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I don't remember when Corbigny adopted that motto, but I do remember how it elicited some paternal tirades about the allocation of tax money. Corbigny, with its typical province main street, is one of these numerous little french towns facing depopulation and economic quagmire. Sounds boring? With all its old building and the nature around it, it could be one of these cute and lively little towns everyone wants to see. But how to get it to become that?
Zeiss Ikon Nettar II 518/16 and Novar Anastigmat 1:4.5 f=75mm, Fomapan 100 developped in Rodinal 1+50 for 9min at 20°C and digitalized using kit zoom and extension tubes. First - and for me last - roll with this camera now in the ownership of Cyrille (www.flickr.com/photos/7568189@N04) who gets the same slanted frame edges as I did. And Flickr slapped a "fancy camera" icon on it.
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
De La Canal
De la Canal es una localidad argentina del partido de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cuenta con 57 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 8% frente a los 62 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. El 3 de diciembre de 1889 el gobierno de la Provincia de Bs.As. autorizó la construcción del tramo del Ferrocarril Las Flores – Tandil, de 122 km que se terminó en Agosto de 1890. La Estación De la Canal fue inaugurada en 1891, y recibe ese nombre porque Don Victorio De la Canal, hacendado, donó su campo para la construcción del edificio.
Así fue aumentando su población a la vera de las vías. Aproximadamente en los años 1945 al 1947 ya había dos días fijos a la semana de embarque de vacunos y lanares con destino a Kilo 5 (Avellaneda y Mataderos), además de transportarse granos, gallinas, chanchos, huevos, etc.Con los años, De La Canal se fue despoblando, así como sus vecinos asentamientos rurales, que dejaron de recibir al ferrocarril de pasajeros. Se accede por la ruta provincial 30 y sus calles fueron mejoradas con tosca. Ubicado al norte de Tandil, De La Canal es atravesado por el arroyo Langueyú, que en lengua mapuche significa “lugar de muerte” Se lo puede bordear transitando los 30 kilómetros que separan Tandil del pueblo, por un sendero ideal para la práctica del mountain bike. El lugar característico y, por lo que se conoce al despoblado paraje, es el almacén de los hermanos Lazarte, un auténtico almacén de ramos generales.
UNA HISTORIA TRAGICA DE LA ZONA
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De La Canal
De la Canal is an Argentine locality of the Tandil party, Province of Buenos Aires. It has 57 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), which represents a decrease of 8% compared to 62 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) of the previous census. On December 3, 1889 the government of the Province of Buenos Aires authorized the construction of the stretch of Ferrocarril Las Flores - Tandil, of 122 km that was completed in August of 1890. The Canal Station was inaugurated in 1891, and it was named because Don Victorio De la Canal, landowner, donated his field to the construction of the building.
This is how the population grew along the roads. Approximately in the years 1945 to 1947 there were already two fixed days a week of shipment of cattle and sheep to Kilo 5 (Avellaneda and Mataderos), in addition to transporting grains, chickens, pigs, eggs, etc. Over the years, The Canal became depopulated, as well as its neighboring rural settlements, which stopped receiving the passenger railroad. It is accessed by provincial route 30 and its streets were improved with tosca. Located north of Tandil, De La Canal is crossed by the Langueyú stream, which in the Mapuche language means "place of death" It can be skirted by traveling the 30 kilometers that separate Tandil from the town, by an ideal path for the practice of mountain biking . The characteristic place and, for what is known the depopulated place, is the warehouse of the brothers Lazarte, an authentic warehouse of general branches.
A TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE AREA
Castelluccio (Norcia) - Bloom 2016
Castelluccio è una frazione del comune di Norcia (PG) in Umbria.
Il paese si trova a circa 28 km da Norcia, raggiungibile attraverso una strada panoramica, posto in cima ad una colle che si eleva sull'omonimo altopiano (Piani di Castelluccio) tra i più vasti dell'Italia Centrale ed inserito nel Parco nazionale dei Monti Sibillini, ad una altitudine di 1.452 m s.l.m. che ne fanno uno dei centri abitati più elevati degli Appennini. Di fronte ad esso si erge la sagoma del Monte Vettore (2.476 m). Secondo i dati Istat, il paese si è spopolato molto velocemente, nel 2001 il paese era abitato da 150 residenti, mentre 7 anni dopo, nel 2008, sono stati censiti solo 8 abitanti fissi.
Castelluccio is a fraction of the Norcia town (PG) in Umbria.
The town is located about 28 km from Norcia, reached via a scenic route, place on top of a hill that rises on the plateau (Castelluccio Plains) are among the largest in Central Italy and inserted in the Mountains National Park sibillini, to an altitude of 1,452 m above sea level making it one of the highest towns of the Apennines. In front of it stands the silhouette of Mount Vettore (2,476 m). According to Istat, the country was depopulated very quickly, in 2001 the village was inhabited by 150 residents, while seven years later, in 2008, were counted only 8 permanent residents.
In fact, the Sassi was about to be re-born. Squatters began occupying some of the caves, and others were used for drugs and prostitution. Then Raffaello De Ruggieri, a lawyer who considered the depopulation campaign a grievous mistake, moved in. “People felt I was crazy to subject my wife to the desolation and emptiness of the Sassi,” he recalls. The De Ruggieris were relieved to discover, however, that they had some friendly neighbors. Local artisans used the caves as workshops for making cucù—ceramic rooster whistles that are a town tradition.
Other young Italians began seeing the Sassi’s potential, and they became homesteaders. Roofs were buttressed, and modern plumbing was installed. In 1986, the Italian government encouraged the Sassi’s revival by offering subsidies that cut the cost of restoration work in half. Small shops began to appear, and in 1992 La Traccia, a software company, opened. “We came here because everyone else was boycotting it,” Franco Petrella, one of the owners, told an Italian newspaper.
Dvigrad (Twin-town), Docastei in Istriot language, is an abandoned medieval town in central Istria, Croatia. It is located in the Draga valley. The history of the settlement is prehistoric; it remained inhabited until the 18th century.
The region was settled by the Illyrians in prehistoric times. In 1345, Dvigrad was sacked by the Genoese admiral Paganin Doria during conflicts between Genoa and Venice. The Venetians sacked the town in 1383, but did not take rule of it until 1413, when a nobleman from Koper was put in governance. In the 16th century, plague and malaria depopulated much of the town. In the year 1615 it was besieged again, by Uskoks, and while it escaped capture it was abandoned save for a few poor residents within 15 years. Only three families remained by 1650. In 1714, the last residents left the town to ruin.
Looking out from Cwmorthin Road in the village of Tanygrisiau, near to Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd, North Wales.
Tanygrisiau is Welsh for "below the steps", referring to the stepped cliffs above the village. Tanygrisiau was famous for its slate mining, producing a high quality black slate that was used across the world. The major quarries above the village were Cwmorthin, Wrysgan and Conglog.
Tanygrisiau railway station is on the famous Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow gauge railway built to carry slate from the mines down to the sea at Porthmadog where it was shipped all around the world, mostly for use in roofing.
The nearby Ffestiniog power station, the high Stwlan Dam and Llyn Ystradau, colloquially known as Tanygrisiau Reservoir, are part of a pumped storage hydroelectricity installation. Much nearer the railway station is a waterfall on the Afon Cwmorthin and below the falls, and powered by a different water source, is a very small hydro-electric power station.
The closure of the slate mines during the late 1970s led to massive depopulation of the area from which it has only recently begun to recover. Tanygrisiau has close links with the regiment of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Un pueblo entre montañas.
El origen de la población se remonta al establecimiento de una fortaleza musulmana. Constituyó un importante núcleo de moriscos dependientes del conde de Cocentaina. En el año 1609, antes de su expulsión, estaba integrada por 115 casas.
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Sella es uno de los ejemplos de la medida tomada por Felipe III de expulsar a los moriscos, con ello despobló a la provincia de Alicante de sus mejores y más laboriosos agricultores. En tiempos Sella era el pueblo más próspero de la zona y todo él estaba habitado por moriscos. Con la despoblación se empobreció y perdió su identidad cultural.
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Fue repoblada con mallorquines a instancia del señor territorial, cuya jurisdicción estaba detentada por los Calatayud. Su iglesia dependió de la de Finestrat hasta el año 1574, en que se erigió como parroquia independiente.
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A village between mountains.
The origin of the population goes back to the establishment of a Muslim fortress. It constituted an important nucleus of Moriscos dependent on the count of Cocentaina. In 1609, before its expulsion, it was composed of 115 houses.
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Sella is one of the examples of the measure taken by Felipe III to expel the Moriscos, thereby depopulating the province of Alicante from its best and most laborious farmers. In times Sella was the most prosperous town of the zone and all it was inhabited by Moors. With the depopulation became impoverished and lost its cultural identity.
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It was repopulated with Majorcan at the request of the territorial lord, whose jurisdiction was held by the Calatayud. Its church depended on the one of Finestrat until the year 1574, in which it was erected like independent parish.
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Planet: Dennaskar
Mission: Covert Reconnaissance
Personel: Special forces squad
Mission Log from Cpt. Bannon: Our mission to Dennaskar was simple. Reconnaissance and establish a temporary camp and base of operation to search for a location fit for a future outpost. After the depopulation of the planet it hasn’t been of much interest to anyone. We landed in sector 6-TE, 12 clicks east of the equipment drop from a few weeks ago. The cargo pilot missed the mark for the equipment and now we have to go and recover it before we can set up camp.
Vascal: I swear this planet is haunted!
Jayne: No wonder after what happened here...
Cpt. Bannon: Cut the chatter. We’re almost at the drop site.
Kelstrap: Captain! It’s here - and the equipment looks to be intact...
Cpt. Bannon: Good. Let’s recover whatever we can move, establish a basecamp and contact High Command for further instructions.
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Observando los recovecos de los hayedos, sus troncos alojan pequeñas criaturas increíbles desde donde nacen en busca de los pequeños rayos de sol que se cuelan entre las ramas despobladas de hojas en el otoño.
Noting the recesses of the beech forests , their trunks housed amazing little creatures are born from looking for the little sunlight that slip between the depopulated branches in the autumn leaves .
Amazon announced in late December 2022 and carrying over into the early days of 2023 that it will cut 18,000 jobs. Being the Emerald City and [oftentimes] what I refer to as the Imperial Crown Jewel of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle [I believe] will bounce back and maintain its respective position and role in all of the majestic and imperial Pacific Northwest. Boeing, Microsoft, Adobe and...Google [among others] will continue contributing their service and security in the Emerald City. All may not be lost; it is easy to get it twisted when we hear of such societal institutions like the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States of America, KIRO-FM, FOX News, [my beloved] NBC Nightly News et al announcing such tragic news that the (206) "...may experience depopulation and its downtown core may cease to exist--downtown will receive and have less foot and bicycle traffic if more tech companies follow the very footsteps of Amazon...".
Photo captured via Minolta AF-Maxxum 16mm Fisheye F/2.8 lens. City of Seattle. Central Puget Lowland section within the Puget Sound Lowlands Region. King County, Washington. Early December 2022.
Exposure Time: 5 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/11 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 3400 K ** Color Grading: Kodak E100VS
Taken around 11pm. i knew this was here after doing a bit of research but seeing it for the first time at night appear out of the darkness was very creepy. it was a 2 mile walk from where i was camping and only took me about 40min. The walk was spooky enough with not a soul in sight. BUT when i setup for this shot i heard the gate rattle that i'd just come through, so i waited to see if someone was coming and then heard a rustle in bushes. i guessed it was a fox as there sheep nearby. What i wasnt expecting was about 30 sheep running towards me on the narrow path to the right on this photo. i shouted "nooo not this way" and to be fair they headed back! I guess the fox got amongst them and they all bolted!
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Rhiwddolion, near Betws y Coed , was once a quarrying community with its own school and chapel, accommodation for quarrymen, and a number of small farms, but when the quarrying industry collapsed it became depopulated.
Some of the buildings date back to the 16th century, but by the 18th century the village was thriving.
However, less than 100 years later, the mines and quarries had closed, and families started the leave the remote area to find work.
Three of the buildings in the old hamlet - Ty Capel , Ty Coch and Ty Uchaf - have been restored by The Landmark Trust .
Sledding hill at Gasworks Park. I've made it seem fairly depopulated but it was anything but that. Lots of snow falling as I painted, making for interesting mottled effect not unlike snowflakes.
"Špalíček (German: Stöckl) is a group of eleven originally Gothic houses, standing on the north side of King Jiřího z Poděbrady Square in the historic center of Cheb.
Today's Špalíček stands on the site of former meat sheds and meat shops from the 13th century. These houses are characterized by the so-called half-timbered construction, typical of the Chebsko region.
The entire complex of buildings was also divided into two separate parts by the narrow Kramářská alley.
This monument from Cheb is part of the city's conservation area and is also listed on the list of immovable cultural monuments of the Czech Republic.
Cheb (German Eger, in the Sudeten German dialect of Cheb Egha; obsoletely also Heb) is a town in the district of the same name in the Karlovy Vary Region, 40 km southwest of Karlovy Vary and 5 km from the border with Germany on the Ohři River, from which it is derived from the German name of the city. The first historically preserved mention of Cheb, the central city of the entire former Chebsko, dates from 1061. Until the end of World War II, the majority of the population was German, and Cheb was an important part of the Sudetenland. After the end of the war, the German residents were displaced and the town became largely depopulated. Approximately 32 thousand inhabitants live here, which makes Cheb the second largest city in the region after Karlovy Vary. There are seven primary schools, two secondary schools, one practical school, two grammar schools and the Faculty of Economics of the University of West Bohemia in Cheb. The main industries here are engineering, textiles, metalworking, construction, woodworking and food. The neighboring municipalities of the seat are Okrouhlá, Třebeň, Pomezí nad Ohří, Nebanice, Tuřany, Odrava, Lipová, Libá, Františkovy Lázně, Waldsassen and Schirnding.
Bohemia (Latin Bohemia, German Böhmen, Polish Czechy) is a region in the west of the Czech Republic. Previously, as a kingdom, they were the center of the Czech Crown. The root of the word Czech probably corresponds to the meaning of man. The Latin equivalent of Bohemia, originally Boiohaemum (literally "land of Battles"), which over time also influenced the names in other languages, is derived from the Celtic tribe of the Boios, who lived in this area from the 4th to the 1st century BC Bohemia on it borders Germany in the west, Austria in the south, Moravia in the east and Poland in the north. Geographically, they are bounded from the north, west and south by a chain of mountains, the highest of which are the Krkonoše Mountains, in which the highest mountain of Bohemia, Sněžka, is also located. The most important rivers are the Elbe and the Vltava, with the fertile Polabean Plain extending around the Elbe. The capital and largest city of Bohemia is Prague, other important cities include, for example, Pilsen, Karlovy Vary, Kladno, Ústí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice and České Budějovice, Jihlava also lies partly on the historical territory of Bohemia." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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De La Canal
De la Canal es una localidad argentina del partido de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cuenta con 57 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 8% frente a los 62 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. El 3 de diciembre de 1889 el gobierno de la Provincia de Bs.As. autorizó la construcción del tramo del Ferrocarril Las Flores – Tandil, de 122 km que se terminó en Agosto de 1890. La Estación De la Canal fue inaugurada en 1891, y recibe ese nombre porque Don Victorio De la Canal, hacendado, donó su campo para la construcción del edificio.
Así fue aumentando su población a la vera de las vías. Aproximadamente en los años 1945 al 1947 ya había dos días fijos a la semana de embarque de vacunos y lanares con destino a Kilo 5 (Avellaneda y Mataderos), además de transportarse granos, gallinas, chanchos, huevos, etc.Con los años, De La Canal se fue despoblando, así como sus vecinos asentamientos rurales, que dejaron de recibir al ferrocarril de pasajeros. Se accede por la ruta provincial 30 y sus calles fueron mejoradas con tosca. Ubicado al norte de Tandil, De La Canal es atravesado por el arroyo Langueyú, que en lengua mapuche significa “lugar de muerte” Se lo puede bordear transitando los 30 kilómetros que separan Tandil del pueblo, por un sendero ideal para la práctica del mountain bike. El lugar característico y, por lo que se conoce al despoblado paraje, es el almacén de los hermanos Lazarte, un auténtico almacén de ramos generales.
UNA HISTORIA TRAGICA DE LA ZONA
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De La Canal
De la Canal is an Argentine locality of the Tandil party, Province of Buenos Aires. It has 57 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), which represents a decrease of 8% compared to 62 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) of the previous census. On December 3, 1889 the government of the Province of Buenos Aires authorized the construction of the stretch of Ferrocarril Las Flores - Tandil, of 122 km that was completed in August of 1890. The Canal Station was inaugurated in 1891, and it was named because Don Victorio De la Canal, landowner, donated his field to the construction of the building.
This is how the population grew along the roads. Approximately in the years 1945 to 1947 there were already two fixed days a week of shipment of cattle and sheep to Kilo 5 (Avellaneda and Mataderos), in addition to transporting grains, chickens, pigs, eggs, etc. Over the years, The Canal became depopulated, as well as its neighboring rural settlements, which stopped receiving the passenger railroad. It is accessed by provincial route 30 and its streets were improved with tosca. Located north of Tandil, De La Canal is crossed by the Langueyú stream, which in the Mapuche language means "place of death" It can be skirted by traveling the 30 kilometers that separate Tandil from the town, by an ideal path for the practice of mountain biking . The characteristic place and, for what is known the depopulated place, is the warehouse of the brothers Lazarte, an authentic warehouse of general branches.
A TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE AREA
Captura: Camprodon, Rusc, Serra Cavallera, Ripollès, Catalunya.
CATALÀ
El ruc català o guarà (Equus asinus var. catalana[1]) és la raça de rucs autòctona de Catalunya.
L'origen del ruc és la subespècie d'ase Equus asinus somaliensis que donà naixement als ases del pròxim Orient i en acabat als d'Europa. S'emparenta estretament amb l'ase mallorquí i l'ase zamorà-lleonès.
Es creu que la raça vindria de molt antic. Plini el Vell ja va fer constar que a la Plana de Vic s'hi venien ases, llavors dits ausetans.[cal citació]
Encara que fou molt important al camp en el passat, la davallada del seu ús ha engendrat una baixada paral·lela del seu nombre fins al punt que es pot assegurar que corre risc d'extinció. En el passat n'hi havia arribat a haver uns 50.000, però actualment en resta poc més de mig miler, més de cent dels quals es troben fora de Catalunya.
Si bé se l'ha honorat amb títols com la millor raça de rucs del món, després d'haver guanyat diversos concursos, val a dir que se'l preava sobretot per crear muls de tir de carros.
És la raça fundadora de l'ase mallorquí i una de les fundadores dels rucs nord-americans. Les seves característiques racials han servit moltes vegades per millorar les races d'altres indrets del món.
ENGLISH
The Catalan (Catalan: Ase Català or Ruc Català, Spanish: Asno Catalán) is a breed of large domestic donkey from the historic region of Catalonia, now in north-eastern Spain and south-western France. Approximately 80% of the breed population is in the modern autonomous community of Catalonia, and approximately 20% is in the historic Roussillon region of France. The Catalan breed is considered to be very old;[5] Pliny the Elder mentions donkeys on the Plain of Vic, in the comarca of Osona.[4][5] Some believe it to be related to the donkey of Mallorca and the Zamorano-Leonés donkey.
The Catalan donkey originates in the basins of the Cardener, Segre and Ter rivers. In the past it was very important on farms but due to declining use and numbers the Catalan donkey was in danger of extinction. There were once as many as 50,000.
A herd-book was established in 1880 or 1929. Numbers fell during the Spanish Civil War, but recovered in the next decade. In the 1960s and 1970s rural depopulation and the mechanisation of agriculture led to a new decline in numbers. A breeders' association, the Associació pel Foment de la Raça Asinina Catalana, was formed in 1978 and the 1929 herd-book re-opened.[5] Much of the credit for the recovery of the breed is given to one person, Joan Gassó i Salvans from the comarca of Berguedà. In 2004, 32% of the registered population of 336 were on his finca in Olvan. An official national genealogical herd-book was opened in 2002. At the end of 2013 the total population in Spain was recorded as 851.The Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y Medio Ambiente, the Spanish ministry of agriculture, lists the breed as "in danger of extinction".
The Catalan has been exported to many countries, among them Algeria, Congo, Madagascar, Tunisia and Zaire in Africa; Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Cuba and the United States in the Americas; and also Australia, Germany, India and the United Kingdom. It contributed to the history of European breeds including the Baudet de Poitou in France, and the Asino di Martina Franca and Asino di Pantelleria in Italy. In the United States it played an essential part in the development of the American Mammoth Jack: a Catalan jack known as Imported Mammoth, brought to Charleston in South Carolina in 1819, was widely used for breeding in parts of Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. The Catalan is a large donkey, and generally weighs between 350–450 kilograms (770–990 lb). Jacks average 142 centimetres (56 in) in height, and jennies 136 centimetres (54 in).
CASTELLANO
El burro catalán es una raza de asno (Equus africanus asinus) originaria de la provincia española de Gerona. En la actualidad se encuentra en peligro de extinción, reducido a sólo 500 ejemplares de los que 400 se encuentran en Cataluña. El sur de Francia acoge a los demás ejemplares.
Esta raza robusta, de pelo negro y gran cabeza, se caracteriza por su gran resistencia. Su desaparición de los medios rurales catalanes se debe a la introducción de maquinaria pesada moderna que lo hacen innecesario para la agricultura y el transporte como lo era antaño.
Tras varios años sin recibir atención alguna, el burro catalán alcanzó gran popularidad de forma inesperada en 2004, cuando dos jóvenes de Bañolas, Jaume Sala y Àlex Ferreiro decidieron crear una pegatina para coches con la silueta de este animal, con el objetivo, medio en serio medio en broma, de llamar la atención sobre el peligro de que esta raza desapareciera y facilitar así su conservación. El logo se hizo popular en Cataluña en los meses siguientes, llegando a aparecer en todo tipo de pegatinas, camisetas y otros objetos.
Durante los meses en que el burro catalán fue portada de la prensa, algunos ejemplares llegaron a venderse por encima de los seis mil euros.
Posteriormente se convirtió de forma inesperada en un emblema de los catalanes, ya que se ha considerado que se debe proteger y de esta forma se relaciona Cataluña con la ecología. Actualmente el emblema del ruc català ('burro catalán') lo utilizan algunas personas cómo símbolo reivindicativo del nacionalismo catalán, en oposición al toro de Osborne. Partidos políticos partidarios del ecologismo como Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds (ICV) simpatizan con el símbolo sólo porque da a conocer el peligro de extinción de esta raza.
El asno mallorquín y el asno de Panteleria (Italia), están fuertemente emparentados con la raza catalana. El primero es con seguridad, la más escasa de las razas autóctonas; ligeramente menor que el catalán (145-155 cm de altura), semejante en lo que respecta la morfología y carácter. El segundo se extinguió hacia los años 70, en estos momentos el gobierno regional de Sicilia, del que depende la pequeña isla de Pantelaria, está intentando recuperar la raza a partir de ejemplares cruzados que subsisten.
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In 1902, Prime Minister Giuseppe Zanardelli visited the Sassi and reported that it awoke in him “not just amazement but deep pity.” He proposed new railways, which weren’t completed, and land redistribution, which didn’t happen. In 1926, the archeologist and social activist Umberto Zanotti Bianco called Matera “a Dantean horror.” By this time, the Fascists were in power, and Benito Mussolini was determined to bring his humiliated country up to date. Matera was an obvious candidate for modernization. He connected the town to the Apulian aqueduct, providing the Sassi with running water, but the Fascists were stymied by the prospect of overhauling the caves. One solution, they decided, was to depopulate the Sassi and transfer the residents to houses near their fields. Mussolini was ousted in 1943, and, paradoxically, it was one of his opponents, the leftist Carlo Levi, who fulfilled the Fascist agenda for Matera. Levi, a doctor and a painter from Turin’s upper class, had been arrested for anti-Fascist activities in 1935 and exiled to Aliano, south of Matera. He spent a year there, amid poverty that he would not have seen otherwise.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and European colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.
The name Christopher Columbus is the anglicisation of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Growing up on the coast of Liguria, he went to sea at a young age and travelled widely, as far north as the British Isles and as far south as what is now Ghana. He married Portuguese noblewoman Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, who bore a son Diego, and was based in Lisbon for several years. He later took a Castilian mistress, Beatriz Enríquez de Arana, who bore a son, Ferdinand.
Largely self-educated, Columbus was knowledgeable in geography, astronomy, and history. He developed a plan to seek a western sea passage to the East Indies, hoping to profit from the lucrative spice trade. After the Granada War, and Columbus's persistent lobbying in multiple kingdoms, the Catholic Monarchs Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II agreed to sponsor a journey west. Columbus left Castile in August 1492 with three ships and made landfall in the Americas on 12 October, ending the period of human habitation in the Americas now referred to as the pre-Columbian era. His landing place was an island in the Bahamas, known by its native inhabitants as Guanahani. He then visited the islands now known as Cuba and Hispaniola, establishing a colony in what is now Haiti. Columbus returned to Castile in early 1493, with captured natives. Word of his voyage soon spread throughout Europe.
Columbus made three further voyages to the Americas, exploring the Lesser Antilles in 1493, Trinidad and the northern coast of South America in 1498, and the east coast of Central America in 1502. Many names he gave to geographical features, particularly islands, are still in use. He gave the name indios ("Indians") to the indigenous peoples he encountered. The extent to which he was aware the Americas were a wholly separate landmass is uncertain; he never clearly renounced his belief he had reached the Far East. As a colonial governor, Columbus was accused by his contemporaries of significant brutality and removed from the post. Columbus's strained relationship with the Crown of Castile and its colonial administrators in America led to his arrest and removal from Hispaniola in 1500, and later to protracted litigation over the privileges he and his heirs claimed were owed to them by the crown.
Columbus's expeditions inaugurated a period of exploration, conquest, colonization and genocide that lasted for centuries, thus bringing the Americas into the European sphere of influence. The transfer of commodities, ideas, and people between the Old World and New World that followed his first voyage are known as the Columbian exchange. Columbus was widely celebrated in the centuries after his death, but public perception fractured in the 21st century due to greater attention to the harms committed under his governance, particularly the beginning of the depopulation of Hispaniola's indigenous Taínos, caused by Old World diseases and mistreatment, including slavery. Many places in the Western Hemisphere bear his name, including Colombia, British Columbia, the District of Columbia, and Columbus, Ohio.
Getting there was a small adventure as what seems to be the only road available was very narrow and alongside the cliff, this leaves you hoping you will not find traffic in the opposite direction as you slowly drive there.
Consonno likely originated in the Middle Ages and remained a small farming village of 200-300 people until the 40s. Later the beginning of the war started to depopulate it finding itself with just some 60 inhabitants at the end of the 50s.
In 1962 an Italian enterpreneur bought the whole town from a real-state group that owned all the houses in the village. The village was completely destroyed, except for the church of San Maurizio , the rectory, an adjoining house and the tiny cemetery, and all the inhabitants were forced to leave.
In its place was constructed a small "Las Vegas style" town, as a sort of entertainment place that could be reached easily not being far from Milan. Commercial and entertainment buildings in a variety of architectural forms were built: a shopping mall with an Arabic minaret and a top floor housing small apartments for holidays, a
Chinese style pagoda, a medieval castle, as well as a luxury hotel. The hill facing the country side was also smoothed to improve the panoramic view from the village.
After the initial attention, primarily governed by the novelty of the place, Consonno's "land of toys" felt into oblivion, former inhabitants would say as a punishment from God itself, mainly due to a series of landslides that swept away the new road that connected this village with the center of the nearest town. The town was abandoned before all the projected buildings and structures could be completed.
Always seems to be dramatic light over Arran. Just down the water from me, never see it fully and gives it a magical feel.
Although I can see the Island on most days, it is a long journey to get there via the mainland. no direct ferry from Cowal.
Arran (/ˈærən/; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) or the Isle of Arran is an island off the coast of Scotland, in the United Kingdom. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh largest Scottish island, at 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi). Historically part of Buteshire, it is in the unitary council area of North Ayrshire. In the 2011 census it had a resident population of 4,629. Though culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides, it is separated from them by the Kintyre peninsula. Often referred to as "Scotland in miniature", the island is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault and has been described as a "geologist's paradise".
Arran has been continuously inhabited since the early Neolithic period. Numerous prehistoric remains have been found. From the 6th century onwards, Goidelic-speaking peoples from Ireland colonised it and it became a centre of religious activity. In the troubled Viking Age, Arran became the property of the Norwegian crown, until formally absorbed by the kingdom of Scotland in the 13th century. The 19th-century "clearances" led to significant depopulation and the end of the Gaelic language and way of life. The economy and population have recovered in recent years, the main industry being tourism. There is a diversity of wildlife, including three species of tree endemic to the area.
The island includes miles of coastal pathways, numerous hills and mountains, forested areas, rivers, small lochs and beaches. Its main beaches are at Brodick, Whiting Bay, Kildonan, Sannox and Blackwaterfoot.
Located 900 meters above sea level, Solarana is inhabited by 91 people, a figure that, as is the case with other towns in Burgos, has been a victim of the depopulation to which the interior of the peninsula is being subjected.
Despite its low demographics, the truth is that there are many places of interest to visit in the area. We can highlight, for example, the route of Santo Domingo de Silos, Carazo and Peña Cervera, a total of 45 kilometers that run through prodigious nature and through which you can learn more about the architecture of the town. Another recommended route is the Grandes Encinas trail with 9.7 kilometers and two hours of duration.
But if you prefer to visit places with history, buildings of yesteryear, you just have to take a walk through the town and go to the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, in Gothic style and belonging to the 15th and 16th centuries, or the Hermitage of San Miguel . There is also a monument formed by a column and which is called Rollo, well known in the town.
Thatching methods have traditionally been passed down from generation to generation, and numerous descriptions of the materials and methods used in Europe over the past three centuries survive in archives and early publications.
In some equatorial countries, thatch is the prevalent local material for roofs, and often walls. There are diverse building techniques from the ancient Hawaiian hale shelter made from the local ti leaves (Cordyline fruticosa), lauhala (Pandanus tectorius) or pili grass (Heteropogon contortus).
The multi-tiered Meru towers of Besakih temple, Bali, uses black ijuk fibres.
Palm leaves are also often used. For example, in Na Bure, Fiji, thatchers combine fan palm leaf roofs with layered reed walls. Feathered palm leaf roofs are used in Dominica. Alang-alang (Imperata cylindrica) thatched roofs are used in Hawaii and Bali. In Southeast Asia, mangrove nipa palm leaves are used as thatched roof material known as attap dwelling. In Bali, Indonesia, the black fibres of Arenga pinnata called ijuk is also used as thatched roof materials, usually used in Balinese temple roof and meru towers. Sugar cane leaf roofs are used in Kikuyu tribal homes in Kenya.
Wild vegetation such as water reed (Phragmites australis), bulrush/cat tail (Typha spp.), broom (Cytisus scoparius), heather (Calluna vulgaris), and rushes (Juncus spp. and Schoenoplectus lacustris) was probably used to cover shelters and primitive dwellings in Europe in the late Palaeolithic period, but so far no direct archaeological evidence for this has been recovered. People probably began to use straw in the Neolithic period when they first grew cereals—but once again, no direct archaeological evidence of straw for thatching in Europe prior to the early medieval period survives.
Many indigenous people of the Americas, such as the former Maya civilization, Mesoamerica, the Inca empire, and the Triple Alliance (Aztec), lived in thatched buildings. It is common to spot thatched buildings in rural areas of the Yucatán Peninsula as well as many settlements in other parts of Latin America, which closely resemble the method of construction from distant ancestors. The first Americans encountered by Europeans lived in structures roofed with bark or skin set in panels that could be added or removed for ventilation, heating, and cooling. Evidence of the many complex buildings with fiber-based roofing material was not rediscovered until the early 2000s. French and British settlers built temporary thatched dwellings with local vegetation as soon as they arrived in New France and New England, but covered more permanent houses with wooden shingles.
In most of England, thatch remained the only roofing material available to the bulk of the population in the countryside, in many towns and villages, until the late 1800s. Commercial distribution of Welsh slate began in 1820, and the mobility provided by canals and then railways made other materials readily available. Still, the number of thatched properties actually increased in the UK during the mid-1800s as agriculture expanded, but then declined again at the end of the 19th century because of agricultural recession and rural depopulation. A 2013 report estimated that there were 60,000 properties in the UK with a thatched roof; they are usually made of long straw, combed wheat reed or water reed.
Gradually, thatch became a mark of poverty, and the number of thatched properties gradually declined, as did the number of professional thatchers. Thatch has become much more popular in the UK over the past 30 years, and is now a symbol of wealth rather than poverty. There are approximately 1,000 full-time thatchers at work in the UK, and thatching is becoming popular again because of the renewed interest in preserving historic buildings and using more sustainable building materials.
Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. With an area of 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi) it is the seventh largest Scottish island.
Although it is culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides, it is separated from them by the Kintyre peninsula. Arran is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault and it has been described as a "geologist's paradise".
Arran has been continuously inhabited since the early Neolithic period, and numerous prehistoric remains have been found. From the 6th century onwards, Goidelic-speaking peoples from Ireland colonised the island and it became a centre of religious activity. During the troubled Viking Age, Arran became the property of the Norwegian crown before becoming formally absorbed by the kingdom of Scotland in the 13th century. The 19th century "clearances" led to significant depopulation and the end of the Gaelic language and way of life.
The Lost Coast is a wild and rugged region of Northern California coastline that experienced depopulation in 1930s and so became the “Lost Coast.”
There are no major roads or highways that serve the area and the roads that do exists are subject to being destroyed by landslides or washed away by flooding. The small communities that still exist in the Lost Coast region are very isolated from the rest of California. The Lost coast is one of the wettest regions of the California coast having a distinct wet and dry season. Much of the Lost Coast is still owned by the federal government.
The Lost Coast offers some of the most pristine environments one could hope to experience. It is possible to encounter a wide variety of terrestrial wildlife including, bears, mountain lions, foxes and raccoons. The opportunities to see marine wildlife also abound with a healthy presence of Elephant Seals, Harbor Seals, California Sea Lions and Steller Sea Lions. Sightings of Harbor Porpoises and Gray Whales are also quite possible.
Along this wild stretch of coastline, it is also possible to see the remains of ship wrecks that date back to the early 1900s
There are countless thousands of miles of these walls all over Northern England; I've seen an estimate of 100,000 miles in the country overall, and the criss-crossed pattern they impose over gently rolling hills is one of the most picturesque impressions of the region.
They are called "dry" because they have no mortar or other agent to bond the stones together. Their construction has to be very precise and is also extremely laborious. In the rugged Lake District, it is particularly striking to see them cross a valley and then head impossibly far up and over a mountain before dissappearing out of sight.
I think most were originally constructed hundreds of years ago when labor input calculations were very different. For the most part newer fences appear to be done in barbed wire, which requires relatively little work to roll out. Even maintaining the stone walls must require considerable effort. In the relatively depopulated areas of the high fells they are often partially collapsed, and in many places one often sees an old partially-crumbling dry stone wall topped with barbed wire as a means to keep it functioning without constant maintenance. However, we did actually meet a fellow hiker who still built dry stone walls for a living. He also told us that he lived in a 15th century house, which I thought had a certain symmetry. Dry stone wall on the Coast to Coast Walk near Patterdale, Cumbria, England.
De La Canal
De la Canal es una localidad argentina del partido de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cuenta con 57 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 8% frente a los 62 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. El 3 de diciembre de 1889 el gobierno de la Provincia de Bs.As. autorizó la construcción del tramo del Ferrocarril Las Flores – Tandil, de 122 km que se terminó en Agosto de 1890. La Estación De la Canal fue inaugurada en 1891, y recibe ese nombre porque Don Victorio De la Canal, hacendado, donó su campo para la construcción del edificio.
Así fue aumentando su población a la vera de las vías. Aproximadamente en los años 1945 al 1947 ya había dos días fijos a la semana de embarque de vacunos y lanares con destino a Kilo 5 (Avellaneda y Mataderos), además de transportarse granos, gallinas, chanchos, huevos, etc.Con los años, De La Canal se fue despoblando, así como sus vecinos asentamientos rurales, que dejaron de recibir al ferrocarril de pasajeros. Se accede por la ruta provincial 30 y sus calles fueron mejoradas con tosca. Ubicado al norte de Tandil, De La Canal es atravesado por el arroyo Langueyú, que en lengua mapuche significa “lugar de muerte” Se lo puede bordear transitando los 30 kilómetros que separan Tandil del pueblo, por un sendero ideal para la práctica del mountain bike. El lugar característico y, por lo que se conoce al despoblado paraje, es el almacén de los hermanos Lazarte, un auténtico almacén de ramos generales.
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De La Canal
De la Canal is an Argentine locality of the Tandil party, Province of Buenos Aires. It has 57 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), which represents a decrease of 8% compared to 62 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) of the previous census. On December 3, 1889 the government of the Province of Buenos Aires authorized the construction of the stretch of Ferrocarril Las Flores - Tandil, of 122 km that was completed in August of 1890. The Canal Station was inaugurated in 1891, and it was named because Don Victorio De la Canal, landowner, donated his field to the construction of the building.
This is how the population grew along the roads. Approximately in the years 1945 to 1947 there were already two fixed days a week of shipment of cattle and sheep to Kilo 5 (Avellaneda and Mataderos), in addition to transporting grains, chickens, pigs, eggs, etc. Over the years, The Canal became depopulated, as well as its neighboring rural settlements, which stopped receiving the passenger railroad. It is accessed by provincial route 30 and its streets were improved with tosca. Located north of Tandil, De La Canal is crossed by the Langueyú stream, which in the Mapuche language means "place of death" It can be skirted by traveling the 30 kilometers that separate Tandil from the town, by an ideal path for the practice of mountain biking . The characteristic place and, for what is known the depopulated place, is the warehouse of the brothers Lazarte, an authentic warehouse of general branches.
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De La Canal
De la Canal es una localidad argentina del partido de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cuenta con 57 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 8% frente a los 62 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. El 3 de diciembre de 1889 el gobierno de la Provincia de Bs.As. autorizó la construcción del tramo del Ferrocarril Las Flores – Tandil, de 122 km que se terminó en Agosto de 1890. La Estación De la Canal fue inaugurada en 1891, y recibe ese nombre porque Don Victorio De la Canal, hacendado, donó su campo para la construcción del edificio.
Así fue aumentando su población a la vera de las vías. Aproximadamente en los años 1945 al 1947 ya había dos días fijos a la semana de embarque de vacunos y lanares con destino a Kilo 5 (Avellaneda y Mataderos), además de transportarse granos, gallinas, chanchos, huevos, etc.Con los años, De La Canal se fue despoblando, así como sus vecinos asentamientos rurales, que dejaron de recibir al ferrocarril de pasajeros. Se accede por la ruta provincial 30 y sus calles fueron mejoradas con tosca. Ubicado al norte de Tandil, De La Canal es atravesado por el arroyo Langueyú, que en lengua mapuche significa “lugar de muerte” Se lo puede bordear transitando los 30 kilómetros que separan Tandil del pueblo, por un sendero ideal para la práctica del mountain bike. El lugar característico y, por lo que se conoce al despoblado paraje, es el almacén de los hermanos Lazarte, un auténtico almacén de ramos generales.
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De La Canal
De la Canal is an Argentine locality of the Tandil party, Province of Buenos Aires. It has 57 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), which represents a decrease of 8% compared to 62 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) of the previous census. On December 3, 1889 the government of the Province of Buenos Aires authorized the construction of the stretch of Ferrocarril Las Flores - Tandil, of 122 km that was completed in August of 1890. The Canal Station was inaugurated in 1891, and it was named because Don Victorio De la Canal, landowner, donated his field to the construction of the building.
This is how the population grew along the roads. Approximately in the years 1945 to 1947 there were already two fixed days a week of shipment of cattle and sheep to Kilo 5 (Avellaneda and Mataderos), in addition to transporting grains, chickens, pigs, eggs, etc. Over the years, The Canal became depopulated, as well as its neighboring rural settlements, which stopped receiving the passenger railroad. It is accessed by provincial route 30 and its streets were improved with tosca. Located north of Tandil, De La Canal is crossed by the Langueyú stream, which in the Mapuche language means "place of death" It can be skirted by traveling the 30 kilometers that separate Tandil from the town, by an ideal path for the practice of mountain biking . The characteristic place and, for what is known the depopulated place, is the warehouse of the brothers Lazarte, an authentic warehouse of general branches.
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De La Canal
De la Canal es una localidad argentina del partido de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cuenta con 57 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 8% frente a los 62 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. El 3 de diciembre de 1889 el gobierno de la Provincia de Bs.As. autorizó la construcción del tramo del Ferrocarril Las Flores – Tandil, de 122 km que se terminó en Agosto de 1890. La Estación De la Canal fue inaugurada en 1891, y recibe ese nombre porque Don Victorio De la Canal, hacendado, donó su campo para la construcción del edificio.
Así fue aumentando su población a la vera de las vías. Aproximadamente en los años 1945 al 1947 ya había dos días fijos a la semana de embarque de vacunos y lanares con destino a Kilo 5 (Avellaneda y Mataderos), además de transportarse granos, gallinas, chanchos, huevos, etc.Con los años, De La Canal se fue despoblando, así como sus vecinos asentamientos rurales, que dejaron de recibir al ferrocarril de pasajeros. Se accede por la ruta provincial 30 y sus calles fueron mejoradas con tosca. Ubicado al norte de Tandil, De La Canal es atravesado por el arroyo Langueyú, que en lengua mapuche significa “lugar de muerte” Se lo puede bordear transitando los 30 kilómetros que separan Tandil del pueblo, por un sendero ideal para la práctica del mountain bike. El lugar característico y, por lo que se conoce al despoblado paraje, es el almacén de los hermanos Lazarte, un auténtico almacén de ramos generales.
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De La Canal
De la Canal is an Argentine locality of the Tandil party, Province of Buenos Aires. It has 57 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), which represents a decrease of 8% compared to 62 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) of the previous census. On December 3, 1889 the government of the Province of Buenos Aires authorized the construction of the stretch of Ferrocarril Las Flores - Tandil, of 122 km that was completed in August of 1890. The Canal Station was inaugurated in 1891, and it was named because Don Victorio De la Canal, landowner, donated his field to the construction of the building.
This is how the population grew along the roads. Approximately in the years 1945 to 1947 there were already two fixed days a week of shipment of cattle and sheep to Kilo 5 (Avellaneda and Mataderos), in addition to transporting grains, chickens, pigs, eggs, etc. Over the years, The Canal became depopulated, as well as its neighboring rural settlements, which stopped receiving the passenger railroad. It is accessed by provincial route 30 and its streets were improved with tosca. Located north of Tandil, De La Canal is crossed by the Langueyú stream, which in the Mapuche language means "place of death" It can be skirted by traveling the 30 kilometers that separate Tandil from the town, by an ideal path for the practice of mountain biking . The characteristic place and, for what is known the depopulated place, is the warehouse of the brothers Lazarte, an authentic warehouse of general branches.
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streets and rivers - Bystrzyca Kłodzka
Bystrzyca Kłodzka [bɨsˈtʂɨt͡sa ˈkwɔt͡ska] (German: Habelschwerdt, Czech: Kladská Bystřice) is a city in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. It is famous for its historical buildings and is an important tourist centre. It has a population of 10,652 and is located on the Nysa Kłodzka and Bystrzyca Łomnicka rivers.
The area of today's Bystrzyca Kłodzka has been inhabited at least for six millennia. During the times of the Roman Empire the Celts have established numerous permanent settlements in the area of Glatz Kłodzko on the Amber Road. There are also numerous archaeological excavations of Lusatian culture remnants in the area.
The German town of Habelschwerdt was founded by Gallus of Lämberg (Havel of Markvartice) next to a Slavic village on the trade route leading through the Sudetes in the mid-13th century. It was granted the so-called Western Law (a variant of the Magdeburg Law). On 4 July 1319, John of Luxemburg, king of the Romans (of Holy Roman Empire), later king of Bohemia, granted the village vast autonomy and a right to construct city walls. The first noted mayor of Habelschwerdt was Jakob Rücker. The town was constructed almost from scratch. First the city walls were erected with three gates and several towers. Then the Market Square was planned on a slope and the Mayor House was constructed. Most of the Gothic architecture was preserved and the town is now considered one of the classical examples of Mediaeval architecture. The town started to grow rapidly. It was granted with several other privileges, among them the right to trade with salt, spices and fabric.
The town initially belonged to the Grafschaft Glatz Duchy of Kłodzko, a fief of Bohemia. It shared the fate of the nearby city of Glatz Kłodzko and developed rapidly until the advent of the Hussite Wars in the 15th century. The wars left the town depopulated by plagues, partially burnt and demolished by several consecutive floods. In 1475 a great fire destroyed the town completely. In 1567 the area became a fief of the Habsburg dynasty, though the local dukes retained their powers. It was not until the 16th century when the local economy went back on tracks. Both Habelschwerdt and the surrounding villages were gradually repopulated, mostly with settlers from Central Germany and Lesser Poland. Because of major Lutheran influences it became one of the regional centres of Protestantism.
In the late 16th century the new City House was built and many of the houses were rebuilt in Renaissance style. The town also built several facilities like paved roads and sewer system. However, the Thirty Years' War and other conflicts of the counterreformation damaged the city and ended the period of prosperity. On 14 February 1745, Prussian general Hans von Lehwaldt defeated Austrian forces of Georg Oliver von Wallis near the city. During the Silesian Wars Habelschwerdt (together with most of Silesia) came under Prussian rule. In the War of the Bavarian Succession, skirmishers from the Prussian and Austrian armies fought there, and one of the blockhouses caught fire, resulting in the destruction of most of the town in mid-January 1779.
Soon afterwards it was captured by forces of Napoleon Bonaparte and housed a French garrison until 1813. Although it was made a county capital in 1818, it was also struck by high taxes. It was not until the mid-19th century when the city fully recovered. The City House was yet again rebuilt, the city moat and parts of the city walls were leveled and the city expanded into new areas. After 1877 Habelschwerdt was connected to Glatz (Kłodzko) and Breslau by a railroad. In 1885, Habelschwerdt had a population of 5,597, while by 1939 it rose to 6,877.
The end of the 19th century saw the whole Glatzer Tal (Kłodzko Valley) turn into one of the most popular tourist regions. Countless hotels, sanatoria and spa were opened to the public in the nearby towns of Glatz, Bad Reinerz and Bad Landeck, as well as in the town itself. The area of former Duchy became a popular place among the rich bourgeoisie of Breslau, Berlin, Vienna and Kraków.
During World War II Habelschwerdt was spared the fate of other German cities that were levelled to the ground. There were no important industrial centres in the area and most of the Kłodzko Valley was not captured by the Red Army until after the capitulation of Germany. Following the Potsdam conference the region was placed under Polish administration and ethnically cleansed. The native German populace was expelled and replaced with the Polish expellees from the territories annexed by the Soviet Union.
On 28 June 1972 the Catholic parishes of Bystrzyca Kłodzka were redeployed from the traditional Hradec Králové diocese (est. 1664; Ecclesiastical Province of Bohemia) into the Archdiocese of Wrocław. Between 1975 and 1998 Bystrzyca belonged to the Wałbrzych Voivodeship. It continued to be one of the principal mountain resorts of the area. Thanks to its historical landmarks as well as virgin landscapes, Bystrzyca Kłodzka remains one of the most popular centres of tourism and winter sports in Lower Silesia.
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Being honest, from what I saw, I can't imagine it to be "one of the most popular centres of tourism and winter sports in Lower Silesia"... Anyway, as I said before - it has potential to be a pearl, it just needs lots of money for renovations...
De La Canal
De la Canal es una localidad argentina del partido de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cuenta con 57 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 8% frente a los 62 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. El 3 de diciembre de 1889 el gobierno de la Provincia de Bs.As. autorizó la construcción del tramo del Ferrocarril Las Flores – Tandil, de 122 km que se terminó en Agosto de 1890. La Estación De la Canal fue inaugurada en 1891, y recibe ese nombre porque Don Victorio De la Canal, hacendado, donó su campo para la construcción del edificio.
Así fue aumentando su población a la vera de las vías. Aproximadamente en los años 1945 al 1947 ya había dos días fijos a la semana de embarque de vacunos y lanares con destino a Kilo 5 (Avellaneda y Mataderos), además de transportarse granos, gallinas, chanchos, huevos, etc.Con los años, De La Canal se fue despoblando, así como sus vecinos asentamientos rurales, que dejaron de recibir al ferrocarril de pasajeros. Se accede por la ruta provincial 30 y sus calles fueron mejoradas con tosca. Ubicado al norte de Tandil, De La Canal es atravesado por el arroyo Langueyú, que en lengua mapuche significa “lugar de muerte” Se lo puede bordear transitando los 30 kilómetros que separan Tandil del pueblo, por un sendero ideal para la práctica del mountain bike. El lugar característico y, por lo que se conoce al despoblado paraje, es el almacén de los hermanos Lazarte, un auténtico almacén de ramos generales.
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De La Canal
De la Canal is an Argentine locality of the Tandil party, Province of Buenos Aires. It has 57 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), which represents a decrease of 8% compared to 62 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) of the previous census. On December 3, 1889 the government of the Province of Buenos Aires authorized the construction of the stretch of Ferrocarril Las Flores - Tandil, of 122 km that was completed in August of 1890. The Canal Station was inaugurated in 1891, and it was named because Don Victorio De la Canal, landowner, donated his field to the construction of the building.
This is how the population grew along the roads. Approximately in the years 1945 to 1947 there were already two fixed days a week of shipment of cattle and sheep to Kilo 5 (Avellaneda and Mataderos), in addition to transporting grains, chickens, pigs, eggs, etc. Over the years, The Canal became depopulated, as well as its neighboring rural settlements, which stopped receiving the passenger railroad. It is accessed by provincial route 30 and its streets were improved with tosca. Located north of Tandil, De La Canal is crossed by the Langueyú stream, which in the Mapuche language means "place of death" It can be skirted by traveling the 30 kilometers that separate Tandil from the town, by an ideal path for the practice of mountain biking . The characteristic place and, for what is known the depopulated place, is the warehouse of the brothers Lazarte, an authentic warehouse of general branches.
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The valve tower on Talybont-on-Usk reservoir.
The Talybont Reservoir is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at 318 acres.
Expanding industrialisation in Newport in the early 20th century created an urgent demand for drinking water and following extensive searches a narrow valley 2 miles south of Talybont was identified as a suitable site. The main river, Caerfanell, and two smaller water courses of the Cynafon and Tarthwynni drained a large catchment area flowing east from the edge of the Brecon Beacons and these, combined with high rainfall, promised a good reliable water supply.
The first scheme completed in 1926 comprised of a substantial water treatment works and an intake weir to extract water directly from the river without the need to build a dam. Within two years the Newport Corporation found they had made a huge error as the engineer in charge had not realised that in dry conditions the river partially disappeared into the post glacial gravels in the valley bottom.
A new scheme commencing in 1931 involved the construction of a dam. Hope of using the existing treatment works were dashed when they failed to find solid rock at a suitable depth resulting in a new site offering solid foundations being found a quarter of a mile down stream. In drought conditions the remains of the old works still emerge from the surface.
The work started with the sealing of the underlying rock followed by creation of an earth embankment with a puddled clay core. The new treatment works was built with many materials brought in by a spur from the now disused Brecon Merthyr Junction Railway. An extensive hutted community sprung up to house the workforce complete with canteen and lock up for miscreants. By early 1939 treated water started to flow the 39 miles to Newport along a dual pipeline.
In total, seventeen dwellings including farms were commandeered as a direct result of both schemes causing considerable rural depopulation. This was done to give total control of the entire catchment area not just space for the impounded water.
Today, in spite of being man-made the reservoir with the surrounding forests, fields and open mountains offers natural tranquillity and quiet enjoyment for all.
It's not Chernobyl / No és Txernòbil / No es Chernobil / Это не чернобыль
Chapter 2: Bedroom / Dormitori /Dormitorio /спальная комната
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Desenes de conflictes es reparteixen per mig món i, no obstant això, un lloc de la planeta roman en un silenci perpetu. La imatge, una mirada a la torbadora calma d'un poble fantasma a Catalunya, explica la història d'un lloc fundat en la dècada de 1960.
Erigit per donar aixopluc als vilatans de l'antic poble de què van ser expulsats, a partir de l'any 1990 i per motius diversos, van decidir deixar de viure en aquest solitari lloc. No hi va haver evacuació, tampoc liquidadors i la radiació es va mantenir dins de la normalitat, però, fa 30 anys que el silenci, trencat només per senglars, merles i altres animals de la zona, és l'únic que es pot trobar en aquesta àrea despoblada i coberta de vegetació.
El poble, gairebé buit, mai s'ha tornat a habitar, i les cases, faltes d'amor i cures es van morint a poc a poc; la pluja, el vent i la neu, colant-se per les escletxes de sostres i façanes, van estripant els pocs records que queden al seu interior, deixant pas a espais orfes d'història.
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Decenas de conflictos se reparten por medio mundo y, sin embargo, un lugar del planeta permanece en un silencio perpetuo. La imagen, una mirada a la turbadora calma de un pueblo fantasma en Cataluña, a unas decenas de kilómetros de Vic, cuenta la historia de una hermosa aldea fundada en la década de 1960.
Erigida para dar cobijo a los aldeanos del antiguo pueblo del que fueron expulsados, a partir del año 1990 y por motivos diversos, decidieron dejar de vivir en este solitario lugar. No hubo evacuación, tampoco liquidadores y la radiación se mantuvo dentro de la normalidad, sin embargo, hace 30 años que el silencio, roto solo por jabalís, mirlos y otros animales de la zona, es lo único que se puede encontrar en esta área despoblada y cubierta de vegetación.
El pueblo, casi vacío, nunca se ha vuelto a habitar, y las casas, faltas de amor y cuidados se van muriendo poco a poco; la lluvia, el viento y la nieve, colándose por las aberturas de techos y fachadas, van desgarrando los pocos recuerdos que quedan en su interior, dejando paso a espacios huérfanos de historia.
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Dozens of conflicts are spread across half the world and yet one place on the planet remains in perpetual silence. The image, a look at the disturbing calm of a ghost vilin Catalonia, tells the story of a beautiful village founded in the 1960s.
Erected to give shelter to the villagers of the old town from which they were expelled, from the year 1990 and for various reasons, they decided to stop living in this lonely place. There was no evacuation, no liquidators and the radiation remained within normality, however, 30 years ago the silence, broken only by wild boars, blackbirds and other animals in the area, is the only thing that can be found in this depopulated area. and covered with vegetation.
The village, almost empty, has never been inhabited again, and the houses, lacking in love and care, are dying little by little; the rain, the wind and the snow, seeping through the openings in the ceilings and facades, tear apart the few memories that remain inside, leaving spaces orphaned by history.
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Десятки конфликтов охватывают половину мира, но одно место на планете остается в постоянном молчании. Изображение, представляющее тревожное спокойствие города-призрака в Каталонии, в нескольких десятках километров от Вика, рассказывает историю красивой деревни, основанной в 1960-х годах. Построенный для приюта жителей старого города, из которого они были изгнаны с 1990 года, по разным причинам они решили перестать жить в этом уединенном месте. Эвакуации не было, ликвидаторов и радиация оставалась в пределах нормы, однако 30 лет назад тишина, нарушаемая только дикими кабанами, дроздами и другими животными в этом районе, - единственное, что можно найти в этой безлюдной местности. И покрыт растительностью. Город, почти пустой, больше никогда не был заселен, а дома, лишенные любви и заботы, постепенно умирают; дождь, ветер и снег, просачиваясь через отверстия в потолках и фасадах, разрывают на части те немногие воспоминания, которые остались внутри, оставляя места, осиротевшие историей.
Glenalmond : Some remains of a traditional farming township of twenty buildings with longhouses, outbuildings, enclosures, roads and a large corn kiln. Townships were typically occupied by a handful of farmers as joint tenants, jointly managing the land under the traditional Run Rig system. Craignavar was apparently abandoned around 1830, a decade in this part of Perthshire of large scale clearance of people from the land for sheep farming, the legacy of which is still with us in the shape of depopulation and environmental degradation..
Tanygrisiau a village near Blaenau Ffestiniog in Gwynedd, North Wales.
Tanygrisiau is Welsh for "below the steps", referring to the stepped cliffs above the village. Tanygrisiau was famous for its slate mining, producing a high-quality black slate that was used across the world. The major quarries above the village were Cwmorthin, Wrysgan and Conglog.
The above Moelwyns mountains protect the village from much of the wind from northerly gales in the winter and give the village a pleasant southerly aspect with relatively mild weather considering its location high in Snowdonia. However, rainfall in the upper end of the Ffestiniog valley can be very high all year around.
Tanygrisiau railway station is on the famous Ffestiniog Railway, a narrow-gauge railway built to carry slate from the mines down to the sea at Porthmadog where it was shipped all around the world, mostly for use in roofing.
The nearby Ffestiniog power station, the high Stwlan Dam and Llyn Ystradau, colloquially known as Tanygrisiau Reservoir, are part of a pumped storage hydroelectricity installation. Much nearer the railway station is a waterfall on the Afon Cwmorthin and below the falls, and powered by a different water source, is a small hydro-electric power station.
The closure of the slate mines during the late 1970s led to massive depopulation of the area from which it has only recently begun to recover. Tanygrisiau has close links with the regiment of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
The village is a starting point for walks into the Moelwyn mountains, especially if the intention is to climb Moelwyn itself. Care needs to be taken as there are numerous mine shafts in the area. As a result of the slate mining, when the Snowdonia National Park was created, Tanygrisiau, Manod and Blaenau Ffestiniog were left outside, thus creating a doughnut-shaped area excluded from the National Park.
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This is in the Dallington earthquake red zone. The roads are in a poor state due to the Christchurch earthquakes. The area is being depopulated because the government has said that this area is no longer suitable for housing due to liquefaction during major quakes.
De La Canal
De la Canal es una localidad argentina del partido de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cuenta con 57 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 8% frente a los 62 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. El 3 de diciembre de 1889 el gobierno de la Provincia de Bs.As. autorizó la construcción del tramo del Ferrocarril Las Flores – Tandil, de 122 km que se terminó en Agosto de 1890. La Estación De la Canal fue inaugurada en 1891, y recibe ese nombre porque Don Victorio De la Canal, hacendado, donó su campo para la construcción del edificio.
Así fue aumentando su población a la vera de las vías. Aproximadamente en los años 1945 al 1947 ya había dos días fijos a la semana de embarque de vacunos y lanares con destino a Kilo 5 (Avellaneda y Mataderos), además de transportarse granos, gallinas, chanchos, huevos, etc.Con los años, De La Canal se fue despoblando, así como sus vecinos asentamientos rurales, que dejaron de recibir al ferrocarril de pasajeros. Se accede por la ruta provincial 30 y sus calles fueron mejoradas con tosca. Ubicado al norte de Tandil, De La Canal es atravesado por el arroyo Langueyú, que en lengua mapuche significa “lugar de muerte” Se lo puede bordear transitando los 30 kilómetros que separan Tandil del pueblo, por un sendero ideal para la práctica del mountain bike. El lugar característico y, por lo que se conoce al despoblado paraje, es el almacén de los hermanos Lazarte, un auténtico almacén de ramos generales.
UNA HISTORIA TRAGICA DE LA ZONA
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De La Canal
De la Canal is an Argentine locality of the Tandil party, Province of Buenos Aires. It has 57 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), which represents a decrease of 8% compared to 62 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) of the previous census. On December 3, 1889 the government of the Province of Buenos Aires authorized the construction of the stretch of Ferrocarril Las Flores - Tandil, of 122 km that was completed in August of 1890. The Canal Station was inaugurated in 1891, and it was named because Don Victorio De la Canal, landowner, donated his field to the construction of the building.
This is how the population grew along the roads. Approximately in the years 1945 to 1947 there were already two fixed days a week of shipment of cattle and sheep to Kilo 5 (Avellaneda and Mataderos), in addition to transporting grains, chickens, pigs, eggs, etc. Over the years, The Canal became depopulated, as well as its neighboring rural settlements, which stopped receiving the passenger railroad. It is accessed by provincial route 30 and its streets were improved with tosca. Located north of Tandil, De La Canal is crossed by the Langueyú stream, which in the Mapuche language means "place of death" It can be skirted by traveling the 30 kilometers that separate Tandil from the town, by an ideal path for the practice of mountain biking . The characteristic place and, for what is known the depopulated place, is the warehouse of the brothers Lazarte, an authentic warehouse of general branches.
A TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE AREA
Connemara lies in the territory of Iar Connacht, "West Connacht," within the portion of County Galway west of Lough Corrib, and was traditionally divided into North Connemara and South Connemara. The mountains of the Twelve Bens and the Owenglin River, which flows into the sea at An Clochán / Clifden, marked the boundary between the two parts. Connemara is bounded on the west, south and north by the Atlantic Ocean. In at least some definitions, Connemara's land boundary with the rest of County Galway is marked[citation needed] by the Invermore River otherwise known as Inbhear Mór (which flows into the north of Kilkieran Bay), Loch Oorid (which lies a few kilometres west of Maam Cross) and the western spine of the Maumturks mountains. In the north of the mountains, the boundary meets the sea at Killary, a few kilometres west of Leenaun.
The coast of Connemara is made up of multiple peninsulas. The peninsula of Iorras Ainbhtheach (sometimes corrupted to Iorras Aithneach) in the south is the largest and contains the villages of Carna and Kilkieran. The peninsula of Errismore consists of the area west of the village of Ballyconneely. Errisbeg peninsula lies to the south of the village of Roundstone. The Errislannan peninsula lies just south of the town of Clifden. The peninsulas of Kingstown, Coolacloy, Aughrus, Cleggan and Renvyle are found in the north-west of Connemara. Of the numerous islands off the coast of Connemara, Inishbofin is the largest; other islands include Omey, Inishark, High Island, Friars Island, Feenish and Maínis.
The territory contains the civil parishes of Moyrus, Ballynakill, Omey, Ballindoon and Inishbofin (the last parish was for a time part of the territory of the Clann Uí Mháille, the O Malleys of the territory of Umhall, County Mayo), and the Roman Catholic parishes of Carna, Clifden (Omey and Ballindoon), Ballynakill, Kilcumin (Oughterard and Rosscahill), Roundstone and Inishbofin.
The Ó Cadhla (Kealy) clan were the rulers of Connemara up until the 13th century, when they were displaced by the Ó Flaithbertaighs. The latter had fled into Iar Connacht from Maigh Seola during the Anglo-Norman invasion of Connacht during the early 13th century.
Like the Ó Cadhla clan, the Mac Conghaile (Conneely) clan was also a branch of the Conmhaícne Mara.
The main town of Connemara is Clifden. The area around the town is rich with megalithic tombs. The famous "Connemara Green marble" is found outcropping along a line between Streamstown and Lissoughter. It was a trade treasure used by the inhabitants of the prehistoric time. It continues to be of great value today. It is available in large dimensional slabs suitable for buildings as well as for smaller pieces of jewellery. It is used for the pendant for the Chief Scout's Award, the highest award in Scouting Ireland.
Connemara was drastically depopulated during the Great Famine in the late 1840s, with the lands of the Anglo-Irish Martin family being greatly affected and the bankrupted landlord being forced to auction off the estate in 1849:
As that year of 1847 had been the worst of several consecutive years of famine, it was to be understood that those missing tenants had abandoned their holdings to crowd into the workhouses or the emigrant ships to the New World, or they were dead; in any case they no longer infested the ground, which was left as a blank canvas on which Capital could paint a fair and profitable landscape.
The first transatlantic flight, piloted by Alcock and Brown, landed in Clifden in 1919.
The population of Connemara is 32,000. There are between 20,000–24,000 native Irish speakers in the region.
The Enumeration Districts with the most Irish speakers in all of Ireland, as a percentage of population, can be seen in the South Connemara area.
Those of school age (5–19 years old) are the most likely to be Irish speakers.
Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Mirón, Soria.
En el cerro gemelo al del Castillo se encuentra cercana a la muralla la Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Mirón. La fundación de la antigua iglesia según la leyenda se atribuye al rey suevo Teodomiro en el siglo VI; durante la invasión de los árabes fue respetada, y en la reconquista se erigió en iglesia parroquial. Lo que sí es seguro es que ya existía en el año 1270 pues figura como tal, con catorce vecinos, en el censo de Alfonso X el Sabio. Más tarde, por la despoblación de aquel pequeño barrio, se suprimió como parroquia y se agregó a la iglesia de San Clemente, descendiendo a la categoría humilde de ermita. De esta antigua iglesia románica se conserva la sacristía que corresponde al ábside románico reformado en el siglo XV recubriendo el espacio curvo del interior con otro de planta trapezoidal y sustituyendo su antigua bóveda de horno por una bóveda gótica estrellada.
La hermandad de Nuestra Señora del Mirón estaba hermanada con la de San Saturio llegando a salir en procesión de rogativas varias veces en 1630. Cuando se levantó la nueva ermita de San Saturio en 1703 se quiso hacer lo mismo con Nuestra Señora del Mirón. Se echó abajo casi toda la iglesia menos el ábside, que hoy es sacristía, edificándose una nueva, más suntuosa y dentro del estilo típico del siglo XVIII, acabándose en 1745. Diez años más tarde, para concretar aún más el hermanamiento de ambas ermitas, se construyó sobre una columna la figura de San Saturio. Todo ello se hizo con aportaciones de fieles y de pueblos colindantes según reza en la cúpula.
In the twin hill to the Castle it is close to the wall the Chapel of Our Lady of Miron. The foundation of the old church according to legend the Swabian king Teodomiro attributed in the sixth century; during the invasion of the Arabs he was respected, and the reconquest was erected in parish church. What is certain is that already existed in the year 1270 appears as such because, with fourteen neighbors in the census of Alfonso X the Wise. Later, by the depopulation of this small neighborhood he was suppressed as parish and added to the church of San Clemente, down to the humble chapel category. This old Romanesque church corresponding to the sacristy apse Romanesque reformed in the fifteenth century by coating the interior curved space with another trapezoidal and replacing your old furnace roof by a starred Gothic vault is preserved.
The Brotherhood of Our Lady of Miron was twinned with San Saturio coming out Rogation procession several times in 1630. When the new chapel of San Saturio rose in 1703 wanted to do the same with Our Lady of Miron. almost the whole church broke down under the apse, which today is sacristy, they built a new, more sumptuous and within the typical style of the eighteenth century, finishing in 1745. Ten years later, to realize further twinning of both hermitages, was built on a column the figure of San Saturio. This was done with contributions from faithful and surrounding villages as stipulated by the dome.
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Sometimes we all have this sense of solitute and we did want to scream and cry and pray god to get better.
At this moment i want to say it's just for the pics because i have a lot of real good friends and an amazing family around me. So i say thanks god for them and asks him to blessing them all♥
De La Canal
De la Canal es una localidad argentina del partido de Tandil, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Cuenta con 57 habitantes (INDEC, 2010), lo que representa un descenso del 8% frente a los 62 habitantes (INDEC, 2001) del censo anterior. El 3 de diciembre de 1889 el gobierno de la Provincia de Bs.As. autorizó la construcción del tramo del Ferrocarril Las Flores – Tandil, de 122 km que se terminó en Agosto de 1890. La Estación De la Canal fue inaugurada en 1891, y recibe ese nombre porque Don Victorio De la Canal, hacendado, donó su campo para la construcción del edificio.
Así fue aumentando su población a la vera de las vías. Aproximadamente en los años 1945 al 1947 ya había dos días fijos a la semana de embarque de vacunos y lanares con destino a Kilo 5 (Avellaneda y Mataderos), además de transportarse granos, gallinas, chanchos, huevos, etc.Con los años, De La Canal se fue despoblando, así como sus vecinos asentamientos rurales, que dejaron de recibir al ferrocarril de pasajeros. Se accede por la ruta provincial 30 y sus calles fueron mejoradas con tosca. Ubicado al norte de Tandil, De La Canal es atravesado por el arroyo Langueyú, que en lengua mapuche significa “lugar de muerte” Se lo puede bordear transitando los 30 kilómetros que separan Tandil del pueblo, por un sendero ideal para la práctica del mountain bike. El lugar característico y, por lo que se conoce al despoblado paraje, es el almacén de los hermanos Lazarte, un auténtico almacén de ramos generales.
UNA HISTORIA TRAGICA DE LA ZONA
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masacre_de_Tandil
TRASLATOR
De La Canal
De la Canal is an Argentine locality of the Tandil party, Province of Buenos Aires. It has 57 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), which represents a decrease of 8% compared to 62 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001) of the previous census. On December 3, 1889 the government of the Province of Buenos Aires authorized the construction of the stretch of Ferrocarril Las Flores - Tandil, of 122 km that was completed in August of 1890. The Canal Station was inaugurated in 1891, and it was named because Don Victorio De la Canal, landowner, donated his field to the construction of the building.
This is how the population grew along the roads. Approximately in the years 1945 to 1947 there were already two fixed days a week of shipment of cattle and sheep to Kilo 5 (Avellaneda and Mataderos), in addition to transporting grains, chickens, pigs, eggs, etc. Over the years, The Canal became depopulated, as well as its neighboring rural settlements, which stopped receiving the passenger railroad. It is accessed by provincial route 30 and its streets were improved with tosca. Located north of Tandil, De La Canal is crossed by the Langueyú stream, which in the Mapuche language means "place of death" It can be skirted by traveling the 30 kilometers that separate Tandil from the town, by an ideal path for the practice of mountain biking . The characteristic place and, for what is known the depopulated place, is the warehouse of the brothers Lazarte, an authentic warehouse of general branches.
A TRAGIC HISTORY OF THE AREA
Richmond Castle in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England, stands in a commanding position above the River Swale, close to the centre of the town of Richmond. It was originally called Riche Mount, 'the strong hill'. The castle was constructed from 1071 onwards following the Norman Conquest of England, and the Domesday Book of 1086 refers to 'a castlery' at Richmond.
In 1069 William the Conqueror had put down a rebellion at York which was followed by his "harrying of the North" – an act of ethnic cleansing which depopulated large areas for a generation or more. As a further punishment, he divided up the lands of north Yorkshire among his most loyal followers. Alan Rufus, of Brittany, received the borough of Richmond and began constructing the castle to defend against further rebellions and to establish a personal power base. His holdings, called the Honour of Richmond, covered parts of eight counties and amounted to one of the most extensive Norman estates in England. The Dukes of Brittany became the owners of the castle as Earls of Richmond though it was often confiscated for various periods by English Kings.
A 100-foot (30 m)-high keep of honey-coloured sandstone was constructed at the end of the 12th century by Duke Conan IV of Brittany. The Earldom of Richmond was seized in 1158 by Henry II of England. It was King Henry II who probably completed the keep which had 11-foot (3.4 m)-thick walls. Modern visitors can climb to the top of the keep for magnificent views of the town of Richmond. At the same time that the keep was probably completed, Henry II considerably strengthened the castle by adding towers and a barbican. Henry III and King Edward I spent more money on the site including Edward's improvements to the keep interior.
In addition to the main circuit of the wall, there was the barbican in front of the main gate which functioned as a sealed entry space, allowing visitors and wagons to be checked before they gained entry to the castle itself. On the other side of the castle, overlooking the river, was another enclosure or bailey called the Cockpit, which may have functioned as a garden and was overlooked by a balcony. A drawing of 1674 suggests there was another longer balcony overlooking the river side of Scolland's Hall, the Great Hall.
Richmond Castle had fallen out of use as a fortress by the end of the 14th century and it did not receive major improvements after that date. A survey of 1538 shows it was partly in ruins, but paintings by Turner and others, together with the rise of tourism and an interest in antiquities, led to repairs to the keep in the early 19th century.
In 1855 the castle became the headquarters of the North Yorkshire Militia, and a military barracks block was constructed in the great courtyard. For two years, from 1908 to 1910, the castle was the home of Robert Baden-Powell, later founder of the Boy Scouts, while he commanded the Northern Territorial Army but the barracks building was demolished in 1931.
The castle was used during the First World War as the base of the Non-Combatant Corps made up of conscientious objectors – conscripts who refused to fight. It was also used to imprison some conscientious objectors who refused to accept army discipline and participate in the war in any way. These included the "Richmond Sixteen" who were taken to France from the castle, charged under Field Regulations, and then sentenced to death, but their death sentences were commuted to ten years' hard labour.
As presented today Richmond Castle has one of the finest examples of Norman buildings in Britain including Scollands Hall, the Great Hall of the castle. The keep has a restored roof and floors but is shown with the original 11th-century main gate arch unblocked. This arch is now in the basement of the later 12th century keep which was built in front of it, the main gate then being moved to its present position which was dominated by the adjacent keep while the original arch we see today was filled-in to secure the keep.
The castle is a Scheduled Monument, a "nationally important" historic building and archaeological site which has been given protection against unauthorised change. It is also a Grade I listed building and therefore recognised as an internationally important structure. Today the castle is in the care of English Heritage which publishes a guidebook written by John Goodall PhD FSA. English Heritage provides a visitor centre for the castle with an informative exhibition containing artefacts form the castles history, they also hold regular events there throughout the year.
According to legend, King Arthur and his knights are sleeping in a cave underneath the castle. It is said that they were once discovered by a potter named Thompson, who ran away when they began to awake. Another legend tells that a drummer boy was lost while investigating an underground tunnel, and that his ghostly drumming is sometimes heard around the castle.
Richmond Castle consists of four main parts: a triangular main enclosure, an outer enclosure to the east, a keep at the northern corner of the main enclosure, and a small enclosure around the keep.
Cairo, which was once upon a time a steamboat hub at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, is a town on the extreme southern tip of Illinois. Over the decades it has depopulated.
Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. With an area of 432 square kilometres (167 sq mi) it is the seventh largest Scottish island.
Although it is culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides, it is separated from them by the Kintyre peninsula. Arran is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault and it has been described as a "geologist's paradise".
Arran has been continuously inhabited since the early Neolithic period, and numerous prehistoric remains have been found. From the 6th century onwards, Goidelic-speaking peoples from Ireland colonised the island and it became a centre of religious activity. During the troubled Viking Age, Arran became the property of the Norwegian crown before becoming formally absorbed by the kingdom of Scotland in the 13th century. The 19th century "clearances" led to significant depopulation and the end of the Gaelic language and way of life.
In the same general region as the Rockingham Church (my most recent photos) sits the former, infamous Costello Hotel. It is located in Brudenell, and although the area is pretty depopulated now, it was once a busier community with three hotels.
It is located on the former colonization road, the Opeongo Line. Back in its 1880s heyday, Brudenell's population reached about 200. In addition to its three hotels, the community "two blacksmiths, a race track, church, meeting hall and school. It was also thought to have a daily stage service to Eganville, Rockingham and Combermere." (www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/so05/indepth/soc_brude...)
Brudenell was on the stage line to nearby Eganville, Rockingham and Combermere, and had plenty of offerings for travellers stopping along the way. Its main industries seem to have been gambling, drinking, and sex - not necessarily in that order.
The owners of the hotel, Jim and Mike Costello, emigrated from Ireland in the early 1870s helped to even increase Brudenell's unsavoury reputation. It was under their watch that Brudenell became known as the most notorious 'sin-bucket' along the Opeongo. (www.ghosttownpix.com/ontario/intros/brudenel.html)
James Costello, aka Black Jim, was "a tough, shrewd businessman who staked the loggers heading to the pineries. Their families could draw supplies from his store while the wage earners were in the lumber camps. The men settled their accounts at the Costello store in spring when they returned from the winter camps with their pay. It seems that there was seldom much cash left over once the bills were paid." (www.ogradys.com/opeongo/brude.html)
"When the loggers working at the Pineries were off…………they partied hard in Brudenell! The hotels in town were famous for copious drinking, gambling and finding a ready, willing and able girl for the night…..for a small fee of course. When the workers were back in town they brought their money and decadent desires! It was a notorious town for hedonism and excess in all departments." (abandonedexplorers.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/brudenell-the...)
The 'town' fell into decline for two reasons. When Laurier succeeded MacDonald he had the railway re-routed through Killaloe. At the same time, this area was beginning to run out of square timber, and the loggers began to move on. The 'town' became unnecessary as a stopover and was soon bypassed.
I have driven past Brudenell twice previously, the last time being four years ago. Both times, this old hotel was for sale. With the For Sale sign gone, a trailer parked by the side with a few toys strewn about, and a few little repairs seemingly done to the porch, it seems that the place is now under ownership. What a major and perhaps impossible task it will be to restore this place, which is larger that it looks in this photo with another wing extending off to the far side (in comments).
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