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Realizzata nel 1554 dallo scultore toscano Francesco Camilliani per ornare una villa fiorentina. Successivamente, fu acquistata dal Senato palermitano per la cifra di 20/30.000 scudi ed arrivò a Palermo smontata in 644 pezzi e ricomposta in maniera diversa rispetto al disegno originario.
La fontana ha impianto ellittico con vasche concentriche, disposte su tre livelli; scale e statue si alternano secondo uno schema classico e simmetrico. La fontana, prevista per uno spazio diverso dall’attuale collocazione, venne adattata da Camillo Camilliani, figlio di Francesco.
Le quattro vasche del primo livello, con gruppi statuari di figure giacenti, rappresentano i fiumi palermitani: Oreto, Papireto, Gabriele e Maredolce; nella cancellata di recinzione sono riprodotti i volti del Genio di Palermo, Santa Rosalia e l'Aquila pretoria. Un ricco repertorio plastico di statue rappresentano divinità mitologiche, mostri, animali, delfini, arpie e sirene.
La palese nudità delle figure esposte non mancarono di turbare l’animo dei cittadini che ribattezzarono questo sito, “Piazza della Vergogne”. La cancellata, disegnata da Giovan Battista Filippo Basile, fu collocata nel 1858.
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My Dark Jewel
A different version of my 'Dark Jewel' hybrid tea-rose.
Photographed amid Sydney's summer rain last week.
January, 2022.
Pretoria Road, Hornsby.
Northern Sydney.
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV, with the Canon EF 100mm f 2.8/L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
The Praetorian Fountain (Italian: Fontana Pretoria or "Fontana della vergogna") is a monumental fountain of Palermo.
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Union Buildings, Pretoria - South Africa
In the foreground is the equestrian statue of Louis Botha, Boer general and the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa in 1910.
The nine-meter high statue of Nelson Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria depicts him with outstretched arms. The statue unveiled on December 16, 2013, a day after his funeral.
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The fountain was originally built in 1544 in Florence by Francesco Camilliani, but was sold, transferred, and reassembled in Palermo in 1574.
The fountain was originally built in 1544 in Florence by Francesco Camilliani, but was sold, transferred, and reassembled in Palermo in 1574.
Golf course, driving range, walking trails, restaurants and activities. Moreleta Park, Pretoria
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Photo capture date & Location: 2020-10 Kimiad Golf Course
Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein) is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, South Africa.
The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius, determined that the square be used as a market place and church yard. It was subsequently named for the church buildings that stood at the centre of the square from 1856 to 1905.
The square's most prominent feature, since June 1954, is however the statue of the late Boer leader and president of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger, at its centre.[2] Statues of four anonymous Boer citizen-soldiers surround that of Kruger on a lower level of the plinth.
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And behind every curtain, a drama.
These flats are located in the Pretoria suburb of Sunnyside, which is a bit like Hillbrow in Johannesburg. I took this shot from Hotel 224 in Arcadia, Pretoria, when I was there a few years ago with Joburg Photowalkers and Pretoria Stadstapper Fotoklap.
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Curio and Angel were nice enough to come pay me a visit in Pretoria and we had a fun afternoon painting. Big chrome, big heat (both in climate and content) and big thanks for coming out
We can't deny it - the soccer world cup is around the corner :-)
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The fountain was created by the Florentine sculptor Francesco Camilliani in 1554. In 1573, don Luis's financial problems reached such an extent that he decided to sell the fountain. The vice-king of Sicily at that time was the brother of don Lus don García de Toledo, and G. de Toledo was the mediator between the quarreling brother, on the one hand, and the Senate of Palermo, on the other. On May 26, 1574, the fountain arrived in Palermo in a disassembled form for 644 details, and then was assembled under the leadership of Camillo Camilliani. Some of the sculptures were beaten, two remained in Florence and are now in the Bargello Museum, something else was taken by don Luis to Naples, so the Pretoria Palermo fountain turned out to be a little poorer than itself, but in a Florentine form.
Cars in the Park is the biggest event of this nature in the country. More than 2500 vintage and classic vehicles built before 1985 are displayed by more than 100 clubs and a number of private individuals at POMC - CARS in the PARK.
The fountain was originally built in 1544 in Florence by Francesco Camilliani, but was sold, transferred, and reassembled in Palermo in 1574.
On a chilly August morning, Rovos Rail's class 19D - No.3360 - simmers away at Rovos Rail's depot in Capitol Park, Pretoria.
Soon 3360 will be bought to 'full steam' and moved to the station, where passengers for a regular Cape Town Train will get to view 3360.
Taken during a Stimela Photographic Event's visit to Rovos Rail.
A capture of part of the Pretoria Central Business District, taken from the top of the hill at the National Zoological Gardens in Pretoria. Pretoria is one of South Africa's three Capital Cities, being the site of the Executive branch of government. Cape Town is the Legislative capital, being home to parliament, and Bloemfontein is the Judicial Capital. Pretoria falls into the municipal jurisdictional area known as Tshwane. This is now a northern extension of the Gauteng/Greater Johannesburg 'megalopolis' or mega-conurbation.
Strangely, this was a rather difficult capture. It was an uncommonly hazy day, so capturing detail and definition were compromised. Rather than using a circular polarizing filter, I tried various settings and settled for 1/250 sec, the camera's base ISO of 200 and an aperture of f 18 !! I also raised the menu sharpness to +2 and the highlight and shadows settings to +1 each. It was handheld. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria#Union_of_South_Africa and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Tshwane_Metropolitan_Munici...