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Riomaggiore (Rimazùu in the local Ligurian language) is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets when traveling north from La Spezia.
The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and its wine, produced by the town's vineyards. Riomaggiore is in the Riviera di Levante region and has shoreline on the Mediterranean's Gulf of Genoa, with a small beach and a wharf framed by tower houses. Riomaggiore's main street is Via Colombo and numerous restaurants, bars & shops can be found on this street.
The Via dell'Amore is a path connecting Riomaggiore to its frazione Manarola, also part of the Cinque Terre.
Riomaggiore is the most southern village of the five Cinque Terre, all connected by trail. The water and mountainside have been declared national parks.
HISTORY
1895 - W. Hamilton Beattie and A.R. Scott won a competition to design The Balmoral – known then as The North British Station Hotel (The N.B.) and owned by the North British Railway Company.
1902 - The hotel opened on 15 October 1902 as The North British Station Hotel – the only residential building ever erected on the south side of Princes Street – was pronounced one of the great railway hotels, described as a “free rendering of the renaissance period, linking the old Scottish architecture of the old town with the rather severe classical architecture of the new”. The hotel’s iconic clock was set three minutes fast, so that people wouldn’t miss their trains. This is still the case today. The only day that the clock runs on time is on 31st December (Hogmanay) for the city’s New Year celebrations.
1922 – The North British Railway Company became part of the London and North Eastern Railway Company and the hotel started blending and bottling its own whisky, wine and port.
1932 – In July, comedy duo Laurel and Hardy visited the North British Hotel as part of their visit to Edinburgh. Crowds gathered outside the hotel to catch a glimpse of the famous pair.
1947 - The railways were nationalised by British Rail, and the hotel employees became members of the National Union of Railwaymen.
1960s – Over the years a regular galaxy of film and sports stars, princesses and politicians, have posed for photographs by the hotel pillars. Celebrity visitors to the hotel include Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul and Linda McCartney.
1970s – The Queen Mother was a regular visitor to the hotel, where she liked to dine on plain roast lamb for lunch. Prime Ministers, Edward Heath and Harold Wilson, also visited.
1983 - British Rail sold The North British Station Hotel to The Gleneagles Hotel Company.
1988 - The hotel closed for a major refurbishment.
1990 - Balmoral International Hotels - an Edinburgh-based company - bought The North British Station Hotel, with the intention of making it a flagship hotel for a new luxury international hotel group.
1991 - In February the hotel reopened its doors to the public as The Balmoral Hotel, (Balmoral meaning “majestic dwelling” in Gaelic) following a £23-million refurbishment, recapturing its past splendour and majesty.
1997 – On 1st March Sir Rocco Forte purchased The Balmoral, which was the first hotel within his new Rocco Forte Collection.
2003 – In January, The Balmoral’s Executive Chef, Jeff Bland, was first awarded a coveted Michelin Star for culinary excellence in the hotel’s Number One restaurant.
2003 - In December, The Balmoral appointed Debbie Taylor, the first female General Manager in its 101-year history.
2004 – In March, the hotel completed a £7-million refurbishment programme. Olga Polizzi, Director of Building and Design at Rocco Forte Hotels, oversaw the complete refurbishment of the hotel, comprising its 188 bedrooms, The Sir Walter Scott Suite, seven further conference and banqueting suites, Hadrian's Brasserie, Number One restaurant and the lobby.
2005 – In March, The Balmoral launched its Bollinger Bar in the hotel’s Palm Court.
2007 – 11th January, J.K. Rowling finished writing ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ (the seventh and final instalment in the Harry Potter series) at the hotel. To mark the occasion, the author signed an antique bust in the room in which she stayed.
2007 – 1st March, The Balmoral celebrates 10 years as a Rocco Forte Hotel, also marking the 10-year anniversary of The Rocco Forte Collection.
2007 – 7th November, The Balmoral launched the chic and stylish Balmoral Bar after a complete refurbishment by Olga Polizzi.
2009 – Bedrooms on the 5th and 6th floor of The Balmoral are fitted with new Italian marble bathrooms with iconic Sean Connery prints.
2011 – In June, The Balmoral completes a soft refurbishment of its fourth floor bedrooms.
2011 – 7th October, The Balmoral’s fine-dining restaurant, Number One, retains its Michelin star for the 10th successive year.
2012 – In June, the Balmoral completes a soft refurbishment of the first, second and third floor bedrooms.
2012 – 15th October, The Balmoral celebrates its 110th Anniversary.
2013 – In September, The Balmoral launches SCOTCH – a new signature whisky bar.
2013 – In October, The Balmoral completes a full refurbishment of Palm Court.
2014 – In October, The Balmoral’s fine-dining restaurant, Number One, retains its Michelin star for the 13th successive year.
2015 – In January, The Balmoral completes a £200,000 refurbishment of Number One.
2017 – In October, The Balmoral completes a refurbishment of Castle Facing bedrooms.
2017 - Rocco Forte Hotels marks its 20th year, The Balmoral carries out a refresh of its castle view rooms along with an upgrade of the hotel’s J.K. Rowling Suite.
2018 - Brasserie Prince opens after a multi-million pound refurbishment of the hotel's bar and brasserie; the hotel's old town view rooms are refurbished including the Scone & Crombie suite, the hotel's presidential suite.
2019 - The hotel's Princes St view rooms are upgraded, along with the hotel's royal suite, the Glamis Suite.
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Male Ostrich of the Masai Race photographed in Ngorongoro Caldera, Tanzania.
"The Ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird, and the only one with just two toes... The inner toe is thick and strong, and it is on this that the bird runs. The fastest-running bird, the Ostrich can maintain speeds of up to 30 mph (50 kph) for up to 30 minutes. In short sprints it can reach 45 mph (70 kph), with strides of 11 feet (3.5m)" from National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife
After Taharqa 21 kings and 53 queens and princesess were buried at Nuri under pyramids of good masonry, using blocks of local red sandstone. The Nuri pyramids were generally much larger than those at El-Kurru, reaching heights of 20 to 30 m. Left to right, pyramids Nu 8 (Aspelta: 593-568 BCE), 3 (Senkamanisken: 664-653 BCE), 6 (Anlamani: 623-593 BCE) and 5 (Malenaqen: 553-538 BCE)
Kenyah or Orang Ulu dance by the Seri Melinau Dance Group of the Royal Mulu Resort in the Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak (Mon 5-10-2009).
I traveled to India for the first time to present a keynote at the 3rd Global Conference on Emerging Trends for Business Librarianship, November 21-22, 2017 at the Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad, India. We did some sightseeing on our last day in India and visited the amazing Rani ki vav stepwell near Patan, north of Ahmedabad. I am so very glad that I made it here. From the Wikipedia page, "Rani ki vav, or Ran-ki vav (Queen’s step well) was constructed during the rule of the Chaulukya dynasty. It is generally assumed that it was built in the memory of Bhima I (r. c. 1022–1064) by his widowed queen Udayamati and probably completed by Udayamati and Karna after his death. A reference to Udayamati building the monument is in Prabandha Chintamani, composed by the Jain monk Merunga Suri in 1304 AD." The term vav is Gujarati for stepwell. Pictures from Thursday November 23, 2017.
Kappadokien um Göreme, Taubental (Güvercin Vadisi), Liebestal (Ask Vadisi), Uchisar und Ortahisar. © 2006 by Albert Bogner, Salzburg. Mehr Info bei blog.bognerart.eu/archives/45-Kappadokien-um-Goereme.html
4 of the kids in Torockó were found in a dark hut. Their parents were both severe alcoholics, and completely unable to take care of them. Due to understimuli, the 4 were mentally retarded; with no language or motorfunctions. After one year in the orpahnage with the volunter help from some Hungarian specialists, they are showing great progress.
© Haldis Kismul
The biggest Christian building in Asia and a World Hertiage site. Old Goa, India.
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Ku 16, Room B, south wall: Detail of scarab image: In ancient Egyptian religion, the sun god Ra is seen to roll across the sky each day. Beetles of the family Scarabaeidae (dung beetle) roll dung into a ball as food and as a brood chamber in which to lay eggs; this way, when the larvae hatch they are surrounded by food. The scarab was seen as a symbol of this heavenly cycle and of the idea of rebirth or regeneration. (Hand-held camera, by torchlight)
Detail of relief: the ram-headed god Amun of Naga receiving offerings from King Natakamani, Queen Amanitore and Crown Prince Arakhakhatoror.
4 of the kids in Torockó were found in a dark hut. Their parents were both severe alcoholics, and completely unable to take care of them. Due to understimuli, the 4 were mentally retardedi; with no language or motorfunctions. After one year in the orphanage with the volunter help from some Hungarian specialists, they are showing great progress.
© Haldis Kismul
Temple 800, also called the Northern Temple or the Temple of Isis, viewed across the courtyard. Recent investigations have revealed a large garden with plantation pits, water basins and a subterranean water reservoir in the courtyards east of Temple 100, along with a pottery workshop and dump.
The medieval name Qalʻat ar-Rabad, is a 12th-century Muslim castle situated in northwestern Jordan. It is placed on a hilltop belonging to the Mount Ajloun district, also known as Jabal 'Auf after a Bedouin tribe which had captured the area in the 12th century. From its high ground the castle was guarding three wadis which descend towards the Jordan Valley. It was built by the Ayyubids in the 12th century and enlarged by the Mamluks in the 13th. Ajlun Castle is located on the site of an old monastery, traces of which were discovered during archaeological excavations. Tradition has it that the name 'Ajlun' goes back to a Byzantine-period monk who lived in the area.
Restoration work and new discoveries are still ongoing at the site.
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