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J'ai déjà mis des photos de ce château sur Flickr, mais la lumière et le ciel de ce matin étaient exceptionnels.
Windswept Dune at White Sands National Monument. Taken March 2007 with a Nikon N75 Film SLR on Fuji Velvia ISO 50 Film.
The Yorktown Victory Monument commemorates the victory at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, that led to the conclusion of the Revolutionary War. The monument was authorized by Congress in 1781, but was not built until 1884. The figure of Liberty was replaced in 1956 after the original was damaged by lightening in 1942.
Colonial Historical National Park.
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, once commander-in-chief of the early Continental Army and the first American president.
The monument, made of marble, granite, and bluestone gneiss, is both the world's tallest stone structure and the world's tallest obelisk, standing 555 feet 5 1⁄8 inches (169.294 m) tall. Taller monumental columns exist, but they are neither all stone nor true obelisks.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
AWIB-ISAW: Khasekhemwy Monument (II)
This image shows the niches that were probably added when the immense structure became a monastic settlement. During that period the wall was cut into so much, that the excavators now use sandbags to reinforce the weaker sections of the walls. by Kyera Giannini (2009)
copyright: 2009 Kyera Giannini (used with permission)
photographed place: Abdju (Abydos) [pleiades.stoa.org/places/756512]
Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World as part of the Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB). Further information: [www.nyu.edu/isaw/awib.htm].
You can see two boys playing with a broken office chair on the top-most level, while monks swathed in saffron robes return to the pagodas for their afternoon sessions. When you see a monk in Cambodia, you always know what time it is...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Memphis National Cemetery
Memphis, Tennessee
The Illinois monument was erected in 1929 to honor those individuals who fought in the Civil War. Constructed in bronze and granite, the monument depicts a soldier in repose.
Once Memphis fell under Union control, it became a convenient location to care for the sick and wounded troops flooding in from surrounding areas. General hospitals capable of caring for thousands of men at a time were set up in and around the city. A board of officers who purchased 32 acres northeast of the city chose the cemetery site. It was originally known as Mississippi River National Cemetery. At the end of the war, burials included reinterments from camps and hospitals throughout the region.
Memphis has the second-largest group of unknowns interred in any national cemetery. The large quantity of unknowns may be attributed to the long interval between battlefield burial and reinterment at Memphis National Cemetery. Often, the crude wood markers that identified original burials had been removed or deteriorated to the point where they were no longer legible. As soldiers were not required to carry personal identification, it was often difficult to determine the identity of the remains.
Memphis National Cemetery is also the burial place of the victims of one of the nation's most tragic maritime disasters—the explosion of the USS Sultana. On April 23, 1865, after undergoing boiler repairs, the vessel had picked up a number of Union prisoners of war released from Andersonville prison in Georgia and Cahaba prison in Alabama. The captain, a part owner of the vessel, was paid $5 a head for enlisted men and $10 for officers, so he did not baulk when the steamer was overloaded with passengers. The USS Sultana was certified to carry 376 passengers, but it carried well over 2,000 soldiers anxious to return home.
The steamer left Vicksburg and reached Memphis on the evening of April 26, where the passengers heard the news of President Lincoln's assassination. From Memphis, the ship stopped at a coaling station on the Arkansas side of the river, bound for Cairo, Ill. About 2 a.m. a boiler exploded and the blast toppled the smokestack and cut the deck in two. Many men were killed instantly by the fire and steam, others began going over the side. Many of the wounded were put over the side to avoid the inferno, only to drown miles away. Only about 800 persons survived.
Information copied from: www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/memphis.asp
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; etc. In addition, more than 10,000 letters, and nearly 3,000 drawings by him are extant.
(Berlin; 11th September 2014)
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Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
Pyochung pavilion - Monument to Loyalty - Kaesong - Chanam Mountain
They were built in Ri dynasty to infuse loyalty of people toward the dynasty as Jong did. It's built between 1740 and 1872. Engraved are the handwritings of the kings in praise of him.
Inside the pavilion are two huge steles (stone tablets) on the backs of stone turtles. They commemorate the execution of Jong Mong Ju and confirm his loyalty to the ruling dynasty, thereby paradoxically confirming the decaying of the Ri dynasty.
Pullman National Monument, also known as The Pullman District and Pullman Historic District, is located in Chicago and was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. The district had its origins in the manufacturing plans and organization of the Pullman Company, and became one of the most famous company towns in the United States, as well as the scene of the violent 1894 Pullman strike. It was built for George Pullman as a place to produce the famous Pullman sleeping cars.
Originally built beyond the Chicago city limits, it is now in what is the Pullman community area of Chicago, the district includes the Pullman factory and also the Hotel Florence, named after George Pullman's daughter. Also within the district is the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, named for the prominent labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph, which recognizes and explores African American labor history. Parts of the site, in recent decades have been owned by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency prior to gifting them to the federal government. Additional grounds remain owned by the state, as The Pullman State Historic Site. The Pullman District, including the national monument, state historic site, and private homes is east of Cottage Grove Avenue, from East 103rd St. to East 115th St. It was named a Chicago Landmark district on October 16, 1972. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 1969 and declared a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970.
Source: Wikipedia
This controversial monument is next to the multidisciplinary technical lyceum №1501 and is a symbol of the institution, which is like a chicken-hen, warms his warm eggs, hatching chicks learn to take the first steps in the development of science and helps them to make the first flight in life.
Этот неоднозначный памятник находится рядом со зданием многопрофильного технического лицея №1501 и является символом данного учебного заведения, которое как курица-наседка, согревает своим теплом яйца, учит вылупляющихся птенцов делать первые шаги в освоении наук и помогает совершить им первый полет в своей жизни. Автор неизвестен.
Well, I've got to run to keep from hidin',
And I'm bound to keep on ridin'.
And I've got one more silver dollar,
But I'm not gonna let 'em catch me, no,
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.
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Flew into D.C. in a rain/snow storm.
But today was a perfect cool day. Could have used a few clouds though.
Six shot HDR, click on image to see it on black.
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Monument in the Plaza de Espana commemorates the centenary of the declaration of the Spanish Constitution of 1812 in the city.
The Skeiðará Bridge Monument is what remains of the bridge following the floods that accompanied a volcanic eruption
San Francisco's Dutch Windmill www.dform.com/projects/windmill/index.html
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Colorado National Monument.
It's not visible in from this angle, but climbers put an American flag on top of this formation every July 4. It was up when we saw it in the morning, but the flag was gone when we viewed Independence Monument from above that afternoon.
looking north towards monument valley from arizona hwy u.s. 160 near the navajo enclave of kayenta, az.
The Battle of Mohács was fought on August 29, 1526 near Mohács, Hungary. In the battle, forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia were defeated by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
The Hungarians had long opposed Ottoman expansion in southeastern Europe, but the fall of Nándorfehérvár, (present-day Belgrade, Serbia) and Szabács in 1521 meant that most of southern Hungary was left indefensible. King Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, entered into marriage with Mary of Habsburg in 1522. The Ottomans saw that growing alliance as a threat to their power in the Balkans and worked to break this alliance. Even in peacetime the Ottomans raided Hungarian lands and conquered small territories (with border castles), but a final battle still offered a glimmer of hope. To such ends, in June 1526, an Ottoman expedition advanced up the Danube River.
On 29 th of August 1526, 20 000 Hungarian tryed to defense its home vs. 80-100 000 turks. The battle was short and unbalanced and followed by a huge massacre where no inhabitants were captured and kept alive, but killed.
Following this Ottomans kept occupied Hungary including the capital, Budapest, for more than 150 years.
Mohács is seen by many Hungarians as the decisive downward turning point in the country's history, a national trauma that persists in the nation's folk memory. For moments of bad luck, Hungarians still say: "more was lost at Mohács" (Több is veszett Mohácsnál). Hungarians view Mohács as marking the end of an independent and powerful European nation.
more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moh%C3%A1cs