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Scattata attraverso il buco della serratura del portone d’ingresso del Sovrano Ordine di Malta.
Taken through the keyhole of the door of the Sovrano Ordine di Malta.
Complesso di Qutb
Il complesso di Qutb è un insieme di antichi monumenti che si trova a Mehrauli, presso Delhi, in India. Gli edifici che lo compongono vennero eretti durante il regno di Qutb-ud-din Aybak, il primo sovrano del Sultanato di Delhi, e durante il regno del suo successore Iltutmish. Molti altri sovrani dei secoli successivi hanno lasciato il segno del loro passaggio aggiungendo edifici a quelli già presenti nel complesso, operazione cui non si sottrassero nemmeno i coloni britannici.
Il monumento più famoso fra quelli che si trovano qui è il Qutb Minar; altre importanti costruzioni sono la moschea Quwwat-ul-Islam, la porta di Ala-I-Darwaza, l'Alai Minar e la colonna di Ashoka. Ventisette templi preesistenti, di religione induista e gianista, vennero distrutti al fine di riutilizzare i materiali con cui erano stati costruiti per innalzare i monumenti oggi visibili nel complesso di Qutb. Nel 1993 il complesso di Qutb è stato inserito nell'elenco dei Patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complesso_di_Qutb
The Qutb complex (Hindi: क़ुतुब परिसर, Urdu: قطب پرِسر), also spelled Qutab or Qutub, is an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. After the death of the commissioner, the Minar was added upon by his successor Iltutmish (aka Altamash) and much later by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, a Tughlaq dynasty, Sultan of Delhi in 1368 AD. The complex initially housed a complex of twenty-seven ancient Jain temples which were destroyed and their material used in the construction of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque next to the Qutb Minar, in the Qutb complex, built on the ruins of Lal Kot Fort built by Tomar Rajput ruler, Anangpal in 739 AD and Qila-Rai-Pithora, Prithviraj Chauhan's city, the Rajput king, whom Ghori's Afghan armies had earlier defeated and killed, at the Second Battle of Tarain.
The complex was added to by many subsequent rulers, including Firoz Shah Tughlaq and Ala ud din Khilji as well as the British.
Some constructions in the complex are the Qutb Minar, the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, the Alai Gate, the Alai Minar, the Iron pillar, and the tombs of Iltutmish, Alauddin Khilji and Imam Zamin; surrounded by Jain temple ruins.
Today, the adjoining area spread over with a host of old monuments, including Balban's tomb, has been developed by Archeological Survey of India (ASI) as the Mehrauli Archeological Park, and INTACH has restored some 40 monuments in the Park. It is also the venue of the annual 'Qutub Festival', held in November–December, where artists, musicians and dancers perform over three days. Qutb Minar complex, with 38.95 lakh visitors, was India's most visited monument in 2006, ahead of the Taj Mahal, which drew about 25.4 lakh visitors.
Wat Chang Lom means “Temple surrounded by elephants” and it is a late 14th C Buddhist temple. the main Bell shaped Chedi of Wat Chang Lom is surrounded by 32 elephant sculptures placed in a position so that they appear to be holding up the entire structure. Wat Chang Lom was once a very large Temple. Today one can see the Stupa surrounded by elephant sculptures made of brick or stucco with stucco covering, the assembly hall with its surviving columns and Buddha image at the east end, the brick ordination hall with its laterite columns, the moat supplied with water from the Mae Ramphan Canal and the brick wall parameter of approximately 100 by 157 meters. A 15th Century stone inscription found at Wat Chang Lom tells about a nobleman known as Phanom Sai Dam. Phanom Sai Dam was very loyal to his King, and when the King died he donated this piece of land for the building of a Temple as well as constructing a Buddha Image in dedication to the consort of the deceased King.
Wat Chang Lom significa “Tempio circondato da Elefanti” ed è un tempio buddhista del tardo 14° secolo. Il chedi principale a forma di campana è circondato da 32 sculture di elefanti messe in posizione tale che sembrano sostenere l’intera struttura. Wat Chang Lom era un tempo un Tempio molto grande. Oggi si possono vedere lo Stupa circondato da sculture di elefanti, in mattoni o stucco con copertura di stucco, la sala assembleare con le colonne restanti e l’immagine del Buddha sul lato orientale, la sala delle Ordinazioni con le colonne in laterite, il fossato che riceve l’acqua dal canale Mae Ramphan e una cinta di mura in mattoni di 100 x 157 metri. Un’iscrizione in pietra del XV° secolo trovata a Wat Chang Lom racconta di un nobile conosciuto come Phanom Sai Dam, molto leale nei confronti del re. Alla morte del sovrano, il nobile donò questo terreno per la costruzione di un tempio e di una immagine del Buddha dedicata alla moglie del re deceduto.
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The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
The Royal Palace of Madrid (Spanish: Palacio Real de Madrid) is the official residence of the King of Spain, located in Madrid. King Juan Carlos and the royal family do not reside in this palace, instead choosing the smaller Palacio de la Zarzuela, on the outskirts of Madrid. The palace is owned by the Spanish state and administered by the Patrimonio Nacional agency. However, the Palacio Real de Madrid is still used for state occasions.
The palace is located on Bailén street, in the western part of downtown Madrid, east of the Manzanares River, and is accessible from the Ópera metro station. The palace is partially open to public, except when in official use.
The palace also has the distinction of being the largest royal palace in Western Europe in size, with over a combined area of over 135,000 m² and more than 2,800 rooms.
Filippo V affidò la costruzione all’architetto di casa Savoia Filippo Juvarra.
Dopo la morte del sovrano, a cui succedette Carlo III, il progetto del maniero fu affidato agli architetti Tizon Ventura Rodriguez e Giovanni Battista Sacchetti, il quale lo interpretarono in chiave neoclassica
Alberobello is a town in Italy’s Apulia region. It’s known for its trulli, whitewashed stone huts with conical roofs. The hilltop Rione Monti district has hundreds of them. The 18th-century Trullo Sovrano is a 2-level trulli. Furniture and tools at the Museo del Territorio Casa Pezzolla re-create life in the trulli as it was centuries ago.
Euphorbia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. Consisting of about 2160 species, Euphorbia is one of the most diverse genera in the plant kingdom, maybe exceeded only by Senecio . Members of the family and genus are sometimes referred to as Spurges. Euphorbia antiquorum and Euphorbia serrata are the type species for the genus Euphorbia, it was described by Linnaeus in 1753 in Species Plantarum. The genus is primarily found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and the Americas, but also in temperate zones worldwide. Succulent species originate mostly from Africa, the Americas and Madagascar. There exists a wide range of insular species: on the Hawaiian Islands where spurges are collectively known as "akoko", and on the Canary Islands as "tabaibas".The common name "spurge" derives from the Middle English/Old French espurge ("to purge"), due to the use of the plant's sap as a purgative.The botanical name Euphorbia derives from Euphorbus, the Greek physician of king Juba II of Numidia . He is reported to have used a certain plant, possibly Resin Spurge (E. resinifera), as a herbal remedy when the king suffered from a swollen belly. Carolus Linnaeus assigned the name Euphorbia to the entire genus in the physician's honor.Juba II himself was a noted patron of the arts and sciences and sponsored several expeditions and biological research. He also was a notable author, writing several scholarly and popular scientific works such as treatises on natural history or a best-selling traveller's guide to Arabia. Euphorbia regisjubae (King Juba's Euphorbia) was named to honor the king's contributions to natural history and his role in bringing the genus to notice.
Il genere Euphorbia comprende un vasto numero di piante dicotiledoni della famiglia delle Euphorbiaceae, erbacee o legnose a seconda della specie.Il termine Euphorbia deriverebbe dal nome del medico greco Euphorbus, che utilizzava il succo lattiginoso prodotto da queste piante nelle sue pozioni. Era il medico personale di Giuba II e fu questo dotto sovrano a denominare così in suo onore la pianta, all'interno di un trattato che scrisse per illustrarne le virtù terapeutiche.
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In questo palazzo, dimora dei Savoia, nacque nel 1820 Vittorio Emanuele II° di Savoia, destinato a divenire il primo Re dell’Italia unita grazie anche al sostegno del Conte Camillo Benso di Cavour e nonostante il futuro sovrano fosse insignificante persona di bassa statura e dedito più alle escursioni in montagna, alla caccia, ai cavalli e ad altri svaghi anziché agli studi e alla cultura. Il palazzo, uno dei più splendidi esempi di stile Barocco in Torino, divenne Sede del Primo Parlamento d’Italia nel 1821 . Vittorio Emanuele II° fu acclamato come “Padre della Patria”
In this building, home of the Savoy, was born in 1820 Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy, is intended to become the first King of unified Italy with the support of Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, and despite the future king was insignificant person of short stature and more dedicated to hiking, hunting, horses and other leisure pursuits, rather than studies and culture. The palace, one of the most splendid examples of Baroque style in Turin and Italy, he became Head of the First Parliament of Italy in 1821. Vittorio Emanuele II was acclaimed as the "Father of the Fatherland"
Complesso di Qutb
Il complesso di Qutb è un insieme di antichi monumenti che si trova a Mehrauli, presso Delhi, in India. Gli edifici che lo compongono vennero eretti durante il regno di Qutb-ud-din Aybak, il primo sovrano del Sultanato di Delhi, e durante il regno del suo successore Iltutmish. Molti altri sovrani dei secoli successivi hanno lasciato il segno del loro passaggio aggiungendo edifici a quelli già presenti nel complesso, operazione cui non si sottrassero nemmeno i coloni britannici.
Il monumento più famoso fra quelli che si trovano qui è il Qutb Minar; altre importanti costruzioni sono la moschea Quwwat-ul-Islam, la porta di Ala-I-Darwaza, l'Alai Minar e la colonna di Ashoka. Ventisette templi preesistenti, di religione induista e gianista, vennero distrutti al fine di riutilizzare i materiali con cui erano stati costruiti per innalzare i monumenti oggi visibili nel complesso di Qutb. Nel 1993 il complesso di Qutb è stato inserito nell'elenco dei Patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complesso_di_Qutb
The Qutb complex (Hindi: क़ुतुब परिसर, Urdu: قطب پرِسر), also spelled Qutab or Qutub, is an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. After the death of the commissioner, the Minar was added upon by his successor Iltutmish (aka Altamash) and much later by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, a Tughlaq dynasty, Sultan of Delhi in 1368 AD. The complex initially housed a complex of twenty-seven ancient Jain temples which were destroyed and their material used in the construction of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque next to the Qutb Minar, in the Qutb complex, built on the ruins of Lal Kot Fort built by Tomar Rajput ruler, Anangpal in 739 AD and Qila-Rai-Pithora, Prithviraj Chauhan's city, the Rajput king, whom Ghori's Afghan armies had earlier defeated and killed, at the Second Battle of Tarain.
The complex was added to by many subsequent rulers, including Firoz Shah Tughlaq and Ala ud din Khilji as well as the British.
Some constructions in the complex are the Qutb Minar, the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, the Alai Gate, the Alai Minar, the Iron pillar, and the tombs of Iltutmish, Alauddin Khilji and Imam Zamin; surrounded by Jain temple ruins.
Today, the adjoining area spread over with a host of old monuments, including Balban's tomb, has been developed by Archeological Survey of India (ASI) as the Mehrauli Archeological Park, and INTACH has restored some 40 monuments in the Park. It is also the venue of the annual 'Qutub Festival', held in November–December, where artists, musicians and dancers perform over three days. Qutb Minar complex, with 38.95 lakh visitors, was India's most visited monument in 2006, ahead of the Taj Mahal, which drew about 25.4 lakh visitors.
The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
Cross of the Conventual Chaplains ad honorem
made by Tanfani&Bertarelli, Rome
Complesso di Qutb
Il complesso di Qutb è un insieme di antichi monumenti che si trova a Mehrauli, presso Delhi, in India. Gli edifici che lo compongono vennero eretti durante il regno di Qutb-ud-din Aybak, il primo sovrano del Sultanato di Delhi, e durante il regno del suo successore Iltutmish. Molti altri sovrani dei secoli successivi hanno lasciato il segno del loro passaggio aggiungendo edifici a quelli già presenti nel complesso, operazione cui non si sottrassero nemmeno i coloni britannici.
Il monumento più famoso fra quelli che si trovano qui è il Qutb Minar; altre importanti costruzioni sono la moschea Quwwat-ul-Islam, la porta di Ala-I-Darwaza, l'Alai Minar e la colonna di Ashoka. Ventisette templi preesistenti, di religione induista e gianista, vennero distrutti al fine di riutilizzare i materiali con cui erano stati costruiti per innalzare i monumenti oggi visibili nel complesso di Qutb. Nel 1993 il complesso di Qutb è stato inserito nell'elenco dei Patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complesso_di_Qutb
The Qutb complex (Hindi: क़ुतुब परिसर, Urdu: قطب پرِسر), also spelled Qutab or Qutub, is an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. After the death of the commissioner, the Minar was added upon by his successor Iltutmish (aka Altamash) and much later by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, a Tughlaq dynasty, Sultan of Delhi in 1368 AD. The complex initially housed a complex of twenty-seven ancient Jain temples which were destroyed and their material used in the construction of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque next to the Qutb Minar, in the Qutb complex, built on the ruins of Lal Kot Fort built by Tomar Rajput ruler, Anangpal in 739 AD and Qila-Rai-Pithora, Prithviraj Chauhan's city, the Rajput king, whom Ghori's Afghan armies had earlier defeated and killed, at the Second Battle of Tarain.
The complex was added to by many subsequent rulers, including Firoz Shah Tughlaq and Ala ud din Khilji as well as the British.
Some constructions in the complex are the Qutb Minar, the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, the Alai Gate, the Alai Minar, the Iron pillar, and the tombs of Iltutmish, Alauddin Khilji and Imam Zamin; surrounded by Jain temple ruins.
Today, the adjoining area spread over with a host of old monuments, including Balban's tomb, has been developed by Archeological Survey of India (ASI) as the Mehrauli Archeological Park, and INTACH has restored some 40 monuments in the Park. It is also the venue of the annual 'Qutub Festival', held in November–December, where artists, musicians and dancers perform over three days. Qutb Minar complex, with 38.95 lakh visitors, was India's most visited monument in 2006, ahead of the Taj Mahal, which drew about 25.4 lakh visitors.
British Museum.
Busto di Traiano, raffigurato come un sovrano ellenistico.
Bust of Trajan, depicted as a Hellenistic ruler.
Canon Eos 60D - Canon EF 50 f 1.8 II - Canon Speedlite 430 EX Flash - Flash METZ mecablitz 15 MS-1 digital.
HAIKU
Rosso sugoso
sopra fili di grano:
pasto sovrano.
Autore: Maurizio Cortese
Gabin - Lost And Found ft. Mia Cooper
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Complesso di Qutb
Il complesso di Qutb è un insieme di antichi monumenti che si trova a Mehrauli, presso Delhi, in India. Gli edifici che lo compongono vennero eretti durante il regno di Qutb-ud-din Aybak, il primo sovrano del Sultanato di Delhi, e durante il regno del suo successore Iltutmish. Molti altri sovrani dei secoli successivi hanno lasciato il segno del loro passaggio aggiungendo edifici a quelli già presenti nel complesso, operazione cui non si sottrassero nemmeno i coloni britannici.
Il monumento più famoso fra quelli che si trovano qui è il Qutb Minar; altre importanti costruzioni sono la moschea Quwwat-ul-Islam, la porta di Ala-I-Darwaza, l'Alai Minar e la colonna di Ashoka. Ventisette templi preesistenti, di religione induista e gianista, vennero distrutti al fine di riutilizzare i materiali con cui erano stati costruiti per innalzare i monumenti oggi visibili nel complesso di Qutb. Nel 1993 il complesso di Qutb è stato inserito nell'elenco dei Patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO.
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complesso_di_Qutb
The Qutb complex (Hindi: क़ुतुब परिसर, Urdu: قطب پرِسر), also spelled Qutab or Qutub, is an array of monuments and buildings at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. After the death of the commissioner, the Minar was added upon by his successor Iltutmish (aka Altamash) and much later by Firoz Shah Tughlaq, a Tughlaq dynasty, Sultan of Delhi in 1368 AD. The complex initially housed a complex of twenty-seven ancient Jain temples which were destroyed and their material used in the construction of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque next to the Qutb Minar, in the Qutb complex, built on the ruins of Lal Kot Fort built by Tomar Rajput ruler, Anangpal in 739 AD and Qila-Rai-Pithora, Prithviraj Chauhan's city, the Rajput king, whom Ghori's Afghan armies had earlier defeated and killed, at the Second Battle of Tarain.
The complex was added to by many subsequent rulers, including Firoz Shah Tughlaq and Ala ud din Khilji as well as the British.
Some constructions in the complex are the Qutb Minar, the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, the Alai Gate, the Alai Minar, the Iron pillar, and the tombs of Iltutmish, Alauddin Khilji and Imam Zamin; surrounded by Jain temple ruins.
Today, the adjoining area spread over with a host of old monuments, including Balban's tomb, has been developed by Archeological Survey of India (ASI) as the Mehrauli Archeological Park, and INTACH has restored some 40 monuments in the Park. It is also the venue of the annual 'Qutub Festival', held in November–December, where artists, musicians and dancers perform over three days. Qutb Minar complex, with 38.95 lakh visitors, was India's most visited monument in 2006, ahead of the Taj Mahal, which drew about 25.4 lakh visitors.
The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
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---- una piccola bambola che indossa il costume tradizionale femminile di Piana degli Albanesi ----
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This is a report perhaps too long, but perhaps too short, that I made on Easter Sunday (Pashkët) in the village of Piana degli Albanesi in Sicily, near Palermo; Piana degli Albanesi (Chiana, named in Palermo dialect), is among the best known and most populous arbëreshë historic communities, the most important center of all the greek-Albanian colonies in Sicily but it is also the seat of the Byzantine Eparchy. The town of Piana degli Albanesi was founded in the second half of the fifteenth century, between 1482 and il1485, by a group of Albanian refugees who, to escape the imminent advanced turkish-ottoman that threatened Christianity in the territories of the Balkan Peninsula, sought refuge in Italy: in Sicily they obtained from the ruler of the time, King John II of Spain permission to occupy the land today, but also they received the possibility to retain their Byzantine-Greek rite, that initially gave the village its name of Plain of Greeks. Over the centuries it has been considered one of the most active centers Albanians of Italy, preserving and protecting the heritage of the typical characteristics of oriental culture; the strong ethnic identity of Piana degli Albanesi is immediately noticeable in the Albanian language spoken by all (in fact the locals people are bilingual, speaking both normally the Italian and the Albanian). Holy Week (Java and Madhe) is very rich, heard and shared, Easter Sunday visitors receive as a gift some eggs red painted, Mass is celebrated during which the Gospel is read in seven languages, including the Arab, after which he began a long procession composed by people who wear their distinctive traditional costumes.
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Questo è un report forse troppo lungo, ma forse anche troppo corto, che ho realizzato la Domenica di Pasqua (Pashkët) nel paese di Piana degli Albanesi, in Sicilia, vicino Palermo; il paese di Piana (chiamato "Chiana" in dialetto palermitano), è tra le più note e popolose comunità storiche arbëreshë, tra tutte le colonie greco-albanesi presenti in Sicilia sicuramente il centro più importante, ed è qui che troviamo la sede dell'Eparchia Bizantina. La città di Piana degli Albanesi fu fondata nella seconda metà del XV secolo, tra il 1482 ed il1485, da un gruppo di profughi albanesi che, per sfuggire alla imminente avanzata turco-ottomana che minacciava la cristianità nei territori della penisola balcanica, cercarono rifugio in Italia: in Sicilia essi ottennero dal sovrano di allora, re Giovanni II di Spagna, il permesso di occupare le attuali terre, ottenendo anche la possibilità di conservare il loro rito Greco-Bizantino, fatto che diede inizialmente il nome al paese di Piana dei Greci. Nel corso dei secoli "Chiana" è stata annoverata tra i maggiori centri attivi Albanesi d'Italia, preservando e tutelando i caratteri tipici del patrimonio culturale orientale; la forte identità etnica di Piana degli Albanesi è immediatamente apprezzabile nella lingua Albanese che è parlata da tutti (gli abitanti sono infatti bilingue, parlando normalmente sia l'Albanese che l'Italiano). La Settimana Santa (Java e Madhe) è molto ricca, sentita e partecipata, la Domenica di Pasqua i visitatori ricevono in regalo delle uova dipinte di rosso, viene celebrata la Santa Messa durante la quale il Vangelo viene letto in sette lingue, tra cui l'arabo, dopodichè inizia un lungo corteo, composto dagli abitanti che indossano i loro caratteristici costumi tradizionali.
In der Via Condotti befindet sich das Hauptquartier des Orders der Malteser-Ritter (vormals Ritter von Rhodos, vormals Ritter von Jerusalem), der mit Sicherheit winzigsten Macht der Welt. Die Organisation geht auf das Mittelalter zurück und wurde seit jeher von den Päpsten und später von der italienischen Regierung als unabhängiger Staat anerkannt. Die Residenz in der Via Condotti hat somit exterritorialen Status. Der Orden gibt eigene Briefmarken heraus, die allerdings nur in den Ländern gültig sind, die ein Postabkommen mit dem Orden haben, und die Nummernschilder des Orders beginnen mit SMOM (Sovrano e Militare Ordine di Malta = souveräner Militärorden von Malta):
In der Via Condotti befindet sich das Hauptquartier des Orders der Malteser-Ritter (vormals Ritter von Rhodos, vormals Ritter von Jerusalem), der mit Sicherheit winzigsten Macht der Welt.
Die Organisation geht auf das Mittelalter zurück und wurde seit jeher von den Päpsten und später von der italienischen Regierung als unabhängiger Staat anerkannt. Die Residenz in der Via Condotti hat somit exterritorialen Status.
Der Orden gibt eigene Briefmarken heraus, die allerdings nur in den Ländern gültig sind, die ein Postabkommen mit dem Orden haben, und die Nummernschilder des Orders beginnen mit SMOM (Sovrano e Militare Ordine di Malta = souveräner Militärorden von Malta):
Italian postcard. Sent by mail in Rome, Easter 1921.
Alfonso Cassini (Bologna, 1st March 1858 - Rome, 6th August 1921) was an Italian actor of theatre and silent cinema.
Cassini was a generic actor and character. He began his career in 1876 and over the years he played in various theatre companies, including those of Francesco Gervasi Benincasa, Ermete Novelli and Virgilio Talli. Cassini was married to the actress-director Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto, daughter of a Sicilian stage playwright and actor.
Between 1912 and 1913 the couple worked at Latium Film in various films, then moved to Roma Film in 1913, and Etna Film in 1914, where Giulia became first actress. In 1914 Giulia also opened an acting school in Rome, called Ars Film. Alfonso meanwhile acted at Etna in such films as La danza del diavolo (Giuseppe De Liguoro, 1914) and Christus (De Liguoro, 1914) - not to be confused with the Cines production by Antamoro and Guazzzoni. In 1915, the couple moved back to Rome to perform in the films by Tiber Film, where Alfonso acted in films with Hesperia e.g. La signora delle camelie (Baldassarre Negroni, 1915), Il potere sovrano (Negroni, 1916) and La cuccagna (Negroni, 1917), and with Lina Cavalieri (Sposa nella morte!, Emilio Ghione 1915). While working on stage in 1915 at the Campioni-Baccani company, in 1916 Alfonso worked at Tiber, Film d'Arte Italiana, and Cines. At Cines, the couple acted e.g. in Lyda Borelli's film La falena (Carmine Gallone, 1916), while Giulia also acted in Borelli's Malombra (Gallone, 1917). In those years, Italian critics praised Alfonso Cassini's for his masterful and effective performances, his versatility, and his excellent make up.
In 1918 the couple also attempted to produce and direct films themselves with their own production company Cassini-Rizzotto. Giulia thus directed her own husband in Scugní, which was partly autobiographically based. Afterward, the couple separated. Giulia continued at various Roman companies, while Alfonso worked at Itala and FERT, both in Turin and Rome. Alfonso Cassini often played the father of the leading characters played by the Italian divas (or their male partners), in addition to Hesperia and Borelli, he became now father figures in films with Italia Almirante Manzini, such Femmina (Augusto Genina, 1918), Zingari (Mario Almirante, 1920) and La statua di carne (Almirante, 1921), with Diana Karenne, e.g. Zoya (Giulio Antamoro, 1920), and in particular with Maria Jacobini, e.g. L'onestà del peccato (Genina, 1918), La casa di vetro (Gennaro Righelli, 1920), La preda (Guglielmo Zorzi, 1920), Amore rosso (Righelli, 1921), and the Pirandello adaptation Il viaggio (Righelli, 1921). He also played Diomira Jacobini's Robinson Crusoe-like father in L'isola della felicità (Luciano Doria, 1921). Finally, he had a major part as the poor elderly newsagent 'Papa Re' in the Pirandello adaptation Lo scaldino (Genina, 1920), starring Kally Sambuccini in what she remembered as her best film. All in all Alfonso Cassini acted in some 70 films.
Sources: Aldo Bernardini, Cinema muto italiano protagonisti, IMDb.
L'armatura di Enrico VIII epoca la possente corporatura del sovrano!
Henry VIII's armor evokes the king's mighty frame!
Die Casa dei Cavalieri di Rodi (Haus der Rhodischen Ritter) auf dem Areal des Augustus-Forums ist einen mittelalterlicher Palast aus dem 12. Jh,, umgebaut im 15. Jh., den die Ritter von Rhodos kauften, bevor sie ihren Sitz nach Malta verlegten. Das Gebäude ist seit Ende des zweiten Weltkriegs wieder im Besitz des Malteser-Ordens (Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta).
Beim Bau des Augustusforums errichtete man eine Brandmauer, damit Brände, die häufig in der benachbarten Suburra ausbrachen, nicht auf das Forum übergreifen konntn.
In occasione della Festa Nazionale della Repubblica d'Albania - Santa Sede/Albania: 30° Relazioni Diplomatiche - Con la partecipazione di Segretario di Stato Vaticano S. Em. za Rev. Cardinale Pietro Parolin - in occasione di un ricevimento offerto da Majlinda Dodaj, incaricato d’affari dell’Ambasciata - Capo Missione dell'Ambasciata della Repubblica di Albania presso la Santa Sede e il Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta.
L’evento, si e svolto il 26 novembre, commemora due grandi momenti del Paese: la Festa nazionale, ovvero l’indipendenza dall’Impero ottomano raggiunta il 28 novembre 1912, e i trent'anni delle relazioni diplomatiche con la Santa Sede, avviate il 7 settembre 1991.
Al ricevimento del 26 novembre, ha preso parte anche il primo ministro albanese, Edi Rama, che il 27 novembre sarà ricevuto in udienza da Papa Francesco. Il premier ha conferito un’onorificenza al cardinale Parolin, il quale ha sottolineato come tale gesto esprima “un significativo riconoscimento di ciò che la Santa Sede, il Papa e i suoi collaboratori nella Curia Romana, hanno fatto e stanno facendo per l’Albania e per i cordiali rapporti bilaterali che intercorrono fra le due Parti.
In occasione della Festa nazionale e del 30.mo anniversario dei rapporti diplomatici con la Santa Sede, il cardinale segretario di Stato ringrazia l’Albania per non aver chiuso le porte alla speranza dei profughi lungo la rotta balcanica. Parolin: ha detto che l’Albania, e un esempio di accoglienza dei rifugiati. È un bell’esempio per tutti!: con queste parole, il cardinale Pietro Parolin, segretario di Stato, ringrazia l’Albania “per l’accoglienza offerta ai numerosi rifugiati che attraversano da diversi anni la rotta balcanica, non ultimo quelli dell’Afghanistan” e “per non aver chiuso le porte alla loro speranza”.
Il porporato pronuncia il suo discorso in occasione della Festa Nazionale dell’Albania che ha realizzato progressi molto significativi, che la Santa Sede ha seguito “con viva attenzione e compiacimento”. Tuttavia, non mancano “sfide ancora aperte”: in particolare, il porporato si sofferma sul “consolidamento delle istituzioni democratiche” e sulle “scelte coraggiose per sostenere lo sviluppo, la famiglia e i giovani”. Al contempo, il segretario di Stato esprime “particolare gratitudine” per “il rispetto e la stima” che l’Albania ha “nei riguardi della Chiesa cattolica” e per “l’attenzione che le autorità civili mostrano verso la Santa Sede”.
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Me rastin e Ditës Kombëtare të Republikës së Shqipërisë - Selia e Shenjtë / Shqipëri: 30° vite Marrëdhënie Diplomatike - Me pjesëmarrjen e Sekretarit të Shtetit të Vatikanit H. Em Za Rev. Kardinal Pietro Parolin - me rastin e një pritjeje të ofruar nga Majlinda Dodaj, i ngarkuari me punë i Ambasadës - Shef i Misionit të Ambasadës së Republikës së Shqipërisë në Selinë e Shenjtë me Urdhrin Sovran Ushtarak të Maltës.
Pritja u zhvillua më 26 nëntor, përkujton dy momente të mëdha në vend: Ditën Kombëtare, pra pavarësinë nga Perandoria Osmane e arritur më 28 nëntor 1912 dhe tridhjetë vjetët e marrëdhënieve diplomatike me Selinë e Shenjtë, të nisura me 7 shtator 1991.
Në këtë takim të 26 nëntorit mori pjesë edhe kryeministri shqiptar Edi Rama, i cili do të pritet në audiencë nga Papa Françesku më 27 nëntor. Kryeministri i dha një Nder Kardinalit Parolin, i cili nënvizoi se si ky gjest shpreh “një njohje domethënëse të asaj që Selia e Shenjtë, Papa dhe bashkëpunëtorët e tij në Kurinë Romake kanë bërë dhe po bëjnë për Shqipërinë dhe për marrëdhëniet e përzemërta dypalëshe mes të dyve, palëve.
Me rastin e Festës Kombëtare dhe 30-vjetorit të marrëdhënieve diplomatike me Selinë e Shenjtë, Sekretari Kardinal i Shtetit falënderon Shqipërinë që nuk i mbylli dyert shpresës së refugjatëve përgjatë rrugës ballkanike. Parolin: tha se Shqipëria është shembull i pritjes së refugjatëve, është një shembull i mirë për të gjithë!
Me këto fjalë, Kardinali Pietro Parolin, Sekretar i Shtetit, falënderon Shqipërinë për mirëpritjen e ofruar për refugjatët e shumtë që kalojnë prej disa vitesh rrugën ballkanike, jo më pak atyre të Afganistanit ai tha sepse nuk ia kanë mbyllur dyert shpresës së tyre.
Shqipëria ka bërë një progres shumë domethënës, të cilin Selia e Shenjtë e ka ndjekur “me vëmendje dhe kënaqësi të madhe”. Megjithatë, nuk mungojnë “sfidat ende të hapura”: në veçanti, kardinali ndalet te “konsolidimi i institucioneve demokratike” dhe te “zgjedhjet e guximshme për të mbështetur zhvillimin, familjen dhe të rinjtë”.
Në të njëjtën kohë, Sekretari i Shtetit shpreh “mirënjohjen e veçantë” për “respektin dhe vlerësimin” që Shqipëria ka “për Kishën Katolike” dhe për “vëmendjen që autoritetet civile tregojnë ndaj Selisë së Shenjtë”.
Si erge sovrano, piramide arida di roccia sgretolata...eppure così massiccio all'apparenza, così possente che non può non risvegliare umiltà nei nostri animi...si slancia dai laghetti sottostanti la sua porta di accesso, il Col des trois Capucins, quasi a voler toccare lo splendido cielo azzurro di fine Luglio...
(Conca di Arbolle, Monte Emilius, Valle d'Aosta - Vallée d'Aoste)
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