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Perhaps the single automotive event that I anticipate every year, the Gathering of the Marques is a staple during Lime Rock Parks' Historic Festival weekend. Over 600 enthusiasts bring their cars for display - organized by either brand or country of origin - and it makes for an amazing experience. This year the field included variety such as a Lamborghini Miura SV, a Citroën CX ambulance, and a collection of Crosley small cars from the 1950s.
Perhaps the driver had got fed up of standing in the cold, because the container was unloaded and the wagon (with its proper cab) repurposed for general freight. Here the train heads back up to Wengen, passing Wengwald.
Casamari Abbey is a Cistercian abbey in the province of Frosinone, Italy, c. 10 kilometers east-south-east of Veroli.It marks the site of Cereatae, the birth-place of Caius Marius, afterwards known, as inscriptions attest, as Cereatae Marianae, having been separated perhaps by the triumvirs, from the territory of Arpinum. In the early Imperial times it was an independent community.The abbey is a fine example of Burgundian early-Gothic architecture (1203-1217), paralleled in Italy by that of Fossanova alone and is very well preserved. It was declared a National Monument in 1874.The abbey has a plan similar to the French contemporary ones, the entrance being a gate with a double arch. The interior has a garden whose central part is occupied by a cloister, of quadrangular shape, with four galleries having a semicylindrical ceiling.The Capitol Hall has nine spans and four pilaster, and is used for meetings. The church can be accessed from the cloister. It has a basilica plan with a nave and two aisles; the façade has a large external portico, while behind the altar is the choir, added in 1940. The windows of the church have alabaster slabs instead of glasses.
L'abbazia di Casamari è uno dei più importanti monasteri italiani di architettura gotica cistercense. Fu costruita nel 1203 e consacrata nel 1217. Si trova nel territorio di Casamari nel comune di Veroli, in provincia di Frosinone.Essa fu edificata sulle rovine dell'antico municipio romano chiamato Cereatae, perché dedicato alla dea Cerere. Il nome Casamari deriva dalla lingua latina e significa "Casa di Mario", patria di Caio Mario, celebre condottiero, sette volte console e avversario di Silla nella guerra civile dell'88 a.C., ricordato anche nel nome della strada lungo la quale sorge l'abbazia (che collega Frosinone con Sora): via Mària.Con la decadenza dell'Impero romano e le susseguenti invasioni barbariche Cereatae-Casa Marii subì le stesse sorti del decadimento di Roma, fino a quando i monaci benedettini nell'XI secolo s'insediarono nel luogo e vi fondarono l'abbazia.
La "Cronaca del Cartario" o "Chartarium Casamariense" redatto dal monaco casamariense Gian Giacomo de Uvis per conto dell'abate affidatario riporta le notizie riguardanti la fondazione dell'abbazia stessa.Secondo il resoconto, nel 1005 alcuni monaci della vicina Veroli decisero di riunirsi in un monastero e scelsero Cereatae-Casa Marii edificando sui resti di un tempio di Marte. Alcuni di essi (Benedetto, Giovanni, Orso e Azo) si diressero nel monastero di Sora per richiedere il saio di frate.
Secondo alcuni storici è datata al 1005 l'erezione di una chiesa dedicata a San Giovanni e San Paolo, mentre la costruzione del monastero si fa risalire al 1036.Tra il 1140 ed il 1152 i monaci cistercensi sostituirono i monaci benedettini.Fra il XII e il XIX secolo il monastero ebbe alterne fortune: dapprima acquistò possedimenti nella zona ed avviò la fondazione di nuovi monasteri anche nel Meridione, seguì all'inizio del XV secolo un periodo di decadimento, comune a tutti i monasteri della regione.
Nel 1623 addirittura i monaci si ridussero ad otto. L'abbazia conobbe un piccolo periodo di prosperità dopo il 1717, quando Clemente XI la affidò ai monaci cistercensi riformati, detti Trappisti. Nel 1799 alcuni soldati francesi depredarono l'abbazia e dal 1811 al 1814 seguì l'ateismo imposto da Napoleone.Nel 1874 l'abbazia fu dichiarata monumento nazionale e riacquistò così una posizione di prestigio e una maggiore stabilità economica. Nel 1929 la congregazione di Casamari fu eletta canonicamente congregazione monastica e fu aggregata alle altre dell'ordine dei Cistercensi.Tra il 1100 e il 1800 l'abbazia di Casamari è stata gemellata con un'altra potente abbazia cistercense d'Abruzzo, quella di Civitella Casanova, fino alla distruzione di quest'ultima, della quale oggi è possibile ammirare solo alcuni ruderi e una massiccia torre diroccata. In seguito al declinio, l'abazia è rimasta gemellata con la parrocchia stessa di Civitella Casanova, infatti si sono sempre mantenuti saldi i raporti fra i frati e il parroco.La pianta dell'abbazia è simile a quella dei monasteri francesi, l'entrata passa attraverso una porta a doppio arco. All'interno si trova un giardino la cui parte centrale è occupata dal chiostro, di forma quadrangolare, con quattro gallerie a copertura semicilindrica.L'aula capitolare è un ambiente formato da nove campate e da quattro pilastri ed è usata per le riunioni. Dal chiostro si accede alla chiesa che è a pianta basilicale a tre navate; la facciata presenta all'esterno un grande portico, dietro l'altare si trova il coro costruito nel 1940. Le finestre della chiesa presentano delle lastre di alabastro al posto dei vetri.
L'abbazia di Casamari è divenuta nel tempo sede di varie attività che vedono impegnati i monaci oltre che nella preghiera, anche nell'insegnamento presso l'Istituto San Bernardo, fondato nel 1898 internamente all'abbazia; inoltre gestiscono la farmacia, la liquoreria, il restauro dei libri, la biblioteca e il museo archeologico.
La farmacia interna è composta di un erbarium botanicum o hortus botanicus e di un armarium pigmentariorum la cui data di fondazione è incerta, ma si ipotizza il 1760.
La liquoreria interna è stata ideata fra il Settecento e l'Ottocento; un tempo i monaci fabbricavano anche le bottiglie.
La tipografia interna è stata inaugurata nel 1954 e stampa anche testi scolastici. La biblioteca conta 50.000 volumi.
Il museo e la pinacoteca sono situati nella parte opposta alla chiesa partendo dal chiostro. Le sale duecentesche ospitano vari reperti tra cui spicca il resto di una zanna di elephas o Mammuthus meridionalis (sorta di elefante o mammuth nano presente nella nostra penisola in epoca glaciale), oltre ad alcuni reperti di epoca romana.
I keep thinking maybe I would like her in another scalp. But then I think maybe she and I still wont bond and Ill have messed up the perfect fit of her scalp on her head.
Perhaps we are at an impasse?
Glass blocks - perhaps the most frequently utilized material to spoil the slightest trace of architectural culture. I suppose there is a separate hell for the inventor of these bricks...
I saw this sight as we were leaving Moraine Lake, it looked very James Bond! The scale and natural layers within the shot really appealed to me.
Tochal,north of Tehran mountain.I havenot find any reason why he did go to any place to change other than public.Oh bytheway,he is not my friend!!!
I have visited Minster perhaps more than any other village in Kent. This is because the station is an excellent spot from which to snap steam tours as they manoeuvre to take the avoiding chord to Deal and Dover. And each time I go I try to get into St Mary the Virgin and I find the door locked fast.
The week before whilst visiting Monkton, I met one of the wardens who assured me that Minster would be open every Saturday morning for bellringing practice.
Saturday morning came round and so I headed to Minster with my friend Will to snap it, if it was open. Although it appeared to be locked, the door was just stiff and soon gave way to the wonders inside.
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Minster Abbey on the Isle of Thanet was founded in AD 669 by Domneva, niece of King Erconbert of Kent. The enormous parish church, built some distance to the south-west of the abbey, dates from two distinct periods. The nave is Norman, a magnificent piece of twelfth-century arcading with tall cylindrical pillars. The chancel and transepts are thirteenth century, with a three-light east window, each one double shafted inside. This end of the church has a simple stone vaulted ceiling which adds greatly to the grandeur. The glass is by Thomas Willement and dates from 1861. Ewan Christian restored the church in 1863 and added vaulted ceilings to the transepts. They had been intended by the medieval designers, but were never built. There is a set of eighteen fifteenth-century stalls with misericords and an excellent sixteenth-century font and cover.
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he history of Minster church is entwined with that of Minster Abbey. The abbey was founded in 670AD, when Ermenburga of Mercia accepted a gift of land from Egbert of Kent as weregild for the murder of her younger brothers at the king's court, so that she could found a nunnery on the Isle of Thanet. According to legend, the boundary of the land granted to Ermenburga was determined by the course her pet deer took when released to wander on its own. With the addition of later grants of land the estates of Minster Abbey encompassed about half of Thanet. The abbey was ransacked by the Danes, and abandoned for a time before it was refounded by the monks of Canterbury, who rebuilt the Saxon timber buildings in stone. Throughout this early part of the abbey's history the monastic church served both the nuns and the townsfolk as a parish church. For a more detailed history of Minster Abbey see our article on the abbey.
There is some confusion over what part of the church is the oldest; the nave dates to 1150, and the chancel may be slightly earlier. The tower is said to be Saxon; it certainly has old stonework and a very odd turret stair, but the material is Caen stone which only truly became popular after the Norman Conquest. So it may not be as old as it appears at first glance. The turret may have simply been a shipping lookout, for in the Middle Ages Minster had a busy port and the Wentsum Channel lapped at the base of the churchyard wall. The tower and the nave walls also contain Roman bricks.
But that's nitpicking; the church is very obviously of ancient origin and even more obviously an impressive example of medieval architecture, with features covering every century since the Norman invasion - and probably before.
We've already mentioned the 12th century nave, which has remained almost unaltered since it was built. The north aisle pillars have capitals decorated with foliage carvings, while in the aisle is a wall monument to Thomas Paramore (d. ). At the north end of the aisle is the Thorne Chapel, with the 13th century tomb of Aedile de Thorne. Look up at the lancet windows and you will see a stained glass depiction of a stag, the symbol of Thanet after the story of Ermenburga's deer.
The chancel is a true highlight; one of the finest of any parish churches in Kent. It is primarily in Early English style, with a much later Victorian east window by Thomas Willement, the “Father of Victorian Stained Glass”.
But the real highlight in the chancel are the wonderful medieval misericords that decorate the choir stalls. The early 15th century stalls feature no fewer than 18 carved misericords. These 'mercy seats' were used to provide a comfortable place for monks to rest during long services. There are 18 misericords here, probably carved in 1410, and they cover an array of subjects including a cook with a ladle, an angel playing a stringed instrument, a serpent eating its own tail, a king, dragons, lions, and other strange beasts. Perhaps the strangest, a certainly the one that tells us most about medieval society, is a depiction of a 'scold's bridle'; a woman with a bit in her mouth, intended to stop her from speaking. Together these make up one of the finest collection of misericords in the south east of England.
There are several interesting bits and bobs in the south aisle, including a cover of a wooden chained Bible in a glass display case. At the west end is a 12th century Norman font near an ancient iron-bound muniment chest, unusually made of fir with a lid of elm.
Spare a glance for the list of vicars by the door. I seldom pay these long lists much attention, but in this case there are several interesting characters among the incumbents at Minster. One was Seth Travis (1547), the first appointment made by the Archbishop of Canterbury after the Dissolution of the Monastery. Richard Clerk (1597) was one of those learned scholars named by James I to hammer out the details of the King James Bible. Then there is Meric Casaubon (1634) who was deposed by Parliament in 1644 for his Royalist sympathies. In 1652 Cromwell asked him to write a history of the war, setting down impartially 'nothing but matters of fact'. He declined. When Charles II came to the throne at the Restoration, Casaubon was reinstated as vicar of Minster.
While Casaubon was suspended during the war, however, Minster was saddled with Richard Culmer, aka 'Blue Dick'. Culmer was a virulent iconoclast, and a bitter enemy of Episcopy. He was best known for destroying monuments and breaking up stained glass at Canterbury Cathedral. So unpopular was his appointment among the townsfolk that he had trouble collecting church tithes. His name is conspicuous by its absence from the list of vicars. And speaking of such lists, Henry Wharton (1688) was the first to popularise the making of such lists of incumbents, an act he thought might impart a sense of continuity to Church of England churches. A later vicar, John Lewis (1708) wrote over a thousand sermons in his time at Minster. On his death he ordered them destroyed, fearing that vicars who followed him might find the temptation of plagiarising his works too great.
Or perhaps, bodyguards?
Male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Turtles are either red-eared sliders or river cooters, can't tell without seeing the heads. My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
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Say yes.
But if you don't, dear, confess.
And please don't tell me
Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
Perhaps the best example of the French École des Beaux-Arts style in America. Currently named the Thomas Jefferson Building.
Architect: Paul J. Pelz & Edward Pearce Casey
Built: 1897
Perhaps some of the very best art in this enormous museum resides in the basement, wonderful medieval religious art of the finest quality.
Perhaps one of the only Pilkington deckers to wear original vinyls detailing the hire service on offer, J622 GCR leaves the Interim Bus Station for Accrington on a sunny Thursday.
Perhaps the BEST of the GTA games...San Andreas was KING!
CJ was my favorite lead.
Honestly, take back the graphics of GTA 4...just bring back the old gameplay!
Fenway Park is perhaps most famous for the left field wall called the Green Monster. Constructed in 1934, the 37-foot, two-inch high wall is 240 feet long, has a 22-foot deep foundation, and was constructed from 30,000 pounds of Toncan iron. The wall measures 310 feet from home plate down the left field line. The wall houses ne of two remaining original manual scoreboards in the majors (the other at Wrigley Field). Running vertically down the scoreboard, between the columns of out-of-town scores, are the initials "TAY" and "JRY" displayed in Morse code; a memorial to former Red Sox owners Thomas A. Yawkey and Jean R. Yawkey. In 1947, advertisements covering the left field wall were painted over using green paint, which gave rise to the Green Monster moniker. In 1975, the wall was remodeled and an electronic scoreboard installed, while the manual scoreboard changed to only show out-of-town scores from other American League games (NL scores returned in 2003). In 1976, the railroad tin panels in the wall were replaced by a Formica-type panel which resulted in more consistent caroms and less noise when balls hit the wall. Previously, a 23-½-foot tall screen protected cars and pedestrians on Lansdowne Street. However, the screen was replaced after the 2002 season with the Green Monster seats. Advertisements have also returned to the Green Monster in recent years.
The Triangle is a region of center field where the walls form a triangle 420 feet from home plate. That deep right-center point is conventionally given as the center field distance.
Unnamed Falls
LeConte Creek
Rainbow Falls Trail
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee
I got up early to hike the trail to Rainbow Falls along the Roaring Fork Motor Trail outside Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Arriving at the trailhead well before dawn for my first solo hike, I began trekking up the trail. The sign at the trailhead said "Rainbow Falls 2.7 miles." I thought to myself "sure I can do 2.7 miles." Little did I realize just what kind of 2.7 miles this was going to be. I stopped and photographed a couple of small falls that are abound on the creek and continued up hill. After about 3/4th of a mile of continuous rugged uphill hiking I stopped by this little falls and got some perspectives of it. After I was finished I started thinking about what lies ahead. Another 2 miles of this and decided that it was going to take me some time to reach my destination and I only had a few hours. So I decided to turn around and head back to the car, drive to the much shorter Grotto Falls trail and save this falls for a time when I could take my time and photograph all the little falls that littered this creek plus I wouldn't be rushed and kill myself in the process. Later that day I bought a Smoky Mountain waterfall guide and discovered that I had attempted a 2.7 mile hike with an elevation gain of nearly 2000 ft, surely not the best to start off the day without having warmed up the legs on a few shorter trails.