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El Templo de Debod es un conjunto edilicio del antiguo Egipto localizado actualmente en Madrid (España). Está situado al oeste de la Plaza de España, junto al Paseo del Pintor Rosales (Parque del Oeste), en un alto donde se encontraba el Cuartel de la Montaña (en el que se produjo un sangriento episodio de la Guerra Civil Española). Al ser trasladado a España, se situó de manera que conservase aproximadamente la misma orientación que en su lugar de origen, de este a oeste.
El Templo de Debod fue un regalo de Egipto a España (año 1968), en compensación por la ayuda española, tras el llamamiento internacional realizado por la Unesco para salvar los templos de Nubia, principalmente el de Abu Simbel, en peligro de desaparición debido a la construcción de la presa de Asuán. Egipto donó cuatro de los templos salvados a distintas naciones colaboradoras: Dendur a los Estados Unidos (se encuentra actualmente en el Metropolitan Museum de Nueva York), Ellesiya a Italia (Museo Egipcio de Turín), Taffa a Holanda (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden de Leiden) y Debod a España.
Tiene una antigüedad de unos 2.200 años. Su núcleo más antiguo fue quizás erigido bajo el faraón Ptolomeo IV Filópator, y decorado posteriormente por el rey nubio Adikhalamani de Meroe hacia 200-180 a. C., siendo dedicado a Amón de Debod ("Amani", en idioma kushita) e Isis (hay investigadores que piensan que su erección fue obra de Adikhalamani, interviniendo posteriormente Ptolomeo IV en él). Posee importantes añadidos de época ptolemaica y romano-imperial (del siglo I a. C. al II d. C.).
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The Temple of Debod (Spanish: Templo de Debod) is an ancient Egyptian temple which was rebuilt in Madrid, Spain.
The temple was built originally 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Aswan in southern Egypt very close to the first cataract of the Nile and to the great religious center dedicated to the goddess Isis, in Philae. In the early 2nd century BC, Adikhalamani (Tabriqo), the Kushite king of Meroë, started its construction by building a small single room chapel dedicated to the god Amun. It was built and decorated on a similar design to the later Meroitic chapel on which the Temple of Dakka is based. Later, during the reigns of Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII and Ptolemy XII of the Ptolemaic dynasty, it was extended on all four sides to form a small temple, 12 by 15 metres (39 ft × 49 ft), which was dedicated to Isis of Philae. The Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius completed its decorations.
From the quay there is a long processional way leading to the stone-built enclosure wall, through three stone pylon gateways and finally to the temple itself. The pronaos, which had four columns with composite capitals collapsed in 1868, and is now lost. Behind it lay the original sanctuary of Amun, the offering table room and a later sanctuary with several side-rooms and stairs to the roof.
In 1960, due to the construction of the Great Dam of Aswan and the consequent threat posed to several monuments and archeological sites, UNESCO made an international call to save this rich historical legacy. As a sign of gratitude for the help provided by Spain in saving the temples of Abu Simbel, the Egyptian state donated the temple of Debod to Spain in 1968.
The temple was rebuilt in one of Madrid's parks, the Parque del Oeste, near the Royal Palace of Madrid, and opened to the public in 1972. The reassembled gateways appear to have been placed in a different order than when originally erected. Compared to a photo of the original site, the gateway topped by a serpent flanked sun appears not to have been the closest gateway to the temple proper. It constitutes one of the few works of ancient Egyptian architecture which can be seen outside Egypt and the only one of its kind in Spain.
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THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PIGEONS
The Feral pigeon (Columba livia) gets a really bad name thanks to a whole bunch of popular misconceptions. Labelled as sky rats, flying ashtrays, rats with wings, there is even a name for extreme fear of them, peristerophobia.
Some say they spread communicable disease to humans, a myth banded by pest control companies making money out of extermination, and although they can naturally carry some disease like tuberculosis (just like many other bird species), being able to breed up to six times per year and being so commonly seen has lead to the belief that they cause damage and drive other species away (again, no scientific evidence supports this). Seen as a plague by mankind, who is... er... the biggest plague on the planet after all and more likely to infect pigeons with his own germs!
Being common these days seems to make some animals less appealing than others, and yet the pigeon is culturally and historically significant and utterly beautiful in terms of plumage. When was the last time you took the time to spend a few moments in the company of these gorgeous, fascinating birds, or talked to one.... Well do so soon, your life will be all the better for such interactions.
In world terms, Pigeons represent peace and good, symbolizing Prosperity and fertility, luck, fortune, peace and harmony, love and devotion and beauty and piety. It is believed that the Pigeon totem as your animal spirit guide will enter a good persons life after a period of suffering or hurt, restoring faith and the good in their world. It will symbolize Love and kindness, sacrifice and devotion, calmness and tranquility.
Their presence in dreams can have significant meaning if the dream is of catching one, killing one, a pigeon falling in the sky, finding a dead pigeon etc. Pablo Ruiz Picasso's 1949 lithograph on paper 'La Colombe', shows a white dove on a black background, widely considered a sign of peace. It was used to illustrate a poster at the 1949 Paris Peace Congress, and is now house in the Tate Gallery, London. The Lithograph went on to become a renowned international iconographic image referred to as 'The dove of peace'. The dove was in fact a Milanese pigeon which had been gifted to Picasso by friend and fellow artist Henri Émile Benoît Matisse.
They are a wild ancestor of domestic world pigeons. A common sight in UK gardens, and traditionally seen on London postcards of Piccadilly circus until the feeding of pigeons was banned around the year 2000, they can weigh up to 370g (8-13oz) with a wingspan of 34cms. There are approximately 550,000 breeding pairs in the UK, and they are protected by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and happily on the Green status for conservation
With a name taken from the Latin word for Dove, there are around 350 recorded types of pigeon, the commonest being the Feral pigeon with an estimated European population of around 15 million. Feral pigeons are also called city doves, city pigeons, or street pigeons. They make up part of the group of columbiformes which includes the now extinct Dodo to which they are closely related. Wild pigeons live in coastal areas, whilst feral pigeons are more urban, and more often than not found in close proximity to mankind. Feral pigeons have a lifespan usually of between three to five years, much longer in captivity. Pigeons have an incredibly close link to mankind
Technically they are: Kingdom:Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class:Aves Order: Columbiformes
Family:Columbidae Genus:Columba Species:C. livia Subspecies:C. l. domestica
In the UK, Pigeons are covered under the "General Licences" and therefore it is illegal to kill them or destroy pigeon nests for any reason other than those listed under the general licences. They can be humanely culled by the land owner or their agent for a variety of reasons (mainly crop protection). At commercial premises where I worked for many years, Pigeons and babies were professionaly killed on a regular basis, shot with high powered air rifles and then heads dippeds into an acid substance... it was very bloody and extremely unpleasant to witness!
They are possibly the first domesticated animal in history and Charles Robert Darwin was one of the first and most famous pigeon breeder, who recognised their beauty and abilities and place in the natural order of things. On board HMS Beagle, he sailed from Plymouth Sound on 27th December 1831 under the command of Captain Robert FitzRoy. Scheduled for a two year voyage, it actually returned on 2nd October 1836. He published his work, 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life', in 1859 and it has long been considered the foundation of evolutionary biology. In the opening of the work, Darwin began with 'fancy pigeons' which were becoming fashionable to own and exhibit in London at the time.
By crossbreeding the many different species of fancy pigeon, Darwin showed that, contrary to a commonly held belief that there were two different species which spawned the multitude of domestic pigeons, they actually all came from one wild species: the Rock Dove (Columba livia).
Nathan Mayer Rothschild developed a system of communication faster than those of most governments at that time. It is believed that he used carrier pigeons and semaphore to communicate across the English Channel. Following the Battle of Waterloo he used this system to stunning effect. Through a clever stratagem, and foreknowledge of the outcome at Waterloo, Rothschild made an immense fortune by manipulating the London stock market.
Then In the early 1800s the Rothschild family set up a network of pigeon lofts throughout Europe using homing pigeons to carry information between its financial houses. This proved to be the fastest and most efficient method of communication at that time, and the speed of the service and the ability to send and receive information ahead of the competition helped the Rothschild family amass a fortune, which still exists today. There are medals from 1870 commemorating the pigeon post in Paris.
Pigeons are highly intelligent, one of the few birds who can actually recognise themselves in a mirror, tests proving that they were capable of identifying themselves over other pigeons in photographs even with a five to seven second delay and they could even recognize humans in photographs as well. Proving that their self cognitive abilities were higher than a three year old child (who struggled with photographic recognition of a two second delay), pigeons were trained to discriminate real-time self-image using mirrors as well as videotaped self-image, and proved that pigeons can recognize video images that reflect their movements as self-image.
They proved themselves capable of being able to learn the alphabet in trials. They have been used to predict the weather with hearing far superior to that of humans in the very low frequency range that allows them to detect incoming storms not yet on the radar. They can assist in message delivery, help in search and rescue missions and even carry wartime messages across enemy lines, dating back to Greek and Roman times, and then forwards to both World Wars by the British Intelligence.
During the first world war, pigeons were dropped from an aeroplane in batches in harnesses with parachutes in order to send and retrieve messages from the resistance. A male pigeon in 1918 named Cher Ami was awarded the Croix de Guerre, an honour bestowed on foreign troops by the French Army, after saving 194 US troops who were pinned down by enemy fire. Despite being shot several times, he still managed to deliver the message attached to him. In history pigeons have been recorded as far back as 3000BC and records show that in the 5th Century AD, both Egypt and Syria used them to send and receive messages. Greek poet Anacreon wrote poems of his tame pigeon over 2000 years ago in which he described the bird's role in carrying a love letter to the poet's lover and how the bird drank from his cup and ate from his hand.
Some scholars believe that man's connections with pigeons go as far back as Neolithic man 10,000 years ago. An archaeological discovery of lifelike pigeon images beside the figurines of the Mother goddess, dating from the Bronze Age (2400-1500 BC) in Sumerian Mesopotamia, links to worship also in Crete where the Goddess was depicted with Doves upon her head. Pigeons were also sacrificed to Aphrodite (Venus), the Goddess of love in Greco-Roman culture. The Dove was also the symbol of Demeter (Ceres). Astarte, goddess of fertility and love was often times depicted with a pigeon in ancient Phoenician tradition and Ishtar, mother to the Sumerian people also. Goddesses Aphrodite and Venus from Greek and Roman culture were similarly often depicted with symbolic pigeons. They are highly revered in religions including Hindi where it was believed that pigeons were messengers of deity of death, Yama.
Also in Muslim and Sikh traditions as well as Christianity. Some Sikhs will ceremoniously feed pigeons in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, a high priest who was renowned as a friend to pigeons. The Old Testament dove of Noah and the New Testament dove of the Holy Spirit are the ancestors of the dovecote birds of the past and today’s urban pigeons. In China, it is believed that with the coming of Spring, a Sparrow hawk would transform into a pigeon and vice versa, repeating the opposite transformation at the end of the season.
Pigeons have been recorded flying at more than 92mph and the average speed is around 78mph, they can also reach altitudes of 6,000 feet. Contrary to the rumour mill, pigeons are very clean birds and very little evidence exists to show that they can spread disease to humans.
Generally pigeons mate for life and are monogamous, both incubate and care for their young, and they are amazingly social creatures found in large groups. Pigeons have also saved lives on sinking ships by being released to alert nearby people, and some pigeons have received honours and awards for their part in saving lives. They have been trained to save lives at sea by recognising the red and yellow life jackets of victims, and even being able to view the UV spectrum. They can use landmarks to recognise and retrace routes, and use the sun as as a guide and an internal magnetic compass.
During a study in 2016, four pigeons built up a vocabulary of between 26 and 58 written English words, they could identify visual patterns and therefore tell them apart. The birds could even identify words they hadn't seen before.
Researchers at University of California Davis Medical Center put 16 pigeons in a room with magnified biopsies of potential breast cancers. If the pigeons correctly identified them as either benign or malignant, they got a treat, Once trained, their percentages of correctly identifying the biopsies was between 85-99% accurate.
Pigeons have been recorded regularly using the subway in the United states of America, hoping on and off subway cars and seeming to understand the direction of the journey. They also on occasions perform aerial backflips, seemingly just for fun. They see the world with five spectral bands, a kaleidoscope of colour compared to humans triple system of colour perception.
These are magnificent birds that so often fall victim to mankind's prejudice and dislike. Take a look at their ornate, beautiful plumage, the many markings and differences in coloration, and think about their history and the incredible journey they have made through the centuries.
Give them some love, they have certainly earned it!
Paul Williams May 2021
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Zoo de Bordeaux-Pessac - Gironde - Aquitaine - France
L’opéra des girafes
Opéra triste en plusieurs tableaux
Comme les girafes sont muettes, la chanson reste enfermée dans leur tête.
C'est en regardant très attentivement les girafes dans les yeux qu’on peut voir si elles chantent faux ou si elles chantent vrai.
Jacques Prévert
The giraffes opera
Sad opera in several scenes
As the giraffes are dumb, the song remains locked up in their head.
It is by looking very attentively at the giraffes in the eyes that you can see whether they sing out of tune (false in French) or if they sing true.
Jacques Prévert
Giraffa camelopardalis
Après des millions d'années d'évolution, l’anatomie de la girafe s’est modifiée pour lui permettre de brouter la cime des arbres : autrefois, son cou était beaucoup plus court, mais la nourriture se raréfiant, il s’est allongé de plus en plus. Cependant celui-ci ne comporte pas plus de vertèbres (7) que celui des autres animaux (ou que l'homme).
La longueur de ce cou fait que les girafes n’ont pas de cordes vocales. Elles communiquent en se caressant.
Chez les Grecs, la girafe passait pour la fille du chameau et du léopard.
Longévité : 25 ans en liberté, jusqu'à 35 ans en captivité
Taille et Poids : Un adulte mesure environ 5,30 mètres. C'est le plus haut des mammifères terrestres. L'adulte mâle pèse plus de 1,5 tonne et la femelle 1 tonne.
Habitat : Centre et Sud de l'Afrique
Régime alimentaire : herbivore
Les girafes se nourrissent du feuillage des arbres, principalement des acacias. Leur langue préhensile, qui peut atteindre 50 cm, permet d'attraper les feuilles les plus hautes. Les girafes consomment environ 30 kilos de nourriture par jour et autant de litres d'eau mais peuvent rester un mois sans boire.
Organisation sociale :La girafe vit en groupe, de 2 à 10 individus, dirigé par un mâle dominant.
Le grand mâle tente de dominer ses rivaux en leur coupant le passage et en dressant sa tête le plus haut possible. Le combat éclate lorsqu'un rival refuse de baisser la tête, de laisser le passage, ou fronce la lèvre en sa présence.
Dans les combats de girafes, les mâles utilisent leur tête comme une massue. Les deux mâles se cognent jusqu'à ce que l'un d'eux abandonne, mais le perdant est rarement tué ou blessé à mort et ils ne se battent jamais à coups de sabots.
Une fois qu'un mâle a conquis une femelle, ses amours sont caressants et paisibles, avec beaucoup de coups de langues.
Reproduction : Après une période de gestation de 15 mois, la femelle donne naissance à 1 petit et plus rarement 2. Le nouveau-né, le girafon, mesure à sa naissance 2 mètres pour un poids variant de 40 à 80 kg et tombe d'une hauteur de 2 mètres. À la naissance la girafe n'adopte son petit que s'il est capable de se tenir rapidement debout : au bout d'une heure il doit tenir sur ses pattes pour atteindre les mamelles de sa mère. Dans le cas contraire, elle l'abandonne ou même le tue. La mère se fait comprendre de son petit en le caressant avec le bout de son museau. Elle l'incite ainsi à la suivre et à la téter, créant ainsi le lien maternel.
Giraffa camelopardalis
After millions of years evoluting, the giraffe’s anatomy changed to allow it to graze the summit of the trees: formerly, its neck was much shorter, but food rarefying, it lengthened more and more. However, this neck isn’t made of more vertebrae (7) than the other animals’ one (or than the man’s one). Because of their neck length the giraffes don’t have vocal cords. They communicate caressing each other.
The Greeks thought that the giraffe was the camel and leopard’s daughter.
Longevity: 25 years in nature, up to 35 years in captivity
Height and Weight: An adult measures approximately 5,30 meters. It’s the highest terrestrial mammal. The male adult weighs more than 1,5 ton and female 1 ton.
Habitat: Center and South of Africa
Diet: herbivore
The giraffes eat trees foliage, mainly acacias. Their prehensile tongue, which can reach 50 cm, enables it to catch the highest leaves. The giraffes approximately eat 30 kilos of food per day and as many litres of water but can remain one month without drinking.
Social organization: The giraffe lives in group, from 2 to 10 animals, directed by a dominating male. The great male tries to dominate its rivals by blocking their way and drawing up its head as high as possible. The fight breaks out when a rival refuses to lower the head, to allow him to pass, or curls up its lip in his presence. In the giraffes fight, the males use their head like a bludgeon. The two males knock themselves until one of them gives up, but the loser is seldom killed or mortally wounded and they never fight with blows from hooves. As soon as a male conquers a female, its love is cherishing and peaceful, with many blows from tongue.
Reproduction: After a 15 months gestation, the female gives birth to 1 baby and more rarely 2. The new-born baby measures 2 metres for a varying weight from 40 to 80 kg and falls from a 2 metres height. The giraffe adopts its baby only if it is able to stand on its hind legs quickly: after an hour, it must stand on its legs to reach its mother’s udders. Otherwise, the mother forsakes it or even kills it. The mother communicates with her baby by cherishing it with her muzzle. She thus encourages it to follow her and to suck her.
This young mother crossed a busy Bamako street without supporting her baby child, trusting him not to let go.
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Beaches
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Qurum Beach in Muscat
Seeb Beach
Oman's coast is lined with many soft sand beaches. Activity for beach visitors include sunning, swimming, kitesurfing, diving, snorkeling, boating, surfing, beach combing and shell collecting.
Qurum Beach access is possible from several beachside hotels. This beach is popular with families, walkers, and joggers. The beach is lined with restaurants, snack bars and cafes. At Qantab beach local fishermen will offer fishing excursions and boat rides.
There are an increasing number of resort hotels on the coast west and east of Muscat. These offer dives, snorkeling, speedboat rides and water scooters. The coast beyond Quriyat can be reached by driving southeast on a four wheel drive. There are a variety of beaches between rocky outcrop, the most prominent being Mokallah (also known as White Beach). This spot is very popular for overnight camping on the shore and snorkelers.
Water Sports and Diving[edit]
Oman offers world class kitesurfing Conditions, due to the daily sea breeze effect. Kiteboarding centres can be found at Al Sawadi Beach 70 kilometres north of Muscat and especially on Masirah Island where the monsoon in summer guarantees wind steadily over 20 knots.[6] [7] Muscat city also offers clean safe conditions for learning to kitesurf. Alzaiba Beach is the hot spot for kite surfing and kitesurfing lessons.
With Oman's long coastline and clean unpolluted waters, there is a wealth of underwater flora, and marine life. Sea life is abundant with a variety of hard and soft corals. The waters around Oman have an average visibility of 20–30 meters.
Turtle, dolphin and bird watching[edit]
The turtle reserve is located at Ras al-Jinz near Sur
Several species of turtles living for over 100 years swim the length and breadth of the Indian Ocean and return every year to lay their eggs on the beaches of Ras al Hadd, Ras Al Junayz and Masirah island.
Dolphins frequent the seas of Oman on a regular basis and can be seen in close proximity to the coast. Fahal Island is a popular dolphin watching site. Spinner, Common and Bottlenose dolphins are most common.
Whales visit the shores beaches of the Sultanate at irregular intervals, especially in Ash Sharqiyah and Al Wusta regions, in addition to Dhofar Governorate. The most common types of whales that visit Oman are: Bryde’s Whales or Tropical Whales, Blue Whales, Humpback Whales, Sperm Whales, Dwarf Sperm Whales, Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Pygmy Killer Whales, Killer Whales, Melon-Headed Whales and False Killer Whale.
Oman is becoming increasingly popular with bird watchers. More than 460 different bird species have been recorded in Oman, out of which, 80 species have been classified as resident, while the rest are migrant and seasonal species. Oman offers a unique opportunity to watch birds from Europe, Africa and Asia in one spot during their annual migrations in Spring and Autumn. These migratory periods coincide with the cooler weather between October and April. Some of the common resident species one expects to see within or around Muscat include: Herons (Striated and Western Reef), Ospreys, Swift Term, Laughing Doves, Egyptian Vultures, and Indian Roller. Common Migrant and seasonal species include: Cattle Egret, Little Stint, Greater Flamingo, Caspian Gull, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Heron, Dunlin, Sandwich Tern, Red and Green shanks, Ruff and White Wagtail.
There is an array of bird watching sites in other parts of the country. Eagles are popular in Musandam. Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in Al-Wusta Region provides an opportunity to watch desert species, notably Spotted Sand Grouse, Golden Eagle and Houbara Bustard. Masirah Island is the home of thousands of birds especially in the winter such as Greater Flamingo, Seagulls, Terns and Herons. Dhofar with its diverse terrain and monsoon rains is a true paradise for birds particularly African species.
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I wasn't leaving without a shot of this old and very green Victorian. SOOC, adjusted lighting and sky. The house and color took care of themselves.
This home is back on the market. Just $30,000 buys a bit of real, old American, small-town goodness. As I understand it, the original owner's intent was to rehab the place into a show piece. There are many stories like this when reality and the cost of just heating and cooling deflate the airiest of dream balloons. So, back on the market she goes, another couple years of deferred maintenance under her 100 year old belt and the slow inexorable end yet to come.
Most people knowingly realize it, but dreams have a way of postponing, even vanquishing, reality. Surely it should always be so.
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La torre es trobava sota el domini del castell de Culla, que comprenia una bona part del nord de la província de Castelló. Contenia els següents pobles o fortaleses: Culla, capital de districte; Atzeneta, Benafigos, Benassal, Boy, Corbo, Castellar, Molinell, Torre en Besora, Vilar de Canes, Vilafranca i Vistabella. El castell, amb les seves pertinences, va ser donat jure hereditari a l'Orde del Temple pel rei En Pere el Catòlic, estant a Lleida a 22 de maig de 1213. No hi ha rastre en la Crònica Reial per conjecturar el temps en què aquest es va lliurar al rei o va ser conquistat, encara que se suposa durant l'any 1234. Després de l'acord sobre el senyoriu de Morella, fet a Montalbán l'11 de maig de 1235, entre el seu conqueridor, Balasc d'Alagó i Jaume, aquest li dóna jure hereditari els importants castells i pertinences de Culla i Coves de Vinromà. A la mort de Don Blasco, que havia passat probablement a mans de mesnaderos reals, ja que es trobava en pugna amb el monarca, el castell de Culla passa a la seva filla Constança i als seus néts Artal i Blasco. Després passa a pertànyer als descendents de Don Blasco, i l'Orde del Temple el compra a Guillem d'Anglesola el 27 de març de 1303, per la suma de 500.000 sous. La Torre va pertànyer a l'Orde de Montesa, hereva de l'Orde del Temple des de 1319, i el 10 d'abril de l'any 1550 el Comendador de Culla, Frey Enrique de Bañuelos, l'estableix enfiteuticamente al seu germà Mossèn Onofre de Bañuelos, reservant en conseqüència el domini directe per a l'Ordre a canvi d'un cens anual de dues gallines per Nadal. Cabrevadas les masies i les seves torres en els anys 1587, 1599, 1607, 1620, 1655 i 1668, amb reconeixement i actualització de censos, Delmos i primícies, passa a formar part, el seu domini útil, a la família Vallès, mitjançant el matrimoni de Jaume Vallès amb Vicenta Pallarés, a la qual havia arribat dels ciutadans Nofre Miquel Pallarés i Pedro Onofre Pallarés, avi i pare respectius, d'acord amb les capitulacions matrimonials signades el 10 agost 1677 davant de Jaume Cases, notari de Castelló. Posteriorment, segons el testament atorgat pel notari de Castelló Francisco Pérez el 21 d'agost de 1752, els germans Flora i José Vallés, van vincular la finca al major de la família, passant d'aquesta manera el 1772 al seu nebot Faust Vallès i Vega. El 1 novembre 1866 Arturo Vallés i Més, nét de Faust, redimir per una quantitat de 250 rals de billó, el cens emfitèutic que gravava encara sobre l'explotació des de l'any 1550, rescatant així el domini directe i convertint-se, com a posseïdor de els dos dominis, en propietari de la mateixa. Don Arturo Vallès va ser nomenat per Reial Ordre de 6 de febrer de 1864, baró de la Pobla Tornesa i de la Serra d'en Galceran. Per decret del Govern Civil de Castelló de 23 gener 1877 és concedida al baró de la Pobla Tornesa la qualificació de Colònia Agrícola per la seva finca de la Torre Matella "gaudint amb això de tots els avantatges que conté la Llei de Colònies Agrícoles de 3 de juny de 1868 ", legislació aprovada durant el regnat d'Isabel II amb l'objectiu de crear incentius per a la inversió en el desenvolupament de les riqueses agrícoles i ramaderes del camp espanyol. El 1872, les masies de la finca van ser abandonades amb motiu de les guerres carlines, però a partir de 1876 es van construir noves masies, la nova residència del baró, un palau neogòtic i una església. Tanmateix l'antiga torre defensiva va ser respectada. La Torre Matella es troba localitzada a la partida del seu mateix nom, a una distància de 19 km de la població de Culla. La finca tenia una extensió de 439 hectàrees al segle XIX, dedicades tant al cultiu com a la ramaderia, on es trobaven dues masies, construccions que donaven aixopluc el 1916 a seixanta-vuit persones. La torre que dóna nom a la masia, respon a la tipologia habitual de torre defensiva de la zona: planta quadrada, construïda amb maçoneria i sillarejo, coberta inclinada i emmerletada. La seva planta superior sembla haver estat reutilitzada com colomar. La primitiva torre es troba en l'actualitat entre el conjunt d'edificis aixecats a finals del s. XIX, protegits per una tanca emmerletada, que constitueixen la residència del baró, en estil neogòtic. Entre aquells destaquen altres noves torres, aquestes ja desproveïdes de funció defensiva. Es troba en bon estat de conservació. (C. Pérez-Olagüe)
ESP:
La torre se encontraba bajo el dominio del castillo de Culla, que comprendía una buena parte del norte de la provincia de Castellón. Contenía los siguientes pueblos o fortalezas: Culla, capital de distrito; Adzaneta, Benafigos, Benasal, Boy, Corbó, Castellar, Molinell, Torre En Besora, Villar de Canes, Villafranca del Cid y Vistabella. El castillo, con sus pertenencias, fue donado jure hereditario a la Orden del Temple por el rey Don Pedro el Católico, estando en Lérida a 22 de mayo de 1213. No hay rastro en la Crónica Real para conjeturar el tiempo en que éste se entregó al rey o fue conquistado, aunque se supone durante el año 1234. Después del acuerdo sobre el señorío de Morella, hecho en Montalbán el 11 de mayo de 1235, entre su conquistador, Blasco de Alagón y Don Jaime, éste le dona jure hereditario los importantes castillos y pertenencias de Culla y Cuevas de Vinromá. A la muerte de Don Blasco, que había ocurrido probablemente a manos de mesnaderos reales, pues se encontraba en pugna con el monarca, el castillo de Culla pasa a su hija Constanza y a sus nietos Artal y Blasco. Después pasa a pertenecer a los descendientes de Don Blasco, y la Orden del Temple lo compra a Guillem de Anglesola el 27 de marzo de 1303, por la suma de 500.000 sueldos. La Torre perteneció a la Orden de Montesa, heredera de la Orden del Temple desde 1319, y el 10 de abril del año 1550 el Comendador de Culla, Frey Enrique de Bañuelos, la establece enfiteuticamente a su hermano Mosén Onofre de Bañuelos, reservando en consecuencia el dominio directo para la Orden a cambio de un censo anual de dos gallinas por Navidad. Cabrevadas las masías y sus torres en los años 1587, 1599, 1607, 1620, 1655 y 1668, con reconocimiento y actualización de censos, delmos y primicias, pasa a formar parte, su dominio útil, a la familia Vallés, mediante el matrimonio de Jaime Vallés con Vicenta Pallarés, a la que había llegado de los ciudadanos Nofre Miquel Pallarés y Pedro Onofre Pallarés, abuelo y padre respectivos, de acuerdo con las capitulaciones matrimoniales firmadas el 10 de agosto de 1677 delante de Jaime Cases, notario de Castellón. Posteriormente, según el testamento otorgado por el notario de Castellón Francisco Pérez el 21 de agosto de 1752, los hermanos Flora y José Vallés, vincularon la finca al mayor de la familia, pasando de esta manera el 1772 a su sobrino Fausto Vallés y Vega. El uno de noviembre de 1866 Arturo Vallés y Más, nieto de Fausto, redimió por una cantidad de 250 reales de vellón, el censo enfiteútico que gravaba todavía sobre la explotación desde el año 1550, rescatando así el dominio directo y convirtiéndose, como poseedor de los dos dominios, en propietario de la misma. Don Arturo Vallés fue nombrado por Real Orden de 6 de febrero de 1864, barón de la Puebla Tornesa y de la Sierra de En Galcerán. Por decreto del Gobierno Civil de Castellón de 23 de enero de 1877 es concedida al barón de Puebla Tornesa la calificación de Colonia Agrícola para su finca de la Torre Matella "gozando con ello de todas las ventajas contenidas en la Ley de Colonias Agrícolas de 3 de junio de 1868", legislación aprobada durante el reinado de Isabel II con el objetivo de crear incentivos para la inversión en el desarrollo de las riquezas agrícolas y ganaderas del campo español. En 1872, las masías de la finca fueron abandonadas con motivo de las guerras carlistas, pero a partir de 1876 se construyeron nuevas masías, la nueva residencia del barón, un palacio neogótico y una iglesia. No obstante la antigua torre defensiva fue respetada. La Torre Matella se encuentra localizada en la partida de su mismo nombre, a una distancia de 19 Km de la población de Culla. La finca contaba con una extensión de 439 Hectáreas en el siglo XIX, dedicadas tanto al cultivo como a la ganadería, donde se encontraban dos masías, construcciones que daban cobijo en 1916 a sesenta y ocho personas. La torre que da nombre a la masía, responde a la tipología habitual de torre defensiva de la zona: planta cuadrada, construida con mampostería y sillarejo, cubierta inclinada y almenada. Su planta superior parece haber sido reutilizada como palomar. La primitiva torre se encuentra en la actualidad entre el conjunto de edificios levantados a fines del s. XIX, protegidos por una cerca almenada, que constituyen la residencia del barón, en estilo neogótico. Entre aquellos destacan otras nuevas torres, éstas ya desprovistas de función defensiva. Se encuentra en buen estado de conservación. (C. Pérez-Olagüe)
ENG (Original German text below)
"Without a signal!"
"Thick smoke lay spread over the battlefield of 18 August. The thunder of the guns rolled incessantly and, with an eerie whistling sound, the shells of friend and foe flew over the 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade, which-- 800 paces south of Amanvillers-- had nestled on the edge of a low, meadow-like strip of field. The 7th Company of the Alexander Regiment [Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1], with which I served as Sergeant, had occupied the road from Verneville to Amanvillers, where it curves to the north. Huddled close to the ground, we had been in this position for some time, barely 600 paces from the enemy. A lively fire was maintained without interruption. At this distance, the superiority of the Chassepot over our Needle Rifles was not a question. The Company had already suffered considerable losses during the advance from Habonville to here-- Lieutenant von Bentheim was wounded at the Bois de la Cüsse and Ensign von Dewitz fell, mortally wounded, at the height of the artillery position. And now my Company Commander, von der Hagen, and my Platoon Commander, Lieutenant von Brandis, were also seriously wounded. I had just taken over the leadership of the Platoon when the Battalion Commander of the Elisabeth Regiment [Königin Elisabeth Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 3]-- next to us-- called out to me: “If you have musicians, let them sound the advance!”
The bugler Müller next to me heard the call. He straightened up, put the horn to his mouth-- but before the signal came, he sank down dead-- without making a sound. I shouted the order to another musician: ‘Sound the advance!’-- as I did so I could already see that he was holding his hand to his head and that the blood was trickling between his fingers. So there remained nothing else to do but to shout the signal and “Up-- forward!” ran along the line.
After lying in one spot under devastating fire for so long, any forward movement is a blessing, even if it brings yet greater danger in the next moment. So the firing line sprang up and at a full run moved forward. We must have put 50-60 paces behind us-- a fierce rapid fire decimated our ranks-- when suddenly, unexpectedly, an enemy Squadron came rushing up, half right on the flank, previously hidden through a fold in the terrain.
“Half right-- to the cavalry!” I shouted to the riflemen and, “Cavalry!” went the call from Company to Company.
The Infantryman usually despises the value of Cavalry. When they come, he nearly always forgets the previous opponent and all fire is concentrated on the rapidly approaching masses of riders. It was the same here. With heavy losses the Squadron cleared the field and pulled back into cover in wild flight.
We must have been lying down again for only a short time when there was a murmur from man to man: 'Strike them dead-- onto the guys!' The anxiety of the approaching decision made itself felt-- we were only 100 paces away from our enemies. It had already begun to darken - ½ 9 o'clock it seemed-- when a never-ending “Hurrah!” announced the assault. 'Hurrah Prussia!'
We must have reached within 30 paces of the enemy when a terrible salvo boomed out. But 'Onward boys!' and 'Hurrah Prussia!' shouted everyone who was not yet lying down. No more shooting. Man struggled against man. I can still see him today, the tall French Drum-Major with the double chevron on his arm-- as he was about to strike out and split my skull. But I reached him a little before, and maybe in the afterlife he still thinks of me. Not five minutes had transpired-- then our rifle-butts had put an end to the matter. And-- when I collected my men, I had three NCOs and five men left.
Only now did I realize that I had made the last advance with my Platoon alone and sought out the nest of the Company. All Officers, 8 Non-Commissioned Officers and 85 men were dead or wounded. I myself had already received a grazing shot on my arm in the afternoon-- but that didn't bother me. Also my rifle-butt was also shot through, which was a pity, because the rifle shot well, if you aimed well.
I could tell you a lot more-- but that's enough for today. To our young soldiers of the present day, we old men cannot acclaim often enough: 'Be loyal to Kaiser and Reich!
- Carl August Ludwig Witte, now a Reichsbank-Official in Stuttgart.”
DEU
„Ohne Signal!"
„Dichter Rauch lag ausgebreitet über das Schlachtfeld vom 18. August. Unaufhörlich rollte der Geschützdonner und mit unheimlich pfeifendem Tone flogen die Granaten von Freund und Feind über die 3. Garde-Infanterie-Brigade hinweg, die sich– 800 Schritt südlich Amanvillers– im Rande eines niederen, wiesenartigen Feldstreifens eingenistet hatte. Die 7. Compagnie Alexander Regiments, bei der ich als Sergeant diente, hatte den Weg von Verneville nach Amanvillers besetzt, dort wo er den Kuick nach Norden macht. Dicht an den Boden geschmiegt, lagen wir schon seit geraumer Zeit in dieser Stellung, kaum 600 Schritte dem Feinde gegenüber. Ununterbrochen wurde ein lebhaftes Feuer unterhalten. Auf diese Entfernung kam die Ueberlegenheit der Chassepot über unsere Zündnadeln ja nicht in Frage. Die Compagnie hatte schon beim Vorgehen von Habonville bis hierher erhebliche Verluste gehabt– Lieutenant von Bentheim wurde am Bois de la Cüsse verwundet und Fähnrich von Dewitz fiel, tödtlich getroffen, in der Höhe der Artilleriestellung. Und nun wurden auch noch mein Compagnie-Führer, von der Hagen, und mein Zugführer, Lieutenant von Brandis, schwer verwundet. Eben hatte ich die Führung des Zuges übernommen, als mir der Bataillons-Commandeur vom Elisabeth Regiment– neben uns– zurief: “Haben Sie Spielleute, so lassen Sie avancieren blasen!”
Der Hornist Müller neben mir hörte den Zuruf. Er richtete sich auf, setzte das Horn an den Mund– aber ehe noch das Signal kam, sank er todt nieder– ohne einen Laut von sich zu geben. Ich rief einem anderen Spielmann den Befehl zu: ‘Blasen Sie avanciren!’-- da sehe ich auch schon, daß er die Hand an den Kopf hält und daß ihm das Blut zwischen den Fingern hinurchrinnt. So blieb denn nichts Anderes übrig, wie durch Zuruf das Signal zu ersehen und ‘Auf- vorwärts!’ lief es die Linie entlang.
Hat man so lange im verheerenden Feuer auf einem Flecke gelegen, so ist jede Vorwärtsbewegung eine Wohlthat, selbst wenn sie im nächsten Augenblicke noch größere Gefahr bringt. So sprang denn die Schützenlinie rasch auf und im vollen Laufe ging's vorwärts. Schon 50-60 Schritte mochten wir zurückgelegt haben– ein heidenmäßiges Schnellfeuer decimirte unsere Reihen– als es plößlich– unerwartet– herangebraust fam, halb rechts aus der Flanke, – eine feindliche Schwadron, bisher durch eine Terrainfalte verborgen.
‘Halb rechts– auf die Cavallerie!’ rief ich den Schützen zu und, ‘Cavallerie!’ ging der Ruf von Compagnie zu Compagnie.
Der Infanterist verachtet gewöhnlich den Werth der Cavallerie. Kommt sie aber, dann vergißt er fast immer des bisherigen Gegners und alles Feuer concentrirt sich auf die schnell nahenden Reitermassen. So war's auch hier. Mit großen Verlusten räumte die Escadron das Feld, zog sich in wilder Flucht in die Deckung zurück.
Nur kurze Zeit mochten wir wieder gelegen haben, als es wie ein Murmeln von Mann zu Mann ging: ‘Schlagt sie todt– drauf auf die Kerle!’ Die Unruhe vor naher Entscheidung machte sich geltend– nur noch 100 Schritte waren wir getrennt von unseren Feinden. Es hatte inzwischen schon zu dunkeln begonnen– ½ 9 Uhr mochte es fein– als ein nicht endendes ‘Hurrah!’ den Sturmlauf verkündete. ‘Hurrah Preußen!'
Bis auf 30 Schritte mochten wir den Feind erreicht haben, als eine furchtbare Salve erdröhnte. Aber ‘drauf Jungens!’ und ‘Hurrah Preußen!’ schrie Alles, was noch nicht lag. Kein Schießen mehr. Mann gegen Mann wurde gerungen. Ich sehe ihn noch heute vor mir, den langen französischen Tambour-Major mit dem doppelten Chevron auf dem Arme– wie er gerade ausholte, mir den Schädel zu spalten. Aber ich kam ihm doch etwas zuvor, und vielleicht denkt er im Jenseit noch an mich. Nicht fünf Minuten hat's gedauert– dann hatten unsere Kolben der Sache ein Ende gemacht. Und– als ich meine Leute sammelte, hatte ich noch 3 Unterofficiere und 5 Mann.
Erst jetzt merkte ich, daß ich den letzten Vorstoß mit meinem Zuge allein mitmachte und suchte den Nest der Compagnie auf. Alle Officiere, 8 Unterofficiere und 85 Mann waren todt oder verwundet. Ich selbst hatte schon am Nachmittage einen Streifschuß am Arme davongetragen– aber das rührte mich nicht. Auch mein Gewehrkolben wurde durchschossen,-- das war schade, denn das Gewehr schoß gut, wenn man gut zielte.
Für den Sturm gegen Amanvillers wurde ich mit dem Eisernen Kreuze dekorirt und durch die Verleihung des Russischen St. Georgsorden V. Classe ausgezeichnet.
Ich wüßte noch Vieles zu erzählen– aber für heute ist's genug. Unseren jungen Soldaten der Jetztzeit können wir Alten aber nicht oft genug zurufen: ‘Haltet treu zu Kaiser und Reich!’
Carl August Ludwig Witte, jetzt Reichsbank-Beamter zu Stuttgart.”
"There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres."
Lord Byron
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Fill my eyes with blue diamonds, the sparkling ghosts that are the stars.
I'll make you feel my night in your bones if you ask to, the sun inside your heart.
If you don't want me to know your thoughts or your darkest core, then don't make me touch your arms for I sense each one of your fears, every desire your mind can conceive.
A serpent I am, a snake made of light. The moon gave me birth, a fire brought me to life.
I'll make you hear the night song of trees, a whisper like a silver breeze.
for...
I'm the one who sees.
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