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Perhaps not the nicest of thoughts, but this is directly below the burial ground of Dunfermline Abbey. They thoughtfully extended it over some of the remains of the dormitory and east cloister which are now open to the public. Occasionally after rain, drips of water seep through in the main vaulted area...
Low lying clouds and fog make for some really interesting shots of the NYC skyline because of the way all the neon lights and building lights bounce off of them.
Shortly after 9/11 the fire departments and 911 were constantly inundated with emergency phone calls because there would be a fog over the city and it made it look like buildings were on fire. 10 years later I wonder if they still get those same phone calls?
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"Can you hear the silence? Can you see the dark?
Can you fix the broken? Can you feel my heart?"
2012 Lancer Ralliart
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Aphrodisias lies in southwestern Turkey, in the fertile valley of the Dandalas River, a tributary of the Meander, about 150 kilometres east (inland) of the Aegean Sea. It is situated at the base of the Babadag mountain range, at 500 m above sea level. The city was the capital of the ancient Roman province of Caria.
The ancient city of Aphrodisias is one of the most important archaeological sites of the Greek and Roman periods in Turkey. Famous in antiquity for its sanctuary of Aphrodite, the city's patron goddess, Aphrodisias enjoyed a long and prosperous existence from the second century B.C. through the sixth century A.D. Today, many of the city's ancient monuments remain standing, and excavations have unearthed numerous fine marble statues and other artifacts. The great beauty and extraordinary preservation of this site combine to bring the civic culture of the Greco-Roman world vividly to life.
Aphrodisias was founded on the site of an ancient local sanctuary in the second century B.C., according to the date of the earliest coins and inscriptions found in the site. In the late first century B.C., the city came under the personal protection of the Roman emperor Augustus, and a long period of growth and good fortune ensued. The first several centuries A.D. were especially prosperous, and most of the surviving buildings of the city date to this period. In the fourth century, Aphrodisias became the capital of the Roman province of Caria. The cosmopolitan character of the age is demonstrated by the presence in this city of an active Jewish community, attested in a famous inscription listing benefactors of the local Synagogue.
The first systematic excavations at the site were begun in 1961 under the aegis of New York University, and yielded many remains of the city's central monuments. In addition to the Temple of Aphrodite, major areas of investigation included the Bouleuterion or Council House, and the Sebasteion. The Sebasteion, a religious sanctuary dedicated to Aphrodite and the Roman emperors, is one of the most remarkable discoveries of Roman archaeology. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a Roman imperial cult complex, and is decorated with an extraordinary series of life-size marble reliefs (originally almost 200), which depict Roman emperors and imperial family members from ca. A.D. 20 to 60, as well as, personifications of the subject peoples of the Roman empire, and mythological heroes and gods. The reliefs provide an unparalleled insight into how Roman imperial power was understood from a local perspective. Other important public buildings are the Theatre, the Hadrianic Baths, and the Stadium; the latter seated 30,000 people, and is the best-preserved of all ancient stadiums. The buildings of the site are remarkable not only for the preservation of their architecture, but also for the many inscriptions, statues, reliefs, and other objects associated with them.
Aphrodisias is well-known for its fine sculpture. Good marble quarries are located only a few kilometres away from the city, and by the Late Hellenistic period, a strong local tradition of marble sculpture had already taken root. In later generations, Aphrodisian sculptors are known to have worked abroad on prestigious commissions, for example, at Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. The sculpture from the site is characterized by virtuosity and variety. Excavation has uncovered statues of, for example, gods, heroes, emperors, orators, philosophers, and boxers, as well as a great range of ornamental and figured relief. The finds range from grave reliefs of the second century B.C. to statues of the last Roman governors of the sixth century A.D. Many sculptures from the site already occupy key positions in the history of ancient art.
The studies for a site management plan were started according to a protocol between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Geyre Foundation dated to 08.11.2007.
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El 93% de lo que se comunica se realiza sin problemas. Conocé el método del Dr. Cal Ligthman. canalfox.com/ar/series/lie-to-me
Shoulda Lied (right) and Paual Townend winners of the Buy Online @TipperaryRaces Maiden Hurdle.
Tipperary.
Photo: Patrick McCann 05.07.2018.
Impeach March NYC. On the eve of the Impeachment vote in the House 5000 people gathered in Times Square and marched to Union Square. One of over 600 protests around the country.
Featuring Festival Authors & Local Storytellers Presented in partnership with carte blanche, this live storytelling event returns to Wordfest with a fresh batch of true stories told off the cuff. This year’s theme covers everything from seemingly-harmless white lies to bold-faced fabrications: — Patrick Gale on how coming out can have a snowball effect. — Juan Pablo Villalobos on keeping a car accident from his own parents. — Cathy Ostlere on the secret of her brother’s disappearance. — Dale Lee Kwong on keeping secrets from yourself. — Cassy Wellburn on years of pen pal lies that came back to haunt her.... Hosted by Maria Schamis Turner
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Parts of Lier Psychiatric Hospital was closed in 1986 and are still abandoned. It is located outside Oslo in Norway.
Here the doctors tested new medicins and ways to help the patients. Lobotomy, electroshock and drugs like LSD was used.
It's a spooky place with a very interesting history.
More info (in norwegian) and pictures in colors on my blog.
Youtube video: Lier Asylum
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Winnemucca Lake is a dry lake bed lying in northwest Nevada. It is on the dividing line between Washoe and Pershing counties. Until the 1930s, it was a shallow lake, but was dried out by construction projects.
Winnemucca Lake is home to several petroglyphs long believed to be very old. In 2013, researchers dated the carvings to between 14,800 and 10,500 years ago. Either date would make them the oldest known petroglyphs found in North America. The carvings lie within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation.
Winnemucca Lake is a sub-basin within the Lahontan Basin in northwestern Nevada.[1] It lies east of Pyramid Lake and is on the dividing line between Washoe and Pershing counties. The lake bed lies between the Lake Range on the west and the Nightingale Mountains and Selenite Range to the east. Winnemucca Lake is about 45 km (28 mi) long and about 7 km (4.3 mi) wide. The lake bed is at an elevation of 1,150 m (3,770 ft),[2][3] which is below the water level of adjacent Pyramid Lake.[4]
Winnemucca Lake was a shallow tule-filled lake and an important stop for migrating waterfowl. After the Derby Dam was built on the Truckee River in 1903 (the first project of the Reclamation Act), and State Route 447 (which blocked the slough connecting it to Pyramid Lake) was built, Winnemucca Lake dried out and has remained seasonally dry since the late 1930s.[5][6] In 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt made an effort to rescue the lake and designated the area as the Winnemucca Lake National Wildlife Refuge. In 1962, the refuge designation was removed, making this area the first refuge designation lost because of lack of water.
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Monument now in the north chancel beyond the choir stalls, moved in 1847 from the sedilia area, commemorates John Dixie, rector from 1685 until his death in 1719 . The lady on the alabaster lying below is Margaret his sister, who ordered the monument with a long winded inscription, still weeping for her loss.
His gravestone is nearby www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/M9eah2
"Here within are buried the mortal remains of a truly revered man, John Dixie MA,; For 34 years an admirable rector of this church; He was the fourth son of Lord Beaumont Dixie, bart, and his wife Mary. He had a father distinguished for the splendour of his ancestry, and a mother no less illustrious than that father, for she was sister and sole heir to Lord William Willoughby of Willoughby in the county of Nottingham, a baronet who was the son of Sir William Willoughby of South Muskham in the same county, and of his wife Elizabeth who was the daughter of Timothy Pusey of Selston in the same county, a knight. She survived her first husband and married a second, Lord John Coke, a gilded knight. William was the son of Lord Rotherham Willoughby, a gilded knight, and his wife Elizabeth. She was so highly honoured as to receive the distinction of the title of Countess of Devonshire. Rotherham was the son of Lord William of Aston Rowant in the county of Oxford, a gilded knight, and his wife Anne who was daughter and heir to Sir John Rotherham. That elder William was the son of Lord William Willoughby, a gilded knight, who was descended from the noble and exceedingly ancient family of the Willoughbys of Normanton on Soar in the county of Nottingham.
Behold him, descended from such illustrious ancestors; yet see him not arrogant, not surley, but humble, courteous and endowed with an astonishing sweetness of nature. None ever came to him that was not affably, sumptuously and stylishly entertained before he departed. He was a friend to his friends; to his enemies,if he had any such he was a friend. To his neighbours and close friends he was exceptionally affable; even to strangers and guests he was so friendly that they felt themselves not so much guests as members of his family. His mother, favouring him beyond her other sons, had showered great plenty of wealth into his lap. Behold him, admirably generous and magnificent, as though he had received those riches not to possess himself, but to pay out to others. It is he who, to the glory and profit of this church,built entirely at his own expense that spacious and magnificent house which you may behold not far from here.
Generous with no grudging hand, he always showed himself a protector to those that sought his aid, and to those who did not seek it, he was often a helper. He was wonderfully compassionate to the distressed and the sick; to the poor he was not merely open handed, but open hearted . He did many kindnesses openly and those he did secretly God will one day record openly.
Do you wish to hear more ? He was extremely learned in godly books and in his good qualities inferior to scarcely any man; Amid an abundance of everything he was self controlled and temperate, generous to others, grudging only to himself. In celibacy he as pure and perfectly chaste,a man of shrewd judgement and far seeing wisdom. without any pretense, without arrogance, true to his conscience ; Fair , upright and God fearing; In a word, orthodox in his faith, and in his life truly Christian
Endowed with these outstanding gifts, he was beloved by all whilst he lived and mourned by all when he died.
By none more deeply that by Margaret his sister, While he lived, the brother loved his sister dearly, and the sister, her brother in her turn. and, that Death might not seem to think he could break the bond of their love, she in her affection had her own likeness , grieving as you may see, on this memorial which is to the memory of her darling brother.
He died December 6th 1719 aged 58 "
John & Margaret were the unmarried siblings of
Mary m1 Charles 10th Baron Willoughby of Parham; m2 George Cockayne
Sir Wolstan Dixie, 3rd Bart of Market Bosworth 1657 - 1713 m Rebecca daughter of Sir Richard Atkins, 1st Bart & Rebecca Wright
Beaumont Dixie
Elizabeth m Francis Godolphin of Coulston
The inscription says little about their paternal ancestry. Their father Beaumont Dixie 1682 was the son of Sir Wolstan Dixie, 1st Baronet Bosworth and Barbara daughter of Sir Henry Beaumont of Belton & Barbara Harpur
(Via their mother Mary Willoughby, they were all the grand children of William Willoughby & Elizabeth Pusey at Selston www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/cg28eBidww )
John lavishly rebuilt the parsonage in the 1680s covering an area from the church itself to what is now Park Street.
The Dixie family lived at the hall from 1567 to 1885 - Church of St Peter, Market Bosworth, Leicestershir
Arrived Ischia 2.30pm. Moored on quiet side of port. Very busy port with many ferries, extremely large ones, going in and out.
Ischia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈiskia]) is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about 30 km from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands.
1986 Antibes to Sicily YCA 'French Connection' Delivery Cruise. Eight Moody 34 Yachts. Ours was 'Pagoda' crew of five, John the Skipper, Ian, Gill, Bill and Laurie. The other yachts were Merlin of Marmaris(Lead boat), Parachute, Paw Paw, Peso, Plaza, Prancer, and Prize.
Before US Capitol Police Officer William 'Billy' Evans Lie In Honor Procession Arrival at US Capitol along Independence Avenue at South Capitol Street, SE, Washington DC on Tuesday morning, 13 April 2021 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Newer Lier sets:
Second Lier visit - more decay shots in color
Third visit - fewer better shots
Parts of Lier Psychiatric Hospital was closed in 1986 and are still abandoned. It is located outside Oslo in Norway.
Here the doctors tested new medicins and ways to help the patients. Lobotomy, electroshock and drugs like LSD was used.
It's a spooky place with a very interesting history.
More info (in norwegian) and pictures in colors on my blog.
Youtube video: Lier Asylum
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Gingee Fort or Senji Fort (also known as Chenji, Jinji or Senchi) in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the surviving forts in Tamil Nadu, India. It lies in Villupuram District, 160 kilometres from the state capital, Chennai, and is close to the Union Territory of Puducherry. The fort is so fortified, that Shivaji, the Maratha king, ranked it as the "most impregnable fortress in India" and it was called the "Troy of the East" by the British. The nearest town with a railway station is Tindivanam and the nearest airport is Chennai (Madras), located 150 kilometres away.
Originally the site of a small fort built by the Chola dynasty during the 9th century AD, Gingee Fort was modified by Kurumbar during the 13th century. As per one account, the fort was built duirng the 15–16th century by the Nayaks, the lietunants of the Vijayanagara Empire and who later became independent kings. The fort passed to the Marathas under the leadership of Shivaji in 1677 AD, Bijapur sultans, the Moghuls, Carnatic Nawabs, French and the British in 1761. The fort is closely associated with Raja Tej Singh, who unsuccessfully revolted against the Nawab of Arcot and eventually lost his life in a battle.
The Gingee Fort complex is on three hillocks: Krishnagiri to the north, Rajagiri to the west and Chandrayandurg to the southeast. The three hills together constitute a fort complex, each having a separate and self-contained citadel. The fort walls are 13 km and the three hills are connected by walls enclosing an area of 11 square kilometres. It was built at a height of 240 m and protected by a 24 m wide moat. The complex has a seven-storeyed Kalyana Mahal (marriage hall), granaries, prison cells, and a temple dedicated to its presiding Hindu goddess called Chenjiamman. The fortifications contain a sacred pond known as Aanaikulam. On the top of the hillock, there are minor fortifications. The fort, in modern times, is maintained and administered by the Archaeological Survey of India. The fort is one of the prominent tourist destinations in Villupuram district.
LEGEND AND ETYMOLOGY
The Bijapur Nawabs who held the fort from about 1660 to 1677 AD called it Badshabad, while the Marathas who succeeded them called it Chandry or Chindy. The Mughals, on their capture of the fort in 1698 A.D., named it Nusratgadh in honour of Nawab Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat-Jang, the commander-in-chief of the besieging army. Later, the English and the French called it Gingee or Jinji. The early Madras records of the English give the spelling Chingee or Chengey.As per Tamil legend, the tragic tale of Raja Tej Singh, popularly known in Tamil as Thesingu Raasan, is associated with the fort. The true life story of Tej Singh and his general, Mehboob Khan (aka Maavuthukaran), who were friends, has inspired many poems, street plays, and countless other stories. He was the son of Swarup Singh and revolted against the Nawab of Arcot, and was defeated and killed in the war that followed. Though Gingee became a part of the Nawab's territory in 1714, the young and courageous Tej Singh became a legend and his life, love and brave but tragic end were eulogised in various ballads.
HISTORY
The main source for the first two hundred years of the history of the place is the "Complete History of the Carnatic Kings" among the Mackenzie manuscripts. According to historian Narayan, a small village called Melacerri, located 4.8 km away from Gingee is called "Old Gingee" has traces of fortifications from about 1200 AD. Ananda Kon of the shepherd community (Konar), accidentally found a treasure in one of the cavities of the Western hill while grazing his sheep. Making himself the head of a small band of warriors, he defeated the petty rulers of the neighbouring villages and built a small fortress on Kamalagiri, which he renamed Anandagiri after himself. The Konar dynasty ruled Gingee from 1190 to 1330 AD, and was succeeded by the chief of a neighbouring place called Kobilingan, who belonged to the Kurumba caste and ascended the throne of Gingee. He was a feudatory of the powerful Cholas. Gingee came into the hands of various ruling dynasties of South India, starting from the Cholas.
Originally the site of a small fort built by the Chola dynasty during the 9th century AD, Gingee Fort was modified by Kurumbar while fighting the Cholas and again by the Vijayanagar empire during the 13th century. As per one account, the fort was built duirng the 15-16th century by the Gingee Nayaks, the lietunants of the Vijayanagara Empire and who later became independent kings. The fort was built at a strategic place to fend off any invading armies. It was further strengthened by the Marathas under the leadership of Shivaji in 1677 AD. He recaptured it from the Bijapur sultans who had originally taken control of the fort from the Marathas. During Aurangzeb's campaign in the Deccan, Shivaji's second son who had assumed the throne, Chhatrapati Rajaram, escaped to Ginjee and continued the fight with Moghuls from Ginjee. The fort was the seat of the Maratha Empire for a few months. The Moghuls could not capture the fort for seven years in spite of laying siege. The fort was finally captured in 1698, but not before Chhatrapati Rajaram escaped. It was later passed on to the Carnatic Nawabs who lost it to the French in 1750 before the British finally took control in 1761 despite losing it to Hyder Ali for a brief period. Raja Desinghu ruled Chenji during the 18th century.
ARCHITECTURE
The Gingee Fort complex is on three hillocks: Krishnagiri to the north, Rajagiri to the west and Chandrayandurg to the southeast. The three hills together constitute a fort complex, yet each hill contains a separate and self-contained citadel. Connecting them - forming an enormous triangle, a mile from north to south, punctuated by bastions and gateways giving access to the protected zones at the heart of the complex. The fort walls are 13 km and the three hills are connected by walls enclosing an area of 11 square kilometres. It was built at a height of 240 m and protected by a 24 m wide moat. It has a seven-storeyed Kalyana Mahal (marriage hall), granaries, prison cells, and a temple dedicated to its presiding Hindu goddess called Chenjiamman. The fortifications contain a sacred pond known as Aanaikulam. The walls of the fort are a mixture of the natural hilly terrain comprising the Krishnagiri, Chakkilidrug and Rajagiri hills, while the gaps were sealed with the main wall that measures 20 metres in thickness. On the top of the hillock, there are minor fortifications.
Water resources are usually sparse in South Indian forts, while it was well managed in the Citadel. There are two sweet water sources on the summit and below it there are three reservoirs for storage of rain water. Water for Kalyana Mahal was brought through earthenware pipes from reservoir located 500 m from it.
RAJAGIRI
The first hill, where the main fort is, is called Rajagiri. Originally it was known as Kamalagiri as well as Anandagiri. The fort was historically considered most impregnable. It is about 240 m in height. Its summit is cut off from communication and is surrounded by a deep, natural chasm that is about 9.1 m wide and 18 m deep. To gain entry into the citadel one had to cross the chasm with the help of a small wooden draw bridge. The naturally strong rock where the fortress is located, is further strengthened by the construction of embrasure walls and gateways along all possible shelves and precipitous edges. The citadel is reached by traversing through seven gates. This citadel contains important buildings apart from the living quarters of the royalty, like the stables, granaries, and meeting halls for the public, temples, mosques, shrines and pavilions. Kamalakanni Amman temple is present atop the Rajagiri hills. As per Hindu legend, the presiding deity, Kamalakanni, is believed to be the widow of demon king Acalamaccuran. Draupadi, a Hindu goddess, beheaded the hundred heads of the demon and Kamalakanni is believed to have protests that she would become a widow. Draupadi explains her similarities that she has no sexual relations, though married. This resulted in the ambiguous kanni suffix. Ranganathar Temple, bell tower, watch tower, cannon and draw bridge are located atop the hill.
The lower fort consists of Arcot Gate, Pondicherry Gate, which was probably improved by the French during their occupation (1751–1761), the Prison on top of Pondicherry Gate, Royal Battery, Venkataramanaswami Temple, Pattabhi Ramaswami Temple, Sadatulla Khan’s mosque, Chettikulam and Chakrakulam tanks, platform where Raja Desing was killed in a war, large stone image of Hanuman, prisoner’s well where the prisoners condemned to death were thrown and left to die of starvation. The inner fort consists of Kalyana Mahal, the royal stables, the ruined royal palace, Anaikulam tank, granaries, magazine and the shrine of Venugopalaswami. There is a site museum at the entrance of the fort set up by the Archeological Survey of India containing sculptures pertaining to periods and many dynasties that ruled Gingee. There are also guns and cannonballs made of stone, strewn about the fort.
KRISHNAGIRI
The second important hillock with an imposing citadel is known as Krishnagiri. It is also known as the English Mountain, perhaps because the British residents occupied the fort here, for some time. The Krishnagiri fort lies to the North of Tiruvannamalai road. It is smaller in size and height compared to the Rajagiri fort. A flight of steps of granite stones leads to its top. Another fort connected with Rajagiri with a low rocky ridge is called Chandrayan Durg, Chandragiri or St. George’s Mountain. The military and strategic value of this fort has been relatively less, but it has some interesting buildings of later period.
CHAKKILIYA DURG
The third fort for some reason is called Chakkiliya Durg or Chamar Tikri — meaning the fort of the cobblers. It is not known why it had acquired the name. Probably the royal saddlers and military shoemakers had set up their workshops here, as Gingee obviously was a military encampment. There is a smaller and less important fourth hill, the summit of which is also well fortified. There is nothing much left of Chandrayan Durg and Chakkilli Durg. Their flanks are now completely covered with thorny shrubs and stone pieces.
CULTURE
After the fort passed into British hands, it did not see any further action. The fort at Gingee was declared a National Monument in 1921 and was under the Archeological Department. The Tourism Department of India has tried to popularise this remote and oft-forgotten fort. Gingee today, with its ruined forts, temples and granaries, presents a different picture from the glorious splendor of its bygone days. But the remains of that glorious past speak volumes about the numerous invasions, warfare and bravery that it witnessed. The fort is maintained by the Archeological Department. An entry charge of ₹5 is charged for Indian citizens and SAARC countries and US$2 or ₹100 for all monuments inside Krishnagiri and Rajagiri forts.
WIKIPEDIA
Looking almost vertically 18 meters down to the surface of a lake formed in an abandoned quarry. Algal blooms creating contoured swirls beneath the dimpled surface.
Bit of an experiment, not sure anyone will think this is a photo worth looking at... but hey, I like it.
I think 'large' is more interesting, can see more of the details.
Hasselblad 500C/M
80mm Zeiss Planar C T*
Lucky SHD 100 @ 100
Ilfosol 3 1+9 @ 20 degrees
7 minutes
Most of the people goes to Highgate Cemetery, takes a shot to Karl Marx Memorial Grave and then posts it. I preferred to pay a tribute to Claudia Vera Jones.
(By the way, a little piece of Karl Marx's Grave is in the upper right side of the pic)
I-495 (LIE) WB Mileage Based Exits If Highway Was Extended to RI Via a Cross Sound Bridge. Includes Exit Signage From I-95 in RI
"Hochheim am Main is a town with 18,538 inhabitants (December 31, 2022) in the Main-Taunus district of southern Hesse and is centrally located in the Rhine-Main area between Frankfurt am Main and Mainz. Hochheim initially belonged to the Main district and later to the Wiesbaden district. When it was dissolved in 1928, the city was assigned to the Main-Taunus district.
The city of Hochheim lies about 35 meters above the Lower Main plain on a step on the southern edge of the Main-Taunus foothills. The southern slope of this area, which stretches for around five kilometers in length, consists of vineyards, some of which extend close to the banks of the Main. From the vineyards and the southern edge of the city there is a distant view as far as Darmstadt, to the Neunkircher Höhe in the Odenwald, to the striking tip of the Melibokus on the Bergstrasse 38 kilometers away and finally to Oppenheim in Rheinhessen. The city skyline is visible from afar from the south.
The major cities of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden and Mainz are in the immediate vicinity.
Rheingau is one of 13 designated German wine regions (Weinbaugebiete) producing quality wines (QbA and Prädikatswein). It was named after the traditional region of Rheingau (meaning "Rhine district"), the wine region is situated in the state of Hesse, where it constitutes part of the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis administrative district. Although, making up only 3 percent of the total German vineyard area, Rheingau has been the source of many historically important innovations in German wine making, and contains many wine producers of international reputation, such as Schloss Johannisberg. Rheingau, with 3,125 hectares (7,720 acres) of vineyards in 2016, also boasts a higher proportion of Riesling (77.7%) than any other German wine-growing region, with Spätburgunder (Pinot noir) making up most of the rest (12.2%), followed by Müller-Thurgau.
The geography of the Rheingau is very distinct. Around Wiesbaden, the river Rhine detours from its northward flow west for about 30 km before it flows north again. The greater part of the Rheingau is situated here on the river's right bank, but the region also includes the stretch along Rhine after it turns northward again, around the villages Assmannshausen and Lorch. The vineyards in Hochheim on the Main river are also included, just before it flows into Rhine. The Rheingau spans about 50 km from end to end. North of the Rheingau rises the Taunus mountain range, so most of the Rheingau's vineyards are on south-facing slope between hills and streams, which provides excellent wine-growing conditions in these northerly latitudes.
Since the Verona donation in 983, the Rheingau belonged to the archbishopric of Mainz. Legend has it that Charlemagne let the first vineyards be planted in the region, close to present-day Schloss Johannisberg. However finds like a Roman origin grapevine cutting knife point to even earlier cultivation. Better documented is the early influence of the church on Rheingau winemaking, which was controlled from Eberbach Abbey. Augustinians and Benedictines are known to have inhabited the area of the later abbey from 1116, and in 1135 the Cistercians arrived, sent out from Clairvaux. Legend has it that the Cistercians, which are also credited with having founded the wine industry in Burgundy, brought Pinot noir with them to Rheingau, although the earliest record of the grape variety in Rheingau is from 1470. The slopes down from the Taunus mountains belonging to Eberbach Abbey were planted as vineyards in the 12th century, and early in the 13th century the vineyards had reached their present area. In medieval times, more red than white wine was produced, usually as Gemischter Satz, i.e. the vineyards were planted with mixed varieties which were vinified together.
Rheingau Wine Official Classification of 1867
In 2011 it was unveiled, that the Official Wine Classification in the Rheingau has a 150 years history. The classification was the basis for taxation of wineries after the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866. In the book Der nassauische Weinbau published in 1867 by Friedrich Wilhelm Dünkelberg a historical map Weinbau-Karte des nassauischen Rheingaus (Viticultural map of the Rheingau in the Duchy of Nassau), all known vineyards at that time had been marked up by colour, evaluated and classified in first class vineyards (I. Klasse), second class vineyards (II. Klasse) and the remaining vineyards." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
"While there were a handful of diviners at work in the city pre-Exile--Tarot card readers, palmists, carnival-style 'fortune-tellers' complete with crystal balls--in the aftermath, it seems at times that everyone has begun forecasting the future. Some, like the mystics of Compost Oracles Inc., make a living at it. Others, like the Chromatics, treat it as a hobby, comparing the color of the sky-shell to that of days previous and adjusting their expectations accordingly. There are people who predict the weather based upon the drifting of plastic bags, romantic futures based upon Chalkbot battles, and agricultural yields based upon the activities of the crocfather Mad Green. . . . Most of these, professional or otherwise, have demonstrated less accuracy than was once found in the Farmer's Almanac, but there are exceptions. . . . The most successful of the city's prophets is known as the Minfield Park Augur. His real name is unknown--he claims that his real name is unpronounceable by humans--although it appears that up until the time of the Exile he was known to area residents and police mainly as The Bird Guy. His age is similarly indeterminate; those familiar with him pre-Exile estimated that he was in his sixties then, and forty years later he is still gray, sharp-eyed, and agile. He used to panhandle and spend his money on bird feed, but nowadays the feed is donated by fortune-seekers. What the Augur himself lives on is anyone's guess. . . . The MiniAugur (as he is often called) successfully predicted the death of Mayor Faldbakken Jr., the manifestation of the Black Tower, and the catastrophic 'Day of Two Nights.' . . . Most of his predictions are based upon the flights of the Minifield Park blackbirds, which numbered in the thousands until May Day 2002, when an unexplained airborne confusion of gravity resulted in the deaths of 90% of the city's avian population (see p.446 & Appendix). Following that tragedy the MiniAugur stopped giving predictions for a time and went into mourning. . . . Two years later, his renewed predictions saved the staff and students of the Cesar Chavez Boulevard Bridge School when a structural failure led to its collapse." (p.47-8)
The old Lier Mental Hospital was abandoned in 1986 and still is.
We arrived at 04:00 in the morning, and hoped that we would avoid meeting the local kids who sometimes uses this place to drink, look for ghosts and scare each other. We had some peaceful but also scary hours inside the abandoned building, all alone, or at least we liked to believe that we were alone.
The rumor says that the staff at Lier Mental Hospital tested new medicines, lobotomy, electroshocks and drugs like LSD on the patients. During the years 1941 to 1981 it is estimated that more than 3000 people were lobotomized in Norway, many of theme right here in this building.
Thanks to Ansgar Valbø for joining me on this trip and sharing tips and advice during the shoot and processing.
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Beguinages in Belgium
Beguines were women who dedicated their lives to God without retiring from the world. In the 13th century they founded the beguinages, enclosed communities designed to meet their spiritual and material needs. Because of a natural population imbalance combined with the decimations of war, Crusades and other high-risk male endeavors, woman greatly outnumbered men, and female virtue and life were unusually cheap. In a beguinage they were safe and could live a life of devotion to God and good works.
In the 13th century beguinages were found in, what is now, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Northern France and even in England. But if you would like to visit a beguinage today, you will have to visit Flanders, the northern part of Belgium. About 30 beguinages, or parts of it, are preserved here. We selected the 24 most important. In the Netherlands only the beguinages of Amsterdam and Breda still exist in all their glory. In France the 2 remaining beguinages of Saint Vaast and Saint Nicolas in Cambrai are in real danger, because they are no longer inhabited and lack every maintenance.