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A deposit of copper bearing ore 14km southeast of Duchess at Trekelano was exploited by the Hampden Co for use at its Kuridala smelter. The ore body was one of the richer ones in the Cloncurry area, averaging around 13% copper and lesser amount of silver and gold. Trekelano ore was particularly valuable as a smelting aid.
The deposit was first worked in about 1906 in a small way, mostly for development work, and gradually increased its output of economical volumes by 1915. In time, the mine was equipped with a semi-marine type Babcock & Wilcox boiler, a Walker geared winding engine, Fraser & Chambers compressor, electric light from a 40hp Hornsby gas engine and wood producer, a picking plant, and ore bins. Narrow gauge tramways were used to move the ore to the dumps to the loading state and to fart firewood to the boiler house. Associated facilities were a change room, an engine room, a boiler shed, magazines, offices, stores, and staff quarters. At its peak, the mine employed 60 men. A school and post office were provided from 1918 and these remained viable until 1928.
When the railway was extended from Malbon to Duchess, the company began sending Trekelano ore to Duchess using a traction engine and wagons. This arrangement was not satisfactory in the long term so as soon as the railway was extended from Duchess to Dajarra, the company immediately took steps to lay a connecting tramway. The link was 12.3km in length.
The line was funded and built by the company under the Tramways Act. Engineering specifications were based on QR standards but were more economical in regard to the road bed and ballasting. The company sourced the rails and sleepers from QR and secured them on time payment based on a rebate from a premium placed on every ton carried. The company also paid the line maintenance fees.
Construction commenced on the 10th of September 1917 some 7.5km from Duchess at 553 miles and 21 chains, later known as Juenburra. Accommodation comprised a loop siding on the left from which was laid the branch proper which consisted of a curve to the southeast where another loop was placed on the right. From here the line continued southeast to the mine, which was 130 rail kilometres from Cloncurry.
A passenger service was offered but it was minimally supported because the Trekelano community had a road coach service to Duchess station. The coach departed Duchess at 7am on Monday and Friday for a same day return. Passenger rail journeys were around 200 per year to 1921 and then tailed off to virtually nothing, ceasing altogether soon after.
From 1941 the train day became a Monday and was worked by the Cloncurry-Dajarra-Cloncurry weekly mixed running on a Sunday-Monday overnight rest schedule. Ore loadings had dropped by half at this time to around 3500 tons due to shortages of labour and machinery spare parts. One train a week sufficed. Loadings diminished even further to less then 2000 tons by 1943. The mine closed that year and the train service ceased at this time. A small community remained until the end, and this included several school aged children who were driven to Duchess each day for their education.
The mine owners retired to the coast and after the war put the mine and tramway on the market. There were no takers for the assets as a going concern so the plant was sold for scrap. The rails were purchased by the North Eton Sugar Mill and were removed by 1947. The telephone pole line was dismantled at the same time. The sleepers had no value and were left in situ. The official closure of the tramway is the 14th of May 1947.
The original Trekelano mine produced 220 000 tons of ore over its lifetime to yield 20 000 tons of copper and 3000 oz of gold. In the 1990s the site was gone over by the drivers of Mineral Commodities NL to locate and estimated 400 000 tonnes of 2.2% copper and 0.6 grams/tonne of gold. The deposit was reopened in 2005 by Osborne Mines and worked as a massive pit, this development swallowing the remains of the original mine and tramway. The Trekelano ore was carted to a concentrating plant at Mount Osborne, south of Selwyn, and the treated ore despatched by rail through to Phosphate Hill.
The mine is no longer in use.
Source: Copper in the Curry by Norman Houghton.
Auch im Umkreis der Großstadt Karlsruhe wird die anstrengende Feldarbeit zumeist von Frauen und Männern aus Rumänien erbracht. Ihr Zuhause sind für Wochen einfache Wohncontainer,
das Auto wird in Griffweite eingetütet.
Also in the vicinity of the city of Karlsruhe, the strenuous field work is mostly done by women and men from Romania. For weeks, their homes are simple living containers,
the car is bagged within reach.
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"Icy stream"
Site naturel classé des Cascades du Hérisson dans le Jura (Franche Comté)
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Just recently returned to steam after overhaul, "Pendennis Castle" stands outside the shed at Didcot Railway Centre. This locomotive has a few claims to fame, including its exploits on the East Coast Main Line in trials pitted against "Flying Scotsman", taking part in the 1925 "British Empire Exhibition" at Wembley and being one of two locomotives to have circumnavigated the world.
Locomotive: Great Western Railway Castle Class 4-6-0 4079 "Pendennis Castle".
Location: The Great Western Society's Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire, UK.
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En hiver, la lumière perce enfin jusqu'aux sols des forêts. Alors que les arbres s'endorment et se débarrassent de leur caduque feuillage, les petits continuent de vivre, exploitant la lumière tant attendue et ce malgré le froid se faisant de plus en plus mordant.
Les plus petits, les plus discrets, sont les plus importants dans le fonctionnement de l'écosystème, même si certains n'ont d'yeux que pour la splendeur des autres.
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In winter, the light finally breaks through to the forest floor. As the trees fall asleep and get rid of their deciduous foliage, the little ones continue to live, exploiting the long-awaited light, despite the cold becoming more and more biting.
The smallest, the most discrete, are the most important in the functioning of the ecosystem, although some have eyes only for the splendor of others.
Colchicum 'Dick Trotter'
The name of this exquisite Autumn crocus always reminds me of the smash-hit BBC TV comedy series, 'Fools and Horses.'
The show centered on the hilarious exploits of the Trotters, a South London Cockney family, staring Derek "Delboy" Trotter, and his, younger, hapless but taller brother, Rodney "Rodders" Trotter.
The must see Eighties' show achieved cult status with such famous catchphrases as, "He who dares – wins;" "This time next year we'll be millionaires;" "Lovely Jubbly!" and, "You know it makes sense."
Delboy, actor, David Jason, was also fond of calling, Rodders, actor, Nicholas Lyndhurst, "You Plonker!"
Must also mention Edward "Grandad" Trotter, actor, Lennard Pearce, famed for armchair boasts about his heroic wartime navel exploits. He'd drone on: "In the war..."
Decades later, I can still hear their voices to this day .... 😂😂😂
I share today this picture of past October in this location.
First lights of the day, which I already wanted to catch this perspective view, giving a lot of attention to the splash of the waves at the foreground guiding the look towards the structure.
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Cincinnati (/ˌsɪnsɪˈnæti/ SIN-sih-NAT-ee) is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the government seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers. The city drives the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington combined statistical area, which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census making it Ohio's largest metropolitan area. With a population of 301,301, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 65th in the United States. Its metropolitan area is the fastest growing economic power in the Midwestern United States based on increase of economic output and it is the 28th-biggest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. Cincinnati is also within a half day's drive of sixty percent of the United States populace.
In the nineteenth century, Cincinnati was an American boomtown in the heart of the country. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was listed among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-biggest city for a period spanning 1840 until 1860. As Cincinnati was the first city founded after the American Revolution, as well as the first major inland city in the country, it is regarded as the first purely "American" city.
Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than east coast cities in the same period. However, it received a significant number of German immigrants, who founded many of the city's cultural institutions. By the end of the 19th century, with the shift from steamboats to railroads drawing off freight shipping, trade patterns had altered and Cincinnati's growth slowed considerably. The city was surpassed in population by other inland cities, particularly Chicago, which developed based on strong commodity exploitation, economics, and the railroads, and St. Louis, which for decades after the Civil War served as the gateway to westward migration.
Cincinnati is home to three major sports teams: the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball; the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League; and FC Cincinnati, currently playing in the second division United Soccer League but moving to Major League Soccer (Division 1) in 2019. The city's largest institution of higher education, the University of Cincinnati, was founded in 1819 as a municipal college and is now ranked as one of the 50 largest in the United States. Cincinnati is home to historic architecture with many structures in the urban core having remained intact for 200 years. In the late 1800s, Cincinnati was commonly referred to as the "Paris of America", due mainly to such ambitious architectural projects as the Music Hall, Cincinnatian Hotel, and Shillito Department Store. Cincinnati is the birthplace of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States.
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Cité Impériale de Hué (Vietnam)
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Château de Chenonceau (Indre et Loire)
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Hace casi dos años, cuando empezaron los bombardeos del ejercito israelí contra Gaza, me hice esta fotografía y la puse aquí, en Flickr. Muchos recordaréis los problemas que tuve, pues me la robaron desde un Flickr de la Comunidad Judía de Murcia, y la utilizaron como imagen "antisemita".
Después de días de conversaciones con ellos, y haciendoles razonar de que repudiaba cualquier tipo de muerte, ya fuese judía o palestina, y que sólo me postulaba de una parte, dentro de mi ignorancia, desde el mayor de los respetos hacia la raza humana; retiraron esta imagen, y me pidieron disculpas en nombre de la Comunidad Judía española.
Hoy, vuelvo a sacarla a la palestra, con un monocromo, un negro que empaña la absurda "hazaña", a mi entender, del ejército y el ministerio de defensa judío. El asalto con las consecuentes muertes al barco de ayuda humanitaria que se dirigía a Gaza es intolerable, y un asesinato contra la humanidad.
Esta vez no habían integristas escondido en hospitales, como excusa, esta vez han declarado la guerra al Mundo, pero a nuestros dirigentes, les falta valor para toser al imperio judío.
Descansen en paz esas víctimas ...
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Almost two years ago when they started the bombing of the Israeli army against Gaza, I made this picture and put it here on Flickr. Many will remember the problems I had, because I stole it from Flickr of the Jewish Community of Murcia, and used as image "anti-Semitic."
After days of talks with them and making them think he repudiated any death, whether Jewish or Palestinian, and I postulated that only a part, in my ignorance, from the greatest of respect towards the human race; withdrew this picture, and I apologized on behalf of the Spanish Jewish community.
Today, I return to bring it to the fore, with a monochrome, a black blur the absurd "exploit", in my opinion, the army and the defense ministry Jew. The assault with the consequent deaths of humanitarian aid ship bound for Gaza is intolerable, and murder against humanity.
This time there were fundamentalists hiding in hospitals, as an excuse, this time they have declared war on the world, but our leaders lack the courage to cough Jewish empire.
Those victims rest in peace ...
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"Roasting Jack"
Hospices de Beaune (Bourgogne - Côte d'Or)
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Dans le bois de Boulogne. Le contraste m’a frappé entre la beauté poétique face à moi et ce symbole du libéralisme pur et sans âme en toile de fond.
VT643 exploité par la DB, prêt au départ en gare de Wissembourg, pour assurer le train n° 81420 pour Neustadt Weinstrasse Hbf.
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"Attractive Domain"
Château privé dans les environs de Grenand-lès-Sombernon (Côte d'Or)
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Réseau : R'Bus (Argenteuil)
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Lieu : Île-de-France (Argenteuil, F-95)
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Exploiting the food in our kitchen.
Lighting: Lit with a YN560-III in a 24 inch soft box at camera left, and another YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite soft box at camera right. The lights were to the side and slightly pointed towards the center. I wanted side lighting for the shadows that define shapes and textures. The strobes, in manual mode, were adjusted until I got the look I wanted. I converted the image to black and white using Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro 2.
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In Hindu society, fire walking is an important ritual, practiced by certain sections of Hindu society and considered as a physical and spiritual exploit; the ceremonial involves walking over a bed of coals, an act of self purification performed by men and women of all ages; the ritual is known as thimithi and dedicated to ‘Draupadi Amman of Mahabharata’ – an important female deity associated with Shakti cult in Tamil Culture and also to numerous other village deities found in South India, which are directly or indirectly related to Shakti cult; for some devotees it is part of a vow in which they promise to walk on fire in exchange for a wish granted by Amman, believing that if they are blessed by Amman then they will come out unscathed; I even saw some people carrying their children on their shoulders as part of the rite; Men can walk on fire because coal from wood has less thermal capacities, which means that less heat is transferred to the feet while crossing on fire; the period of contact between burning coals and feet is for a very short moment, but even with those scientific explanations, you need a lot of courage to enter the inferno as temperature rises all around; after the walk on fire, the family comes to the devotee and bless him
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Les RhB connaissent en 2020 une vague de modernisation sans précédent, tant pour le renouvellement du matériel roulant, la rénovation des gares et l'adaptation de l'infrastructure.
56 rames à quatre caisses "Capricorn" de Stadler sont en cours de livraison.
Les gares sont adaptées pour répondre aux normes PMR et l'infrastructure ferroviaire subit de nombreux chantiers pour améliorer la fluidité de l'exploitation.
Des séries de véhicules typiques sont appelées à disparaître prochainement et des gares perdront leur "cachet" romantique, tout en y gagnant en accessibilité.
L'Allegra RTZ ABe 4/16 3102 traverse le nouveau pont sur le Hinterrhein sur un S1 à destination de Rhäzüns.
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Hm. Day 100.
Not sure where time has gone.
At the same time....I was all excited about making it 100 days (gracefully or not) and a lovely co-worker was kind enough to point out
"You're not even one-third of the way."
Hmmph. Aaaaaannnd now I'm making my pensive face.
Bah. I'm still here, so apparently, I'm stayin'.
P.S. Alternate here. ................and this one HAS candid bra straps. Dammit, now I'm like, all super conscious of them!!!!!!!
"The prettiest for Madame"
SCOOTER MANURHIN - RETRO PASSION 2018 - Chevigny St Sauveur (COTE D'OR)
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Balades tout autour de Port-Vendres, chemins de randonnée, sentier du littoral, sentier d'exploitation des vignes ou simplement buissons et fleurs des jardins méditerranéens... avec les chaussures adéquates et même si le terrain est un peu pentu quelque fois, cela en vaut la peine!
Immortelle commune, ou Helichrysum stoechas
Quelques mots sur ces vertus médicinales: ... en fait elle pâtit de sa comparaison avec sa cousine italienne plus performante! toutefois elle possède aussi des pouvoirs cicatrisants ou veinotoniques et elle peut être un bon soutien pour les soins des hématomes ou des plaies. Mais attention à ne pas la cueillir sans scrupule... c'est une espèce protégée!
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Les VBZ à la dérive!
Après la remise en service commercial des deux motrices historiques Mirage sans arriver à exploiter les lignes avec les convois prévus, une (nouvelle) rupture d'un cardan de transmission sur une motrice Cobra (Be 5/6 3001-3088) en date du 24 décembre 2018 (!) a nécessité trois mois plus tard (!) des mesures d'urgence en vigueur dès le 22 mars 2019 pour une durée indéterminée:
1) réduction de la vitesse maximale des Cobra à 42 km/h et 12 km/h sur les appareils de voie
2) pour limiter sectoriellement les retards attribution des Cobra aux lignes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13 et 17.
Les autres lignes, y compris les lignes 10 et 12 du Glattalbahn, sont exploitées avec des convois Tram 2000 sans garantie d'accès surbaissé.
De plus, à partir du 1 janvier 2019 et avec une arrogance toute zürichoise, des mangers des VBZ ont imposé unilatéralement au TMZ l'immobilisation de pas moins de cinq motrices historiques sous le prétexte fallacieux de délai de révision. C'est faire bien peu de cas du sérieux du travail exécuté depuis plus de cinquante ans par les membres actifs du TMZ.
Si ces bureaucrates ne sont pas en mesure de comprendre la logique différence entre un simple contrôle technique et une inutile révision sur des véhicules en parfait état budgetée à un prix exorbitant ils n'ont certainement pas les compétences requises pour occuper leur poste et ils devraient être poussés vers la sortie par tous les moyens légaux disponibles!
La motrice historique Be 4/6 1674 en service régulier sur la ligne 8 précède l'autobus Neoplan 521 de la ligne 83.
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Forêt de Chevigny St Sauveur (Côte d'Or)
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From a raptor shoot about half a decade ago.. This may be a version of Grey Goshawk (help please)
I remember listening to a photography talk when the speaker insisted on taking as many photos as possible because there will always be leisure & retirement, when we could work on them. Though I do not have leisure, my travels and photo exploits have reduced considerably. I had come out of the talk, took his advice and spend relaxing hours editing them. It delights my heart to look at unedited folders
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati (/ˌsɪnsɪˈnæti/ SIN-sih-NAT-ee) is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the government seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers. The city drives the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington combined statistical area, which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census making it Ohio's largest metropolitan area. With a population of 301,301, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 65th in the United States. Its metropolitan area is the fastest growing economic power in the Midwestern United States based on increase of economic output and it is the 28th-biggest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. Cincinnati is also within a half day's drive of sixty percent of the United States populace.
In the nineteenth century, Cincinnati was an American boomtown in the heart of the country. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was listed among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-biggest city for a period spanning 1840 until 1860. As Cincinnati was the first city founded after the American Revolution, as well as the first major inland city in the country, it is regarded as the first purely "American" city.
Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than east coast cities in the same period. However, it received a significant number of German immigrants, who founded many of the city's cultural institutions. By the end of the 19th century, with the shift from steamboats to railroads drawing off freight shipping, trade patterns had altered and Cincinnati's growth slowed considerably. The city was surpassed in population by other inland cities, particularly Chicago, which developed based on strong commodity exploitation, economics, and the railroads, and St. Louis, which for decades after the Civil War served as the gateway to westward migration.
Cincinnati is home to three major sports teams: the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball; the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League; and FC Cincinnati, currently playing in the second division United Soccer League but moving to Major League Soccer (Division 1) in 2019. The city's largest institution of higher education, the University of Cincinnati, was founded in 1819 as a municipal college and is now ranked as one of the 50 largest in the United States. Cincinnati is home to historic architecture with many structures in the urban core having remained intact for 200 years. In the late 1800s, Cincinnati was commonly referred to as the "Paris of America", due mainly to such ambitious architectural projects as the Music Hall, Cincinnatian Hotel, and Shillito Department Store. Cincinnati is the birthplace of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States.
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Le Limmattalbahn LTB, exploité par la société AVA et ligne 20 du réseau zürichois, Zürich, Bahnhof Altstetten - Killwangen, Bahnhof a été inauguré le 9 décembre 2022. Le lendemain, à la veille de la mise en service régulière, des festivités pour le public ont été organisées au dépôt Müsli et la ligne exploitée gratuitement à la cadence de 15 minutes de 12:00 à 20:00 heures entre Schlieren, Geiisweid et Killwangen, Bahnhof avec exceptionnellement et dans chaque sens un crochet par le raccordement de service à voie unique menant au dépôt.
Une météo hivernale froide et humide a déplacé une foule bien supérieure aux attentes et a constitué un baptême du feu pour les nouvelles motrices Tramlink prises d'assaut.
La Be 6/8 8007 arrive au dépôt Müsli en direction de Killwangen, Bahnhof.
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En raison des attaques terroristes de la Russie sur l'Ukraine mais aussi
des menaces de l'Ambassade Russe en Suisse contre le journal zürichois NZZ et
les dégâts infligés au tram Mirage 339 de Vinnytsia portant les couleurs de la Suisse
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Merci de votre compréhension.
Kavala (Greek: Καβάλα) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos. Kavala is located on the Egnatia motorway and is a one and a half-hour drive to Thessaloniki (160 kilometres (99 miles) west) and a forty-minute drive to Drama (37 km (23 miles) north) and Xanthi (56 km (35 miles) east). Its nickname is The cyan city (Η γαλάζια πόλη).
History
Antiquity
The city was founded at about the end of the 7th century BC by settlers from Thassos, who called it Neapolis (Νεάπολις; "new city" in Greek). It was one of the colonies that the Thassians founded along the coastline in order to take advantage of the rich gold and silver mines of the territory, especially those located in the nearby Pangaion mountain (which were eventually exploited by Phillip the Second of Macedonia).
The worship of "Parthenos", a female deity of Greek–Ionian origin, is archaeologically attested in the archaic period. At the end of the 6th century BC Neapolis claimed its independence from Thassos and cut its own silver coins with the head of Gorgo (γοργὀνειο) on the one side. At the beginning of the 5th century BC a large Ionic temple made from thassian marble replaced the archaic one. Parts of it can now be seen in the archaeological museum of Kavala.
In 411 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, Neapolis was besieged by the allied armies of the Spartans and the Thassians but remained faithful to Athens. Two Athenian honorary decrees in 410 and 407 BC rewarded Neapolis for its loyalty.
Neapolis was a town of Macedonia, located 14 km (9 mi) from the harbor of Philippi. Neapolis was a member of the Athenian League; a pillar found in Athens mentions the contribution of Neapolis to the alliance.
Roman Era
The military Roman road Via Egnatia passed through the city helped commerce to flourish. It became a Roman civitas in 168 BC, and was a base for Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC, before their defeat in the Battle of Philippi. (Appian, B.C. iv. 106; Dion Cass. xlvii. 35.). The Apostle Paul landed at Kavala on his first voyage to Europe (Acts, xvi. 11).
Byzantine Era
In the 6th century, Byzantine emperor Justinian I fortified the city in an effort to protect it from barbaric raids. In later Byzantine times the city was called Christoupolis (Χριστούπολις, "city of Christ") and belonged to the theme of Macedonia. The first mention of the new name is recorded in a taktikon of the early 9th century. The city is also mentioned in the "Life of St. Gregory of Dekapolis". In the 8th and 9th century, Bulgarian attacks forced the Byzantines to reorganize the defense of the area, giving great care to Christoupolis with fortifications and a notable garrison. In 926 the Byzantine general (strategos) Basil Klaudon reconstructed the fallen walls of the city, ("τα πριν φθαρέντα και πεπτωκότα τείχη") according to an inscription that is now in the archaeological museum of Kavala. Due to the location of Christoupolis, the city experienced an economic resurgence, securing the contact between Constantinople and Thessaloniki. During the Norman raid of Macedonia in 1185, the city was captured and burned. In 1302, the Catalans failed to capture the city. In order to prevent them from coming back, the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos built a new long defensive wall ("το παρά την Χριστούπολιν τείχισμα"). In the 13th century the Byzantine Greek historian George Akropolites writes that the city and the area around the city is highly populated with Bulgarians and this makes it more difficult to keep the city as a part of Bizantium.[2] In 1357 it is mentioned that the Byzantine officers and brothers Alexios and John controlled the city and its territory. Recent excavations have revealed the ruins of an early Byzantine basilica under an old Ottoman mosque in the old part of the city (Panagia peninsula). This Christian temple was used until the late Byzantine era, as the also recently revealed small cemetery around it shows. The Ottoman Turks first captured the city in 1387 and completely destroyed it in 1391, as a Mount Athos chronicle testifies.
Ottoman Era
Kavala was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1387 to 1912. In the middle of the 16th century, Ibrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent, contributed to the prosperity and growth of Kavala by the construction of an aqueduct.[3] The Ottomans also extended the Byzantine fortress on the hill of Panagia. Both landmarks are among the most recognizable symbols of the city today.
Mehmet Ali, the founder of a dynasty that ruled Egypt, was born in Kavala in 1769. His house has been preserved as a museum.
Modern Kavala
Kavala was briefly occupied by the Bulgarians during the first Balkan War in 1912, but was finally captured by Greece in 1913 during a successful landing operation by the Greek Navy that was commanded by the famous admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis. During World War I Kavala suffered from the Bulgarian military occupation with many victims among its Greek population.[citation needed] After the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, the city entered a new era of prosperity because of the labour offered by the thousands of refugees that moved to the area from Asia Minor. The development was both industrial and agricultural. Kavala became greatly involved in the processing and trading of tobacco. Many buildings related to the storage and processing of tobacco from that era are preserved in the city.
During World War II and after the fall of Athens, the Nazis awarded Kavala to their Bulgarian allies in 1941, causing the city to suffer once again, but finally was liberated in 1944.
In the late 1950s Kavala expanded towards the sea by reclaiming land from the area west of the port.
In 1967, King Constantine II left Athens for Kavala in an unsuccessful attempt to launch a counter-coup against the military junta.
Etymology
In antiquity the name of the city was Neapolis. During the Middle Ages it was Christoupolis. The etymology of the modern name of the city is disputed. There are some explanations, either from the Italian cavallo (=horse), or from the Hebrew Kabbalah due to the large Jewish population of the city.
Climate
Kavala has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification "Cfa") that borders on an semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification "BSk" or "BSh" depending on the system used) with annual average precipitation of 460 mm (18.1 in). Snowfalls are sporadic, but happen more or less every year. The humidity is always very high
The absolute maximum temperature ever recorded was 38.0 °C (100 °F), while the absolute minimum ever recorded was −5.8 °C (22 °F).
Education/Research
The Technological Educational Institute (panoramic view).TEI of Kavala: The Technological Educational Institute of Kavala (Greek: ΤΕΙ Καβάλας) is a public institute providing education at university level in the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. The main campus of the institute located in St. Lukas, Kavala and is approximately 132,000 m2 with buildings covering an area of 36,000 m2.The campus is home for 2 faculties (Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Faculty of Business and Economics) with totally 9 departments.
Fisheries Research Institute:[5] Fisheries Research Institute (F.R.I) is one of the five specialized research institutes of N.AG.RE.F, being responsible to conduct research and to promote technological development in the fishery sector. The Institute is located 17 km (11 mi) away from Kavala, in Nea Peramos, at the centre of a marine area with rich fishery grounds and high biodiversity in the surrounding lagoons, lakes and rivers.
Institute of Mohamed Ali for the Research of the Eastern Tradition (I.M.A.R.E.T.):[6] I.M.A.R.E.T. is a registered NGO with the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was established several months ago by concerned citizens in Kavala, Greece. Its aims include the study of the Egyptian influence in Greece and vice versa. The intra-cultural exchange and dialogue, as well as the promotion of art as a means of intra-cultural understanding. The first major co-operation partner is Cultnat of Bibliotheca Alaxandrina with the aim of documenting and digitizing the architectural heritage of the Mohamed Ali era in Egypt and Greece. Most important event that take place every year at the institute is the International Roman Law Moot Court Competition.
Historical & Literary Archives of Kavala:[7] It is purely a non-profiteering, public utility foundation. The foundation of the Historical & Literary Archives of Kavala is not subsidized by the Greek State, neither by any other enterprise of the private sector. Its operational cost is covered only by its founders and by infrequent aids of the local self-government.
Egnatia Aviation:[8] It is a private training college for pilots that started training in Greece in July 2006. The facilities of Egnatia Aviation mostly located in the former passenger’s terminal of the Kavala International Airport "Alexander the Great".
Culture
Festivals and events
Kavala hosts a wide array of cultural events, which mostly take place during the summer months. The top festival is the Festival of Philippi,[9] which lasts from July to September and includes theatrical performances and music concerts. Since 1957, it has been the city's most important cultural event and one of the most important of Greece.
Cosmopolis is an International Festival held in the Old Town of Kavala that offers an acquaintance with cultures around the world through dancing and musical groups, traditional national cuisines, cinema, and exhibits at the kiosks of the participant countries.
Giannis Papaioannou’s Festival includes concerts and music seminars.[10]
Ilios ke Petra (Sun and Stone)(July): a Festival held in “Akontisma” of Nea Karvali. The event is of folkloric character, with the participation of traditional dancing groups from all over the world.
Wood Water Wild Festival:[11] Wood Water Wild is an outdoor activities festival, inspired by nature. It includes live bands & DJ sets, body&mind activities, a book fair, outdoor theatre, ecology, camping, and debates.
Kavala AirSea Show:[12] An annual air show, which takes place during the last days of June
Besides, various cultural events are held in all municipalities of Kavala during the summer months.
Cuisine
Fish and sea food, as well as the products of the local livestock breeding and agricultural sectors are the prevailing elements of Kavala courses. In Kavala, the traditional local recipes have been influenced by the cuisine of the refugees from Pontos, Asia Minor and Kappadokia. Fresh fish and sea food, salted food, mackerel "gouna" (sun dried mackerel on the grill), sardine pantremeni, mussels with rice, herring saganaki, anchovies wrapped in grape leaves, Stuffed eggplant: these are some very renowned recipes in Kavala and the coastal settlements of the region. The grapes, wine and tsipouro produced in the area, as well as the kourabiedes (sugar-coated almond biscuits) from Nea Karvali are particularly famous.
Municipality
The municipality of Kavala was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[13]
Municipal units (former municipalities):
Kavala
Filippoi
Municipal unit
Kavala 58,790
Filippoi 11,711
The population of the new municipality is 70,501 and the area is 350,61 km2. The seat of the municipality is in Kavala. Some of the most important communities inside new municipality are:
Population
Kavala 56,371
Krinides 3,365
Amigdaleonas 2,724
Nea Karvali 2,225
Zygos 2,057
Subdivisions
Kavala is built amphitheatrically, with most residents enjoying superb views of the coast and sea. Some of the regions inside Kavala are:
Agia Varvara Agios Athanasios Agios Ioannis Agios Loukas Chilia
Dexameni Kalamitsa Kentro Neapolis Panagia
Perigiali Potamoudia Profitis Ilias Timios Stavros Vyronas
Province
The province of Kavala (Greek: Επαρχία Καβάλας) was one of the provinces of the Kavala Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Kavala, and part of the municipal unit Eleftheroupoli.[14] It was abolished in 2006.
Transport
Highway Network
European route E90 runs through the city and connects Kavala with the other cities. The Egnatia Motorway (A2) lies north of the city. One can enter the city from one of two Junctions; 'Kavala West' and 'Kavala East'.Kavala has regular connection with Interregional Bus Lines (KTEL) from and to Thessaloniki and Athens.
Airport
The Kavala International Airport "Alexander the Great" (27 km (17 mi) from Kavala) is connected with Athens by regularly scheduled flights and with many European cities by scheduled and charter flights.
Port
Kavala is connected with all the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea with frequent itineraries of various ferry lines.
Bus
The city is connected with all of the large Greek cities such as Thessaloniki and Athens. All of the local villages are also connected via bus lines. The cost of tickets is very cheap. There is also a shuttle bus in Kavala with these lines : 1. Vironas - Kallithea 2. Dexameni 3. Cemetery 4. Kipoupoli - Technological Institute 5. Agios Loukas 6. Profitis Ilias 7. Stadium 8. Kalamitsa - Batis ( only in summer ) 9. Agios Konstantinos 10. Neapoli 11. Hospital - Perigiali
Sports
Kavala F.C.: AO Kavala (Greek: Athlitikos Omilos Kavala, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα), the Athletic Club Kavala, is a professional association football club based in the city of Kavala, Greece.The club plays in the Municipal Kavala Stadium "Anthi Karagianni".[15]
Kavala B.C.: Enosi Kalathosfairisis Kavalas (Greek: Ένωση Καλαθοσφαίρισης Καβάλας - Basketball Union of Kavala) is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Kavala, Greece. The club is also known as E.K. Kavalas. The club's full Greek name is Ένωση Καλαθοσφαίρισης Καβάλας. Which means, Kavala Basketball Union or Kavala Basketball Association in English. The club competes in the Greek League.
Kavala '86: A women football club, founded in 1986, with panhellenic titles in Greek women football.
Kavala Chess Club:[16] Chess is very popular in Kavala and the local chess club ranks top in Greece, enjoying plenty of success both domestically and internationally. The highlight has to be the club's annual International Open, that takes place every August in Kavala and attracts the biggest names in chess from all over the globe
Nautical Club of Kavala (1945, Ναυτικός Ομιλος Καβάλας, ΝΟΚ). Sports of sea (swimming, yachting,water-polo,diving e.t.c.)
Kavala Titans (2009, Τιτάνες Καβάλας). Rugby Union
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Kavala is twinned with:
Bulgaria Gabrovo, Bulgaria (1975)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994)
Germany Nuremberg, Germany (1998)
Partnerships
Morocco Agadir, Morocco (2001)
Armenia Martuni, Armenia (2001)
Turkey Tekirdağ, Turkey (2003)
Bulgaria Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria (2003)
Serbia Vranje, Serbia (2009)
Postage stamps
Austria opened a post office in Kavala before 1864.[18] Between 1893 and 1903, the French post office in the city issued its own postage stamps; at first stamps of France overprinted with "Cavalle" and a value in piasters, then in 1902 the French designs inscribed "CAVALLE".
Historical population
1961 44,517 44,978 -
1971 46,234 46,887 -
1981 56,375 56,705 -
1991 56,571 58,025 -
2001 58,663 63,293 -
2011 54,027 58,790 70,501
Notable figures
Muhammad Ali Pasha of Kavala, the Albanian Wali (governor) of Egypt between 1805–1848 and founder of the modern state of Egypt
Theodore Kavalliotis, Greek Orthodox priest, teacher and a figure of the Greek Enlightenment
Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and diplomat
George Georgiadis, Greek footballer
Giorgos Heimonas (1938–2000), writer and translator
Nikos Karageorgiou, (born December 9, 1962) Manager of Greek football team Ergotelis, based in Heraklion, Crete
Anthi Karagianni, silver medalist in the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games; the city's Municipal stadium is named after her
Vasilis Karas, Greek singer
Nikos Kourkoulis, Greek singer
Mitsos Partsalidis, first elected "red" (communist) mere in modern Greek history, back in 1.4.1934
Antigone Valakou, actress
Despina Vandi, a Top Greek singer
Thanasis Euthimiadis, a Greek actor
Anna Verouli, 1982 Gold Medalist, European Championship, javelin thrower
Zisis Vryzas (born November 9, 1973), former footballer, currently vicepresident of PAOK FC
Theodoros Zagorakis (born October 27, 1971), former footballer, captain of national team of Greece-European champion 2004, currently president of PAOK FC
Anna Gerasimou, a Greek tennis player
Kleon Krantonellis, Αrchitect
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Croscat, La Garrotxa, Girona, España.
El Croscat es un volcán de estromboliano que se encuentra en el noroeste del municipio de Santa Pau, en la comarca de La Garrotxa en Girona, comunidad autónoma de Cataluña, en España. Forma parte del Parque Natural de la Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa.
El Croscat es el volcán más joven de la zona volcánica de la Garrotxa. Tuvo dos erupciones, la primera y mayor hace 17 000 años, y la segunda hace 11 500 años. La emisión de lavas fluidas y una serie de explosiones de moderada violencia dieron lugar a un cráter en forma de herradura de unos 160 m de altura y un máximo 600 m de largo por 350 m de anchura. En la zona más alta del cráter se hallan los restos de una antigua torre de defensa, que ahora es una torre de comunicaciones.
La colada de lava y el cráter tienen una extensión de unos 20 km2. En la colada de lava se asienta el hayedo de Jordá o Fageda d'en Jordà, su nombre en catalán.
Durante 25 años estuvo dedicado a la explotación de gredas, para la producción de ladrillos y pistas de tenis. Las extracciones del Croscat fueron la principal causa de las movilizaciones populares que hicieron que el Parlamento de Cataluña, en 1982, aprobase la creación del Parque Natural de la Zona Volcánica de la Garrotxa. No obstante, hasta 1991 no se pudieron parar las extracciones, cuando la Generalidad de Cataluña compró la empresa explotadora. Posteriormente, la misma Generalidad expropió los terrenos de la Reserva Natural y procedió a su restauración.
La extracción de gredas o lapilli dio lugar a un impresionante tajo en la parte posterior del cráter, la más alta, de más de 100 m de altura y 500 m de longitud, que se ha convertido en una atracción turística. Las capas más oscuras son las originales de la lava, pero debido a la oxidación, se han formado una serie de capas de colores rojizos y anaranjados muy llamativos.
Fue el último volcán de la Península en entrar en erupción.
Croscat is a strombolian volcano that is located in the northwest of the municipality of Santa Pau, in the region of La Garrotxa in Gerona, autonomous community of Catalonia, in Spain. It is part of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park.
Croscat is the youngest volcano in the Garrotxa volcanic area. It had two eruptions, the first and largest 17,000 years ago, and the second 11,500 years ago. The emission of fluid lava and a series of explosions of moderate violence gave rise to a horseshoe-shaped crater about 160 m high and a maximum of 600 m long by 350 m wide. In the highest part of the crater are the remains of an old defense tower, which is now a communications tower.
The lava flow and the crater have an extension of about 20 km2. The beech forest of Jordá or Fageda d'en Jordà, its name in Catalan, sits in the lava flow.
For 25 years he was dedicated to the exploitation of clay, for the production of bricks and tennis courts. The Croscat extractions were the main cause of the popular mobilizations that made the Parliament of Catalonia, in 1982, approve the creation of the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park. However, until 1991 the extractions could not be stopped, when the Generalitat of Catalonia bought the operating company. Subsequently, the Generalitat itself expropriated the grounds of the Nature Reserve and proceeded with its restoration.
The extraction of clay or lapilli gave rise to an impressive cut at the back of the crater, the tallest, over 100 m high and 500 m long, which has become a tourist attraction. The darker layers are the original layers of lava, but due to oxidation, a series of very striking reddish and orange colors have been formed.
It was the last volcano on the Peninsula to erupt.
Cincinnati (/ˌsɪnsɪˈnæti/ SIN-sih-NAT-ee) is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the government seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers. The city drives the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington combined statistical area, which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census making it Ohio's largest metropolitan area. With a population of 301,301, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 65th in the United States. Its metropolitan area is the fastest growing economic power in the Midwestern United States based on increase of economic output and it is the 28th-biggest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. Cincinnati is also within a half day's drive of sixty percent of the United States populace.
In the nineteenth century, Cincinnati was an American boomtown in the heart of the country. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was listed among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-biggest city for a period spanning 1840 until 1860. As Cincinnati was the first city founded after the American Revolution, as well as the first major inland city in the country, it is regarded as the first purely "American" city.
Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than east coast cities in the same period. However, it received a significant number of German immigrants, who founded many of the city's cultural institutions. By the end of the 19th century, with the shift from steamboats to railroads drawing off freight shipping, trade patterns had altered and Cincinnati's growth slowed considerably. The city was surpassed in population by other inland cities, particularly Chicago, which developed based on strong commodity exploitation, economics, and the railroads, and St. Louis, which for decades after the Civil War served as the gateway to westward migration.
Cincinnati is home to three major sports teams: the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball; the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League; and FC Cincinnati, currently playing in the second division United Soccer League but moving to Major League Soccer (Division 1) in 2019. The city's largest institution of higher education, the University of Cincinnati, was founded in 1819 as a municipal college and is now ranked as one of the 50 largest in the United States. Cincinnati is home to historic architecture with many structures in the urban core having remained intact for 200 years. In the late 1800s, Cincinnati was commonly referred to as the "Paris of America", due mainly to such ambitious architectural projects as the Music Hall, Cincinnatian Hotel, and Shillito Department Store. Cincinnati is the birthplace of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States.
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