realistic rendition of the subject. Tools such as a compass can be used to measure the angles of different sides. These angles can be reproduced on the drawing surface and then rechecked to make sure they are accurate. Another form of measurement is to compare the relative sizes of different parts of the subject with each other. A finger placed at a point along the drawing implement can be used to compare that dimension with other parts of the image. A ruler can be used both as a straightedge and a device to compute proportions.
When attempting to draw a complicated shape such as a human figure, it is helpful at first to represent the form with a set of primitive shapes. Almost any form can be represented by some combination of the cube, sphere, cylinder, and cone. Once these basic shapes have been assembled into a likeness, then the drawing can be refined into a more accurate and polished form. The lines of the primitive shapes are removed and replaced by the final likeness. Drawing the underlying construction is a fundamental skill for representational art, and is taught in many books and schools. Its correct application resolves most uncertainties about smaller details, and makes the final image look consistent.[24]
A more refined art of figure drawing relies upon the artist possessing a deep understanding of anatomy and the human proportions. A trained artist is familiar with the skeleton structure, joint location, muscle placement, tendon movement, and how the different parts work together during movement. This allows the artist to render more natural poses that do not appear artificially stiff. The artist is also familiar with how the proportions vary depending on the age of the subject, particularly when drawing a portrait.
Perspective[edit]
Linear perspective is a method of portraying objects on a flat surface so that the dimensions shrink with distance. Each set of parallel, straight edges of any object, whether a building or a table, follows lines that eventually converge at a vanishing point. Typically this convergence point is somewhere along the horizon, as buildings are built level with the flat surface. When multiple structures are aligned with each other, such as buildings along a street, the horizontal tops and bottoms of the structures typically converge at a vanishing point.When both the fronts and sides of a building are drawn, then the parallel lines forming a side converge at a second point along the horizon (which may be off the drawing paper.) This is a two-point perspective.[25] Converging the vertical lines to a third point above or below the horizon then produces a three-point perspective.
Depth can also be portrayed by several techniques in addition to the perspective approach above. Objects of similar size should appear ever smaller the further they are from the viewer. Thus the back wheel of a cart appears slightly smaller than the front wheel. Depth can be portrayed through the use of texture. As the texture of an object gets further away it becomes more compressed and busy, taking on an entirely different character than if it was close. Depth can also be portrayed by reducing the contrast in more distant objects, and by making their colors less saturated. This reproduces the effect of atmospheric haze, and cause the eye to focus primarily on objects drawn in the foreground.
27th Annual NYC Pride Parade March on Christopher between Bleecker and Hudson Street in New York City, NY on Sunday afternoon, 27 June 1997 by Elvert Barnes Photography
FACES IN THE CROWD
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Found in woods between Cefn-y-Parc Cemetary and the A4119 outside Llantrisant. Not far away is Pont-y-parc Leadmine and this is possibly a cottage associated with it. Read more about the lead mining history of this area at www.geoarch.co.uk/Pontyparc/index.html
On Saturday 29 January, protesters in Tahrir tried to march on the Interior Ministry's compound in Lazoughli Square, which hosts one of Mubarak's biggest torture centers, State Security Police headquarters.
Although the police has withdrawn from all the streets on the previous night, following their defeat, their forces gathered to protect Lazoughli, and snipers were stationed around the ministry's buildings. The police kept firing continuous rounds of live ammunition, rubber bullets, birdshots. I don't know how many died. I saw at least one. Many were injured.
The army did not protect the protesters. After hours of clashes, the tanks moved into Mohamed Mahmoud Street, to try separate between the revolutionaries and the police troops. The revolutionaries took the tanks as a shield and kept trying to storm the compound. People also used blankets, cardboards, anything they can shield themselves with in the face of the bullets.
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Kintzel Ditch, a small stream, runs between these tall dunes just off of the shore of Lake Michigan. It's an easy hike from Mt. Baldy to the stream, but very difficult to follow this stream toward it's source.
Description from Farm Collector, March 2012:
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago, commissioned Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit and Chicago, to produce this very large (40-by-28-inch) chromolithograph advertising poster that was copyrighted in 1891 by McCormick Harvesting Co. In addition, markings on the lower right corner indicate that the image was “Copied by Permission from the Cyclorama of the Monitor and Merrimac on Exhibition at Toledo, Co.”
The image depicts the first encounter of the ironclads 150 years ago and is titled “Terrific Engagement Between the Monitor and Merrimac at Hampton Roads, Va., March 9, 1862.” The text at the bottom reads: “This fight settled the fate of the ‘Wooden Walls’ of the world and taught all nations that the War-Ship of the future must be – like the McCormick Harvester – a Machine of Steel.” At the corners of the lithograph are color illustrations of McCormick’s grain binder and mower.
Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003666423/. (Accessed August 04, 2016.)
Note – This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:
- fade correction,
- color, contrast, and/or saturation enhancement
- selected spot and/or scratch removal
- cropped for composition and/or to accentuate subject matter
- straighten image
Taormina is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Messina, about midway between Messina and Catania. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has popular beaches (accessible via an aerial tramway) on the Ionian sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content. Taormina can be reached via highways from Messina from the north and Catania .Just south of Taormina is the Isola Bella, a nature reserve. Tours of the Capo Sant' Andrea grottos are also available. Taormina is built on an extremely hilly coast, and is approximately a forty-five minute drive away from Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna.A stay at Taormina is not just a seaside vacation. This area, rich in charm and history, must be experienced in a spirit that is outside the ordinary, and for one simple reason: here, everything is extraordinary. Every stone is a thousand-year-old piece of history, the glorious sea reflects Taormina's beauty, as it shapes and marks the passage of time, and the places that enchanted the Greeks create to this day a vibrant and exciting ambiance. But trying to describe in words what makes Taormina unique is truly difficult.
Taormina ist eine Stadt mit 11.076 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2010) an der Ostküste Siziliens. Die Gründung der Stadt geht auf die Sikuler zurück, die schon vor der griechischen Kolonisation auf den Terrassen des Monte Tauro siedelten. Im 4. Jahrhundert vor Christus wurde die Stadt griechisch. Die heutige Stadt ist eine Neugründung aus dem Mittelalter, nachdem die Araber die antike Stadt zerstört hatten.Auf Grund der malerischen Landschaft, des milden Klimas und zahlreicher historischer Sehenswürdigkeiten entwickelte sich die Stadt im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert zu einem der wichtigsten Touristenzentren Siziliens. Besonders bekannt und sehenswert sind das antike Theater mit Blick auf den Ätna und den Golf von Giardini-Naxos und die kleine Insel Isola Bella vor der Küste Taorminas.
Taormina (griego antiguo Ταυρομένιον, Tauromenion, latín Tauromenium) es una ciudad situada en la costa este de la isla de Sicilia (Italia), en la provincia de Mesina, a medio camino entre Mesina y Catania. Cuenta con 10.991 habitantes.Está casi en el límite de la provincia de Catania, se extiende por el monte Tauro, a 200 m de altitud, y se halla en un balcón sobre el mar, enfrente del volcán Etna. Es un centro turístico muy importante desde el siglo XIX.Posee magníficas playas (accesibles mediante teleférico) y un patrimonio histórico muy rico, cuyo máximo exponente es el célebre teatro greco-romano. Además, se conserva un castillo árabe, que ocupa el lugar de la antigua ciudadela o Arx.Taormina y el volcán Etna al fondo, desde el teatro griego.La ciudad fue fundada por los griegos en el 736 a. C., con el nombre de Naxos.La leyenda cuenta que los marinos griegos que pasaban por la costa oriental de Sicilia olvidaron realizar sacrificios en honor a Poseidón, y él, encolerizado, les hizo naufragar. El único superviviente, Teocles, llegó al Capo Schico, próximo a Naxos, y volvió a Grecia para contar las maravillas de Sicilia, convenciendo a sus compatriotas para instalarse en la isla.
Taormine, en italien Taormina, est une commune de la province de Messine en Sicile (Italie).Taormine est située sur la côte est de la Sicile, à peu près à mi-chemin entre Messine et Catane (50 km), presque à la limite de la province de Catane.Elle s’étend sur le Mont Tauro à 200 m d’altitude. La ville est en balcon sur la mer face à l’Etna. La Calabre, distante d'environ 30 km, est visible par temps clair ainsi que la nuit.La légende dit que des marins grecs, passant sur la côte orientale de la Sicile, avaient oublié de sacrifier à Neptune. Celui-ci, en colère, fit chavirer leur embarcation. Le seul survivant, Théocle, parvint au Cap Schiso, non loin du site de Naxos (aujourd'hui Giardini-Naxos). Il retourna ensuite en Grèce pour narrer à ses compatriotes les merveilles de la Sicile. Certains, convaincus, décidèrent de venir s’y installer.
Taormina è un comune di 10.991 abitanti della provincia di Messina. E' uno dei centri balneari di maggiore rilievo di tutta la regione. Il suo aspetto, il suo paesaggio, i suoi luoghi, le sue bellezze riescono ad attirare turisti provenienti da tutto il mondo.Situata su una collina a 206 m di altezza sul livello del mare , sospesa tra rocce e mare su un terrazzo del monte Tauro, in uno scenario di bellezze naturali unico per varietà e contrasti di motivi , splendore di colori e lussureggiante vegetazione.Il clima è dolcemente mite.Molto belle le mezze stagioni , Primavera e Autunno infatti vantano un clima idealmente mite.La storia di Taormina è sicuramente costellata da molteplici dominazioni, e questo è possibile vederlo passeggiando per le strade del centro storico che mostrano i segni lasciati dai vari popoli passati per Taomina. Essendo situata al centro del mediterraneo la Sicilia fu sempre una preda ambita per la sua posizione strategica di passaggio,situata sulla parte est e in posizione fortificata su una collina permetteva già da allora di controllare buona parte della costa ionica e ha sempre rappresentato un ottimo punto di fortificazione e controllo nelle stradegie di guerra. Dopo aver attestato l'esistenza di una sede di siculi ( antichi abitanti dell'isola, detti anche sicani) presso Taormina, per certo vi passarono e vi lasciarono le loro tracce I Greci, i Romani, i Saraceni, dunque gli Arabi, i Bizantini ,I Normanni , Gli Aragonesi , e per ultimi i Borboni.Un soggiorno a Taormina non è semplicemente una vacanza al mare. Questi luoghi, pregni di storia e di fascino, chiedono infatti di essere vissuti con uno spirito diverso da quello comune e la ragione è semplice: qui tutto è fuori dall'ordinario.Ogni pietra reca in sé una storia millenaria, il mare meraviglioso su cui Taormina riflette tutta la sua bellezza, condiziona e scandisce lo scorrere del tempo ed i luoghi che furono l'incanto dei greci trasmettono tutt'oggi un'atmosfera vibrante di emozioni. Ma tentare di descrivere con le parole ciò che rende unica Taormina è davvero difficile.
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COMMON EFFORT is a unique project in wich the cooperation between civilian and military organisations is taken to a higher level. The German and Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs, 1 (German/Netherlands) Corps and the German Bundespolizei are just a few of the participants that are pioneers in long-term coordinating of their activities and mutual understanding by using a fictional scenario.
Tukul between Awassa & Yir Galem, in the south of Ethiopia, not far from where I used to live / work
Title: "That Place Between"
Media: Aquatint, Etching & Gocco Print
Artist: Jade Lees-Pavey
Somerville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
Built between 1836 and 1842, this Neoclassical and Mediterranean Revival style church was designed by Hiram Bingham to serve as the primary royal church for the Kingdom of Hawaii. The building, built of approximately 14,000 1000-pound coral blocks quarried from a reef on the south coast of Oahu, was started during the reign of King Kamehameha II (1819-1824) and finished during the reign of Kamehameha III (1825-1854). Affiliated with the United Church of Christ, the congregation was founded by Hiram Bingham I, a Christian missionary from Connecticut whom introduced christianity to the Hawaiian Islands in 1820, initially worshipping in a large grass-covered structure that was constructed according to Native Hawaiian traditions, and could apparently hold up to 4000 people. As the Kingdom of Hawaii grew wealthier and more connected to the outside world, the construction of the present church was intended to give the kingdom its own equivalent to Westminster Abbey, where coronation ceremonies and other important royal religious ceremonies could take place, as well as a place for the royal family and chiefs to attend weekly church services. The church was the site where Kings Kamehameha III, Kamehameha IV, Kamehameha V and Kalakaua all swore their oaths of office to the Hawaiian Constitution, as well as baptism of various members of the royal family, even those who worshipped other denominations. The church is a relatively simple rectangular structure clad in rusticated coral stone, featuring an upper row of arched six-over-six double-hung windows and a lower row of rectangular six-over-six windows, a tower at the peak of the roof at the center of the front facade, which originally featured a tall pyramidal steeple and wooden Gothic Revival-style belfry surrounded by a balustrade, which was later removed and replaced with the present stone belfry with arched vents and a crenellated parapet, large clocks on all four faces of the tower, an arched main entry door flanked by two smaller arched entry doors and four doric pilasters, and a rear entrance flanked by two large arched windows. The building sits next to the historic Kawaiahaʻo Cemetery, which includes the mausoleum of King Lunalilo, which sits in front of the church, and the Mission Cemetery, which sits behind the church. The church was later somewhat supplanted by the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the 1870s, which serves as an Episcopal or Anglican Cathedral, as most of the Hawaiian Royal Family were affiliated with the Church of England rather than the United Church of Christ, though ceremonies continued to occur at the church after the construction of the cathedral. The church was also the location where Queen Liliʻuokalani’s body laid in state following her death in 1917, prior to her funeral at ‘Iolani Palace. The church was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1962, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
Part of German World War II fortifications at Skippernesodden at Sørøya/Soroya in Finnmark, Northern Norway.
Benicia Arsenal Camel Barns
Buildings 7 and 9 were built in 1853 and 1854 and cost $10,000 and $12,000.
The Engine House between them was completed in 1855, it is now used as an office for the Benicia Historical Society.
These finely crafted sandstone Buildings were originally constructed for use as Warehouses. They gained their name and fame, however, during a brief period in 1863-64 when they were to stable a herd of camels imported by the U.S. Army for transportation in the American desert.
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.
Built between 1922 and 1924, the Gothic Revival-style red brick St. John Catholic Church was designed by St. Louis-based firm Ludewig & Dreisoerner for the St. John Catholic Church congregation, the third-oldest catholic congregation in Covington, formed in 1854 and originally located at the corner of Worth Street and Leonard Street in Lewisburg. The site was purchased by the congregation in 1908 following the slumping of the hillside under the previous church, which made it structurally unsound. In 1913-1914, the adjacent Colonial Revival and Gothic Revival-style building that now houses the Prince of Peace Catholic School, originally the St. John Parochial School, was constructed on Pike Street to house the congregation, including a large auditorium with seating for 600 on the first floor, which temporarily housed church services, classrooms, a pastor's apartment, and rooms for the nuns of the parish convent. In 1922, the rectory was built to the rear of the school in the Flemish Revival style, and features a jerkinhead (clipped gable) roof, two one-story bay windows flanking the central entry, and a gable parapet with a large finial that announces the extensively trimmed door below. Following a successful fundraising campaign, ground was broken for the current church on Pike Street next to the school in 1922, and it was completed and dedicated in 1924. The church measures 64 feet wide by 163 feet long, with a 163-foot-tall steeple that rises high over Pike Street. The exterior of the church features more restrained ornament and trim crafted from limestone, which incorporates many gothic motifs and sculptural elements, and an irregularly-shaped base with several wings housing smaller rooms surrounding the base of the church. Inside the church, there is a carved wooden ceiling, hand-carved marble altars from Italy, frescoes painted by local artist Nino L. Passalacqua in 1960, and many stained glass windows crafted by Dr. Oidtmann of Linnich, Germany. During the early-to-mid-20th Century, as the suburbs to the south and west of the parish continued to grow, it initially saw an increase in attendance, being slowed when St. Agnes Parish was split off and constructed in Fort Wright in 1930. In the 1960s, the parish began to see a decline in attendance at both the church and school, as Catholics left the surrounding neighborhood and moved to the suburbs, leading to the consolidation in 1986 of St. John School with St. Ann School in Botany Hills, Mother of God School in Mutter Gottes, and the St. Boniface School and St. James School in nearby Ludlow, Kentucky, forming the Prince of Peace School, staffed by the Sisters of Notre Dame, whom had ran the St. John School from its inception, as well as teachers who were not nuns. As the demographics of the area continued to shift, St. Ann Church in nearby Botany Hills ceased operating as a parish, and became a mission church of St. John in 1999. The St. John Catholic Parish buildings are contributing structures in the Lewisburg Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Thurso, over the other side of the bay, taken between stored fishing gear.
Scrabster Harbour, Caithness, Scotland.
History
During the Reformation, over and over again in Hannover there had been riots between Old Believers and Lutherans. When they escalated in 1533, fled on 14 September of the same year the mayor and almost all councilors in the neighboring Catholic Hildesheim. Died the Catholic life in Hannover, especially since the city council in 1588 the Catholics also deprived the right to live in the old town.
As 1665 Duke Johann Friedrich ascended the ducal throne of Hanover, the situation changed since Johann Friedrich four years earlier at a visit to Assisi converted to the Catholic faith. Court staff, most of all French and Italians, formed the small Catholic community and celebrated Christmas 1665 under the direction of Valerio Maccioni - his epitaph is situated in the crypt of the Basilica - the first Catholic worship after the Reformation. On December 28, 1679 Johann Friedrich died, his younger brother Ernst August took over the government. Although he changed the right of public worship for Catholics in a private right and had the castle church for there until then celebrated Catholic worship closed, nevertheless he promised freedom of religion, allowing the construction of a Catholic Church.
Meanwhile was - outside the city walls of Hanover, "before the gate Aegidientore" - on a part of the local "Father garden" from 1669 the Catholic St. John's cemetery laid out. It is said only four years later in 1673 to be consecrated and named after its ducal founder.
Knitting installation of wool on the cupola, 2014
The repeatedly-delayed church construction, however, then the Italian priest, composer and diplomat Agostino Steffani brought forward. Steffani had entered 1688 as Court conductor the service of Ernst August. 1707 he received episcopal ordination in Bamberg and in April 1709 the Vicariate of Upper and Lower Saxony to him was transferred.
Steffani transferred to his compatriot Tommaso Giusti planning and construction management of the new church. Giusti designed a Venetian dome flanked by two towers. To dome and towers eventually had to be renounced for lack of finances. Patron of the first post-Reformation Church of Hanover was the namesake of the then reigning Pope, St. Clement of Rome. Background: Pope Clement XI had commited himself in a special way for the construction of the church and collected money for its financing.
After the destructions caused by the bombings on Hannover in World War II, the church was according to designs of architect Otto Fiederling 1947-1957 rebuilt (for almost 1.7 million deutschmarks). Only now, the originally planned dome and the stocky bell towers were completed in modern forms. Preparatory work began yet in 1946, and on November 23, 1949 the topping-out ceremony could be celebrated. On November 24, 1957 St Clement was consecrated by the then apostolic nuncio Aloysius Muench. On 12 March 1998, Pope John Paul II the church with the Apostolic Letter Inter sacras raised to the rank of a minor basilica.
1967-1986 was Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Pachowiak Episcopal Vicar at St Clement. His successor as provost was to 1996 Joop Bergsma.
Since 1 September 2010, the Basilica belongs to the parish of St Henry (Heinrich).
Geschichte
Während der Reformation war es auch in Hannover immer wieder zu Unruhen zwischen Altgläubigen und Lutheranern gekommen. Als sie 1533 eskalierten, flohen am 14. September des gleichen Jahres die Bürgermeister und fast alle Ratsherren in das benachbarte katholische Hildesheim. Das katholische Leben in Hannover erstarb, zumal der Rat der Stadt 1588 den Katholiken auch das Wohnrecht in der Altstadt entzog.
Als 1665 Herzog Johann Friedrich den Herzogsthron in Hannover bestieg, änderte sich die Situation; denn Johann Friedrich war vier Jahre zuvor bei einem Besuch in Assisi zum katholischen Glauben übergetreten. Bedienstete des Hofes, vor allem Franzosen und Italiener, bildeten die kleine katholische Gemeinde und feierten Weihnachten 1665 unter Leitung von Valerio Maccioni – sein Epitaph befindet sich in der Krypta der Basilika – den ersten katholischen Gottesdienst nach der Reformation. Am 28. Dezember 1679 starb Johann Friedrich, sein jüngerer Bruder Ernst August übernahm die Regierung. Zwar wandelte er das Recht der öffentlichen Religionsausübung für die Katholiken in ein privates Recht und ließ die Schlosskirche für den dort bis dahin gefeierten katholischen Gottesdienst schließen. Trotzdem versprach er freie Religionsausübung und erlaubte den Bau einer katholischen Kirche.
Unterdessen war – außerhalb der Stadtbefestigung Hannovers, „vor dem Aegidientore“ – auf einem Teil des dortigen „Patergartens“ ab 1669 der katholische St.-Johannis-Friedhof angelegt worden. Er soll erst vier Jahre später 1673 geweiht und nach seinem herzoglichen Stifter benannt worden sein.
Strickinstallation aus Wolle auf der Kuppel, 2014
Den immer wieder hinausgezögerten Kirchenbau hingegen brachte dann der italienische Priester, Komponist und Diplomat Agostino Steffani voran. Steffani war 1688 als Hofkapellmeister in den Dienst von Ernst August getreten. 1707 empfing er in Bamberg die Bischofsweihe und im April 1709 wurde ihm das Vikariat von Ober- und Niedersachsen übertragen.
Steffani übertrug seinem Landsmann Tommaso Giusti Planung und Bauleitung der neuen Kirche. Giusti entwarf einen venezianischen Kuppelbau mit zwei flankierenden Türmen. Auf Kuppel und Türme musste schließlich mangels Finanzen verzichtet werden. Namenspatron der ersten nachreformatorischen Kirche Hannovers wurde der Namenspatron des damals regierenden Papstes, der heilige Clemens Romanus. Hintergrund: Papst Clemens XI. hatte sich in besonderer Weise für den Bau der Kirche eingesetzt und für ihre Finanzierung Geld gesammelt.
Nach den Zerstörungen durch die Luftangriffe auf Hannover im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde die Kirche nach Plänen des Architekten Otto Fiederling von 1947 bis 1957 wieder aufgebaut (für knapp 1,7 Millionen Mark). Erst jetzt wurden die ursprünglich geplante Kuppel und die gedrungenen Glockentürme in modernen Formen ergänzt. Vorbereitende Arbeiten begannen bereits 1946, und am 23. November 1949 konnte Richtfest gefeiert werden. Am 24. November 1957 wurde St. Clemens durch den damaligen Apostolischen Nuntius Aloysius Muench geweiht. Am 12. März 1998 erhob Papst Johannes Paul II. die Kirche mit dem Apostolischen Schreiben Inter sacras zur Basilica minor.
1967 bis 1986 war Weihbischof Heinrich Pachowiak Bischofsvikar an St. Clemens. Sein Nachfolger als Propst war bis 1996 Joop Bergsma.
Seit dem 1. September 2010 gehört die Basilika zur Pfarrgemeinde St. Heinrich.
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Taormina is a comune and small town on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Messina, about midway between Messina and Catania. Taormina has been a very popular tourist destination since the 19th century. It has popular beaches (accessible via an aerial tramway) on the Ionian sea, which is remarkably warm and has a high salt content. Taormina can be reached via highways from Messina from the north and Catania .Just south of Taormina is the Isola Bella, a nature reserve. Tours of the Capo Sant' Andrea grottos are also available. Taormina is built on an extremely hilly coast, and is approximately a forty-five minute drive away from Europe's largest active volcano, Mount Etna.A stay at Taormina is not just a seaside vacation. This area, rich in charm and history, must be experienced in a spirit that is outside the ordinary, and for one simple reason: here, everything is extraordinary. Every stone is a thousand-year-old piece of history, the glorious sea reflects Taormina's beauty, as it shapes and marks the passage of time, and the places that enchanted the Greeks create to this day a vibrant and exciting ambiance. But trying to describe in words what makes Taormina unique is truly difficult.
Taormina ist eine Stadt mit 11.076 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2010) an der Ostküste Siziliens. Die Gründung der Stadt geht auf die Sikuler zurück, die schon vor der griechischen Kolonisation auf den Terrassen des Monte Tauro siedelten. Im 4. Jahrhundert vor Christus wurde die Stadt griechisch. Die heutige Stadt ist eine Neugründung aus dem Mittelalter, nachdem die Araber die antike Stadt zerstört hatten.Auf Grund der malerischen Landschaft, des milden Klimas und zahlreicher historischer Sehenswürdigkeiten entwickelte sich die Stadt im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert zu einem der wichtigsten Touristenzentren Siziliens. Besonders bekannt und sehenswert sind das antike Theater mit Blick auf den Ätna und den Golf von Giardini-Naxos und die kleine Insel Isola Bella vor der Küste Taorminas.
Taormina (griego antiguo Ταυρομένιον, Tauromenion, latín Tauromenium) es una ciudad situada en la costa este de la isla de Sicilia (Italia), en la provincia de Mesina, a medio camino entre Mesina y Catania. Cuenta con 10.991 habitantes.Está casi en el límite de la provincia de Catania, se extiende por el monte Tauro, a 200 m de altitud, y se halla en un balcón sobre el mar, enfrente del volcán Etna. Es un centro turístico muy importante desde el siglo XIX.Posee magníficas playas (accesibles mediante teleférico) y un patrimonio histórico muy rico, cuyo máximo exponente es el célebre teatro greco-romano. Además, se conserva un castillo árabe, que ocupa el lugar de la antigua ciudadela o Arx.Taormina y el volcán Etna al fondo, desde el teatro griego.La ciudad fue fundada por los griegos en el 736 a. C., con el nombre de Naxos.La leyenda cuenta que los marinos griegos que pasaban por la costa oriental de Sicilia olvidaron realizar sacrificios en honor a Poseidón, y él, encolerizado, les hizo naufragar. El único superviviente, Teocles, llegó al Capo Schico, próximo a Naxos, y volvió a Grecia para contar las maravillas de Sicilia, convenciendo a sus compatriotas para instalarse en la isla.
Taormine, en italien Taormina, est une commune de la province de Messine en Sicile (Italie).Taormine est située sur la côte est de la Sicile, à peu près à mi-chemin entre Messine et Catane (50 km), presque à la limite de la province de Catane.Elle s’étend sur le Mont Tauro à 200 m d’altitude. La ville est en balcon sur la mer face à l’Etna. La Calabre, distante d'environ 30 km, est visible par temps clair ainsi que la nuit.La légende dit que des marins grecs, passant sur la côte orientale de la Sicile, avaient oublié de sacrifier à Neptune. Celui-ci, en colère, fit chavirer leur embarcation. Le seul survivant, Théocle, parvint au Cap Schiso, non loin du site de Naxos (aujourd'hui Giardini-Naxos). Il retourna ensuite en Grèce pour narrer à ses compatriotes les merveilles de la Sicile. Certains, convaincus, décidèrent de venir s’y installer.
Taormina è un comune di 10.991 abitanti della provincia di Messina. E' uno dei centri balneari di maggiore rilievo di tutta la regione. Il suo aspetto, il suo paesaggio, i suoi luoghi, le sue bellezze riescono ad attirare turisti provenienti da tutto il mondo.Situata su una collina a 206 m di altezza sul livello del mare , sospesa tra rocce e mare su un terrazzo del monte Tauro, in uno scenario di bellezze naturali unico per varietà e contrasti di motivi , splendore di colori e lussureggiante vegetazione.Il clima è dolcemente mite.Molto belle le mezze stagioni , Primavera e Autunno infatti vantano un clima idealmente mite.La storia di Taormina è sicuramente costellata da molteplici dominazioni, e questo è possibile vederlo passeggiando per le strade del centro storico che mostrano i segni lasciati dai vari popoli passati per Taomina. Essendo situata al centro del mediterraneo la Sicilia fu sempre una preda ambita per la sua posizione strategica di passaggio,situata sulla parte est e in posizione fortificata su una collina permetteva già da allora di controllare buona parte della costa ionica e ha sempre rappresentato un ottimo punto di fortificazione e controllo nelle stradegie di guerra. Dopo aver attestato l'esistenza di una sede di siculi ( antichi abitanti dell'isola, detti anche sicani) presso Taormina, per certo vi passarono e vi lasciarono le loro tracce I Greci, i Romani, i Saraceni, dunque gli Arabi, i Bizantini ,I Normanni , Gli Aragonesi , e per ultimi i Borboni.Un soggiorno a Taormina non è semplicemente una vacanza al mare. Questi luoghi, pregni di storia e di fascino, chiedono infatti di essere vissuti con uno spirito diverso da quello comune e la ragione è semplice: qui tutto è fuori dall'ordinario.Ogni pietra reca in sé una storia millenaria, il mare meraviglioso su cui Taormina riflette tutta la sua bellezza, condiziona e scandisce lo scorrere del tempo ed i luoghi che furono l'incanto dei greci trasmettono tutt'oggi un'atmosfera vibrante di emozioni. Ma tentare di descrivere con le parole ciò che rende unica Taormina è davvero difficile.
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