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oggi vi propongo tutti scatti novembrini, a partire da questi bellissimi alberi visti attraverso il cancello di una proprietà privata con una casa che mi è parsa disabitata.
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House in the hamlet of Vo' Giorgi, just outside Pegognaga, Lombardy, Italy. Despite its old charm, the house is actually dated to 1932 (if the text on the side of the house is to be believed - the name written on the house is that of the village, though partly obscured).
La Porta all'Arco faceva parte delle antiche mura etrusche di Volterra. Costruita tra il IV e il III secolo aC, è giunta fino a noi in tutta la sua imponenza. La particolarità della costruzione risiede nell'utilizzo delle pietre, che si caratterizzano per i tre diversi colori in base al tipo di roccia utilizzato: giallo per la struttura portante, grigio per l'arco e più scuro per le tre teste misteriose. Queste figure sono ciò che ha sempre reso affascinante la porta: molte sono infatti le leggende e le attribuzioni che le riguardano.
La sua storia, che l'ha vista teatro di scontri disparati, contribuisce sicuramente a dargli quell'aura magica che ha attraversato i secoli. Una scena d'assedio è già rappresentata in un'urna del I secolo aC, che oggi possiamo vedere al Museo Etrusco Guarnacci.
Ma il cancello è stato visto in pericolo anche durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Sentendo l'imminente arrivo degli alleati, le truppe tedesche minacciarono di farla saltare in aria. Gli abitanti del luogo, pur consapevoli che con il loro gesto avrebbero ritardato la liberazione della città, in una notte la murarono completamente utilizzando il selciato e, con questa coraggiosa azione, la salvarono. Alcune lapidi ricordano l'evento.
The Porta all'Arco was part of the ancient Etruscan walls of Volterra. Built between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC, it has come down to us in all its grandeur. The peculiarity of the construction lies in the use of stones, which are characterized by the three different colors based on the type of rock used: yellow for the supporting structure, gray for the arch and darker for the three mysterious heads. These figures are what has always made the door fascinating: in fact, there are many legends and attributions concerning them.
Its history, which has seen it the scene of disparate clashes, certainly contributes to giving it that magical aura that has spanned the centuries. A siege scene is already represented in an urn from the 1st century BC, which we can see today at the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum.
But the gate was seen in danger even during World War II. Hearing the imminent arrival of the allies, German troops threatened to blow it up. The inhabitants of the place, although aware that with their gesture they would have delayed the liberation of the city, in one night they completely walled it up using the pavement and, with this courageous action, saved it. Some tombstones commemorate the event.
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Built circa 1380 this belfry was the entrance to the town, as part of the fortifications.
Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) spent a night here in 1430 on her way to her execution in Rouen.
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A dramatic sky and the golden gates to Kensington Palace, London.
Kensington Palace is one of the royal residences - originally built in 1605 by Sir George Coppin in what was then the village of Kensington (London has grown a lot since then). It was then in Jacobean style. It became a royal residence in 1689 when it was bought by William and Mary (as more healthy place to stay than Whitehall - William had asthma), and was remodelled by Sir Christopher Wren, who added to the place rather than replaced, to save money.
Today it is the official London residence for prince William and his family (they have a 20 room apartment there), but also that of prince Harry (who has one bedroom there) and a few others. The state rooms are open to the public.
un po' di sereno per una giornata grigia
Villa Piantelli in autunno
Questa è la visione dal cancello di ingresso.
Carcare - Liguria - Italia
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Francia, Gers, Langlade
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AND FOR THE PEACE !
for Smile on Saturday
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The medieval fortification in Caen, here seen towards the Porte des Champs. The castle was started by William the Conqueror around 1060, and his heirs, as dukes of Normandy, continued to improve on it. But when the kings of England lost the duchy of Normandy the castle fell in the hands of the French king.
The keep was destroyed in 1793, in the French revolution. And the building suffered severe damaged in World War II, during the Battle of Caen (June 6-13 1944).
It is not known exactly when the Porte de Champs was built, but there is no mention of an exit at this part of the castle before the 13th century. It is also not known exactly when the barbican (that is the building in front of the gate) was built - if it dates to the 13th century like the gate, or if it was built in the 14th century, when English troops held the castle during parts of the 100 years war.
Domani terminato il concerto al Parco San Giuliano si spera in un giorno migliore. In attesa di riprendere possesso di uno spazio pubblico sequestrato per tre settimane e violentato dall'ignoranza ed avidità si dovrà fare la conta dei danni e quanto rimane della natura rigogliosa dopo la devastazione subumana.
Ingresso della residenza Eszterháza di Fertőd (H)
I seek serenity
Tomorrow after the concert at Parco San Giuliano we hope for a better day. While waiting to repossess a public space seized for three weeks and raped by ignorance and greed, it will be necessary to count the damages and what remains of the luxuriant nature after the subhuman devastation.
Entrance to the Eszterháza residence of Fertőd (H)
Analogica, Fujica ST 701 ( 1970 ), Takumar 35 mm F 3.5, Fomapan 200 asa sviluppo con Rodinal. Ora esco con Chicco...
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The old gate at the bottom of the steps (the steps leads up to a park just outside the Prince Park hotel) is Somon (惣門), built in the early Edo period and once leading to a mausoleum for the second Edo shogun, Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川 秀忠) who died in 1632. The mausoleum itself has not survived.
Bonus for the sharp-eyed: as you can see it has just rained and in the gate a man has taken shelter, fiddling with his phone (Tokyo really is a mixture of history and modernity).
Venezia 2019
La leggenda della gondola e della luna
La luna tonda-tonda stava ammirando la sua immagine sulla laguna, quando udì due fidanzatini:
“Se potessimo trovare un posticino più appartato, lontano dagli occhi indiscreti …”
Così si fece molto sottile e scese fino a lambire l’acqua.
Disse ai due innamorati:
“Dai, salite, che vi porto lontano dagli occhi indiscreti”
Quando la luna toccò l’acqua si raffreddò divenendo nera come il carbone, mentre le due estremità rimasero del colore dell’argento.
Così nacque la gondola, tutta nera e con le estremità luccicanti.
(libero adattamento della poesia “ ‘Na note, a un’ongia a un spigolo” di Antonio Negri, poeta dialettale dell’800).
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Questo roseto è sempre in fiore !
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According to the sign on the right wall, the area behind the closed door is an extraterritorial part of the Vatican. The rest of the Vatican can be found just across the street from where I am standing.
Analogica, Praktica L ( 1969 ), Takumar 28 mm f 3.5, Fomapan 200 asa, sviluppo con Rodinal. La biblioteca comunale di Pontedera, purtroppo il cancello era chiuso
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This Japanese shrine is Ueno Tōshō-gū, and the golden gate Karamon (唐門) in front of it. Well, a more proper way to call the gate is the Kara gate - mon means gate in itself. And a karamon is, to quote jisho.org: a large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle). And a karahafu gable is that curved thing over the entrance.
The shrine is dedicated to the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, Ieyasu, founded in 1627, with the main hall (hinted here behind the gate) built in 1651 by the third Tokugawa shogun (and Ieyasu's grandson). It has survived the Battle of Ueno (1868), the Kanto earthquake (1923), and the bombings of the Second World War, and is now an Important Cultural Property of Japan, and is a great example of Edo architecture. The main building is covered with gold foil, and saw massive restoration work 2009-2013. This building is called the Golden Hall (金色殿).
The wall and gate was also built in 1651. The crest at the centre of the gate beam (and on the shrine gable itself), is that of the Tokugawa clan.
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Iedereen een fijn weekend dat veel koud weer en sneeuw zal brengen
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Everyone a nice weekend that will bring a lot of cold weather and snow
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Well, at least central Rome. This is the gate out of the Villa Borghese park (a gate that never closes, I hasten to add) towards Piazzale Flaminio and to the left you can see Porta del Popolo - and on the other side of that you will find the grand Piazza del Popolo.
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església de Sant Pere
Figueres - Alt Empordà - Catalunya
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PS: Mi scuso con gli amici e i visitatori per la mia inevitabile lentezza, ma dopo la mia lunga assenza ho arretrati pazzeschi !!!
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A gate facing the Langa hills in the village of Piozzo. Jacques Henri Lartigue, the famous french photographer spent some of his life here and some of his photographers were taken in the streets of this place and in the country side surronding the village.
This image is part of the project Langa e Roero
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Un cancello che apre la vista sulle colline della Langa che circondano la cittadina di Piozzo. Il grande fotografo francese Lartigue, ha trascorso parte della sua vita in questa localita' dove ha scattato alcune delle sue fotografie. Questa immagine e' parte del progetto in via di sviluppo sulle Langhe e Roero
... e ci siamo accorte dell'uccellino e del suo nido
(NOTA e SERIE)
Savona con Meg tanto tempo fa
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