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Olhão is a small town in the Algarve less than 10km from Faro, the main town in the region. The town has a significant tourist interest today but previously fishing was its main activity. Many fishermen provide fish to the famous covered market in Olhão today.
What makes a visit and a walk in Olhão interesting is its architecture. The old fishermen's district is made up of small white houses with cubic shapes. As most houses do not have gardens, terraces are arranged on the roofs and the alleys flowered by the inhabitants. Google
This historical bridge, no long in use, was constructed during the Mongol occupation of Anatolia, Turkey, towards the end of the 13th century. It is constructed in 3 different colours of cut stone, red, gray and black. Six of the original 7 arches remain. The Aras mountains, near the Turkish-Armenian border are in the background.
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Saskatchewan Legislature in frosty landscape, Wascana Lake, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 23 February 2008.
2024-25: Judge merit award out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Landscapes Dominated by the Colour Blue' in October 2024. Expert commended out of 5376 entries in Photocrowd 'Snow and Ice ' in June 2025.
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2022-23: Judge merit award out of 3228 entries in Photocrowd 'Winter Landscapes' competition in December 2022. Judge merit award out of 2725 entries in Photocrowd 'Snowy Landscapes' competition in January 2023. 2022-23: Judge highly commended out of 2731 entries in Photocrowd 'Natural Winter Light Outdoors in Nature' competition in January 2023. Judge commended out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'The Beauty of Winter' competition in January 2023.
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2019-20: Judge commended out of 1554 entries in Photocrowd 'Cold Places' competition in June 2020.
Jersey St South, Addison, Vermont USA • One of two surviving cut-stone, one-room school houses in the town. This one bears the hand-carved date of 1823 in the lintel, above the original central window (now filled, also with cut-stone).
☞ This structure is listed on the Vermont State Register of Historic Places. Source: Data excerpts from "The Historic Architecture of Addison County: including a listing of the Vermont State Register of Historic Places"; Vermont Division of Historic Preservation; Curtis B. Johnson, Editor; © 1992.
Jersey St South, Addison, Vermont USA • One of two surviving cut-stone, one-room school houses in the town. This one bears the hand-carved date of 1823 in the lintel, above the original central window (now filled, also with cut-stone).
☞ This structure is listed on the Vermont State Register of Historic Places. Source: Data excerpts from "The Historic Architecture of Addison County: including a listing of the Vermont State Register of Historic Places"; Vermont Division of Historic Preservation; Curtis B. Johnson, Editor; © 1992.
Middlebury, Vermont USA • Features: date inscription, name inscription, granite, marble.
Over the Otter Creek, just above Middlebury Falls. The Otter Creek is Vermont's longest river (over 100 miles long), and it flows north into Lake Champlain (the 6th Great Lake).
☞ The Battell Bridge, as a part of the Middlebury Village Historic District, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#76000223), since November 13, 1976.
☞ This structure is listed on the Vermont State Register of Historic Places. Source: Data excerpts from "The Historic Architecture of Addison County: including a listing of the Vermont State Register of Historic Places"; Vermont Division of Historic Preservation; Curtis B. Johnson, Editor; © 1992.
☞ See the original photo in 1st comment below. • Created with the Amazing Circles tool of dumpr.net.
La porte Saint-Vincent de Vannes dans le Morbihan.
Saint-Vincent Gate in Vannes, Morbihan department of Brittany.
In 1600, a passage was first opened at this site to replace the Gréguennic gate which became unusable because of the bastion built in 1593. The present gate was built in granite cut stone between 1620 and 1624 according to the plans of Jean Bugeau, an architect from Rennes. The gate's structure showed serious flaws from the beginning of the 18th century, so that repairs had to be made in 1727. In 1747, the engineer Duchemin carried out a complete restoration of the gate, retaining the Bugeau façade but removing the roof and rebuilding the upper area. In 1624, a first statue of Saint-Vincent-Ferrier, in stone or marble, was put in place by a sculptor from Nantes. This statue of the patron of the town was brought down during the French Revolution and was replaced in 1891, the same year in which a bas-relief with the town's coat of arms was affixed to the gate's façade. The Saint-Vincent Gate was classified as a historic monument on October 11, 1928.
Cette belle ouverture issue d'un immeuble de rapport du XIXe siècle comporte de nombreuses réussites. La qualité de ses ornements fait plaisir à voir, entre la finesse des sculptures sur bois et sur pierre, on peut rajouter un élément semblable à l'art déco : les ferronneries des impostes. Très chouette !
Source : Archi-wiki (FR)
Très chouette complexe hôtelier à deux pas du pont historique de la ville. L'institution existe depuis le XVIIe siècle et de nombreux monarques sont passés par là, mais ce ne sont pas eux qui ont donné le nom au lieu. La référence est cette fois-ci biblique. Concernant l'architecture, un bâtiment éclectique par le même architecte que le Café Spritz en grés rose. Et ensuite, une extension remarquable de style Art nouveau (note en bas de commentaire). La très grande qualité de service et la magnificence de l'Hôtel-Restaurant est mainte fois relatées dans les sources. Evidemment, ce n'est pas pour tous les budgets, mais une vue comme celle capturée dans le dernière source pourrait faire changer d'avis à plus d'un.
Note : Même si les sources indique art déco, ce second immeuble est construit au tout début du XXe, cela ne peut être de l'art déco apparu qu'après la 1e guerre mondiale, peut être dû à une inspiration allemande (le Jugendstil est plus proche de l'art déco que l'art nouveau français).
Sources : Site du vieux Bâle présentant les légendes et l'histoire du lieu (DE) && Wiki de l'hôtel (EN) && Magazine voyage présentant l'hôtel (FR) && Site de l'hôtel présentant son histoire (PDF)(FR) && Site sur le sujet des montres de luxe présentant l'hôtel (FR) (Pourquoi = Suisse) && Magazine d'information sur le luxe suisse présentant l'hôtel (FR) && Site d'information concernant les grandes fortunes présentant l'hôtel (FR) && Journal suisse présentant l'hôtel (FR)
The Chippewa County Courthouse was built in 1877 of cut stone with walls two feet thick (60 cm); it is Michigan's oldest continuing courthouse. It was designed in the Second Empire Style by Detroit architect William Scott; additions in 1904 and 1930 were built in the same style. The courthouse exterior features a pediment, a mansard roof with clock tower, and contrasting red-colored cut stone in beltcourses, quoins, lintels, and entrances; the interior features tin ceilings and decorative ornate metalwork.
In 1984, the courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation.
Ten second exposure.
House of the Faun (Pompeii)
"Floor of cut marble from the main reception room (tablinum)) of the House of the Faun in Pompeii.
The cut marble pieces are fit to form a geometric pattern, technically known as "opus sectile" (cut stone work) as opposed to standard opus tessellatum (mosaic of squared stones or "tesserae").
Description taken from Flickr contributor Roger Ulrich (www.flickr.com/photos/roger_ulrich/)
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Former Benedictine monastery - today Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin - main structure is Norman/Romanesque, c1150
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Rough Amethyst specimen and a smooth cut stone.
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The Chippewa County Courthouse was built in 1877 of cut stone with walls two feet thick (60 cm); it is Michigan's oldest continuing courthouse. It was designed in the Second Empire Style by Detroit architect William Scott; additions in 1904 and 1930 were built in the same style. The courthouse exterior features a pediment, a mansard roof with clock tower, and contrasting red-colored cut stone in beltcourses, quoins, lintels, and entrances; the interior features tin ceilings and decorative ornate metalwork.
In 1984, the courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation.
Eight second exposure.
Winter in the Upper Peninsula.
The Chippewa County Courthouse was built in 1877 of cut stone with walls two feet thick (60 cm); it is Michigan's oldest continuing courthouse. It was designed in the Second Empire Style by Detroit architect William Scott; additions in 1904 and 1930 were built in the same style. The courthouse exterior features a pediment, a mansard roof with clock tower, and contrasting red-colored cut stone in beltcourses, quoins, lintels, and entrances; the interior features tin ceilings and decorative ornate metalwork.
In 1984, the courthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation.
Black and white alchemy through Nik Silver Efex.
Cut stone of amethyst from Thunder Bay
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In the early morning, the Saskatchwan Legislature from a hot air balloon ride. Wascana Lake, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 16 August 2019
2022-23: Judge merit award out of 1000 entries in Photocrowd 'Above the roof' in June 2023.
Former Benedictine monastery - today Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewkesbury_Abbey
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Demeure très éclectique de par son mélange tranché de différents styles architecturaux. Anton Klein, l'architecte municipal de l'époque l'a construisit à la fin du XIXe siècle et elle fut acquise par la secrète mais non moins célèbre franc-maçonnerie au milieu du XXe siècle.
Cut-stone railway bridge over stream. In excellent condition despite invading vegetation. c150 years old.
Built in the Credit River Valley, the Barber rag-paper mill was founded in 1855, operated on wood pulp until mid-20thC. Power came from downstream Credit River Dynamo, said to be the first private industrial hydro-electric generating station in Ontario
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Niagara Escarpment UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
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Built in the Credit River Valley, the Barber rag-paper mill was founded in 1855, operated on wood pulp until mid-20thC. Power came from downstream Credit River Dynamo, said to be the first private industrial hydro-electric generating station in Ontario
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Niagara Escarpment UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
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Former Benedictine monastery - today Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin - main structure is Norman/Romanesque, c1150
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewkesbury_Abbey
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The Columbus Smith Estate
1177 Shard Villa Rd, West Salisbury, Vermont USA • Cut stone, 2-1/2 story. French Second Empire style.
Home grown attorney Columbus Smith’s first great success was started in 1844, on behalf of the descendants of Frances Mary Shard, who died in England in 1819. His eventual win in 1858, after 14 years of research, multiple trips to England, legal filings, appearances & multiple appeals made him one of the richest men in Vermont. He would soon build and name his own estate after a women he never met.
He moved his ancestral home a bit to the north, and assembled an amazing team to build his mansion and grounds, from 1872-74: [1] the plan was based on “Design No. 19", in his copy of the 1869 pattern book “National Architect” by George E. Woodward; [2] the first plans were drawn by Warren Thayer, architect, Burlington, VT, and turned over to: [3] George & Clinton Smith (father & son) to detail the plans inside and out, and be the builders (at the time called “joiners”); [4] Robert Morris Copeland, Boston, MA (landscape architect - then called “landscape gardener”); and [5] in 1886-87, he brought Italian Muralist Sylvio Pezzoli to live in the Estate, while painting walls, ceilings, floors. screens and portraits.
Columbus's widow, Harriet, upon her death in 1919, willed the estate and fortune to become that we call today an Elder Care Home. A 2-1/2 story brick addition, with 14 rooms with private baths opened in 1922.
The Estate has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places (#89001789), since 1989.
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