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Invader Rubikcubist | MiMa Bruxelles 22/10/2022 16h54
BXL_41 (50 points) is a Rubik space invader with a view!
All my photos of BXL_41:
BXL_41 (Close-up, September 2022)
BXL_41 (Wide shot 1, September 2022)
BXL_41 (Wide shot 2, September 2022)
BXL_41 (Wide shot 3, September 2022)
BXL_41 (Roof shot 1, October 2022)
BXL_41 (Roof shot 2, October 2022)
Date of invasion: Date of invasion; around 07/07/2022
[ Visited, flashed and caputered BXL_42 about 2 months after invasion ]
Invader Rubikcubist
From 24/06/2022 till 08/01/2023 Invader had an exhibition in the MiMa Museum (Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art) in Bruxelles (Molenbeek Saint-Jean) under the titel Invader Rubikcubist.
Since the late 1990's, Invader has been clandestinely invading the street of the world with his mosaics which appear as if they have come straight out of an old school video game. There are now more than 4,000 of them scattered across 80 cities around the world; in the suburbs of Tokyo, on the letters of the Hollywood sign, atop of the Tour Eiffel, in the Tunesian desert, since one of his creations is orbiting the Earth 16 times a day aboard the ISS space station.
In 2003, for the first time, Invader introduced references to a cult object into his compositions; the Rubik's Sube. A year later, he created Rubik's Space One, a small sculpture composed of nine cubes. This was the starting point of the movement that the artist has called "Rubikcubism", a nod to Braque and Picasso's cubism and the name of the Hungarian inventor of the famous brainteaser.
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Secteur Cap Bon-Ami.
Le parking et le belvédère du Cap Bon Ami;
Photo prise de la tour du Mont Saint-Alban.
Empire State Building 02/05/2015 10h50
Looking East from the observation deck of the Empire State Building on a height of 373.1 meters at the 86th floor. The neighbourhoods Turtle Bay and Murray Hill are below and the Chrysler Building (1930, 319 m, 77 floors) is visible here as well. At the other side of the East River Long Island City and Astoria.
The street below is the East 34th Street.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets. It has a roof height of 380 m, and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 443 m high. Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world), until One World Trade Center reached a greater height on April 30, 2012. he Empire State Building is currently the fourth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the One World Trade Center, the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 25th-tallest in the world (the tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.
FACTS & FIGURES
« Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970 »
Preceded by: Chrysler Building
Surpassed by: World Trade Center (Twin Towers)
Architectural style: Art Deco
Location: 350 Fifth Avenue - Manhattan, New York 10118
Construction started: March 17, 1930
Completed: April 11, 1931
Floor count: 103
Height:
Architectural: 381.0 m
Tip: 443.2 m
Roof: 381.0 m
Top Floor and observatory: 373.1 m
Length (east-west): 129.2 m
Width (north-south): 57 m
Lifts/elevators: 73
Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Empire State Building ]
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Study of the day:
[...] chaque "moi" est un "point de vue" sur le monde, chaque "moi" exprime le "monde entier" de son propre "point de vue" ; au sens où le "monde entier" n’existe pas hors des "points de vue" qui l’expriment. La "ville" n’existe pas hors de l’ensemble des "points de vue" sur la "ville". C’est une belle idée, . . la ville c’est ça, c’est l’ensemble des points de vue sur la ville. [...] Chaque "moi" contient (enveloppe) la totalité du "monde" . . [...] . . pour chacun de ces "moi", Leibniz qui ne se satisfait pas du petit ilot subjectif de la res cogitans de Descartes, crée un concept pour désigner "chaque moi" qui pense la totalité du monde possible. Leibniz l'appelle la "monade". Chaque "monade" exprime (enveloppe) la totalité du monde.
Each "self" is a "point of view" on the world, each "self" expresses the "world" from his own "point of view", in the sense that the "world" doen't exist out of the "points of view" that give it an expression. The "city" doesn't exist outside of all "points of view" on the city. It is a beautiful idea . . the city is all the "points of view" on the city. [...] Every "self" contains (wraps) the entire "World". . [...]. . For each of these "self", Leibniz who don't meet the too small subjective island of the res cogitans of Descartes, creates a concept to designate "each self" who thinks the entire possible world. Leibniz called him the "monad". Each "monad" expresses (wraps) the entire world.
( Gilles Deleuze - Cinéma - cours 41 du 17/05/1983 à PARIS 8 )
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Petřínská rozhledna 17/02/2026 12h05
Looking toward Prague Castle en the Malá Strana.
Petřín Tower
The Petřín Lookout Tower (Czech: Petřínská rozhledna) is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres tall on Petřín Hill in Prague, built in 1891. It resembles the Eiffel Tower and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower. Today the tower is a major tourist attraction.
The Petřín Hill is roughly a half-hour walk up paths and the tower is also quite an arduous climb; however, the hill is served by a frequent Petřín funicular and the tower has an elevator for elderly and disabled people. In 2014 the tower was visited by more than 557,000 visitors, with foreigners accounting for over 70% of said visitors.
The two observation platforms are accessible via 299 stairs in sections of 13 per flight running around the inside of the structure. A pair of staircases form a double-helix structure allowing visitors travelling up and down concurrently.
Petřín Lookout Tower is often described a smaller version of the Eiffel Tower, which is 328m tall. In contrast to the Eiffel Tower, Petřín Lookout Tower has an octagonal, not square, cross-section. Further, it does not stand, as does the Eiffel Tower, on four columns of lattice steel. The whole area under its legs is covered with the entrance hall.
Tour Bellanda 10/06/2017 11h07
"Ne bouge plus!...
Candid photography on the view point next to Tour Bellanda climbing to the Parc de la Colline du Château.
Nice
Population: 344.000 (approx 2014)
Area: 71.92 km2
Density: 4,800/km2
Elevation: 0 - 520 m
[ Source and much more Info: Wikipedia - Nice ]
Petřínská rozhledna 17/02/2026 12h07
Looking over the Vltava river towards the Staré Město (left) and Nové Město (right) with the Malá Strana in the foreground. We were lucky with the weather. And also the Karlův most (Charles Bridge) is well visible here.
Petřín Tower
The Petřín Lookout Tower (Czech: Petřínská rozhledna) is a steel-framework tower 63.5 metres tall on Petřín Hill in Prague, built in 1891. It resembles the Eiffel Tower and was used as an observation tower as well as a transmission tower. Today the tower is a major tourist attraction.
The Petřín Hill is roughly a half-hour walk up paths and the tower is also quite an arduous climb; however, the hill is served by a frequent Petřín funicular and the tower has an elevator for elderly and disabled people. In 2014 the tower was visited by more than 557,000 visitors, with foreigners accounting for over 70% of said visitors.
The two observation platforms are accessible via 299 stairs in sections of 13 per flight running around the inside of the structure. A pair of staircases form a double-helix structure allowing visitors travelling up and down concurrently.
Petřín Lookout Tower is often described a smaller version of the Eiffel Tower, which is 328m tall. In contrast to the Eiffel Tower, Petřín Lookout Tower has an octagonal, not square, cross-section. Further, it does not stand, as does the Eiffel Tower, on four columns of lattice steel. The whole area under its legs is covered with the entrance hall.
Fort de la Bastille | Jérôme Mesnager 30/06/2015 11h32
We were very surprised to find a real homme blanc by Jérôme Mesnager at this point. This is the fifth 'fresque' of one of my favorite street artists from Paris I encountered here. This one is located on the view point Belvédère Vauban. Stewart was happy to strike a pose next to the work of Mesnager.
JÉRÔME MESNAGER
White man,
a puppet of the present moment,
pitiless mirror of our gesticulations.
Born in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France) in 1961.
As a ten-year-old in Paris, with his neighbour Jean Pierre Le Boul'ch, who ran in an art and poetry review, he crossed paths with the era's greatest artists including César, Armand, Ernest Pignon-Ernest and many more.
After attanding tje École supérieure d'arts appliqués in Bouille, and marked by the death of pop artist Robert Malaval in 1980, Jérôme Mesnager decided to paint the swiftness of life.
In daylong ephemenral art events held in abaonded spaces, using a paintbrush and a pot of white paint, he covered his body, transforming it into an "ideal body" that moved through a space transformed into an artistic composition.
On January 1983, at approximately 12h30, "l'homme blanc" ("the white man") appeared on the walls of abandoned housese, in the hopes of reducing the desolation in "expulsed" neighbourhoods...
This "character", a symbol of freedom, joy, and universality, quickly stepped off the walls of the city of Paris to spread its message of fraternity to the four corners of the earth, from Asia to the Egyptian pyramids. Several thousands have now joined the dance.
L'homme blanc - is he a comtemporary version of Auguste Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty? After all, both artists hail from France's Haut-Rhin!
Wikipedia - Jérôme Mesnager (Français only)
Empire State Building 02/05/2015 10h31
Arrived on the 86th floor (373.1 meter) for a view from the Empire State Building. Been here before in 1978 with my parents so for me it was a revisit after many years. And yes, I liked the view. But we were not alone.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets. It has a roof height of 380 m, and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 443 m high. Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world), until One World Trade Center reached a greater height on April 30, 2012. he Empire State Building is currently the fourth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the One World Trade Center, the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 25th-tallest in the world (the tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.
FACTS & FIGURES
« Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970 »
Preceded by: Chrysler Building
Surpassed by: World Trade Center (Twin Towers)
Architectural style: Art Deco
Location: 350 Fifth Avenue - Manhattan, New York 10118
Construction started: March 17, 1930
Completed: April 11, 1931
Floor count: 103
Height:
Architectural: 381.0 m
Tip: 443.2 m
Roof: 381.0 m
Top Floor and observatory: 373.1 m
Length (east-west): 129.2 m
Width (north-south): 57 m
Lifts/elevators: 73
Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Empire State Building ]
Looking to the west from the riverside path in the Otterton area can be seen a distinctive needle. This was built in 1730 as a "point de vue", or visual point of interest, as seen from Bicton House, the seat of the Rolles, the local major family.
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No music today!!
Just three shots of the sunrise I talk you yesterday!!
shots from the hiking week-end we made with Cyril and Mr Din.
A sunrise at 5 a.m. and -5°C to catch.... clouds ;-(
We got no luck this day because sunrise was partly masked by hugh clouds but we have retrieve some nice shots!!
You can see these 3 shots like a tryptich.
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The last morning of the year 2017 well spent in the 20ème arrondissement of Paris visiting two re-activated space invaders en enjoying the view over Paris from this point...
Location: Belvédère de Belleville, right under PA_467, Rue Piat, Paris 20ème.
Coordinates: 48°87'15" N 2°38'49" E
Reason: A last morning walk through Paris of the year 2017 and the opportunity to flash the re-activated PA_386 and this PA_467.
PA_467 Space invader PA_467 was installed here by Invader on 10/02/2002 but removed in October 2013. In November this one has been re-activated and is again visible and 'Flashable'.
All my photos of PA_467:
PA_467 (Close-up, November 2005)
PA_467 (Wide view 1, November 2005)
PA_467 (Wide view 2, after re-activation, December 2017)
PA_467 (Re-activated, 52-Weeks, December 2017)
Parc de Belleville: The Parc de Belleville is located on the hill of Belleville, its 108 metres making it the highest park in Paris. At the summit of the park, an almost thirty-metre tall terrace provides a panoramic view of the city. The park was conceived by the architect François Debulois and the landscaper Paul Brichet. It was inaugurated in 1988.
52-Weeks in 2017: Of all my 52 selfies in 2017, 29 were taken in the Netherlands, 20 in France, 2 in Germany and 1 in the UK. Four of them were taken at home and also 4 are in combination with other people of whom 4 together with Andy. This year 17 are taken using the 'stretched arm method'.
Weather: Cloudy, some sunbeams as well, 12° C
To Listen: Above & Beyond - Sun In Your Eyes (Youtube)
Self-portrait technics: Camera placed on my cross-over bag, timer on 10 seconds.
Notre-Dame de la Garde 02/08/2014 11h45
People enjoying the view from the view point of the Notre-Dame de la Garde.
Notre-Dame de la Garde
C'est en 1214 que Maître Guillaume, de l'abbaye Saint-Victor, autorise Maître Pierre à s'établir et à édifier une chapelle sur la colline de la Garde qui culmine à 162 mètres d'altitude (ainsi nommée car à son sommet se trouve le veilleur, garant de la sécurité de la ville). Les fidèles y viennent si nombreux qu'il faut agrandir et construire de nouvelles chapelles.
En 1853, l'architecte Espérandieu entreprend la construction de la basilique, consacrée le 4 juin 1864 par le cardinal Villecourt. Mais il reste encore de nombreux travaux à accomplir. L'architecte Revoil succède à Espérandieu, et ce n'est qu'en 1917 que s'achève la construction de cette oeuvre collective, le monument de Marseille le plus connu.
La statue de la Vierge à l'enfant, haute de plus de neuf mètres, est exécutée entre 1867 et 1869 sur le modèle du sculpteur Eugène Lequesne dans les ateliers de la maison Cristofle à Paris. La « Bonne Mère » est la patronne des marins et la protectrice de la cité.
(Source: Marseillenet.com)
Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome (ITALIE)
objectif/lense : Tamron SP AF 17-50 mm f/2.8 XR Di
post-traitement : Adobe Lightroom 5.7
Secteur Cap Bon Ami.
Vue sur le parc et le Cap des Rosiers.
Photo prise de la tour du Mont Saint-Alban.
My idea was a selfie with the new book of Paul Haenen but the end result was overshadowed by a selfie in a beautiful lanscape...
Location: A birdwatching platform on the Koenenkade in the Amsterdamse Bos (North of the rowing course. Amsterdam.
Coordinates: 52°32'81" N 4°83'57" E
Reason: With the idea of promoting the new book of Paul Haenen "Ik Heb Bekend" ("I confessed") somewhere in the Amsterdamse Bos. But it turned out to be a selfie on this birdwatching platform which was fun to do. But the idea of promoting his book is thereby nullified. Next week a new chance.
Ik Heb Bekend: The new book Ik Heb Bekend by Paul Haenen is a publication of the diaries he wrote from 1958 to 1965. Paul Haenen (1946) tells about his private life, ambitions and loneliness in his equally disarmed and astute diary notes - with grief in the face of adversity but usually with a lot of humor.
Koenenkade: The Koenenkade is a road in the municipalities of Amsterdam and Amstelveen in the Dutch province of North Holland. The road runs from the Amstelveenseweg in the Amsterdam Buitenveldert district to the west. The road was named by the municipality of Nieuwer-Amstel after a former resident.
The Koenenkade was traditionally the flood defense on the south side of the Nieuwe Meer. This protected the Rietwijkeroorder polder and the Buitenendijkse Buitenveld polder against the water.
Until 1921, the Koenenkade belonged to Nieuwer-Amstel, then to Amsterdam.
The Koenenkade has been located to the west of the Amsterdam - Amstelveen railway line in the Amsterdamse Bos since the 1930s. Some side branches are also called Koenenkade. The road is not suitable and accessible for motorized traffic. The Koenenkade runs more or less parallel to the southern Bosbaan and the northern south bank of the Nieuwe Meer.
Source: Wikipedia - Koenenkade
To Listen: Alan Walker - Alone (Youtube)
Weather: Partly cloudy, 10° C (AM sunny, PM cloudy)
Self-portrait technics: Camera on a Sirui carbon tripod with selftimer on 10 seconds.
Happy autumn to you... autumn trimmed in gold lace ! ^ _ ^
Joyeux automne bordé de dentelle or!
expo "RéTROsPectiVe "first year Flickr""
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Centraal Station | Stationsplein 31/01/2015 14h51
A kind of natural sepia color at the last afternoon of January 2015. Point of view is the 3rd floor of Amsterdam Centraal Station, the offices of NS International. Cloudy and some sunshine made this color.
The Stationsplein (the plaza in front of the station) is slowly recovering from the immense construction site of the Noord-Zuid metro line which is sheduled to open in 2017, about 3 years later than this photo was taken. Most of the people in Amsterdam say that they have never seen this place (station area) without construction works. And it's true, the work seems never done here. But from this point, the job seems finished for the moment.
The trams you see are the tram lines going to the West of the city (1, 2, 5, 13 and 17).
Centraal Station Amsterdam
Amsterdam Centraal (code: Asd) is the largest railway station of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a major national railway hub. Used by 260,000 passengers a day, it is the second-busiest railway station in the country after Utrecht Centraal and the most visited national heritage site of the Netherlands.
National and international railway services at Amsterdam Centraal are provided by NS, the principal rail operator in the Netherlands. Amsterdam Centraal is the northern terminus of Amsterdam Metro Routes 51, 53, and 54, operated by municipal public transport operator GVB. It is also served by a number of GVB tram (10 tram lines have their terminus here) and ferry routes as well as local and regional bus routes operated by GVB, Connexxion and EBS.
Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1889. It features a Gothic/Renaissance Revival station building and a cast iron platform roof spanning approximately 40 metres.
As it is situated in the city centre, Amsterdam Centraal is a major gateway for many of the city's tourist destinations including the Royal Palace, the UNESCO-listed canal belt, the Anne Frank House, and the Red-Light District. It is also within walking distance from the University of Amsterdam's innercity campus.
Since 1997, the station building, underground passages, metro station and the surrounding area have been undergoing major reconstruction and renovation works to accommodate the North-South Line metro route, which is due to open in 2017.
[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Centraal Station ]
Rue du Cardinal Dubois 18/07/2020 10h22
One of the most beautiful viewpoints of Paris is here at the Parvis du Sacré-Cœur in the Rue du Cardinal Dubois. In the foreground Square Louise-Michel and looking South the city of Paris with the Tour Montparnasse as a benchmark on the left bank of the Seine.
Montmatre
Montmartre is a large hill in Paris's 18th arrondissement. It is 130 m high and gives its name to the surrounding district, part of the Right Bank in the northern section of the city. The historic district established by the City of Paris in 1995 is bordered by rue Caulaincourt and rue Custine on the north, rue de Clignancourt on the east, and boulevard de Clichy and boulevard de Rochechouart to the south, containing 60 ha. Montmartre is primarily known for its artistic history, the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur on its summit, and as a nightclub district. The other church on the hill, Saint Pierre de Montmartre, built in 1147, was the church of the prestigious Montmartre Abbey. On August 15, 1534, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis Xavier and five other companions bound themselves by vows in the Martyrium of Saint Denis, 11 rue Yvonne Le Tac, the first step in the creation of the Jesuits.
Near the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the twentieth, during the Belle Époque, many artists lived in, had studios, or worked in or around Montmartre, including Amedeo Modigliani, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Suzanne Valadon, Piet Mondrian, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, and Vincent van Gogh. Montmartre is also the setting for several hit films.
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Route Napoléon [N85] | Les Côtes-des-Corps 29/06/2015 17h44
Sometimes Mister Bloomingdales needs some assistance to like the view. Overlooking the landscape near Corps on our way to Grenoble here along the Route Napoléon (N85). In the distance the Grande Tête de l'Obiou (+ 2790 m), a mountain in the Alps belonging to the French department of Isère. It is the highest peak of the Dauphiné Prealps and the seventh most prominent summit of metropolitan France (more information: Wikipedia - Grande Tête de l'Obiou).
Roadtrip [8] 29/06/2015
On my birthday the plan was to drive the Route Napoleon from Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey to Grenoble. The planning was 320 kilometers and a 6 hour drive. We started late this day and we had to go back to Grasse to find a gas station. About one hour and 29 kilometers extra was the result. We followed the Route Napoléon (former N85) via Castellane, Digne les Bains (McLunch), Sisteron, Gap, the Col Bayard (+1248 m), Corps, La Mure, Prairie de la Rencontre and we ended up in the center of Grenoble at a Best Western hotel. The highest temperature we experienced near Digne (+34° C).
In total we have driven 329 kilometers, all driven by Stewart. We arrived at Grenoble at 19h30 which means the average speed was quite low today. Leaving at 10h36, arrived at 19h30 means an average speed of only 37 km/h. Including photostops, lunch, rest and gas. The visit to the city of Grenoble was postponed to the next day.
Edinburgh Castle 28/04/2014 15h23
A view from the castle towards New Town. Princes Street, Frederick Street, the tram, the buses, the shops.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland, situated in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. It is the second most populous city in Scotland and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. Edinburgh has been recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, but political power moved south to London after the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the Union of Parliaments in 1707. After nearly three centuries of unitary government, a measure of self-government returned in the shape of the devolved Scottish Parliament, which officially opened in Edinburgh in 1999. The city is also home to many national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. Edinburgh's relatively buoyant economy, traditionally centred on banking and insurance but now encompassing a wide range of businesses, makes it the biggest financial centre in the UK after London. Many Scottish companies have established their head offices in the city.
Edinburgh is rich in associations with the past and has many historic buildings, including Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and an extensive Georgian New Town built in the 18th century. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
FACTS & FIGURES:
Sovereign State: United Kingdom (UK)
Country: Scotland
Council Area: City of Edinburgh
Lieutenancy area: Edinburgh
GPS: 55°57′11″N 3°11′20″W
Population: 485,000 (urban 818,000)
Density: 1,828/km2
[ Source and more information: Wikipedia – Edinburgh]
Cap Spartel 06/07/2023 12h36
A special place in the area of Tanger is this cape. The northwesternmost point of the African continent.
Cap Spartel
Cape Spartel (Arabic: رأس سبارطيل, Moroccan Arabic: أشبرتال, French: Cap Spartel, Spanish: Cabo Espartel) is a promontory in Morocco about 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level at the entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, 12 km west of Tangier. It is the northwesternmost point of the African continent. Below the cape are the Caves of Hercules.
According to Mohamed Chafik, the name of this location is derived from Latin spartium, which is the name of a plant genus (Spanish broom).
The cape rises to a height of 326 m. at the top of Jebel Quebir, where a lighthouse built by Sultan Muhammad IV in 1864 is situated at the end of a cliff.
Renovation of the whole Cape Spartel site was started in 2020 and completed in 2021. It is now open to the public and includes a maritime museum, restaurant, botanical garden and an event space. Visitors can also access the top of the lighthouse to enjoy the stunning view of the strait of Gibraltar. Cape Spartel is accessible from the National Road S701.
Anonymes
Album "De Ploumanach à Trégastel"
Trégastel, Côtes d'Armor
Bretagne, France
Nikon F801S
50mm 1,8 AFD
FP4+
Scan Epson V370
Temple of Hephaestus 01/05/2018 10h10
The Temple of Hephaestus as seen from the Areopagus Hill. In the background the metropole of Athens. On the forground the Monument of the Eponymous Heroes. Constructed in the 5th century before Christ.
Temple of Hephaestus
The Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion (also "Hephesteum"; Ancient Greek: Ἡφαιστεῖον, Greek: Ναός Ηφαίστου) or earlier as the Theseion (also "Theseum"; Ancient Greek: Θησεῖον, Greek: Θησείο), is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill. From the 7th century until 1834, it served as the Greek Orthodox church of Saint George Akamates. The building's condition has been maintained due to its history of varied use.
[ Wikipedia ]
Top Of The Rock 28/04/2015 18h32
A view from the 68th floor of the Rockefeller Center, the so-called Top Of The Rock observation deck. Overlooking downtown Manhattan. From the Rockefeller Center you can see both the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center in the distance. People can stand here for hours watching skyscrapers and the change of light.
Observation Deck | Top Of The Rock
The observation deck atop the skyscraper, dubbed "Top of the Rock", reopened to the public on November 1, 2005, after undergoing a $75 million renovation. It had been closed since 1986 to accommodate the renovation of the Rainbow Room. The deck, which is built to resemble the deck of an ocean liner, offers sightseers a bird's eye view of the city, competing with the 86th floor observatory of the Empire State Building. It is often considered the best panoramic city view, if only because it offers a view of the aforementioned Empire State Building, which cannot be seen from its own observation deck.[20] The timed entry system and larger observation deck also results in shorter waiting times compared to the Empire State.
[ Source: Wikipedia - GE Building ]
Grottes d'Hercule 06/07/2023 13h04
Grottes d'Hercules is on my list to revisit. We came, saw and left again immediately with the City Tour Bus.
Grottes d'Hercule
Grottes d'Hercule (Caves of Hercules) is an archaeological cave complex located in Cape Spartel, Morocco. located 14 kilometers west of Tanger. The cave has two openings, one to the sea and one to land. The sea opening is known as "The Map of Africa." It is believed that the Phoenicians created the sea opening, which is in the shape of Africa when looked at from the sea. There are also some markings on the wall in the shape of eyes, that are said to have been made by the Phoenicians, which make up a map of the local area.
The cave itself is part natural and part man-made. The man-made part was used by Berber people to cut stone wheels from the walls, to make millstones, thus expanding the cave considerably.
The cave was long thought to be bottomless. It was believed that the cave is one end of a subterranean ley tunnel over 24 kilometres long which passes under the Strait of Gibraltar and emerges at St. Michael's Cave in Gibraltar. Legend has it that the Barbary macaques came to the Rock of Gibraltar from Morocco this way.
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Chemin du Cotaret 03/12/2016 16h00
View from a dead end road Northwest of Bourg-Saint-Maurcie. A cul-de-sac with some beautiful views over Bourg-Saint-Maurice and the valley.
Bourg Saint-Maurice
Bourg-Saint-Maurice is part of the Paradiski ski area (425 km of slopes, 141 lifts, 239 slopes - 12 Green, 132 Blue, 66 Red, 29 Black). Although there is no skiing at this altitude, it is conveniently linked to Arc 1600 by the Arc en Ciel funicular railway and is therefore home to many budget rental properties. Unlike the other villages that make up Les Arcs, Bourg-Saint-Maurice is open all year.
Bourg is also a popular summer destination, as it offers lots of opportunity for lovers of the outdoors and watersports. There is a whitewater slalom course on the Isere river used for international canoe and kayak competitions. The course on the Isere has been host to the ICF world championships and is used by many European teams as a training course in the summer. The course is often changed by the floods that occur during the winter months.
The surrounding mountains are good for walking and mountain biking. They also are a good place for paragliding and hang gliding. Some of Les Arcs ski lifts operate during July and August to get walkers to the higher peaks and you can take mountain bikes up on these. Mountain bikes ( VTT (Vélo Tout Terrain) in French) can be hired in both Bourg and Les Arcs. Some of the high altitude restaurants open in these months, the ones at Pre st Esprit and L'Arpete have small outdoor pools.
The nearest summer glacier skiing is in Tignes (approximately 27 km from Bourg) on the Grande Motte, however due to glacial recession it is now closed at certain times of the year.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Bourg Saint-Maurice ]
Two days in Athenes. A visit to the Acropolis is a must do, but the ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city was closed because of the national holiday of May 1st...the Areopagus Hill (Mars Hill) was the alternative location for this weeks '52-Weeks selfie'...
Location: Areopagus Hill, northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Coordinates: 37°58'21" N 23°43'23" E
Reason: A two day city trip to the capital city of Greece, Athenes. A KLM flight, an Airbnb, a three day transport ticket and nice temperatures. Main reason was Andy's first flight ever. Accomplished with a KLM Boeing 737-800 (PH-BXU), flight KL1575 from Amsterdam (AMS) to Athenes (ATH), depature 12h49, arrival 16h43 (flight time 2h56), flight distance 2,184 km.
Areopagus (Hill): The Areopagus is a prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Its English name is the composite form of the Greek name Areios Pagos, translated "Ares Rock" (Ancient Greek: Ἄρειος Πάγος). In classical times, it functioned as the court for trying deliberate homicide, wounding and religious matters, as well as cases involving arson or olive trees. Ares was supposed to have been tried here by the gods for the murder of Poseidon's son Halirrhothius (a typical example of an aetiological myth).
More information: Wikipedia - Areopagus
Guest Star: Andy
Weather: Sunny, 28° C
To Listen: Marco Borsato - Alsof Je Vliegt (Youtube)
Self-portrait technics: Joby portable gorillapod placed on a slipery rock on the Areopagus Hill, selftimer on 10 seconds.