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Dominating the corner from Otho Street in Byron Street, this elegant two storey, Victorian Italianate building was completed in 1886 and became the local Council Chambers from 1960-1983. It was constructed from 300,000 bricks and has foundations which reach 4 metres deep.
The Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes was built in 1931 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of Delaware's first European settlement, Zwaanendael. The building design is based on the former city hall of Hoorn, Netherlands. The statue on top is of David Pieterszoon de Vries, founder of Zwaanendael.
Family crossing the street in front of Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen.
From Wikipedia:
Christiansborg Palace (Danish: Christiansborg Slot) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget), the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark. Also, several parts of the palace are used by the Danish monarch, including the Royal Reception Rooms, the Palace Chapel and the Royal Stables.
The palace is thus home to the three supreme powers: the executive power, the legislative power, and the judicial power. It is the only building in the world that houses all three of a country's branches of government. The name Christiansborg is thus also frequently used as a metonym for the Danish political system, and colloquially it is often referred to as Rigsborgen ('the castle of the realm') or simply Borgen ('the castle').
The present building, the third with this name, is the last in a series of successive castles and palaces constructed on the same site since the erection of the first castle in 1167. Since the early fifteenth century, the various buildings have served as the base of the central administration; until 1794 as the principal residence of the Danish kings and after 1849 as the seat of parliament.
The palace today bears witness to three eras of Danish architecture, as the result of two serious fires. The first fire occurred in 1794 and the second in 1884. The main part of the current palace, finished in 1928, is in the historicist Neo-baroque style. The chapel dates back to 1826 and is in a neoclassical style. The showgrounds were built from 1738 to 1746, in a baroque style.
Christiansborg Palace is owned by the Danish Government, and is run by the Palaces and Properties Agency. Several parts of the palace are open to the public.
Awaji Yumebutai Park, Botanical Gardens, Cultural Complex, Hotel and Conference Center, Awaji Island, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
Open Air Theatre
Architect: Tadao Ando, 2000
The Awaji Yumebutai complex deserves a few accompanying words, as I found it both highly fascinating (and photogenic), yet at the same time profoundly strange. The development originated in the massive excavation pit left behind from the construction of several artificial islands in the Osaka Bay, including Kansai Airport. The resulting scar in the Awaji hills (which incidentally became the epicentre of the deadly Hanshin Kobe earthquake in 1995) was to be replaced foremost by “new nature”, with the assignment given to architect Tadao Ando, who designed every part of the complex (including some major amendments after the earthquake).
The result is unlike any modern architecture I have seen – a fully abstracted, totally artificial representation of nature, but almost entirely devoid of the real thing. Instead, the vision realized in Yumebutai is best described as a mash-up of the Acropolis, the Alhambra, the Forum Romanum and similar monumental and hyper-geometric sites, combined with elements of cascaded renaissance water gardens such as the Villa d’Este. Nature itself is mostly present in name, such as “Sky Garden” or “Water Garden”, both made entirely of Ando’s signature tie-holed concrete, or “Shell Beach” for the tens of thousands of meticulously arranged and inlaid seashells that line the concrete bottoms of pools and cascades.
But most strange of all is the feeling that all this only exists for architecture’s sake – while the site contains several large functions such as a conference centre, grand hotel, wedding chapel and cultural and gastronomy spaces, all of these don’t even make up 50% of the constructed area, and it seems that first and foremost the expansive concrete structures that fill the hillsides are there because of Ando’s vision, rather than for any functional needs – a quite unique and at the same time unsettling perspective.
Listed Building Grade II
List Entry Number : 1072400
Date First Listed : 30 June 1989
This seaside pavilion was built in 1902 or 1904. It replaced a pagoda designed by Decimus Burton, around which he planned the layout of Fleetwood. The pavilion is constructed of roughcast brick with tile roofs. It has an octagonal dome with a copper roof.
Artwork found on the boarded up Atlantic City Knights of Columbus Hall along Pacific Avenue. According to the corner stone, it was constructed in 1927.
The GHQ Line (General Headquarters Line) was a 300 mile defence line hurriedly built in the United Kingdom during World War II to contain an expected German invasion after the defeat of Dunkirk in May 1940. There were up to 50 other defence lines along the coast or using natural features such as rivers where possible or trenches and embankments. This pillbox stands on the Oxfordshire bank of the Thames between Whitchurch (Pangbourne) and Goring and was intended to stop, or at least slow down a German invasion moving north from the south coast. The River Cherwell running north from Oxford was another, its defences meant to impede any east/west invasion.
About 28,000 pillboxes and other hardened field fortifications were constructed in England in 1940, about 6,500 of these structures still survive.
Viewed from the Thames Path at Hartslock Wood between Whitchurch-on-Thames and Goring.
CORSEWALL LIGHTHOUSE IS LOCATED ON CORSEWALL POINT ON THE ROCKY NORTH COAST OF THE RHINS OF GALLOWAY, THE CATEGORY A-LISTED CORSEWALL LIGHTHOUSE LIES 9 MILES (14.5 KM) NORTH NORTHWEST OF STRANRAER, PROVIDING A BEACON FOR SHIPS APPROACHING THE MOUTH OF LOCH RYAN.
BUILT BETWEEN 1815-17 BY THE NOTED ENGINEER ROBERT STEVENSON (1772 - 1850) ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTHOUSE BOARD, ITS WHITE-PAINTED MASONRY TOWER RISES TO 34M (111 FEET) AND ITS LIGHT CAN BE SEEN AT A DISTANCE OF 22 MILES (35 KM). THE ASSOCIATED LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS' COTTAGES ARE OF THE USUAL STYLE FOR THE TIME, CONSTRUCTED OF WHITE-PAINTED ASHLAR WITH RAISED QUOINS.
THE FIRST KEEPER WAS REMOVED WHEN THE LIGHT STOPPED ROTATING AFTER HE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP ON DUTY. ORIGINALLY ILLUMINATED BY OIL LAMPS, THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS MODERNISED IN 1891 AND 1910. IN NOVEMBER 1970, SEVERAL PANES OF GLASS IN THE LAMP-ROOM WERE BROKEN WHEN THE SUPERSONIC AIRLINER CONCORDE PASSED BY ON TEST FLIGHT.
THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS AUTOMATED IN 1994 AND IS NOW REMOTELY MONITORED FROM EDINBURGH. THE FORMER KEEPERS' COTTAGES HAVE BEEN SOLD BY THE BOARD AND NOW FORM THE CORSEWALL LIGHTHOUSE HOTEL.
Ulric Ellerhusen sculpted the Oregon Pioneer that rests atop the capitol dome's exterior.
Construction of the newest building began on December 4, 1936.[12] The third state capitol was completed in 1938 and is the fourth-newest capitol in the United States. The capitol was dedicated on October 1, 1938, with speeches from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Leslie M. Scott, Robert W. Sawyer, and Oregon Governor Charles Henry Martin. Chosen from 123 entries in a countrywide competition, the design of the new building deviated from the normal design of state capitol buildings. The design was labeled a combination of Egyptian simplicity and Greek refinement.[Overall it is Art Deco in style, and is one of only three state capitols in the United States constructed in that architectural style.
In April 2002, the building became the first state capitol in the United States to produce solar power through the use of 60 photovoltaic panels generating 7.8 kilowatt.
Built:October 1, 1938
Architect:Trowbridge & Livingston
Architectural style:Art Deco
Governing body:State of Oregon
NRHP Reference#:88001055
Added to NRHP:1988
SkyPoint is a 361 ft (110 m) high rise in Tampa, Florida. It was constructed from 2005 to 2007 and has 33 floors. The Preston Partnership, LLC along with Echelon Engineering, LLC designed the building, which is the 9th tallest building in Tampa. It has 380 Residential units spread across 25 levels sitting atop seven levels of enclosed parking. The ground floor houses 10,800 square feet (1,000 m2) of retail space.
Separating the parking levels from the residential is a large amenity deck that houses a 4,000 square feet (370 m2) clubhouse, a 2,500 square feet (230 m2) fitness center, a media room and lounge, as well as a large landscaped terrace and swimming pool. Skypoint is composed of cast-in-place concrete in conjunction with post-tensioned cables. Concrete strengths range from 5,000 pounds per square inch (34,000 kPa) at typical residential floors up to 10,000 pounds per square inch (69,000 kPa) at the ground level columns and shearwalls. Just before its grand opening to residents, William “Wild Bill” Stroup BASE-jumped off the building on March 6, 2007.
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Le Jardin de Nous Deux est situé à Civrieux d'Azergues dans le Rhône.
C'est une création de Charles Billy surnommé « le nouveau facteur Cheval », comme lui un bâtisseur autodidacte.
Les constructions que l'on peut qualifier d'art naïf commencent en 1975, lorsqu'il a 65 ans et continuent jusqu'à sa disparition en 1991.
Ses œuvres sont les souvenirs de voyages effectués en couple, avec sa femme Pauline.
formerly house under construction
Négatif Gélatino Bromure d'Argent sur plaque de verre 9x12cm
Gelatin silver bromide negative on glass plate 9x12cm
Une amie m'a donné une boîte contenant 15 photographies anciennes sur plaques de verre de 9x12cm Au Gélatino Bromure d'Argent A. Lumière & ses Fils. Je les ai nettoyées et j'ai décidé de scanner progressivement ces plaques. Celle-ci est la plaque n°12
A friend gave me a box containing 15 photos on glass plates of 9x12cm, Gélatino Bromure d'Argent "A. Lumière & ses Fils". I cleaned them and I decided to scan gradually these plates. This one is the plate n°12
Constructed in 1949 by Mrs Agnes Harper; it was destroyed by an arson fire in 2015 and rebuilt in 2017.
St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral and its many Onion Domes tower over Interstate 490 and Starkweather Avenue in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood. Constructed in 1911, the Neo-Byzantine Revival-style building was designed by architect Frederick C. Baird and houses a congregation that was formed in 1896 by Russian immigrants whom had settled in Cleveland. Consecrated in 1913, the church has long been a center of the Russian community in the city, and landmark on the city’s west side, with thirteen onion domes representing Jesus Christ and his twelve apostles towering above the relatively restrained, Renaissance-inspired yellow-brick structure that is built in a Greek cross shape, a typical form taken by Orthodox Churches. Rededicated in 1954 after hosting several Sobors, a council of the Russian Orthodox Church used to decide on important matters within the church, owing to its large size and central, easily accessible location. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and remains one of the most iconic and unique structures in Cleveland, a testament to the city’s religious, ethnic, and cultural diversity, and its economic prowess during the early 20th Century.
Cusworth Hall is an 18th-century Grade I listed country house in Cusworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the north of England. Set in the landscaped parklands of Cusworth Park, Cusworth Hall is a good example of a Georgian country house. It is now a country house museum.
The house is constructed of ashlar with slate roofs. The rectangular 6 x 5 bay plan main block is linked to 5 x 2 bay service wings.
The Wrightson family had held the lordship of Cusworth since 1669.
The present house was built in 1740–1745 by George Platt for William Wrightson to replace a previous house and was further altered in 1749–1753 by James Paine. On William's death in 1760 the property passed to his daughter Isabella, who had married John Battie, who took the additional name of Wrightson in 1766. He employed the landscape designer Richard Woods to remodel the park. Woods was one of a group of respected landscape designers working across the country during the 18th century and Cusworth was one of his most important commissions in South Yorkshire, another being at Cannon Hall. Woods created a park of 250 acres with a hanging and a serpentine river consisting of three lakes embellished with decorative features such as the Rock Arch and the Cascade.
The estate afterwards passed to John and Isabella's son, William Wrightson (1752–1827), who was the MP for Aylesbury from 1784 to 1790 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1819–1820. He was succeeded by his son William Battie-Wrightson (1789–1879), who at various times was MP for East Retford, Kingston upon Hull and Northallerton. He died childless and Cusworth Hall passed to his brother Richard Heber Wrightson, who died in 1891.
The property was then inherited by his nephew William Henry Thomas, who took the surname Battie-Wrightson by Royal Licence and died in 1903. He had married Lady Isabella Cecil, eldest daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter. Between 1903 and 1909 Lady Isabella made further alterations to the house. She died in 1917, leaving an only son Robert Cecil Battie-Wrightson (1888–1952). On his death in 1952, the estate descended to his sister, a nurse who had married a Major Oswald Parker but later was variously known as Miss Maureen Pearse-Brown and as Mrs Pearce. She was obliged to sell the contents of Cusworth Hall in October 1952 to meet the death duties levied at Robert Cecil's death. She subsequently sold the hall to Doncaster Council.
Cusworth Estate Cusworth was first mentioned as ‘Cuzeuuorde’ in the domesday survey of 1086 but there has been a settlement here for centuries dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. Many different families had held the lands and manor but they did not always live at Cusworth.
‘Old Hall’ A large house is first mentioned in 1327. Robert Wrightson bought the lands and manor of Cusworth in 1669 from Sir Christopher Wray. The first surviving map of Cusworth is that of Joseph Dickinson's 1719 plan which shows the hall and gardens covered only 1 acre with the orchards a further 2 acres. What is most significant at this time was the ‘Parke’ of some 25 acres. The ‘Old Hall’ was next to the walled gardens in the centre of Cusworth village. In 1726 the ‘Old Hall’ was expanded including altering the gardens between 1726 and 1735. This expanded the kitchen garden into the size and form we know today with the Bowling Green and Pavilion.
In the period 1740–1745 William Wrightson employed George Platt, a mason architect from Rotherham, to build a new hall – the current Cusworth Hall – high on a scarp slope on the Magnesian Limestone removing the Hall, and the family, from the village of Cusworth. The ‘Old Hall’ was largely demolished in the process, many components from the old building re-used in the new.
Cusworth Hall Cusworth Hall itself and its outbuildings are at the centre of the park enjoying ‘prospect’ over the town of Doncaster. The Grade I-listed eighteenth century hall was designed by George Platt in the Palladian style. Cusworth Hall is handsome, well proportioned, with wings consisting of a stable block and great kitchen. Later additions by James Paine include a chapel and library. It has decorative outbuildings including a Brew House, Stable Block and Lodge. In addition it has a decorative garden called Lady Isabella's Garden on the west side adjacent to the chapel. On its eastern flank the stable block and gardeners' bothy. Attached to the bothy is a decorative iron enclosure known as the Peacock Pen.
Cusworth Park Cusworth Park is an historic designed landscape with a Grade II listing in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens. It was designed and created by the nationally known landscape architect Richard Woods to ‘improve’ the park in the style made famous by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown now termed ‘The English Landscape Park’. Work started in 1761 laying out the ‘grounds and the serpentine river’.
The land forming the existing park is 60 acres (25 hectares) – 250,000m, and was part of the much larger parkland (250 acres) and estates (20,000 acres) of the Battie-Wrightson family who owned Cusworth Hall.
The walled garden The earliest description of the layout of the park and walled gardens is that shown on Joseph Dickinson's 1719 plan. In 1761 Richard Woods altered areas within the walled gardens. Together ‘woods’ Kitchen Garden and Green House Garden occupy the site of the orchard shown on Dickinson's plan.
The purchase of bricks from Epworth for the construction of the walled gardens is recorded in the New House Accounts.
The garden was a compartmentalised space, however with focus on domestic production in some sections, exotics in another, an orchard, and formal flower gardens in the rest.
The kitchen gardens included pine pits (pineapple house), later to become stove houses and mushroom houses.
The Entrance Terrace (Upper Terrace) Old plans show a narrow walled enclosure or ‘entrance terrace' running east–west. The walls of this enclosure may well have been of stone or stoned faced and still, in part survives. To the south are the main components of the walled garden. Access from the terrace down to the bowling green is via a flight of stone steps.
Bowling Green Described on Richard Woods plans of 1760. This is a roughly square, walled enclosure where the bowling green is surrounded by an earthed banked terraced walk. The enclosure is defined by a brick wall, which was lowered along its western side to give a view over to the Green House Garden.
Summerhouse / Bowling Pavilion Built 1726. The summerhouse is the main architectural feature of the walled garden. It is of two stories with the upper storey accessed from the Bowling Green. There is an impression of more carefully shaped quoins at the corners but it is probable that the walls were originally rendered and lime washed externally. There are windows giving views across the Bowling Green from the upper chamber and across the Flower Garden from the lower chamber.
During restoration in the 1990s the upper chamber was decorated with Trompe-l'œil. showing views of imagined walled gardens at Cusworth.
Flower Garden The garden was designed to be viewed principally from the higher position of the bowling green. It was subdivided by cross-paths and furnished with four formal beds. Although one of the smallest compartments, the flower garden was the most highly ornamental and tightly designed. It would have created a formal, colourful architectural space contrasting with the simplicity of the bowling green
Hall Garden The function of the Hall Garden is not clear but appears to have been an extension of the decorative scheme of the flower garden. The Hall Garden has a perimeter walk and is then divided into two plots by a further, central path.
Peach House This whitewash wall indicates the position of the peach house.
Melon Pits Melon pits ran east–west along this area.
Orchard Through the 18th century the orchard was not enclosed and remained open until the late 19th century. It was double its current size extending back up to Cusworth Lane until the northern half was sold off for housing in the 1960s.
Kitchen Garden (No longer existing) The west, south and this east boundary wall(s) of the garden still exist but the plot of land was sold off for housing in the 1960s. There was an access gate between the Hall Garden and the kitchen garden (this can be seen bricked up in the northwest corner). This garden had a perimeter walk and was planted with trees arranged in parallel lines orchestrated around a small building at the northern end of the compartment.
Green House Garden (No longer existing) The kitchen garden represents the greater part of the area occupied by the original orchard shown on Dickinson's 1719 plan. The remaining area was described on Woods’ plan as the Green House Garden and was shown divided into two unequal parts. Both parts of the garden appear to have been planted with trees, probably fruit trees. A building abuts the bowling green in roughly the position as the one shown on the Dickinson plan but there is an additional building, roughly square in plan, to the northwest corner of the enclosure. This was probably the Dovecote for which Wrightson paid £9 15s 0d in 1736.
The west boundary wall still exists and this low (east) wall that runs along the length of the bowling green but the plot of land was sold off for housing in the 1960s.
In 1961 Doncaster Rural District Council purchased Cusworth Hall and the adjoining parkland from the Battie-Wrightson family. The Council undertook an initial restoration of the grounds and also recreated what is now the tearooms within the former stable block. The former reception rooms and spacious galleries now house the Museum of South Yorkshire life, officially opened on 30 September 1967.
Cusworth Hall and Park underwent an extensive £7.5 million renovation between 2002 and 2005, involving essential conservation repairs to the Hall and extensive restoration of the landscape gardens. Within the hall external repairs to the stonework and roof were undertaken to ensure that the exterior was watertight, whilst internal works upgraded internal services and enabled new displays to be installed.
The restoration of the designed landscape have been greatly influenced by a comprehensive analysis of available archive material, among which are the original written memoranda and sketches produced by Richard Woods for his site forman Thomas Coalie. An integrated archaeological programme also formed a key aspect of the restorations, recording in detail landscape features such as the Rock Arch, Cascade, and Bridge. This restoration has not 'recreated' the 18th century scheme, although elements are still incorporated within a 'living' amenity garden that is now thriving as a result of the recent work undertaken in partnership with the Friends of Cusworth Park.
The Hall reopened to the public on 23 May 2007 and the new displays document the history of South Yorkshire and it is a valued resource for local residents, students and school groups alike.
Cusworth Hall Museum and Park is the venue for a varied program of seasonal exhibitions, events and activities linked to the history of the area. including Country Fairs, vintage vehicle rallies, historic re-enactments, wildlife sessions and a range of seasonally themed events. A free, weekly, 5 km parkrun takes place every Saturday at 9 am in the grounds of Cusworth Hall. The first event was held on Saturday 5 October 2019 and was hosted by the staff at Cusworth in collaboration with the local community.
Additionally, Doncaster Museums' Education Service offers a range of learning sessions to schools and educational establishments. Specialist and experienced Education Officers deliver learning workshops to schools across a broad range of topics as well as out-of-school-hours activities for families and local communities.
Cloud Gate, the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park, designed by Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, it measures 33 by 66 by 42 feet and weighs 100 tons. The "Bean" as it is sometimes called, consists of 168 stainless steel plates welded together and a highly polished exterior surface that has no visible seams.
Everything makes sense inside a frame right? But what about outside of it? What happens outside our constructed perception?
You see, reality my friend, is such a misunderstood concept...
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Remarkable 16th century botanical calligraphic artwork by two masters of the past: Georg Bocskay (1510–1575), court secretary to Ferdinand I, and Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). First created by Georg Bocskay to demonstrated the different styles of calligraphy of the era, the book was later ornamented with intricate fruits, flowers, and insects by Joris Hoefnagel and commissioned by Emperor Rudolph II, Ferdinand’s grandson. This unusual artistic collaboration between scribe and painter disrupted the history of manuscript illumination and gave us one of the most fascinating and beautifully crafted manuscripts of all time. Complement your designs, posters, and wallpapers with these enchanting CC0 illustrations from the past. We have digitally enhanced these spellbound hand-drawn calligraphy into high resolution printable quality. They are free to download under the CC0 license.
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The booklet issued by British Railways and the wholly owned subsidiary company The Pullman Car Company to promote the introduction fo the new diesel express trains known as "The Blue Pullman". It is undated but the Western Region sets and services described here entered service on 12 September 1960, a few weeks after the corresponding LMR sets started on the Manchester - London (St Pancras) "Midland Pulman" services. At this stage two services were operated - From Wolverhampton (Low Level) through Birmingham Snow Hill to London Paddington - the old GWR route that would see closure through the Black Country a few years alter - and from Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads. The South Wales services were introduced in 1961.
The use of these specially constructed diesel multiple units had been considered fromt he mid-1950s as part of the acquisition of the still privately owned Pullman concern in 1954, the realisation that the Pullman stock was aging and that there was a need to include the trains in the growing 'Modernisation' programme. The units were constructed by Metro-Cammell and there were teething troubles, mostly around ride quality, as well as staffing issues. That aside the new trains, in their striking Naking Blue livery, set a new tone for high speed express services that would help inform the next decade and the introduction of the highly successful 'Inter-City" concept.
The trains ran until 1973 and all were withdrawn and scrapped. The booklet is very detailed - even down to the designs and names of the finishes - the photo of the First Class car showing the 'Scheme 2" "Devon Weave" random red rectangles on a black background. The design was highly considered and of a high standard along with an effective 'rebranding' of the Pullman name - a consistent application of the new 'coat of arms' seen on the brochure cover being rolled out across all aspects of the service.
One image, deconstructed using Montager, rebuilt using PictureShow, with a bit of ToonPaint to change it up a bit
The railroad trestle bridge in New York State’s Letchworth Park is known as the Portage Bridge.
The Erie Railroad Company built a wooden trestle bridge over the Genesee River just above the Upper Falls. Construction started on July 1, 1851 and opened August 16, 1852. At the time, it was the longest and tallest wooden bridge in the world.
In the early morning hours of Thursday, May 6, 1875, the great wooden railroad bridge was destroyed in a tremendous fire. The bridge was a total loss, leaving only the concrete bridge abutments.
Immediately after the Portage Bridge fire, officials of the Erie Railroad Company moved quickly to replace the wooden bridge with an iron and steel design. Construction began June 8, 1875 and opened for traffic July 31, 1875. The bridge is 820 feet (250 m) long and 240 feet (73 m) high It is still in use today. This bridge lost its title as the highest trestle railroad bridge in the world to the High Level Bridge in Lethbridge located in Alberta, Canada.
On a sad note this 139 year old trestle bridge is to be demolished after a new bridge is constructed south of this location and out of Letchworth Park.
Photo: Trams aux Fils.
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Prise vers 1985
En dessous de Sainte-Croix
Motrices 11 et 12
La ligne de l'Yverdon-Sainte-Croix à été construite entre 1892 et 1893 à voie métrique, sa longueur et de 24.326 Kilomètres.
Elle à été inaugurée (avec des trains à vapeur) le 16 et 17 novembre 1893, ouverture à l'exploitation le 27 novembre 1893, sa particularité, les trains ne circulaient pas le dimanche selon le voeu de Monsieur William BARBEY mécène pour la construction de la ligne, ceci jusqu'au 20 avril 1919, elle à été électrifiée en 1945.
Printemps sur les plages de Saint-Malo
Vue sur le Fort National.
Ce fort a été construit sur le rocher de l'Islet. Ce roc était, avant la construction du fort, l'emplacement d'un phare pour guider les navires dans la baie rocheuse de la cité corsaire, mais aussi le lieu d'exécution de la Seigneurie malouine. À la moitié de son règne, Louis XIV lance un projet de fortification de Saint-Malo pour protéger la ville et ses immenses richesses d'une éventuelle invasion anglaise. À la suite de l'Ordonnance royale émanant de la main de Louis XIV, Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban, ingénieur royal et maréchal de France, dessine les plans du monument et en confie la réalisation à Siméon Garangeau. La construction commencera en 1689 et la date de fin de construction semble être 1693. Mêlant utilité et efficacité sans abîmer le rocher, la construction de Vauban est un exemple vivant de son génie. Le fort ne sera jamais pris de son histoire, mis à part pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale pendant laquelle il devint prison allemande, où plus de 300 Malouins et étrangers furent enfermés dans des conditions très rudes.
"Metal constructions"
(Paris - IDF 2014)
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The Villa Romana del Casale in central Sicily has one of the richest, largest, and varied collections of Roman mosaics in the world. The visible remains of the villa were constructed in the first quarter of the 4th century AD on the remains of an older villa. It was damaged and perhaps destroyed during the short domination of the Vandals between 469–78 and the site was abandoned in the 12th century AD after a landslide covered the villa. This preserved the mosaics.
Proof that nothing is new under the sun the female athletes shown here are wearing Roman bikinis...