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Los pueblos medievales o bastidas que salpican el paisaje de Dordoña-Périgord han conservado sus almas y son considerados de los más bellos de Francia. Estos pueblos típicos encantan por su autenticidad, su arquitectura y la quietud que emana de ellos. No hay megalópolis sino ciudades a escala humana.
The medieval villages or Bastidas which dot the landscape of the Dordogne Perigord have retained their souls and are considered the most beautiful in France. These typical villages enchant by its authenticity, its architecture and the stillness that emanates from them. There is no megalopolis but cities on a human scale.
Taken from The Empire State Building
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Located near the southern tip of the State of New York, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City's economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city's historical birthplace. Residents of the outer boroughs of New York City often refer to Manhattan as "the City". Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, and hosts the United Nations headquarters. Manhattan also serves as the headquarters of the global art market, with numerous art galleries and auction houses collectively hosting half of the world's art auctions.
Los pueblos medievales o bastidas que salpican el paisaje de Dordoña-Périgord han conservado sus almas y son considerados de los más bellos de Francia. Estos pueblos típicos encantan por su autenticidad, su arquitectura y la quietud que emana de ellos. No hay megalópolis sino ciudades a escala humana.
The medieval villages or Bastidas which dot the landscape of the Dordogne Perigord have retained their souls and are considered the most beautiful in France. These typical villages enchant by its authenticity, its architecture and the stillness that emanates from them. There is no megalopolis but cities on a human scale.
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HARRY SCHMITZ - A GREAT PHOTOGRAPHER TAKEN FROM US PREMATURELY BY COVID-19 ON 08 JANUARY 2021. HE ARRANGED THIS SHOOT. HARRY - RIP
Taken in a Mall in Johannesburg, South Africa -a megalopolis sometimes referred to as "The Mall Capital of the World"! An irresistible architectural feat and capture.
Le parc / the park: www.flickr.com/photos/regisa/18748906095/in/photolist-uyM...
"C'est la ville à la campagne" scandent unanimes les habitants du quartier d'Annappes à Villeneuve d'Ascq, ville pourtant bel et bien nichée au sein de la métropole (mégapole ?) lilloise. C'est vrai qu'avec ses six lacs entourés de zones boisées (dont le "lac du Héron", le plus grand et le plus connu de tous), il est possible d'enchaîner une ballade nature continue d'une bonne douzaine de kilomètres...
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"This is a country town" unanimously chant the people from the neighbourhood of Annappes in Villeneuve d'Ascq, a city yet nestled within the Lille megalopolis. It is true that with its six lakes surrounded by wooded areas (including the "Lake Heron," the largest and best known of all), it is possible to go for a non-stop 12-kilometers walk...
" A great composing, with soft colours, beautiful reflections and a perfect perspective..." / "Une composition magnifique avec des couleurs douces, des reflets extra et une perspective parfaite..." (OKULARIO / www.flickr.com/photos/okulario/ )
"Wonderful composition and tone. Excellent DOF, reflection and light." / "Magnifique compo et tonalité. Excellente profondeur de champs, réflection et luminosité." (Robert RIZZOTTO / www.flickr.com/photos/32432644@N02/ )
"Beautiful ambient lighting conditions, sharp focusing and technical skills go hand in hand on this expertly created photograph !!! Well done !"
(Emil ATHANASIOU / www.flickr.com/photos/emil9497photography__art/ )
Dimitsana is a delightful medieval village in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece.The picturesque village is at an altitude of 1000 meters (3,280 feet). At the site of present-day Dimitsana there was, in ancient times, the ancient Arcadian town Teuthis that had taken part in the Trojan War, but also in the colonization of Megalopolis.
In 963 AD Philosophou Monastery was founded 2,5 km from Dimitsana. The name of the town is first recorded in 967 AD in a Patriarchate's document related to Philosophou Monastery. The first gunpowder mills of the town were built under the guise of home industry in the middle of the 18th century by Bishop Ananias Lakedaimonias, who paved a revolt against the Ottoman Empire. In 1764, the movement was revealed and Turks killed Ananias and his partners. In the same year, Agapios, a wise monk, built a library, where he moved the books of the monastery. The library was growing up constantly until 1821, as the Patriarchate offered new books and there was operating a seminary, known as Φροντιστήριο Ελληνικών Γραμμάτων (Tuition Centre of Greek Literature). A lot of bishops and scholars graduated from it, among them Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople and Germanos III of Old Patras whose houses have survived in the town.
In the Greek War of Independence Dimitsana played an important role with its gunpowder mills, but during the war a large part of its library's books were destroyed, as Greek warriors used their paper in the 14 gunpowder mills, that worked day and night, supplying them with gunpowder. For this reason, Dimitsana was also known as "the Nation's powder keg".
The former French concession of Shanghai (1849-1946) is easily recognizable thanks to its avenues planted with plane trees, the "French trees" as the Chinese call them.
It is a very quiet area landlocked in the middle of a hectic megalopolis!
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L'ancienne concession française de Shanghai (1849-1946) est facilement reconnaissable grâce à ses avenues plantées de platanes, les "arbres des Français" comme les nomment les Chinois.
C'est un quartier très calme enclavé au milieu d'une mégapole trépidante !
The Salish Sea (/ˈseɪlɪʃ/ SAY-lish) is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean located in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington. It includes the Strait of Georgia, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, and an intricate network of connecting channels and adjoining waterways.
The sea stretches from the channels of the Discovery Islands north of the Strait of Georgia to Budd Inlet at the south end of Puget Sound. It is partially separated from the open Pacific Ocean by Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.
Much of the coast is part of the Pacific Northwest megalopolis. Major port cities on the Salish Sea include Vancouver, Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bellingham, Port Angeles, and Victoria.
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Europe, Greece, Attika, Athens, Urban sprawl, Lycavittos (slightly cut from T)
Athens, Greece’s three million inhabitants megalopolis is gloriously draped over the Attica hills. The Acropolis is the oldest and Lykavittos/Lykabettos (wolf hill, Thomas ‘homo homini lupus’ Hobbes would have loved the name, though I use this quote out of context here ;-) ) is the highest (277 meters).
This city view is captured from there.
This is number 43 of the: Athens & PIraeus album.
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"Welcome to Megalopolis - raw, hungry, at dusk, at dawn, always on the edge of darkness - surreal, expressionist, ripe with the smell of danger and the scream of victims. This city is always ready to pose for a movie director, a starlet and a loaded gun. Film noir shot in hardboiled color."
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Europe, Greece, Attika. Athens, Lycavittos, Balconies, City view (slightly cut from T)
Athens, Greece’s three million inhabitants megalopolis is gloriously draped over the Attica hills. The Acropolis is the oldest and Lykavittos/Lykabettos (wolf hill, Thomas ‘homo homini lupus’ Hobbes would have loved the name, though I use this quote out of context here, ;-) is the highest (277 meters). At the two peaks of the hill are a 3000-seat open-air theater, the 19th-century Agios Georgios chapel, and a restaurant.
There is a nice subterranean funicular that ascends it. It starts at the Kolonaki quarter (Aristippou Street).
The eastern side of the hill (shown here) is heavily urbanized.
This is number 41 of the: Athens & PIraeus album.
One of the many fascinating exhibits at Johannesburg's "Gold Reef City". A not to be missed adventure park in Johannesburg that has magnificent exhibits relating to the city's explosive growth from a late 19th Century mining town to a giant 21st Century Megalopolis as the heart of the vast Gauteng conurbation of around 15 million people. It also offers an extraordinary array of fun park rides!
The ancient Novodevichy cemetery is one of the most famous in Moscow. It is located next to the southern wall of the 16th century Novodevichy Convent. Moscow, June 2019.
Una de las animadas calles de Dotonbori, en el barrio de Naniwa, uno de los barrios mas pintorescos de Osaka
Una pareja vestida con ropa tradicional japonesa en el templo de Sensoji en el barrio de Asakusa en Tokio
Looking towards the skylight at the Tower Block of the Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg. Many thanks to Melisandy Davids and the Mall Management for facilitating this shoot. Rosebank and Sandton are two major nodes of dynamic urban development as one moves northwards in the giant megalopolis that the greater Johannesburg-Gauteng conurbation has become.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour, and body modification.
Inspired by: Cyberpunk 2077 Game by CD PROJEKT
Tags: #Secondlife #Fantasy #Roleplay #Megalopolist #Cyberpunk #Action #Adventure
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Los contrastes, las luces, los anuncios, las fachadas.... la arquitectura moderna es una de las señas de identidad de la capital nipona
A landscape captured after a typical, violent, thunderstorm in the Drakensberg Mountains (near Montusi), South Africa. The Drakensberg mountain range is the largest and highest in southern Africa, and serves as a natural geographical border between the Republic of South Africa and The Kingdom of Lesotho. The existence of South Africa as a significant industrial and mining economy depends, in no small measure, on the Lesotho Highlands watershed. Without it Johannesburg-Gauteng, southern Africa's greatest megalopolis of around 14 million people, and the African Continents richest conurbation, could not exist, as Johannesburg is the world's largest city that is not on a significant river, near and ocean or a natural lake. A great deal is owed, ro, to a long history of brilliant and ingenious hydraulic and civil engineering - as South Africa is a "dry" country.
Just a bit of ice on the still waters along the edge of the river this morning. In one direction: A sleepy river with lots of waterfowl overhead heading off everywhere. In the other direction: FedEx tandem trailers boom over the bridge on their way to the interstate. It's strange sometimes taking landscape photos within a megalopolis
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Le lac / The lake: www.flickr.com/photos/regisa/16883556218/in/photolist-uyM...
"C'est la ville à la campagne" scandent unanimes les habitants du quartier d'Annappes à Villeneuve d'Ascq, ville pourtant bel et bien nichée au sein de la métropole (mégapole ?) lilloise. C'est vrai qu'avec ses six lacs entourés de zones boisées (dont le "lac du Héron", le plus grand et le plus connu de tous), il est possible d'enchaîner une ballade nature continue d'une bonne douzaine de kilomètres...
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"This is a country town" unanimously chant the people from the neighbourhood of Annappes in Villeneuve d'Ascq, a city yet nestled within the Lille megalopolis. It is true that with its six lakes surrounded by wooded areas (including the "Lake Heron," the largest and best known of all), it is possible to go for a non-stop 12-kilometers walk...
"Magistral ! Là on sait plus si c'est un editing photo ou un tableau, mais en tous cas c'est magnifique !" / "Masterstroke ! We can't guess if it's a photo edit or a painting but, in any case, it's wonderful !" (Patrick CANHAN / www.flickr.com/photos/patpardon/ )
"Splendido immaginario. Colori forti e tormentati. Affascinante !" / Strong & tormented colours. Beautiful & fascinating picture !" (SASSIX2 / www.flickr.com/photos/91760921@N02/ )
"Le traitement graphique s'applique parfaitement à la silhouette de ces arbres et à la perspective de ce chemin. Une image qui libère l'imagination... " / "The graphics processing applies perfectly to these trees silhouette and this road viewpoint. This is an image that frees the imagination." (Pascal STINFLIN / www.flickr.com/photos/stinflin_p/ )
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The walls of the ancient Messinia .
The city was named after the mythical Queen Messina ,
daughter of the king of Argos Triopios . Thus began the construction of the wall , after the allied sacrifices to local gods and heroes .
The city was founded in the winter of 370 BC -369 BC of the Theban general Epaminondas , after the victory over the Spartans in the battle of Leuctra and the invasion of Laconia . Epaminondas freed Messenia from Spartan influence and chose the foot of Mount Ithomi to build the capital of free Messenians . It was built almost simultaneously with the Arcadian Megalopolis to Sparta ruled by hostile states and to eliminate the influence of outside Laconia
The wall that surrounded Messina is extremely long (circumference 9 km) and time of Pausanias was already entirely stone , which caused great surprise as the customary adobe superstructure. He had two monumental gates , the Arcadian ( or gate Megalopolis ) and Laconia . At regular intervals was reinforced -storey stone square and round towers . Today is better preserved on the north side, on both sides of the Arcadian gate.
Το τειχος της Αρχαιας Μεσσηνης.
Η πόλη ονομάστηκε από τη μυθική βασίλισσα Μεσσήνη, κόρη του βασιλιά του Άργους Τριόπα. Έτσι ξεκίνησε το χτίσιμο του τείχους, μετά από θυσίες των συμμάχων προς τους τοπικούς θεούς και ήρωες.
Η πόλη ιδρύθηκε το χειμώνα του 370 π.Χ.-369 π.Χ. από το Θηβαίο στρατηγόΕπαμεινώνδα, μετά τη νίκη του επί των Σπαρτιατών στη μάχη των Λεύκτρων και την εισβολή του στη Λακωνία. Ο Επαμεινώνδας απελευθέρωσε τη Μεσσηνία από τη σπαρτιατική επιρροή και επέλεξε τους πρόποδες του όρους Ιθώμη για να χτίσει την πρωτεύουσα των ελεύθερων Μεσσηνίων. Χτίστηκε σχεδόν ταυτόχρονα με την αρκαδική Μεγαλόπολη, ώστε να αποκλειστεί η Σπάρτη από εχθρικά κράτη και να εκλείψει η επιρροή της έξω από τη Λακωνική
Το τείχος που περιέβαλλε τη Μεσσήνη είναι εξαιρετικά μεγάλου μήκους (περίμετρος 9 χλμ.) και στην εποχή του Παυσανία ήταν ήδη εξ' ολοκλήρου λίθινο, πράγμα που του προκάλεσε μεγάλη έκπληξη καθώς συνηθιζόταν η πλίθινη ανωδομή. Είχε δύο μνημειακές πύλες, την Αρκαδική (ή πύλη της Μεγαλόπολης) και τη Λακωνική. Σε τακτά διαστήματα ήταν ενισχυμένο με διώροφους λίθινους τετράγωνους και στρογγυλούς πύργους. Σήμερα διατηρείται καλύτερα στη βόρεια πλευρά του, εκατέρωθεν της Αρκαδικής πύλης.
The ancient Novodevichy cemetery is one of the most famous in Moscow. It is located next to the southern wall of the 16th century Novodevichy Convent. Moscow, June 2019.
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The ancient Novodevichy cemetery is one of the most famous in Moscow. It is located next to the southern wall of the 16th century Novodevichy Convent. Moscow, June 2019.
Why not use these slowed-down times to think about it?
The climate crisis is still the real problem of mankind!
A part of Sao Paulo, Brazil,
a megalopolis with more than 30 million inhabitants and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world (Wikipedia)
as seen from above on our flight to Pantanal.