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"The so-called Schönborn Chapel on the northern transept of Würzburg Cathedral was essentially built from 1721 by Balthasar Neumann on behalf of Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn until 1724 (shell) and from 1731 to 1736 by Friedrich Carl von Schönborn as a burial place for the Schönborn family.
The Schönborn Chapel, which consists of a round central building (rotunda) with two annexes, is attached to the northern transept of the Romanesque St. Kilian's Cathedral, where it replaced an older chapel. The client was Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn, and Maximilian von Welsch made plans. Construction began in 1721, Balthasar Neumann's plans were revised in 1723 and the shell was completed in 1724. Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt was also undoubtedly involved in the modifications. It was consecrated in 1736. The Schönborn Chapel is considered one of the most beautiful baroque spatial creations in Germany. The furnishings were carried out by court artists from 1733 to 1738. Antonio Giuseppe Bossi made the marble stucco work in 1734 . He also created an important stucco statue of the Immaculata from the episcopal private altar on the gallery above the main altar, which inspired the so-called house madonnas of Würzburg. The frescoes were created (some with Johann Thalhofer and Anton Joseph Högler) by the court painter Johann Rudolf Byss. Based on designs by Johann Wolfgang van der Auwera, six white marble statues were created in Massa-Carrara for the side altars and the main altar. The sculptural furnishings of the rooms come from the court sculptor Claude Curé.
Altarpieces created by Federico Bencovich of Venice were replaced by those by Tiepolo in 1752 and were themselves lost.
Friedrich Carl von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg and Imperial Vice Chancellor († 1746), and the builder Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn , who was elected Bishop of Würzburg in 1719 († 1724), were buried in the Schönborn Chapel. The Schönborn Chapel can be seen from the central building of the Würzburg Residence through Hofstrasse, so that the Schönborns always had their burial place in sight. In addition, Theodolinde Charlotte Luise (1816–1817), daughter of the later King Ludwig I (Bavaria), who died during the time that Ludwig I was staying in Würzburg as Crown Prince, was buried in the Schönborn Chapel.
The Schönborn Chapel is one of the historic buildings in Würzburg that can be seen on the front of the 50-mark note of the fourth series to the left of the portrait of Balthasar Neumann.
Würzburg Cathedral (German: Würzburger Dom) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to Saint Kilian. It is the seat of the Bishop of Würzburg and has served as the burial place for the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg for hundreds of years. With an overall length of 103 metres, it is the fourth largest Romanesque church building in Germany, and a masterpiece of German architecture from the Salian period. Notable later additions include work by Tilman Riemenschneider and Balthasar Neumann. The cathedral was heavily damaged by British bombs in March 1945 but rebuilt post-World War II.
A cathedral and an attached monastery existed in Würzburg as early as the 8th Century, presumably built by the city's first bishop, Burchard. On July 8, 752, Burchard transferred the relics of Kilian and his companions Totnan and Colman to the cathedral. The skulls of these three saints are still kept in the High Altar of the cathedral.
The cathedral was destroyed by fire and rebuilt twice (in 787 and 855). The third and present cathedral was built from 1040 onwards by Bishop Bruno. After Bruno's accidental death in 1045, his successor Adalbero completed the building in 1075. Due to several rebuildings, notably after 1133, the cathedral was only consecrated in 1187. It retains its Romanesque cruciform layout to this day.
The cathedral school attached to the cathedral and run by the Würzburg cathedral chapter was one of the most important cathedral schools in the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages, along with those of Liège and Worms.
The side aisles were remodeled in a late Gothic style around 1500. A baroque renovation began in 1627, and continued through the century. In particular, numerous pieces of valuable Baroque art were created for the Cathedral's altars. The stuccoist Pietro Magno decorated the cathedral in Baroque stucco work in 1701-04.
In 1721-34, Balthasar Neumann built the burial chapel for the Schönborn bishops, north of the transept. Around the foot of the eastern tower, he also added a Baroque vestry and Ornatkammer (1749).
Additional Romanesque Revival changes made to the western façade and towers in 1879-85 (see picture of the cathedral in 1904) were removed after 1946.
The Cathedral was heavily damaged in the bombing of Würzburg. Much of the interior was irreparably damaged. Large portions of the building, especially the nave, collapsed in the winter of 1946, almost a year after the bombing. Reconstruction was completed in 1967, in the course of which some Baroque components were removed in favour of a re-Romanisation. In particular, the collapsed nave was rebuilt unadorned, with a flat wooden roof, providing a marked contrast to the surviving baroque stucco in the rest of the building. Over the course of the renovation, the Romanesque Revival west front with its rose window, tripartite gallery, and clock niche were covered by a plain stone wall. The west front was once again revealed after a 2006 renovation. The choir was redesigned in 1988.
With a length of 103 meters, the cathedral is thought to be the fourth largest Romanesque basilica in Germany.
Würzburg (German: [ˈvʏʁtsbʊʁk]; Main-Franconian: Wörtzburch) is, after Nuremberg and Fürth, the third-largest city in Franconia located in the north of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main river.
Würzburg is situated approximately approximately 110 km west-northwest of Nuremberg and 120 km east-southeast of Frankfurt am Main. The population as of 2019 is approximately 130,000 residents.
The regional dialect is East Franconian German.
On 16 March 1945, about 90% of the city was destroyed in 17 minutes by firebombing from 225 British Lancaster bombers during a World War II air raid. Würzburg became a target for its role as a traffic hub and to break the spirit of the population.
All of the city's churches, cathedrals, and other monuments were heavily damaged or destroyed. The city centre, which mostly dated from medieval times, was destroyed in a firestorm in which 5,000 people perished.
Over the next 20 years, the buildings of historical importance were painstakingly and accurately reconstructed. The citizens who rebuilt the city immediately after the end of the war were mostly women – Trümmerfrauen ("rubble women") – because the men were either dead or still prisoners of war. On a relative scale, Würzburg was destroyed to a larger extent than was Dresden in a firebombing the previous month.
Würzburg spans the banks of the river Main in the region of Lower Franconia in the north of the state of Bavaria, Germany. The heart of the town is on the locally eastern (right) bank. The town is enclosed by the Landkreis Würzburg but is not a part of it.
Würzburg covers an area of 87.6 square kilometres and lies at an altitude of around 177 metres.
Of the total municipal area, in 2007, building area accounted for 30%, followed by agricultural land (27.9%), forestry/wood (15.5%), green spaces (12.7%), traffic (5.4%), water (1.2%) and others (7.3%).
The centre of Würzburg is surrounded by hills. To the west lies the 266-meter Marienberg and the Nikolausberg (359 m) to the south of it. The Main flows through Würzburg from the southeast to the northwest.
Lower Franconia (German: Unterfranken) is one of seven districts of Bavaria, Germany. The districts of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia make up the region of Franconia. It consists of nine districts and 308 municipalities (including three cities).
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally reorganised and, in 1808, divided into 15 administrative government regions (German: Regierungsbezirke, singular Regierungsbezirk), in Bavaria called Kreise (singular: Kreis). They were created in the fashion of the French departements, quite even in size and population, and named after their main rivers.
In the following years, due to territorial changes (e. g. loss of Tyrol, addition of the Palatinate), the number of Kreise was reduced to 8. One of these was the Untermainkreis (Lower Main District). In 1837 king Ludwig I of Bavaria renamed the Kreise after historical territorial names and tribes of the area. This also involved some border changes or territorial swaps. Thus the name Untermainkreis changed to Lower Franconia and Aschaffenburg, but the city name was dropped in the middle of the 20th century, leaving just Lower Franconia.
From 1933, the regional Nazi Gauleiter, Otto Hellmuth, (who had renamed his party Gau "Mainfranken") insisted on renaming the government district Mainfranken as well. He encountered resistance from Bavarian state authorities but finally succeeded in having the name of the district changed, effective 1 June 1938. After 1945 the name Unterfranken was restored.
Franconia (German: Franken, pronounced [ˈfʁaŋkŋ̍]; Franconian: Franggn [ˈfrɑŋɡŋ̍]; Bavarian: Frankn) is a region of Germany, characterised by its culture and Franconian dialect (German: Fränkisch).
Franconia is made up of the three Regierungsbezirke of Lower, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, Franconian-speaking, South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian— and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg.
Those parts of the Vogtland lying in Saxony (largest city: Plauen) are sometimes regarded as Franconian as well, because the Vogtlandian dialects are mostly East Franconian. The inhabitants of Saxon Vogtland, however, mostly do not consider themselves as Franconian. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the Hessian-speaking parts of Lower Franconia west of the Spessart (largest city: Aschaffenburg) do consider themselves as Franconian, although not speaking the dialect. Heilbronn-Franconia's largest city of Heilbronn and its surrounding areas are South Franconian-speaking, and therefore only sometimes regarded as Franconian. In Hesse, the east of the Fulda District is Franconian-speaking, and parts of the Oden Forest District are sometimes regarded as Franconian for historical reasons, but a Franconian identity did not develop there.
Franconia's largest city and unofficial capital is Nuremberg, which is contiguous with Erlangen and Fürth, with which it forms the Franconian conurbation with around 1.3 million inhabitants. Other important Franconian cities are Würzburg, Bamberg, Bayreuth, Ansbach and Coburg in Bavaria, Suhl and Meiningen in Thuringia, and Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg.
The German word Franken—Franconians—also refers to the ethnic group, which is mainly to be found in this region. They are to be distinguished from the Germanic people of the Franks, and historically formed their easternmost settlement area. The origins of Franconia lie in the settlement of the Franks from the 6th century in the area probably populated until then mainly by the Elbe Germanic people in the Main river area, known from the 9th century as East Francia (Francia Orientalis). In the Middle Ages the region formed much of the eastern part of the Duchy of Franconia and, from 1500, the Franconian Circle. The restructuring of the south German states by Napoleon, after the demise of the Holy Roman Empire, saw most of Franconia awarded to Bavaria." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
I have finally completed the painting on the armor of my ODST, this figure probably will not change for a while but the I might paint some camo on the sniper rifle. I am happy on how it turned out, thanks to brickforge for the armor, and thanks to brickarms for the weapons, with I will still be ordering from both.
after a good bit of time, waiting for my stuff on bricklink, it has all finally arrived, and been built.
in my opinion, i'd like to get some with pinstripes to line the boiler, but even now so, the boiler feels pretty sturdy.
and i'd like to thank the main inspiration for this project, Carl, cheers for the eye candy on you flickr bud ;)
The shower curtain material is thin and shiny, so it looks more wrinkly here than it does in real life... :)
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.
socks for Knitty Board Sock Swap: Part Deux. Haven't been washed yet, but I couldn't wait and had to take a photo.
YARN: Vesper in the Muddy Waters Colorway
PATTERN: Scrolls from More Sensational Knitted Socks
SIZE: 9 in women's
NEEDLE SIZE: 1 Addi Turbo, Magic Loop Method, Toe Up
STARTED: Sometime in late June 2007
FINISHED: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
VERDICT: Easy pattern to memorize....don't know if I'll be joining any more sock swaps (unless they match up people with similar sized feet; at least within 1 shoe size, cause this was just ridiculous!) because I only wear a size 5, LOL!
'Color Search' sketch:
I found inspiration in the 'Pixel Path' Processing work done by Craig Mackenzie, and wanted to try my hand at it:
blog.craig-mackenzie.com/2008/02/25/pixel-path-my-prelimi...
In this sketch, it isolates every 5th pixel, and if it fist a certain HSB criteria, it finds every matching pixel in the image, and draws a line to it.
The class I used to author this Sketch can be found on my wiki:
processingwiki.tiddlyspot.com/#[[Class: ImageData]]
Students from the Elizabeth Public School in grades 8-12 recently completed a beautification project on Elizabeth Avenue, painting decorative murals on Traffic Utility Boxes at seven locations throughout the district.
The project was spearheaded by the Elizabeth Avenue Partnership (EAP) the Downtown Management Corporation for the Elizabeth Special Improvement District and funded in part from an Investors Foundation Grant.
On Monday, April 30th, students painted 20 renderings onto the formerly gray and drab traffic boxes depicting the culture, history and beauty of the City of Elizabeth. As part of the project, students submitted artwork over a two-year span, which were chosen by a committee from the EAP. All in all, 11 schools were represented with about 25 students participating in the project and overseen by their art teachers. The Singer Sewing Machine Factory, Goethals Bridge, Cultural Flags, Latin Instruments, The new River Walk, the new Elizabeth River Trail, the Waterfront, Cityscape Downtowns, a Colorful Dove, Cherry Blossoms, Glass Mosaic and the Minuteman Statue were represented. Logos from the respective schools were painted on the sides of each box. A group even painted a Georgia O’Keefe inspired mural entitled, “Plug Into Spring” where the roots of a tree doubled as an extension cord being plugged into an outlet.
“Despite some rain and cold conditions the students and teachers braved the weather and really made the boxes come to life,” said David Strochak, EAP Executive Director. The talent exhibited during this project was mind blowing.”
EAP officials say this effort is a way to brighten up the community.
“I was driving around in other towns, and I noticed these signal boxes that were decorated nicely,” says EAP Vice Chairman, Emerson Amador. “I said, you know what, we need to put a plan in action to make ours prettier.”
“On behalf of Elizabeth Public Schools, I would like to thank Elizabeth Avenue Partnership and the City of Elizabeth for providing our students the opportunity to share their creativity and imagination with the community,” said Superintendent Olga Hugelmeyer. “Arts education is an important component of the instruction we provide at our schools. I am excited that our students’ artwork will be displayed at various locations, revealing not only their exceptional artistic talents, but also their pride in being an Elizabethan through their unique perspective of Elizabeth culture.”
During the kickoff ceremony at Union Square Plaza, Mayor Bollwage joined representatives from the EPS and EAP to kick off this first annual Mural Project where nearly 100 entries were received over the last two years from students who were asked to depict the culture, history and beauty of the City of Elizabeth. The project was the brainchild of the EAP under then chairman Emerson Amador who wanted to bring a sense of beauty and community pride to the district through student art. Funds for the project were generated from an Investors Foundation Grant, written by EAP Executive Director Dave Strochak.
“Our City has a wonderful arts community and there are so many underutilized spaces that could serve as canvasses for artists to share their talent,” said Mayor J. Christian Bollwage. “I am happy to kick off this project, as it not only showcases the history and culture of Elizabeth, but it gets our youth involved while adding a creative element to the Avenue. Congratulations to the students chosen to share their artwork.”
“This has been in the planning stages on Elizabeth Avenue for quite some time and we are so pleased to be working with the wonderful art departments at the Elizabeth Public Schools again to decorate and beautify our district,” Strochak said. We thank all of our partners and of course the Investors Foundation for this opportunity.”
The Investors Foundation, who had Vice President, Razie Dauti and Branch Manager David Miguens on hand, is dedicated to supporting creative initiatives to diverse community organizations that support Arts and Education, Health and Human Services, Youth and Affordable Housing in the communities Investors Bank serves.
“Our focus at Investors Bank is to build strong business partnerships with each community we service,” said David Miguens, Elizabeth Branch Manager. “It is not only a pleasure to help support the EAP but a necessity to be fully involved in such organizations to ensure that our towns are safe and clean and we can help educate the people who live and work in Elizabeth.”
The EAP has been operating since 1999 and is responsible for all aspects of managing the Elizabeth Avenue shopping district including, safety, security, street cleaning, parking, beautification, promotions and events.
“The Elizabeth Avenue Partnership is thrilled to welcome the students of our community into our district,” said EAP Chairman Angel Rodriguez. They have an opportunity to leave a lasting impression through their art work for the residents, merchants and shoppers on Elizabeth Avenue. We are grateful that the Art Department of the Elizabeth School District is providing the students with this great opportunity to showcase their talents for everyone to see. Congratulations to the students!”
This is the second time the EAP has worked with the EPS Art Departments, the first being the widely popular Wooden Toy Soldier Exhibit which decorated Elizabeth Avenue for the holidays.
Photos taken by Elizabeth Public Schools. Story submitted by Elizabeth Avenue Partnership.
My completed scorecard for the game between the Hickory Crawdads and the Greensboro Grasshoppers at NewBridge Bank Park
The Crawdads won, 3-1.
24 strikeouts. Easily the most I've ever witnessed in one game, and only one of them was in extras.
Greesboro, NC, 06/25/16
My completed scorecard for the game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ, 06/30/08.
The Diamondbacks won, 6-3.
Completed Landing Station
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My husband felt I didn't get a good photo of the shed he completed for our neighbors. So I rode back by to get a better image. I didn't want to go into the yard so I stood in the street and took a couple of shots. I know this is not the best shot but I think it gives you a good idea.
This is the combination of the background with the typography to create the final cover for the re-do book design.
Nice shot of the cockpit - what I see from the riding position.
Took some getting used to not having cables in the way, but quickly enough I was getting a good stretched-out position over the 120mm Cinelli 1R stem and Giro d'Italia bars.
For most of the ride, I was experimenting with hand position and found I really enjoyed stretching out best with my palms directly on top of the hoods.
The first Fort Washington was completed in 1809 and guarded the Nation’s Capital until it was destroyed by its own garrison in 1814 as the British were invading. Twelve days later Major Pierre L’Enfant was sent to construct new defenses but worked on the fort for only a brief period before Lieutenant Colonel Walker K. Armistead replaced him. The fort was completed on October 2, 1824. Extensive remodeling was performed in the 1840s and the first guns were mounted in 1846. The masonry fort was occupied by soldiers from the First, Third and Fourth U.S. Artillery during its early history.
Except for a few guns at the Washington Arsenal, Fort Washington was the only defense for the Nation’s Capital until the Civil War. Fort Washington was garrisoned as the outer defense for the city. Companies of the First and Fourth Artillery as well as numerous state artillery units passed through the post during the war.
A new defense system, consisting of rifled steel guns in concrete emplacements was authorized in 1886 and work began at Fort Washington in 1891. The next year ground was broken for Battery B, later named Battery Decatur and the guns were mounted in 1896. Eventually eight concrete batteries at Fort Washington and four at Fort Hunt made up the Potomac Defense Command.
Prior to World War I Fort Washington was downgraded to harbor defense and the large guns removed. During the war the post was used as a staging area for troops being sent to France. The 8th Provisional Artillery Battalion was organized at the post and sent to France where they became the 53rd Railroad Artillery Regiment. After the war the 3rd Battalion 12th Infantry moved in and became the ceremonial unit for the Military District of Washington. During World War II Fort Washington became the home of the Adjutant General’s School. The Fort was giving to the National Park Service in 1946.
On the National Register #66000965.
my now finished 42009 Lego Technic Mobile Crane. complete with Motor and Battery pack.
controls are able to move the outrigers out and down, lift the crane arm, extend it, and lower the hook to pick things up.
due to the pully having a spring gear it cant lift much weight, but by switching to the boom lift control, it can do a lot more.