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Zygaena filipendulae
Wharram Percy abandoned quarry conserved for nature by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
America Black Bear of North Carolina
There are three species of bears in North America—the Polar Bear, Brown Bear (Grizzly), and Black Bear. The Black Bear is the only species found in North Carolina or anywhere in the eastern United States and is an important part of our cultural, historical and natural heritage.
In North Carolina, the Black Bear is usually black with a brown muzzle and sometimes a white patch on its chest. Bears have five toes on each foot, with sharp curved claws that help them climb trees and feed on insects and grubs in decaying logs. Black Bears rely mostly on their sense of smell and hearing due to their average (similar to humans’) eyesight, but are adept at climbing, running, swimming and digging. They can run as fast as 35 miles per hour!
Before Europeans came to the New World, Black Bears lived in all forested regions of North America and were abundant in North Carolina. However, Black Bears were often killed by early settlers to protect their families, crops and livestock. In time, bears across the state were also impacted by habitat loss from agricultural development and clear-cutting. By the mid-1900s, bears were only found in the most remote mountains and coastal swamps of our state. Then in the 1920s, the American chestnut blight (a tree-killing fungus) hit the Mountain Region, destroying the most important nut-producing tree for bears. As a result, bear populations suffered.
However, thanks to science-based management and bear sanctuaries, Black Bears have made a remarkable recovery in population and range. Black Bear expansion has occurred naturally as bears have moved into suitable habitats. As of 2012, there were approximately 17,000 bears in the state, occupying 61% of the state’s total land area.
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C’est le monument le mieux conservé du site archéologique de Delphes. Il est situé sur la voie sacrée qui conduit au sanctuaire d’Apollon. Selon le témoignage de Pausanias, les Athéniens ont construit le Trésor éventuellement après 490 av. J.-C., afin de remercier le dieu Apollon pour leur victoire à la bataille de Marathon. Il constitue l’exemple le plus ancien d’un trésor dorique en marbre de Paros.
This is the best-preserved monument in the archaeological site of Delphi. It is located on the sacred road leading to the sanctuary of Apollo. According to Pausanias, the Athenians built the Treasury perhaps after 490 BC to thank the god Apollo for their victory at the Battle of Marathon. It is the oldest example of a Doric marble treasury from Paros.
À Rouen, il existe encore de nombreuses maisons à colombages, datant pour la plupart du Moyen Âge. Elles sont bien conservées et donnent à la ville un cachet très particulier.
Polaroid Week, Octobre 2022. Jour 1, 1/2.
Collage papier No.2
16 éléments dont 2 Emulsion lift sur papier transparent Vellum.
25,5 X 35cm. Colle en bâton.
Le 21 mai 2022.
Papier Strathmore Watercolor S300B légèrement teint au café.
Mon père jouait de la clarinette dans la fanfare de l'Union Musicale, de Trois-Rivières, entre 1944-1952.
L'une des partitions qu'il avait conservée s'intitule «Rose Petals Waltz».
Ma mère s'appelait Rose-Aline.
Deux de mes Emulsion lift sont intégrées dans ce collage fait à la main sur papier.
DE3 or Plan U: Nicknamed "Rooie Duivel" (Dutch : "Red Devil") because of its original red livery this was a diesel electric multiple unit consisting of three coaches. The design was rather similar to the Mat '64 EMU (electric multiple unit). They were sold to Hungary.
The Railway Museum (Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht is the Dutch national railway museum. It was established in 1927 and since 1954 has been housed in the "Maliebaan station", a former railway station.
e museum was established in 1927 and was initially located in one of the main buildings of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch National Railroad) in Utrecht. At that time, the collection consisted mostly of pictures, documents, and small objects. In the 1930s the first steps were taken to conserve old historically significant rail equipment. A portion of this collection was lost during World War II.
The best time for me to get eagle shots is when is it cold and snowy, as they are stationary to conserve energy. This guy didn't like me so close so he flew a few fence posts down, just enough I couldn't zoom in well. I think he knew. I liked this fence post the best as it reminded me of a beach fence in the sand (I know, I am a dreamer!)
Happy Fence Friday!
Happy Frisky Friday!
New Jersey Eagle Project - 2020
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, is releasing results of the 2019 NJ Bald Eagle nesting season.
2019 was a record year for NJ eagles with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the project. This year, 238 eagle nests were monitored, of which 189 were active (laid eggs) and 248 young fledged. This is the highest number of fledges ever, surpassing the previous high of 216 in 2016.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2019/09/09/new-jersey-bal...
Puebla (Mexique) - Puebla est une grande ville à une centaine de kilomètres au Sud-Est de Mexico. Une ville moderne qui conserve un coeur historique à l'architecture coloniale.
Je venais d’arriver à Puebla, je déambulais sac au dos dans les rues à la recherche d'un hôtel.
Je n'étais plus très loin de celui que j'avais repéré dans mon guide, quand j’ai aperçu ces musiciens qui s'apprêtaient à jouer sur le trottoir d'en face. Avec un tel mur bleu il était impensable de ne pas faire une photo.
J'ai fait une première image. J’allais en faire une seconde quand ce jeune homme à la casquette s'est invité dans mon cadre au moment où je déclenchais. Je ne l’avais pas vu venir.
Street musicians
Puebla (Mexico) - Puebla is a large city about a hundred kilometers southeast of Mexico City. A modern city which retains a historic heart with colonial architecture.
I had just arrived in Puebla and was looking for a hotel.
I was no longer very far from the one I had spotted in my guide, when I found myself facing these musicians who were about to play on the sidewalk opposite. With such a blue wall it was unthinkable not to take a photo.
I made a first image. I was going to do it for a second when this young man with the caquette came into my viewfinder as I triggered. I hadn't seen it coming.
🇫🇷 Alghero est l'une des rares villes fortifiées italiennes à avoir conservé environ 70 % de ses murailles (il manque la partie allant du fort de la Maddalena à la tour Esperò Rejal), avec des tours attenantes : récemment rehaussées par une restauration, les bastions offrent une promenade sur la mer qui entoure la vieille ville .
Les bastions qui défendent la vieille ville de la mer datent de l' époque catalane-aragonaise et, à partir de la Piazza Sulis, ils sont dédiés à la mémoire de navigateurs célèbres :
À l'extrémité nord du Bastioni Marco Polo, Tour de la Polveriera qui date du milieu du XVIIIe siècle servait d'arsenal et de dépôt de poudre.
🇬🇧 Alghero is one of the few Italian fortified towns to have preserved around 70% of its walls (the section from the Fort of La Maddalena to the Esperò Rejal tower is missing), with adjoining towers: recently enhanced by restoration work, the bastions offer a promenade over the sea that surrounds the old town.
The bastions defending the old town from the sea date back to the Catalan-Aragonese period and, from Piazza Sulis onwards, are dedicated to the memory of famous navigators:
At the northern end of the Bastioni Marco Polo, the mid-eighteenth-century Polveriera Tower was used as an arsenal and gunpowder depot.
🇮🇹 Alghero è una delle poche città fortificate italiane ad aver conservato circa il 70% della sua cinta muraria (manca il tratto dal Forte della Maddalena alla torre Esperò Rejal), con annesse torri: recentemente valorizzati da interventi di restauro, i bastioni offrono una passeggiata sul mare che circonda la città vecchia.
I bastioni che difendono il centro storico dal mare risalgono al periodo catalano-aragonese e, a partire da piazza Sulis, sono dedicati alla memoria di famosi navigatori:
All'estremità settentrionale dei Bastioni Marco Polo, la Torre Polveriera, risalente alla metà del XVIII secolo, era utilizzata come arsenale e deposito di polvere da sparo.
🇩🇪Alghero ist eine der wenigen befestigten Städte Italiens, in der noch etwa 70% der Stadtmauer erhalten sind (es fehlt der Abschnitt von der Festung La Maddalena bis zum Turm Esperò Rejal), mit angrenzenden Türmen: Die Bastionen wurden kürzlich durch eine Restaurierung erhöht und bieten einen Spaziergang über das Meer, das die Altstadt umgibt .
Die Bastionen, die die Altstadt vom Meer aus verteidigen, stammen aus katalanisch-aragonesischer Zeit und sind ab der Piazza Sulis dem Gedenken an berühmte Seefahrer gewidmet :
Am nördlichen Ende der Bastioni Marco Polo befindet sich der Torre de la Polveriera aus der Mitte des 18.
🇪🇸 Alghero es una de las pocas ciudades fortificadas italianas que conserva alrededor del 70% de sus murallas (falta el tramo que va desde el Fuerte de la Maddalena hasta la torre Esperò Rejal), con torres adosadas: recientemente realzados por obras de restauración, los baluartes ofrecen un paseo sobre el mar que rodea el casco antiguo.
Los baluartes que defienden el casco antiguo del mar datan de la época catalano-aragonesa y, a partir de la plaza Sulis, están dedicados a la memoria de célebres navegantes:
En el extremo norte de los Bastioni Marco Polo, la Torre Polveriera, de mediados del siglo XVIII, se utilizaba como arsenal y depósito de pólvora.
New Jersey Eagle Project - 2020
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, is releasing results of the 2019 NJ Bald Eagle nesting season.
2019 was a record year for NJ eagles with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the project. This year, 238 eagle nests were monitored, of which 189 were active (laid eggs) and 248 young fledged. This is the highest number of fledges ever, surpassing the previous high of 216 in 2016.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2019/09/09/new-jersey-bal...
Boat Quay, Singapore.
Taken, April 2012.
The Singapore River was the main artery for much of Singapore island's early trade and economic activities. The south bank of the river, where most of the commerce took place, is known as Boat Quay. In the early days, Boat Quay was the location where Singapore's most important trading offices were situated. Now, the old shophouses along Boat Quay have been carefully conserved and have been converted to restaurants, shops and bars offering much entertainment after sundown.
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New Jersey Eagle Project - 2020
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, is releasing results of the 2019 NJ Bald Eagle nesting season.
2019 was a record year for NJ eagles with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the project. This year, 238 eagle nests were monitored, of which 189 were active (laid eggs) and 248 young fledged. This is the highest number of fledges ever, surpassing the previous high of 216 in 2016.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2019/09/09/new-jersey-bal...
Ho più di un difetto
Posso farci poco
Ma quando ti aspetto
Mi sento come dentro a un gioco
Quello della parola da trovare
Quella esatta, quella fatta apposta.
E quando sento che stai per arrivare
Evitare di spiccare il volo mi costa
Ahi, se mi costa!
🇫🇷 Le pont Saint-Thomas,
l’un des plus anciens ponts en fonte conservés en France. Il a été construit en 1841 sur les plans de l’ingénieur Antoine-Rémy Polonceau. Déjà à l’origine de l’ancien Pont du Carrousel à Paris, Polonceau est connu pour ses arcs en fonte dont il a déposé un brevet.
Le Pont Saint-Thomas, avec ses arches et ses beaux arcs en fonte, a été classé en 1995 au titre des monuments historiques et a été rénové en 2008. Il permet de relier la Grande Île au Quai de Finkwiller.
🇬🇧 The Saint-Thomas bridge is one of the oldest surviving cast-iron bridges in France. It was built in 1841 to designs by engineer Antoine-Rémy Polonceau. Already the designer of the old Carrousel Bridge in Paris, Polonceau is famous for his cast-iron arches, for which he registered a patent. The Pont Saint-Thomas, with its arches and beautiful cast-iron arches, was listed as a historic monument in 1995 and was renovated in 2008. It provides a link between the Grande Île and the Quai de Finkwiller.
🇩🇪 Die Brücke Saint-Thomas,
eine der ältesten erhaltenen gusseisernen Brücken in Frankreich. Sie wurde 1841 nach den Plänen des Ingenieurs Antoine-Rémy Polonceau erbaut. Polonceau, der bereits die alte Pont du Carrousel in Paris entworfen hatte, war für seine gusseisernen Bögen bekannt, auf die er ein Patent anmeldete.
Die Pont Saint-Thomas mit ihren Bögen und den schönen gusseisernen Bögen wurde 1995 unter Denkmalschutz gestellt und 2008 renoviert. Sie ermöglicht die Verbindung zwischen der Grande Île und dem Quai de Finkwiller.
🇮🇹 Il ponte Saint-Thomas,
uno dei più antichi ponti in ghisa sopravvissuti in Francia. Fu costruito nel 1841 su progetto dell'ingegnere Antoine-Rémy Polonceau. Già progettista dell'antico ponte Carrousel di Parigi, Polonceau è famoso per i suoi archi in ghisa, per i quali ha registrato un brevetto.
Il Pont Saint-Thomas, con le sue arcate e i suoi bellissimi archi in ghisa, è stato classificato come monumento storico nel 1995 ed è stato ristrutturato nel 2008. Costituisce un collegamento tra la Grande Île e il Quai de Finkwiller.
🇪🇸 El puente Saint-Thomas,
uno de los puentes de hierro fundido más antiguos que se conservan en Francia. Fue construido en 1841 según los planos del ingeniero Antoine-Rémy Polonceau. Polonceau, que ya había diseñado el antiguo puente del Carrusel de París, es famoso por sus arcos de hierro fundido, para los que registró una patente.
El Puente Saint-Thomas, con sus bellos arcos de hierro fundido, fue declarado monumento histórico en 1995 y renovado en 2008. Sirve de enlace entre la Grande Île y el Quai de Finkwiller.
New Jersey Eagle Project - 2020
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, is releasing results of the 2019 NJ Bald Eagle nesting season.
2019 was a record year for NJ eagles with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the project. This year, 238 eagle nests were monitored, of which 189 were active (laid eggs) and 248 young fledged. This is the highest number of fledges ever, surpassing the previous high of 216 in 2016.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2019/09/09/new-jersey-bal...
New Jersey Eagle Project - 2020
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, is releasing results of the 2019 NJ Bald Eagle nesting season.
2019 was a record year for NJ eagles with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the project. This year, 238 eagle nests were monitored, of which 189 were active (laid eggs) and 248 young fledged. This is the highest number of fledges ever, surpassing the previous high of 216 in 2016.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2019/09/09/new-jersey-bal...
Le musée des Augustins conserve une des collections les plus riches au monde en matière de chapiteaux et sculpture de l'époque romane (xiie siècle). Ces fonds proviennent des trois principaux édifices religieux de Toulouse de cette période : le prieuré de Notre-Dame de la Daurade, la basilique Saint-Sernin et la cathédrale Saint-Étienne.
CATALÀ
El Musée des Augustins conserva una de les col·leccions més riques del món en termes de capitells i escultures de l'època romànica (segle XII). Aquests fons provenen dels tres principals edificis religiosos de Tolosa d'aquest període: el priorat de Notre-Dame de la Daurade, la basílica de Saint-Sernin i la catedral de Saint-Etienne
ENGLISH
The Musée des Augustins retains one of the richest collections in the world in terms of capitals and sculpture from the Romanesque period (twelfth century). These funds come from the three principal religious buildings of Toulouse of this period: the priory of Notre-Dame de la Daurade, the Saint-Sernin basilica and the Saint-Etienne cathedral
ESPAÑOL
El Musée des Augustins conserva una de las colecciones más ricas del mundo en términos de capiteles y esculturas del período románico (siglo XII). Estos fondos provienen de los tres principales edificios religiosos de Toulouse de este período: el priorato de Notre-Dame de la Daurade, la basílica de Saint-Sernin y la catedral de Saint-Etienne
2018 NJ BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
by: Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program, has released the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report.
“Two hundred-four nest sites were monitored during the nesting season, of which 185 were documented to be active (with eggs) and 19 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. Thirty new eagle pairs were found this season, 20 in the south, nine in central and one in the north. One hundred-twenty-one nests (66%) of the 182 known-outcome nests produced 172 young, for a productivity rate of 0.94 young per active/known-outcome nest. The failure rate was well above average with 61 nests (33%) failing to produce. The Delaware Bay region remained the state’s eagle stronghold, with roughly half of nests located in Cumberland and Salem counties and the bayside of Cape May County.”
The number of active nests has increased while the number of young eagles fledged has decreased since a high of 216 young fledged in 2016. During the 2018 eagle nesting season there was an abundance of cold, wet, windy and snowy weather which was the cause for a portion of the nest failures. As the eagle population increases, there are more eagles competing for territories. This can also be a contributing factor in nest failures. NJ is still in the range of 0.9 to 1.1 young per nest which is needed for population maintenance with a productivity rate of 0.94 young per known-outcome/active nest in 2018. The 2018 NJ Eagle Project Report has all the details on the project including telemetry, re-sightings and recoveries.
The success of the eagle project is due to the tremendous dedication of the NJ Eagle Project Volunteers. They monitor the nests in all types of conditions and education people about the eagles with enthusiasm.
Link to the 2018 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report: www.conservewildlifenj.org/downloads/cwnj_852.pdf
The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida.
The early 20th century Vizcaya estate also includes extensive Italian Renaissance gardens; a native woodland landscape; and a historic village outbuildings compound. The landscape and architecture were influenced by Veneto and Tuscan Italian Renaissance models and designed in the Mediterranean Revival architecture style, with Baroque elements. F. Burrall Hoffman was the architect, Paul Chalfin was the design director, and Diego Suarez was the landscape architect.
Miami-Dade County now owns the Vizcaya property, as the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, which is open to the public. The location is served by the Vizcaya Station of the Miami Metrorail.
The estate property originally consisted of 180 acres (73 ha) of shoreline Mangrove swamps and dense inland native tropical forests. Being a conservationist, Deering sited the development of the estate portion along the shore to conserve the forests. This portion was to include the villa, formal gardens, recreational amenities, expansive lagoon gardens with new islets, potager and grazing fields, and a village services compound. Deering began construction of Vizcaya in 1912 officially beginning occupancy on Christmas Day 1916 when he arrived aboard his yacht Nepenthe.
The villa was built primarily between 1914 and 1922, at a cost of $15 million, while the construction of the extensive elaborate Italian Renaissance gardens and the village continued into 1923. During the World War I years building trades and supplies were difficult to acquire in Florida. Vizcaya is noteworthy for adapting historical European aesthetic traditions to South Florida's subtropical ecoregion. For example; it combined imported French and Italian garden layouts and elements implemented in Cuban limestone stonework with Floridian coral architectural trim and planted with sub-tropic compatible and native plants that thrived in the habitat and climate. Palms and Philodendrons had not been represented in the emulated gardens of Tuscany or Île-de-France.
The estate property originally consisted of 180 acres (73 ha) of shoreline Mangrove swamps and dense inland native tropical forests. Being a conservationist, Deering sited the development of the estate portion along the shore to conserve the forests. This portion was to include the villa, formal gardens, recreational amenities, expansive lagoon gardens with new islets, potager and grazing fields, and a village services compound.
Vizcaya was built with an open-air courtyard and extensive gardens on Biscayne Bay. As such, the estate has been subject to environmental and hurricane damage, the latter notably in 1926, 1992, and 2005. Miami-Dade County has granted money ($50m U.S.) for the restoration and preservation of Vizcaya. These funds have been matched by grants from FEMA, Save America's Treasures, and numerous other funders. Plans include the restoration of the villa and gardens, and adaptation of the historic village compound for exhibition and educational facilities; however, additional funds are required for this. The completed first phase of this project has included the rebuilding of the museum's Cafe and Shop (in historic recreation areas of the building adjacent to the pool), renovation of the East and West Gate Lodges that flank South Miami Avenue, and rebuilding of the David A. Klein Orchidarium in a plan that generally uses historic precedent. At the same time, Vizcaya has completed the first half of a major conservation program of its outdoor sculpture collections. With a consulting landscape architect, Vizcaya has too finished a comprehensive cultural landscape report, which will be a vital tool in the ongoing restoration of the formal gardens.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizcaya_Museum_and_Gardens
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Seule partie conservée de l'ancienne abbatiale construite entre 1001 et 1018 par l'abbé Guillaume de Volpiano pour abriter le tombeau de Saint-Bénigne, la crypte de l'église - érigée en cathédrale en 1792- est l’étage inférieur d'une rotonde du bâtiment initial. À l'origine, elle n'était pas souterraine. Comblée à la Révolution, elle fut dégagée et restaurée au milieu du 19ème siècle.
La crypte fait l'objet d'un classement au titre des monuments histo-riques depuis 1846
Le château, qui commandait le passage de la Loire et la route du Puy, appartenait à un réseau de défense existant depuis le haut Moyen-Age. Aucun document ne mentionne la Tour Daniel avant le XIVe siècle. A l'origine, le château se composait d'un donjon entouré d'une enceinte. L'édifice actuel présente trois époques de construction : le donjon rectangulaire du XIVe siècle ; le corps de logis en L du XVIe siècle aux décors importants ; la galerie classique du XVIIe siècle flanquée de deux échauguettes. La façade d'entrée, enchassée entre deux anciennes tours, présente, au-dessus de la porte flamboyante de la tourelle d'escalier, quatre étages percés d'une baie à moulurations prismatiques. A chaque niveau, les parements sont ornés de boules et de pointes de diamant disposées en alternance. Ce type de décor exceptionnel rappelle le traitement de certaines façades espagnoles Renaissance. A l'intérieur, les cheminées de la salle des gardes et de la chambre d'honneur ont leurs manteaux sculptés de scènes de la vie du Christ. Sont encore conservées les menuiseries et serrureries des portes aux vantaux sculptés de la Renaissance, donnant accès à la cuisine, à l'oratoire, à la chambre d'honneur.
La ville de Durbuy s’est implantée sur un îlot enserré d’un méandre recoupé de l’Ourthe. Cette disposition était hautement stratégique. La défense de la localité s’appuyait sur la rivière qui cernait l’enceinte fortifiée ainsi que sur le château bâti sur un éperon rocheux. Ce n’est qu’au XVIIIe siècle que le méandre fut remblayé et asséché délimitant ainsi le bras mort de l’Ourthe dans lequel vous vous trouvez. Face à vous, le château de Durbuy. C’est au château que la ville doit sa naissance et dont le premier écrit remonte à 1078. Ce château a eu une histoire compliquée et subira au cours du temps, incendie, délabrement et destruction, alternant avec des périodes de reconstruction. Au début, le château-fort, alors à vocation principalement militaire, était composé d’une plate-forme sur laquelle s’érigeaient quelques bâtiments et des tours appartenant à un ensemble de fortifications. La partie destinée à l’habitation se limitait au strict minimum. Dès le XVe siècle, le château gagnera en confort par la construction de pièces d’habitations apposées sur le donjon côté ville. Plusieurs guerres viennent émailler l’histoire du château qui sera finalement rasé par les troupes françaises au XVIIe siècle. En 1731, le duc d’Ursel, seigneur de Durbuy depuis 1726, entreprit de le reconstruire. Ce n’est plus une forteresse qu’il édifie mais un château de plaisance au bord de l’Ourthe. Le château connaitra encore des modifications radicales, vers 1880-1882, qui lui conféreront le style néo-gothique qu’il conserve toujours aujourd’hui. Comme le montre la berge de la rivière, la base du château est posée à même la roche. Celle-ci est composée de calcaires ce qui apporte une solide assise au château.
The town of Durbuy is located on an islet surrounded by a meander intersected by the Ourthe. This arrangement was highly strategic. The defense of the locality was based on the river which surrounded the fortified enclosure as well as on the castle built on a rocky outcrop. It was only in the 18th century that the meander was filled in and dried up, thus demarcating the backwater of the Ourthe in which you find yourself. In front of you, Durbuy Castle. It is to the castle that the city owes its birth and the first writing of which dates back to 1078. This castle has had a complicated history and will suffer over time, fire, dilapidation and destruction, alternating with periods of reconstruction. At the beginning, the fortified castle, then primarily for military purposes, was made up of a platform on which several buildings and towers belonging to a set of fortifications were erected. The part intended for housing was limited to the strict minimum. From the 15th century, the castle gained in comfort through the construction of living quarters attached to the keep on the town side. Several wars punctuate the history of the castle which was finally razed by French troops in the 17th century. In 1731, the Duke of Ursel, lord of Durbuy since 1726, undertook to rebuild it. It was no longer a fortress that he built but a pleasure castle on the banks of the Ourthe. The castle will undergo further radical modifications, around 1880-1882, which will give it the neo-Gothic style which it still retains today. As shown by the river bank, the base of the castle is placed directly on the rock. This is made up of limestone which provides a solid foundation for the castle.
Old Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2013
Street is a stage of real life drama
Street is a story of emotion and reality
You, me we all are the silent participants.
We have come to stay for a while and then we are gone for forever
But streets remain forever, conserving all the memories of those forgotten footprints.
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Well-conserved old house on the old Hokkoku Kaidou (北国街道) road in Toumi municipality. It is just outside of the Unnojuku (海野宿) Conservation Area and shows how modern infrastructure spoils the townscape.
(Microwave 2 mn to soften and to make the fruit less dangerous to cut.)
8 cups quince (peeled, cored and cut into cubes)
8 cups water
4 cups sugar
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
Bring water and sugar to the boil
Boil 5 minutes
Add quince and lemon juice.
Simmer 1 hour.
Ladle into jars and process 10 minutes.
Koalas feed mainly on the otherwise toxic Eucalyptus leaves. They rarely drink water, rather getting their water intake from the leaves they eat. They sleep 18-20 hours a day to conserve their energy and live about 12 to 15 years depending on their sex (females longer).
Le Trinkhall Museum, (anciennement Madmusée pour « Musée d'art différencié ») est un musée liégeois fondé en 1998 qui est situé dans le parc d'Avroy à Liège. Le musée conserve et expose des œuvres réalisées par des artistes porteurs d'un handicap mental, de maladie mentale ou de fragilité psychique, en contexte d'atelier. S'inscrivant à l'avant-scène du paysage culturel liégeois, il entend développer de nombreuses collaborations avec les différents acteurs de la vie artistique, sociale et culturelle, à Liège et bien au-delà des frontières de la ville. L'ouverture du Trinkhall est l'aboutissement d'un projet qui a mis plus de dix ans à se concrétiser. Il émane du Créahm qui, depuis quarante ans, défend dans une perspective qui reste profondément novatrice et engagée l'expression artistique des personnes porteuses d'un handicap mental.
Réalisé par le bureau d’architecture Beguin-Massart, le bâtiment, recouvert d’une résille opaline aux contours doucement arrondis, se dépose comme une lanterne au cœur de la ville. Il est l’aboutissement d’une réflexion où les architectes ont su rencontrer la poétique du lieu, son histoire, sa beauté, et toutes les exigences fonctionnelles d’un musée d’aujourd’hui. Avec plus de 600 m2 de surface d’exposition, un espace librairie, un centre de documentation, un espace de rencontre et d’activités pédagogiques et tous les locaux techniques nécessaires à la conservation des oeuvres, le Trinkhall s’inscrit dans une nouvelle dynamique. Son café-restaurant, ouvrant largement sa terrasse sur le parc d’Avroy, reste librement accessible au public et renforce la dimension d’échange et de sociabilité qui caractérise le lieu depuis le XIXe siècle.
The Trinkhall Museum, (formerly Madmusée for “Musée d'art differentié”) is a Liège museum founded in 1998 which is located in the Avroy park in Liège. The museum preserves and exhibits works by artists with mental disabilities, mental illness or psychic fragility, in the context of a workshop. The Trinkhall Museum, (formerly Madmusée) is a Liège museum founded in 1998 which is located in the Avroy park in Liège. The museum preserves and exhibits works by artists with mental disabilities, mental illness or psychic fragility, in the context of a workshop. Being at the forefront of the cultural landscape of Liège, it intends to develop numerous collaborations with the various actors of artistic, social and cultural life, in Liège and well beyond the borders of the city. The opening of Trinkhall is the culmination of a project that took more than ten years to materialize. It emanates from Créahm which, for forty years, defends in a perspective which remains deeply innovative and committed the artistic expression of people with a mental handicap.
Designed by the Beguin-Massart architectural firm, the building, covered with an opaline mesh with gently rounded contours, sits like a lantern in the heart of the city. It is the result of a reflection in which the architects have been able to meet the poetics of the place, its history, its beauty, and all the functional requirements of a museum today. With more than 600 m2 of exhibition space, a bookstore space, a documentation center, a meeting space and educational activities and all the technical rooms necessary for the conservation of works, the Trinkhall is part of a new dynamic . Its café-restaurant, widely opening its terrace onto Avroy Park, remains freely accessible to the public and reinforces the dimension of exchange and sociability that has characterized the place since the 19th century.
Eels Foot Inn,RSPB Minsmere.
26th June 2017.
One of 7 Photograph's i Gave away to the Barn Owl Trust to help conserve Them.
Dans le théâtre de Brion situé à Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil en Gironde se trouvent les restes d'une maison forte correspondant à une réoccupation médiévale de faible durée. L'ensemble comprend une tour, un corps de logis, une basse-cour et une enceinte. Placée au centre, la tour est un bâtiment carré de dix mètres de côté. Elle est aujourd'hui conservée sur une hauteur de 2 à 3 mètres.
Ces maisons devraient en principe être détruites, certaines démontées et conservées en raison de leur intérêt patrimonial afin de construire le projet suivant :
Il s’agit de la rénovation urbaine d’une rue (+/- 40 maisons d’habitation) et de la réalisation des aménagements des abords du Quartier Spintay à Verviers.
Le projet s’articule autour de :
la rénovation urbaine de +/- 40 maisons d’habitations, pour y réaliser des commerces au rez-de-chaussée et des logements aux étages.
la réalisation des aménagements des abords de 10 zones entourant le site commercial de 40.000 m² qui va être construit. Ces aménagements concernent des zones piétonnes, des promenades le long de la rivière (Vesdre), des fontaines, des zones de parkings, des zones de circulations automobiles, les mobiliers urbains et les luminaires,…
Quelques chiffres :
9.500 m² de rénovations d’immeubles.
25.000 m² d’aménagements des abords du site revitalisé.
1 km de voiries et de circulations piétonnes aménagées.
Projet global de 150 millions d’euros.
These houses should in principle be destroyed, some dismantled and kept because of their heritage interest in order to build the following project:
This involves the urban renovation of a street (+/- 40 residential houses) and the development of the surroundings of the Spintay district in Verviers.
The project revolves around:
the urban renovation of +/- 40 residential houses, to create shops on the ground floor and housing on the upper floors.
development of the outskirts of 10 areas surrounding the 40,000 m² commercial site that will be built. These developments relate to pedestrian areas, walks along the river (Vesdre), fountains, parking areas, vehicle circulation areas, urban furniture and lighting, etc.
Some numbers :
9,500 m² of building renovations.
25,000 m² of development around the revitalized site.
1 km of roads and pedestrian circulation.
Global project of 150 million euros.
Large black and white Rice Paper or Idea Leucone butterfly is hanging on branch beside a group of Heliconius Antiochus.
On cool mornings this is a familiar sight.
Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Cette porte remarquablement conservée et dont la partie basse remonte aux XIIe-XIIIe siècle formait l’entrée principale du château.
La partie haute se compose d’une salle au-dessus de laquelle est aménagé un niveau traité en hourds (système de défense en surplomb de la paroi). Les rainures permettant le coulissement d’une herse sont encore visibles sous le passage voûté.
Le clocheton renferme une cloche remarquable datée de 1523.
La Tour a été entièrement restaurée en 2018 après l’effondrement d’une partie de l’édifice en 2014.
l'église conserve, dans la chapelle de la Communion (ou des Catéchismes), une très belle collection de vitraux peints à l'émail de la fin du XVIe siècle ou du début du XVIIe. Mutilés et dispersés à la Révolution, ils furent à nouveau réunis en 1834 ; il n'en reste plus que 12 sur les 22 initiaux.
In the Communion (or Catechism) chapel, the church has a fine collection of enamel-painted stained glass windows from the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Used up and dispersed during the Revolution, they were reunited in 1834; only 12 of the original 22 remain.
"Conserving the ocean means protecting all its creatures, big and small, from the mighty whale to the humble sea turtle."
Author Unknown
New Jersey Eagle Project - 2020
Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered & Nongame Species Program, is releasing results of the 2019 NJ Bald Eagle nesting season.
2019 was a record year for NJ eagles with the highest number of active nests and young fledged in the history of the project. This year, 238 eagle nests were monitored, of which 189 were active (laid eggs) and 248 young fledged. This is the highest number of fledges ever, surpassing the previous high of 216 in 2016.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2019/09/09/new-jersey-bal...
La basilique Notre-Dame d’Orcival, chef-d’œuvre de l’art roman auvergnat.
La basilique Notre-Dame fait partie des cinq églises romanes de Basse-Auvergne dites "majeures", avec la basilique Notre-Dame-du-Port à Clermont-Ferrand, l'église Saint-Austremoine d'Issoire, l'église de Saint-Nectaire et l'église Notre-Dame de Saint-Saturnin. Les premiers repères historiques concernant Orcival remontent bien avant le XII ème siècle. L’histoire date de 878, avec l’apport de reliques de la Vierge, venues de Pont-l’Abbé. Inévitablement, cette présence engendre un pèlerinage, qui devient de plus en plus important. A l’époque et jusqu’en 1243, les terres appartiennent aux comtes, puis aux Dauphins d’Auvergne. C’est dans ce contexte qu’au XIIème siècle, Orcival accueille un prieuré de la Chaise-Dieu, pour gérer l’administration des terres de l’abbaye. Les comtes d’Auvergne, associés notamment à l’évêque de Clermont, bâtissent alors une église. En 1166, elle est partiellement donnée à l’abbaye de la Chaise-Dieu par le comte Guillaume VII et son vassal Mathieu.
La Basilique Notre-Dame d'Orcival fut édifiée entre 1146 et 1178. Au XIème siècle, une église située à l'est du village accueillait une statue de la Vierge extrêmement vénérée ; une légende prétendait qu'elle avait été sculptée par Saint-Luc. On suppose que la basilique actuelle fut édifiée en raison du succès grandissant d'un pèlerinage. Notre-Dame d'Orcival devint alors le nouveau lieu d'accueil de la célèbre statue, conservée aujourd'hui dans le sanctuaire de l'église et qui est depuis l'objet d'un pèlerinage annuel, le Jeudi de l'Ascension. La basilique fut gravement endommagée par les forts séismes qui secouent la région en 1477 et 1490.
Among many others, Giussani conserved the memory of a beautiful evening when, from the terrace of the seminary in Venegono, gazing upon a gorgeous view of the Alps from Monviso to Monte Rosa, he heard Galbiati’s voice from behind him say, “You see all that? It’s all mine! I’ll just leave it all there, for now . . .” Giussani remarked that one had to have the heart of a child in order to say such a thing: “Anyone who knew Monsignor Galbiati knew he was like a child.” That evening Giussani learned an essential lesson from that brief remark, which could have been interpreted as just a little quip: “If You are the Lord and therefore everything is Yours and I recognize it, then it all becomes mine; I follow You and everything becomes mine!”
-The Life of Luigi Giussani, Alberto Savorana Translated by Mariangela C. Sullivan and Christopher Bacich
Elle est l’une des cathédrales gothiques les plus connues au monde grâce à la série de tableaux que Claude Monet, le maître des Impressionnistes, lui a consacrée. Au cœur de la ville historique, la cathédrale de Rouen résume à elle-seule l’évolution de l’art gothique, depuis le début de sa construction au XIIème siècle, sur les fondations d’une basilique du IVème siècle et d’un ensemble roman du XIème siècle.
C'est une construction d'architecture gothique dont les premières pierres remontent au haut Moyen Âge. Elle a la particularité, rare en France, de conserver son palais archiépiscopal et les constructions annexes environnantes datant de la même époque.
Comme la plupart des grands édifices religieux du gothique normand, la cathédrale est dotée d'une « tour-lanterne » sur la croisée du transept. La flèche en bois couverte en plomb de style Renaissance qui la couronnait fut détruite par un incendie allumé par la foudre en 1822. Elle est à présent surmontée d'une flèche en fonte, construite de 1825 à 1876 qui culmine à 151 mètres de hauteur. La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen est la plus haute de France et était le plus haut bâtiment du monde au moment de son achèvement en 1876, et le restera jusqu'en 1880, détrônée par la cathédrale de Cologne (157 mètres). Elle reste néanmoins la troisième plus haute église du monde, dépassée seulement par celles d'Ulm1 et Cologne. Elle est également la cathédrale qui, par la largeur de sa façade occidentale de 61,60 mètres, détient le record de France.
Considérée comme « la plus humaine des cathédrales » par le manque de symétrie de sa façade occidentale, elle est mondialement connue, notamment à travers les 30 tableaux de la série des Cathédrales de Rouen, peints par l'Impressionniste Claude Monet
It is one of the most famous Gothic cathedrals in the world thanks to the series of paintings that Claude Monet, the master of the Impressionists, dedicated to it. In the heart of the historic city, Rouen Cathedral alone sums up the evolution of Gothic art, since the beginning of its construction in the 12th century, on the foundations of a 4th century basilica and a Romanesque complex from the 11th century.
It is a Gothic architectural construction whose first stones date back to the early Middle Ages. It has the particularity, rare in France, of preserving its archiepiscopal palace and the surrounding annexes dating from the same period.
Like most of the great religious buildings of Norman Gothic, the cathedral has a "lantern tower" on the crossing of the transept. The Renaissance-style lead-covered wooden spire that crowned it was destroyed by a fire started by lightning in 1822. It is now topped by a cast iron spire, built from 1825 to 1876, which peaks at 151 meters in height. Rouen Cathedral is the tallest in France and was the tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1876, and would remain so until 1880, dethroned by Cologne Cathedral (157 meters). It nevertheless remains the third tallest church in the world, surpassed only by those of Ulm1 and Cologne. It is also the cathedral which, by the width of its western facade of 61.60 meters, holds the French record. Considered "the most human of cathedrals" due to the lack of symmetry of its western façade, it is known worldwide, notably through the 30 paintings in the Rouen Cathedrals series, painted by the Impressionist Claude Monet.
" If we could see the miracle in a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. " - Buddha
”In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.” – Baba Dioum
"The photo is the hunt. It’s the instinct of hunting without the desire to kill. It’s the hunt of angels… you track, you aim, you fire and-click! Instead of a dead man, you make him eternal." - Chris Marker
“ "Sport" hunting is a sickness, a perversion and a danger and should be recognised as such.
People who get their 'amusement' from hunting and killing defenceless animals can only be suffering from a mental disorder.
In a world with boundless opportunities for amusement, it's detestable that anyone would choose to get thrills from killing others who ask for nothing from life but the chance to remain alive. ” Sir Roger Moore
Scarborough is a seaside town situated within the City of Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated at the edge of the Cape Point Nature Reserve. The town's boundary includes Scarborough Beach, which is popular with surfers.[3]
This town was designated as a conservation village in April 1996, defined as "a residential area of limited extent, surrounded by a conserved natural landscape, committed to reverse past environmental damage and to avoid future environmental impacts".