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This photo of Hamilton High School in Victoria (Australia) was taken when my mother was in Form 1 (year 7) in 1953. It illustrates my blog post, Quietly Pushing Barriers Aside about a girl learning maths and science in the 1950s.
The form of a bridge pier cap is in place. The bridge pier will hold a southbound SR 99 bridge that will span S. Atlantic Street in Seattle's SODO neighborhood.
Learn more about construction underway to replace the south end of the viaduct.
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars.[citation needed] They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Their flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwestern Africa.[citation needed] Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height.[citation needed] Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses.
ETYMOLOGY
The name rose comes from Latin rosa, which was perhaps borrowed from Oscan, from Greek ρόδον rhódon (Aeolic βρόδον wródon), itself borrowed from Old Persian wrd- (wurdi), related to Avestan varəδa, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr.
BOTANY
The leaves are borne alternately on the stem. In most species they are 5 to 15 centimetres long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. Most roses are deciduous but a few (particularly from Southeast Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.
The flowers of most species have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. There are multiple superior ovaries that develop into achenes. Roses are insect-pollinated in nature.
The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Many of the domestic cultivars do not produce hips, as the flowers are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the dog rose (Rosa canina) and rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.
The sharp growths along a rose stem, though commonly called "thorns", are technically prickles, outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem), unlike true thorns, which are modified stems. Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and Rosa pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight prickles, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses have only vestigial prickles that have no points.
EVOLUTION
About 50 million years ago, the first rose in the Americas were found in modern-day Colorado in the United States. Today's garden roses come from 18th-century China. Among the old Chinese garden roses, the Old Blush group is the most primitive, while newer groups are the most diverse.
SPECIES
The genus Rosa is composed of 140-180 species and divided into four subgenera:
Hulthemia (formerly Simplicifoliae, meaning "with single leaves") containing two species from southwest Asia, Rosa persica and Rosa berberifolia, which are the only roses without compound leaves or stipules.
Hesperrhodos (from the Greek for "western rose") contains Rosa minutifolia and Rosa stellata, from North America.
Platyrhodon (from the Greek for "flaky rose", referring to flaky bark) with one species from east Asia, Rosa roxburghii (also known as the chestnut rose).
Rosa (the type subgenus, sometimes incorrectly called Eurosa) containing all the other roses. This subgenus is subdivided into 11 sections.
Banksianae – white and yellow flowered roses from China.
Bracteatae – three species, two from China and one from India.
Caninae – pink and white flowered species from Asia, Europe and North Africa.
Carolinae – white, pink, and bright pink flowered species all from North America.
Chinensis – white, pink, yellow, red and mixed-colour roses from China and Burma.
Gallicanae – pink to crimson and striped flowered roses from western Asia and Europe.
Gymnocarpae – one species in western North America (Rosa gymnocarpa), others in east Asia.
Laevigatae – a single white flowered species from China.
Pimpinellifoliae – white, pink, bright yellow, mauve and striped roses from Asia and Europe.
Rosa (syn. sect. Cinnamomeae) – white, pink, lilac, mulberry and red roses from everywhere but North Africa.
Synstylae – white, pink, and crimson flowered roses from all areas.
USES
Roses are best known as ornamental plants grown for their flowers in the garden and sometimes indoors. They have been also used for commercial perfumery and commercial cut flower crops. Some are used as landscape plants, for hedging and for other utilitarian purposes such as game cover and slope stabilization.
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
The majority of ornamental roses are hybrids that were bred for their flowers. A few, mostly species roses are grown for attractive or scented foliage (such as Rosa glauca and Rosa rubiginosa), ornamental thorns (such as Rosa sericea) or for their showy fruit (such as Rosa moyesii).
Ornamental roses have been cultivated for millennia, with the earliest known cultivation known to date from at least 500 BC in Mediterranean countries, Persia, and China. It is estimated that 30 to 35 thousand rose hybrids and cultivars have been bred and selected for garden use as flowering plants. Most are double-flowered with many or all of the stamens having morphed into additional petals.
In the early 19th century the Empress Josephine of France patronized the development of rose breeding at her gardens at Malmaison. As long ago as 1840 a collection numbering over one thousand different cultivars, varieties and species was possible when a rosarium was planted by Loddiges nursery for Abney Park Cemetery, an early Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum in England.
CUT FLOWERS
Roses are a popular crop for both domestic and commercial cut flowers. Generally they are harvested and cut when in bud, and held in refrigerated conditions until ready for display at their point of sale.
In temperate climates, cut roses are often grown in greenhouses, and in warmer countries they may also be grown under cover in order to ensure that the flowers are not damaged by weather and that pest and disease control can be carried out effectively. Significant quantities are grown in some tropical countries, and these are shipped by air to markets across the world.
Some kind of roses are artificially coloured using dyed water, like rainbow roses.
PERFUME
Rose perfumes are made from rose oil (also called attar of roses), which is a mixture of volatile essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals of roses. An associated product is rose water which is used for cooking, cosmetics, medicine and religious practices. The production technique originated in Persia and then spread through Arabia and India, and more recently into eastern Europe. In Bulgaria, Iran and Germany, damask roses (Rosa × damascena 'Trigintipetala') are used. In other parts of the world Rosa × centifolia is commonly used. The oil is transparent pale yellow or yellow-grey in colour. 'Rose Absolute' is solvent-extracted with hexane and produces a darker oil, dark yellow to orange in colour. The weight of oil extracted is about one three-thousandth to one six-thousandth of the weight of the flowers; for example, about two thousand flowers are required to produce one gram of oil.
The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and L-citronellol and rose camphor, an odorless solid composed of alkanes, which separates from rose oil. β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.
FOOD AND DRINK
Rose hips are high in vitamin C, are edible raw, and occasionally made into jam, jelly, marmalade, and soup, or are brewed for tea. They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products and some makeup products.
Rose water has a very distinctive flavour and is used in Middle Eastern, Persian, and South Asian cuisine—especially in sweets such as Turkish delight, barfi, baklava, halva, gulab jamun, kanafeh, and nougat. Rose petals or flower buds are sometimes used to flavour ordinary tea, or combined with other herbs to make herbal teas. A sweet preserve of rose petals called Gulkand is common in the Indian subcontinent. The leaves and washed roots are also sometimes used to make tea.
In France, there is much use of rose syrup, most commonly made from an extract of rose petals. In the Indian subcontinent, Rooh Afza, a concentrated squash made with roses, is popular, as are rose-flavoured frozen desserts such as ice cream and kulfi.
The flower stems and young shoots are edible, as are the petals (sans the white or green bases). The latter are usually used as flavouring or to add their scent to food. Other minor uses include candied rose petals.
Rose creams (rose-flavoured fondant covered in chocolate, often topped with a crystallised rose petal) are a traditional English confectionery widely available from numerous producers in the UK.
Under the American Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, there are only certain Rosa species, varieties, and parts are listed as generally recognized as safe (GRAS).
Rose absolute: Rosa alba L., Rosa centifolia L., Rosa damascena Mill., Rosa gallica L., and vars. of these spp.
Rose (otto of roses, attar of roses): Ditto
Rosebuds
Rose flowers
Rose fruit (hips)
Rose leaves: Rosa spp.
MEDICINE
The rose hip, usually from R. canina, is used as a minor source of vitamin C. The fruits of many species have significant levels of vitamins and have been used as a food supplement. Many roses have been used in herbal and folk medicines. Rosa chinensis has long been used in Chinese traditional medicine. This and other species have been used for stomach problems, and are being investigated for controlling cancer growth. In pre-modern medicine, diarrhodon (Gr διάρροδον, "compound of roses", from ῥόδων, "of roses") is a name given to various compounds in which red roses are an ingredient.
ART AND SYMBOLISM
The long cultural history of the rose has led to it being used often as a symbol. In ancient Greece, the rose was closely associated with the goddess Aphrodite. In the Iliad, Aphrodite protects the body of Hector using the "immortal oil of the rose" and the archaic Greek lyric poet Ibycus praises a beautiful youth saying that Aphrodite nursed him "among rose blossoms". The second-century AD Greek travel writer Pausanias associates the rose with the story of Adonis and states that the rose is red because Aphrodite wounded herself on one of its thorns and stained the flower red with her blood. Book Eleven of the ancient Roman novel The Golden Ass by Apuleius contains a scene in which the goddess Isis, who is identified with Venus, instructs the main character, Lucius, who has been transformed into a donkey, to eat rose petals from a crown of roses worn by a priest as part of a religious procession in order to regain his humanity.
Following the Christianization of the Roman Empire, the rose became identified with the Virgin Mary. The colour of the rose and the number of roses received has symbolic representation. The rose symbol eventually led to the creation of the rosary and other devotional prayers in Christianity.
Ever since the 1400s, the Franciscans have had a Crown Rosary of the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the 1400s and 1500s, the Carthusians promoted the idea of sacred mysteries associated with the rose symbol and rose gardens. Albrecht Dürer's painting The Feast of the Rosary (1506) depicts the Virgin Mary distributing garlands of roses to her worshippers.
Roses symbolised the Houses of York and Lancaster in a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.
Roses are a favored subject in art and appear in portraits, illustrations, on stamps, as ornaments or as architectural elements. The Luxembourg-born Belgian artist and botanist Pierre-Joseph Redouté is known for his detailed watercolours of flowers, particularly roses.
Henri Fantin-Latour was also a prolific painter of still life, particularly flowers including roses. The rose 'Fantin-Latour' was named after the artist.
Other impressionists including Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir have paintings of roses among their works. In the 19th century, for example, artists associated the city of Trieste with a certain rare white rose, and this rose developed as the city's symbol. It was not until 2021 that the rose, which was believed to be extinct, was rediscovered there.
In 1986 President Ronald Reagan signed legislation to make the rose the floral emblem of the United States.
Pests and diseases
Wild roses are host plants for a number of pests and diseases. Many of these affect other plants, including other genera of the Rosaceae.
Cultivated roses are often subject to severe damage from insect, arachnid and fungal pests and diseases. In many cases they cannot be usefully grown without regular treatment to control these problems.
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These photos caputure the festivity of Dahi Handi (pot of curd), which is popular in Maharashtra to celebrate.Janmashtami, the birth day of Lord Krishna. In the month of August- September.
Krishna would love to eat butter and curd, this would be kept in pots hanging from the roof tops.
So as a child he and his friend would form a human pyramid (just like in the photos) to reach the pots and steal the butter. He would enter the houses of the many gopis and carry out his mischief. In spite of this he was loved by one and all.
There are many folk tales and songs spun around this story and are very popular all over India.
This is called Dahi Handi in Maharashtra, were people will tie the dahi handi along with some cash award. During the day various groups come and take the challenge by building mult-story human layers.
At the place were I took these photos the qualifying levels were seven human layers.
In the evening the qualified groups take the challenge of going even higher. At this place the max layers which were made was 9 human layer. This is believed to be a world record.
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Waits to form a Reading service. These units are to be re-formed into 5 car units using spare cars from class 460's (former Gatwick Express Units).
Form III - class signatures.
Not an ink splodge in sight, just a little smudge done in the last 50 odd years.
Current transport takes the form of this awesome Mercedes E-class saloon. Its a 2004 model built in Germany and shipped to New Zealand. After a short spell in Northern Ireland it finally came to the UK mainland in 2014. I acquired it for £5800 with only 56,000 miles on the clock and in almost perfect condition; not bad for a £40,000 car when new. It's 3.2 litre M112 V6 petrol engine produces 221bhp and 315N.m torque, with a 0-62mph dash in 7.1 seconds. It has one of the sweetest engines this side of a V8.
13.03.2015 w/ Form, Antilopengang
Pics: Rebecca Schweier
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El pensador
En un principio, esta escultura fue concebida para formar parte de una puerta monumental, La puerta del Infierno, destinada a su vez a un futuro museo de artes decorativas. Colocada en el centro del tímpano, representaba a Dante, al poeta, al creador, meditando sobre su obra. La pieza fue posteriormente aislada de dicho contexto y se expuso por primera vez en 1888, luego fue ampliada y tomó el nombre de El pensador.
El cuerpo tenso, “parece haberse convertido en cerebro”, hasta los mismos dedos de los pies, agarrados al borde de la roca. La totalidad de El pensador refleja la actividad del pensamiento, que se expresa a través de cada uno de los músculos perceptibles bajo la piel.
Imagen del trabajo intenso en reposo, de la fuerza sometida al acto del pensamiento, la escultura muestra el contraste entre un cuerpo atlético listo para la acción y su actividad inmóvil, que recuerda la postura tradicional de la meditación.
La obra tuvo una dimensión simbólica. En 1906 se lanzó una suscripción pública y el bronce definitivo fue ofrecido “al pueblo de París”. El pensador se inauguró ante el Panteón el 21 de abril de 1906, y aparecía así como un símbolo de la democracia frente a los problemas sociales y políticos de la época. En 1922 fue desplazada y trasferida al Musée Ridin, con lo que perdió dicha carga simbólica y recuperó su carácter artístico.
El pensaror continúa marcando a las masas, y las conciencias. En 1993 se expuso en la plaza Tiananmen de Pekín, silencioso pero terriblemente presente, como un resistente fiel a su causa.
En 2003, el Estado francés lo eligió para conmemorar el 40 aniversario del Tratado del Elíseo, en Berlín, y fue colocado en la Pariser Platz, delante de la emblemática puerta de Brandeburgo. Finalmente, en la primavera de 2007, representó a Francia en una gran exposición realizada en el marco de las celebraciones del 50 aniversario del Tratado de Roma, en Italia.
Lo que es sin duda una de las más célebres esculturas abandonada ahora el espacio tradicional del museo y sale a la calle, al encuentro de los viandantes, de la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria y su habitantes.
Si deseas contemplarla puedes verla en la calle Mayor de Triana, de la capital de Canarias, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, del 2 de diciembre de 2010 al 16 de enero de 2011.
Hélèn Marraud, Comisaria de la exposición.
Chocolate sponge sandwiched with chocolate buttercream ganache and covered in a mix of fondant and chocolate flavoured fondant. All decorated to look like Alakay from the film Madagascar.
This image is the definition of photo manipulation as this is actually a photo of a curtain formed and shaped in photo shop into a male form.
A happy group with just a master and headmaster to control them, no such things as classroom assistants are needed
(KIKA) Milano Glasvegas magazzini generali
I Glasvegas si formano nel 2003 a Glasgow, e la formazione del gruppo consiste in James Allan (voce e chitarra), suo cugino Rab Allan (chitarra), Paul Donoghue (basso) e Ryan Ross (batteria). Il gruppo gira la Scozia in tour dal 2003 al 2005, pubblicazione un singolo ad edizione limitata I'm Gonna Get Stabbed/Ina Lvs Rab nel maggio 2004. Ryan Ross lasciò il gruppo a fine 2004, per trasferirsi negli Stati Uniti. Nel dicembre 2005 Ross viene sostiutito da una nuova batterista, Caroline McKay. Il 20 ottobre 2006 viene pubblicato un altro singolo Go Square Go!.
Il 5 dicembre 2007 il gruppo riesce a pubblicare un altro singolo Daddy's Gone, che ottiene un discreto apprezzamento, soprattutto da parte della critica musicale, al punto che la rivista britannica New Musical Express lo nomina come il secondo miglior singolo dell'anno.Dopo aver pubblicato un altro singolo, It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry il 14 febbraio 2008], il gruppo ottiene un contratto da parte della Columbia Records, i Glasvegas vincono il NME Award e registrano il loro primo album Glasvegas, prodotto da James Allan e Rich Costey. L'album viene pubblicato l'8 settembre 2008, e comprende una nuova registrazione di Daddy's Gone oltre che It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry e I'm Gonna Get Stabbed (reintitolato Stabbed e con un campionamento della Sonata per pianoforte n. 14 (Beethoven) di beethoven), oltre che nuovi brani.
Nell'ottobre 2008, i Glasvegas hanno registrato A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss) un mini album natalizio, pubblicato l'1 dicembre.Nel gennaio 2009 il gruppo ha iniziato un tour negli Stati Uniti e nel Regno Unito.
Nel 2008 i Glasvegas hanno ricevuto tre nomination per i Rockbjörnen, riconoscimenti per la musica assegnati in Svezia: "miglior gruppo internazionale", "miglior album album internazionale" (per Glasvegas) e "miglior canzone internazionale" (Geraldine).
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I created this Dress Form Jewelry hanger for Bobbi Ann for a swap that Melanie is hosting with the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group.
Proseguono con successo gli incontri organizzati da FotoFucina dedicati alla cultura fotografica. In occasione del prossimo appuntamento, mercoledì 28 maggio alle 19.30, FotoFucina accoglierà gli amici dell’Associazione Culturale Positivo Diretto, che presenteranno un percorso tematico legato alla Fotografia Contemporanea. Attraverso una breve digressione storica si prenderanno in analisi esperienze artistiche e progetti di autori italiani e stranieri che si sono approcciati alla disciplina fotografica in maniera personale, producendo case histories esclusive.
Positivo Diretto, collettivo di giovani pugliesi professionisti in diverse discipline legate all’arte e al mondo della cultura, è l’ideatore del format Bitume Photofest (www.bitumephotofest.org), il primo festival urbano dedicato alla Fotografia Contemporanea, che avrà luogo a Lecce il prossimo Settembre, ed invaderà il territorio cittadino con una proposta di fruizione culturale piuttosto insolita, ospitando inoltre a Lecce professionisti della fotografia noti a livello internazionale, che prenderanno parte al percorso formativo e divulgativo del festival, in occasione di preziosi e gratuiti momenti di formazione.
In occasione dell’incontro, nel corso della serata, gli amici di Positivo Diretto presenteranno ufficialmente il loro primo progetto editoriale, Carte d’imbarco: il titolo della pubblicazione rimanda vagamente ad antiche tipologie di oggetti fotografici, come le "cartes de visite", e naturalmente all’idea di accesso ad altri mondi, temporali ed immaginifici. È un piccolo ed emozionante progetto editoriale dedicato all’immagine fotografica e alla scrittura, complici alcune fotografie recuperate da botteghe e mercati antiquari dei primi del 1900.
Così si descrive il progetto: "Per questioni radicate nella storia di ciascuno di noi, c'è grande interesse non solo per l'immagine fotografica, ma anche per il legame - non sempre facile o scontato - che essa ha da sempre avuto con la scrittura; la passione per l'autoproduzione editoriale e il visual design completano il cerchio. Da qui la prima tappa del progetto, la prima pubblicazione di questa collana editoriale: invitare i primi cinque scrittori e invitarli a farsi trascinare all'interno dell’oggetto fotografico a loro affidato. Fotografie di sconosciuti, fotografie "di nessuno", espropriate e ritornate ad essere magma visuale fuori dalla raccolta, fuori da quel cassetto, da quell’album, fotografie di chi non c'è più o di chi le ha perdute, fotografie che viaggiano di mano in mano, rafforzandosi della loro natura di portali, di fessura verso l'immaginazione, verso il viaggio. Carte d’imbarco."
The Tree of Life symbolizes virtues like wisdom, strength, protection, beauty, bounty and redemption. We as humans develop 'roots' of our beliefs, 'branch out' by means of wisdom and the 'trunk' (mind & body) keeps them connected.
Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil - 17/06/2019 - Laranjeiras - CBI - Olympico Club.
Campeonato Brasileiro Interclubes Sub-15 Feminino de Vôlei.
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This specimen is about 9" long and seen at a vendor from Madagascar at the Tucson Rock and Gem Show 2012. The label of this large pile of rocks says "Astimaliti" but I can find no reference online to the term. The best I can figure is that the specimens are a form of concretion that form around a central "seed", from sand, gypsum, mud or shale.
This is how the patinated marble turned out. It is not as vivid and clean as it was in the progress steps but this is it's OWN colour and I think the darker clouds give it an interesting texture.
The pendant is carved from Carrara marble. The back of the pendant is an intense shape while the front is the colour with the lack of any shape. Like a painting.
The front is treated with paraffin wax and polished. The cord is kauchuk (natural rubber).
Front: 47.5 x 20.1 mm
Depth: 15 mm
Weight (without cord): 28.3 gramms
didn't have a high speed camera to compare my running form barefoot (Vibram) vs. with shoes. So I used a stroboscopic flash to try to get an idea of it.
Kinda has a cool look to it. Need to figure out how to get it off-camera and do this. My Radio Poppers won't trigger the stroboscopic feature... Guess that's a TTL feature. :-\
2019 marked the very first Spring Navaratri held by Bhakti Marga at SPN. Although we normally celebrate Divine Mother with this festival of 'Nine Nights' in the fall, this year we held it in the Spring too. Devotees came from all over to spend the nights dancing and singing and worshiping each of the nine forms of Divine Mother, with Paramahamsa Vishwananda joining them all for the final days.
This year was also marked by a simultaneous celebration of Ram Navami on its last day, plus a 3-day inauguration ceremony for the new Shree Peetha Nilaya Panduranga Mandir.
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Der Weinstadel zählt zu den schönsten Gebäuden Nürnbergs. Zwei Fachwerkgeschosse kragen über dem Erdgeschoss aus Sandsteinquadern vor. An der Stirnseite zur Pegnitz befinden sich Holzgalerien mit metallenen Wasserspeiern, zum Henkersteg hin eine Brücke mit Wehrgang. Im 13. Jh. verlief an dieser Stelle die „vorletzte Stadtbefestigung“, die hier durch eine Pegnitzüberbrückung die beiden Stadtseiten miteinander verband. In dem 1446/48 errichteten Siechenhauswaren Leprakranke untergebracht. Drei Tage lang durften sie während der Karwoche in der Stadt bleiben und erhielten neben Essen und Kleidung auch eine ärztliche Untersuchung. Ab ca. 1571 diente der Bau als Weinlager, später als Arbeits- und Spinnhaus und Unterkunft für arme Familien. 1950 Umbau zum Studentenwohnheim; seither ist die innere Baustruktur kaum mehr zu erkennen.
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The Weinstadel is one of the city’s finest half-timbered buildings, with two half-timbered upper storeys cantilevered above the sandstone ground floor. On the river side, wooden galleries with metal waterspouts; toward the Henkersteg, a bridge with a battlement walk. In the 13th century, the "penultimate city wall" ran along here: at this point, a fortified bridge over the Pegnitz connected the two halves of the city. The building was erected 1446/48 to house lepers who were allowed into the city for three days at Easter, during which time they received food and clothing and medical attention. After ca 1571, the building was used to store wine - hence the name. It later served as workhouse and spinnery and to lodge poor families. In 1950 it was turned into student housing, whereby the internal structural substance was virtually obliterated.
Quelle/Source: www.historische-meile.nuernberg