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WATER TAXI IN VENICE ;-)
For Smile on Saturday
Laggiù si intravede nella nebbia Santa Maria della Salute (o chiesa della Salute o semplicemente La Salute).
Una basilica di Venezia eretta nell'area della Punta della Dogana, da dove risalta nel panorama del Bacino di San Marco e del Canal Grande. Progettata da Baldassare Longhena con attenzione ai modelli del Palladio, è una delle migliori espressioni dell'architettura barocca veneziana. La sua costruzione rappresenta un ex voto alla Madonna da parte dei veneziani per la liberazione dalla peste che tra il 1630 e il 1631 decimò la popolazione, come era avvenuto in precedenza per la chiesa del Redentore. Il culto divenne così radicato a Venezia che la Vergine Maria venne aggiunta all'elenco dei santi patroni della città di Venezia. Nel dicembre del 1921 papa Benedetto XV l'ha elevata al rango di basilica minore.
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Intérieur d'un taxi thaïlandais où rien a été oublié, couleurs et enceintes acoustiques saturées, banquettes ... pour prévenir des trépidations de la machine.
Patong
Phuket
Thaïlande
février 2023
FCCA C30-7SMP 1003 notches up as it heads up the top level of the Chicla switchbacks during a break in the rain. The high altitude taxes the locomotives leading to the big clouds of smoke.
Thank you for all the prayers and good wishes for my recent surgery. I am on the road to recovery and today return to posting with a new series on my wife's hometown, Carlinville, Illinois. As I do with most of my series featuring county seats, we will begin this tour with the county courthouse.
The Macoupin County Courthouse was designed by the prolific architect Elijah E. Myers (1832-1909) whose work includes three state capitols (Michigan, Texas, and Colorado), along with courthouses and other public buildings in the United States and internationally. The McDonough County Courthouse, featured last fall in my series on Macomb, Illinois, was also designed by Myers.
After serving in the military during the Civil War, Myers settled briefly in Springfield, Illinois, and it was there that he obtained the Macoupin County courthouse commission. Myers must have put every ounce of his architectural knowledge into the Macoupin County design, whose grand size and elaborate ornamentation seems more suited to a state house than a rural courthouse. The Beaux-Arts building was under construction from 1867-70.
Beyond the beauty of this courthouse is an interesting backstory about how this building came to be known as the "Million Dollar Courthouse." The following description is borrowed from the Macoupin County website (macoupincountyil.gov/)
Macoupin County’s “Million Dollar Courthouse” received its nickname because when construction was halted in 1870 – that was halted, not completed – it cost $1.3 million. That would be $23.5 million dollars in today’s money. At the time, it was the biggest instance of overspending in Illinois history.
There were accusations by county residents regarding misappropriations of funds during the construction of the courthouse. One of the commissioners, Judge Loomis was accused of using stone from the courthouse to build a grand hotel, the Loomis House, on the square. Judge Loomis stated he purchased the stone but never produced a bill of sales. Another commissioner, County Clerk George Holliday, was seen leaving town by train in the middle of the night carrying a carpet bag. Public opinion was that the bag was filled with some of the money raised for construction of the courthouse. Holliday was never seen again and it is still a mystery as to where he went.
When the courthouse was opened in 1870, it was the largest courthouse in the country with the possible exception of one in New York City. The doors, staircases, windows sills and sashes are all made of cast iron, making the courthouse the first fireproof building in the country.
It took the citizens of Macoupin County 40 years to pay off the debt. Many lost their homes and farms because of the taxes. There was a two day jubilee to celebrate the burning of the last bond in 1910.
The “Million Dollar Courthouse” is one of few courthouses of its age that is not a museum, white elephant, or has been demolished. It is still a working courthouse which is open for business 5 days a week.
It stands as an awe inspiring example of what men did with their hands and simple tools a century and a half ago. Over the years, the “Million Dollar Courthouse” has become a showplace that attracts tourists, architects and artist from around the world.
The Macoupin County Courthouse is the focal point of the Carlinville Historic District, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. At the 2020 census, the population of Carlinville was 5,710.
There is archaeological evidence of people residing in Henley since the second century as part of the Romano-British period.[2] The first record of Henley as a substantial settlement is from 1179, when it is recorded that King Henry II "had bought land for the making of buildings". King John granted the manor of Benson and the town and manor of Henley to Robert Harcourt in 1199.[citation needed] A church at Henley is first mentioned in 1204. In 1205 the town received a tax for street paving, and in 1234 the bridge is first mentioned. In 1278 Henley is described as a hamlet of Benson with a chapel. The street plan was probably established by the end of the 13th century. As a demesne of the crown it was granted in 1337 to John de Molyns, whose family held it for about 250 years.
A lot like the Mazda CX-7 and the Subaru Tribeca, the tax is £570 a year! Plus with the big engines no wonder they didn't sell well.
Ever so slightly obsessed with the new HMRC building in Birmingham, a shot of it nearing completion now during last nights wander around the city in some beautiful blue hour light.
This new A400 Atlas belonging to the German Air Force is taxing out to the main runway for departure from RAF Lossiemouth after picking up support for the German participation in Ex Joint Warrior 18/1.
(And up.) The rusted state of this sign suggests that having your taxes done for $5 is only a historical artifact. But we can dream, can't we??
Camera: Agfa Silette (type 4) 35mm viewfinder camera with Vario 4-speed shutter (200, 50, 25, B). Color-Agnar 45mm lens, with f2.8 maximum aperture. This camera was a $6 find and required some work to get it operational, but it can produce some surprisingly crisp images (assuming I get the distance estimated correctly!)
Film: Kentmere 100
Developing: HC-110, Dilution H, 16 min.
Taxing out the 23 threshold for departure is this VIP BAE 146 CC MK2 Command Support Air Transport (CSAT) aircraft based at RAF Northolt.
BRUNO: "So, I think I'm done... Read through again to see if I've forgotten anything.
tax ID: NOT/IMPORTANT
To the tax office: I DO NOT KNOW
Telephone enquiries during the day under number: NOBODY ANSWERS
Tax identification number: Eleven paw zeros. Hmmm, a work of art!
Date of birth: VERY OLD
In the event of death: date of death: NEVERDIE ....Maybe NEVERDAY sounds better....
Name: UNKNOWN
First name: KAT
Title, academic degree: MUMMY
Practiced profession: WITCH
Street (current address): SAME PLACE LIKE ME, ROOM 13
Place of residence: GERMANIA, ZIEH-AM-TAU
Religion: stick figure witch with a cat on a broom....
I am satisfied and she will certainly be happy about it and will be my magic assistant for this hard labour. [shouts] Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummy Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! I did you a favour and now you can do me one!"