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Acte 6 : "En remontant vers le Nord..."
Scène 2 :"Phare et chaos"
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Euro-Tower 17/09/2017 13h11
The Euro-Tower is a 75 m high observation tower in the Europa-Park Rust. According to the principle of the gyro-tower, up to 50 people take a seat on the floor in an all-glass cabin, which then lifts up the mast of the tower and turns around the tower axis. After a few revolutions at the top of the mast, the cab goes down again. The travel time is 217 seconds, the capacity about 600 people per hour. The plant, which opened in 1983, was built by the company Intamin.
Europa-Park
Europa-Park is a theme park and the largest in Germany, and the second most popular theme park resort in Europe, following Disneyland Paris.
Europa-Park is located in Rust, in south-western Germany, between Freiburg and Strasbourg, France.
The park is home to 13 roller coasters, the oldest being Alpenexpress Enzian, a powered coaster that speeds through a diamond mine, and the newest coaster being the Ba-a-a Express, a small kiddie roller coaster. Europa-Park has very high capacity roller coasters and attractions meaning the park can accommodate up to approx. 60,000 guests per day. It counted just over 5.5 million visitors in 2015, generating an estimated total revenue of EUR 30 million per year.
Europa-Park is run by the Mack family, which have produced vehicles since 1780, circus wagons since 1880 and rollercoasters since 1921. Franz Mack (1921–2010) in 1958 took over the family firm, Mack GmbH & Co (now Mack Rides), together with his brothers. Together with his son Roland (b. 1949) he visited the USA in 1972 and was inspired to open a theme park in Germany, as an exhibition site for his company's products.
At first the park was planned to be located in Breisach. It was named "Europa-Park" after Breisach's nearby Europaweiher, a small artificial lake which commemorates a historical pilot poll in Breisach held in 1950, in which 95.6% of voters were in favour of European unification. The Breisach site was deemed unsuitable because of flooding hazard, and the project was moved some 30 km further north, where the Macks bought the park of the historical Balthasar castle in Rust. The park opened in 1975 with an area of 16 hectares. It counted 250,000 visitors in the first year, 700,000 in the second, passing the million mark in 1978.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opened: 12 July 1975
Operating season: April to early January
Visitors per annum: 5.5 million (2015)
Area: 950,000 m²
Attractions: total 72
Roller coasters: 13
Water rides: 11
[ Source and more Information: Wikipedia - Europa-Park ]
Petřínská rozhledna 17/02/2026 12h07
Looking towards Pražský hrad (Prague Castle) with the Katedrála sv. Víta (St. Vitus Cathedral).
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.
Route Napoléon | Col de la Faye 29/06/2015 11h39
Our first photostop today at the first pass we climbed, Col de la Faye (+984 meters). We enjoyed the view over the commune where we had stayed the night, Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey.
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.
Route Napoléon
The Route Napoléon is the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now concurrent with sections of routes N85, D1085, D4085, and D6085.
The route begins at Golfe-Juan, where Napoleon disembarked 1 March 1815, beginning the Hundred Days that ended at Waterloo. The road was inaugurated in 1932 and meanders from the French Riviera north-northwest along the foothills of the Alps. It is marked along the way by statues of the French Imperial Eagle.
From south to north:
Antibes
Grasse
Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey
Castellane
Digne
Sisteron
Gap
Col Bayard (1,246 m)
Corps
La Mure
Laffrey
Grenoble
Length: 390 km
Régions: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Départements: Isère, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes
[ Source and more Info: Wikipedia - Route Napoléon ]
Tour Montparnasse 02/08/2018 19h28
The view from the 59th floor and rooftop of the Tour Montparnasse on a Summer evening looking towards the South. The tracks of the railway lines leading from and towards Gare Montparnasse right below in the middle. The 14ème arrondissement left of the tracks, the 15ème arrondissement at the right side.
Tour Montparnasse
Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre tall office skyscraper located in the area of Montparnasse. Constructed from 1969 to 1972, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed in height by the Tour First (231 metres). It is currently the thirteenth tallest building in the European Union.
The tower was designed by architects Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan and Louis Hoym de Marien and built by Campenon Bernard.
Built on top of the Montparnasse – Bienvenüe Paris Métro station, the 59 floors of the tower are mainly occupied by offices. The 56th floor, with a restaurant, and the terrace on the top floor, are open to the public for viewing the city. The view covers a radius of 40 kilometres; aircraft can be seen taking off from Orly Airport. The guard rail, to which various antennae are attached, can be pneumatically lowered in just two minutes to allow helicopters to land. At the time of construction, it was the tallest building in Europe by roof height. The construction of La Grande Arche in La Défense places the tower in a second line of perspective across Paris.
The tower's simple architecture, large proportions and monolithic appearance have been often criticised for being out of place in Paris's urban landscape and, as a result, two years after its completion, the construction of skyscrapers in the city centre was banned.
The design of the tower predates architectural trends that placed high importance on a view of the outside, and so only offices around the perimeter of each floor have windows (more modern skyscrapers are often designed to provide a window for every office).
It is sometimes said, half-jokingly, that the view from the top is the most beautiful in Paris, because it is the only place from which one cannot see the tower.
A 2008 poll of editors on Virtualtourist voted the building the second-ugliest building in the world.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Tour Montparnasse ]
Parc de la Colline du Château 10/06/2017 12h04
The fifth and last view point of this hill and the highest point (93 meters).
Château de Nice
The Castle of Nice was a citadel used for military purposes. Built at the top of a hill, it stood overlooking the bay of Nice from the 11th century to the 18th century. It was besieged several times, especially in 1543 and in 1691, before it was taken by French troops in 1705 and finally destroyed in 1706 by command of Louis XIV.
Nowadays, Castle Hill is used as a park. It's the most famous public garden in Nice, and a "must see" place for the numerous tourists who visit the city. It offers many amazing panoramas, and provides a beautiful view all day long from sunrise to sundown, highlighting various landscapes depending on where one looks: the Harbor at sunrise, the Promenade des Anglais at sundown. That's why Castle Hill is called "the cradle of the sun".
In the minds of those who have lived in the city for a long time, the world "Castle" is more likely to be associated with the hill where the heroine Catherine Ségurane distinguished herself or with the perspective of a walk, than with one of the most massively fortified citadels on the Mediterranean Arc. Castle Hill is a big limestone rock 93 meters in height.
[ Wikipedia - 09/2017 ]
Une dernière vue de la colline du Big Bouddha avant de rejoindre l'aéroport.
Retrouvez toutes les photos de ce voyage dans l'album www.flickr.com/photos/champland/albums/72177720312078396/
Top Of The Rock 28/04/2015 18h31
A view from the 68th floor of the Rockefeller Center, the so-called Top Of The Rock observation deck. On the 'lower'floor (meaning 68th floor) there are glass panels with thin vertical openings where the lens of my camera berely fitted through. Overlooking downtown Manhattan. From the Rockefeller Center you can see both the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center in the distance.
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 ]
Japon, Tokyo, Shibuya, Meiji-jingū,
scène de la vie quotidienne.
Japon, Tokyo, Shibuya, Meiji-jingū,
scene of everyday life.
Retour au Chili avec ce panorama de la Valle de la Luna depuis la Piedra del Coyote (voir la carte pour l'emplacement). La vue est superbe surtout le soir au soleil couchant, mais il faudra compter avec des centaines de touristes à vos côtés. à 7km de San Pedro de Atacama, ce point de vue est atteignable à vélo par la route.
Merci pour vos commentaires et ★.
Japon, Tokyo, Asakusa, Temple Sensoji,
scène de la vie quotidienne.
Japan, Tokyo, Asakusa, Temple Sensoji,
scene of everyday life.
Empire State Building 02/05/2015 11h05
Monstercrowds are quite usual at the observation deck of the Empire State Building.
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 ]
BXL_06 [30 points]
One of the space invaders who made it not long during the official invasion wave of Invader and I have never been able to capture the original version of this I -Invader- BXL space invader near the Palais de Justice high above the Marolles neighbourhood. Here at sunset with a nive view over the city.
The city of Brussels has been invaded in 2012. Invader put up in total 40 space invaders during one single wave between 08/03/2012 and 15/03/2012 with a total score of 1130 points. Seven of these invaders are worth 50 points. No 10 or 100 points space invaders in Brussels.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: NICE!
All my photos of BXL_06:
BXL_06 (Close-up, September 2019)
BXL_06 (Wide shot 1, September 2019)
BXL_06 (Wide shot 2, August 2019)
Date of invasion: 09/03/2012 23h52 ALT +51 m
DELETED March 2012
RE-ACTIVATED August 2019
Japon, Tokyo, Disneyland,
scène de la vie quotidienne.
Japan, Tokyo, Disneyland,
scene of everyday life.
Place Jemaa El Fna 03/07/2023 19h25
The place to be when in Marrakech. There is a lot going on at this central square. During the day but expecially at night when the temperatures are mostly much more pleasant (read: less hot). Point of view is the roof top terrace of Café de la Place.
Place Jemaa el-Fna
Jemaa el-Fnaa (Arabic: ساحة جامع الفناء ) also Jemaa el-Fna, Djema el-Fna or Djemaa el-Fnaa) is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter (old city). It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
The origin of its name is unclear: jamaa means "congregation" or "mosque" in Arabic, probably referring to a destroyed mosque on the site. Fnaʼ or fanâʼ can mean "death/extinction" or "a courtyard, space in front of a building". "finâʼ in Arabic commonly means "open area"; a straight translation would be "the gathering/congregation area". Other meanings could be "The assembly of death," or "The Mosque at the End of the World". Another explanation is that it refers to a mosque with a distinctive courtyard or square in front of it. A third translation is "assembly of the dead", referring to public executions on the plaza around 1050 CE.
During the day it is predominantly occupied by orange juice stalls, water sellers with traditional leather water-bags and brass cups, youths with chained Barbary apes and snake charmers despite the protected status of these species under Moroccan law.
As the day progresses, the entertainment on offer changes: the snake charmers depart, and late in the day the square becomes more crowded, with Chleuh dancing-boys (it would be against custom for girls to provide such entertainment), story-tellers (telling their tales in Berber or Arabic, to an audience of locals), magicians, and peddlers of traditional medicines. As darkness falls, the square fills with dozens of food-stalls as the number of people on the square peaks.
The square is edged along one side by the Marrakesh souk, a traditional North African market catering both for the common daily needs of the locals, and for the tourist trade. On other sides are hotels and gardens and café terraces, and narrow streets lead into the alleys of the medina quarter.
Panorama réalisé à partir d'une dizaine de photos, le lendemain de la nuit où j'ai essayé d'immortaliser la voie lactée canarienne (voir image dans ma galerie)... et là, pas de vent !!! Un peu de poussière saharienne dans l'air cependant...
Japon, Tokyo, Shibuya, Meiji-jingū,
scène de la vie quotidienne.
Japon, Tokyo, Shibuya, Meiji-jingū,
scene of everyday life.
FR
Photo prise depuis la terrasse du Royal Hotel, Battambang, Cambodge. Je n'ai pas pu résister au point de vue assez inhabituel... et j'ai pris la photo au petit dèj... ce qui est aussi assez inhabituel de ma part :)))
EN
Photo from the Royal Hotel terrasse, Battambang, Cambodia. I couldn't resist the unusual point of view... and i took this photo during the breakfast which is quite unusual too :)))
Je suis dans mon poste d'observation. Je suis dans ma noble tour de guet. En effet, je ne suis pas dans n'importe quel lieu. Le clocher fortifié, mais depuis longtemps désarmé, de Notre-Dame, est mon point de vue. Mais où sont passés les galions et les frégates anglais, où sont bien passés les murs et la Tour de François Ier ? Les temps ont changé ! Depuis cette tour, nous avons vu passé les flottes et l'aviation anglaise ravager la ville à de multiple reprises, la vieille ville se moderniser, les immeubles de Perret pousser d'un champ de ruine, la Résidence de France remplacer l'immense atelier de chantier naval d'Augustin Normand. Nous avons vu du haut de ce clocher vu les navires apporter les morues, fruit de la pêche provenant de Terre-Neuve, les navires du Nouveau Monde apportant des épices et du coton récoltés par les esclaves, les baleiniers et l'âge d'or de la période des Transatlantiques.
Les choses ont bien changé, mais pas tout... Comme lors des pestes de 1563, de 1594 ou de 1920, comme lors des grandes épidémies de choléra et de dysenterie du XIXème siècle, une nouvelle épidémie plonge la ville et son port dans un mortel silence que seul le beffroi, qui se trouve à mes pieds, brise par ses merveilleuses sonneries.
Fürstenberská zahrada 17/02/2025 10h09
Mehdi at the viewpoint of Fürstenberská zahrada overlooking the Mala Straná.
Album on FlickR:
Prague
Prague (Czech: Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated on the Vltava river (Moldau), Prague is home to about 1.4 million people.
Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of Central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era.
Population: 1,384,700 (2024)
Elevation: 172 - 399 meters
Area: 496.21 km2
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Studies of the day:
Le contraire d’une vérité n’est pas l’erreur mais une vérité contraire.
The opposite of a truth is not the mistake but a truth contrary.
( Pascal )
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Le contraire d’une vérité triviale est une erreur stupide, mais le contraire d’une vérité profonde est toujours une autre vérité profonde.
The opposite of a trivial truth is a stupid mistake, but the opposite of a profound truth is always an other profound truth.
( Niels Bohr, after Pascal )
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L’art est un mensonge qui permet de dévoiler la vérité.
Art is a lie that helps to reveal the truth.
( Pablo Picasso )
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rectO-persO | E ≥ m.C² | co~errAnce | TiLt
Euro-Tower 17/09/2017 13h11
The Euro-Tower is a 75 m high observation tower in the Europa-Park Rust. According to the principle of the gyro-tower, up to 50 people take a seat on the floor in an all-glass cabin, which then lifts up the mast of the tower and turns around the tower axis. After a few revolutions at the top of the mast, the cab goes down again. The travel time is 217 seconds, the capacity about 600 people per hour. The plant, which opened in 1983, was built by the company Intamin.
Here overlooking the village of Rust and its surroundings.
Europa-Park
Europa-Park is a theme park and the largest in Germany, and the second most popular theme park resort in Europe, following Disneyland Paris.
Europa-Park is located in Rust, in south-western Germany, between Freiburg and Strasbourg, France.
The park is home to 13 roller coasters, the oldest being Alpenexpress Enzian, a powered coaster that speeds through a diamond mine, and the newest coaster being the Ba-a-a Express, a small kiddie roller coaster. Europa-Park has very high capacity roller coasters and attractions meaning the park can accommodate up to approx. 60,000 guests per day. It counted just over 5.5 million visitors in 2015, generating an estimated total revenue of EUR 30 million per year.
Europa-Park is run by the Mack family, which have produced vehicles since 1780, circus wagons since 1880 and rollercoasters since 1921. Franz Mack (1921–2010) in 1958 took over the family firm, Mack GmbH & Co (now Mack Rides), together with his brothers. Together with his son Roland (b. 1949) he visited the USA in 1972 and was inspired to open a theme park in Germany, as an exhibition site for his company's products.
At first the park was planned to be located in Breisach. It was named "Europa-Park" after Breisach's nearby Europaweiher, a small artificial lake which commemorates a historical pilot poll in Breisach held in 1950, in which 95.6% of voters were in favour of European unification. The Breisach site was deemed unsuitable because of flooding hazard, and the project was moved some 30 km further north, where the Macks bought the park of the historical Balthasar castle in Rust. The park opened in 1975 with an area of 16 hectares. It counted 250,000 visitors in the first year, 700,000 in the second, passing the million mark in 1978.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opened: 12 July 1975
Operating season: April to early January
Visitors per annum: 5.5 million (2015)
Area: 950,000 m²
Attractions: total 72
Roller coasters: 13
Water rides: 11
[ Source and more Information: Wikipedia - Europa-Park ]