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“Cologne, a 2,000-year-old city spanning the Rhine River in western Germany, is the region’s cultural hub. A landmark of High Gothic architecture set amid reconstructed old town, the twin-spired Cologne Cathedral is also known for its gilded medieval reliquary and sweeping river views.” My great-grandfather was from Cologne, so the beautiful city that we visited several years ago seemed very special to me....
Today begins a new short-series on the City of Virden, Illinois. This view looks west on E. Jackson from N. Dye St. at the north side of the Virden square. Nearly all of the commercial buildings in this block date to the late 19th and early 20th century.
While most of Virden is situated in Macoupin County, the northern most part of the city is in Sangamon County. The Macoupin County portion of Virden is part of the St. Louis, Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Sangamon County portion is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Virden was 3,249 at the 2020 census.
Today begins a new short series of the Village of Ashland in Cass County, Illinois. This view of the business district looks east on W. Editor St. from N. Hardin St. W. Editor St. and N. Yates St. have historically been the two main commercial streets in the village. While many of the old commercial buildings still stand, most have seen their facades significantly modified. Compare the view in this photo to this one on the village website taken from close to the same spot a century ago.
This west central Illinois community had a population of 1,137 at the 2020 census, making it the third largest population center in Cass County behind Beardstown and Virginia, the county seat.
The Historic Centre of Brugge illustrates continuity on an urban site that has been occupied since the early Middle Ages. Historical records of the town administration and regulations are condensed in the city records from the 13th century onwards.
An area of continuous settlement, the Historic Centre of Brugge has retained the original pattern of streets and places, canals, and open spaces. A very specific skyline of towers and taller civic buildings (such as the cathedral, the belfry and the churches) dominates the city. For the most part, buildings have retained the original parcels of land. The transformations that have taken place over time respect the functional changes in the town, and have become part of its historic authenticity, in a parallel way to other historic cities such as Siena in Italy.
The history of the town is well represented in the urban and architectural structures that harmoniously unify all periods of history since the origin of the city.
Since the second half of the 19th century, much attention has been paid to the history and the architecture of the town, and major debates about modalities followed the international trends in the field of restoration and conservation. This chronological and historical stratification is clearly recognizable in the urban morphology and architecture and is part of the present character of Brugge.