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Nachtaufnahme in der Altstadt von Meersburg am Bodensee.
Nightcapture in the old town of Meersburg on Lake Constance.
The annual fair was always such a big deal I was thrilled to see it come to life at Old Town. Read more about this amazing place here on the SLuggle
Als europäische Hauptstadt am Kreuzweg der lateinischen und germanischen Welt verfügt Straßburg über ein einzigartiges architektonisches Erbe.
Daydreaming about the possibilities.
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I will introduce You the city of Grasse in Southfrance during the next days. Since the 16th century that city is wellknown for the producing of perfumes. There are still some quite important perfumefactories located here. It became famous because of the novel (and the screen adaption) "The perfume" by Patrick Süßkind. I recommend to read this very good book before comming here the first time. It will give you a much closer access to what You find here and You can see more than just the tourist attraction.
In den nächsten Tagen möchte ich hier die Stadt Grasse in Südfrankreich vorstellen. Bereits seit dem 16. Jahrhundert ist die Stadt ein bekannter Ort der Parfümherstellung. Es befinden sich noch immer einige sehr bekannte Parfümhersteller hier. Berühmt wurde Sie durch den Roman (und die Verfilmung) "Das Parfüm" von Patrick Süßkind. Ich empfehle jedem, der zum ersten mal hierher kommt vorher dieses sehr gute Buch zu lesen. Das verschafft einen viel intensiveren Zugang zu dem, was man hier vorfindet und man sieht mehr als nur die Touristenattraktion.
San Francisco Square in the Historic Center of Quito.
From left to right, in the San Francisco building, you can see the doors of the Chapel of Cantuña, the Chapel of Villacísla, the main church, the convent and the museum.
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The Church and its chapels (La Iglesia de San Francisco), which were considered sacred places.
Together, Church and Convent encompass three hectares including 13 cloisters (six of them major), three churches, and a large courtyard. In total, about 40,000 square meters of construction. San Francisco follows the classical typology of medieval monasteries. The main Church is the guiding axis and from there the cloister galleries extend: the refectory, the chapterhouse, and winery. These define a quadrangular courtyard, with the four respective pandas, or galleries: that of the chapter room, the refectory, the converts, and the mandatum. In addition to the basic dependencies of a convent, there were areas devoted to health care, education, crafts, a garden, and even a jail (to maintain strict discipline). The kitchen and dispensery operated in the cloister of services.
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Walking from the Old Town’s narrow colonial streets into this open plaza reveals one of the finest sights in all of Ecuador: a sweeping cobblestone plaza backed by the mountainous backdrop of Volcán Pichincha, and the long, whitewashed walls and twin bell towers of Ecuador’s oldest church.
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The Public Square (Plaza de San Francisco) was a purely urban space, demarcated and connected to various public activities (teaching, market, water supply).
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Sad part of our History.
In pre-Hispanic Quito, the current lands of the Church and Convent of San Francisco were occupied by the royal palace of the Inca Huayna Cápac, before the advance of the armies commanded by the Spaniards from the south and the impossibility of defending the city the indigenous general Rumiñahui arranged the total destruction of it. In the city fire the palace was destroyed and buried under a huge amount of rubble and garbage. One of Rumiñahui's soldiers was the great-grandfather of the indigenous Cantuña, who as an eyewitness to the events had full knowledge of what was buried in the place. The construction of the church and convent of San Francisco began around 1537, just three years after the Spanish foundation of the city, with the completion of a provisional temple that was maintained until 1550, when construction of the current building began and which was completed around 1680. Although the building was officially inaugurated in 1705.
It was rainy, raw and cold the day I arrived in Stockholm but walking the streets of this city's magnificent "Old Town" without the tourist crowds put a huge smile on my face.
The city was founded about 614 , by Roman refugees fleeing the Slav and Avar sack of Epidaurus, just to the southeast. A colony of Slavs soon joined the Romans there, and from an early date the city formed a link between two great civilizations. After the fall of Rome, Dubrovnik was ruled by the Byzantine Empire.
This photo is from a trip Kay and I took in 2009.
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