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They are all over the place in the Safari world, but mostly overseen.
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HONDA, TABALUGA & SWEETY jumped into the RED Travelling Bag to make sure they won't be overseen and forgotten to be taken on a CrAzY Journey ....
Should you miss TinyTeddy, he took this photo with his micro bearphone !
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Photo taken September 29, 2021 for the group
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Missouri Botanical Gardens at Faust Park. The Butterfly House is overseen by the Missouri Botanical Gardens while geographically separate.
The Badìa Fiorentina ,on the left, is an abbey and church now home to the Monastic Communities of Jerusalem situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of Florence, Italy. The abbey was founded as a Benedictine institution in 978 by Willa, Countess of Tuscany, in commemoration of her late husband Hubert, and was one of the chief buildings of medieval Florence. A hospital was founded in the abbey in 1071. The church bell marked the main divisions of the Florentine day. Between 1284 and 1310 the Romanesque church was rebuilt in Gothic style by famous Italian architect and sculptor Arnolfo di Cambio, but in 1307 part of the church was demolished to punish the monks for non-payment of taxes. The church underwent a Baroque transformation between 1627 and 1631. The prominent campanile, completed between 1310 and 1330, is Romanesque at its base and Gothic in its upper stages. Its construction was overseen by the famous chronicler Giovanni Villani.
The Bargello, on, the right, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo (Palace of the People), was a former barracks and prison, now an art museum.
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We went for a walk on Beverley Westwood the other evening the hot dry weather has transformed the Westwood into dry Prairie . I was amused to see so many cattle around the Black Mill I think they had been having a team meeting . The Westwood is common land and the cattle who are not fenced in and will belong to many owners.
Beverley might be best known for its splendid Medieval minster, but the town also has one of the best areas of common land in the country.The Westwood was given to the townspeople by the Lord of the Manor way back in 1380, and today locals still hold rights to graze cattle and sheep, an activity controlled by a committee known as the pasture masters .The wellbeing of these pastures is overseen by the pasture masters, a group of men elected from the Freemen of Beverley each March. Its a complicated system but it seems to work fairly well. Occasionally the cattle decide to walk into the town and one of the pasture masters who lives on the Westwood has to drive them back . The Black Mill was constructed in the early eighteenth century
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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Missouri Botanical Gardens at Faust Park. The Butterfly House is overseen by the Missouri Botanical Gardens while geographically separate.
Castle sunset clouds so nice I had to show them twice I spent about 30-40 minutes happily clicking away as the strong winds pushed one set of cloud through to be replaced by another sky scene all lit by the slowly sinking sunset making a promise that tomorrows weather would be fair. Every once in a while all the tumblers drop into place for a travel photographer, where you have an interesting subject combined with an interesting light and you are situated at the right place, I guess that is what keeps you coming back for more.
While the mighty Norman castle is the dominant feature of the towns architecture you should not miss a walk around the old town through its cozy laneways and discover the historic preservation of the many magnificent palazzo. All the old town streets lead from the fortress with each of the streets historically overseen by a particular family and their palazzo sealed their positions, those not to be missed are Palazzo Petruccelli, Palazzo Fruguglietti, Palazzo Racioppi and Palazzo Valinoti in Piazza Vittorio Veneto.
While the architecture and history shine brightly in the town the true beauty of the place comes from its setting in the Val d'Agri one of the greenest areas of Basilicata in the heart of the youngest of the Italian National parks, the Lucanian Val d'Agri Lagonegrese Apennines. Within all this beautiful nature is a particularly meaningful spot of the villagers which lies between Val D 'Agri and the Vallo di Diano on a quiet ridge called Bosco Faggeto a 350 hectare oasis which is designated a Site of Community Interest (SIC) for the town.
I took this on Sept 26, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 62mm 1s f`16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
In certain parts of Brooklyn there are some empty lots that have been converted into community gardens.When I first saw the gardens about two years ago I was quite amazed.I saw some young adults behind the fences doing some gardening which really impressed me.In Brooklyn you just don't see young adults,esp guys, planting much of anything.I saw beautiful flowers at the garden then as well as vegetables.There's no gardening being done now because of the weather,but I gather it will pick up again in the spring.Flower pots,planters,and potting benches can still be seen behind the fences.The gardens are overseen by the New York City Department of Parks.Classes are also offered to the community for anyone interested in learning about gardening.
The most important castle in North Rhine-Westphalia is Schloss Nordkirchen which lies in the Coesfeld region of Münsterland, it is also happens to be the largest moated castle or Wasser Schloss in the region as well.
The castle was built by Prince-Bishop Friedrich Christian von Münster of the Plettenberg-Lenhausen dynasty so had a high pedigree of nobility and full funding from its outset and incorporated all the latest innovations that the 18th century Baroque period could muster.
The palace was designed and the construction was overseen by arguably the best Westphalian Baroque architect of the period Johann Conrad Schlaun.
Unfortunately I was unable to tour the inside as it is only available on Sundays or Public holidays, given the rain and dampness I had experience up until now I was pretty happy to be outside enjoying the much forgotten sun so it was a small disappointment.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens at 31mm 1/80s, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, Topaz Denoise, PS (Lumenzia and DXO Nik Color Efex)
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.
La muralla de Ávila es una cerca militar románica que rodea el casco antiguo de la ciudad española de Ávila, capital de la provincia homónima, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León.La muralla tiene un perímetro de 2515 metros, 2500 almenas, 87 cubos o torreones y 9 puertas. Ocupa una superficie de 33 hectáreas y conforma un rectángulo orientado de este a oeste. Sus muros tienen 3 metros de grosor y 12 de altura. Para su trazado se aprovecharon los desniveles del terreno y no se construyeron ni taludes ni contrafuertes
Según la tradición, la dirección de la construcción de la muralla recayó en dos maestres de la geometría: el romano Casandro y el francés Florín de Pituenga.
The Walls of Ávila are a Romanesque military fortification that surrounds the old town of the Spanish city of Ávila, capital of the province of the same name, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The walls have a perimeter of 2,515 meters, 2,500 crenellations, 87 towers, and 9 gates. They cover an area of 33 hectares and form a rectangle oriented east to west. Their walls are 3 meters thick and 12 meters high. The natural slopes of the land were used in their construction, and no embankments or buttresses were built.
According to tradition, the construction of the walls was overseen by two masters of geometry: the Roman Casandro and the Frenchman Florín de Pituenga.
I was so excited to find this Airstream trailer. They started producing these in the 1930’s. It is made of polished aluminum and designed in this shape for aerodynamics.
It “is based on designs created by Hawley Bowlus, who had earlier overseen construction of Charles Lindbergh's aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis.“ (Wikipedia)
When I was a kid going camping with my family, we hauled a pop-up tent trailer behind our car. Whenever we passed an Airstream, my Dad would say, “That’s the most expensive trailer you can buy!” I guess it probably isn’t true today, but in the 60s and 70s it was camping in style.
Found along a back road in Richmond County, Virginia.
The Quarai Mission and Convento were established at Quarai in 1626 overseen by Fray Juan Gutierrez de la Chica. Construction began on La Purisma Concepcion de Quarai in 1627 and continued to 1632. Curiously, within the newly built convento, a Square Kiva was built. Like the other Missions of Salinas Pueblo Missions, a combination of disease, drought, famine, and Apache raiding led to the abandonment of Quarai in 1678. Settlers would return to Quarai in the early 1800s constructing the Lucero Structures which included a defensive Torreon and the later Manzano Church.
The Sun Voyager is a sculpture by Jón Gunnar Árnason, located next to the Sæbraut road in Reykjavík, Iceland. Sun Voyager is described as a dreamboat, or an ode to the Sun. The artist intended it to convey the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, progress and freedom.
In 1986, the district association of the west part of the city funded a competition for a new outdoor sculpture to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the city of Reykjavík. Jón Gunnar's Sun Voyager won the competition, and the aluminium model was presented to the city for enlargement. The full-sized Sun Voyager was eventually unveiled on Sæbraut on the birthday of the city of Reykjavík, August 18, 1990.
The work is constructed of quality stainless steel and stands on a circle of granite slabs surrounded by so-called “town-hall concrete”. It was constructed in accordance with Jón Gunnar's enlarged full-scale drawing of Sun Voyager and was overseen by Jón Gunnar's assistant, the artist Kristinn E. Hrafnsson. The engineering of the sculpture was supervised by the technologist, Sigurjón Yngvason, in close cooperation with Jón Gunnar himself, the building itself was carried out by Reynir Hjálmtýsson and his assistant.
In an interview published in the newspaper Þjóðviljinn on 11 June 1987, Jón Gunnar describes the genesis of the work as being part of the Scandinavian art project, Experimental Environment, which conducted various artistic experiments in Iceland, Denmark and other places in the 1980s.
In May 1985, a group of artists, members of the Scandinavian art project, Experimental Environment, gathered to take part in the Saari-Vala Environmental Art Action in Bockholm, Finland. There I experienced a sense of the history of the origins of Icelanders, something which is also related in the present exhibition at the Nordic House in Reykjavík.
I had an uncanny feeling that I had been on this island before, when travelling on my way from Mongolia to Iceland, hundreds of years ago.
As you know, there have been speculations that the Icelanders as a race originated in Mongolia. I have discovered the history of their migration to Iceland, which runs as follows: Many centuries ago, a mighty warlord, let’s say it was Alexander the Great, was living in the centre of the known world. He dispatched his bravest and most experienced warriors, along with some women, scribes and other followers, on an exploratory expedition to the cardinal directions, the north, west, south, and east, in order to discover and conquer new, unknown territories. Those who headed east followed the rising sun until they reached the steppes of Mongolia. There they settled down and lived in comfort. Those scribes who accompanied the warriors were expected to document the expedition for the king. Several centuries later, when the documents written by the scribes eventually came to be examined, the people discovered that they had another fatherland in the west. They therefore decided to gather together their belongings and head back west towards the setting sun. We followed the sun for days and years, walking, riding and sailing. We enriched our experience and our determination grew in strength as our journey progressed, and we recorded everything that we saw and experienced. I remember endless pine forests, mountains and waterfalls, lakes, islands, rivers and seas before we eventually reached the ocean. We then constructed huge ships and sailed on westwards towards the setting sun.
As a result of this vivid experience of my participation in this expedition while on the island of Bockholm in the Finnish archipelago, I carved a picture of a sun ship into a granite rock by the sea. The sun ship symbolizes the promise of new, undiscovered territory. It is also being exhibited here at the Nordic House, made of aluminium.
There has been some dispute about the eventual location of Sun Voyager on Sæbraut in Reykjavík. Some people have complained that the ship does not face west, towards the setting Sun in accordance with the concept behind it. The original intention had been for Sun Voyager to be situated in the west part of Reykjavík, for obvious reasons. Jón Gunnar's original idea had been for the ship to be placed on Landakot hill, the prow facing the centre of Reykjavík and the stern to Christ the King Cathedral (Icelandic: Landakotskirkja). Another possibility was that it could be placed by the harbour in the centre of Reykjavík on a specially constructed base. The coastline by Ánanaust nonetheless eventually came to be Jón Gunnar's preferred location for the ship. Unfortunately, changes in the town planning for Reykjavík came to rule out this location. In the end, the final decision was taken (with Jón Gunnar's consent) that Sun Voyager should be located on Sæbraut on a small headland (which the artist jokingly called Jónsnes: Jón's Peninsula). Jón Gunnar was well aware that when bolted to its platform, Sun Voyager would be facing north, but felt that that made little difference when it came down to it.
Sun Voyager was built in accordance with the artist's hand-drawn full-scale plan. Its irregular form with the ever-flowing lines and poetic movement which are a distinctive feature of so many of his works make it seem as if the ship is floating on air. It reaches out into space in such a way that the sea, the sky and the mind of the observer become part of the work as a whole. As a result, Sun Voyager has the unique quality of being able to carry each and every observer to wherever his/her mind takes him/her. Few of Jón Gunnar's works have a simple obvious interpretation. As he stated himself, all works of art should convey a message that transcends the work itself. It is the observer who bears the eventual responsibility for interpreting the works in his/her own way, thus becoming a participant in the overall creation of the work. Jón Gunnar's works frequently make such demands on the observers, giving them the opportunity to discover new truths as a result of their experience.
Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis
In ancient Greek architecture, a propylaea, propylea or propylaia (/ˌprɒpɪˈliːə/; Greek: προπύλαια) is a monumental gateway. They are seen as a partition, specifically for separating the secular and religious pieces of a city. The prototypical Greek example is the propylaea that serves as the entrance to the Acropolis of Athens. In this case, the propylaea is built wider than the Acropolis of Athens in order to allow chariots through. The construction of it was part of Pericles great rebuilding program for Athens in c. 437 BCE. The project of the propylaea began once the Parthenon was almost done. It was overseen by Mnesicles (an Athenian architect ).
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Paddock shot of the 1964 Series 1 Lightweight Competition Replica (Chassis 861439).
Sold originally to McCauley Advertising Ltd, the car passed to Clive Robinson in 1965 where it was stripped and rebuilt to FIA competition specification and exported to Canada to compete. The car was repatriated to the UK in 1974, and then changed hands in 1978 in a non-working state, in which it remained until 1987, when Nick Faure asked Bryan Wingfield (DRL Engineering) to rebuild the car to a higher specification than before.
The car then spent some time in Germany, where it was converted back to road use, before once again coming back to the UK and being recommissioned for race entry.
More recently the car has been overseen by Blakeney Motorsport (although I can locate few details on what has been done to the car since its work by Beacon Hill).
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The Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi: بادشاہی مسیت, romanized: Bādśā’ī Masīt; Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد, romanized: Bādśāhī Masjid) is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of Aurangzeb, opposite of the Lahore Fort on the northern outskirts of the historic Walled City. It is widely considered to be one of the most iconic landmarks of the Punjab.
The sixth Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb, chose Lahore as the site for his new mosque. Aurangzeb, unlike the previous emperors, was not a major patron of art and architecture and instead focused, during much of his reign, on various military conquests which added to the Mughal realm. The mosque was built to commemorate Aurangzeb's military campaigns in southern India, in particular against the Maratha ruler Shivaji. As a symbol of the mosque's importance, it was built directly across from the Lahore Fort and its Alamgiri Gate, which was concurrently built by Aurangzeb during construction of the mosque.
The mosque was commissioned in 1671, with construction overseen by the Emperor's foster brother, and Governor of Lahore, Muzaffar Hussein - also known by the name Fidai Khan Koka. After only two years of construction, the mosque was opened in 1673.
The Badshahi Mosque (Punjabi: بادشاہی مسیت, romanized: Bādśā’ī Masīt; Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد, romanized: Bādśāhī Masjid) is a Mughal-era imperial mosque located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was constructed between 1671 and 1673 during the rule of Aurangzeb, opposite of the Lahore Fort on the northern outskirts of the historic Walled City. It is widely considered to be one of the most iconic landmarks of the Punjab.
The sixth Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb, chose Lahore as the site for his new mosque. Aurangzeb, unlike the previous emperors, was not a major patron of art and architecture and instead focused, during much of his reign, on various military conquests which added to the Mughal realm. The mosque was built to commemorate Aurangzeb's military campaigns in southern India, in particular against the Maratha ruler Shivaji. As a symbol of the mosque's importance, it was built directly across from the Lahore Fort and its Alamgiri Gate, which was concurrently built by Aurangzeb during construction of the mosque.
The mosque was commissioned in 1671, with construction overseen by the Emperor's foster brother, and Governor of Lahore, Muzaffar Hussein - also known by the name Fidai Khan Koka. After only two years of construction, the mosque was opened in 1673.
Havana was founded by the Spanish November 16, 1519 in the natural harbor of the Bay of Havana. It became a victualing station for the treasure laden Spanish galleons on the crossing between the New World and the Old World. By the 17th century, it had become one of the main shipbuilding centers.
The city was built in baroque and neoclassical styles. Many buildings have fallen into ruin in the latter half of the 20th century, but a few are being restored. The narrow streets of Old Havana accounts for as many as a third of the approximately 3,000 buildings found in Havana. It is the ancient city formed from the port, the official center, and the Plaza de Armas.
In 1555, Old Havana was destroyed by the French corsair Jacques de Sores. The pirates took Havana easily, overpowering the few defenders, plundered the city, and burnt much of it to the ground. They left without obtaining the enormous wealth that had been expected.
After the incident, the Spanish built a fully garrisoned fortress and walls to protect it. Construction of Castillo de la Real Fuerza, began in 1558, overseen by engineer Bartolomé Sanchez.
Old Havana resembles Cádiz and Tenerife. Alejo Carpentier called it "de las columnas"(of the columns), but it could also be named for the gateways, the revoco, the deterioration and the rescue, the intimacy, the shade, the cool, the courtyards...
In her there are all the big ancient monuments, the forts, the convents and churches, the palaces, the alleys, the arcade, the human density. The Cuban State has attempted enormous efforts to preserve and to restore Old Havana through the efforts of the Office of the Historian of the City, which was directed by Eusebio Leal, recognized as Old Havana's de facto Mayor..
The Badshahi Mosque was built between 1671 and 1673 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The mosque was commissioned in 1671, with construction overseen by the Emperor's foster brother, and Governor of Lahore, Muzaffar Hussein - also known by the name Fidai Khan Koka. After only two years of construction, the mosque was opened in 1673.
The mosque is an important example of Mughal architecture, with an exterior that is decorated with carved red sandstone with marble inlay. It remains the largest mosque of the Mughal-era, and is the third-largest mosque in Pakistan.
In 1799, during the rule of Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire, the mosque's courtyard was used as a stable and its hujras (cells) as soldiers quarters. When the British Empire took control of Lahore in 1846 it was used as a garrison until 1852. Subsequently, the Badshahi Mosque Authority was established to oversee its restoration as a place of worship. It is now one of Pakistan's most iconic sights.
”Pareidolia"😄
Quite a difficult task this week, as it is impossible to shoot for a pareidolia image on comand !
However, while taking water droplets in a metal sink, I could detect a "Frightening Grimace" which was much smaller than a fingernail
Thanks to my friend Charles who detected a second face which shows the profile of a little brown bear ! I must have overseen that due to the sight on the shocking grimace ....
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Uploaded the Grimace for the groups
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😄 Happy Macro Monday 😄
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Garron Bridge is an elegant single stone arch bridge across the Gearr Abhainn at the head of little Loch Shira, an inlet of Loch Fyne a couple of miles north of Inveraray. It was built by the Board of Ordnance in 1748 as part of the military road from Dumbarton to Inveraray overseen by Major Caulfeild. However, as the bridge lies within the lands of the Duke of Argyll, he appears to have used his influence and had the bridge architecturally designed, rather than the more utilitarian style of most of Caulfeild's bridges.
The semi-circular, humped arch, is flanked by semi-octagonal pilasters rising up the abutments to form small refuges in each corner, with elegant balustraded parapets between. The parapets around the refuges were originally topped with large stone balls, although the two on the upstream side seem to have disappeared. At the western end, a long stone built causeway crosses the low lying ground at the bottom of Glen Shira.
Seen on a Jane's Walk
Surrogate's Court also the Hall of Records was completed in 1907. Built in the Beaux Arts style, the original plans were created by John Rochester Thomas and the construction overseen by Arthur J. Hogan and Vincent J. Slattery. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. Both the building's facade and the interior are New York City designated landmarks.
The south group is titled The Burden of Life: The Broken Law, and is overseen by a heroic size bas relief of Adam and Eve. It portrays life struggles and negative emotions – widowhood, toil, grief, despair – but with the possibility of consolation and hope. The north group is titled Love and Labor: The Unbroken Law, and is overseen by a heroic size bas relief of a prosperous farmer and his wife. It portrays life accomplishments and positive emotions – familial love, education, parenthood, religion – and the promise of the future generation
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Big Chute Marine Railway carriage at the Big Chute located in Georgian Bay Township in Simcoe County on the Trent-Severn Waterway in Central Ontario Canada
Big Chute Marine Railway Waterway Trent-Severn Waterway Country Canada Maintained by Parks Canada Operation Patent slip First built 1917 Latest built 1978 Fall 18 m (59.1 ft) Coordinates 44.884722°N 79.674139°W Big Chute Marine Railway Big Chute Marine Railway is a patent slip at lock 44 (in the township of Georgian Bay) of the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario, Canada. It works on an inclined plane to carry boats in individual cradles over a change of height of about 60 feet (18 m). It is the only marine railway (or canal inclined plane) of its kind in North America still in use, and is overseen by federally operated Parks Canada. This railway is vital for those cruising the 6,000-mile (9,700 km) Great Loop Loop route. Wikipedia
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St Pauls and the millennium bridge.
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened on 10 June 2000.
Londoners nicknamed it the "Wobbly Bridge" and even the "Wibbly Wobbly" after pedestrians experienced an alarming swaying motion on its opening day.[1][2] The bridge was closed later that day and, after two days of limited access, it was closed again for almost two years so that modifications and repairs could be made to keep the bridge stable and stop the swaying motion. It reopened in February 2002, after real-life safety tests were conducted by 700 staff from engineering consultancy Arup.[3]
The bridge is located between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge. Its southern end is near the Globe Theatre, the Bankside Gallery, and Tate Modern, while its northern end is next to the City of London School below St Paul's Cathedral. The bridge's alignment is such that a clear view (i.e. a "terminating vista") of St Paul's south façade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports.
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened in June 2000.
Vicente Calderon stadium, Madrid, June 2020.
The demolition will completed soon.
The home stadium of Atlético Madrid since its completion in 1966 to 2017.
The capacity was 55.000.
The stadium was finally completed in 1970, and then counted with a capacity of 62,000 seats and no standing areas, which made Estadio Vicente Calderón the first large all-seater stadium in Europe.
It had initially been called Estadio de Manzanares, but the name was changed in 1971 in honour of club-president Vicente Calderón, who had overseen the construction of the stadium.
It was selected as one of the playing venues of the 1982 World Cup, during which it hosted three second-round group matches.
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The beautifully ornamented archway separates the entry hallway (Sala de la Barca) to the Comares Palace and the Courtyard of the Myrtles (Patio de los Arrayanes) in the Nasrid Palace of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. The archway was part of construction overseen by Mohammed V around 1365 during the golden era of architectural development of the Alhambra. During this period palaces with beautifully adorned rooms in which the rulers lived and worked were built adjacent to courtyards with fountains, pools, and gardens.
The arches show well how the stucco was sculpted in arabesque patterns, i.e. repeated motifs of intertwined decorative lines similar to tendrils of a vine, as well as stalactite type ornamentation on the bottom of the closest arch. Islamic art used in architectural ornamentation lacks inclusion of people and relies primarily on the use of patterning or script from the Qur’an (calligraphic motifs).
Antiguo Casino, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
En 1923 se levanta el Antiguo Casino de Toledo, en la plaza de la Magdalena, al lado de Zocodover, cuyo proyecto se encarga al arquitecto Felipe Trigo y la dirección de obra a Ezequiel Martín.
El edificio es de estilo eclécticista de planta cuadrada; cuenta con cuatro alturas y un torreón formando un chaflán, uniendo las dos fachadas del edificio. Se asienta sobre un zócalo de piedra y se remata por una cornisa realizada en ladrillo y formada por una sucesión de arquillos ciegos.
La puerta principal está formada por un gran portalón con un arco de medio punto, abierto en el chafán de la fachada. Éste está formado a su vez por dovelas acodadas sobre las que se abre una ventana con reja. Una fina moldura de piedra descansa sobre ménsulas y recorre la parte exterior de esta puerta, abarcando también a la ventana situada encima.
En el resto de la fachada se conjugan elementos renacentistas con sus huecos regulares y mudéjares con la utilización del ladrillo; en ella se manejan caprichosamente los alfices que circunscriben y encierran paños de ladrillo sobre los arcos, haciendo convivir los amplios vanos de los salones de la planta baja con rejas españolas y balcones adintelados.
La torre, muy visible desde la plaza, imita formas mudéjares y no desentona de la que hay en la cercana iglesia de la Magdalena. Por los elementos decorativos que posee, el material con la que está construida y el momento en el que se realizó, la torre podría encuadrarse perfectamente dentro del neomudejarismo toledano. Estéticamente está divida en cuatro tramos y construida en ladrillo, excepto el primer tramo que se alterna con un cajeado de mampuesto. El segundo tramo lo constituye el campanario que, en cada una de sus cuatro pandas poseen un doble vano, con arcos de medio punto unidos por una columna. El tercer tramo lo forman una sucesión de arquillos ciegos de herradura y apuntados; finaliza la composición con una cornisa de ladrillo de formas anaceladas, cubriéndose a cuatro aguas. Destaca también una red de rombos -sebka- enmarcando, a modo de alfiz, en una ventana del cuarto piso del chaflán.
En el interior aparece un amplio recibidor, con puerta al frente, de acceso al piso inferior mediante escalones descendientes y, a ambos lados, doble escalinata que conduce al piso alto.
In 1923, the Old Casino of Toledo was built in the Plaza de la Magdalena, next to Zocodover Square. The project was entrusted to the architect Felipe Trigo, and the construction was overseen by Ezequiel Martín.
The building is eclectic in style, with a square floor plan. It has four stories and a turret forming a chamfer, joining the two facades of the building. It rests on a stone plinth and is topped by a brick cornice composed of a series of blind arches.
The main entrance is a large doorway with a semicircular arch, set into the chamfer of the facade. This arch is formed by angled voussoirs above which is a window with a grille. A fine stone molding rests on corbels and runs along the exterior of this doorway, also encompassing the window above it.
The rest of the façade combines Renaissance elements with its regular openings and Mudéjar elements with the use of brick. The alfiz moldings, which frame and enclose brickwork above the arches, are whimsically arranged, creating a harmonious blend of the wide openings of the ground-floor rooms with Spanish-style ironwork and lintelled balconies.
The tower, highly visible from the plaza, imitates Mudéjar forms and is in keeping with the one at the nearby Church of La Magdalena. Due to its decorative elements, the materials used in its construction, and the period in which it was built, the tower could be perfectly classified within the Toledo Neo-Mudéjar style. Aesthetically, it is divided into four sections and built of brick, except for the first section, which alternates with a masonry paneling. The second section comprises the bell tower, each of whose four sides features a double opening with semicircular arches joined by a column. The third section consists of a series of blind horseshoe and pointed arches; the composition is completed with a brick cornice of corbel-like forms, covered by a hipped roof. A network of rhombuses—a sebka—frames a window on the fourth floor of the chamfered corner, acting as an alfiz.
Inside, there is a spacious entrance hall with a door at the front, providing access to the lower floor via descending steps, and on either side, a double staircase leading to the upper floor.
At the other end St Paul's cathedral
From Wikipedia
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened on 10 June 2000.
Londoners nicknamed it the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians experienced an alarming swaying motion on its opening day. The bridge was closed later that day and, after two days of limited access, it was closed again for almost two years so that modifications and repairs could be made to keep the bridge stable and stop the swaying motion. It reopened in February 2002.
The bridge is located between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge. Its southern end is near the Globe Theatre, the Bankside Gallery, and Tate Modern, while its northern end is next to the City of London School below St Paul's Cathedral. The bridge's alignment is such that a clear view (i.e. a "terminating vista") of St Paul's south façade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports.
Garron Bridge is an elegant single stone arch bridge across the Gearr Abhainn at the head of little Loch Shira, an inlet of Loch Fyne a couple of miles north of Inveraray. It was built by the Board of Ordnance in 1748 as part of the military road from Dumbarton to Inveraray overseen by Major Caulfeild. However, as the bridge lies within the lands of the Duke of Argyll, he appears to have used his influence and had the bridge architecturally designed, rather than the more utilitarian style of most of Caulfeild's bridges.
The semi-circular, humped arch, is flanked by semi-octagonal pilasters rising up the abutments to form small refuges in each corner, with elegant balustraded parapets between. The parapets around the refuges were originally topped with large stone balls, although the two on the upstream side seem to have disappeared. At the western end, a long stone built causeway crosses the low lying ground at the bottom of Glen Shira.
Transamerica Pyramid
The Transamerica building was commissioned by Transamerica CEO John (Jack) R. Beckett, with the claim that he wished to allow light in the street below. Built on the site of the historic Montgomery Block, it has a structural height of 853 ft (260 m) and has 48 floors of retail and office space.
Construction began in 1969 and finished in 1972, and was overseen by San Francisco-based contractor Dinwiddie Construction (now Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company). Transamerica moved its headquarters to the new building from across the street, where it had been based in another flatiron-shaped building now occupied by the Church of Scientology of San Francisco.
Although the tower is no longer Transamerica Corporation headquarters, it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. The building is evocative of San Francisco and has become one of the many symbols of the city. Designed by architect William Pereira, it faced opposition during planning and construction and was sometimes referred to by detractors as "Pereira's Prick". John King of the San Francisco Chronicle summed up the improved opinion of the building in 2009 as "an architectural icon of the best sort - one that fits its location and gets better with age."
The Transamerica Pyramid was the tallest skyscraper west of Chicago from 1972 to 1974 surpassing the then Bank of America Center. It was surpassed by the Aon Center in Los Angeles.
The building is thought to have been the intended target of a foiled terrorist attack, involving the hijacking of airplanes as part of the Bojinka plot, which was foiled in 1995.
In 1999 Transamerica was acquired by Dutch insurance company Aegon. When the non-insurance operations of Transamerica were later sold to GE Capital, Aegon retained the building as an investment.
Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross. A fine example of how industrial structures can be repurposed for living and working. Shops and eateries overseen by the newly renovated gas holders turned into residential and office space. Quite an airy and welcoming space, which I'd never been to before.
More information on this area here -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Drops_Yard
Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales.
Rhuddlan Castle Coordinates...53.2889°N 3.464528°W
Rhuddlan Castle is a castle located in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales. It was erected by Edward I in 1277, Much of the work was overseen by master mason James of Saint George. Rhuddlan, which was not completed until 1282, was built concurrently with Flint Castle, at a time when King Edward I of England was consolidating his conquest of Wales. It was temporarily his residence, and his daughter, Elizabeth, is presumed to have been born there.
The story of Rhuddlan goes back much further than the fortress built by Edward I. Prior to the Norman occupation of lower Gwynedd, Rhuddlan was at the heart of a Welsh cantref. From here the Lords of Rhuddlan commanded the Perfeddwlad (lands of north-east Wales) on behalf of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1007 – 5 August 1063), the last ruler of all Wales. The town itself, however, began as a Saxon "burgh" founded by Edward the Elder
Rhuddlan Castle was again garrisoned by Royalist troops during the English Civil War, and remained a stronghold of King Charles I of England until well after the Battle of Naseby, being taken by Parliamentary forces under Thomas Mytton after a siege in 1646. Two years later, Parliamentarians partially demolished the castle to prevent any further military use. By the time Pennant passed through in 1781, it was largely ruined.
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Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, HP18 0LH, Buckinghamshire
Waddesdon Manor
Built between 1874 – 1889 in the Neo-renaissance style for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor stayed within the family until 1957.
When the last owner died (James de Rothschild), it was passed over to the National Trust, the Manor and its contents and is now managed by the Rothschild Foundation.
Ferdinand de Rothschild wanted a beautiful building and had in mind a chateau familiar with those built in the Loire Valley. He chose the French architect Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur to do the work. Destailleur was already familiar with the type of work, as he had overseen many projects, including the Chateau de Mouchy. He also worked for another member of the De Rothschild family, namely Baron Albert de Rothschild on his Palais Rothschild in Vienna.
The wine cellars are interesting in that it contains the best of 15,000 bottles, some over 150 years old and come from the Chateau Lafite Rothschild and Chateau Mouton Rothschild estates. It is the largest collection in the world of Rothschild wines, it also has some very important labels created by artists such as Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol.
The works of art inside the house of the very best quality, artists such as, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Boucher, Cuyp, Van Dyck, Titan and many others. Sevres ceramics, Beauvais Tapestries, first quality English Silver, carpets, books the list unending.
the French Landscape Gardiner Elie Laine. Extensive levelling of the hill was carried out, the Gardens and parks were laid out and an attempt was made to grow full length trees using chloroform to decrease the shock of moving the trees and planting them, however there are many trees in the parks and gardens that were successfully planted. Trees such as Yews, cedar, redwoods and other conifers, chestnuts, limes and maples are all successfully well bedded in.
During the reign of James de Rothschild the gardens were not the most spectacular however from the 1990’s a more up to date, using computer software for many of the colour combinations and in the gardens are many lovely statues by such sculptors as, Italian Sculptors Giuliano Mozani and Filippo Parodi, French sculptor, Jean Raon, to name but a few.
In my opinion, a great House and Garden to visit, teas and a scone well worth the wait.
Finally there have been many films made there. Here are a few examples:
Never Say Never Again
Carry On “Don’t Lose Your Head”
Ladies in Lavender
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
In 2018 there were approx. 465,000 visitors to the Manor, and was the largest visitor attraction anywhere in all of the National Trust Properties.
I composed this photograph of Le Chateau Montebello while visiting there during a lengthy road trip through Eastern Canada.
It claims to be the largest log building in the world. Construction for the hotel building was overseen by Finnish immigrant Victor Nymark, a master log builder who immigrated to Canada in 1924. As work on the building began before the hotel's final design plans were completed, Nymark's construction crew occasionally proceeded without blueprints to guide them.
The three resort buildings erected in 1930 were built using 10,000 western red cedar logs shipped from British Columbia. The log walls are painted black on the outside, although its interiors maintain natural wood colouring. The building also features 500,000 hand-slit cedar roof shakes and 166 kilometres of wooden moulding.
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Die aus 15 Steinhäusern und einer Kapelle bestehende Jagdhausalm auf 2009 m Meereshöhe im Defereggental in Osttirol, wurde bereits 1212 urkundlich erwähnt und zu der Zeit ganzjährig bewirtschaftet. Heute befindet sie sich heute im Besitz einer Agrargemeinschaft mit 15 Mitgliedern, die allesamt aus Südtirol stammen. Bereits seit 1406 wird die Alm nur noch als Sommeralm genutzt.
Auf der Alm werden im Durchschnitt vom 25. Juni bis 15. September 350 Stück Rinder gealpt, die sich im Wesentlichen aus Jungvieh und 70-80 Stück Schafen zusammensetzen. Heute wird das Vieh von drei bis fünf Hirten beaufsichtigt.
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The consisting of 15 stone houses and a chapel Jagdhausalm at 2009 m above sea level in the Defereggental in East Tyrol, was first mentioned in 1212 and managed at the time year-round. Today it is owned by an agricultural community with 15 members, all from South Tyrol. Already since 1406 the pasture is only used as a summer pasture.
On the alpine pasture, between 25 June and 15 September, 350 oxen will be eaten, consisting mainly of young cattle and 70-80 sheep. Today, the cattle are overseen by three to five shepherds.
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RAW Picture taken with the regional windlight only.
Really i recommend to follow the instruction and to explore this sim with the regional windlight and the flashlight you're getting when you enter the sim.
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Although no longer at the geographic center of the national capital, the U.S. Capitol forms the origin point for the street-numbering system of the district as well as its four quadrants. Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches, the Capitol is built in a neoclassical style and has a white exterior.
Central sections of the present building were completed in 1800, when the 6th U.S. Congress convened there on November 17, 1800, moving the national capital from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C.. The building was partly destroyed in the 1814 Burning of Washington by the British, then was fully restored within five years. The building was enlarged during the 19th century, by extending the wings for the chambers for the bicameral legislature as more states were admitted to the union, with the House of Representatives housed in the south wing and the Senate housed in the north wing. The massive dome was completed around 1866 just after the American Civil War. The east front portico was extended in 1958. The building's Visitors Center was opened in the early 21st century.
Both its east and west elevations are formally referred to as fronts, although only the east front was intended for the reception of visitors and dignitaries, while the west front is now used for presidential inauguration ceremonies. The building and grounds are overseen by the architect of the Capitol, who also oversees the surrounding Capitol Complex.
I used to work here.
The Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) is a United States astronomical observatory located on Kitt Peak of the Quinlan Mountains in the Arizona-Sonoran Desert on the Tohono O'odham Nation, 55 miles west-southwest of Tucson, Arizona. With more than twenty optical and two radio telescopes, it is one of the largest gatherings of astronomical instruments in the Earth's northern hemisphere.
Kitt Peak National Observatory was founded in 1958. It is home to what was the largest solar telescope in the world, and many large astronomical telescopes of the late 20th century in the United States.
The observatory was administered by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) from the early 1980s until 2019, after which it was overseen by NOIRLab.
In June 2022, the Contreras Fire led to the evacuation of Kitt Peak. The fire reached the summit at 2 a.m. on Friday, June 17. (Please see my Album of the Contreras Fire) Four non-scientific buildings, including a dormitory, were lost in the fire.
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The Neues Museum ("New Museum") is a museum in Berlin, Germany, located to the north of the Altes Museum (Old Museum) on Museum Island.
It was built between 1843 and 1855 according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler, a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The museum was closed at the beginning of World War II in 1939, and was heavily damaged during the bombing of Berlin.
The rebuilding was overseen by the English architect David Chipperfield. The museum officially reopened in October 2009 and received a 2010 RIBA European Award and the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.
Exhibits include the Egyptian and Prehistory and Early History collections, as it did before the war. The artifacts it houses include the iconic bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti.
Both as a part of the Museum Island complex and as an individual building, the museum testifies to the neoclassical architecture of museums in the 19th century. With its new industrialized building procedures and its use of iron construction, the museum plays an important role in the history of technology. Since the classical and ornate interiors of the Glyptothek and of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich were destroyed in World War II, the partly destroyed interior of the Neues Museum ranks among the last remaining examples of interior museum layout of this period in Germany.
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As you drive north from Cairns to Port Douglas, Mossman, the Daintree and further up Cape York Peninsula, you pass through an area of beautiful coastal scenery which is apparently unique in the world. It is the only place on earth where two World Heritage Areas abut each other. The rainforest extends down to the sea, which is the Wet Tropics Heritage area that includes the well known Daintree National Park further north and the Great Barrier Reef which lies off the coast. Both are overseen by individual management authorities, the wet tropics one with link below is based in Cairns while the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority is in Townsville.
It's better to have a perfect, blue sky day for these shots but it wasn't to be. This shot was taken near Ellis Beach and I will have a few others in the mix over the next few days.
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with view of St. Paul's Dome
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London. It is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. Construction began in 1998, and it initially opened on 10 June 2000.
Londoners nicknamed it the "Wobbly Bridge" after pedestrians experienced an alarming swaying motion on its opening day. The bridge was closed later that day and, after two days of limited access, it was closed again for almost two years so that modifications and repairs could be made to keep the bridge stable and stop the swaying motion. It reopened in February 2002.
The bridge is located between Southwark Bridge and Blackfriars Railway Bridge. Its southern end is near the Globe Theatre, the Bankside Gallery, and Tate Modern, while its northern end is next to the City of London School below St Paul's Cathedral. The bridge's alignment is such that a clear view (i.e. a "terminating vista") of St Paul's south facade is presented from across the river, framed by the bridge supports.