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Lanarch Castle.
William Lanarch was a merchant, shipper, pastoralist, farmer and politician for over 25 years including the holding of Cabinet posts and he was land speculator. He succeeded at all but did not find happiness or ultimate success. He married three times with his first two wives dying. When one of his six children, a daughter died early, he was devastated. He was born of Scottish parents in NSW in 1833 and made his first fortune as a banker on the Victorian goldfields. In 1867 he moved to Dunedin to be a banker of the Otago goldfields. He stayed on as a Dunedin merchant and commissioned the prominent Dunedin architect Robert Lawson to build a mansion on the Peninsula. The house was built between 1871 and 1887 but occupied around 1872. It eventually contained 43 rooms including a lavish ballroom added in 1887 for favourite daughter Kate. Lanarch employed 46 servants in the house and the interior had floor tiles from England, slate from Wales, marble from Italy, glass from France and Venice and NZ kauri ceilings, NZ rimu floors and ZN honeysuckle panelling. The interior feature many panels of painted and stained glass. After Kate Lanarch died in 1892 her father suffered financial difficulties and he eventually committed suicide in the NZ parliament building in 1898. As he died intestate it took some years of family arguing before his estate was settled and Lanarch Castle was only sold in 1906. After a series of owners it fell into disrepair until it was purchased by Barry and Margaret Barker in 1967. They set about restoring the only castle in NZ. Since then they have added function facilities and accommodation to make the castle pay its way. The Barkers are still the current owners. Some believe that Kate Lanarch’s ghost appears in the castle from time to time. Another nearby historical house and garden is the Glenfalloch estate which was also established in 1871. The garden is known for its rhododendrons, magnolias, fuchsias, garden flowers, native ferns and NZ trees. In Scottish Gaelic Glenfalloch means “hidden valley” which aptly describes the location on the Otago peninsula.
Lanarch Castle.
William Lanarch was a merchant, shipper, pastoralist, farmer and politician for over 25 years including the holding of Cabinet posts and he was land speculator. He succeeded at all but did not find happiness or ultimate success. He married three times with his first two wives dying. When one of his six children, a daughter died early, he was devastated. He was born of Scottish parents in NSW in 1833 and made his first fortune as a banker on the Victorian goldfields. In 1867 he moved to Dunedin to be a banker of the Otago goldfields. He stayed on as a Dunedin merchant and commissioned the prominent Dunedin architect Robert Lawson to build a mansion on the Peninsula. The house was built between 1871 and 1887 but occupied around 1872. It eventually contained 43 rooms including a lavish ballroom added in 1887 for favourite daughter Kate. Lanarch employed 46 servants in the house and the interior had floor tiles from England, slate from Wales, marble from Italy, glass from France and Venice and NZ kauri ceilings, NZ rimu floors and ZN honeysuckle panelling. The interior feature many panels of painted and stained glass. After Kate Lanarch died in 1892 her father suffered financial difficulties and he eventually committed suicide in the NZ parliament building in 1898. As he died intestate it took some years of family arguing before his estate was settled and Lanarch Castle was only sold in 1906. After a series of owners it fell into disrepair until it was purchased by Barry and Margaret Barker in 1967. They set about restoring the only castle in NZ. Since then they have added function facilities and accommodation to make the castle pay its way. The Barkers are still the current owners. Some believe that Kate Lanarch’s ghost appears in the castle from time to time. Another nearby historical house and garden is the Glenfalloch estate which was also established in 1871. The garden is known for its rhododendrons, magnolias, fuchsias, garden flowers, native ferns and NZ trees. In Scottish Gaelic Glenfalloch means “hidden valley” which aptly describes the location on the Otago peninsula.
Lanarch Castle.
William Lanarch was a merchant, shipper, pastoralist, farmer and politician for over 25 years including the holding of Cabinet posts and he was land speculator. He succeeded at all but did not find happiness or ultimate success. He married three times with his first two wives dying. When one of his six children, a daughter died early, he was devastated. He was born of Scottish parents in NSW in 1833 and made his first fortune as a banker on the Victorian goldfields. In 1867 he moved to Dunedin to be a banker of the Otago goldfields. He stayed on as a Dunedin merchant and commissioned the prominent Dunedin architect Robert Lawson to build a mansion on the Peninsula. The house was built between 1871 and 1887 but occupied around 1872. It eventually contained 43 rooms including a lavish ballroom added in 1887 for favourite daughter Kate. Lanarch employed 46 servants in the house and the interior had floor tiles from England, slate from Wales, marble from Italy, glass from France and Venice and NZ kauri ceilings, NZ rimu floors and ZN honeysuckle panelling. The interior feature many panels of painted and stained glass. After Kate Lanarch died in 1892 her father suffered financial difficulties and he eventually committed suicide in the NZ parliament building in 1898. As he died intestate it took some years of family arguing before his estate was settled and Lanarch Castle was only sold in 1906. After a series of owners it fell into disrepair until it was purchased by Barry and Margaret Barker in 1967. They set about restoring the only castle in NZ. Since then they have added function facilities and accommodation to make the castle pay its way. The Barkers are still the current owners. Some believe that Kate Lanarch’s ghost appears in the castle from time to time. Another nearby historical house and garden is the Glenfalloch estate which was also established in 1871. The garden is known for its rhododendrons, magnolias, fuchsias, garden flowers, native ferns and NZ trees. In Scottish Gaelic Glenfalloch means “hidden valley” which aptly describes the location on the Otago peninsula.
April 18, 2012 - October 23, 2012 The Day/Night Band on the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor on board the NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite captures this beautiful image of our Earth at night.
Credit: NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center/NASA Earth Observatory
To view original link, visit www.jpss.noaa.gov/media_gallery-p3.html
Owatonna Granite made this beautiful headstone. I had the wolf placed in the corner of the stone due to Kevin's love of wolves and the outdoors
Stanton Cemetery
Stanton Minnesota
This is a HDR from single shot . Exposure (-2 ,0,+2) .
Done to brightenup the foreground .
Picture take using wide angle Lens @ 10mm .
Raj Ghat is a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi. It is a black marble platform that marks the spot of Gandhi's cremation on 31 January 1948. It is left open to the sky while an eternal flame burns perpetually at one end. It is located on the banks of the river Yamuna in Delhi in India on Ring Road officially known as Mahatma Gandhi Road. A stone footpath flanked by lawns leads to the walled enclosure that houses the memorial. Two museums dedicated to Gandhi
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Note :Orignal picture is posted in the first comment :)
April 18, 2012 - October 23, 2012 The powerful Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument takes high-definition, nighttime images of the Earth, making the lights over North America visible, even in the dark.
Credit: NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center/NASA Earth Observatory
To view original link, visit www.jpss.noaa.gov/media_gallery-p3.html
The George Hotel has existed at 25 Lydiard Street, Ballarat, since 1853. The present building was constructed in 1902 to designs of architects E. and B. Smith.
The principal feature of the three storey building is the triple storey, six bay, cast iron verandah. The main facade was originally face brickwork. The first floor facade is characterised by archivolts to the row of windows. The balustraded parapet has a semicircular tympanium.
The interior of the George Hotel has changed greatly over the years since it was built. The most damage was not caused by the ravages of time and the fickle nature of fashion, but a fire in 1988. However the interiors have been lovingly restored, and original features survive to this day.
The ground floor has marble facings, white above the height of the sill and red below; this was an unusual design feature at the time, as most facades were tiled then. The threshold of the main Lydiard Street entrance has the black marble words "George Hotel" inlaid into white marble.
The George's public rooms feature high ceilings with ornate plasterwork, grand chandeliers and fine cornices.
ODC - "vanishing point"
I was going to use sunglasses for this challenge but I happened to think of these while looking through a fellow photographer's stream. I know so many people have those large glass balls but shockingly, you can do almost the same thing with the small marbles. I bounced a pink sheet for the reflection and amazingly, I found what I was looking for. I played around for a while with just the single marble before I did this one. Interesting fun.
The George Hotel has existed at 25 Lydiard Street, Ballarat, since 1853. The present building was constructed in 1902 to designs of architects E. and B. Smith.
The principal feature of the three storey building is the triple storey, six bay, cast iron verandah. The main facade was originally face brickwork. The first floor facade is characterised by archivolts to the row of windows. The balustraded parapet has a semicircular tympanium.
The interior of the George Hotel has changed greatly over the years since it was built. The most damage was not caused by the ravages of time and the fickle nature of fashion, but a fire in 1988. However the interiors have been lovingly restored, and original features survive to this day.
The ground floor has marble facings, white above the height of the sill and red below; this was an unusual design feature at the time, as most facades were tiled then. The threshold of the main Lydiard Street entrance has the black marble words "George Hotel" inlaid into white marble.
The George's public rooms feature high ceilings with ornate plasterwork, grand chandeliers and fine cornices.
Detail of one of the Virtues on the pediment of the monument to Sir Edward Coke († 1634), Lord Chief Justice, in St Mary, Tittleshall, Norfolk. It was contracted to Nicholas Stone the Elder (1586/87-1647) in 1638 with a subcontract of 1639 for the effigy to John Hargreave (1613/14-1640). Hargreave was son of the Rector of Blickling in Norfolk. and his monument is in the church of St Andrew there. The monument for Sir Edward Coke cost £400. It is of black and white marble. Sir Edward shown recumbent on a plain sarcophagus. Tuscan columns support a broken segmental pediment with four reclining Virtues in white marble.
Strapwork cartouche with coat-of-arms from the monument to Sir Edward Coke († 1634), Lord Chief Justice, in St Mary, Tittleshall, Norfolk. It was contracted to Nicholas Stone the Elder (1586/87-1647) in 1638 with a subcontract of 1639 for the effigy to John Hargreave (1613/14-1640). Hargreave was son of the Rector of Blickling in Norfolk. and his monument is in the church of St Andrew there. The monument for Sir Edward Coke cost £400. It is of black and white marble.
Out of this world public domain images from NASA. All original images and many more can be found from the NASA Image Library
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Detail of part of the broken segmental pediment on the monument to Sir Edward Coke († 1634), Lord Chief Justice, in St Mary, Tittleshall, Norfolk. It was contracted to Nicholas Stone the Elder (1586/87-1647) in 1638 with a subcontract of 1639 for the effigy to John Hargreave (1613/14-1640). Hargreave was son of the Rector of Blickling in Norfolk. and his monument is in the church of St Andrew there. The monument for Sir Edward Coke cost £400. It is of black and white marble. Sir Edward shown recumbent on a plain sarcophagus. Tuscan columns support a broken segmental pediment with four reclining Virtues in white marble.
Monument to Sir Edward Coke († 1634), Lord Chief Justice, in St Mary, Tittleshall, Norfolk. It was contracted to Nicholas Stone the Elder (1586/87-1647) in 1638 with a subcontract of 1639 for the effigy to John Hargreave (1613/14-1640). Hargreave was son of the Rector of Blickling in Norfolk. and his monument is in the church of St Andrew there. The monument for Sir Edward Coke cost £400. It is of black and white marble. Sir Edward shown recumbent on a plain sarcophagus. Tuscan columns support a broken segmental pediment with four reclining Virtues in white marble.
Out of this world public domain images from NASA. All original images and many more can be found from the NASA Image Library
Curated higher resolutions with digital enhancement without attribution required can be downloaded: www.rawpixel.com/board/418580/nasa
This is a free download under CC Attribution ( CC BY 4.0) Please credit NASA and rawpixel.com.
Suomi NPP image from part of the Black Marble series showing most of the continental United States at night-time. (Apologies to those in New England...)
Black Belgian marble flooring in reception area, Alexander & Baldwin Building, Honolulu, August 2014
This is a balcony (or jharokha) of the mosque, west of the Taj Mahal.
From Wikipedia: At the far end of the Taj Mahal complex, there are two grand red sandstone buildings that are open to the sides of the tomb. Their backs parallel the western and eastern walls, and the two buildings are precise mirror images of each other. The western building is a mosque and the other is the jawab (answer), whose primary purpose was architectural balance, although it may have been used as a guesthouse. The distinctions between these two buildings include the lack of mihrab (a niche in a mosque's wall facing Mecca) in the jawab and that the floors of jawab have a geometric design, while the mosque floor was laid with outlines of 569 prayer rugs in black marble. The mosque's basic design of a long hall surmounted by three domes is similar to others built by Shah Jahan, particularly to his Masjid-Jahan Numa, or Jama Masjid, Delhi. The Mughal mosques of this period divide the sanctuary hall into three areas, with a main sanctuary and slightly smaller sanctuaries on either side. At the Taj Mahal, each sanctuary opens onto an enormous vaulting dome. These outlying buildings were completed in 1643.
One of the captive Dacians sculptures at the Capitoline Museums. It was probably originally installed at the Forum of Trajan in Rome in 112 CE (where many fragments of these Dacian statues can be seen today in the Forum Museum). Nearly 90 of these statues - depicting Dacian men in trousers and fringed cloaks, their hands bound - were produced for that forum, where they were seemingly placed above the columns of the porticos as caryatids. Later, several of these sculptures were taken and installed onto the Arch of Constantine in 315 CE.
Courtyard of Palazzo dei Conservatori, Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums)
Cimetière Montmartre
I did not know this first name was existing !
Etoile = star in french
PS : nowadays, it's different, everything does exist or does exist again !
Found in Le Figaro at the beginning of the year 2000 : Merlin, Tavy, Titouan, Cléopâtre (her brothers et sisters are called Numa, César et Scipion), Romé, Goulven, Malo, Swan-Carmen, Boaz, Cyriaque, Ombline, Anne-Quitterie, Eden des Lys, Clara Altaïr, Elio, Emérance, Thaïs, Sixte, Fleur, Aïnhoa, Bibi, Antigone, Apollonia, Maya-Chantal
NRHP #76000753
200 5th Avenue South
Clinton, Iowa
Architect: Louis Sullivan
A smaller version of Sullivan's Carson, Pirie, Scott Building in Chicago, this structure also paves the way for some of his later banks with rich projecting terra cotta ornamentation against a plain horizontal brick surface. Mr. Van Allen's granddaughter described how Mr. Sullivan would sit on a keg of nails across the street from the building when it was under construction and direct the work from there.
shiv is a hindu god , this particular shrawan (hindi calendar) month is devoted to him ,the nandi(bull) is his vahan(vehicle) on which he rides , n is always present in hindu shiv temples facing shiv. in copper vessel water is offered n then incence sticks r lighted n flowers r offered .View On Black