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Wishing everyone peace, health, understanding and prosperity this Christmas Holiday Season and into 2013!!

  

More than you probably want to know:

This home belongs to Bob and Julie who live just south of the Mall of America on 9145 Meadowview Road in Bloomington MN. The couple have been decorating the big 50 foot tall oak tree in their front yard since 2001 to commemorate moving back into Julie's childhood home. Adorned each fall with over 40,000 Christmas lights, this tree has become a local Holiday landmark that can be seen for miles up and down the Minnesota River Valley. It's so bright that airline pilots have been known to point out this tree to passengers when landing at the nearby Minneapolis International Airport.

 

Bob and Julie are very accommodating to photographers but ask that the images not be used for commercial profit - it's a gift they give to the neighborhood/community for free.

  

Have you noticed that the number of photos from the CN tower at night has significantly dropped? Ever wondered why? It's because of the tower's own lights.

 

The LEDs that run the height of the tower are a great touch and a marvel to look at from the outside. However, to a photographer from the inside, its the worst possible scenario... Glare Galore.

 

This photograph was taken literally seconds before the LEDs came on, after that, it was a lost cause. I love this photo though, it's easily one of my favourites. Taken from the "skypod" of the CN Tower, Enjoy!

 

I wish you all on Flickr a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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Happy Christmas everyone I hope you all have a wonderful 2013.

Thank you for passing by it is appreciated

 

Texture Old Postcard Challenge By Playingwithbrushes. Thank you !

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THANK YOU , DEAR FRIENDS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP !

 

WISHING YOU ALL THE VERY BEST

Health,Love,Friendship,Serenity,Hope,........

And,of course an ever great artistic inspiration :)

 

Je vous souhaite le meilleur pour la nouvelle année

Santé,amour,amitié,sérénité,espoir,............

Et bien sûr toujours une grande inspiration artistique

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Parvis des Libertés et des Droits de l'Homme.......

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I have chosen this picture as greetings card because this place is the symbol of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms

 

May this year be better in the world than the previous .............................

 

Chaillot-Trocadéro -Paris France

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I found in the family archives an old postcard from the mid-50s

Sorry, the colours are faded and there are stains

I can't show you the other side, because it is a love declaration from my Father to my Mother ....So it's private :)

  

LOL ! Sorry for the anachronism ,Le parvis des Libertés et des Droits de l'Homme has received its name in 1985 !!!

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Taken on August 5, 2012 at 6.38am CEST.....Have to get up early to see that place empty :))

 

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Exposure0.001 sec (1/1600)

Aperturef/5.6

Focal Length16 mm

ISO Speed200

Exposure Bias0 EV

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Winter Weather - another one of the waves hitting the harbour walls :-)

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Con parte del alumbrado navideño de mi ciudad Gijón he hecho esta postal para desearos a tod@s unas muy Felices Fiestas y propero Año Nuevo

  

Espero sea de vuestro agrado

 

Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro

 

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It’s funny how this was my first photo visit to Sutro Baths. Despite shooting various other locations in San Francisco, I never made my way here for coastal shooting.

    

This evening, I again met up with Alan as the cloud coverage was looking very promising. With low tide, Sutro Baths had a plethora of compositions. The low tide exposed many rocks covered with mussels (tasty) as well as other sea critters such as starfish.

    

As the light began to glow, I noticed the interesting shape of the main cloud. It resembled a nebulous mass in the shape of a heart. To further complement it, the heart-shaped cloud was above the heart-shaped portal. Not bad I thought: one shot, two hearts.

    

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Lights trails on the Chao Phraya River flowing through Bangkok bordered on the left by the River Condominium and on the right by the sprawling Shangri La Hotel.

 

This was quite a frustrating shoot as there was hardly any boat traffic during Bangkok's short blue hour (or should I say blue 15 minutes). Thank God one large dinner cruise went by on the left!

 

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Bangladesh is a small country but this country has many beauty full thing in country,Sunder bane

is one of them,There are many things here,Bangladesh is queen of the world.

Bangladesh is full of pride, passion, and vigor unlike anything. The people are not just friendly; rather, they are the most hospitable people. The food is not just delicious; rather, it is a vital part of the pulse of the nation, tying people and families together as they sit down to a meal, dig in (literally) with their hands, and enjoy. The landscapes are not just green; rather, they are verdant, majestic, serene, in tune with nature.

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Eschebach - Mozart, Piano Sonata K.309 - II Andante un poco adagio

 

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Mont Blanc (French) or Monte Bianco (Italian), meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises 4,810.45 m (15,782 ft)[2] above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence. It is also sometimes known as La Dame blanche (French for "the White Lady") or Il Bianco (Italian for "the White One").

 

The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France and the location of the summit is on the watershed line between the valleys of Ferret and Veny in Italy and the Arve Valley in France.

 

The two most famous towns near Mont Blanc are Courmayeur in Aosta Valley, Italy, and Chamonix in Haute-Savoie, France—the site of the first Winter Olympics. A cable car ascends and crosses the mountain from Courmayeur to Chamonix.

 

Begun in 1957 and completed in 1965, the 11.6 km (7¼ mi) Mont Blanc Tunnel runs beneath the mountain between these two countries and is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes.

 

The Mont Blanc massif is popular for mountaineering, hiking, skiing and snowboarding.

 

The summit of Mont Blanc is a thick, perennial ice and snow dome whose thickness varies, so no exact and permanent summit elevation can be determined. But accurate measurements have been made. For a long time its official elevation was 4,807 m (15,771 ft). Then in 2002, the IGN and expert surveyors, with the aid of GPS technology, measured it to be 4,810.40 m (15,782 ft 2 in).

 

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The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.

 

The cable car to the summit, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades. It still holds the record as the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world, from 1,035 m to 3,842 m. There are two sections: from Chamonix to Plan de l'Aiguille at 2,317 m and then directly, without any support pillar, to the upper station at 3,777 m (the building contains an elevator to the summit). The span of the second section is 2,867 m measured directly, but only 2,500 m measured horizontally. It thus still is the second longest span width, measured directly.

 

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As I travelled home from Cologne last week I saw those stars on the sky. So I got off the freeway a little bit north of Frankfurt. Usually you don't have a good chance to shoot the stars around Frankfurt because of the lights of the airport. But that night I was lucky to see a star sky like this.

I took this shot with my new Nikon 24-70mm 2.8 lens at ISO 100. I was amazed how good the outcome was. I usually took shots of the star skys with ISO 1600 and much more. I am still impressed of this lens.

 

Thank you again for all your comments and faves the last days. I appreciate that very much. I will catch up to your streams today again.

Have a good start into the weekend everyone!

I made a Pinterest ! I don't really know how to use it yet but if any if you have one, I'll follow you back :)

I've been so busy doing client work lately AGH. I'm glad my winter break starts today though!

 

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Florence was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Politically, economically, and culturally it was the most important city in Europe for around 250 years; from some time before 1300 until the early 1500s. Florentines reinvented money in the form of the gold florin. This currency was the engine that drove Europe out of the Dark Ages. Florentines were the driving force behind the Age of Discovery. Florentine bankers financed Henry the Navigator and the Portuguese explorers who pioneered the route around Africa to India and the Far East. Florence is filled with many other churches stuffed with some of the finest art in the world. In all, Florence has something over 80 museums. Among those at the top of most lists are the City hall, the Palazzo della Signoria, the Archeological Museum and Museum of the History of Science. The Uffizi Gallery is one of the world's top art museums - it houses some of the most important works of the Renaissance, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Giotto, Botticelli and Michelangelo. Lots of sculptures too. Wander some of the oldest streets in the city until you reach the Arno River, cross the Ponte Vecchio, and experience the newest area of Florence, the Oltrarno. Summer is hot in Italy, no getting away from it, but I don't see that as a reason to skip Florence.

 

To get a great overview of the city Florence - Italy, you have plenty of choices: climb the dome of the Cathdral or Giotto's Bell Tower or photo above from Boboli Gardens near Piazzale Michelangelo undoubtedly the best panoramic view of Florence.

 

Florence is de hoofdstad van Toscane en heeft bijna 400.000 inwoners. De grote rivier die door de stad stroomt is de Arno en daar zijn dan ook ruim tien bruggen overheen gelegd. De wegen die direct langs de Arno lopen beginnen allemaal met het woord Lungarno (vrij vertaald: langs de Arno). Florence is een van de belangrijkste kunststeden ter wereld. Het herbergt prachtige kunstwerken en gebouwen: de David van Michelangelo, de Santa Maria del Fiore met de koepel van Brunelleschi, de Ponte Vecchio met huizen aan de weerszijden van de brug, en niet te vergeten de Galleria degli Uffizi met een aantal van de belangrijkste renaissance-kunstwerken van Italiaanse, Hollandse, Vlaamse, Duitse en Spaanse meesters. Als je Florence wilt bezoeken, moet je proberen in de lente of de herfst te gaan; in de zomer is het er stikheet en barst het er van de toeristen, terwijl het in de herfst en de lente aangenaam warm is en niet al te druk bij de belangrijke bezienswaardigheden. Maar ja voor ons toch geen reden om deze stad over te slaan in hartje zomer.

 

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Florence was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Politically, economically, and culturally it was the most important city in Europe for around 250 years; from some time before 1300 until the early 1500s. Florentines reinvented money in the form of the gold florin. This currency was the engine that drove Europe out of the Dark Ages. Florentines were the driving force behind the Age of Discovery. Florentine bankers financed Henry the Navigator and the Portuguese explorers who pioneered the route around Africa to India and the Far East. Florence is filled with many other churches stuffed with some of the finest art in the world. In all, Florence has something over 80 museums. Among those at the top of most lists are the City hall, the Palazzo della Signoria, the Archeological Museum and Museum of the History of Science. The Uffizi Gallery is one of the world's top art museums - it houses some of the most important works of the Renaissance, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Giotto, Botticelli and Michelangelo. Lots of sculptures too. Wander some of the oldest streets in the city until you reach the Arno River, cross the Ponte Vecchio, and experience the newest area of Florence, the Oltrarno. Summer is hot in Italy, no getting away from it, but I don't see that as a reason to skip Florence.

 

To get a great overview of the city Florence - Italy, you have plenty of choices: climb the dome of the Cathdral or Giotto's Bell Tower or photo above from Piazzale Michelangelo undoubtedly the best panoramic view of Florence.

 

Florence is de hoofdstad van Toscane en heeft bijna 400.000 inwoners. De grote rivier die door de stad stroomt is de Arno en daar zijn dan ook ruim tien bruggen overheen gelegd. De wegen die direct langs de Arno lopen beginnen allemaal met het woord Lungarno (vrij vertaald: langs de Arno). Florence is een van de belangrijkste kunststeden ter wereld. Het herbergt prachtige kunstwerken en gebouwen: de David van Michelangelo, de Santa Maria del Fiore met de koepel van Brunelleschi, de Ponte Vecchio met huizen aan de weerszijden van de brug, en niet te vergeten de Galleria degli Uffizi met een aantal van de belangrijkste renaissance-kunstwerken van Italiaanse, Hollandse, Vlaamse, Duitse en Spaanse meesters. Als je Florence wilt bezoeken, moet je proberen in de lente of de herfst te gaan; in de zomer is het er stikheet en barst het er van de toeristen, terwijl het in de herfst en de lente aangenaam warm is en niet al te druk bij de belangrijke bezienswaardigheden. Maar ja voor ons toch geen reden om deze stad over te slaan in hartje zomer.

 

     

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I haven’t posted a night shot from Seattle since September. Steve suggested taking some night shots around downtown Seattle for the holiday season, so we met and looked around the sights. I’m slowly entering that holiday mode and spirit.

 

Please enjoy a glimpse of the entrance to Pike Place Market, one of Seattle’s most renowned landmarks, during the holiday season. It’s nice to see all the letters lit up this year. Sometimes certain letters are missing (i.e. the “L” in Public”) -- that has happened many times in the past!-- so it can give an entirely different message, but quite harmless with the right sense of humor.

 

Still marveling at how fast time flies sometimes. This will be my sixth Christmas living in Seattle. If you had asked me four years ago if I would ever become a sole proprietor and start my own small business as a professional photographer, I would have scoffed in your face and asked -- politely -- if you were on any type of medication. I also wouldn’t have predicted that I would still be living here, the longest time in one place. Perhaps it’s home now. Not sure. A few days ago, the City of Seattle sent me my business license registration forms so I can continue operations for TIA International Photography in 2013, commencing the fourth year of the business.

 

I am grateful.

 

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We sleep in God’s unconsciousness.

We wake in God’s open hand.

 

We weep God’s rain.

We laugh God’s lightning.

 

Fighting and peacefulness

both take place within God.

 

Who are we then

in this complicated world-tangle,

that is really just the single, straight

line down at the beginning of ALLAH?

 

Nothing.

We are emptiness.

  

When you are with everyone but me,

you’re with no one.

When you are with no one but me,

you’re with everyone.

 

Instead of being so bound up with everyone,

be everyone.

When you become that many, you’re nothing.

 

EMPTY.

 

~Molana Jalal uddin Rumi.

 

Pebble Beach is such a beautiful, rugged stretch of coastline. It is near impossible to NOT capture a fence post percher. It was gusty and rainy and I reveled in it (poor Nikon)! And the waves? Monumental! The surfers were obviously thrilled.

 

Happy Fence Friday! 18 Days Till Christmas!!!

 

Herbst im Wald von Rotenberg / Stuttgart

 

Seen in Rotenberg / Stuttgart / Germany

Entrar dentro destas antigas muralhas e compreender por que motivo se constrói tão belo e dispendioso Castelo implica um estado de alma e alguma capacidade para recuarmos no tempo, se conseguirmos por em prática tal exercício estamos a um pequeno passo de compreender e perceber exatamente o motivo de tais construções… Os mais antigos testemunhos da ocupação humana localizam-se num cume da vertente norte da Serra de Sintra. Trata-se da ocupação epipaleolítica da Penha Verde, comprovada por abundantes utensílios de tipo micro-laminar. Testemunho de uma ocupação do Neolítico é o sítio de São Pedro de Canaferrim, junto à Capela do Castelo dos Mouros. Ocupação testemunhada pela presença de cerâmicas decoradas associadas a uma indústria lítica talhada em sílex, datada pelo método do radiocarbono de inícios do V milénio a.C. A originalidade deste sítio, enquadrado em termos cronológicos e culturais na corrente circum-mediterrânea, consiste na sua implantação na paisagem, em plena montanha. Vestígios vários da Idade do Bronze segunda metade do II milénio a.C. - inícios do I, surgem em diversos locais da Serra de Sintra, mesmo a nível de habitats do Bronze mais antigo, séculos IX-VI a.C.

 

No tempo do Império Romano toda a região de Sintra se inscreveu no vasto territorium da civitas olisiponense, à qual César cerca de 49 a.C. ou mais provavelmente, Octaviano cerca de 30 a.C., terá concedido o invejável estatuto de Municipium Civium Romanorum. Os vários habitantes da região, adotaram nomes romanos e apresentam-se plenamente imbuídos de romanidade, nos mais diversos aspetos culturais, políticos e económicos. Mesmo aqueles que, porventura oriundos de outras regiões da Lusitânia, ostentam nomes indígenas aparecem quase sempre integrados nesta sociedade profundamente romanizada.

 

O nome de Sintra muito provavelmente terá tido origem num templo erguido uns 308 anos antes de Cristo, por Gregos, Galo-celtas e Túrdulos, dedicado à Lua. Os Celtas chamavam a Lua de Cynthia e quando os Árabes dominaram a região, por não pronunciar o 'c', chamavam o local de Xintra ou Zintira. Existe ainda todo um património literário que transformou o nome Sintra numa referência quase lendária. Sintra, cuja mais antiga forma medieval conhecida "Suntria" apontará para o indo-europeu “astro luminoso” ou “sol”, terá sido designada por Varrão e Columela como Monte Sagrado. Ptolomeu registou-a como a "Serra da Lua" e o geógrafo árabe Al-Bacr, no século X, caracterizou Sintra como «permanentemente mergulhada numa bruma que se não dissipa». A pesquisa arqueológica contemporânea, entretanto, revela que a primitiva ocupação da região de Sintra data dos séculos X a VIII a.C..

 

O primeiro plano das muralhas deste castelo nasce um pouco acima da extinta Igreja Matriz de São Miguel, contornando a rocha irregular e bastante íngreme da montanha. Porém, este troço encontra-se hoje parcialmente destruído. Mais próximo do topo, surge-nos o Castelo propriamente dito, pleno de majestade. Aí erguem-se várias torres, sendo uma delas de feição semicircular, cujo acesso se processa através de cinco degraus de pedra. Devido à irregularidade do terreno, as muralhas do castelo foram, em certas zonas, edificadas sobre grandes penedos graníticos, facto que muito contribuiu para os acentuados desníveis observados ao longo de todo o trajeto amuralhado, o que obrigou ainda à construção de longos e serpenteantes lanços de escadas. A porta principal da fortaleza foi construída num arco de volta perfeita, surgindo logo à esquerda uma cisterna abobadada, também medieval, que se impõe pelas suas dimensões e singularidade arquitetónica.

 

Acerca das origens do denominado Castelo dos Mouros pouco se sabe. Ainda que alguns autores remontem a sua fundação ao período visigótico, as primeiras provas documentais reportam-se já à época da plena ocupação muçulmana, concretamente ao século XI. Todavia, será lícito concluir que a edificação do Castelo se tenha verificado anteriormente, talvez no século IX. Em 1093, D. Afonso VI, Rei de Leão, tomou Sintra aos muçulmanos; dezasseis anos volvidos, Sigurd, príncipe Norueguês, saqueou o castelo dos Mouros, que os muçulmanos entretanto haviam recuperado. Também, por essa altura e por um curto período de tempo, o conde D. Henrique foi o seu proprietário. Após a conquista de Santarém, o rei D. Afonso Henriques impôs um cerco a Lisboa, que se estendeu por três meses. Embora o Castelo de Sintra se tenha entregado voluntariamente após a queda de Lisboa, reza a lenda que, nessa ocasião, receoso de um ataque de surpresa às suas forças, por parte dos mouros de Sintra, o soberano incumbiu D. Gil, um cavaleiro templário, que formasse um grupo com vinte homens da mais estrita confiança, para, secretamente, ali irem observar o movimento inimigo, prevenindo-se, ao mesmo tempo, um deslocamento dos mouros de Lisboa, via Cascais, pelo rio Tejo até Sintra. Os cruzados colocaram-se a caminho sigilosamente. Para evitar serem avistados, viajaram de noite, ocultando-se de dia, pela estrada de Torres Vedras até Santa Cruz, pela costa até Colares, tentando ainda, evitar Albernoz, um temido chefe mouro de Colares, que possuía fama de matador de cristãos. Entre Colares e o Penedo, Nossa Senhora apareceu aos receosos cavaleiros e disse-lhes: "Não tenhais medo porque ides vinte, mas mil ides". Desse modo, cheios de coragem porque a Senhora estava com eles, ao final de cinco dias de percurso confrontaram o inimigo derrotando-o e assim conquistaram o Castelo dos Mouros. Em homenagem a este feito foi erguida a Capela de Nossa Senhora de Milides ("mil ides"), em Colares.

 

D. Afonso Henriques confiou então a guarda da fortaleza a trinta povoadores, que não eram mais do que uma mera guarnição, aos quais foram concedidos privilégios através de carta de foral, outorgada pelo próprio Rei, em 1154. Foi também para eles que se ergueu, no recinto amuralhado, a primitiva igreja de São Pedro de Canaferrim. No entanto, com o contínuo e firme avanço da Reconquista cristã para Sul, o Castelo dos Mouros foi perdendo a sua importância estratégica. Mais tarde, no início da Segunda Dinastia, a consolidação da nacionalidade, a estabilidade social e a reorganização do reino, conduziram ao abandono total desta grande e majestosa fortaleza. Neste contexto, logo nos começos do século XV foi transferida a paróquia de São Pedro para a nova igreja edificada no termo da Vila e nos finais de quatrocentos, apenas habitavam o sítio do castelo alguns judeus, que aí permaneciam, segregados da comunidade por ordem régia. D. Manuel I extinguiu os grupos minoritários e na sequência dessa atitude, o Castelo dos Mouros foi despovoado por completo. Abandonada, a fortaleza sentiu a implacável passagem do tempo e foi caindo na ruina quase absoluta, estado que se agravou ainda mais com o terramoto de 1755, a maior parte dos muros do Castelo desmoronou-se quase na totalidade. No século XIX, D. Fernando II tomou a pulso a velha fortaleza e procedeu ao seu restauro integral. Este mecenas esclarecido e culto procedeu a uma imaginativa obra de conservação e restauro, iniciativa importante que susteve a ruína em que o castelo se encontrava.

 

Com um olho para um mercado turístico incipiente, em 1954 algumas das falésias foram recuperadas para estabelecer uma área de piqueniques perto do castelo e, em 1965, um transformador foi instalado para fornecer iluminação. Em 1979, escavações arqueológicas na Capela de São Pedro executada pelos serviços culturais de Portugal, descobriu a existência de túmulos funerários medievais, que datam do final do seculo XII princípio de XIII. Um despacho do Ministério da Cultura, em 26 de Junho de 1996, declarou a área do Castelo como uma zona de especial interesse. Apenas a base das torres e as muralhas serão parte da fundação inicial. Decorrem atualmente campanhas de escavação arqueológica que têm vindo a esclarecer muitas questões sobre a história da presença humana neste local e constituem também um atracão, dado que podem ser acompanhadas pelos visitantes. Numa recente visita a este castelo verificamos que apesar de decorrerem essas importantes escavações muito haverá a fazer ainda para que os mistérios deste antiquíssimo castelo possam ser desvendados…

 

Diz a história, que o poeta Bernardim Ribeiro terá habitado neste bucólico e isolado local. Este castelo está integrado na área Paisagística e Cultural de Sintra, local classificado Património Mundial pela UNESCO. Do alto das suas muralhas é possível admirar uma paisagem deslumbrante e única que nos apresenta a vila de Sintra em primeiro plano, estendendo-se até ao Cabo da Roca, a Praia das Maçãs, Mafra, Ericeira e o oceano Atlântico, observando toda a linha de costa e obtendo uma vista privilegiada da serra de Sintra, vestida de verde e pontuada por belas quintas, românticos chalés e magníficos palácios, vale bem a pena uma visita a este parque natural rico em misticismo e lendas que nos fazem recuar a tempos que nos dias de hoje nos parecem utópicos, muito embora me pareça que nesse tempo, muito pouco seria tão mágico assim, quanto mais estudo a história mais me apercebo que aquilo que dela resta só tem magia para uma classe social muito restrita, a pobreza será sempre a pobreza e desse tempo em nada terá diferido da atual ou da pobreza das gerações futuras, que segundo me parece, de diferente só o será na quantidade certamente mais elevada…

 

A lenda de Zaida, a moura encantada

 

Na serra de Sintra, perto do Castelo dos Mouros, existe uma rocha com um corte que a tradição diz, marcar a entrada para uma cova que tem comunicação com o castelo. É conhecida pela Cova da Moura ou a Cova Encantada e está ligada a uma lenda do tempo em que os Mouros dominavam Sintra e os cristãos nela faziam frequentes incursões. Num dos combates, foi feito prisioneiro um cavaleiro nobre por quem Zaida, a filha do alcaide, se apaixonou. Dia após dia, Zaida visitava o nobre cavaleiro até que chegou a hora da sua libertação através do pagamento de um resgate. O cavaleiro apaixonado pediu a Zaida para fugir com ele mas Zaida recusou, pedindo-lhe para nunca mais a esquecer. O nobre cavaleiro voltou para a sua família mas uma grande tristeza ensombrava os seus dias. Tentou esquecer Zaida nos campos de batalha, mas após muitas noites de insónia decidiu atacar de novo o castelo de Sintra.

 

Foi durante esse combate que os dois enamorados se abraçaram, mas a sorte ou o azar quis que o nobre cavaleiro tombasse ferido. Zaida arrastou o seu amado, através de uma passagem secreta, até uma sala escondida nas grutas e, enquanto enchia uma bilha de água numa nascente próxima para levar ao seu amado, foi atingida por uma seta e caiu ferida. O cavaleiro cristão juntou-se ao corpo da sua amada e os dois sangues misturaram-se, sendo ambos encontrados mais tarde já sem vida. Desde então, em certas noites de luar, aparece junto à cova uma formosa donzela vestida de branco com uma bilha que enche de água para depois desaparecer na noite após um doloroso gemido…Há la coisas!

  

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Levanto is the Hidden Gem on the Italian Riviera and the doorway to the Cinque Terre. A town of pre-roman origins, lies at the northern end of the enticing little villages. Levanto literally means the land situated east of Genova. It has a long sandy beach, an interesting old center, many delightful painted villas, a bustling Wednesday market, and good restaurants and shops. Levanto is a real town with a city park where families get together and the children have fun. You can actually even find a laundromat here as well as normal shops not always found in larger touristy locations. It's most picturesque, fun and quaint at the same time, very accessible, and terrific for swimming. Being on the water makes the cliffs more dramatic, the colors more intense, and the water a deeper shade of blue. Enjoying a partcularly mild climate, from here it's easy to visit the fascinating ports of the Cinque Terre, either by train, by sea or hiking.

 

Beautiful cycle path built on the route of the old coastal railway from Levanto to Bonassola. Along the stretch these young couple can also access to beaches and hidden coves otherwise unreachable except by sea. Among the most loveliest paths there is in Italy. Recommended to all.

 

Levanto ligt in de Italiaanse regio Ligurië en valt onder de provincie La Spezia. Levanto is voor vele Cinque Terre bezoekers de verblijfplaats voor hun bezoek. Er zijn heel wat hotelletjes en B&Bs, die doorgaans iets goedkoper zijn dan deze in de vijf dorpen van de Cinque Terre. Met de trein ben je vanuit Levanto op enkele minuten in Monterosso. Maar Levanto is ook zelf meer dan de moeite waard. Omringd door een uiterst vriendelijke plaatselijke bevolking en verwend met alle culinaire geneugtes van Italië is het een weldaad om in Levanto door te brengen. Onthaasten op een terrasje, heerlijk uitrusten aan het prachtige strand en 's avonds lekker eten. Het dorp is omringd door heuvels die zijn bezaaid met wijngaarden en olijfbomen en heeft fantastische stranden, adembenemende riffen en kristalheldere wateren. Leuk en erg gezellig, zeer toegankelijk en geweldig voor zwemmen. Het strand in Levanto wordt in de zomermaanden altijd druk bezocht door Italianen.

   

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En la Tierra de Campos de Valladolid se alza la villa medieval de Urueña sobre las estribaciones de los Montes Torozos. Con el rey Sancho II de Castilla la villa fue cabeza del Infantado de Valladolid.

La villa de Urueña está amurallada casi en su totalidad conservando dos de sus puertas, el Arco de la Villa y la Puerta del Azogue.

La muralla comenzó a edificarse en tiempos de Doña Sancha, hermana de Alfonso VII, y data de finales del S. XII.

En extramuros se levanta la Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciada, la joya de la villa de Urueña. Se trata de la única obra de estilo románico catalán en tierras de Castilla y León y se edificó sobre la iglesia de un monasterio mozárabe del S. X.

 

In the Tierra de Campos in Valladolid stands the medieval village of Urueña on the foothills of the Montes Torozos. With King Sancho II of Castile was the village head of the Infantry of Valladolid.

The villa is walled Urueña almost entirely keeping two of its doors, the Arco de la Villa and the Puerta del Quicksilver.

The wall began to be built in times of Doña Sancha, sister of Alfonso VII, dating from the end of S. XII.

In extramural stands the Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation, the jewel of the town of Urueña. This is the only work of Catalan Romanesque style in Castile and Leon and the church was built on a Mozarabic monastery of S. X.

 

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The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.

 

The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.

 

The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.

 

The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.

 

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che queste, son foto di un cimitero.

ma per davvero.

il cimitero di quella che una volta era una coloratissima cittadina.

come, da foto.

la cittadina si chiama(va) kadoka.

perchè le cose, si chiamano.

e si trova(va) nelle praterie immense del midwest.

ed era viva, vissuta, inesorabilmente americana, di quell'america anni '70 che chi ha circa la mia età ha imparato a conoscere dai telefilms (la casa nella prateria non è tanto lontana da qui), o no?

beh, bene, anzi, malissimo.

un giorno, han costruito di fianco alla placida kadoka (ma proprio a 300 metri dalle vecchie strade) l'interstate 90, una highway che taglia gli u.s.a. in orizzontale, da boston a seattle, a nord, lungo (quasi) il confine con il canada.

strada benedetta, perchè ha permesso il viaggio che ho potuto fare, ma strada assassina, per i motivi che ho cercato di far vedere, qui.

sulla highway, poco prima e poco dopo il cartello di uscita per kadoka, beh, non è stato difficile...

han messo tre hotels, tre distributori, un market gigantesco, due casinò (in america, un solo ed anche triste casino tira più di un carro di buoi, tristissimo, ma altrettanto vero), un mcdonald's (sempre sian lodate le alette di pollo in salsa piccante:), un wendy, due o tre ristoranti etnici (mex, thai, arab).

bene, cioè ancora peggio.

che bisogno c'è, ora, per chi si trovasse a passare di lì, di uscire a kadoka, e di passare a mangiare, comperare, vivere, visitare la cittadina?

kadoka, con le sue strade, il suo vecchio ed unico albergo, la sua unica e rossa lavanderia, le sue macchine, i camion, le casine bianche, sta morendo.

ma di bruttissimo, proprio.

anzi, è già morta, nonostante qualcuno tenti la resistenza.

questa serie di foto è il frutto di una sveglia all'alba, con un amico, e di un giro a piedi, nella vecchia kadoka delle 6 di mattina.

downtown, diceva un cartello.

e a downtown siamo andati.

ed abbiamo scattato questo.

tre case, ancora sono abitate.

alla sera, qualche rumore di TV usciva, dalle finestre aperte.

ma rigorosamente, al buio.

e quella lavanderia rossa (con tanto di canestro, sopra al camion) funziona ancora, ma la porta era spalancata (alle 6 di mattina), e la lavanderia, con lavatrici ad oblò puliti, ed aperti, ovviamente vuota.

non c'è più, kadoka.

ci sono parecchi cani, si, alcuni anche abbastanza inquietanti (avrei potuto scattare di più, ho avuto motivi per fermarmi a questo :).

e carcasse, di autobus, corriere, camion, automobili, anche da corsa.

c'è silenzio, c'è il sole, c'è l'erba e c'è l'erbaccia.

ci son cacche di cavallo tante da non riuscire a camminarci.

ed il conseguente afrore di campagna, diciamo.

c'è -lì- l'america che a me è rimasta più dentro, lo dico.

questa mattina qua è stata -credo- una delle più belle, laggiù.

ho respirato quello che m'aspettavo, e forse in cuor mio speravo, di riuscire ancora a vedere.

ed ho provato a metterlo insieme, qui, così.

perdonatemi l'inevitabile (ed atavica, ed inestirpabile) prolissità.

a queste foto, come a quel posto, sono molto affezionato.

ah, e sono tutte "aperte al pubblico", a cliccarle, se qualcuna piacesse o interessasse più di un'altra: mi farebbe anzi piacere capire quali piacciono di più.

grazie.

anche a nome di kadoka (r.i.p.) downtown.

(sono troppe, lo so, com'è troppo quel che ho scritto, e questo penalizza enormemente* tutto il post, ma sostanzialmente non è un problema, se non per il fatto che non saranno tanto viste: son scattate tutte in 20 minuti, e per me fan parte di una storia sola)

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A howling wind is whistling in the night,

My dog is growling in the dark,

Something's pulling me outside

To ride around in circles.

 

I know that you have got the time

'Cause anything I want you do,

You'll take a ride through the strangers

Who don't understand how to feel.

 

Who can see him? :-)

 

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