View allAll Photos Tagged comment
cliquez ici pour voir nos magnifiques villas, riads, Château et appartements spacieux de KensingtonMorocco.com dans tout le Maroc. nous serions ravis de vous rencontrer personnellement pour vous présenter toutes les propriétés qui répondent à vos exigences.
Comments always appreciated, as long as you keep it clean - I love to hear your feedback! xx
Having missed our annual weekend in Newcastle last year we were really looking forward to it this time round, and it didn't disappoint!
Had a lovely stroll along the river and around the old town. Newcastle is such an beautiful city!
Description : Des baigneurs posent lors d’une journée à la plage.
Photographe : Inconnu
Date : [Vers 1900]
Cote : 03Q_P547,S1,SS1,SSS1,D366,P44R
Lieu de conservation : BAnQ Québec
HOT BEARMAN HUNK ! ! ~
photographed by ADDA DADA ! ~`
• 🔹• 🔹•🔹• •🔹•• 🔹• 🔹•
• 🔹• 🔹•🔹• •🔹•• 🔹• 🔹•🔹• •🔹
THANK YOU for the 796 MILLION VIEWS ! ~
ADDA DADA's VIEW COUNT is :
SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-SIX MILLION VIEWS ! ~
796,000,000+ VIEWS with over 18,300+ followers !
( FEBRUARY 12, 2025 ! )
🔹•🔹• 🔹•🔹• •🔹••🔹••••🔹• •🔹
🔹•🔹• 🔹•🔹• •🔹••🔹••••🔹• •🔹
•🔹•THANK YOU for visiting my virtual art gallery! Enjoy my original 'social documentary' photographs of various events !
•🔹•
•🔹• ADDA DADA's photography presents a variety of adults (18+ years old) at different public events . These photographs do NOT imply the person's sexual orientation in any way. Everyone was asked and they consented to be photographed and posted
•🔹•.
•.🔹•The photographs are properly marked MODERATE or RESTRICTED (18+ only / nudity). All SAFE PHOTOGRAPHS do NOT show nudity nor sexual situations.
There are NO stolen photos !
•🔹•
Enjoy PHOTOGRAPHS of REAL PEOPLE ! ~ (no AI !
no STOLEN photos ! & no FAKES ! )
--------
•.🔹•Viewers should be aware that these photographs are viewed by a wide variety of folks . Inappropriate, negative, RUDE, 'X' or 'R' rated comments shall be removed forthwith & you will be blocked.
•🔹•
•🔹•.MY photographs are NOT to be reproduced, COPIED, BLOGGED, USED in any way shape or form. Use of them by anyone is an infringement of copyright ! © All rights reserved. Use without permission is illegal.
•🔹•
Check out ADDA DADA's other ALBUMS•
🔹 • 🔹• 🔹• 🔹•🔹• •🔹•• 🔹•🔹• •🔹••
ADDA DADA's photographs are all about the freedom to be LGTBTQ+ & express YOUR LGTBTQ+ freely
🔹•🔹• •🔹
Sorry to see that since I last photographed Edward's family grave and memorial on 2 March 2008, the headstone is now sitting off its plinth :o(
Those photos are in the comments section below.
11 Jan 2022: Julia and Edward's GG Granddaughter kindly sent me the image of Julia's grave shortly after she had died in 1898. It can be seen here:
Rifleman Edward Henry VAZEY M.M. (Military Medal)
‘Eddie’
Beloved son of
Edward & the late Julia VAZEY
Who was Killed in Action, Messines, France
22 June 1917 - aged 19 years
And of his chum
Rifleman Hector WALKER
Killed in Action 7 June 1917
Aged 22 years
Until we meet again
Edward’s parents & siblings headstone to the right:
In loving memory of
Julia
The beloved wife of
Edward H VAZEY
Died March 17 1898
Aged 39 years
Also Ruby and Pearl
Twin children of the above
Born November 16th, 1894
Died February 15th and 27th 1895
Also to the memory of
Edward H VAZEY
Beloved husband of the above
Died 27 January 1925
Aged 76* years
JULIA
ANGLICAN DIVISION C Row 3, Plot 20
Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 64, 17 March 1899, Page 8
In loving remembrance of my dear wife Julia, who died March 17, 1898 at Auckland.
We miss thee from our home, dear mother,
We miss thee from thy place,
A shadow o’er our life is cast,
We MISS the sunshine of thy face.
We miss thy kind and willing hand,
Thy fond and earnest care,
Our home is dark without thee,
We miss thee everywhere.
Inserted by her loving husband and children. – Edward H. Vazey, Boston Road, Auckland.
[other memorial notices inserted by her daughters Nelly and Katie; and her sister Mrs HAYNES of Mercer] [4]
Julia gave birth to:
1877 George John; died 15 April 1955 aged 77, marine engineer buried Waikumete PROTESTANT LAWN A Row 8, Plot 44
1881 Frances Kate married Sidney Francis ASHBY c1907
1883 Charles Edward
1885 Eva married Harold William John HARPER c1911
1887 Julia married George SOLOMON c1920
1891 Henrietta
1892 Mildred May died 14 Oct 1962 aged 70, buried Waikumete ANGLICAN DIVISION C Row 3, Plot 18
1895 Ruby died 1895
1895 Pearl died 1895
1898* Edward Henry Patrick died 1917
EDWARD junior
Born: 17 March 1896* [sic – military records], Auckland and registered as Edward Henry Patrick when birth registered
Military number: 26718
Occupation at enlistment: Stereotyper for Brett Printing Co.
Fair complexion; blue eyes; light brown hair
July 1916 suffered influenza
Awarded the M.M. for acts of gallantry in the field
Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 227, 22 September 1917, Page 4
HOW RIFLEMAN VAZEY DIED.
MILITARY MEDAL WELL WON.
Mr. E. H. Vazey, of Edwin Street, Newton, by last mail received a letter from Lieut. A. J. F. Berry, N.Z. Rifle Brigade, relating certain facts connected with the death of the former gentleman's son at the battle of Messines. Rifleman Edward Henry Vazey was born in Auckland, and went away with the Seventeenth reinforcements when 19 years of age. Prior to going to the war he was an employee of the Brett Printing and Publishing Co. The following is the letter from Lieut. Berry:—
"Perhaps a word or two from one who knew your son, and was with him when his end came, will help in your sorrow. I was your son's platoon commander, from the time he joined until he met his death, and knowing him as I did I can sympathise with you in your loss. As a soldier be was always very keen and most reliable. It was during the fighting at Messines that he showed his real worth, and for his excellent work done during those operations I recommended him for a decoration which, alas! he will never wear. When I told him how, pleased I was with the work he had done he replied that he had only tried to do his job. On the morning of the advance on Messines he received a slight wound in the forearm, tout had no thought of turning back, as the sergeant in charge of his section had also been slightly wounded, but was still leading his men. Some days later, in a night attack on the Hun trenches, your son again distinguished himself. When we had gained our objective he went out and got into touch with the units on our right and left and later took a message back through a very heavy artillery barrage. He was absolutely fearless, and seemed to revel in doing a job that had a spice of danger about it. We were all very sorry when he was fatally shot in the head by a machine-gun bullet. His Military Medal was deservedly won, and is a fitting tribute to the work which he did as a soldier." [1]
Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 160, 6 July 1917, Page 2
AUCKLAND RECIPIENTS.
Private Edward Vazey. who is reported as having been killed in action, gained the Military Cross for gallantry in the field, he was born in Auckland, his father being Mr. Edward Vazey, a well-known resident of Newton and a veteran of the Maori War. Private Vazey left with the 17th Reinforcements and was with the Rifle Brigade when he met his death. He was only nineteen years of age, but being of particularly good physique, enlisted when he was seventeen years of age being then a member of the staff of the stereotyping department of the Star.[3]
A photo of him is available at the national museum:
“Killed in action at Messines (22.6.17) Rifleman Vazey came of a fighting family. His father fought and was wounded in the Maori War and his grandfather was a veteran of the Crimean War, having served in H.M. 58th Regiment.”
ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...
Restrictions may apply: Special conditions apply to using or handling this record for preservation reasons.
CWGC site record: www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1738369
Cenotaph website record [with photo]: muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/RecordDetail.a...
Vazey's 'chum' also mentioned on the headstone has a Cenotaph record with portrait here:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/cenotaph/RecordDetail.a...
EDWARD senior
ANGLICAN DIVISION C Row 3, BETWEEN Plot 18-20
Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 22, 28 January 1925, Page 4
FOUND DEAD ON LANDING.
BODY OF ELDERLY MAN, A MILKMAN'S DISCOVERY.
The body of an old man in a partial state of decomposition was the gruesome discovery of a milkman doing the rounds in the vicinity of Belgium Street, Newton, yesterday. Deceased was named Edward Vazey, and was one of the milkman's regular customers, residing at 12 Edwin Street. When making his usual call at about 7 o'clock yesterday morning, the milkman noticed that the milk he had left on the previous day had been left untouched and upon further investigation he discovered the dead body on the landing at the top of the stairs. The Newton police were informed and the body subsequently removed to the hospital mortuary. Deceased was 76 years of age and he had been receiving medical attention an inquest will not be necessary.
[2]
Occupation: Blacksmith
Aged stated as 77 on cemetery database
Update 11 Jan. 2022: Edward Senior was a Maori War Veteran, enrolled under the name of Edward ANDREWS** in the Armed Constabulary on 10 December 1868 and he voluntary discharged on 16 March 1870. He was wounded in the elbow at the taking of a pa and also fought in the Urewera. His military personnel record is available at:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22347673
There is a probate available for a Edward Henry VAZEY 1925 but additional archives description states “Avondale – Police Officer”
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23091960
PEARL
ANGLICAN DIVISION C Row 3, Plot 20
Aged 10 weeks
Funeral director: “Family involved”
RUBY
ANGLICAN DIVISION C Row 3, Plot 20
Funeral director: “Family involved”
…at her parents’ residence. Anglesea street, Ponsonby, Ruby, twin daughter of Edward and Julia Vazey; aged 11 weeks. The Lord said “Suffer little children to come unto me.” Private interment.[3]
* according to NZ Dept Internal Affairs historic BDM indexes or transcription error on their part.
**his mothers second husband's surname but as an adult took back onboard VAZEY as his surname.
SOURCES:
Cemetery database
NZ Dept Internal Affairs Historic BDM indexes
[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS...
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[3]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
[4]
ift.tt/1V7m5ey Four-photograph time-lapse view of activity at a Union Army wharf along Potomac Creek in Virginia during the American Civil War, 1864. Link to animated version in comments. [3000x2304] #HistoryPorn #history #retro ift.tt/1qvnj67 via Histolines
Disclaimer, my next comment may make some of you scratch your head. So for the last month, i've been rejoicing in my need for glasses and my new pair. I've wanted cute glasses for years, but did not need them (one of my kids even got me a cheap pair with plain glass, as a joke). 3 years after being told I had AWESOME vision, I went and was told I needed 'readers' (which I was gleefully suspecting for the last 6 months when i'd move things further away to be able to read them). SO...first of all, I actually love the fact that I can read without having to get into a certain position, but right now my really cute glasses are my favorite thing.
Comments always appreciated, as long as you keep it clean - I love to hear your feedback! xx
We went to Sheffield for the weekend to take in a queer comedy show called Queermageddon on the Saturday night.
Saturday morning we went for a very good quality breakfast at Howst.
Saturday evening we met up with Andrew again for a drink at the Rutland Arms which was very busy. Then on to see the comedy show at Sidney and Matilda. The show was fantastic but the venue was extremely cold!
In fact the night was so cold, we decided to head straight back to the hotel after the show just to warm up!
Comments on Lars and the Real Girl only, since it's only a week or so since I posted the last picture in this series and it'll be ages before I feel able to face spending the required amount of time wading through the cesspool of the IMDB message boards again.
Comments always appreciated, as long as you keep it clean - I love to hear your feedback! xx
We had a great couple of hours down at the park feeding the ducks and geese. Such fun! I love the geese, they are so cheeky, ha ha!
Herbes
Feel free to comment, but only if you really want to do it. However, any honest text comment is more than welcome.
I can't promise to write any comment in response to each one of your reviews, favorites or group invitations.
Please, don't use my images without authorization, they are copyrighted.
Thank you !
Comenta la imatge sols si t'apeteix. En tot cas, un comentari de text sincer és més que benvingut.
No puc assegurar-te una resposta a cada comentari, favorits o invitacions a grups.
Per favor, no utilitzes les imatges sense autorització, tenen drets d'autor.
Gràcies !
Puedes comentar la imagen si te apetece pero no te sientas obligado. En todo caso, un comentario de texto sincero es más que bienvenido.
No puedo asegurar una respuesta a cada comentario, favorito o invitación.
Por favor, no utilices las imagenes sin autorización, tienen derechos de autor.
¡ Gracias !
ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA E RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Update - The Forum and Temple of Trajan in Rome (2018-20): "L’evidenza archeologica ha dimostrato che il tempio c’è.” With New Comments & New Information Courtesy of Prof. James E. Packer (18 March 2020).
PDF = wp.me/pbMWvy-5t
Note: I have actually been working on this brief notice on the The Forum and Temple of Trajan in Rome (2019-2020) since May 2020 onwards (1), but, with the recent Italian 'Chinese virus’ Crisis in late Feb thru March 2020, I have been sidelined communicating, discussing and attempting help my dear friend in Rome.
ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA E RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Update - The Forum and Temple of Trajan in Rome (2018-20): "L’evidenza archeologica ha dimostrato che il tempio c’è.” With New Comments & Information Courtesy of Prof. James E. Packer (18 March 2020).
Update - Rome recently in late January 30 2020 and in early 11-13 December 2019, the numerous Italian scholars in Rome affiliated with the long-term research and studies of the Forum and Temple of Trajan at the two following conference’s (see below) presented and discussed the results of their recent work on the Forum and Temple of Trajan, see:
I). Rome - LA TOPOGRAFIA DELL’AREA A NORD DEL FORO DI TRAIANO. Giornata di studio. Rome, the Auditorium dell’ Ara Pacis (30 January 2020).
Abstract - La giornata di studio è finalizzata a confrontare differenti esperienze della ricerca archeologica riguardanti un’area di grande importanza nella topografia antica della città. In essa infatti doveva trovarsi il grande tempio di Traiano e Plotina divinizzati la cui esatta localizzazione e consistenza sono, da anni, al centro di un intenso dibattito fra gli specialisti. Verranno anche presentati i risultati di nuovi scavi effettuati dalla Scuola Spagnola [see: note 2] nei sotterranei della sua sede di via di S. Eufemia oltre a quelli delle indagini realizzate dalla Città Metropolitana di Roma nel sottosuolo di palazzo Valentini. Si ripercorreranno le tappe della scoperta degli auditoria adrianei di piazza Venezia, a cura del Parco Archeologico del Colosseo, e verranno esposte nuove teorie riguardanti alcuni dei principali monumenti esistenti in antico nell’area oggetto di studio. Infine saranno illustrati i risultati più recenti della ricerca sulla topografia e sulla decorazione architettonica del Foro di Traiano.
Fonte / source:
--- Convegno La topografia dell’area nord del Foro di Traiano/ 30 de Enero de 2020. Rome, EEHAR [the Spanish School of History and Archaeology in Rome] (01/2020) (accessed late January 2020).
www.eehar.csic.es/convegno-la-topografia-dellarea-nord-de... (3).
Surprisingly, after a lengthy search on the internet, apparently no one from the Italian TV or newspaper media (print, internet or social media resources) in Rome reported on the furthcoming or actual ‘La topografia dell’area nord del Foro di Traiano’ conference on 30 January 2020? But, then again since mid-t0-late 2019 and up-to early 2020, for some unknown reason compared to past years (2008-18), the recent news of the archaeological & restoration work in the area of the Imperial Fora of Rome has not been covered by the Italian media? (4).
The only mention of the ‘La topografia dell’area nord del Foro di Traiano’ conference (30 January 2020) is brief notice recently posted on the following Facebook page:
I.1. Dr. Riccardo Montalbano (ed.), Qualche breve considerazione sul convegno "LA TOPOGRAFIA DELL'AREA A NORD DEL FORO DI TRAIANO", in: Topografia di Roma antica / Topography of Ancient Rome. Facebook (01 Feb. 2020) (accessed 19 March 2020).
Fonte / text & foto / sources:
Dr. Riccardo Montalbano (ed.), Topografia di Roma antica / Topography of Ancient Rome. Facebook (01 Feb. 2020). www.facebook.com/groups/540545102790727/
Nel corso della giornata di studi sono emersi numerosi dati inediti e sono stati proposti spunti di grande interesse. In particolare:
1). Presenza di un incredibile palinsesto murario rinvenuto nelle cantine della nuova sede della Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma, in via di Sant'Eufemia (intervento: Antonio pizzo e Massimo Vitti). L'elemento più interessante, a mio avviso, è la presenza di resti riferibili a un colombario (datazione proposta: età augustea), che solleva nuovi problemi circa la linea pomeriale nella zona (chiaramente connesso con le mura repubblicane che, come noto, correvano lungo la sella poi cancellata a partire dall'età domizianea).
2). Rilettura complessiva delle 3 aule - Auditoria vs Athenaeum - con la novità riguardante un presunto ingresso da sud, costituito dalla "quinta" rinvenuta nel 1932 e ora messa in connessione con il sistema delle tre aule. Questo fronte, movimentato da una grande abside, avrebbe schermato l'irregolare disposizione retrostante (intervento: R. Rea).
3). Templum divi Traiani et Plotinae: secondo P. Baldassarri la presenza del tempio, un ottastilo con colonne da 50 piedi, è giustificata dalla grande fondazione rinvenuta (la cui larghezza però non è sufficiente a giustificare la fronte del tempio così come immaginato; per questo motivo, essa viene riferita solo alla scalinata del tempio, dunque all'interasse tra le guance della scalinata di accesso frontale), oltre che dalle camerelle di fondazione. In questa ricostruzione, non si rinuncia al grande portico a ferro di cavallo (a mio avviso, lo sviluppo a est della domus B di palazzo Valentini sembra far escludere questa soluzione). Bellissimi i frammenti architettonici rinvenuti, tra cui uno splendido frammento di rilievo con grifo.
4). Nuovi preziosi dati vengono dalla zone biblioteche del foro di Traiano e, in particolare, dall'esplorazione della cappella sepolcrale della chiesa del Ss. Nome di Maria e dalle strutture individuate (parte della biblioteca orientale). I nuovi dati permettono di articolare nel dettaglio il sistemare delle scale e degli accessi.
Inoltre, si ripropone un'altra alternativa circa l'ingresso del Foro da nord, con un grande arco di ingresso (intervento R. Meneghini - E. Bianchi), arco che secondo E. La Rocca è da identificare con l'arco partico noto dalle fonti letterarie (intervento E. La Rocca).
5). Interessantissime le osservazioni sul frammento 36b della Forma Urbis, la cui iscrizione sinora era stata letta com TEM PL (um) e identificato con il complesso campense dedicato a Matidia. La novità, correttamente rilevata, consiste nella presenza di un separatore e un'eccessiva spaziature tra TEM - PL, da leggere come Tem(plum) Plotinae (come proposto). Ciò apre interessanti prospettive sia epigrafiche (questione della dedica del tempio e della titolatura inversa tra Traiano e Plotina), sia topografiche (collocazione del frammento rispetto alla griglia della FUM).
6). Di grande utilità, infine, le considerazione su tutto l'apparato decorativo del foro (intervento L. Ungaro) e sui frammenti di ordine gigante rinvenuti nell'area (intervento M. Milella). Ma su questi temi, sutor ne ultra crepidam…
II). Rome - Dr. Paola Baldassarri (Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale), “L'area a Nord della Colonna Traiana e il Tempio dei divi Traiano e Plotina : riflessioni in merito alle indagini di Palazzo Valentini.” Conférence - Topographie et urbanisme de la Rome antique, Caen, France (11-13 Dec. 2019).
During the conference Dr. Baldassarri presented the following lecture on the “L'area a Nord della Colonna Traiana e il Tempio dei divi Traiano e Plotina,” in Caen, France (Dec. 2019). This presentation briefly discusses the recent series of excavations below the Palazzo Valentini in 2018-19, also based upon her recent published work on the Temple in the following journal articles (including two published works in English [2011, 2014-15]).
Fortunately, the various presentations at the recent Conference - Topographie et urbanisme de la Rome antique, Caen, France (11-13 Dec. 2019), with these presentation lectures recorded and now available on You-tube as of mid-January 2020. Note: several screenshots taken from Dr. Baldassarri’s video and converted into photographs are also republished here.
--- Dr. Paola Baldassarri (Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale), “L'area a Nord della Colonna Traiana e il Tempio dei divi Traiano e Plotina : riflessioni in merito alle indagini di Palazzo Valentini.” Conférence - Topographie et urbanisme de la Rome antique, Caen, France (11-13 Dec. 2019). You-Tube (17 January 2020) [24:50].
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uoeQ1MVDR0&t=313s
As mentioned Dr. Baldassarri’s lecture presentation is based upon several of her recently published works (2012-18) on the “il Tempio dei divi Traiano e Plotina” several as cited and available in PDF (particularly in RM 122 [2016], pp. 171-202) as listed here below :
--- Paola Baldassari (2018), “Gli scavi Palazzo Valentini e il Templum Divi Traiani et Divae Plotinae: omaggio di Adriano divis parentibus.” [Unpublished] paper / lecture read at the following conference in Rome = ‘Il Convegno Internazionale “adventus Hadriani 118 – 2018”’. Rome, Italy (4 July 2018). aha.uniroma2.it/it/ S.v., independent.academia.edu/PBaldassarri
--- Paola Baldassarri, (2017), “Templum divi Traiani et divae Plotinae : nuovi dati dalle indagini archeologiche a Palazzo Valentini.” RendPontAcc. 89, pp. 599-648. (Abstract in Italian & English). [= Part. II of] “FORO TRAIANO: ORGANIZZAZIONE DEL CANTIERE E APPROVVIGIONAMENTO DEI MARMI ALLA LUCE DEI RECENTI DATI DI PALAZZO VALENTINI.”
www.pont-ara.org/index.php?module=Pubblicazioni&func=...
--- Paola Baldassarri (2016), “Indagini archeologiche a Palazzo Valentini. Nuovi dati per la ricostruzione del tempio di Traiano.” RM 122, pp. 171-202 [in PDF]. (Abstract in English).
--- Paola Baldassarri (2015), “Le indagini archeologiche a Palazzo Valentini (Roma) e il tempio dei divi Traiano e Plotina,” pp. 1689 - 1756 [in PDF], in: Paola Ruggeri et al., L’Africa romana Momenti di continuità e rottura: bilancio di trent’anni di convegni L’Africa romana. Vol. II., Rome: Carocci editore (2015).
www.academia.edu/32087781/Paola_Baldassarri_Le_indagini_a...
--- Paola Baldassarri (2013), “Alla ricerca del tempio perduto: indagini archeologiche a Palazzo Valentini e il templum Divi Traiani et Divae Plotinae.” Arch.Cl. 64., pp. 371–481 [in PDF]. (Abstract in English).
www.academia.edu/29206723/Alla_ricerca_del_tempio_perduto...
--- Paola Baldassarri; Antonella Lumacone & Luca Salvatori (2012), “Nuove indagini archeologiche a Palazzo Valentini. Il tempio dei divi Traiano e Plotina.” Forma Urbis, XVII, 5 (May 2012): 45-52 [in PDF]. wp.me/pPRv6-2ab
For a brief summary by Dr. Baldassarri research on the Temple of Trajan in English (2011, 2014 & 2015), see:
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA. ROMA – rinvenimenti sotto Palazzo Valentini – l´esistenza e una porzione di un edificio che potrebbe essere l´introvabile Tempio del Divo Traiano. LA REPUBBLICA (19/05/2007) & Luisa Napoli & Paola Baldassarri, RESEARCH ARTICLE – Palazzo Valentini: Archaeological discoveries and redevelopment projects. Frontiers of Architectural Research, Vol. 4.2 (June 2015): 91-99. wp.me/pPRv6-4VP
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: “Roberto Del Signore & Paola Baldassarri, Provincia di Roma, “The multimedia museum: an original meeting between antiquities and innovation in the Roman domus of Palazzo Valentini,” Conference – ATHENS, GREECE (2 OCT. 2014) [PDF], pp. 1-81. [And Foto: Dott.ssa Arch. Maria G. Ercolino (2014)].
--- Paola Baldassarri (2011), “Archaeological Excavations at Palazzo Valentini: a residential area in the shade of the Trajan’s Forum,” pp. 43-67 [in PDF], in: Mustafa Sahin et al., 11th INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON ANCIENT MOSAICS, Bursa October 16th–20th 2009, Istanbul : Uludağ University (2011).
www.academia.edu/29207218/Archaeological_Excavations_at_P...
III). Rome, the ‘Il Foro di Traiano’ and the ‘il Tempio di Traiano e Plotina’ and the Sovrintendenza Capitolina / “Il Foro di Traiano / Il tempio che non c’è.” (April 2019) (re-accessed March 2020).
Sometime in March and or April 2019, after nearly a decade of providing no new useful information on the Imperial Fora (2008-19), the Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali's webpage for the Fori Imperiali (Roman Antiquity [and now thru through the Modern era]) finally updated its website with the new information as listed here below:
--- Sovrintendenza Capitolina (April 2019 [March 2020]) = “Home » Patrimonio » Roma antica » Aree archeologiche » Fori Imperiali.” =
www.sovraintendenzaroma.it/i_luoghi/roma_antica/aree_arch....
“L’area prima dei Fori, Il Foro di Cesare, Il Foro di Augusto, Il Templum Pacis, Il Foro di Nerva, Il Foro di Traiano, Mercati di Traiano e Museo dei Fori Imperiali, La Terrazza domizianea & I Fori Imperiali dal Medioevo ad oggi.” And “Bibliografia essenziale” & “Fori Imperiali - Dati archivio.”
In the section of the Sovrintendenza’s website devoted to the Forum and Temple of Trajan, now listing the following information =
1.1). Sovrintendenza Capitolina / “Il Foro di Traiano / Il tempio che non c’è.” (April 2019 [March 2020]). www.sovraintendenzaroma.it/content/il-tempio-che-non-c%E2...
‘Il tempio che non c’è - Nel Foro di Traiano mancava il tempio, edificio che abbiamo visto invece costantemente presente negli altri Fori Imperiali. In passato si riteneva che un gigantesco tempio dedicato a Traiano e Plotina divinizzati (e comunque non a una divinità “tradizionale”, come era sempre accaduto) fosse stato edificato dal successore di Traiano, ossia Adriano (117-138 d.C.) al limite settentrionale del complesso, in un’area sostanzialmente corrispondente a quella in cui oggi si trova Palazzo Valentini. Le ricerche effettuate in tempi recenti nei sotterranei del Palazzo hanno invece riportato alla luce resti, anche consistenti, di edifici d’abitazione, ridimensionando o escludendo così la presenza di un tempio in questo punto.’
An alternative website, the 'fori-imperiali.info' (April 2019), re-publishes the same information from the Sovrintendenza's website: "Roma antica » Aree archeologiche » Fori Imperiali »", with the exception of providing an English Language version, as follows:
'The temple that isn’t there - Within Trajan’s Forum there is no temple, a building which is present in all the other Imperial Fora. In the past it was believed that an enormous temple had been built to celebrate the deified Trajan and Plotina (and not as a “traditional” divinity as had always been the case). This temple was believed to have been built by Trajan’s successor Hadrian (117-138 A.D.) at the northern edge of the complex, in an area that is essentially where Palazzo Valentini stands today. Recent researches carried out in the basement of that building has brought to light ruins of private habitations, some quite substantial, which would appear to exclude the presence of such a temple in that area or at least reduce its possible size.'
Additional information in English on the Forum / Temple of Trajan in English, cited from Fori-imperiali.info “I Fori Imperiali” (April 2019) = fori-imperiali.info/ & “Il Foro di Traiano / Il tempio chenon c’è” .http://fori-imperiali.info/005-2/ (Accesssed April 2019) (re-accessed March 2020).
The Sovrintendenza's website on 'il foro di Traiano » il tempio che non c’è' offers no attribution to the source of the photograph (i.e., digital reconstruction of the Forum / Temple of Trajan); while the 'fori-imperiali.info' website cites, the following information:
"Ipotesi ricostruttiva del Tempio di Traiano (J. Packer)." This image of the Tempio di Traiano (i.e. J. Packer), was originally published in the following work: “Fig. 15 - Conjectural reconstruction of the Temple of Divine Trajan and the temenos (J. Burge)”, facing page 112; see: J. E. Packer, with John Burge (2003), “TEMPLUM DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI ET PLOTINAE: a debate with R. Meneghini.” JRA 16 (2003): 109-113.
Note: Just recently Prof. Packer was kind enough to allow me to republish online a copy of his following 2003 work [in PDF] (see below in section # IV):
--- James E. Packer, with John Burge (2003), “TEMPLUM DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI ET PLOTINAE: a debate with Roberto Meneghini.” JRA 16, pp. 109-136 [now in PDF].
The revision of the Sovrintendenza Capitolina / “Il Foro di Traiano / Il tempio che non c’è.” (April 2019), might be based upon a series of recent articles published by Dr. Eugenio La Rocca (2018) & Dr. Roberto Meneghini (2018) on the Forum and Temple of Trajan. In the former article by Prof. La Rocca basically dismisses the interesting research and will argued conclusions for the ‘traditional’ location and architectural design of Temple of Trajan (similar to that of J. E. Packer [2003]), as then published in Dr. Baldassarri RM 122 (2016 ): 171-202 (as cited above) (5).
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Eugenio La Rocca, Il tempio dei divi Traiano e Plotina, l’arco partico e l’ingresso settentrionale al foro di Traiano: un riesame critico delle scoperte archeologiche. Veleia, No. 5 (2018): 57-107 [in PDF]. wp.me/pPRv6-4LR
Abstract: The temple of the divi Trajan and Plotina, the Parthian arch and the northern entrance to the Trajan forum: a critical review of archaeological discoveries. There is some reliable evidence from antique sources about the templum divi Traiani, thanks to which it is known that the templum was connected with the column of Trajan, although they do not clarify neither the morphology of the building nor its actual location. The recent excavations carried out in the foundations of the palazzo Valentini have not shed some light on the problem. The reproduction of the gigantic temple, with 8 × 10 (or 9) Egyptian granite columns of 50 feet height, is still based on the hypothetical reconstruction of the northern area of the Trajan forum drawn by Guglielmo Gatti [= based on his grandfather’s notes] and by Italo Gismondi. Something the results of new investigations do not actually allow it. Furthermore, the proposed solutions do not take into account the Parthian arch of Trajan, whose placement at the southern entrance of the Trajan forum, as suggested by Rodolfo Lanciani and Italo Gismondi, can no longer be sustained. It is likely that the arch, whose construction was started in May of 116 A. D. and it was still ongoing at the time of Trajan’s death on the 7th of August of 117 A. D., was instead the main entrance of the forum, that is, the northern one, in an area affected by the building interventions of Hadrian, whose entity and motivations, unfortunately, fly from us. The existence of the Parthian arc in the area partially occupied by the templum divi Traiani, at least according to the most recent proposals of reconstruction, compels to revise the Hadrian’s setting of the Trajan forum to the north of the columna cochlis.
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Lucrezia Ungaro, Traiano e la costruzione della sua immagine nel Foro | Trajan and the construction of his representation, Veleia, No. 5 (2018): 151-177 [in PDF]. wp.me/pPRv6-4LF
Abstract – The discovery of a new colossal portrait of Trajan occurred during the preparation of the exhibition «Trajan. Building the Empire, creating Europe», gave a renewed reading of the complex figurative program wanted by the emperor in his Forum. In the framework of his political, military and social action, the Forum is in fact the highest representation of his virtus imperatoria and of the maiestas populi romani. In particular, the portraits of the Traianus Father and of the so-called Agrippina / Marcia are reconsidered, in the light of a possible gallery dedicated to Trajan’s genetic family and his models, such as Julius Caesar. Equal attention is devoted to the distribution of sculptures and reliefs discovered in forensic spaces, to their hierarchical relationship in the huge space of the square. Finally, the proposal to recognize the porticus porphiretica in the three-segmented hall is reconsidered, examining preliminarily the known porphyry sculptures attributable to the Forum, and some fragments preserved in the deposits of the Museum of the Imperial Fora, thus getting new interest.
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Roberto Meneghini, L’Arco di Traiano partico nel Medioevo. Veleia, No. 5 (2018): 180-188 [in PDF]. wp.me/pPRv6-4LV
Abstract: The hypothesis, put forward by Eugenio La Rocca in this same volume, of the presence of the Arcus Parthicus of Trajan in the area immediately to N of the Trajan’s Column seems to be confirmed by the medieval tradition. In fact, in the area are cited from historical sources and archives, the Arch of the Foschi di Berta (in reality cannot be precisely positioned), and an Arcus Traiani Imperatoris that would be exactly in correspondence with the structures found in the recent excavations of the subsoil of Palazzo Valentini, now of the Provincia or the Città Metropolitana di Roma.
Likewise, Dr. R. Meneghini and Dr. L. Ungaro in published a series of conference presentations on the Forum and Temple of Trajan for the recent Traiano exhibit in Rome (2017-18), see:
--- Roberto Meneghini, I Fori Imperiali / Il Foro di Traiano, pp. 1-20 [in PDF], in: Traiano: Costruire L’Impero, Creare L’Europa (Trajan: Constructing the Empire, Creating Europe), Mercati di Traiano, Museo dei Fori Imperiali, Rome (08/05/2018), 29 November 2017–16 September 2018. wp.me/pPRv6-4LF
--- Lucrezia Ungaro, Dai frammenti alle ricomposizioni, dai depositi ai nuovi progetti di allestimento, pp. 1-76 [in PDF], Traiano: Costruire L’Impero, Creare L’Europa (Trajan: Constructing the Empire, Creating Europe), Mercati di Traiano, Museo dei Fori Imperiali, Rome (08/05/2018), 29 November 2017–16 September 2018. wp.me/pPRv6-4LF
For a review of the Traiano Exhibit (2017-18) and additional information, see:
Traiano: Costruire L’Impero, Creare L’Europa (Trajan: Constructing the Empire, Creating Europe), Mercati di Traiano, Museo dei Fori Imperiali, Rome, 29 November 2017–16 September 2018, curated by Claudio Parisi Presicce, Marina Milella, Simone Pastor, and Lucrezia Ungaro.
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Online Museum Review – Jeremy Hartnett, Marketing Trajan at the Museo dei Fori Imperiali. AJA 122.4 (Oct. 2018): 1-6 [in PDF], s.v, Roberto Meneghini | Lucrezia Ungaro (2018) [in PDF] & s.v., Prof Arch. P. Martellotti / Dott.ssa Arch. B. Baldrati (1999-2002).https://wp.me/pPRv6-4LF
IV). ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Update - The Forum and Temple of Trajan in Rome (2018-20): "L’evidenza archeologica ha dimostrato che il tempio c’è.” With New Comments & New Information Courtesy of Prof. James E. Packer (18 March 2020).
Rome, the Temple of Trajan: “…La scoperta non è sensazionale perché anche in passato si era parlato della possibile esistenza del Tempio di Traiano sotto Palazzo Valentini. La presenza della domus aveva fatto passare di moda l’ipotesi. L’evidenza archeologica ha dimostrato che il tempio c’è. Un impulso alla ricerca viene anche dallo scavo di Roberto Egidi (Soprintendenza statale) che messo in luce l’Athenaeum e che non è famoso come [Prof. Andrea] Carandini e [Prof. Eugenio] La Rocca! Peccato che verrà presto ricoperto. La situazione nel complesso frena gli entusiasmi.”
Comment Former Senior Director with the MIBACT and Italian archaeologist,
personal communication to M. G.Conde (08 December 2011) (6).
Since the fall 2019 and up-to the 30 January 2020, with having access now to Dr. Baldassarri’s recent work on the Temple of Trajan in Rome = the notice of the "LA TOPOGRAFIA DELL'AREA A NORD DEL FORO DI TRAIANO", Rome Conference in Jan. 2020; her conference video presentation in Caen, France in mid-December 2019 and several of her recently published articles, notably the RM 122 (2016 ): 171-202.
I would like to offer a personal comment on Dr. Baldassarri’s recent work on the Temple of Trajan (2018-20), as noted in her RM 122 (2016 ): 171-202, she fundamentally completely ignores the invaluable previously work conducted on the Forum of Trajan by Prof. James E. Packer (2006, 2003, 2001 & 1997)? In her reconstruction of the history of the excavations and studies of the temple in the 19th, along with her new digital reconstruction of the temple itself. With the exception of the few architectural remains of the Temple brought to light underneath the Palazzo Valentini (2005 onwards), her work is fundamentally continuing the work and similar design plans of Prof. Packer’s earlier work on the Temple?
For the benefit of the non-Italian independent researchers, university students and scholars interested in the research and studies of the Forum and Temple of Trajan (2017-2020), after discussing with Prof. Packer the recent work of Dr. Baldassarri, Dr. La Rocca and Dr. Meneghini (2017-20), although he is currently engaged in his forthcoming book on the Theater of Pompey in Rome. He found the new research on the Temple of Trajan very interesting. As for his recent and past work in Forum of Trajan, see the following:
--- James E. Packer [on Facebook] (15 May 2015). Personal comments in reference to: “I FORI IMPERIALI – “Un marmo sopra l’altro così rialzeremo le colonne del Foro di Traiano.” LA REPUBBLICA (15 May 2015). wp.me/pPRv6-2Y1
--- James E. Packer (2013a), [Review of] “The Atlante: Roma antica revealed,” ANDREA CARANDINI (a cura di) con PAOLO CARAFA, ATLANTE DI ROMA ANTICA. BIOGRAFIA E RITRATTI DELLA CITTÀ (Mondadori Electa 2012). 2 vols. Pp. 1086, pls. XVII + 276 + 37 map
sections. ISBN 978-88-370-8510-9. EUR. 150.” JRA 26 (Nov., 2013), pp. 553-561.
(Abstract). doi.org/10.1017/S104775941300041X & wp.me/pPRv6-1S5
--- James E. Packer (2013b), interview with J. E. Packer, in: T.E. Watts, “Rome Walk: Imperial Fora II-Trajan’s Forum and Market,” Rome: You-Tube (22 Nov. 2013), [1:00:13]. Interview with J. E. Packer, during a school group tour visit to the Forum of Trajan & the Forum of
Caesar. Rome: You-Tube (22 Nov. 2013), [1:00:13]. wp.me/pPRv6-2pu
--- James E. Packer (2008a), “Italo Gismondi and Pierino Di Carlo: ―Virtualizing Imperial Rome for 20th-Century Italy.” AJA Online Review Article, 112.3 (July), pp. 1-6 [PDF]. AJA Online Edition.
www.ajaonline.org/online-review-article/254 & PDF = wp.me/pPRv6-2GB
Prof. James E. (2008b), “The Column of Trajan: the topographical and cultural contexts.” JRA 21, pp. 471-478 [PDF]. (Abstract) doi.org/10.1017/S104775940000478 & PDF = wp.me/pPRv6-1sv
--- James E. Packer (2006), “Digitizing Roman Imperial architecture in the early 21st century: purposes, data, failures, and prospects,” pp. 309-320; in: L. Haselberger and J. Humphrey (eds)., Imaging Ancient Rome. Documentation – Visualization – Imagination. Proceedings of the Third Williams Symposium on Classical Architecture, 2004. JRA Supplementary Series 61 (2006). Index summary, JRA Supl. 61 (2006).
--- James E. Packer, with John Burge (2003), “TEMPLUM DIVI TRAIANI PARTHICI ET PLOTINAE: a debate with Roberto Meneghini.” JRA 16, pp. 109-136 [in PDF] (7).
--- James E. Packer (2001a), The Forum of Trajan in Rome: A Study of the Monuments in Brief. University of California Press (2001), pp. 1-235. (Preview & abstract in Google Books).
books.google.com/books?id=Tn7zf3ecm2wC&source=gbs_nav...
--- James E. Packer (2001b), Il Foro di Traiano a Roma: breve studio dei monumenti. Rome: Edizioni Quasar (2001), pp. 1-256. (Tradotto in italiano da Elisabetta Ercolini [translated into Italian by Elisabetta Ercolini]). (Abstract and summary) =
www.edizioniquasar.it/sku.php?id_libro=481&bef=1638&a...
--- James E. Packer (1997a), “Report from Rome: The Imperial Fora, a Retrospective.” AJA 101 (Apr., 1997), pp. 307-330 [PDF]. (Abstract) www.jstor.org/stable/506512 & PDF = wp.me/pPRv6-2oq
And for two important peer-review articles in English and Italian on Prof. Packer’s work on the Forum of Trajan (2001 & 1997), see:
--- Tom Stevenson (2002), [Review of] “James E. Packer & John Burge, The Forum of Trajan in Rome: a Study of the Monuments in Brief (2001).” PRUDENTIA Vol 34, No 1, pp. 101-105 [PDF]. prudentia.auckland.ac.nz/index.php/prudentia/article/view...
--- Francesco Ferretti, (2001), “Foro di Traiano – Notiziario bibliografia”: J. E. Packer, Forum of Trajan Vol. I-III; R. Meneghini, F. di Traiano, RM 105 (1998); & E. La Rocca, F. di Traiano, RM 105 (1998); in: Notiziario bibliografico di Roma e Suburbio, 1997-2001. BCom Vol. 102 (2001), pp. 399-400 [PDF]. wp.me/pPRv6-4BX
Hope the readers will have found this brief notice of the Forum and Temple of Trajan useful.
Thank you Martin G. Conde
Washington DC, USA (20 March 2020).
A special thank you to Prof. James E. Packer and also Dr. Arch. Barbara Baldrati, Gianni De Dominicis & Alvaro Di Alvariis of Rome, Italy; all being very kind and contributing and sharing their important and invaluable work on Rome with me.
Their various works on Rome can be accessed via a search on the following website:
ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA E RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA 2010-20.
ROME – THE IMPERIAL FORA: SCHOLARLY RESEARCH & RELATED STUDIES.
rometheimperialfora19952010.wordpress.com/
Notes and Additional Information:
For a collection of research materials (in PDF’s and images) on the recent and past excavations and studies of the Forum, Temple and Markets of Trajan (1998-2020), see:
ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA. Il Foro di Traiano: Tempio di Traiano - Colonna di Traiano - Basilica Ulpia - scavi (1998-2020, 1989-1997, & 1928-33). | The Forum of Trajan: Temple of Trajan - Column of Trajan - Basilica Ulpia - excavations (1998-2020, 1989-1997, & 1928-33).
-- Forum of Trajan =
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/sets/72157600...
--- Temple of Trajan =
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/sets/72157594...
1). This brief summary on the Forum and Temple of Trajan (2018-20) is part of my forthcoming paper entitled:
ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA. The Temple of Divine Trajan in Rome, 2010-20. A Review of the Italian & International Studies - "L’evidenza archeologica ha dimostrato che il tempio c’è,” (2011). With Additional Contributions by Dr. Arch. Barbara Baldrati, Gianni De Dominicis & Alvaro Di Alvariis. Versus the Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali - ‘Il tempio che non c’è,’ (2019); 1-25 [in PDF]. By Martin G. Conde, Independent Researcher. Washington DC, USA. (March 2020) mgconde@yahoo.com
2). For news of the restoration of the New Spanish School of History and Archaeology on the Via di Sant'Eufemia in Rome, see:
--- Valencia, a 15 de abril de 2010, Cleop reformará la nueva sede de la Escuela española de Historia y Arqueología del Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas en Roma (2010) [in PDF].
www.cleop.es/media/pdf/ESCUELA%20DE%20HISTORIA%20Y%20ARQU...
--- Salvatore Nicoletti, “SCUOLA SPAGNOLA DI STORIA E ARCHEOLOGIA, ROMA
INTEGRAZIONI SPAZIALI.” IOARCH 68, Jan. & Feb. (2017): 50-52 [in PDF].
3). List of the presenters at the ‘La topografia dell’area nord del Foro di Traiano’ - Conference (30/01/2020).
ORE 9,15 - INTRODUZIONE (Presiede Eugenio La Rocca)
ORE 9,30 - Antonio Pizzo, Massimo Vitti, Il Pomerio, i sepolcri e il Foro di Traiano.
ORE 10,15 - Francesca de Caprariis, Traiano tra Campidoglio e Campo Marzio
ORE 11,00/11,30 - PAUSA
ORE 11,30 - Rossella Rea, Gli auditoria di piazza Venezia.
ORE 12,15 - Paola Baldassarri, Il Tempio dei divi Traiano e Plotina e i suoi disiecta membra: novità dalle indagini a Palazzo Valentini.
ORE 13,00/15,00 PAUSA PRANZO (Presiede Domenico Palombi)
ORE 15,00 – Elisabetta Bianchi, Roberto Meneghini, Il Foro di Traiano a nord della Basilica Ulpia.
ORE 15,40 - Eugenio La Rocca. L’arco Partico di Traiano
ORE 16,20/16,50 PAUSA
ORE 16,50 - Claudio Parisi Presicce, Una nuova proposta per la localizzazione del Tempio di Plotinae del divo Traiano.
ORE 17,30 - Lucrezia Ungaro, Per un abaco delle sculture del Foro di Traiano
ORE 18,10 – Marina Milella, Resti marmorei di architetture di grandi dimensioni.
4). Rome, News of the Forum of Trajan and Via Alessandrina excavations (2019-20).
Since 2019, Dr. Arch. Federico Celletti working on the Via Alessandrina site (2017-20) has been kind enough to share with me his personal photographs of the ongoing excavations at the site (see references cited here below). While recently on 21 Feb. 2020, during an official visit by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Rome, the administration of the City of Rome exhibited several of the architectural elements and decorations recently recovered from the Forum of Trajan excavations (see below). While the only news in English on the recent Forum of Trajan excavations is the “Dagli scavi ai Fori Imperiali riemerge la testa del dio Dioniso,” in: NOTES FROM ROME 2018-19; PBSR 87 (2019): 309-316 [in PDF] (see below).
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Foro di Traiano / Via Alessandrina – Gli scavi e le scoperte in corso. Foto: Dr. Arch. Federico Celletti / Facebook (09/03/2020). S.v., Virginia Raggi & President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (21/02/2020). wp.me/pPRv6-5cR
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Raggi riceve il presidente della Repubblica Azerbaigian – esposti i reperti archeologici provenienti dagli scavi archeologici dell’area di i Fori Imperiali & via Alessandrina. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan [English & Italiano] (21/02/2020). wp.me/pPRv6-5cH
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: “Dagli scavi ai Fori Imperiali riemerge la testa del dio Dioniso,” in: NOTES FROM ROME 2018-19; PBSR 87 (2019): 309-316. Foto: Dr. Arch. Federico Celletti / FACEBOOK, Rome (24 May 2019). wp.me/pPRv6-59q
5). ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: ROME – “Trajan’s Temple, Column and Forum / Templum Divi Traiani” in: VR Back To The Past. CARLO CESTRA DIGITAL PRODUCTIONS 2010-19 (04/2019). For an alternative digital reconstruction / video of the ‘Templum Divi Traiani’ see the following work of Carlo Cestra, Senior CG Artist = ROME – Trajan’s forum: This is part of the project named VR Back To The Past, a collection of virtual reality tours I am working on. Here is the digital reconstruction of the north-western part of the Trajan’s Forum in Rome (beside the “Basilica Ulpia”) with the Trajan’s Column and the Temple. The Temple of Trajan (Templum Divi Traiani et Plotinae), Trajan’s Column area.
Fonte | source:
— Carlo Cestra, Senior CG Artist – Trajan’s forum (04/2019).
6). Also see: ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Andrea Carandini, Paolo Carafa, & Fabio Cavallero, Il TEMPIO dei DIVI TRAIANO e PLOTINA ROMA ANTICA – ESCLUSIVO, ARCHEOLOGIA VIVA, Rivista: N. 149 / mese: Sett.-Ott. 2011, pp. 47-54 [PDF pp. 1-5].
7). For the earlier and recent discovery of the Trajanic inscriptions in the Forum of Trajan and the L’Athenaeum di Adriano, see:
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGIA e RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Rome, the Metro C Archaeological Surveys – the Piazza Madonna di Loreto, Sector (# S14/B1). The Discovery of New Inscriptions & Architectural Elements of the Temple of Trajan? (January 20th, 2011).
www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/5374055767
--- ROMA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Dott.ssa Paola Baldassarri – Nuovi dati per la ricostruzione del tempio di Traiano, (2015-16), Dr. Antonio Lopez Garcia, L’Athenaeum di Adriano (2015) & Marmo – Dedica ai divi Traiano e Plotina, MUSEI VATICANI (2017).
Comments always appreciated, as long as you keep it clean - I love to hear your feedback! xx
Friday. And all you can eat breakfast set us up for the day. Friday night we went for amazing food at Lawson's restaiurant (one we had found last visit to Lincoln) then on to Carousel then Popworld to finish the night.
Recently the Gm script 'Flickr Follow Comments' seems to be crippled by some API changes. Anybody else noticed this? Or is it just a hick up?
"The scientists commented that the sortie of Rynex was nothing more than a reckless action. However, this operation allowed the Galaxy Federation to survive."
This is my model of the Rynex, AKA Fire Leo IV, from the Sega Genesis shooter Thunder Force IV, or Lightening (sic) Force, as it was known in the States. Because there is little agreement between sources as to what it should look like, my version is a bit of a hybrid of the game art and various after market images/models.
It is pictured here with its faux landing gear. They do not actually retract, but I built them so I could place the Rynex in my new landing bay scene.
Comments always appreciated, as long as you keep it clean - I love to hear your feedback! xx
We had a brilliant weekend in Nottingham!
Saturday nigh we were meeting friends.
The Wetherspoons for something to eat where our dear friend Sarah joined us, then we went to meet up with Alice and Gill - 2 wonderful friends who I took out inHull in 2023. We were going to try the Barrel Drop but it was packed so instead we headed to the the New Foresters.
What a brillant night we had! We met 2 lovely wome - Linda and Dawn - who joined us for the evenin, which was full of love and laughter and dancing! Everyone had a brilliant time.
My original comment about this high cross read as follows: As you walk along a lonely country lane from the LUAS tram stop at Laughanstown to the old church at Tully the first thing of note that you will see is a well preserved high cross. The cross was saved from destruction by James Grehan in the later part of the nineteenth century. The road next to the cross was being lowered and James Grehan had this small wall built and the cross placed upon it at it's original height.
Today tt is nearly the end of 2017 and I have just realised that Dublin [Greater Dublin] is now changing faster than I can photograph the changes and as a result I really do need to review my programme for 2018. I think that the changes are more rapid than in the Celtic Tiger period.
Today as the sunlight was magical I decided to use my 15mm Voigtlander with my new Sony A7RIII body and I was more than a little bit surprised by the results. I am now convince that the Sony A7RIII is very much superior to the A7RII. Also while I was inclined to avoid using the Voigtlander 15mm until now I must confess that I was really impressed by it when combined with the A7RIII.
Every time I publish photographs of Laughanstown I receive mail advising me that I made a spelling error and that the name of the area is Loughlinstown. I am one hundred percent certain that there is no tram stop named Loughlinstown but to be fair I cannot blame anyone for being confused as it could well be argued that Laughanstown is in Loughlinstown.
Today, I met a very helpful lady on the tram who was convinced that I was totally confused about my destination. Even when I showed her photographs of the old church and graveyard she was not at all convinced that I was not confused.
I think that I last visited the area about a year ago so I was not really expecting to see any changes. In the past I was able to access the historic sites via a narrow country lane. Today I was a bit disappointed to discover that access to a really old historic cross was barred because of a major redevelopment. I met a gentleman, walking his dog, and was surprised to discover that he was East European [he look like a local farmer and I suspect that he actually was a farmer] but he explained to me that the area was being redeveloped as a public park with a major road passing through it and that I could only gain access to the site from Carrikmines. As the sunset was approaching I decided that it was best to come back at a later date.
[UPDATE... Further Research Resulted In The Following Information]
Tully Park is located at the centre of the Cherrywood development, and the park itself is centred on the ruins of the Tully Church and Graveyard. Tully Park will be 22 acres in size, roughly the same as Dublin’s St. Stephen’s Green Park.
Being the flagship park of Cherrywood, Tully Park will serve as a facility for the entire development, containing everyday walking and cycling routes and providing environmentally-positive connections.
Lehaunstown Lane and the existing hedgerows and tree lines will divide the Park naturally into four zones:
A Heritage Zone with Tully Church & Graveyard, High Crosses and their environs, with paths to explore the monuments.
A Biodiversity Zone with lots of native wildflowers, shrubs, trees and informal paths to wander.
A Play Zone which includes a large play area for kids, a skate park and an amphitheater area for open-air plays or performances.
A Passive Zone with lawns, meadows and wooded areas make up the majority here, with winding paths and seating areas.
Tully Park will be located beside a primary and secondary school. These schools and the local community will be able to avail of the outdoor recreational facilities and open space within Tully Park.