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The Roman Theatre of Mérida is a construction promoted by the consul Vipsanius Agrippa in the Roman city of Emerita Augusta, capital of Lusitania (current Mérida, Spain). It was constructed in the years 16 to 15 BCE. One of the most famous and visited landmarks in Spain, the Roman Theatre of Mérida is regarded as a Spanish cultural icon and was chosen as one of the 12 Treasures of Spain. It was built as part of an entertainment complex together with the Amphitheatre of Mérida. Nowadays both are part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida, which is one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993.
The Roman Theatre of Mérida is a construction promoted by the consul Vipsanius Agrippa in the Roman city of Emerita Augusta, It was constructed in the years 16 to 15 BCE. Besides being the most visited monument in the city, since 1933 home to the development of the Festival of Classical Theatre of Mérida thus returns to its original function and transcends the mere ornament.The theatre is located in the archaeological ensemble of Mérida, one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1993.
Mosaico de auriga y cazador, siglo IV d.C.
Conformado por dos fragmentos.
El mayor de ellos tiene, en su parte superior, composición de estrellas formadas por ocho rombos separadas por cuadrados grandes y otros más pequeños en punta. En el interior de estos últimos, círculos con motivos en aspa en el centro de un cuadrado curvilíneo, mientras que en el interior de los grandes, decoraciones geométricas y vegetales variadas.
En la parte inferior, dentro de un marco sencillo, el espacio se compartimenta en cuadrados separados por bandas de triángulos isósceles unidos y decorados en su interior con formas diversas.
La zona central está dividida en dos cuadrados, uno de ellos con una escena de auriga vencedor, conservándose dos de los caballos, con parte del carro, la mano del auriga y la victoria que lo corona. Otro de los cuadros es un episodio de caza compuesto por una figura humana en pie que sujeta con su mano derecha las bridas de un caballo, bajo los cuales, en segundo plano, hay un ciervo muerto.
El fragmento menor está dividido en dos zonas, una de ellas en composición de estrellas formadas por ocho rombos y otra rodeada con un marco de cable sencillo y banda de motivos turriformes, en cuyo interior hay una escena de una figura masculina entre árboles con la mano derecha levantada. Los mosaicos, en época imperial , servían como pavimento de casas ricas o ambientes públicos, y estaban realizados con pequeños cubos de piedra o pasta vítrea llamados "tesselae".
El Museo Nacional de Arte Romano de Mérida (MNAR) fue inaugurado en 1986 en su emplazamiento actual, obra del arquitecto Rafael Moneo. Se trata de un centro investigador y difusor de la cultura romana donde, además de acoger los hallazgos arqueológicos de la antigua ciudad romana Augusta Emerita.
El edificio, proyectado por Moneo a partir del otoño de 1979, y construido entre 1980 y 1986, atrajo rápidamente el reconocimiento internacional, no sólo como una de las primeras obras maestras del arquitecto navarro, y la primera suya conocida y apreciada en el extranjero, sino también como la obra que marcó el principio de un periodo fructífero de la producción arquitectónica española, que pasó a captar la atención de arquitectos y críticos de todo el mundo. El principal objetivo del arquitecto en este proyecto fue que el museo tuviera el carácter y la presencia de un edificio romano. Toda la arquitectura se encuentra fuertemente ligada, en su materialidad, al contenido que expone y a la cultura que referencia. Aunque en una primera visión del museo esto puede parecer un objetivo sencillo, sin embargo, más allá de esta aparente simplicidad del esquema constructivo, se encuentra una compleja concepción arquitectónica, rica en asociaciones históricas y con sutiles articulaciones espaciales. El complejo consiste en dos volúmenes conectados por un puente, con un interior a base de arcos, diafragmas e iluminación central.
Merida, the heroine from the Disney-Pixar movie, "Brave." Damned good likeness to the character; she even had three bear cub stuffed toys with her.
Tech stuff: Rendered clouds in Photoshop and used a chalk brush at 37% opacity to gently erase – bit-by-bit –the area around Merida. At the angle I took her photo from, you could see the chain-link fences in the woods behind her and another person sitting on far left of the other bench. The clouds were a compromise to 1) make it look like she's in a misty area, perhaps the mists of time (yeah, artistic license b.s.) and 2) hide the elements I didn't want in the picture.
Cosplayer: Kit
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In the Roman Empire, the city was known as "Emerita Augusta", the capital of the province of Lusitania. It was founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus as a colony for the veteran soldiers ("emeritus") of the Roman legions. The city was very important in Roman Hispania. It was endowed with all the comforts of a large Roman city and served as the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania. For centuries, until the fall of the Roman Empire, Mérida was an important economic, military, and cultural center.
Following invasions from the Visigoths, Mérida remained an important city of the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania in the 6th century. In 713, the Arabs conquered the city and devastated it. Even under Islamic rule, Mérida remained a bishop's seat until it was moved to Santiago de Compostela in 1119.
In 1230 the Christian troops under Alfonso IX conquered Mérida during the Reconquista.
The "Teatro romano de Mérida" was constructed in the years 16 to 15 BCE. It has undergone several renovations, notably at the end of the 1st century or early 2nd century CE when the current facade was erected, and another at the time of Constantine I, which introduced new decorative-architectural elements and a walkway around the monument. Following the theatre's abandonment in Late Antiquity, it was slowly covered with earth. In its time it had a seating capacity of 6,000. The diameter is about 86 meters.
She is watching the scene since 2000 years.
took a better pic at the day time
Brave's Merida by me (jentutu)
this is the very first time I make art about Disney :)
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