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The town church Ludwigsburg is a Protestant church building in the core city of Ludwigsburg.
The town church was built between 1718 and 1726 by master builder Donato Giuseppe Frisoni as a baroque preaching church on the west side of the market square. Already in 1720, before the completion of the two towers, the office of a city councilor (tower-blower) had been established, which still exists today.
This building originally dates to 1502 (completion). It served as one of the main granaries of the town. The name Mauthalle (= customs hall) dates to the 19th century when the building served as the customs headquarters of Nuremberg (Maut = customs duties). The building is 84 m long, 20 m wide and 29 m tall.
During an allied bombing raid in the night of March 8th/9th 1943 the roof structure burned out, the building was covered with a provisional roof afterwards. During another allied bombing raid on October 3rd 1944 the walls received just slight shrapnel damage, but finally during the bombing raid on January 2nd 1945 the building was hit heavily, the eastern gable and the southern walls collapsed, the building burned out completely.
Reconstruction after WWII lasted from 1951 to 1953 in slightly simplified form.
Today it serves as an office building with shops in the ground floor, the basement houses the restaurant Mautkeller which features a microbrewery.
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The Zeeland Bridge (Dutch: Zeelandbrug) is the longest bridge in the Netherlands. The bridge spans the Eastern Scheldt estuary. It connects the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland in the province of Zeeland.
The Zeeland Bridge was built between 1963 and 1965. It was inaugurated on 15 December 1965 by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and was originally called Eastern Scheldt Bridge (Dutch: Oosterscheldebrug) before being renamed the Zealand Bridge on 13 April 1967. At the time of its completion, it was the longest bridge in Europe. It has a total length of 5,022 metres, and consists of 48 spans of 95 metres, 2 spans of 72.5 metres and a movable bridge with a width of 40 metres.
The province of Zeeland borrowed the money for the construction of the bridge. The loan was repaid by levying tolls for the first 24 years.
Moored on the Fraser River
British Columbia,
Canada
FRPD CENTENNIAL BUDDY CRANE BARGE TUG
Width:7.0 m
Length:12.0 m
The Mission Railway Bridge is a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge spanning the Fraser River between Mission, and Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.
Replacing an earlier bridge built in 1891, which was the first and only bridge crossing of the Fraser below Siska in the Fraser Canyon until the construction of the New Westminster rail bridge in 1904, it was constructed in 1909 by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The Mission Railway Bridge is supported by 13 concrete piers and is approximately 533 metres in length. Before completion of the Mission highway bridge, highway traffic to and from Matsqui and Abbotsford with Mission used the bridge as a one-way alternating route, with traffic lights at either end to control direction. Rail traffic often held up car crossings, causing long and often very lengthy waits, which were a part of daily life in the Central Valley until the new bridge was completed.
Beneath the bridge's north abutment is an important river-level gauge monitored during the annual Fraser freshet. The bridge is also the location of the end of the Fraser's tidal bore - downstream from the bridge the river is increasingly influenced by tidal influences from the Georgia Strait.
Swing span
The Mission Railway Bridge has a swing span which has a vertical clearance of 4.9 metres above the water when closed. The swing span is fitted atop a circular concrete pier, the 10th from the north bank of the river. The 10th pier is protected from shipping traffic by two 46 metre wood piers extending upstream and downstream respectively perpendicular to the bridge which are tapered at both ends. The navigation channel past the bridge is 30 metres in width. At night a fixed white light is displayed on piers 9 and 11 as well as at the up-river and down-river ends of the protection pier.
The majority of marine traffic consists of log tows and gravel barges, which are permitted to use the navigation channel beneath the fixed span between piers 5 and 6. The swing span is used for wood chip barges and other vessels which cannot navigate beneath the span between piers 5 and 6.
CPR maintains a bridge tender 24 hours per day at an office on the north bank of the bridge. Vessels requesting passage through the swing span contact the bridge tender on marine VHF radio, whereby the tender walks the bridge to a control booth situated on the swing span. Wikipedia
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Happy Clicks,
~Christie (happiest) by the River
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A view of the west side of Mount Pulaski's square as seen from the intersection of S. Washington (right) and E. Cooke St. (left). The strange looking building on the corner is the Farmers Bank of Mount Pulaski. The following information is sourced from the Farmers Bank of Mount Pulaski website which states the bank was established in 1872 when Leonard K. Scroggin, with the assistance of Walter Sawyer, formed a private bank, known as the Scroggin & Sawyer Bank. Mr. Scroggin was a local land owner and had a successful farming business which had grown to such an extent that he decided to open a private bank. The bank was originally located in a building that faced west on South Washington Street, about a half a block south of the square. This building no longer stands.
On February 7th, 1876, Mr. Scroggin bought the lot where the present bank (ed: shown in this view) is located to build a new building to house the bank. This building was very substantial for the time and consisted of the bank and a store with offices, a large opera house, and a dance hall located above. The building also included a three-story hotel and rooming house, which had 20 rooms in addition to a parlor and a dining room. Upon completion of the new building, the new bank was called Scroggin & Son, and a few years after that, was known as The Farmers Bank of Scroggin & Son. On July 1, 1914, The Farmers Bank of Scroggin & Son went public and was incorporated as a State Bank under the name of The Farmers Bank of Mt. Pulaski Illinois, as it is still called today.
I have not been found photographs of the 1876-era bank building that also contained offices, dance hall, opera house, and hotel. It certainly is possible the partial remains of that 1876 building have been "papered over" with the building seen before you. I plan to visit the Mt. Pulaski Historical Museum in the near future and will update this post soon after. Mount Pulaski's business district around the courthouse still retains much of its turn-of-the-century charm. All I can say is this monstrosity of a building contributes nothing to historical appeal of the square.
Mount Pulaski is located in southern Logan County, about 30 miles northeast of Springfield. The population of Mount Pulaski at the 2020 census was 1,537.
(Still on day 1 of our vacation...stop at Taupo...we spend a few hours in and around Taupo and quickly visited a few places ... will post photos soon).
The lakeside town of Taupo provides a base for visitors who love to fish for trout, ski Mount Ruapehu and explore the local geothermal phenomena. Popular Taupo experiences include Huka Falls, geothermal walks, a prawn farm, lake cruises, New Zealand's first public cable wakeboarding park and guided kayak expeditions to see the rock carvings at Mine Bay.
Taupo is a fantastic region for year-round mountain biking, with the recent completion of the Great Lake Trail. Along with cycling, there's excellent hiking and golf opportunities.
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In 1901 the drawing were approved for a new Church,which would relieve St.Peter`s and St.Paul`s parishes,where the population growth was large.Construction started in 1903,with a planned completion date of 1906,which was when St.John`s Parish was founded .The Church was finally inaugurated by Bishop Gottfrid Billing on Holy Teinity Day,june 1907.Designed in the Art Noveau style by Axsel Anderberg.
Tower height: 60,2m.Height to ceiling 26,13m. Length of Church 52,27m.
Both externally and internally,the Church is adorned with roses cut and carved by hand,which is why it is called "The Church of Roses".The are more than 1,000 roses in the Church.
Yes, it's another Cuddly Couple! The point was to show off Din's magnificent feathery collar, but I somehow dominated the scene nonetheless. No light without shadows, and it is the same for me with Din: he is an essential part of my existence, without which I would scatter and dissolve. When I am tired of shining, I can cloak myself in his darkness and rest.
Photo of Benjamin Lake captured via Minolta Maxxum AF 16mm Fish-Eye F/2.8 Lens. Spokane Indian Reservation. Selkirk Mountains Range. Okanogan-Colville Xeric Valleys and Foothills section within the Northern Rockies Region. Inland Northwest. Stevens County, Washington. Early October 2021.
Exposure Time: 1/25 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 5006 K * Plug-In: Fuji Velvia 50 * Elevation: 2,273 feet above sea-level
Taken from Fort Point (South End)
Fort Point National Historic Site defended San Francisco Bay from California's Gold Rush to World War II. Its brick masonry matches the Golden Gate Bridge.
From its vantage point overlooking the spectacular Golden Gate, Fort Point protected San Francisco harbor from Confederate & foreign attack during & after the U.S. Civil War. Its beautifully arched casemates display the art of the master brick mason from the Civil War period.
The fort was designed to mount 126 massive cannon. Rushed to completion at the beginning of the Civil War, Fort Point was first garrisoned in February of 1861 by Company I, 3rd U.S. Artillery Regiment. The fort was occupied throughout the Civil War, but the advent of faster, more powerful rifled cannon made brick forts such as Fort Point obsolete. In 1886 the troops were withdrawn, and the last cannon were removed about 1900. The fort was then used for storage and training purposes for many years.
Between 1933 and 1937 the fort was used as a base of operations for the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. During World War II, Fort Point was occupied by about 100 soldiers who manned searchlights and rapid-fire cannon mounted atop the fort as part of the protection of a submarine net strung across the entrance to the Bay.
Completion date-2011 Architectural firm - Zeidler Roberts Partnership ....276 metre (909 feet) 60 story, mixed use hotel/condominium tower consisting of 260 luxury hotel rooms & 109 condominiums, with 4-6 suites on each floor....
GWR King Class 6023 King Edward 11. The Great Western Society at Didcot painstakingly undertook a major restoration of the locomotive which was finally completed after 31 years of hard work. This photo was taken 3 months after its completion.
The New Mosque (Yeni Cami), originally named the Valide Sultan Mosque, (Valide Sultan Camii) and later New Valide Sultan Mosque (Yeni Valide Sultan Camii) after its partial reconstruction and completion between 1660 and 1665, is an Ottoman imperial mosque located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey. It is situated on the Golden Horn, at the southern end of the Galata Bridge, and is a notable Istanbul landmark marking the crossing from the old historic core of the city to the Beyoğlu (Pera) district. The mosque is an example of the Sultanate of Women period in Ottoman Empire.
The construction of the mosque began in 1597. It was ordered by Safiye Sultan, who was the wife of Sultan Murad III and later Valide Sultan (Queen Mother) of Sultan Mehmed III. She ordered the mosque in her capacity as Valide Sultan, two years after Mehmed III's ascension to the Ottoman throne in 1595, hence the original formal name "Valide Sultan Mosque".
The original architect was Davut Ağa, an apprentice to the great Mimar Sinan. However, Davut Ağa died in 1599 and was replaced by Dalgıç Ahmed Çavuş. The construction took more than half a century and was completed by another Valide Sultan, Turhan Sultan, mother of Sultan Mehmed IV.
This is the Quire at York Minster, England, the second-largest Gothic cathedral of Northern Europe. The present building was begun in about 1230 and completed in 1472.
The Quire was built between 1361 and the 1420s, although much of the original structure was destroyed in a fire started deliberately on the night of 1 February 1829. The blaze had been started by Jonathan Martin, a frequent visitor to the cathedral at the time, who had attended a service that afternoon and then hidden inside until the building was locked for the night. Martin reportedly used a rope taken from the bell tower to climb into the Quire, before setting the area alight and making his escape through a window. The fire wasn't detected until the following morning, but despite the best efforts of firefighters, the blaze completely destroyed the Quire including its medieval panelling, stalls, roof and the Grand Organ. The instrument is believed to have dated in part from 1632.
It is unclear why Martin started the fire – some suggest he disliked the style of worship at the Minster and others have reported that he claimed to dislike the noise the organ made. He is quoted as saying: "I'll have thee down tonight, thou shalt buzz no more." He was arrested shortly after the fire, declared insane at trial and sent to Bedlam Hospital in London where he spent the rest of his life.
As part of the rebuilding work at the Minster after the fire, a new Grand Organ was commissioned in 1829, and parts of this instrument still exist today. A donation of £3,000 paid for most of the cost of the new organ and its "gingerbread gothic" style case which sits above the Quire Screen.
In 2018 a major 3-year, £2m refurbishment began on the organ, the first on this scale since 1903. The instrument was removed in October 2018 – including nearly all of its 5,403 pipes – and taken to Durham for repair and refurbishment by organ specialists Harrison and Harrison. The majority of the 100 display pipes in the main organ casing will be brought back into use for the first time in more than 100 years. The organ has now been returned to the cathedral and work is underway to rebuild it, ready for completion in spring 2021.
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Completion date-2011 Architect - Yansong Ma .... in Modernist style.... 50 & 56 storey residential condominiums, also known as "Absolute World", but affectionately nicknamed the "Marilyn" , due to its curvaceous hourglass figure, likened to Marilyn Monroe....
Parts have arrived and the Brickmania crew pitched in to help us place close to 10,000 tiles to give it that cobblestone look.
Almost complete. Wait for some big announcements!
Cody did a large part of the building.
Thank you for those who gave your input on which piano to use!
Daniel Siskind's design on the tanks.
Lando made some nice stickers/decals to make the Fury scene authentic.
Matador 3, with the tug Jan Leenheer of Rotterdam, off Great Yarmouth after a 27 hour tow from Rotterdam Waalhaven in Holland.
Name: Matador 3
Vessel type: Non-self propelled floating sheerleg crane
Home port: Rotterdam
Flag: Netherlands
IMO: 9272137
MMSI: 246300000
Call sign: PBHF
Accommodation: 8
Length overall: 70 m
Beam: 32 m
Draught: 3.35 m
Gross tonnage: 3,898 ton
Net tonnage:1,169 ton
Max tow speed: 10 knots
Crane: 1 x SWL 1,800 ton
Generators:
1 x diesel generator set, 114 kVA - 155 hp - 91 kW
1 x diesel generator set, 940 kVA - 1.277 hp - 752 kW
Builder: Daewoo Mangalia Heavy Industries, Mangalia, Romania
Yard number: 00.232
Completion date: 3rd. October 2002
Owner: Bonn & Mees Drijvende Bokken Beheer BV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sershul Tekchen Dargyeling སེར་ཤུལ་ ཏེཀ་ ཆེན་ དར་ གྱེ་ གླིང་
Founding (1759) > Monks 1255 •Religious Sect > Geluk སེར་ཤུལ་དགོན། > ser shul dgon > Sershül Gön Sershul Tekchen Dargyeling སེར་ཤུལ་ ཏེཀ་ ཆེན་ དར་ གྱེ་ གླིང་ is an important monastery of the Gelukpa School, located 20 km west of Deongma, on the right side of the road. This is currently the largest monastery in Sershul county, with 1200-1300 monks divided into six colleges, under the guidance of the youthful but charismatic Drukpa Rinpoche. The rain retreat festival held in August is a magnificent spectacle, attracting nomad communities. The hills and grasslands around the monastery are sparse and spacious.
The complex was founded as a branch of Chunkor but soon outgrew the latter. The recently restored buildings at Sershul, which are all near the motor road, include the Tsokchen (assembly hall), the Jamkhang (Maitreya temple), the Gonkhang (protector temple), the Dewachen Lhakhang (Amitabha temple), the Mentsikhang (where Mipham Rinpoche`s tradition is maintained), the college, a Mani Wheel chapel (containing three wheels constructed by the father of the present Drukpa Rinpoche) and a small guesthouse. A new Tsongkhapa Lhakhang, resembling a giant cathedral, has been constructed below the main complex, and was due for completion and consecration on 12 December, 2008. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
Sometimes you just have to get the shot #GTS no matter how awful or expensive it will be to do so, this was one of those times. I had found out after making my flight reservation to Italy that the one daylight freight train on this line would run between 8 and 10 on Saturday morning. Unfortunately my flight into Paris wouldnt get me to this spot until atleast 9 AM, so I would probably miss the shot. Since the line was going to be closed in November I bit the bullet, payed Delta's stupid $150 change fee and scheduled a new flight via Amsterdam and Lyon. Then it was all day on a TGV and a local train to Ventimeglia, Italy where I spent the night. Then a few hours of sleep up again at 0430 to catch R2125 to Diano Marina, Italy from where I walked 3 miles to this spot. Thankfully my effort was rewarded and the train passed just after the sun had gotten high enough and with a clean locomotive, not easy in Italy. Was it worth it? Most of you will likely say definitely not but for me, yes! Eastbound Ventimeglia-Genoa steel train at Cervo, Italy E652 037. This line closed on November 2nd 2016 after the completion of a new inland line.
Martinskirche in Neckartailfingen: Eine romanische, dreischiffige Säulenbasilika. Mauern, Balken und ein erheblicher Teil der Dachziegel („ältestes Dach Süddeutschlands“) stammen noch aus der Bauzeit von 1111.
"Ziegel guter Qualität sind sehr lange haltbar. Vgl. den Befund der Martinskirche in Neckartailfingen aus dem frühen 12. Jahrhundert (Knapp 1999, S. 41–51). Auffallend ist der leicht anguläre Querschnitt der großen Neckartailfinger Firstziegel"
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Vermutetes Weihedatum: 11.11.1111 (Martinstag). Fresken um 1300. Der gotische Kirchturm wurde erst um 1500 gebaut. Seine Firsthöhe beträgt 33 Meter. Schon beim Bau des Turms begann er sich wegen des Untergrunds aus Knollenmergel, zu neigen. Auf halber Höhe richteten die Maurer die Steinreihen anders aus. Deshalb neigt sich der Turm in zwei Richtungen: 1,02 Meter nach Westen und 82 Zentimeter nach Süden. Die südwestliche Ecke hängt 1,31 Meter weit über.
Das Mittelschiff ist schmal und hoch, keine romanische Basilika in Deutschland hat diesen steilen Querschnitt, dies deutet auf burgundische Einflüsse hin (Höhe Chor zur Breite 2,6:1).
Church St. Martin in a small town near Stuttgart: A romanesque basilica. Walls, beams and a considerable part of the roof tiles ("the oldest roof in Southern Germany") are still from the construction period of 1111. Suspected date of completion: 11.11.1111 (Day of St. Martin). Frescoes around 1300. The gothic church tower was built around 1500. Already at the construction of the tower, he began to lean, because of the subsoil of tubers. Halfway up, the masons turned the stone rows differently. Therefore the tower tends in two directions: 1.02 meters to the west and 82 centimeters to the south. The southwest corner hangs over 1.31 meters.
(Quelle: Wikipedia)
In 1721 the largest musical organ in The Netherlands was this one in St. Michael's Church in Zwolle, high in its nave. It had been initiated by Arp Schnitger (1648-1719) and on his death was completed by his firm. The organ has 4000 (!) pipes, and it's in the process of restoration scheduled for completion in 2021. The intricate organ case was designed by an Amsterdam sculptor and artist, Jurriaan Westerman (1677-1748).
The church itself was built on a much earlier sacred site between 1406 and 1466.
In the church I noticed a small memorial to a local poet of sorts, Willem Sluiter (1627-1673), a pastor of towns in the vicinity of Zwolle. Though his poetry is rather mawkish it was remembered in this area for at least a century after his death. One of his poems - rather too long and boring to show you in full - sings of the skylark:
Vliegt de kleine Leeuw'rick op,
En des Heemels hooge top!
't Aerdigh beesje reyt zijn vleug'len,
En zijn held're stem te saem
't Kanse beide niet beteug'len;
't Is hem selfs soo aengenaem.
(paraphrased: The small skylark soars, and its wings and clear voice join together involuntarily much to its own joy)
Thus the organist and his instrument...
Excerpt from www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/community/art_archi_hku_our_me...:
Art in station architecture
Artwork Title:
Our Memories of the Western District - HKU
Artist Name:
Photo winners from local community and MTR Corporation (Hong Kong)
Artwork Location:
HKU Station - Concourse
Form of Artwork:
Digital Printing on Glass
Artwork Completion Date:
December 2014
Artist's Concept:
The photographic competition entitled "Our Memories of the Western District" was the inaugural activity of the West Island Line Community Art Programme. Unique images of the HKU area were captured by local residents and the winning photographs from the champion, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up and merit award recipients were selected as the theme images for use in HKU Station. These photographic images were then pixelated using thousands of images collected from the community and then combined with monochrome graphics to create a panoramic collage, reflecting the uniqueness and culture of Western District with traditional buildings and daily life of the local community.
Kirche St. Ulrich und Afra / Feuchtwangen / Franconia / Bavaria / Germany
Album of Germany (the south): www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157712099...
Album of High-key photos: www.flickr.com/photos/tabliniumcarlson/albums/72157718851...
This photo appeared in this week's North Hawaii News, which was published this morning.
This was the first assignment where I was both the story writer and photographer. The article I wrote is found below this photo's byline, seen here:
BILL ADAMS | NORTH HAWAII NEWS
2008 Grammy Award nominee Donald Kauli'a, left, prepares to begin a slack key guitar lesson for five students from Cornell University's Earth and Environmental Systems (EES) Field Program.
The students pictured are, from front-row-top, Kourtney Reynolds, a senior from San Diego, California, Hannah Kubica, a junior from Little Falls, New York, Keisuke Irie, a senior from Bergen County, New Jersey, Matt Connelly, a sophomore from Syracuse, New York, and Tyler Huth, a sophomore from Boston, Massachusetts. In the rear is EES Field Program Director and Professor, Dr. Alexandra Moore.
The session was held at the Waimea Music Exchange store in the Parker Ranch Center this past Saturday.
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Studies In The Art Of The Slack Key
by Bill Adams
The Waimea Music Exchange store at Parker Center was filled with the beautiful sounds of Hawaiian music this past Saturday morning as a group of students from Cornell University participated in a slack key guitar lesson taught by the Big Island's own Don Kauli'a, whose album "Sweet Wahine" was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award.
The students are enrolled in Cornell's Earth and Environmental Systems (EES) Field Program. A 5-month course which spans the entire spring semester, students engage in field, class and laboratory studies focused on the various ecosystems of our Hawaiian island chain and of Hawaii's history and culture.
Led by Professor Dr. Alexandra Moore, the EES Field Program is based out of Waimea and hosted by the Hawaii Preparatory Academy. The students' living quarters is the 8-bedroom Waiaka House near the main campus of HPA.
Dr. Moore explained, "The students are immersed in studies geared towards "Kumu Pa'a I Ka 'Aina, which translates to 'Knowledge and understanding that comes from the land.'"
The stated mission of the EES Field Program is "To inspire stewardship of the Earth through first-hand experience with the power, and fragility, of Earth's interconnected systems."
Upon completion of the EES Field Program, students will achieve 18 credit hours from courses such as; Field Study of the Earth System, Biogeochemistry of the Hawaiian Islands, Field Study of Marine Ecosystems, Internship Experience, and an Introduction to Hawaiian History and Culture, which included Saturday's slack key guitar lesson.
The Program stresses the importance of respecting the Hawaiian ancestral lands and to give something back to the community by engaging in a variety of service learning (in class) projects and local volunteer opportunities. Students are also encouraged to explore ways in which they can contribute to the well-being of their adopted community.
Before Saturday's lesson began, the students were able to briefly meet and chat with another famous Big Island slack key guitar master, Sonny Lim, a 2007 Grammy Award winner for his work on the album, "Slack Key Guitar Volume 2".
Participating in Saturday's guitar lessons were a diverse group of five Cornell University students; Hannah Kubica, a junior from Little Falls, New York, Keisuke Irie, a senior from Bergen County, New Jersey, Matt Connelly, a sophomore from Syracuse, New York, Kourtney Reynolds, a senior from San Diego, California and Tyler Huth, a sophomore from Boston, Massachusetts.
More information about Cornell University's EES Field Program can be found on the Internet at www.geo.cornell.edu/hawaii.
Brancacci Chapel - Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
Nel 1268 un gruppo di frati giunti da Pisa fonda a Firenze la chiesa della beata Vergine del Carmelo. I lavori di costruzione vengono portati avanti con il contributo del Comune e delle più facoltose famiglie fiorentine e si protraggono anche oltre la data della consacrazione (1422), terminando soltanto nel 1475.
Nel 1423 il ricco mercante Felice Brancacci , di ritorno dall’Egitto, commissiona l’esecuzione degli affreschi. Alle Storie di San Pietro, santo a cui era in origine intitolata la cappella, lavorano insieme Masolino e Masaccio; a causa della partenza del primo per
l’Ungheria e del secondo per Roma, nel 1427 gli affreschi rimangono però incompiuti.
In seguito all’esilio del Brancacci (1436), caduto in disgrazia per le sue simpatie antimedicee, i frati del convento fanno cancellare i ritratti di tutti i personaggi legati alla sua famiglia e nel 1460 intitolano la cappella alla Madonna del Popolo, inserendovi la venerata tavola duecentesca.
Soltanto negli anni 1481-1483 Filippino Lippi effettuerà il ripristino e il completamento delle scene mancanti. I dipinti rischiano più volte di andare perduti: nel 1680 la Granduchessa Vittoria della Rovere si oppone al proposito del marchese Ferroni di trasformare la cappella in stile barocco, ma alla metà del Settecento vengono effettuati interventi di ammodernamento che distruggono le pitture della volta e delle lunette. Scampata all’incendio che nel 1771 devasta l’interno della chiesa, la cappella è acquistata nel 1780 dai Riccardi, che rinnovano altare e pavimento. Gli affreschi, trascurati per tutto l’Ottocento, vengono sottoposti a spolveratura nel 1904; l’intervento di restauro effettuato negli anni Ottanta del Novecento ha finalmente permesso di recuperare la loro limpida e brillante cromia.
In 1268 a group of friars from Pisa founded the church of the Blessed Virgin of Carmel in Florence. The construction works were carried out with the contribution of the Municipality and of the wealthiest Florentine families and went on even beyond the date of the consecration (1422), ending only in 1475.
In 1423 the rich merchant Felice Brancacci, returning from Egypt, commissioned the execution of the frescoes. Masolino and Masaccio worked together on the Stories of Saint Peter, the saint to whom the chapel was originally dedicated.
because of the departure of the first for Hungary and of the second for Rome, in 1427 the frescoes remained unfinished.
Following the exile of Brancacci (1436), who had fallen into disgrace because of his anti-Medicean sympathies, the friars of the convent had the portraits of all the personages linked to his family erased and in 1460 they entitled the chapel to the Madonna del Popolo, inserting in it the venerated 13th-century panel.
It was only in the years 1481-1483 that Filippino Lippi carried out the restoration and completion of the missing scenes. The paintings were in danger of being lost several times: in 1680 the Grand Duchess Vittoria della Rovere opposed the intention of the Marquis Ferroni to transform the chapel in Baroque style, but in the middle of the eighteenth century are made modernization interventions that destroy the paintings of the vault and of the lunettes. Escaped the fire that devastated the interior of the church in 1771. of the church, the chapel was purchased in 1780 by the Riccardi, who renovated the altar and the floor. The frescoes, neglected throughout the nineteenth century, were subjected to dusting in 1904. 1904; the restoration work carried out in the 1980s restoration carried out in the eighties of the twentieth century has finally allowed to recover their their clear and bright colors.
I just finished participating in November 16th's Macro Mondays challenge, "Keyhole," where I viewed and commented on multiple hundreds of images of orphaned keyholes (there were no keys allowed). This left me feeling a bit unsettled. Locks and keys go together like peanut butter and jelly; love and marraige, a horse and carriage... (you know the song). So, I felt compelled to create an image of a complete lock/key combination so I could go back to being able to sleep at night.
Strobist/technical info:
The lock was staged on a piece of glass with a black fabric background. Two Nikon SB900 speedlights were placed 90-degress CL and CR, 18" away and 24" above subject, pointing down at 45-degree angles. They were each fired in Manual mode through 24" x 24" Neewer soft boxes. The CL strobe was fired @1⁄4 power; CR @ 1⁄8 power. A third speedlight, a Nikon SB700 with Gary Fong 5th Gen Lightsphere attached, was placed CR at camera level and aimed directly at subject for fill. It was placed in Manual mode and fired @ 1⁄8 power.
The SB900's were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's; the SB700 was placed in SU-4 mode and triggered by the other strobes.
Lens: AF - S DX VR Zoom - Nikkor 18 - 200mm f / 3.5 - 5.6G IF - ED with a 20mm extension tube attached.
It is Half Nekkid Thursdays and I am happy about that. Not because I get to show my ass again, but because by tomorrow my home addition will be 1 week away from completion. WOOOHOOO! I will once again be able to run around half naked and not worry about "workers" in my house.
two new residential buildings in White Rock with interesting architectural design - curved balconies - are almost complete. They look really nice against the blue skies and white clouds.
The Atlantis is a German tourist steamer, which was from the HADAG - Hamburg Steamship Corporation - for the Helgoland service between Cuxhaven and Heligoland ordered by Bremer Rolandwerft. Following the bankruptcy of the shipyard, the ship was towed to Kiel, where it was finished from the HDW shipyard .
The keel laying took place on 15 May 1971, the launching on 19 February 1972 and the completion of the ship in July 1972.
After a change of ownership and many years in the Baltic Sea, the ship is now on the route Cuxhaven - Heligoland. Owner of the ship, the shipping company Cassen Eils, Cuxhaven.
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Die Atlantis ist ein deutsches Seebäderschiff, das von der HADAG - Hamburger Dampfschiff Aktiengesellschaft - für den Helgolanddienst zwischen Cuxhaven und Helgoland bei der Bremer Rolandwerft bestellt wurde. Nach dem Konkurs der Werft wurde das Schiff nach Kiel geschleppt und dort von der HDW-Werft fertiggestellt und ausgeliefert.
Die Kiellegung fand am 15. Mai 1971, der Stapellauf am 19. Februar 1972 und die Fertigstellung des Schiffes im Juli 1972 statt.
Nach einem Eignerwechsel und langjährigem Einsatz in der Ostsee verkehrt das Schiff nun in Charter der Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) in Flensburg erneut auf der Route Cuxhaven - Helgoland. Eigner des Schiffes ist die Reederei Cassen Eils in Cuxhaven.
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Flagge: Deutschland
Ex Namen: First Lady,Helgoland
Heimathafen:Cuxhaven
Eigner: Reederei Cassen Eils,Cuxhaven
Bauwerft: Rolandwerft Bremen,Deutschland
Stapellauf: 19. Februar 1972
Länge: 75,69 m
Breite: 12,00 m
Tiefgangmax. 3,25 m
BRZ: 1525 t
NRZ: 525 t
Maschine: 2 Dieselmotoren
Maschinenleistung: 2 x 1962 kW
Geschwindigkeit:max. 18 kn (33 km/h)
Propeller: 2
Besatzung: 8
Zugelassene Passagierzahl1000
RufzeichenDHDS
IMO 7214545
Jerusalem, Israel: While waiting for the completion of the ritual preparation for burial, of the body of a friend’s deceased wife, I was struck - perhaps, inspired by the mood of the moment - by the bleakness of this scene.
At last I reach the summit of Glas Tulaichean, after just over 2 hours of solid climbing. The low clouds unfortunately obscure any view I would have but do give a mysterious feel around the Trig Point that marks the summit.
Glas Tulaichean is my 5th Munro of the season and the 28th in total, bringing me to a Munro completion rate of near enough 10%. The mountain stands at 1051 meters (3448 feet) and is the last one I will do as I have now moved away from Scotland and back to my roots in South Yorkshire as the pull of the Grandchildren was just too strong.
On August 17th 2016, for the first time since withdrawal from British Railways service in 1969, Standard Class 2 78018 has moved under its own power at Loughborough Central as restoration take a major step towards completion. The Standard 2 was quickly pressed into service in the yard to shunt a single wagon into the carriage sidings at Loughborough.
The 2-6-0 is being restored at Loughborough under the care of the Loughborough Standard Locomotive Group having spent a number or years at Barry scrapyard. Further information on 78018 is available here.
78018 which features in the British Transport Film "Snowdrift at Bleath Gill" is expected to return to service in time to star at the GCRs Autumn Gala from 6th to 9th October. Popular sister loco 78019 has recently begun its own overhaul after many years of service at GCR.
Source: www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/locomotives/78018-2/
Here is a nice completion of your sneaky outfit for February's Espionage!
Hope you like them <3
Kaisia Boots
◦ 18 colors
◦ 11 customizable parts
◦ modifiable (can be tinted, if needed)
◦ Materials Enabled
They come in Standard Sizes and versions for the following mesh bodies:
◦ Slink Physique
◦ Belleza Isis
◦ Maitreya Lara (alpha autohide included)
188L$ Opening Price until the end of the event!
Location: Collabor88
Event Blog: collabor88.com
The Berlin Royal Palace (German: Berliner Schloss or Stadtschloss), also known as the Berlin City Palace, is a building in the centre of Berlin, located on the Museum Island at Schlossplatz, opposite the Lustgarten park.
It was a royal and imperial palace and served mostly as the main residence of the Electors of Brandenburg, the Kings of Prussia and the German Emperors. Demolished by the government of East Germany the 1950s, the palace is currently being rebuilt, with completion expected in 2019 or later.
The reconstructed palace will be the seat of the Humboldt Forum, a museum for world culture which is a successor museum of the Ancient Prussian Art Chamber, which was also located in the Berlin Palace.
The Humboldt Forum has been described as the German equivalent of the British Museum. (Source: Wikipedia)
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El Palacio Real de Berlín (en alemán: Berliner Schloss o Stadtschloss), también conocido como el Palacio de la Ciudad de Berlín, es un edificio en el centro de Berlín, ubicado en la Isla de los Museos en Schlossplatz, frente al parque Lustgarten.
Era un palacio real e imperial y sirvió principalmente como residencia principal de los electores de Brandeburgo, los reyes de Prusia y los emperadores alemanes. Demolido por el gobierno de Alemania Oriental en la década de 1950, el palacio se está reconstruyendo actualmente y se espera que esté terminado en 2019 o más tarde.
El palacio reconstruido será la sede del Foro Humboldt, un museo para la cultura mundial que es un museo sucesor de la Cámara de Arte Prusiano Antiguo, que también estaba ubicada en el Palacio de Berlín.
El Foro de Humboldt ha sido descrito como el equivalente alemán del Museo Británico. (Fuente: Wikipedia)
Inspired by a fleeting moment in Alien: Romulus, this build started as a "what if?" and turned into a deep dive into the unique design of the Sherp—a real-world all-terrain truck with a strikingly unconventional form. The biggest challenge? Capturing the complex front-end geometry, where real-life compound angles met the limitations of LEGO bricks. After experimenting with wedge plates (and failing to make the angles work at this scale), I settled on a combination of slopes and wedges for a compromise I’m happy with.
The windscreen was another tricky piece—angled steeply and seamlessly integrated into the 7-stud wide chassis, balancing form and function with clipped bar attachments and diagonally fixed tiles.
This project was a great reminder of why I build. With half-finished MOCs stacking up and time for creative projects shrinking, Febrovery gave me the push to take an idea from spark to completion. It’s not about chasing perfection—it’s about seeing a vision through, adapting as needed, and enjoying the process. Hope you enjoy the result!
Sershul Tekchen Dargyeling སེར་ཤུལ་ ཏེཀ་ ཆེན་ དར་ གྱེ་ གླིང་
Founding (1759) > Monks 1255 •Religious Sect > Geluk སེར་ཤུལ་དགོན། > ser shul dgon > Sershül Gön Sershul Tekchen Dargyeling སེར་ཤུལ་ ཏེཀ་ ཆེན་ དར་ གྱེ་ གླིང་ is an important monastery of the Gelukpa School, located 20 km west of Deongma, on the right side of the road. This is currently the largest monastery in Sershul county, with 1200-1300 monks divided into six colleges, under the guidance of the youthful but charismatic Drukpa Rinpoche. The rain retreat festival held in August is a magnificent spectacle, attracting nomad communities. The hills and grasslands around the monastery are sparse and spacious.
The complex was founded as a branch of Chunkor but soon outgrew the latter. The recently restored buildings at Sershul, which are all near the motor road, include the Tsokchen (assembly hall), the Jamkhang (Maitreya temple), the Gonkhang (protector temple), the Dewachen Lhakhang (Amitabha temple), the Mentsikhang (where Mipham Rinpoche`s tradition is maintained), the college, a Mani Wheel chapel (containing three wheels constructed by the father of the present Drukpa Rinpoche) and a small guesthouse. A new Tsongkhapa Lhakhang, resembling a giant cathedral, has been constructed below the main complex, and was due for completion and consecration on 12 December, 2008. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...