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The guided tour around Assisi.
Now in Piazza Santa Chiara outside the Basilica of Santa Chiara.
The views from the Piazza.
The Rocca Maggiore has dominated the citadel of Assisi and the Tescio valley for more than eight hundred years , constituting the most valid fortification for their defence.
You can reach the fortress on foot through the Perlici gate, built in 1316 : you can admire the still intact walls of Assisi which, in their long journey, connect the two fortresses, Maggiore and Minore. The first documented news relating to the fort dates back to 1173 , when the German Catholic diplomat and archbishop Christian of Mainz ( 1130 - 1183 ), chancellor of Germany during the reign of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa , occupied Assisi on behalf of the sovereign who stayed there for little time .
The little future king of Sicily and emperor Frederick II of Swabia also resided there , entrusted by his mother Costanza d'Altavilla to the duchess of Urslingen , wife of the duke of Spoleto and comes Assisi Corrado , trusted man of the Swabian monarch. The queen empress Constance returned to Sicily and then returned to Assisi with her consort Henry VI : Constantine's baptism was celebrated in the cathedral of San Rufino and he was given the auspicious name (of his two grandparents) Federico Ruggero .
In 1198 the city passed to the Guelph party of Pope Innocent III and the people, causing extensive damage to the fortress, drove out the imperial legate with Federico who was only four years old. In that year Francis of Assisi was sixteen years old . The fortress was rebuilt, respecting the medieval layout, in 1356 , on the initiative of Cardinal Egidio Albornoz ( 1310 - 1367 ), commissioned by Innocent VI , from Avignon , to consolidate the fortifications of the Papal State .
In 1458 , the Perugian mercenary captain and lord of Assisi Jacopo Piccinino ( 1423 - 1465 ) had the north-western polygonal tower built, then completed by Pope Pius II and connected to the rest of the walls by a fortified and strengthened corridor. The fortress complex consists of a circle of walls, built with the pink stone of Mount Subasio , in the shape of a trapezium, with towers at each corner, which includes the quadrangular formwork , restructured, in 1478 , by Sixtus V , on which stands the mighty keep.
The inner part of the fortress (where, in 1972 , some scenes of the film " Brother sun, sister moon ", directed by director Franco Zeffirelli) were shot ) is accessed through the entrance of the round bastion, built in 1535 by Paolo III Farnese : we then reach the vast enclosed courtyard, where once there were the service rooms, and the keep , former residence of the castellan, divided into four rooms reached by a spiral staircase .
The Rocca Maggiore joins, through the fourteenth-century walls, with the Rocca Minore, or rocchetta , or keep of Sant'Antonio , commissioned by Albornoz in 1360 in order to consolidate that part of the fortification towards the mountain.
The fortress has been included in the list of Living Monuments , the first in Umbria together with the Torre del Popolo , because it is used by protected animal species ( common swift , bats and others) as a breeding site or refuge area and therefore an important place for urban biodiversity.
Looking up Via Santa Chiara towards Arco di Corso Giuseppe Mazzini.
We held our first ever 'puppy room' to help students who might be stressed ahead of their exams.
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A co-worker brought in his complete Infocom - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy for "Show and Tell". Everything was with it, including the receipt!
The splendid cover of a recently acquired 1956 guide to Christchurch (now in Dorset, then in Hampshire).
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All my photography celebrates the physics of light! The McGucken Principle of the fourth expanding dimension: The fourth dimension is expanding at the rate of c relative to the three spatial dimensions: dx4/dt=ic .
Lao Tzu--The Tao: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells. --To Autumn. by John Keats
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We decided to go for a city break rather than sun in Tenerife again this September. Other than a few days in the North East we haven’t been away since last March and wanted a change and hopefully some sun. The problem is getting flights from the north of England to the places we want to go to. We chose Valencia as we could fly from East Midlands – which was still a pain to get to as it involved the most notorious stretch of the M1 at five in the morning. In the end we had a fairly good journey, the new Ryanair business class pre-booked scheme worked quite well and bang on time as usual. It was dull when we landed with storms forecast all week, the sky was bright grey – the kiss of death to the photography I had in mind. I was full of cold and wishing I was at work. It did rain but it was overnight on our first night and didn't affect us. There has been a drought for eleven months apparently and it rained on our first day there! The forecast storms didn't materialise in Valencia but they got it elsewhere.
You May notice discrepancies in the spelling of some Spanish words or names, this is because Valencian is used on signs, in some guide books and maps. There are two languages in common use with distinct differences. There may also be genuine mistakes - it has been known!
Over the course of a Monday to Sunday week we covered 75 miles on foot and saw most of the best of Valencia – The City of Bell Towers. The Old City covers a pretty large area in a very confusing layout. There was a lot of referring to maps – even compass readings! – a first in a city for us. The problem with photography in Valencia is that most of the famous and attractive building are closely built around, some have poor quality housing built on to them. Most photographs have to be taken from an extreme angle looking up. There are no high points as it is pan flat, there are a small number of buildings where you can pay to go up on to the roof for a better view and we went up them – more than once!
The modern buildings of The City of Arts and Sciences – ( Ciutat de Las Arts I de les Ciencies ) are what the city has more recently become famous for, with tourists arriving by the coachload all day until late at night. They must be photographed millions of times a month. We went during the day and stayed till dark one evening, I gave it my best shot but a first time visit is always a compromise between ambition and realism, time dictates that we have to move on to the next destination. I travelled with a full size tripod – another first – I forgot to take it with me to TCoAaS! so It was time to wind up the ISO, again! Needless to say I never used the tripod.
On a day when rain was forecast but it stayed fine, albeit a bit dull, we went to the Bioparc north west of the city, a zoo by another name. There are many claims made for this place, were you can appear to walk alongside some very large animals, including, elephants, lions, giraffe, rhino, gorillas and many types of monkey to name a few. It is laid out in different geographical regions and there is very little between you and the animals, in some cases there is nothing, you enter the enclosure through a double door arrangement and the monkeys are around you. It gets rave reviews and we stayed for most of the day. The animals it has to be said gave the appearance of extreme boredom and frustration and I felt quite sorry for them.
The course of The River Turia was altered after a major flood in the 50’s. The new river runs west of the city flanked by a motorway. The old river, which is massive, deep and very wide between ancient walls, I can’t imagine how it flooded, has been turned into a park that is five miles long. There is an athletics track, football pitches, cycle paths, restaurants, numerous kids parks, ponds, fountains, loads of bridges, historic and modern. At the western end closest to the sea sits The City of Arts and Sciences – in the river bed. Where it meets the sea there is Valencia’s urban Formula One racetrack finishing in the massive marina built for The Americas Cup. The race track is in use as roadways complete with fully removable street furniture, kerbs, bollards, lights, islands and crossings, everything is just sat on the surface ready to be moved.
We found the beach almost by accident, we were desperate for food after putting in a lot of miles and the afternoon was ticking by. What a beach, 100’s of metres wide and stretching as far as the eye could see with a massive promenade. The hard thing was choosing, out of the dozens of restaurants, all next door to each other, all serving traditional Paella – rabbit and chicken – as well as seafood, we don’t eat seafood and it constituted 90% of the menu in most places. Every restaurant does a fixed price dish of the day, with a few choices, three courses and a drink. Some times this was our only meal besides making the most of the continental breakfast at the hotel. We had a fair few bar stops with the local wine being cheap and pleasant it would have been a shame not to, there would have been a one woman riot – or strike!
On our final day, a Sunday, we were out of bed and down for breakfast at 7.45 as usual, the place was deserted barring a waiter. We walked out of the door at 8.30 – in to the middle of a mass road race with many thousands of runners, one of a series that take place in Valencia – apparently! We struggled to find out the distance, possibly 10km. The finish was just around the corner so off we went with the camera gear, taking photos of random runners and groups. There was a TV crew filming it and some local celebrity (I think) commentating. Next we came across some sort of wandering religious and musical event. Some sort of ritual was played out over the course of Sunday morning in various locations, it involved catholic priests and religious buildings and another film crew. The Catholic tourists and locals were filling the (many) churches for Sunday mass. Amongst all of this we had seen men walking around in Arab style dress – the ones in black looked like the ones from ISIS currently beheading people – all carrying guns. A bit disconcerting. We assumed that there had been some sort of battle enactment. We were wrong, it hadn’t happened yet. A while later, about 11.30 we could hear banging, fireworks? No it was our friends with the guns. We were caught up in total mayhem, around 60 men randomly firing muskets with some sort of blank rounds, the noise, smoke and flames from the muzzles were incredible. We were about to climb the Torres de Serranos which is where, unbeknown to us, the grand, and deafening, finale was going to be. We could feel the blast in our faces on top of the tower. Yet again there was a film camera in attendance. I couldn’t get close ups but I got a good overview and shot my first video with the 5D, my first in 5 years of owning a DLSR with the capability. I usually use my phone ( I used my phone as well). Later in the day there was a bullfight taking place, the ring was almost next to our hotel, in the end we had other things to do and gave it a miss, it was certainly a busy Sunday in the city centre, whether it’s the norm or not I don’t know.
There is a tram system in Valencia but it goes from the port area into the newer part of the city on the north side, it wouldn’t be feasible to serve the historic old city really. A quick internet search told me that there are 55,000 university students in the city, a pretty big number. I think a lot of the campus is on the north side and served by the tram although there is a massive fleet of buses as well. There is a massive, very impressive market building , with 100’s of stalls that would make a photo project on its own, beautiful on the inside and out but very difficult to get decent photos of the exterior other than detail shots owing to the closeness of other buildings and the sheer size of it. Across town, another market has been beautifully renovated and is full of bars and restaurants and a bit of a destination in its own right.
A downside was the all too typical shafting by the taxi drivers who use every trick in the book to side step the official tariffs and rob you. The taxi from the airport had a “broken” meter and on the way home we were driven 22 km instead of the nine that is the actual distance. Some of them seem to view tourists as cash cows to be robbed at all costs. I emailed the Marriot hotel as they ordered the taxi, needless to say no answer from Marriot – they’ve had their money. We didn’t get the rip off treatment in the bars etc. that we experienced in Rome, prices are very fair on most things, certainly considering the city location.
All in all we had a good trip and can highly recommend Valencia.
August 13, 1994. Alexandra Paul, Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, and Yasmine Bleeth of the syndicated "Baywatch."
Remnants from when I tried selling cars in the dreadful 1982 marketplace. It was interesting, but really not for me.
Note that a Celebrity cost more than a Caprice. No surprise that Caprice was such a popular car.
Steam under the wires on Platform 2 at Guide Bridge station Manchester. This shot of Stanier 8F 2-8-0 45356 was taken from the platform while en route from Heaton Mersey shed in Stockport to Newton Heath shed in Manchester. Another underexposed shot but a good record of our footplate journey. 48356 is pulling another 8F 48319 & British Railways Standard 9F 2-10-0 92118. Myself and my mate Barry travelled in the cab of the 9F.
Amazingly on one of the commercial videos of the end of steam the cavalcade was filmed entering Guide Bridge station a few minutes earlier. We were out of sight as the driver told us to keep our heads down passing the signal box.
48356 has caught the 2 schoolboys' attention. I wonder how many more times a steam engine passed through Guide Bridge?
Today like many former railway centres Guide Bridge is a shadow of its former self with just two platforms, devoid of distinctive buildings and awnings, swamped by weeds and only served by electric multiple units on the branch line to Hadfield since the GCR Woodhead through route was closed.
The star of Bethlehem was a star of hope that led the wise men to the fulfillment of their expectations, the success of their expedition. Nothing in this world is more fundamental for success in life than hope, and this star pointed to our only source for true hope: Jesus Christ.
~ D. James Kennedy, Christmas Stories for the Heart
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Driving towards Kerala, we were passing Bandipur forest. Just then I saw this streak of light and could not help reverse the car to capture this. I was lucky with a group of tourists stopped right in the path of the sunlight...
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The guided bus approaching Fen Drayton Lakes on its first day of running - two years late and at least £70 million over budget. Every bus was packed and the timetable went out of the window but everybody seemed to have a great time.
It's amazing how much information one can get on a two hour walking tour ! Naturally, it depends a lot on the guide, and ours was most knowledgeable and very friendly.
Crews from Knife River Materials remove trees and shrubs from the right of way before later roadway improvements on the Jackson Co. Foothill Road project . Jan. 31, 2023
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I photograph all car brands and please do bear in mind I am an enthusiastic amateur and NOT a professional photographer but I do have a fairly distinctive style and it has got better over the years.
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The Real Hong Kong Car Culture
Hong Kong Car | Automotive Photography since 2011
For a detailed introduction | guide on Hong Kong Car Licence Plates | Car Vanity Plates click on the link below to learn more :
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/hk-car-vanity-plates
One of the largest collections of quality Hong Kong Car Images and specialising in Car Licence Plates | Car Vanity Plates or as the Hong Kong Government likes to call them - Vehicle Registration Marks
I photograph all car brands and please do bear in mind I am an enthusiastic amateur and NOT a professional photographer but I do have a fairly distinctive style and it has got better over the years.
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link is shown below, I have lived in Hong Kong for over 50 years!
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!