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Land Finance Hub Use and Registration Training at Pasuruan with Formekers Pasuruan (Forum for Furniture, Crafts, and Arts), 11 November 2022.
Photo by Perdana Putra/CIFOR-ICRAF
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It's hard for me to get photos of Belfagan, as I'm usually part of the band when they're dancing. Well, just you try playing a sax and taking photos at the same time! Now and again, though, I leave the music to the others for a minute or two and take some pics. On this occasion, outside the Ratty Arms at Ravenglass, I caught the girls dancing Eaglesfield, a dance originally created especially for the group. It involves garlands and a lot of very rhythmic ranting. (For the edification of those who are not immersed in morris lore, the rant is a dance step commonly used in morris of the North West tradition.)
Hidden treasures deep inside the Alabama Hills, CA.
To take this I had to balance my tripod in a most precarious position, about 4 feet off the ground... and support my weight with my hands and one foot. Good times :)
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Saint Anne's Church
Bodiem, Goa, India
Religious Architecture
The Church of Saint Anne in Bodiem is the smallest of the churches with domed façades built in Bardez from the mid-18th century to the early 19th century, its size making it more of a chapel than a church. It was raised to parish church status in 1946. It was founded in 1801 as an affiliate of Tivim and subject to “re-edification” work in 1892-93, when that parish was disbanded. As usual in Goan literature on such matters and in the plaques placed in churches (and in Saint Anne’s), we do not know how to interpret terms such as “re-edification”. But one of the plaques at Saint Anne’s attributes the church’s plan to Father Leopoldo Francisco da Rocha, parish priest from 1885 to 1895. The ornamental vocabulary of the main façade and interior is quite similar to that found in the Church of Moira, which we can date to the early 19th century. The single nave with wooden ceiling and shell niches housing windows is also characteristic of that period. The chancel roof, with a groin vault and penetrations, seems to be a revivalist exercise characteristic of the late 19th century. The church is located on a privileged site facing west, isolated in front of a long stretch of flood plains and branches of water. The village is located to the east, up the slope behind the church.
Paulo Varela Gomes
FORETS annual meeting at UNIKIS, Kisangani - DRC.
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
Community meeting in Mushindamo, Zambia.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Wiring for the transport of air flows to the gas analyzer.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Central station of the entire flow measurement system powered by batteries.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Journalists visit in Yangambi - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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Bootprints In Perpetuity
Again, for my edification, my crude photogrammetric(?) attempt at bringing together my photos with downloaded material from the ALSJ in order to identify and correlate surface features associated with the "Boot Print Soil Mechanics Experiment".
Included are pre-EVA photos, post-EVA photos and a 16mm DAC frame.
The pre-EVA, boot print labeled and 16mm DAC frame images can be found at the ALSJ:
Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Le site de Beng melea est situé à 42 km à l’Est de Siem Reap.
Il aurait été construit sous le règne de Suryavarman II aux 12 eme siècle.
Il aurait servi de modèle pour l’édification d’Angkor Vat. C’est un temple Hindou mais quelques sculptures sont bouddhistes.Ce temple est le seul a n'avoir subit aucune restauration,.la passerelle en bois du film de jj Annaud les 2 freres permet aux touristes de le visiter par endroit sinon il faut ramper entre les blocs.
The site of Beng Melea is located 42 km east of Siem Reap.
It was built during the reign of Suryavarman II in the 12 th century.
It would have served as a model for the construction of Angkor Wat. It is a Hindu temple sculptures but some are bouddhistes.Ce temple is the only one not to have undergone any restoration. Wooden footbridge dd Annaud film 2 brothers permits tourists to visit some places if you have to crawl between the blocks.
Pequeno templo, cuja matriz inicial remonta ao ano de 1698, tendo sido posteriormente reedificado no final do século XIX. A vila de Paço de Arcos, pela sua localização, esteve desde sempre ligada às actividades piscatórias, daí que esta capela tenha sido erguida em honra do
Senhor Jesus dos Navegantes, padroeiro das gentes do mar. A devoção local ao padroeiro desta capela é provavelmente anterior à construção da capela e estará relacionada com a proteção que a enseada de Paço de Arcos ofereceria aos navegantes que ali ocorriam procurando
abrigo das tempestades no mar.
A capela é constituída por uma só nave, rematada por uma abóbada de berço animada por painel de estuque de motivos geométricos (limitado à zona correspondente ao altar-mor), apresentando também muros revestidos por rodapé azulejar de padrão setecentista. Os muros da nave ostentam ainda a presença de figurações escultóricas, sobre peanhas, de São José (Epístola) e de São Sebastião (Evangelho). Este espaço é
enriquecido por alguns elementos do período barroco, nomeadamente o altar predominantemente em talha dourada.
Na zona central encontra-se uma imagem do padroeiro da vila – Senhor Jesus dos Navegantes.
Rua Travessa da Ermida
2770-161 Paço de Arcos
Tel: (+351) 214 432 145
Sábado: 9h00 - 11h00
Entrada gratuita
Estação de saída: CP Paço de Arcos
Senhor Jesus dos Navegantes Chapel
Small temple, whose origin goes back to 1698 being rebuilt at late nineteenth century.
For its location, Paço de Arcos has always been related to fishing activities, that is why this chapel has been devoted to Lord Jesus of Navigators, Saint Patron of seafarers. The local devotion of seafarers to this chapel Saint patron probably goes back before this chapel edification and shall be most likely connected to the shelter that Paço de Arcos cove offered to seafarers that went there looking for
shelter from the sea storms.
The chapel has a single aisle crowned by an arch barrel lightened by a geometric pattern stucco panel (confined to the high altar area) and also laying out walls covered by a seventeenth century tilled pattern outskirt. The aisle walls display also sculptural elements, upon pedestals of Saint Joseph (Epistle) and Saint Sebastian (Gospel). This space is still enhanced by some baroque elements, namely the altar predominately of gilt woodwork and at the central area with an image of this village Saint Patron - Lord Jesus of Navigators.
Saturday: 9:00 - 11:00
Free entry
Railway Station Exit: CP Paço de Arcos
Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
Tata Innovation Center NYC BW - View of the modern structure that houses recent Cornell Tech students as well as established companies developing leading-edge technologies and products, and academic teams conducting groundbreaking research.
This first-of-its-kind building is located at Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, New York City, NY.
Available in color as well as in black and white. To view additional photographs please visit susancandelario.com
Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Community meeting in Ngala, Zambia.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Légende :Kanyabayonga, Nord-Kivu, RD Congo - Les contingents indiens déployés à la MONUSCO ont organisé à Kanyabayonga, divers cours et conférences de motivation à l’intention des écoliers, dans le cadre de la commémoration de la « Journée internationale de l’Education ». L'importance de l'éducation dans la vie personnelle ainsi que l'édification de la nation ont été expliquées au grand nombre d'élèves et d'enseignants présents. Photo MONUSCO / Force
Caption: Kanyabayonga, North Kivu, DR Congo - Indian Contingents deployed at MONUSCO organized various motivational classes and lectures for school children at Kanyabayonga to commemorate “The International Education Day”. Importance of education in personal life as well as nation building were explained to the large number of students and teachers present. Photo MONUSCO/Force
Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. Source: Oak Valley Plantation Website.
Munich's Old Town Hall ("Gothic Town Hall" in former days, before edification of the New Town Hall) - was built by Jörg von Halspack between 1470 and 1480. After ongoing modifications in accordance with the taste of the day in the Late Renaissance and Baroque periods, the "Alte Rathaus" was reconverted to the Gothic style in 1861-64.
It was badly damaged during the Second World War, restoration beginning shortly afterwards. The archway and passage for pedestrians date from the 19th century. The 55m/180ft tower of the Old Town Hall, rising prominently in the southeast corner of the Marienplatz, was rebuilt in 1975.
The interior is a masterpiece of medieval design. It has a barrel-vaulted timber roof with decorated beams and golden stars, a frieze of coats of arms (1478) and the celebrated figures of Morisco dancers by Erasmus Grasser (originals in Municipal Museum).
The steeple on the right is of the Heilig-Geist-Kirche ("Holy Spirit Church").
See more informations here.
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Chronicle of the parish | parish church | parsonage
Parish Centre | Lourdes Chapel
History of the parish
1187, Wolkersdorf was for the first time as "Wolfkersdorf" in a deed of donatio by Manhard and Ulrich von Hintperch (= Himberg) mentioned. The parish Wolkersdorf appears in 1328 for the first time as a manorial establishment. The parish has always been limited to the local area. Over the centuries, the residents of the parish brought it through diligence and thrift to a modest prosperity. As to infestations, natural disasters and two plague epidemics are mentioned. The parish, located in the eastern border area of Austria, in times of war through occupation and looting had to suffer much. Mention should be made in this respect of the Turkish threat, the incursion of the Swedes during the 30 Years War, the plundering by the French under Napoleon as well as the Prussian army, which had advanced after the defeat of Austria in Hradec Králové in 1866 to the Rußbach (brook); finally the difficult time of the Soviet occupation after the Second World War should be mentioned. By order of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government of 14th November 1968 Wolkersdorf was conferred upon it the town charter. By the archbishop of Vienna the deanery Pillichsdorf on 1st January 1996 was renamed into the deanery Wolkersdorf. The parish has about 3,000 Catholics.
Parish Church
The parish church was built by Stephan von Slaet 1341-1350 and dedicated to Saint Margaret. This small gothic church (9.40 m long, 5.45 m wide, about 9 m high) is the presbytery for the today's parish church. 1727 Emperor Charles VI. the house of God by the Baroque nave had to its present size expanded (21.8 m long, 9.9 m wide, 12.5 m high). Despite the uniform external facade design, the two phases of construction are still recognizable, the Gothic presbytery and the Baroque ship. In 1754 Empress Maria Theresa the tower had built (37 m high).
Interior equipment: When you enter the church through the main gate under the tower, you are received by a bright, in cheerful colors decorated space. In the vertex of the presbytery wall the mighty Habsburg imperial eagle can be seen. The heart shield of the double eagle is surrounded by the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece and bears the monogram Emperor Charles VI . - CVI. In the claws the eagle holds sword and scepter, while a banner the motto of the Emperor and the year of the expansion of the church shows: "Constantia et Fortitudine" (with steadiness and fortitude) 1727.
The Baroque high altar was built in 1768 in imitation marble. The structure has over the tabernacle yet a Drehtabernakel (revolving tabernacle) for exposure of the Blessed Sacrament. Above it forms a plastic, the apocalyptic Lamb of God representing, flanked by two adoring angels, the conclusion. The retabel structure fits organically into the Gothic choir. Right of the altar is on a high pedestal saint Rochus represented, on the left, in the same way the holy Sebastian. In the middle part is behind the high altar in a picture larger than life the church patron, saint Margaretha represented (the painting is signed "FB 1832" - painter unknown). The saint stands upright and holds in her left hand a cross against the dragon (symbolizing the temptation to apostasy), while Schwurhand (oath hand) and look to our Heavenly Father are elevated, which appears above her. In the right wall of the presbytery there are seating niches with small ribbed vaults in the Gothic style (around 1350) with the coat of arms of the Counts of Nuremberg worked off.
On the side altars are two late Baroque wood-carved figures (1760), saint Joseph and the most blessed Virgin Mary, erected. The pulpit in the Rococo style dates back to 1770. The Stations of the Cross - by Viennese artist Eduard Kerschbaum 1968 of basswood carved - are attached to the side walls of the nave. The organ was built in 1897 by the Viennese organ builder Johann M. Kauffmann as a mechanical cone chests organ with 16 registers.
From the church square the church staircase on a bridge (flying buttress) above the Mittelstraße (central road) leads to the parish church. In 1727, this staircase was decorated with six life-sized Baroque stone sculptures. This is probably an expression of gratitude for the successful baroque church reconstruction under Emperor Charles VI. Initiator of the edification of the saints was the then minister Christoph Leopold Edler von Guarient and Raall. The work was financed by donations from the guilds and by donations from individual citizens.
On the right side of the ascent there are statues
of saint Charles Borromeo, who was regarded as the patron saint against the plague.
of saint John of Nepomuk, who as a "bridge saint" was very revered among the people, and above
of st. Florian, who was popular as a patron of the fire and the forge.
On the left side there are the statues
of st. Joseph, who was called on as a patron for a good hour of death, and as a protector against an unprepared, sudden death,
the Mother of God as immaculately received Virgin who crushes the serpent's head, and above
of saint Leopold, the country's (Lower Austria) patron saint, who is represented as founder of churches and monasteries (church on the right arm).
Vicarage
The vicarage was built around 1727. The building with a Gothic core in 1797 was increased and adapted as parsonage. During the March battles against Napoleon, Emperor Franz I had from 16th May to 6th July 1809 here his headquarters installed. In 1997, the exterior facade was renovated.
Parish centre
By 1970 the parish center was built as a meeting place. Inside is an auditorium and seminar rooms which are used by the parochial groups. The parish center was built from 1971 to 1973 under Pastor Karl Ponweiser as a meeting place. The house is intended for cultural and pastoral events. It is used by all parish groups and for individual events (eg lectures, concerts, theatrical performances, balls) also leased.
Lourdes Chapel
At the point where yet in 1783 a cross was erected "to the glory of God and the consolation of the poor souls", the chapel was built in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes in 1890. 1909 this church was enlarged in the neo-Gothic-Romanesque style, so this first chapel is forming the presbytery for the present chapel.
In the curvature of the chancel 1971 a by Viennese artist Eduard Kerschbaum of basswood carved statue of Mary (1.3 m high) was erected. The statue is carved in the style of "lovely Madonnas" of the Gothic. The Mother of God carries in her right arm the Infant Jesus and in her left hand she holds a bunch of grapes, and she is therefore worshiped as "Wine-Producing Country Madonna", too.
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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IIAP GHG monitoring tower.
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Development is claimed to accompany jatropha has raised often unrealistic hopes about improvements in schools, roads, water supply, and rural health care, Zambia.
Photo by Jeff Walker/CIFOR
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Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
Channel that contains thin pipes for the transport of air flows towards the gas analyzer.
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Late afternoon light on some golden grasses, and a charred tree. Yes, the pun in the title is intended ;)
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Posted as accompaniment to my posted photo, linked to below (and see third complete citation down, center column of this post) – and frankly, for my own edification - since every single paper looks to be interesting, especially being from 1962.
Not to mention the authors/presenters...Zdeněk Kopal...Robert Gilruth...Thomas Kelly...Joseph Shea...a veritable Who’s Who of "rocket scientists":
arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/8.6224
Credit: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics website
Y’know…I was a mere 30 miles from this event. Granted, I was 3½…but still.
[Note: This is a second, higher-resolution post of the image. The first/original has been deleted.]
En face de La Statue du Bouddha Dordenma...
La statue du Bouddha Dordenma siège sur les hauteurs d'une colline à Thimphou, au sommet d'une salle de méditation, et fait partie des emblèmes de la capitale du Bhoutan. Il s'agit de la plus grande statue assise du Bouddha. Du monument se dégage une atmosphère magique baignant les touristes dans la sérénité.
Histoire
La statue du Bouddha Dordenma a été construite en 2006 en Chine, pour 100 millions de dollars américains, par Aerosun Corporation de Nanjing. Elle commémore le 60e anniversaire de Jigme Singye Wangchuck, quatrième roi du Bhoutan.
L'édification de cette grande représentation de Padmasambhava a été prophétisée par le célèbre yogi Sonam Zangpo au XXe siècle. Le monument a également été mentionné dans l'ancien terma de Guru Rinpoché.
Pour embellir le décor, le parc naturel Kuensel Phodrang a vu le jour en 2011 sous les yeux de la statue de Bouddha. Cette réserve compte plus de 9 hectares de forêts et deux gymnases publics ouverts en 2015.
La statue du Bouddha Dordenma surplombe l'entrée sud de la vallée de Thimphou. Elle domine le parc Kuensel Phodrang dans les montagnes du Bhoutan. L'édifice marque l'accomplissement d'une prophétie datant du VIIIe siècle. Son rôle consiste à amener une aura de paix et de bonheur dans le monde entier.
Cette représentation de Shakyamuni s'élève à une hauteur de 51.5 mètres, ce qui fait d'elle est la plus grande statue de Bouddha dans le monde. Fabriquée en bronze et en or, elle intègre plus de 125.000 petites statues de Bouddha. Le monument montre également le trône sur lequel le Bouddha Dordenma est assis.
Étant donné qu'elle a été prophétisée par deux grands prophètes, la statue du Bouddha Dordenma s'entoure de mythes et légendes. Comme tous les villageois qui s'y recueillent, recevez les bons présages du site lors de votre visite. Cette escale pourrait bien changer votre destinée.
The Dordenma Buddha statue sits high on a hill in Thimphu, atop a meditation hall, and is one of the landmarks of Bhutan's capital. It is the largest seated Buddha statue. The monument exudes a magical atmosphere, bathing tourists in serenity.
History
The Dordenma Buddha statue was built in 2006 in China at a cost of US$100 million by Aerosun Corporation of Nanjing. It commemorates the 60th birthday of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the fourth king of Bhutan.
The construction of this great image of Padmasambhava was prophesied by the famous yogi Sonam Zangpo in the 20th century. The monument was also mentioned in Guru Rinpoche's ancient terma.
To enhance the scenery, Kuensel Phodrang Nature Park was established in 2011 under the gaze of the Buddha statue. This reserve includes over 9 hectares of forest and two public gymnasiums that opened in 2015.
The statue of Buddha Dordenma overlooks the southern entrance to the Thimphu Valley. It dominates Kuensel Phodrang Park in the mountains of Bhutan. The building marks the fulfillment of a prophecy dating back to the 8th century. Its role is to bring an aura of peace and happiness throughout the world.
This representation of Shakyamuni stands 51.5 meters tall, making it the largest Buddha statue in the world. Made of bronze and gold, it incorporates over 125,000 smaller Buddha statues. The monument also displays the throne on which Buddha Dordenma sits. Given that it was prophesied by two great prophets, the Dordenma Buddha statue is surrounded by myths and legends. Like all the villagers who worship there, receive good omens from the site during your visit. This stopover could well change your destiny.
Channel that contains thin pipes for the transport of air flows towards the gas analyzer
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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The exact brand of running shoe that I'd been wearing was on sale at Sports Authority. Having had good luck with the shoe throughout all of 07, I thought, why not get another pair, and re-up for 08?
Here, for your edification, is a side by side comparison of a new shoe and an old shoe. I haven't been trail running, or climbing mountains or wading through equatorial rain forest. I've been running on pavement, more or less, for a year. Yucko, eh?
Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Community meeting in Mushindamo, Zambia.
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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
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Channel that contains thin pipes for the transport of air flows towards the gas analyzer.
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
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Wiring for the transport of air flows to the gas analyzer.
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
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Saint-Stephen Cathedral Metz, France, is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir. The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552. In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764. In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.