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On the left is the original Robot Executioner. He kept trying to kill George by farting on him, so we had to get rid of him!
Commander's log, date 05.03.2735:
My execution came and went. I had been 'cuffed again, and a hood had been put over my head. I was ready to die. I figured I could at least die with the satisfactory knowledge that I hadn't given away any DDF secrets. But then I heard some screams. They were the screams of the guards, as Jim was decapitating them. He rescued me, and I was quite astounded to see him. After all, I had believed him to be dead. But he explained the situation to me. He had actually come across a DM underwater patrol in the pond. It was the DM underwater patrol's blood I had seen, not Jim's. But he had gotten caught on a rock down there, so it was a while before he surfaced. He found a lone DM soldier and killed him to get weapons. Then he gathered intel and found me. And what a relief that was! Now, Jim and I shall return to base to resume our normal activities.
Jeremy Croup, Commander of the DDF, signing out.
This is a picture of Auschwitz Birkenau. Also known as Auschwitz two. This was the camp designed as final sollution for the jews. This camp is specially designed for the extermination of the jews.
Here you see the track where thousands of people arrived. The drove to the left, the SS-ers and jewish special assigned people asked them to leave their lugage which 'would' be stored for them. After that they would be seperated, men one side, women the other. SS staff selected those capable for work. Those not capable for work were mostly executed the same day.
'Gentle visitor pause awhile : where you stand death cut away the light of many days : here jewelled names were broken from the vivid thread of life : may they rest in peace while we walk the generations around their strife and courage : under there restless skies’
A memorial stands on the actual execution site where famous people lost their heads. Queen Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey (who was only 16), Queen Catherine Howard (another unfortunate wife of Henry VIII), and Margaret Pole, a noblewoman who had royal blood.
Anne was beheaded by a French swordsman, as she knew axe beheadings were sometimes messy. Margaret Pole wasn't so lucky; the 60 something year old was hacked when the axeman didn't chop her head off in one swing. Some say she ran around bleeding to death while the axeman chased after her (a popular myth, but probably untrue). She did die horribly though and it took more than one swing to kill her.
Now this poignant and sad memorial rests in place. This is fairly recent. The beefeater said they had an older and less plain memorial before. You can find the memorial on Tower Green, just right outside the Tudor-style houses and St Peter Ad Vincula Chapel (where the beheaded were laid to rest).
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The execution post inside the Town Hall yard at Poperinge.
At least five executions were carried out here.
Posted with permission of Anne & George Rennison.
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I've started watching Game of Thrones. In the first episode the line "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword." stuck with me a bit. Seems pretty honorable, anyway I'm stoked to see where this show goes. I heard the books were good.
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Town hall
Object ID: 10588 Main Square 1
The Town Hall was first mentioned in 1401. In the last third of the 16th Century, the building was extensively remodeled. To main square, the building shows a neoclassical facade with colossal pilasters on the upper floors and six coat-of-arms relief stones. On mighty consoles rests above the arched portal a balcony with wrought iron railings from the first half of the 18th Century. The facade is crowned by a flat triangular gable with lateral balustrades. Above the southeast corner (Neunkirchnerstraße - Sparkassegasse) rises a 1564-1596 erected corner tower with a 1834 attached octagonal dome.
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History
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Wiener Neustadt, capital of the district under the Vienna Woods (Wiener Wald), owes its origin to the Babenbergerherzögen (Babenberg dukes) Leopold V. and Leopold VI . 1194 Leopold V decided in Steinfeld - then part of the Duchy of Styria - to build a fortified town to protect the local trade route against incursions from the east. He died only a little later, so his son realized this plan and is regarded as the true founder. The Nova civitatis or Neustatt - the name "Wiener Neustadt" or "Viennese New Town" arose only in the 17th Century - is the largest founding city of Lower Austria and was financed from the ransom for the English King Richard the Lionheart.
The generous privileges by the princes created the basis for the economic development of the city . Middle of the 13th Century was built at the southeast corner the castle, in 1279 the late Romanesque church was consecrated. The city was the site of numerous orders, including the Dominicans, the Franciscans and the German Order, as well as a large Jewish community (center on the present Allerheiligenplatz ) with a far beyond the borders famous Talmudic school. A masterpiece of Gothic architecture is the "(female) spinner at the Cross", one in the 80s of the 14th Century built stone Wegsäule (way column) before the northern gate.
A climax experienced Wiener Neustadt under the Emperor Frederick III. (1440-1493) as an imperial residence. The presence of the court and the political prominence led to a lively construction activity. Friedrich III. donated two Canon monasteries and prompted the establishment of other religious orders such as the Cistercians (New Monastery - Neukloster), the Pauline Hermits and the St. George Order of Knights, whose seat was moved in 1479 from Millstatt (Carinthia) to Wiener Neustadt. 1469 allowed the Pope the establishment of an - albeit small - diocese. The city, called by Frederick the 'forever faithful", received from the emperor the right to keep the double eagle (1452), as well as to promote trade a Niederlagsprivileg (staple right -1448), which forced the merchants to offer their goods in the city. The revenues should contribute to redress for damages caused by the fire of 1433.
In the conflicts between the Emperor and the estates of the Duchy of Austria because of the guardianship over King Ladislaus it came in late August 1452 to the siege of Wiener Neustadt, Friedrich III. forcing to release Ladislaus from the guardianship. Towards the end of his reign the well-fortified city finally had to capitulate after a nearly 17-month siege by the Hungarians in 1487 and open the gates to the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus. The so-called "Corvinusbecher - cup of Corvinus", a richly decorated ceremonial cup, still reminds us of that time. Three years later, Frederick's son Maximilian I conquered the city back.
A few years after the death of Frederick III. (1493), who was pursuing a pro-Jewish policy, the large and for its scholars widely famous Jewish community was disbanded. 1496 Maximilian I ordered the expulsion of all Jews in Styria, in Wiener Neustadt and Neunkirchen. The last Jews left in 1500 their hometown, the synagogue became a Allerheiligenkapelle (chapel of All Saints). 1519 Maximilian was buried in his native town under the high altar of St. George's Chapel. His magnificent tomb, the "Black Mannder", remained, however, contrary to his wishes in Innsbruck. Under his grandson and successor Ferdinand I. Wiener Neustadt 1522 became venue of the trial against the leading members of the Estates opposition, which ended with nine death sentences and as "Wiener Neustadt blood Court (Wiener Neustädter Blutgericht)" went down in history.
In the 16th Century the city lost, only rarely princely residence, in importance. Due to its border location, it had till the beginning of the 18th century to suffer under the incursions of the Ottomans and later the Kuruzzes, but the heavily fortified city never could be captured. The Reformation reached its peak around 1570/1580 in Wiener Neustadt, but was re-Catholicised after the establishment of the counter-reformer Melchior Klesl as administrator of the diocese (1588) in no time. The Baroque period was characterized by a number of monastic foundations, such as the Capuchins, the Carmelites (Karmeliter (m) and Karmeliterinnen (f)), the foundation of the Jesuit College with High School (1666) and the Jesuit residence in the suburbs (1743). During this time, Wiener Neustadt was again the scene of an execution creating a sensation at home and abroad: 1671 were two prominent participants of the "magnate conspiracy", Peter Graf Zrinský and Franz Frangepan, beheaded in the courtyard of the armory.
Of greatest significance for the city became the by Maria Theresa in 1752 as cadet school founded "Theresan Military Academy" in the imperial castle. Under her son Joseph II some for the development of Wiener Neustadt significant changes took place: in 1785 the diocese was moved to St. Pölten, already several years earlier, all the monasteries with the exception of the monastery Neukloster had been canceled. In the premises which had become vacant in the aftermath manufactories have been created. Wiener Neustadt became the industrial center of south-eastern Lower Austria, where the heavy industry dominated. Given its economic importance, the city with the law of 8 August 1866 a municipality statute and thus the law of the country immediacy was awarded.
The in 1842 by Günther Wenzel founded locomotive factory, the in 1899 established Daimler-Werke, headed from 1906 to 1923 by the famous designer Ferdinand Porsche and the term "Austro-Daimler" giving international recognition as well as the in 1909 created first Austrian airfield made Wiener Neustadt to one the most important industrial cities of the monarchy and to the center of aviation. The closing of those factories in the Great Depression of the interwar period left thousands of people unemployed. Under the Nazi rule, the city became the center of armaments production. The aircraft plants delivered in 1940 a quarter of the total production of the Me-109 fighters (Messerschmitt fighter plants), in the former locomotive factory established the "Rax-Werke", building the locomotive tender and from 1943 A-4 rockets. Due to the concentration of industry important to the war economy was Wiener Neustadt in the years 1943 to 1945 the target of a total of 29 air attacks and more than 50,000 bombs. The city was almost completely destroyed, about 1000 people died, not even 20 of the 4000 houses remained intact.
During the occupation time, the longtime mayor Rudolf Wehrl (1945-1965) attempted the reconstruction, which was completed in 1955 for the most part. In the second half of the 20th Century, Wiener Neustadt again became the economic and cultural center of the south-eastern Lower Austria.
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History
© Tobisch
Wiener Neustadt, capital of the district under the Vienna Woods (Wiener Wald), owes its origin to the Babenbergerherzögen (Babenberg dukes) Leopold V. and Leopold VI . 1194 Leopold V decided in Steinfeld - then part of the Duchy of Styria - to build a fortified town to protect the local trade route against incursions from the east. He died only a little later, so his son realized this plan and is regarded as the true founder. The Nova civitatis or Neustatt - the name "Wiener Neustadt" or "Viennese New Town" arose only in the 17th Century - is the largest founding city of Lower Austria and was financed from the ransom for the English King Richard the Lionheart.
The generous privileges by the princes created the basis for the economic development of the city . Middle of the 13th Century was built at the southeast corner the castle, in 1279 the late Romanesque church was consecrated. The city was the site of numerous orders, including the Dominicans, the Franciscans and the German Order, as well as a large Jewish community (center on the present Allerheiligenplatz ) with a far beyond the borders famous Talmudic school. A masterpiece of Gothic architecture is the "(female) spinner at the Cross", one in the 80s of the 14th Century built stone Wegsäule (way column) before the northern gate.
A climax experienced Wiener Neustadt under the Emperor Frederick III. (1440-1493) as an imperial residence. The presence of the court and the political prominence led to a lively construction activity. Friedrich III. donated two Canon monasteries and prompted the establishment of other religious orders such as the Cistercians (New Monastery - Neukloster), the Pauline Hermits and the St. George Order of Knights, whose seat was moved in 1479 from Millstatt (Carinthia) to Wiener Neustadt. 1469 allowed the Pope the establishment of an - albeit small - diocese. The city, called by Frederick the 'forever faithful", received from the emperor the right to keep the double eagle (1452), as well as to promote trade a Niederlagsprivileg (staple right -1448), which forced the merchants to offer their goods in the city. The revenues should contribute to redress for damages caused by the fire of 1433.
In the conflicts between the Emperor and the estates of the Duchy of Austria because of the guardianship over King Ladislaus it came in late August 1452 to the siege of Wiener Neustadt, Friedrich III. forcing to release Ladislaus from the guardianship. Towards the end of his reign the well-fortified city finally had to capitulate after a nearly 17-month siege by the Hungarians in 1487 and open the gates to the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus. The so-called "Corvinusbecher - cup of Corvinus", a richly decorated ceremonial cup, still reminds us of that time. Three years later, Frederick's son Maximilian I conquered the city back.
A few years after the death of Frederick III. (1493), who was pursuing a pro-Jewish policy, the large and for its scholars widely famous Jewish community was disbanded. 1496 Maximilian I ordered the expulsion of all Jews in Styria, in Wiener Neustadt and Neunkirchen. The last Jews left in 1500 their hometown, the synagogue became a Allerheiligenkapelle (chapel of All Saints). 1519 Maximilian was buried in his native town under the high altar of St. George's Chapel. His magnificent tomb, the "Black Mannder", remained, however, contrary to his wishes in Innsbruck. Under his grandson and successor Ferdinand I. Wiener Neustadt 1522 became venue of the trial against the leading members of the Estates opposition, which ended with nine death sentences and as "Wiener Neustadt blood Court (Wiener Neustädter Blutgericht)" went down in history.
In the 16th Century the city lost, only rarely princely residence, in importance. Due to its border location, it had till the beginning of the 18th century to suffer under the incursions of the Ottomans and later the Kuruzzes, but the heavily fortified city never could be captured. The Reformation reached its peak around 1570/1580 in Wiener Neustadt, but was re-Catholicised after the establishment of the counter-reformer Melchior Klesl as administrator of the diocese (1588) in no time. The Baroque period was characterized by a number of monastic foundations, such as the Capuchins, the Carmelites (Karmeliter (m) and Karmeliterinnen (f)), the foundation of the Jesuit College with High School (1666) and the Jesuit residence in the suburbs (1743). During this time, Wiener Neustadt was again the scene of an execution creating a sensation at home and abroad: 1671 were two prominent participants of the "magnate conspiracy", Peter Graf Zrinský and Franz Frangepan, beheaded in the courtyard of the armory.
Of greatest significance for the city became the by Maria Theresa in 1752 as cadet school founded "Theresan Military Academy" in the imperial castle. Under her son Joseph II some for the development of Wiener Neustadt significant changes took place: in 1785 the diocese was moved to St. Pölten, already several years earlier, all the monasteries with the exception of the monastery Neukloster had been canceled. In the premises which had become vacant in the aftermath manufactories have been created. Wiener Neustadt became the industrial center of south-eastern Lower Austria, where the heavy industry dominated. Given its economic importance, the city with the law of 8 August 1866 a municipality statute and thus the law of the country immediacy was awarded.
The in 1842 by Günther Wenzel founded locomotive factory, the in 1899 established Daimler-Werke, headed from 1906 to 1923 by the famous designer Ferdinand Porsche and the term "Austro-Daimler" giving international recognition as well as the in 1909 created first Austrian airfield made Wiener Neustadt to one the most important industrial cities of the monarchy and to the center of aviation. The closing of those factories in the Great Depression of the interwar period left thousands of people unemployed. Under the Nazi rule, the city became the center of armaments production. The aircraft plants delivered in 1940 a quarter of the total production of the Me-109 fighters (Messerschmitt fighter plants), in the former locomotive factory established the "Rax-Werke", building the locomotive tender and from 1943 A-4 rockets. Due to the concentration of industry important to the war economy was Wiener Neustadt in the years 1943 to 1945 the target of a total of 29 air attacks and more than 50,000 bombs. The city was almost completely destroyed, about 1000 people died, not even 20 of the 4000 houses remained intact.
During the occupation time, the longtime mayor Rudolf Wehrl (1945-1965) attempted the reconstruction, which was completed in 1955 for the most part. In the second half of the 20th Century, Wiener Neustadt again became the economic and cultural center of the south-eastern Lower Austria.
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Ellora (\e-ˈlȯr-ə\, Marathi: वेरूळ Vērūḷa), is an archaeological site, 29 km North-West of the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty. It is also known as Elapura (in the Rashtrakuta literature-Kannada). Well known for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 "caves" are actually structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills. Buddhist, Hindu and Jain rock-cut temples and viharas and mathas were built between the 5th century and 10th century. The 12 Buddhist (caves 1–12), 17 Hindu (caves 13–29) and 5 Jain (caves 30–34) caves, built in proximity, demonstrate the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history. It is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India.
ETYMOLOGY
Ellora, also called Verula or Elura, is the cave form of the Ancient name Elapura.
HISTORY
Ellora is known for Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cave temples built during (6th and 9th centuries) the rule of the Kalachuri, Chalukya and Rashtrakuta dynasties. The Jagannatha Sabha a group of five Jain cave temples of 9th century built by Rashtrakuta.
THE BUDDHIST CAVES
These caves were built during the 5th-7th century. It was initially thought that the Buddhist caves were one of the earliest structures, created between the fifth and eighth centuries, with caves 1-5 in the first phase (400-600) and 6-12 in the later phase (mid 7th-mid 8th), but now it is clear to the modern scholars that some of the Hindu caves (27,29,21,28,19,26,20,17 and 14) precede these caves.[citation needed] The earliest Buddhist cave is Cave 6, followed by 5,2,3,5 (right wing), 4,7,8,10 and 9. Caves 11 and 12 were the last. All the Buddhist caves were constructed between 630-700.
These structures consist mostly of viharas or monasteries: large, multi-storeyed buildings carved into the mountain face, including living quarters, sleeping quarters, kitchens, and other rooms. Some of these monastery caves have shrines including carvings of Gautama Buddha, bodhisattvas and saints. In many of these caves, sculptors have endeavoured to give the stone the look of wood.
Most famous of the Buddhist caves is cave 10, (refer map) a chaitya hall (chandrashala) or 'Vishvakarma cave', popularly known as the 'Carpenter's Cave'. Beyond its multi-storeyed entry is a cathedral-like stupa hall also known as chaitya, whose ceiling has been carved to give the impression of wooden beams. At the heart of this cave is a 15-foot statue of Buddha seated in a preaching pose. Amongst other Buddhist caves, all of the first nine (caves 1–9) are monasteries. The last two caves, Do Tal (cave 11) and Tin Tal (cave 12) have three stories.
CAVE 10
Cave 10 is a vihara with eight cells, four in the back wall and four in the right wall. It had a portico in the front with a cell. Possibly served as a granary for other viharas.
THE VISHWAKARMA
The Vishwakarma (Cave 10) is the only chaitya griha amongst the Buddhist group of caves. It is locally known as Vishwakarma or Sutar ka jhopda "carpenter's hut". It follows the pattern of construction of Caves 19 and 26 of Ajanta. On stylistic grounds, the date of construction of this cave is assigned to 700 A.D. The chaitya once had a high screen wall, which is ruined at present. At the front is a rock-cut court, which is entered through a flight of steps. On either side are pillared porticos with chambers in their back walls. These were probably intended to have subsidiary shrines but not completed. The pillared verandah of the chaitya has a small shrine at either end and a single cell in the far end of the back wall. The corridor columns have massive squarish shafts and ghata-pallava (vase and foliage) capitals. The main hall is apsidal on plan and is divided into a central nave and side aisles by 28 octagonal columns with plain bracket capitals. In the apsidal end of the chaitya hall is a stupa on the face of which a colossal 3.30 m high seated Buddha in vyakhyana mudra (teaching posture) is carved. A large Bodhi tree is carved at the back. The hall has a vaulted roof in which ribs have been carved in the rock imitating the wooden ones.
THE HINDU CAVES
The Hindu caves were constructed between the middle of sixth century to the end of the eighth century. The early caves (caves 17–29) were constructed during the Kalachuri period. The work first commenced in Caves 28, 27 and 19. These were followed by two most impressive caves constructed in the early phase - Caves 29 and 21. Along with these two, work was underway at Caves 20 and 26, and slightly later at Caves 17, 19 and 28. The caves 14, 15 and 16 were constructed during the Rashtrakuta period. The work began in Caves 14 and 15 and culminated in Cave 16. All these structures represent a different style of creative vision and execution skills. Some were of such complexity that they required several generations of planning and co-ordination to complete.
THE KAILASANATHA TEMPLE
Cave 16, also known as the Kailasa temple, is the unrivaled centerpiece of Ellora. This is designed to recall Mount Kailash, the abode of Lord Shiva – looks like a freestanding, multi-storeyed temple complex, but it was carved out of one single rock, and covers an area double the size of Parthenon in Athens. Initially the temple was covered with white plaster thus even more increasing the similarity to snow-covered Mount Kailash.
All the carvings are done in more than one level. A two-storeyed gateway resembling a South Indian Gopura opens to reveal a U-shaped courtyard. The courtyard is edged by columned galleries three storeys high. The galleries are punctuated by huge sculpted panels, and alcoves containing enormous sculptures of a variety of deities. Originally flying bridges of stone connected these galleries to central temple structures, but these have fallen.
Within the courtyard are three structures. As is traditional in Shiva temples, the first is a large image of the sacred bull Nandi in front of the central temple. The central temple - Nandi Mantapa or Mandapa - houses the Lingam. The Nandi Mandapa stands on 16 pillars and is 29.3 m high. The base of the Nandi Mandapa has been carved to suggest that life-sized elephants are holding the structure aloft. A living rock bridge connects the Nandi Mandapa to the Shiva temple behind it. The temple itself is a tall pyramidal structure reminiscent of a South Indian Dravidian temple. The shrine – complete with pillars, windows, inner and outer rooms, gathering halls, and an enormous lingam at its heart – carved from living stone, is carved with niches, pilasters, windows as well as images of deities, mithunas (erotic male and female figures) and other figures. Most of the deities at the left of the entrance are Shaivaite (followers of Shiva) while on the right hand side the deities are Vaishnavaites (followers of Vishnu). There are two Dhvajastambhas (pillars with the flagstaff) in the courtyard. The grand sculpture of Ravana attempting to lift Mount Kailasa, the abode of Lord Shiva, with his full might is a landmark in Indian art. The construction of this cave was a feat of human genius – it entailed the removal of 200,000 tonnes of rock, and took 100 years to complete.
The temple is a splendid achievement of Rashtrakuta Karnata architecture. This project was started by Krishna I (757–773) of the Rashtrakuta dynasty that ruled from Manyakheta in present day Karnataka state. His rule had also spread to southern India, hence this temple was excavated in the prevailing style. Its builders modelled it on the lines of the Virupaksha Temple in Pattadakal. Being a south Indian style temple, it does not have a shikhara common to north Indian temples. – The Guide to the Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent, 1996, Takeo Kamiya, Japan Architects Academy and archaeological Survey of India.
THE DASHAVATARA
The Dashavatara (Cave 15) was begun as a Buddhist monastery. It has an open court with a free-standing monolithic mandapa at the middle and a two-storeyed excavated temple at the rear. The layout of the temple is closely related to caves 11 and 12. Large sculptural panels between the wall columns on the upper floor illustrate a wide range of themes, which include the ten avatars of Vishnu. An inscription of grant of Dantidurga is found on the back wall of the front mandapa. According to Coomaraswamy, the finest relief of this cave is the one depicting the death of Hiranyakashipu, where Vishnu in man-lion (Narasimha) form, emerges from a pillar to lay a fatal hand upon the shoulder of Hiranyakashipu.
OTHER HINDU CAVES
CAVE 21
Other notable Hindu caves are the Rameshvara (Cave 21), which has figurines of river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna at the entrance and the Dhumar Lena (Cave 29) whose design is similar to the cave temple on Elephanta Island near Mumbai. Two other caves, the Ravan ki Khai (Cave 14) and the Nilkantha (Cave 22) also have several sculptures. The rest of the Hindu caves, which include the Kumbharvada (Cave 25) and the Gopilena (Cave 27) have no significant sculptures.
The five Jain caves at Ellora belong to the ninth and tenth centuries. They all belong to the Digambara sect. Jain caves reveal specific dimensions of Jain philosophy and tradition. They reflect a strict sense of asceticism – they are not relatively large as compared to others, but they present exceptionally detailed art works. The most remarkable Jain shrines are the Chhota Kailash (cave 30), the Indra Sabha (cave 32) and the Jagannath Sabha (cave 33). Cave 31 is an unfinished four-pillared hall and a shrine. Cave 34 is a small cave, which can be approached through an opening on the left side of Cave 33. Amongst other devotional carvings, a place called samvatsarana can be found in Elora caves. Samvatsarana is of special interest to Jains, as it is a hall where the tirthankara preaches after attaining omniscience.
THE INDRA SABHA
The Indra Sabha (Cave 32) is a two storeyed cave with one more monolithic shrine in its court. It has a very fine carving of the lotus flower on the ceiling. It got the appellation "Indra Sabha" probably it is significantly ornate and also because of the sculpture of the yaksha (dedicated attendant deity) Matanga on an elephant, which was wrongly identified as that of Indra. On the upper level of the double-storied shrine excavated at the rear of the court, an U image of Ambika, the yakshini of Neminath, is found seated on her lion under a mango tree, laden with fruits.
OTHER JAIN CAVES
All other Jain caves are also characterized by intricate detailing. Many of the structures had rich paintings in the ceilings - fragments of which are still visible.
GEOLOGY OF ELLORA
Ellora occupies a relatively flat region of the Western Ghats. Ancient volcanic activity in this area created many layered basalt formations, known as Deccan Traps. During the Cretaceous, one such volcanic hill formed on the southwest-facing side of Ellora. Its vertical face made access to many layers of rock formations easier, enabling architects to pick basalt with finer grains for more detailed sculpting.
INSCRIPTIONS AT ELLORA
Several inscriptions at Ellora range from 6th century to 15th century. The best known of them is an inscription of Rashtrakuta Dantidurga (c. 753-57 A.D.) on the back wall of the front mandapa of Cave 15, which gives an account of his conquests. Inscriptions on the Kailash temple itself range from 9th to 15th century. Jain cave Jagannatha Sabha has 3 inscriptions that give the names of monks and donors. A Parshvanth temple on the hill has a 11th-century inscription that gives the name of the donor from Vardhanapura.
The Great Kailasa (Cave 16) is attributed to Krishna I (c. 757-83 A.D.), the successor and uncle of Dantidurga. A copper plate grant by Karka II (c. 812-13 A.D.) narrates that a great edifice was built on a hill by Krishnaraja at Elapura (Ellora).
The Ellora caves, unlike Ajanta, were never lost. There have been several written records that indicate that these caves were visited regularly. The earliest is that of the Arab geographer Al-Mas‘udi of the 10th century A.D. In 1352 A.D. Sultan Hasan Gangu Bahmani, who camped at the site and visited the caves. The others are by Firishta, Thevenot (1633–67), Niccolao Manucci (1653-1708), Charles Warre Malet (1794), and Seely (1824)
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Detail of Altarpiece of John the Evangelist and John the Baptist 1479
Hans Memling, Mainz, Germany 1430 - Bruges, Belgium
Memling was commissioned to paint this great triptych by the monastic community of the St. John’s Hospital. On the outside of the wings are the portraits of the donors – two monks and two nuns who held important offices in the foundation and who paid for this work. Depicted in the center panes is a ‘Sacra conversazion.’ A gathering of saints and angels around the Virgin and Child. Both St. Barbara, who sits just in front of her town, and St. Catherine, identified by her wheel are closely associated with the monastic life. Flanking the virgin are the hospital’s patron saints; John the Baptist with the Lamb and John the Evangelist with the chalice. In the background, glimpse between the columns, is a passing reference to the altarpiece’s commissioners. You can see the monks exercising a particularly profitable privilege-sampling of wine-granted them by the city of Bruges. The barrels are lined up beneath the great wooden crane on the still-existing wharf known as the Kraanplaats. The wings show crucial moments in the lives of the patron saints. On the left wing is the beheading of John the Baptist: an execution places the Baptist’s severed head on the charger Salome holds. The right wing depicts the revelation to John the Evangelist on Patmos: he describes his vision of the End of Times, which includes the appearance of God, the Wheel of the Elders and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
At Memling Mseum
Murdoch's Tower (left) and the Nithsdale Lodging seen from across the moat of Caerlaverock Castle.
Murdoch's Tower was one of three defensive turrets on each point of the Caerlaverock triangle.
It still stands at its full height and takes its name from Murdoch, Duke of Albany, who was confined here in 1425 before his execution.
The ground floor was used as a pit prison, while the rooms above served a military function, with no fireplaces, and arrow slits in the walls providing defensive benefits.
The Nithsdale Lodging was built by Robert, first Earl of Nithsdale, along the east and south sides of the castle.
Completed in 1634, they reflect a change of function of the castle, from military stronghold to family residence, with their large windows offering views over the moat.
The east range contained two-room apartments of each of three floors, while the south range had a great hall.
The East Range still stands at its full height, with various Renaissance carvings on the courtyard wall, depicting coats of arms and stories from Greek myth.
An atypical, three-sided fortification, still surrounded by a moat which has provided it protection for more than 500 years, Caerlaverock Castle is still a stunning building centuries after its construction.
Located about 10 miles south of Dumfries in the Scottish Borders, the first castle on the site (the foundations of which still remain) was built around 1220 by the Maxwell family, granted the lands by Alexander II, King of Scotland.
They used the base of an old fort, but found the lands, on the edge of the Solway Firth, too small and prone to flooding, built as it was on swampland.
As a result, just 50 years later they began construction of the building which still stands today and which the family occupied – through sieges and warfare – until 1640.
The castle they built was triangular in shape, with tall towers built into the walls at each corner, which was shaped and altered over the succeeding centuries.
Because the castle is so close to England – which lies across the Solway Firth – it was often the target for siege and the site of battle. In 1300, Edward I laid siege to the area (an event depicted in a video shown in the current visitor centre) with 3,000 men.
Caerlaverock was besieged again during the Civil War in 1640 and was abandoned following the surrender to the Covenanters. It fell into decay and became a retreat for painters and poets taking inspiration from its character. It has been in state care since 1946.
Den of Imagination - Your Miniature Painting Service
We are a registered studio in Torun, Poland. We have been in line of work since 2008. Our still growing staff of painters and sculptors is ready to work on any project you can imagine!
We are credible, solid and reliable. We work best with large commissions and we guarantee fast service.
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Takahiro Yoshikawa
Giardini di Villa Reale - Piano Laghetto - Milano
17 Maggio 2014
ph © Mairo Cinquetti
Mr. Takahiro Yoshikawa was born in Nishinomiya, Japan. He graduated in pianoforte in 1996 at the State University of Fine Arts and Music of Tokyo under the guidance of MadamTakako Horie. In 1993 he attended a Master class given by the renowned pianist Conrad Hansen in Lubeck (Germany). From 1996 to 1999 he attended In 1999 Master in the same University under the guidance of Mr.Terugi Karashima, where Mr. Takahiro Yoshikawa was awarded the “Bösendorfer” prize.
Mr.Takahiro Yoshikawa went on to continue his studies in Italy with Madam Anita Porrini, (pupil of Alfred Cortot and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli), as well as attending specialized courses of composition with Miss. Silvia Bianchera Bettinelli. From 2001 to 2004 he attended the “Accademia del Teatro alla Scala” (Master class for Orchestra members) under the guidance of Madam Ada Mauri. He also attended Master classes in Chamber Music, studying and perfoming a vast repertory with the first parts of the La Scala Orchestra.
During the academic years 2001/02 has been chosen as soloist for the concert at the Verdi Hall of the Conservatoire “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan, he played the Mozart Concert for Piano and Orchestra K.467 with La Scala Orchestra conducted by Stefano Ranzani.
Mr. Takahiro Yoshikawa has won numerous international competitions, just to mention a few: “Camillo Togni” (Brescia, 2001) second prize (first prize not assigned), “F. Schubert” (Tagliolo Monferrato, 2002) first prize, “Città di Grosseto” for chamber music (2003) first prize, “Paul Harris” (Milan, 2003) first prize. He has played with noteworthy musicians of international fame, like Fabrizio Meloni, Domenico Nordico, Ulf Rodenhauser, Jacques Zoon, Valentino Zucchiatti, the Solisti della Scala, the Cameristi della Scala, the Quartetto d’archi del Teatro alla Scala.
He has performed as soloist at Teatro alla Scala in Milan on several occasion. In May 2006, during the “Statuto Festival”, playing Chapelle de Guillaume Tell by Liszt and Visions Fugitives by Prokofiev. In June 2006 at the “Evening of Mozart” (Serata Mozart) with the Mozart Piano Concert K.271 “Jeunehomme” and three slow movements K.467, K.482, K.488 along with the La Scala Orchestra directed by Paul Connelly. He received excellent critics from the Corriere della Sera, “The marvelous pages of Mozart were heightened by the perfect pianist Yoshikawa”.
In January 2007 he repeated K.467 and K.488 with the Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi directed by Nil Kabaretti, during the Gala des Etoiles, sponsored by the President of the Republic in favour of the Foundation L’amico Charly. During the season 2007/2008 he performed three slow movements of the Mozart Piano and Orchestra Concert, K.499, K.450 e K.488, for “Le Parc” ballet, choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj with Aurelie Dupont, étoile of the Paris Opéra. This execution has been reviewed by the national magazine la Repubblica: …. moments of vibrant poetry was with the Adagio of the Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra K488 of Mozart played majestically by Takahiro Yoshikawa.
Actually Mr. Yoshikawa holds recitals and concerts with orchestra in Italy and Japan. In 2009 he performed with the Royal Chamber Orchestra directed by Shunasku Tsusumi in Tokyo and with the Ensemble Kobe directed by Tetsuro Ban. In 2008 and in 2009 he held recitals in one of the most prestigious halls in Tokyo, Suntory Hall. In 2009, with the record label Limen music & arts he has released a CD devoted to Chopin in 2011 and an album (CD + DVD) with music by L. van Beethoven, F. Chopin, F. Liszt and M. Ravel. Also in 2011, together with the Principal Clarinet Soloist of Theatre and La Scala Philharmonic Fabrizio Meloni he recorded the album (CD + DVD) Across Virtuosity, entirely devoted to opera fantasies for clarinet and piano. Soon will come Across Virtuosity II with music by Carl Maria von Weber, Charles Goldmund, Marco Tutino and Mauro Montalbetti
A Canadian Iranian software engineer is facing imminent execution in Tehran for allegedly operating a pornography website after the Iranian Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from his lawyers.
Saeed Malekpour, 35, says he was tortured into making a confession about the website on live TV and Iranian officials used the broadcast to give him the death sentence.
The software engineer's family says the web software was only designed for uploading and sharing photos and that adult sites used it without is knowledge.
Human rights campaigners believe the hardline Islamist regime wants to use Malekpour as an example as it cracks down on Internet freedom ahead of elections.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089959/Canadian-residen...
Title / Titre :
Making a fill in /
Execution d'un remblai
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu
Date(s) : Unknown / Inconnu
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : MIKAN 4359693
collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&...
collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&...
Location / Lieu : Canada
Credit / Mention de source :
Canadian Baptist Archives. Library and Archives Canada, e010952639 /
Canadian Baptist Archives. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, e010952639
Den of Imagination - Your Miniature Painting Service
We are a registered studio in Torun, Poland. We have been in line of work since 2008. Our still growing staff of painters and sculptors is ready to work on any project you can imagine!
We are credible, solid and reliable. We work best with large commissions and we guarantee fast service.
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Photo #2 from the series
the shoot was actually to depict on how does a wet market looks like after everyone gone (about 5-6pm) and to get some dramatic shadows for the photos. it was an overcasted day so i didn't get the shadows i want.
however, the first thing that nabbed my attention as i entered the market was was there were chickens being locked up in tiny cages for waiting to be executed, which i am pretty sure, not by choice. (what you see on the first photograph). the cage was so small, there's barely room for them to move or stand properly.
then as i walked around, i came across a section where various meats were hung about for sale. (photograph number two) this is the place were buy/sell takes place in the morning.
last but not least, (photograph number 3) is where the remains/leftovers of the slaughtered chicken were dumped. it was actually right next to the cages of chicken. the place looks like a holocaust for animals that we actually feed on. the whole place has a disconcerting stench of blood as well.
like i said, i'm not much of a PETA person like pamela anderson or neither am i a vegetarian, but somehow, i do think that we could make some kind of changes can be made to treat them better. at the current rate that we're going, it's a suprise that there's no major plaque breakout from the the way we handle the poultry and farm animals.
Medium: T-Max Film (film border is left purposedly for my own reference)
Description: "All lotteries will end for ever, 18th July 1826"; showing in the top scene Time, lottery contractors, etc. watching Blue Coat boys holding up winning number and prize; below closely grouped figures are advertising the 'last' lottery with phrases characteristic of contemporary puffs.
Date of Execution: 1826
Artist: Cruikshank, Robert (1789-1856)
Medium: Etching
Collage No: 28314
Collection: Satirical Print Collection
Den of Imagination - Your Miniature Painting Service
We are a registered studio in Torun, Poland. We have been in line of work since 2008. Our still growing staff of painters and sculptors is ready to work on any project you can imagine!
We are credible, solid and reliable. We work best with large commissions and we guarantee fast service.
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Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833, oil on canvas, 246 x 297 cm (The National Gallery, London)
History
The Coughton estate has been owned by the Throckmorton family since 1409. The estate was acquired through marriage to the De Spinney family.[2] Coughton was rebuilt by Sir George Throckmorton, the first son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court by Catherine Marrow, daughter of William Marrow of London.[2] The great gatehouse at Coughton was dedicated to King Henry VIII by Throckmorton, a favorite of the King.[2] Throckmorton would become notorious due to his almost fatal involvement in the divorce between King Henry and his first wife Catherine of Aragon.[2] Throckmorton favoured the queen and was against the Reformation. Throckmorton spent most of his life rebuilding Coughton.[3] In 1549, when he was planning the windows in the great hall, he asked his son Nicholas to obtain from the heralds the correct tricking (colour abbreviations) of the arms of his ancestors' wives and his own cousin and niece by marriage Queen Catherine Parr[3] (see gallery drawing). The costly recusancy (refusal to attend Anglican Church services) of Robert Throckmorton and his heirs restricted later rebuilding, so that much of the house still stands largely as he left it.[3]
After Throckmorton's death in 1552, Coughton passed to his eldest son, Robert. Robert Throckmorton and his family were practicing Catholics therefore the house at one time contained a priest hole, a hiding place for priests during the period when Catholics were persecuted by law in England, from the beginning of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. The Hall also holds a place in English history for its roles in both the Throckmorton Plot of 1583 to murder Queen Elizabeth, and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, although the Throckmorton family were themselves only indirectly implicated in the latter, when some of the Gunpowder conspirators rode directly there after its discovery.
The house has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1946. The family, however, hold a 300-year lease and previously managed the property on behalf of the Trust. In 2007, however, the house reverted to management by the National Trust. The management of the property is renewed every 10 years. The family tenant until recently was Clare McLaren-Throckmorton, known professionally as Clare Tritton QC, until she died on 31 October 2017.[4]
The house, which is open to the public all year round, is set in extensive grounds including a walled formal garden, a river and a lake.