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Os de Civís, Alt Urgell. Lleida, España.
Os de Civís, también llamado Aós de Civís (antiguamente Os d'Urgell), es una entidad municipal descentralizada de los Valles de Valira, en el Alt Urgell, ya la vez es el núcleo más habitado del municipio. El pueblo conserva las casas medievales y actualmente se han construido muchas segundas residencias.
Os de Civís está situado en el valle de Aós, que es parte de la coma de Setúria, formada por la cuenca hidrográfica del Río de Os de Civís, tributario de la Valira. Geográficamente el valle de Aós está en la vertiente andorrana, pero administrativamente siempre ha sido parte de Cataluña y sus límites no han sido disputados. Sólo se puede acceder a Os de Civís por carretera desde Sant Julià de Lòria (Andorra). La comunicación directa con el resto del municipio, que se encuentra en la vertiente catalana de la Valira, es bastante dificultosa. Es a través del collado de Conflent, de 2.150 m de altitud; es lo que se conoce como un periclave.
La entrada al pueblo se hace por una calle bastante amplia, con comercios a ambos lados, llenos de artículos turísticos y hostales. Las casas están hechas con piedra y tejados de pizarra. Desde el pueblo, y por un camino empedrado y empinado, se llega a la iglesia románica de Sant Pere y Santa Margarida, que antiguamente había sido un castillo.
Os de Civís, also called Aós de Civís (formerly Os d'Urgell), is a decentralized municipal entity of the Valles de Valira, in Alt Urgell, and at the same time it is the most inhabited nucleus of the municipality. The village preserves the medieval houses and today many second residences have been built.
Os de Civís is located in the Aós valley, which is part of the Setúria coma, formed by the hydrographic basin of the Os de Civís River, a tributary of the Valira. Geographically, the Aós valley is on the Andorran side, but administratively it has always been part of Catalonia and its limits have not been disputed. You can only access Os de Civís by road from Sant Julià de Lòria (Andorra). Direct communication with the rest of the municipality, which is located on the Catalan side of Valira, is quite difficult. It is through the Col de Conflent, 2,150 m high; It is what is known as a periclave.
The entrance to the town is through a fairly wide street, with shops on both sides, full of tourist articles and hostels. The houses are made of stone and slate roofs. From the village, and along a steep cobbled path, you reach the Romanesque church of Sant Pere and Santa Margarida, which had formerly been a castle.
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Finnsnes is a small town that is the administrative centre of Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The town is located on the mainland part of Norway, just across the Gisundet strait from the island of Senja. The Gisund Bridge connects Finnsnes to the suburban villages of Silsand and Laukhella on the island of Senja. The municipality is well provided with kindergartens and a decentralized school system on both primary and secondary level. There are also three schools on upper secondary/high school level and a centre for decentralized studies on university level. Finnsnes Church is located in the center of the town.
Finnsnes has several small suburbs that surround it, forming one large urban area. These are Sandvika/Skogen, Finnfjordbotn, Nygård, Trollvika, and Silsand. Over the last 100 years, the town has grown from a small farm community into the center for commerce in the small region. Finnsnes has experienced extensive growth both commercially and industrially the last few decades. In 2000, the village of Finnsnes was granted town status. The 3.27-square-kilometre (810-acre) town has a population (2017) of 4,658 which gives the town a population density of 1,424 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,690/sq mi).
Castellbò, Alt Urgell, Lleida, España.
Castellbò es un núcleo de población del municipio de Montferrer y Castellbò (Alt Urgell) situado en el valle del mismo nombre. Es el jefe de la entidad municipal descentralizada de la Villa y Vall de Castellbò. En 1970 fue anexado al municipio de Aravell, creando el término municipal de Montferrer y Castellbò.
La villa de Castellbò, que en el 2019 tenía 82 habitantes, se encuentra en un lugar desgarrado, a 802 m de altitud, entre la sierra de la Borda (1.150 m) y los estribos de Roca Redonda. Lugar de paso obligado por los antiguos caminos que ligaban la Seu d'Urgell con el Pallars Sobirà, la villa está encaramada en un rellano del monte donde se encuentran las ruinas del antiguo castillo de Castellbò, que fue aterrizado por orden de Ferran el Catòlic en 1513 (la capilla de San Pedro y San Francisco del castillo se derribó siglos más tarde).
Para llegar a esta población hay que tomar la carretera que enlaza la N-260 con la estación de esquí de Sant Joan de l'Erm. Castellbò se encuentra a nueve kilómetros de la N-260.
Castellbò is a population center in the municipality of Montferrer and Castellbò (Alt Urgell) located in the valley of the same name. He is the head of the decentralized municipal entity of the Villa and Vall de Castellbò. In 1970 it was annexed to the municipality of Aravell, creating the municipal term of Montferrer and Castellbò.
The town of Castellbò, which had 82 inhabitants in 2019, is located in a torn place, at an altitude of 802 m, between the Sierra de la Borda (1,150 m) and the Roca Redonda abutments. An obligatory place of passage along the old paths that linked La Seu d'Urgell with Pallars Sobirà, the town is perched on a landing of the mountain where the ruins of the old castle of Castellbò are located, which was landed by order of Ferran el Catòlic in 1513 (the castle's chapel of San Pedro and San Francisco was demolished centuries later).
To get to this town, take the road that connects the N-260 with the Sant Joan de l'Erm ski resort. Castellbò is located nine kilometers from the N-260.
The 24-hour eatery is becoming something of an endangered species in our urban centers. Here in LA, the decentralization of the city and lack of pedestrian walkways makes the economic feasibility of never closing difficult for businesses. Tucking into a plate of eggs and hash browns at an all-night joint is typically something you stumble into, on a whim, at 4 a.m. - it's usually not part of the evening's plans. And relying heavily on a car, be it yours or your Uber driver's, adds a barrier to late-night spontaneity that can often be the difference between staying out and going to bed.
I know I have been off Flickr for far longer than I planned to be. But there are a few reasons for it. One is this one, the greatest thing we have experienced for 28 years. That was when our son was born, thi October we became grandparents. And to meet Oda for the first time was every bit as awesome as we hoped for.
Sadly our daugther and son in law live in Oslo, an utterly decentralized place in the east of our nation. It is our capitol, but still a 5,5 hour ride from where people should live. So with a dairy farm to run we can't visit as often as we want at all.
One strange thing with getting this grandchild is that it proves there must be a God! As you all know am I lucky enough to have the best wife in the world. But that could of course be pure luck. Every wife has to be married, so there has to be a lucky fellow out there somewhere having the best wife in the world. Extreme luck of course, but it could be just luck.
But when the same man that have the best wife in the world also happens to get the most wonderful grandaughter in the world, it has to be proof of a God!! That is too much luck for anyone to experience without the assistance of the Good Lord!!
I fear I have added a few more photos of our little miracle in the first comment, and a couple of one more reason why I am late back on Flickr. And then a few jokes.
Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. It was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century BC, forever shaping its rugged landscape. The whitewashed, cubiform houses of its 2 principal towns, Fira and Oia, cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater). They overlook the sea, small islands to the west and beaches made up of black, red and white lava pebbles.
Akrotiri, a Bronze Age settlement preserved under ash from the eruption, provides a frozen-in-time glimpse into Minoan life. The ruins of Ancient Thera lie on a dramatic bluff that drops to the sea on 3 sides. Fira, the island's commercial heart, has the Archaeological Museum of Thera and boutique shops. It also has a lively bar scene and tavernas serving local grilled seafood and dry white wine, made from the Assyrtiko grape. Oia is famous for sunsets over its old fortress [Santorini Google Travel]
Above is a photo of the tower today. I didn't have an image of this tower "before" the big project, and below is an historical clip from the interweb. It wasn't ever a particularly stunning piece of architecture on the University of Calgary campus, and I've always felt it had a "brutalist" flavour to it. From when I was attending university here, I had heard that it was built as a library, but somehow the architects and engineers forgot to build in the weight of books. And so rumour has it, it began to sink as soon as all the books were brought in, and the library had to decentralize its holdings.
Castellbò, Alt Urgell, Lleida, España.
Castellbò es un núcleo de población del municipio de Montferrer y Castellbò (Alt Urgell) situado en el valle del mismo nombre. Es el jefe de la entidad municipal descentralizada de la Villa y Vall de Castellbò. En 1970 fue anexado al municipio de Aravell, creando el término municipal de Montferrer y Castellbò.
La villa de Castellbò, que en el 2019 tenía 82 habitantes, se encuentra en un lugar desgarrado, a 802 m de altitud, entre la sierra de la Borda (1.150 m) y los estribos de Roca Redonda. Lugar de paso obligado por los antiguos caminos que ligaban la Seu d'Urgell con el Pallars Sobirà, la villa está encaramada en un rellano del monte donde se encuentran las ruinas del antiguo castillo de Castellbò, que fue aterrizado por orden de Ferran el Catòlic en 1513 (la capilla de San Pedro y San Francisco del castillo se derribó siglos más tarde).
Para llegar a esta población hay que tomar la carretera que enlaza la N-260 con la estación de esquí de Sant Joan de l'Erm. Castellbò se encuentra a nueve kilómetros de la N-260.
Castellbò is a population center in the municipality of Montferrer and Castellbò (Alt Urgell) located in the valley of the same name. He is the head of the decentralized municipal entity of the Villa and Vall de Castellbò. In 1970 it was annexed to the municipality of Aravell, creating the municipal term of Montferrer and Castellbò.
The town of Castellbò, which had 82 inhabitants in 2019, is located in a torn place, at an altitude of 802 m, between the Sierra de la Borda (1,150 m) and the Roca Redonda abutments. An obligatory place of passage along the old paths that linked La Seu d'Urgell with Pallars Sobirà, the town is perched on a landing of the mountain where the ruins of the old castle of Castellbò are located, which was landed by order of Ferran el Catòlic in 1513 (the castle's chapel of San Pedro and San Francisco was demolished centuries later).
To get to this town, take the road that connects the N-260 with the Sant Joan de l'Erm ski resort. Castellbò is located nine kilometers from the N-260.
Castellbò, Alt Urgell, Lleida, España.
Castellbò es un núcleo de población del municipio de Montferrer y Castellbò (Alt Urgell) situado en el valle del mismo nombre. Es el jefe de la entidad municipal descentralizada de la Villa y Vall de Castellbò. En 1970 fue anexado al municipio de Aravell, creando el término municipal de Montferrer y Castellbò.
La villa de Castellbò, que en el 2019 tenía 82 habitantes, se encuentra en un lugar desgarrado, a 802 m de altitud, entre la sierra de la Borda (1.150 m) y los estribos de Roca Redonda. Lugar de paso obligado por los antiguos caminos que ligaban la Seu d'Urgell con el Pallars Sobirà, la villa está encaramada en un rellano del monte donde se encuentran las ruinas del antiguo castillo de Castellbò, que fue aterrizado por orden de Ferran el Catòlic en 1513 (la capilla de San Pedro y San Francisco del castillo se derribó siglos más tarde).
Para llegar a esta población hay que tomar la carretera que enlaza la N-260 con la estación de esquí de Sant Joan de l'Erm. Castellbò se encuentra a nueve kilómetros de la N-260.
Castellbò is a population center in the municipality of Montferrer and Castellbò (Alt Urgell) located in the valley of the same name. He is the head of the decentralized municipal entity of the Villa and Vall de Castellbò. In 1970 it was annexed to the municipality of Aravell, creating the municipal term of Montferrer and Castellbò.
The town of Castellbò, which had 82 inhabitants in 2019, is located in a torn place, at an altitude of 802 m, between the Sierra de la Borda (1,150 m) and the Roca Redonda abutments. An obligatory place of passage along the old paths that linked La Seu d'Urgell with Pallars Sobirà, the town is perched on a landing of the mountain where the ruins of the old castle of Castellbò are located, which was landed by order of Ferran el Catòlic in 1513 (the castle's chapel of San Pedro and San Francisco was demolished centuries later).
To get to this town, take the road that connects the N-260 with the Sant Joan de l'Erm ski resort. Castellbò is located nine kilometers from the N-260.