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És un equipament del Servei de Cultura de l'Ajuntament de Vilafranca del Penedès.

Els seus objectius són:
Millorar les condicions infrastructurals per desenvolupar activitats culturals i diverses: creació ( arts escèniques, teatre, dansa), difusió (exposicions) i debats ( jornades, congressos, xerrades, conferències ).Actuar com a referent del moviment associatiu de la Vila i de l'activitat que aquesta genera: dotar les associacions de recursos i dels coneixements necessaris per millorar el seu funcionament intern, millorar les condicions materials i infrastructurals de les entitats que facin possible que el seu treball tingui un millor rendiment i ressò social.

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És un equipament del Servei de Cultura de l'Ajuntament de Vilafranca del Penedès.

Els seus objectius són:
Millorar les condicions infrastructurals per desenvolupar activitats culturals i diverses: creació ( arts escèniques, teatre, dansa), difusió (exposicions) i debats ( jornades, congressos, xerrades, conferències ).Actuar com a referent del moviment associatiu de la Vila i de l'activitat que aquesta genera: dotar les associacions de recursos i dels coneixements necessaris per millorar el seu funcionament intern, millorar les condicions materials i infrastructurals de les entitats que facin possible que el seu treball tingui un millor rendiment i ressò social.

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Sometimes, even if frost, winter can be beautiful on the Mount Magurka. Isn't it?

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Sometimes, even if frost, winter can be beautiful on the Mount Magurka. Isn't it?

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 m height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. A surface monument called Pöhlbergalm belongs to protected area of landscape Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Here you still find rare plants. Looking South you may see some other mountains like Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (from left to right).

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Ein Flächendenkmal, Pöhlbergalm genannt, gehört zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Hier sind noch seltene Pflanzenarten anzutreffen. Schaut man nach Süden, so erkennt man einige andere Berge wie Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (von links nach rechts).

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 m height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. A surface monument called Pöhlbergalm belongs to protected area of landscape Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Here you still find rare plants. Looking South you may see some other mountains like Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (from left to right).

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Ein Flächendenkmal, Pöhlbergalm genannt, gehört zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Hier sind noch seltene Pflanzenarten anzutreffen. Schaut man nach Süden, so erkennt man einige andere Berge wie Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (von links nach rechts).

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HDRI panorama photography for film & video, VFX and more... from the Netherlands

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 m height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. A surface monument called Pöhlbergalm belongs to protected area of landscape Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Here you still find rare plants. Looking South you may see some other mountains like Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (from left to right).

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Ein Flächendenkmal, Pöhlbergalm genannt, gehört zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Hier sind noch seltene Pflanzenarten anzutreffen. Schaut man nach Süden, so erkennt man einige andere Berge wie Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (von links nach rechts).

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 m height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. A surface monument called Pöhlbergalm belongs to protected area of landscape Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Here you still find rare plants. Looking South you may see some other mountains like Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (from left to right).

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Ein Flächendenkmal, Pöhlbergalm genannt, gehört zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Hier sind noch seltene Pflanzenarten anzutreffen. Schaut man nach Süden, so erkennt man einige andere Berge wie Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (von links nach rechts).

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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Pause a mi-parcour sur la piste des grive

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Pause a mi-parcour sur la piste des grive

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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Ptite "taupette" et vue sur la vallée de la Gela

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Ptite "taupette" et vue sur la vallée de la Gela

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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avec vue sur le parcour du derby

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avec vue sur le parcour du derby

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. On the north side you find some exposed fat basalt colums called Churns.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. An der Nordseite findet man ein paar offenliegende, fette Basaltsäulen, Butterfässer genannt.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. A surface monument called Pöhlbergalm belongs to protected area of landscape Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Here you still find rare plants. Looking South you may see some other mountains like Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (from left to right).

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Ein Flächendenkmal, Pöhlbergalm genannt, gehört zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Hier sind noch seltene Pflanzenarten anzutreffen. Schaut man nach Süden, so erkennt man einige andere Berge wie Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (von links nach rechts).

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. A surface monument called Pöhlbergalm belongs to protected area of landscape Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Here you still find rare plants. Looking South you may see some other mountains like Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (from left to right).

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Ein Flächendenkmal, Pöhlbergalm genannt, gehört zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Hier sind noch seltene Pflanzenarten anzutreffen. Schaut man nach Süden, so erkennt man einige andere Berge wie Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (von links nach rechts).

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Blue trail from the saddle Przegibek near Bielsko-Biala leads to Magurka top in the Litte Beskid Mountain.
During the one hour approaches in many places there are scenic views. Unforgettable experiences provide climbing on Magurka during winter, with few or even over 10 centigrades frost ...

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Blue trail from the saddle Przegibek near Bielsko-Biala leads to Magurka top in the Litte Beskid Mountain.
During the one hour approaches in many places there are scenic views. Unforgettable experiences provide climbing on Magurka during winter, with few or even over 10 centigrades frost ...

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This swamp near a lake was visited by lots of dragonflies, butterflies and little frogs.

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This swamp near a lake was visited by lots of dragonflies, butterflies and little frogs.

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Juste avant le gadin ;)

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Juste avant le gadin ;)

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Snow- park  de piau - Engaly France

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Snow- park  de piau - Engaly France

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L’orígen del lloc on fou aixecada l’ermita o capella per a albergar, venerar i acollir la imatge miraculosa de Santa Fe que uns pastors varen trobar al pla de l’Espinal, fa pensar d’on podien haver tingut coneixement d’aquesta Santa Fe. Els monjos se’n farien càrrec i per compte d’ells establien la primera capella on avui està assentada l’ermita de Santa Fe. Podriem dir que va ésser edificada sense cap mena de pretensions d’acord amb l’arquitectura muntanyenca. Es creu que anteriorment n’hi va haver una altra de més senzilla. Però definitivament és la que actualment existeix encara que s’observen alguns vestigis o restes aprofitades per al sosteniment o apuntalament de les reformes i transformacions realitzades al llarg dels segles. Aquesta ermita ostenta a la llinda, o sia, la pedra clau del portal una data, 1201. Però sabem de cert que aquesta data és falsa, per l’estil de la grafia i el traçat de les xifres es descobreix la seva falsetat.

Darrerament fou adherida i lligada amb el magnífic hotel amb que avui compta Santa Fe. L’hotel el féu construir un prohom distinguit, en Ramon de Montaner, comte de la Vall de Canet de Mar. Comanà a l’arquitecte de Barcelona, senyor Pere Domènech i Pou, home i artista famós, li construís l’hotel, i encara actualment qui vol un lloc de placidesa i repòs pot constatar-ho amb un sojorn i una estada.

http://miquelturo.lacoctelera.net/post/2009/10/22/el-santa-fe-del-montseny-antic-joan-pla

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L’orígen del lloc on fou aixecada l’ermita o capella per a albergar, venerar i acollir la imatge miraculosa de Santa Fe que uns pastors varen trobar al pla de l’Espinal, fa pensar d’on podien haver tingut coneixement d’aquesta Santa Fe. Els monjos se’n farien càrrec i per compte d’ells establien la primera capella on avui està assentada l’ermita de Santa Fe. Podriem dir que va ésser edificada sense cap mena de pretensions d’acord amb l’arquitectura muntanyenca. Es creu que anteriorment n’hi va haver una altra de més senzilla. Però definitivament és la que actualment existeix encara que s’observen alguns vestigis o restes aprofitades per al sosteniment o apuntalament de les reformes i transformacions realitzades al llarg dels segles. Aquesta ermita ostenta a la llinda, o sia, la pedra clau del portal una data, 1201. Però sabem de cert que aquesta data és falsa, per l’estil de la grafia i el traçat de les xifres es descobreix la seva falsetat.

Darrerament fou adherida i lligada amb el magnífic hotel amb que avui compta Santa Fe. L’hotel el féu construir un prohom distinguit, en Ramon de Montaner, comte de la Vall de Canet de Mar. Comanà a l’arquitecte de Barcelona, senyor Pere Domènech i Pou, home i artista famós, li construís l’hotel, i encara actualment qui vol un lloc de placidesa i repòs pot constatar-ho amb un sojorn i una estada.

http://miquelturo.lacoctelera.net/post/2009/10/22/el-santa-fe-del-montseny-antic-joan-pla

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Zona del tramo final de la larga calle del paseo del Barco situada en la vaguada natural del cerro toledano que recoge las aguas pluviales de casi la mitad del casco urbano.

Aquí se dan cita la Casa del Diamantista, (http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/12/la-casa-del-diamantista.html), la Torre del Hierro, (http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/11/la-torre-del-hierro.html),  la cornisa, el nuevo embarcadero, la barca y los patos.

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Zona del tramo final de la larga calle del paseo del Barco situada en la vaguada natural del cerro toledano que recoge las aguas pluviales de casi la mitad del casco urbano.

Aquí se dan cita la Casa del Diamantista, (http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/12/la-casa-del-diamantista.html), la Torre del Hierro, (http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/11/la-torre-del-hierro.html),  la cornisa, el nuevo embarcadero, la barca y los patos.

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Tanto la calzada romana como la vía cristiana hacia el sur, trepaban por el cerro de San Servando y, cruzando el arroyo de la Rosa (tramo romano que aún subsiste), conservando todo lo posible la vista de la ciudad, alcanzaba la Venta de Santa Ana y con ella prácticamente el nivel de la meseta, siguiendo luego por Nambroca, Diezma, Manzaneque y Consuegra, o por Los Yébenes y Guadalerzas, se encaminaba hacia Córdoba por Calatrava.

Por esta dirección principal a la que, hasta la conquista cristiana de Córdoba, llevaba el camino, se denominaba Portal de Calatrava a su comienzo desde Toledo. No concretan los documentos que usan este nombre el pago o paraje exacto que distinguían con él; solamente que estaba sobre el Val de la Degollada. Probablemente estaría cerca de la Venta de Santa Ana citada, antigua ermita que fue de la Compañía de Jesús.
(Fuente: Julio Porres Martín-Cleto  “Historia de las calles de Toledo”)

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Tanto la calzada romana como la vía cristiana hacia el sur, trepaban por el cerro de San Servando y, cruzando el arroyo de la Rosa (tramo romano que aún subsiste), conservando todo lo posible la vista de la ciudad, alcanzaba la Venta de Santa Ana y con ella prácticamente el nivel de la meseta, siguiendo luego por Nambroca, Diezma, Manzaneque y Consuegra, o por Los Yébenes y Guadalerzas, se encaminaba hacia Córdoba por Calatrava.

Por esta dirección principal a la que, hasta la conquista cristiana de Córdoba, llevaba el camino, se denominaba Portal de Calatrava a su comienzo desde Toledo. No concretan los documentos que usan este nombre el pago o paraje exacto que distinguían con él; solamente que estaba sobre el Val de la Degollada. Probablemente estaría cerca de la Venta de Santa Ana citada, antigua ermita que fue de la Compañía de Jesús.
(Fuente: Julio Porres Martín-Cleto  “Historia de las calles de Toledo”)

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Zamek w Nidzicy

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Zamek w Nidzicy

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HDRI panorama photography for film & video, VFX and more... from the Netherlands

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HDRI panorama photography for film & video, VFX and more... from the Netherlands

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Very nice people around the lake, they were asking for the photography why i was turning 360º and taking pictures at the same time.

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Very nice people around the lake, they were asking for the photography why i was turning 360º and taking pictures at the same time.

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Hamer who number around 37.000ad ccupy a large territory that stretches east from Omo River to Lake Chew Bahir. They are at the Turmi region near Mago National park and no to far from Konso.

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Hamer who number around 37.000ad ccupy a large territory that stretches east from Omo River to Lake Chew Bahir. They are at the Turmi region near Mago National park and no to far from Konso.

It´s a market that you can buy all sort of handcraft-

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El Monumento a la Madre realizado por el escultor Félix Reyes en el año 1974, se encuentra situado frente a la Estación Municipal de Autobuses.Es una escultura entrañable y apreciada por todos los logroñeses.

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El Monumento a la Madre realizado por el escultor Félix Reyes en el año 1974, se encuentra situado frente a la Estación Municipal de Autobuses.Es una escultura entrañable y apreciada por todos los logroñeses.

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Playa en la zona de Torrequebrada

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Playa en la zona de Torrequebrada

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Plaza de la Constitucion, Ayuntamiento, Restaurante Agredano.

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Plaza de la Constitucion, Ayuntamiento, Restaurante Agredano.

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Au petit matin avec 10cm de poudreuse tombés dans la nuit, miammm
SAWASHIé.... ( expréssion locale ??)

Merci a XAbi pour son aide

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Au petit matin avec 10cm de poudreuse tombés dans la nuit, miammm
SAWASHIé.... ( expréssion locale ??)

Merci a XAbi pour son aide

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Merci  aux surfeurs pour leur patience, et pour la bière ;)

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Merci  aux surfeurs pour leur patience, et pour la bière ;)

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Somnis es una empresa de animación donde podrás encontrar todas los productos que puedas imaginar donde el personal es simpático y ante todo profesional.

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Somnis es una empresa de animación donde podrás encontrar todas los productos que puedas imaginar donde el personal es simpático y ante todo profesional.

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It's called "Day of the Alberta street" - when all the street returns to the beginning of the 20th century. You will meet  people dressed in costumes of that time, hear retro music, take part in old style divertissements. And not a single car around... :)

Read more about Art Nouveau in Riga here - http://www.riga.lv/EN/Channels/About_Riga/Riga_architecture/Art_nouveau/default.htm

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It's called "Day of the Alberta street" - when all the street returns to the beginning of the 20th century. You will meet  people dressed in costumes of that time, hear retro music, take part in old style divertissements. And not a single car around... :)

Read more about Art Nouveau in Riga here - http://www.riga.lv/EN/Channels/About_Riga/Riga_architecture/Art_nouveau/default.htm

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Plaza situada frente a la Iglesia de San Ildefonso, o de los Jesuitas, como se conoce popularmente, debido a que esta Compañía la construyó en en el s. XVII, que compite en altura, por su emplazamiento, con la Catedral. Desde las torres de  esta fachada de bello estilo barroco, puede observarse una espléndida panorámica interna de la ciudad que nos recuerda a la que podía observarse desde la “Campana Gorda” de la catedral y  cuya recuperación los toledanos vienen pidiendo reiteradamente.

La plaza, como otros tantos lugares, ha pasado por numerosas transformaciones. Aquí existía una fuente de la que se abastecían los toledanos, muy próxima a los antiguos depósitos de agua de la plaza de San Román. Fuente que fue trasladada a la plaza de San Justo.

También existía hasta hace muy poco, un monolito de piedra con una cruz y que ha sido sustituido por esta escultura, obra del escultor madrileño Pedro Requejo, conmemorativa de la beatificación del Cardenal Sancha, en recuerdo de la costumbre de este prelado de pasear por las calle de Toledo rodeado siempre de niños.

La historia fotográfica de esta plaza puede observarse en el magnífico blog de Eduardo Sánchez Butragueño, de visita obligada, siguiendo este enlace:  http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/04/la-plaza-del-padre-juan-de-mariana.html

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Plaza situada frente a la Iglesia de San Ildefonso, o de los Jesuitas, como se conoce popularmente, debido a que esta Compañía la construyó en en el s. XVII, que compite en altura, por su emplazamiento, con la Catedral. Desde las torres de  esta fachada de bello estilo barroco, puede observarse una espléndida panorámica interna de la ciudad que nos recuerda a la que podía observarse desde la “Campana Gorda” de la catedral y  cuya recuperación los toledanos vienen pidiendo reiteradamente.

La plaza, como otros tantos lugares, ha pasado por numerosas transformaciones. Aquí existía una fuente de la que se abastecían los toledanos, muy próxima a los antiguos depósitos de agua de la plaza de San Román. Fuente que fue trasladada a la plaza de San Justo.

También existía hasta hace muy poco, un monolito de piedra con una cruz y que ha sido sustituido por esta escultura, obra del escultor madrileño Pedro Requejo, conmemorativa de la beatificación del Cardenal Sancha, en recuerdo de la costumbre de este prelado de pasear por las calle de Toledo rodeado siempre de niños.

La historia fotográfica de esta plaza puede observarse en el magnífico blog de Eduardo Sánchez Butragueño, de visita obligada, siguiendo este enlace:  http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/04/la-plaza-del-padre-juan-de-mariana.html

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L’exposició La vinya dels sentits, que va ser organitzada en motiu del 2on Congrés d’Art i Paisatge realitzat el passat mes de juliol a Can Maristany (Lavern) i que es va mostrar el mes de setembre a la Sala del Portal del Pardo del Vendrell, compta amb una selecció de les 58 peces que artistes d’arreu d’Espanya van crear a partir d’una crida realitzada pels organitzadors del Congrés. Totes aquestes obres tenen com a punt de partida el un cep de xarel·lo del Penedès. Els artistes n’han fet múltiples interpretacions: hi trobem obres inspirades en formes antropomòrfiques o que evoquen personatges irreals, com ara Mans, de Fèlix Plantalech, o Ceptaure, de Jorge Egea; obres que sobreposen tota una coloració i una plàstica pictòrica a l’aspecte natural i envellit del cep, com ara Pop-cep, de Josep Almirall-LLusià; obres que ressalten els sentiments cap al paisatge rural i el treball a la vinya, com ara La Terra del Record, de Roser Oter, L’origen de la Terra,de M. Assumpció Raventós, Suor, de Ro Caminal,o Camins de cep, de Josep Massana; també hi podrem trobar peces que ens parlen d’elements més intangibles, relacionats amb el record, el desig, el pas del temps,..., com ara Reflexes de la vida de Jose Antonio Asensio , Memòria del desig de Dariud Koehli o Miralls d’un passat d’en Jordi Aligué. En definitiva, tot un ventall de noves mirades que travessen el cep i li dónen un nou sentit que té per objectiu fer-nos reflexionar sobre els valors que es guarden en el nostre patrimoni cultural.

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L’exposició La vinya dels sentits, que va ser organitzada en motiu del 2on Congrés d’Art i Paisatge realitzat el passat mes de juliol a Can Maristany (Lavern) i que es va mostrar el mes de setembre a la Sala del Portal del Pardo del Vendrell, compta amb una selecció de les 58 peces que artistes d’arreu d’Espanya van crear a partir d’una crida realitzada pels organitzadors del Congrés. Totes aquestes obres tenen com a punt de partida el un cep de xarel·lo del Penedès. Els artistes n’han fet múltiples interpretacions: hi trobem obres inspirades en formes antropomòrfiques o que evoquen personatges irreals, com ara Mans, de Fèlix Plantalech, o Ceptaure, de Jorge Egea; obres que sobreposen tota una coloració i una plàstica pictòrica a l’aspecte natural i envellit del cep, com ara Pop-cep, de Josep Almirall-LLusià; obres que ressalten els sentiments cap al paisatge rural i el treball a la vinya, com ara La Terra del Record, de Roser Oter, L’origen de la Terra,de M. Assumpció Raventós, Suor, de Ro Caminal,o Camins de cep, de Josep Massana; també hi podrem trobar peces que ens parlen d’elements més intangibles, relacionats amb el record, el desig, el pas del temps,..., com ara Reflexes de la vida de Jose Antonio Asensio , Memòria del desig de Dariud Koehli o Miralls d’un passat d’en Jordi Aligué. En definitiva, tot un ventall de noves mirades que travessen el cep i li dónen un nou sentit que té per objectiu fer-nos reflexionar sobre els valors que es guarden en el nostre patrimoni cultural.

http://http://www.vinseum.cat/

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Edificio sede de los servicios centrales de la Consejería de Educación y Ciencia. Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha

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Edificio sede de los servicios centrales de la Consejería de Educación y Ciencia. Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha

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Edificio sede de los servicios centrales de la Consejería de Educación y Ciencia. Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha

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Edificio sede de los servicios centrales de la Consejería de Educación y Ciencia. Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha

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http://lh4.ggpht.com/_kpiLF_NZdlg/Sj5hF5MycnI/AAAAAAAAAMk/Qzqn3nsYs9U/SPH142.jpg,
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L'exposició recull els resultats de la recerca realitzada en el projecte Tots els Noms sobre la Segona República al Penedès, i pretén donar a conèixer l'activitat realitzada en els 47 municipis penedesencs entre 1931 i 1936, a partir de l'esforç de la societat civil, els ajuntaments, la Generalitat de Catalunya i el govern republicà. Hi son tractats temes com l'urbanisme, l'educació i la cultura, l'organització territorial, les eleccions i els ajuntaments, els personatges, les associacions i entitats polítiques, sindicals, cooperatives, culturals i d'esbarjo, els conflictes polítics i sindicals, els fets d'octubre del 34, .... Tot plegat amb l'objectiu d'informar sobre aquest període tant important del nostre país, i alhora tant desconegut.

Organitzada per l'Institut d'Estudis Penedesencs, l'Ajuntament de Vilafranca del Penedès i el Memorial Democràtic.

Comissaris: Ramon Arnabat, Salvador Campamà, Ricard Conesa, Núria Jané, Àngels Parès.

http://http://www.iepenedesencs.org/acte.php?id=287

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L'exposició recull els resultats de la recerca realitzada en el projecte Tots els Noms sobre la Segona República al Penedès, i pretén donar a conèixer l'activitat realitzada en els 47 municipis penedesencs entre 1931 i 1936, a partir de l'esforç de la societat civil, els ajuntaments, la Generalitat de Catalunya i el govern republicà. Hi son tractats temes com l'urbanisme, l'educació i la cultura, l'organització territorial, les eleccions i els ajuntaments, els personatges, les associacions i entitats polítiques, sindicals, cooperatives, culturals i d'esbarjo, els conflictes polítics i sindicals, els fets d'octubre del 34, .... Tot plegat amb l'objectiu d'informar sobre aquest període tant important del nostre país, i alhora tant desconegut.

Organitzada per l'Institut d'Estudis Penedesencs, l'Ajuntament de Vilafranca del Penedès i el Memorial Democràtic.

Comissaris: Ramon Arnabat, Salvador Campamà, Ricard Conesa, Núria Jané, Àngels Parès.

http://http://www.iepenedesencs.org/acte.php?id=287

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It is one of the famous architectural and painting monuments of the 17th century in Yaroslavl. It was erected in 1684-1693 by order of and with support of the Yaroslavl merchant Alexey Zubchaninov. The high altar of the church is devoted the twelvth feast of the Christian year - the Epiphany or the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Church of the Epiphany is the first pillar-less summer cathedral with a close four-piece vault, forming a spacious light room for prayers with nine large windows.

Multicolored glazed tile compose the main decorative element of the outer decoration of the church. The Church of the Epiphany is a unique historic monument judging by the quantity and quality of tiles. Tiles are placed in wide ribbon-like friezes on the dome drums of cupolas on the central cathedral, on the upper sides of apses and side chapels and on the porch. Vertical tile ribbons decorate pilaster-strips, dome drums and the casings of the gallery windows. Variations of five ornamental patterns and five colors form the countless variety of tiled decoration. All these make the Church of the Epiphany an outstanding memorial of the studio pottery of the 17th century.

The basic restoration took place in the 1950's. Since 1973, the Church of the Epiphany has been a part of the museum exposition and a part of the Yaroslavl Historical-and-Architectural Art Museum-Preserve.

Panorama by Ivan Petrov is available at http://www.360yaroslavl.ru/rus/yaroslavl/bogoyavlenskaya-cerkov

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It is one of the famous architectural and painting monuments of the 17th century in Yaroslavl. It was erected in 1684-1693 by order of and with support of the Yaroslavl merchant Alexey Zubchaninov. The high altar of the church is devoted the twelvth feast of the Christian year - the Epiphany or the Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Church of the Epiphany is the first pillar-less summer cathedral with a close four-piece vault, forming a spacious light room for prayers with nine large windows.

Multicolored glazed tile compose the main decorative element of the outer decoration of the church. The Church of the Epiphany is a unique historic monument judging by the quantity and quality of tiles. Tiles are placed in wide ribbon-like friezes on the dome drums of cupolas on the central cathedral, on the upper sides of apses and side chapels and on the porch. Vertical tile ribbons decorate pilaster-strips, dome drums and the casings of the gallery windows. Variations of five ornamental patterns and five colors form the countless variety of tiled decoration. All these make the Church of the Epiphany an outstanding memorial of the studio pottery of the 17th century.

The basic restoration took place in the 1950's. Since 1973, the Church of the Epiphany has been a part of the museum exposition and a part of the Yaroslavl Historical-and-Architectural Art Museum-Preserve.

Panorama by Ivan Petrov is available at http://www.360yaroslavl.ru/rus/yaroslavl/bogoyavlenskaya-cerkov

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Puech Maynade, c'est l'équilibre parfait entre une architecture fidèle du grand domaine agricole d'antan et les infrastructures tournées vers la passion du cheval.
Le domaine équestre de Puech Mayande est un outil de travail performant : manège couvert, carrière, rond de longe, parcours de trail permanent...

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Puech Maynade, c'est l'équilibre parfait entre une architecture fidèle du grand domaine agricole d'antan et les infrastructures tournées vers la passion du cheval.
Le domaine équestre de Puech Mayande est un outil de travail performant : manège couvert, carrière, rond de longe, parcours de trail permanent...

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Panorámica tomada a finales de Enero de 2010 en el parque de la Lomiquia de Cheste.

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Panorámica tomada a finales de Enero de 2010 en el parque de la Lomiquia de Cheste.

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L'abbatiale de Conques
L'abbatiale Sainte Foy, incontestable chef-d'oeuvre de l'art roman est une église dite des routes du pèlerinage. A l'intérieur, l'architecture de ses voûtes en arc de cercle, la sculpture symbolique de ses chapiteaux et sa nef vous plonge dans un recueillement propice à la prière.

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L'abbatiale de Conques
L'abbatiale Sainte Foy, incontestable chef-d'oeuvre de l'art roman est une église dite des routes du pèlerinage. A l'intérieur, l'architecture de ses voûtes en arc de cercle, la sculpture symbolique de ses chapiteaux et sa nef vous plonge dans un recueillement propice à la prière.

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Sight and restaurant situated in Annaberg-Buchholz, which is the county town of Erzgebirgskreis in Germany/Saxony. The Frohnauer Hammer acted as mill, forge and silver hammer, today it's a technical monument and museum.

Sehenswürdigkeit und Gaststätte gelegen in Annaberg-Buchholz, die Kreisstadt des Erzgebirgskreises in Deutschland/Sachsen. Der Frohnauer Hammer fungierte als Mühle, Schmiede und Silberhammer, heute ist er ein technisches Denkmal und Museum.

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Sight and restaurant situated in Annaberg-Buchholz, which is the county town of Erzgebirgskreis in Germany/Saxony. The Frohnauer Hammer acted as mill, forge and silver hammer, today it's a technical monument and museum.

Sehenswürdigkeit und Gaststätte gelegen in Annaberg-Buchholz, die Kreisstadt des Erzgebirgskreises in Deutschland/Sachsen. Der Frohnauer Hammer fungierte als Mühle, Schmiede und Silberhammer, heute ist er ein technisches Denkmal und Museum.

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Sight and restaurant situated in Annaberg-Buchholz, which is the county town of Erzgebirgskreis in Germany/Saxony. The Frohnauer Hammer acted as mill, forge and silver hammer, today it's a technical monument and museum.

Sehenswürdigkeit und Gaststätte gelegen in Annaberg-Buchholz, die Kreisstadt des Erzgebirgskreises in Deutschland/Sachsen. Der Frohnauer Hammer fungierte als Mühle, Schmiede und Silberhammer, heute ist er ein technisches Denkmal und Museum.

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Sight and restaurant situated in Annaberg-Buchholz, which is the county town of Erzgebirgskreis in Germany/Saxony. The Frohnauer Hammer acted as mill, forge and silver hammer, today it's a technical monument and museum.

Sehenswürdigkeit und Gaststätte gelegen in Annaberg-Buchholz, die Kreisstadt des Erzgebirgskreises in Deutschland/Sachsen. Der Frohnauer Hammer fungierte als Mühle, Schmiede und Silberhammer, heute ist er ein technisches Denkmal und Museum.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. Our position is a agricultural way above the village Mildenau.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Unser Standort ist eine Landwirtschaftsstraße oberhalb des Dorfes Mildenau.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. Our position is a agricultural way above the village Mildenau.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Unser Standort ist eine Landwirtschaftsstraße oberhalb des Dorfes Mildenau.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. Our position is a agricultural way above the village Mildenau.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Unser Standort ist eine Landwirtschaftsstraße oberhalb des Dorfes Mildenau.

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain (832 mt height) near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. Our position is a agricultural way above the village Mildenau.

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg (832 m Höhe) bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Unser Standort ist eine Landwirtschaftsstraße oberhalb des Dorfes Mildenau.

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HDRI panorama photography for film & video, VFX and more... from the Netherlands

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HDRI panorama photography for film & video, VFX and more... from the Netherlands

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The Naval Port prison or guardhouse. The building was erected about 1900 and until 1997 it has served as a place where military persons served their terms for breach of discipline. Ever since the first years of its existence it has been a place to break people’s lives and suppress their free will.

With powers changing, its prisoners changed as well – among them there were revolutionaries, seamen and non-commissioned officers of the tsarist army, deserters from the German Wehrmacht, enemies of the people in Stalin’s times, soldiers of both the Soviet army and the Latvian army and other rebels.

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The Naval Port prison or guardhouse. The building was erected about 1900 and until 1997 it has served as a place where military persons served their terms for breach of discipline. Ever since the first years of its existence it has been a place to break people’s lives and suppress their free will.

With powers changing, its prisoners changed as well – among them there were revolutionaries, seamen and non-commissioned officers of the tsarist army, deserters from the German Wehrmacht, enemies of the people in Stalin’s times, soldiers of both the Soviet army and the Latvian army and other rebels.

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Here you have a chance to spend the night in a prison which is considered to be even more impressive than the Alcatraz in the USA, to sleep on a prison bunk or an iron bed, and to have a prison meal.

You can book this cell here - http://www.karostascietums.lv/new/en/naktsmitnes-en.htm

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Here you have a chance to spend the night in a prison which is considered to be even more impressive than the Alcatraz in the USA, to sleep on a prison bunk or an iron bed, and to have a prison meal.

You can book this cell here - http://www.karostascietums.lv/new/en/naktsmitnes-en.htm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_American_Place,
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_American_Place,
http://http://www.cathedralofstjoseph.org/,

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Church of Saint Peter, Daugavpils, Latvia

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Church of Saint Peter, Daugavpils, Latvia

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Daugavpils smiths works.

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Daugavpils smiths works.

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Broken Glass factory, Livani, Latvia

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Broken Glass factory, Livani, Latvia

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Private and Business storage solutions!  

For PRIVATE use: When you have no space left in your closets, we have a great solution for you. We offer a clean and SECURE place for you to put your belongings with no hassles. At “VIP Storage”, our goal is to make life easier for you; we offer not only storage spaces, but also packing supplies, such as boxes, tape, and wrapping paper. We offer a perfect solution during your moving process!

For BUSINESSES that need to store documents or inventory, don’t waste money leasing extra office space! We have a great variety of units ranging from 1 square meter to 70 square meters.

Office hours: Mon-Fri: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Access hours: every day from 6:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. (including weekends and holidays!). Visit or call our stores:
email:   or call +371-2862 5157 (for English or Spanish)

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Private and Business storage solutions!  

For PRIVATE use: When you have no space left in your closets, we have a great solution for you. We offer a clean and SECURE place for you to put your belongings with no hassles. At “VIP Storage”, our goal is to make life easier for you; we offer not only storage spaces, but also packing supplies, such as boxes, tape, and wrapping paper. We offer a perfect solution during your moving process!

For BUSINESSES that need to store documents or inventory, don’t waste money leasing extra office space! We have a great variety of units ranging from 1 square meter to 70 square meters.

Office hours: Mon-Fri: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Access hours: every day from 6:00 A.M. - 10:00 P.M. (including weekends and holidays!). Visit or call our stores:
email:   or call +371-2862 5157 (for English or Spanish)

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Una sala de la exposición permamente situada en el MuVIM ( Museo Valenciano de la Ilustración y Modernidad).

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Una sala de la exposición permamente situada en el MuVIM ( Museo Valenciano de la Ilustración y Modernidad).

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The Hypatian Monastery was founded around 1330 by a Tatar convert, Prince Chet, whose male-line descendants include Solomonia Saburova ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomonia_Saburova ) and Boris Godunov ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov ).

In 1435, Vasily II ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_II ) concluded a peace with his cousin Vasily Kosoy there. At that time, the cloister was a notable centre of learning. It was here that Nikolay Karamzin ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Karamzin ) discovered a set of three 14th-century chronicles, including the Primary Chronicle ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_Chronicle ), now known as the Hypatian Codex ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatian_Codex ).

During the Time of Troubles ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Troubles ) in Russia, the Hypatian Monastery was occupied by the supporters of False Dmitriy II ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Dmitriy_II ) in the spring of 1609. In September of that same year, the monastery was captured by the Muscovite army after a long siege. On March 14, 1613, Zemsky Sobor ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemsky_Sobor ) announced that Mikhail Romanov ( http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_I_of_Russia ), who had been in this monastery at that time, would be the Russian tsar.

Most of the monastery buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Please read more at wikipedia article.

Virtual tour along Kostroma prepared by studio FOTORAMA ( http://www.fotorama.su ) is available at http://gradkostroma.ru/VirtualTour/index.html

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The Hypatian Monastery was founded around 1330 by a Tatar convert, Prince Chet, whose male-line descendants include Solomonia Saburova ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomonia_Saburova ) and Boris Godunov ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Godunov ).

In 1435, Vasily II ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_II ) concluded a peace with his cousin Vasily Kosoy there. At that time, the cloister was a notable centre of learning. It was here that Nikolay Karamzin ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Karamzin ) discovered a set of three 14th-century chronicles, including the Primary Chronicle ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_Chronicle ), now known as the Hypatian Codex ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypatian_Codex ).

During the Time of Troubles ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_of_Troubles ) in Russia, the Hypatian Monastery was occupied by the supporters of False Dmitriy II ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Dmitriy_II ) in the spring of 1609. In September of that same year, the monastery was captured by the Muscovite army after a long siege. On March 14, 1613, Zemsky Sobor ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemsky_Sobor ) announced that Mikhail Romanov ( http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_I_of_Russia ), who had been in this monastery at that time, would be the Russian tsar.

Most of the monastery buildings date from the 16th and 17th centuries.

Please read more at wikipedia article.

Virtual tour along Kostroma prepared by studio FOTORAMA ( http://www.fotorama.su ) is available at http://gradkostroma.ru/VirtualTour/index.html

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Officer’s palace was built in 1907 for entertainment of the fleet elite – nobility and royal aristocracy. During Latvia independence between the World Wars the building hosted Red Cross bone tuberculosis sanatorium, then it was serving as a military hospital during the soviet epoch.

The building is a great example of Russian Art Nouveau, built by famous architects and artists from St. Petersburg. A horse hue shape of the building was made after the pattern of suburban palaces of the Russian capital. Its main façade overlooks the sea in the north, with a large terrace and a balcony on the southern side. Documentaries witness that Nikolai II, the czar of Russian Empire, has honoured with his presence the opening ceremony.

Once a chic palace that amazed visitors with its refined style and elegant and lavish interiors, it is now in a sadly dilapidated condition and is waiting for a well-off investor to decide its future.

These days it is managed by the army and access to the House is restricted, so you have to pre-arrange a visit to get here. In return you will get a glimpse of everyday routine of the establishment, like watch groups of young soldiers marching to baths with towels hanging over their shoulders or officers walking around in a dignified way. As you enter the territory you will be attached to a soldier guide, who will not let you step in any direction without his attendance, will tell scary army stories in a hard voice, but will be exceedingly modest when it comes to being photographed...:)

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Officer’s palace was built in 1907 for entertainment of the fleet elite – nobility and royal aristocracy. During Latvia independence between the World Wars the building hosted Red Cross bone tuberculosis sanatorium, then it was serving as a military hospital during the soviet epoch.

The building is a great example of Russian Art Nouveau, built by famous architects and artists from St. Petersburg. A horse hue shape of the building was made after the pattern of suburban palaces of the Russian capital. Its main façade overlooks the sea in the north, with a large terrace and a balcony on the southern side. Documentaries witness that Nikolai II, the czar of Russian Empire, has honoured with his presence the opening ceremony.

Once a chic palace that amazed visitors with its refined style and elegant and lavish interiors, it is now in a sadly dilapidated condition and is waiting for a well-off investor to decide its future.

These days it is managed by the army and access to the House is restricted, so you have to pre-arrange a visit to get here. In return you will get a glimpse of everyday routine of the establishment, like watch groups of young soldiers marching to baths with towels hanging over their shoulders or officers walking around in a dignified way. As you enter the territory you will be attached to a soldier guide, who will not let you step in any direction without his attendance, will tell scary army stories in a hard voice, but will be exceedingly modest when it comes to being photographed...:)

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La foto és d'aquest mateix matí. Una fina capa de neu cobria tot el paisatge, un fet ben poc habitual a Banyoles.
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La foto és d'aquest mateix matí. Una fina capa de neu cobria tot el paisatge, un fet ben poc habitual a Banyoles.
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La foto es de esta mañana. Una fina capa de nieve cubría todo el paisaje. Un hecho poco habitual en Banyoles.

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Northern pier was built in 1901 to protect the territory of the port from storms and sand drifts. To make it resistant to the impact force of waves, its northern side was strengthened with concrete tripods.

Invigorating air of the sea and moderate distance (a return walk to the end of the pier is about three and a half kilometers long) make it an ideal place for walking. The pier is also frequented by fishermen, who are meditating at the sea with fishing-rods in hands.

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Northern pier was built in 1901 to protect the territory of the port from storms and sand drifts. To make it resistant to the impact force of waves, its northern side was strengthened with concrete tripods.

Invigorating air of the sea and moderate distance (a return walk to the end of the pier is about three and a half kilometers long) make it an ideal place for walking. The pier is also frequented by fishermen, who are meditating at the sea with fishing-rods in hands.

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...at the end of the Nothern pier in Liepaja

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...at the end of the Nothern pier in Liepaja

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Quizá la más bella, en su clase, de toda la ciudad, de estilo plateresco, realizada en 1534 por Alonso de Covarrubias y tallada en piedra blanca de Regachuelo.
Una reforma reciente, tras la restauración del vecino convento de San Pedro Mártir, ha permitido ampliar un pequeño espacio de su estrecha calle y poder observar así lo que es, si duda, una de las mejores obras del Renacimiento Español.

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Quizá la más bella, en su clase, de toda la ciudad, de estilo plateresco, realizada en 1534 por Alonso de Covarrubias y tallada en piedra blanca de Regachuelo.
Una reforma reciente, tras la restauración del vecino convento de San Pedro Mártir, ha permitido ampliar un pequeño espacio de su estrecha calle y poder observar así lo que es, si duda, una de las mejores obras del Renacimiento Español.

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Cada cobertizo toledano, atemorizador y alucinante, precede siempre al consuelo de un huerto místico, con sus cipreses en forma de cirio y sus rosales de color de labios fragantes. Así, el de Santa Anita nos lleva al Colegio de Doncellas Nobles, que encierra el aroma de los timbres actuales, y el de Santa Clara, nos conduce al convento de Santo Domingo, que guarda la fragancia austera y señoril de los viejos sellos de Castilla. Todos son lúgubres y luminosos a la vez.
Por los cobertizos toledanos ha pasado mil veces la historia de Castilla, con su séquito triunfal de trompetas y de tambores, de alabardas y de picas, de pendones y de lábaros, de cruces y de manguillas. Allí han tropezado los desnudos hierros de muchos apuestos galanes que a la macilenta luz de un farolejo que alumbraba la trágica agonía de Cristo, vinieron a dirimir a cintarazos un empeño de amor. Bajo sus bóvedas, duras como criptas y acogedoras como palios, los bordones del Santo Oficio repicaron siniestros. Los sopistas vergonzantes vinieron a aquellos agujeros, a vaciar entre la sombra sus escudillas. (Luis Moreno Nieto, Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

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Cada cobertizo toledano, atemorizador y alucinante, precede siempre al consuelo de un huerto místico, con sus cipreses en forma de cirio y sus rosales de color de labios fragantes. Así, el de Santa Anita nos lleva al Colegio de Doncellas Nobles, que encierra el aroma de los timbres actuales, y el de Santa Clara, nos conduce al convento de Santo Domingo, que guarda la fragancia austera y señoril de los viejos sellos de Castilla. Todos son lúgubres y luminosos a la vez.
Por los cobertizos toledanos ha pasado mil veces la historia de Castilla, con su séquito triunfal de trompetas y de tambores, de alabardas y de picas, de pendones y de lábaros, de cruces y de manguillas. Allí han tropezado los desnudos hierros de muchos apuestos galanes que a la macilenta luz de un farolejo que alumbraba la trágica agonía de Cristo, vinieron a dirimir a cintarazos un empeño de amor. Bajo sus bóvedas, duras como criptas y acogedoras como palios, los bordones del Santo Oficio repicaron siniestros. Los sopistas vergonzantes vinieron a aquellos agujeros, a vaciar entre la sombra sus escudillas. (Luis Moreno Nieto, Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

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Salon Para Eventos JW Marriott Ciudad de Mexico

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Salon Para Eventos JW Marriott Ciudad de Mexico

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These piles are told to be remains of the quayside built by escaping German army at the end of the World War II.

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These piles are told to be remains of the quayside built by escaping German army at the end of the World War II.

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The exhibition “Liepaja in the Middle Ages” reflects six-century-long history recounting the period from the 13th till the 18th century, beginning with the establishment of the Liva village by the Livs and ending with the significant port and trade city of Liepaja of the Dukedom of Kurzeme, which became part of the Russian Empire in 1795 together with all the Kurzeme region.

Liepaja was the city of merchants and artisans and hack-working traditions were reflected both in skillfully made handicraft chests and made by jewelers guild goblets, bowls and pendants, as well as in construction details of the city edifices.

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The exhibition “Liepaja in the Middle Ages” reflects six-century-long history recounting the period from the 13th till the 18th century, beginning with the establishment of the Liva village by the Livs and ending with the significant port and trade city of Liepaja of the Dukedom of Kurzeme, which became part of the Russian Empire in 1795 together with all the Kurzeme region.

Liepaja was the city of merchants and artisans and hack-working traditions were reflected both in skillfully made handicraft chests and made by jewelers guild goblets, bowls and pendants, as well as in construction details of the city edifices.

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Asheton Maryam which lies at an altitude of almost 4000 on Abuna Yoseph, the high mountain overlloking Lalibela. This monastery is also associated with King Natuka La´ab. The church is carved out of a cleft into a cliff face, and the execution is rougher than at most other churches around Lalibela.

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Asheton Maryam which lies at an altitude of almost 4000 on Abuna Yoseph, the high mountain overlloking Lalibela. This monastery is also associated with King Natuka La´ab. The church is carved out of a cleft into a cliff face, and the execution is rougher than at most other churches around Lalibela.

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A fisherman and a sculptor Mikelis Pankoks (1894 - 1983), a timber cutter by the will of the God, having been seeking and having found eternal defiance reason – the talent of a thinker and a sculptor, Mikelis Pankoks’ life was a struggle for survival.

His first exhibition was in August 1925 in Nica district in the Liepaja region and the last one in Latvia – in December 1943 in the Liepaja museum. Between these two there were 32 exhibitions in various Latvian towns and cities and many hundred of sculptures. A part of them – 128 – Mikelis Pankoks’ enormous collection in Latvia is kept in the Liepaja History and Art Museum. Together with it there is the sculptor’s personal archive: biographical documents, correspondence, photos. In autumn 1944 the period of his lifetime started that for a long time had the following spatial explanation in Latvia: “Is missing”. And an addition: “It is thought that he perished”.

It was only in 1992 that the sculptor’s destiny’s mystery was solved: refugee’s life in Germany, Austria and them since 1951 calm and quiet life in Switzerland, in Kura Valdhause mental hospital. However, even there Mikelis Pankoks was continuing to create, and small sculptors, stepping out of the mental hospital’s doorstep, attracted society’s attention. Nowadays Mikelis Pankoks’ works are kept in many private collections in Switzerland, as well as in Kura Bindner Art Museum and in Collection de l’Art Brut in Lozanne.

The layout allows to follow the sculptor’s course of life, his creative search and aspirations, see both in Latvia and Switzerland made sculptures.

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A fisherman and a sculptor Mikelis Pankoks (1894 - 1983), a timber cutter by the will of the God, having been seeking and having found eternal defiance reason – the talent of a thinker and a sculptor, Mikelis Pankoks’ life was a struggle for survival.

His first exhibition was in August 1925 in Nica district in the Liepaja region and the last one in Latvia – in December 1943 in the Liepaja museum. Between these two there were 32 exhibitions in various Latvian towns and cities and many hundred of sculptures. A part of them – 128 – Mikelis Pankoks’ enormous collection in Latvia is kept in the Liepaja History and Art Museum. Together with it there is the sculptor’s personal archive: biographical documents, correspondence, photos. In autumn 1944 the period of his lifetime started that for a long time had the following spatial explanation in Latvia: “Is missing”. And an addition: “It is thought that he perished”.

It was only in 1992 that the sculptor’s destiny’s mystery was solved: refugee’s life in Germany, Austria and them since 1951 calm and quiet life in Switzerland, in Kura Valdhause mental hospital. However, even there Mikelis Pankoks was continuing to create, and small sculptors, stepping out of the mental hospital’s doorstep, attracted society’s attention. Nowadays Mikelis Pankoks’ works are kept in many private collections in Switzerland, as well as in Kura Bindner Art Museum and in Collection de l’Art Brut in Lozanne.

The layout allows to follow the sculptor’s course of life, his creative search and aspirations, see both in Latvia and Switzerland made sculptures.

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Primera Prueba. Habrá más y espero que mejores.  :-)

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Primera Prueba. Habrá más y espero que mejores.  :-)

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Se denomina «Cueva de Hércules» a unos espacios subterráneos abovedados de época romana que se localizan fundamentalmente en el número 2 y en el número 3 del callejón de San Ginés, bajo un inmueble que ocupa el solar de la que fue iglesia de San Ginés hasta 1841.

Este espacio, que surge en época romana como depósito de abastecimiento hidráulico del Toledo romano, se encuentra en la esquina este del patio actual y se realizó en dos fases constructivas en el periodo romano.

Está cubierto con bóveda de cañón, realizada en sillarejo. Del primitivo depósito, de forma rectangular, construido casi con total seguridad en época altoimperial (probablemente hacia la 2.ª mitad del siglo I) y que presentaba el aspecto de un gran tanque a cielo abierto con un rebosadero en el borde, se conserva la primera mitad del muro, que da al callejón de San Ginés, realizada en opus caementicium y revestido de opus signinum.

La estructura fue profundamente alterada con la construcción de una arcada de tres arcos de sillares, en el lado suroeste, que divide la primitiva nave en dos (de la que se duda si pertenece a la primera o a la segunda fase constructiva) y que actualmente la separa de la otra mitad del depósito,la perteneciente al n.º 2 de la calle de San Ginés.

La segunda mitad del muro nordeste que da a la calle, es la realizada en la segunda fase romana; se construyó un paramento, en opus quadratum de siete hiladas de sillares de variado tamaño, que se adosa al muro lateral nordeste de la estructura hidráulica de la primera fase, y que va a ir aumentando progresivamente su tamaño del noroeste al sureste creando una nueva línea de orientación al muro, que será la que genere la planta BOE núm. 62 Martes 13 marzo 2007 10809 trapecial que tendrá la nave. En este espacio, se observan a lo largo de toda la superficie diversas interfacies de ruptura.

En época visigoda es muy probable, la edificación en este solar de una iglesia visigoda. En el periodo islámico, se desarrollan construcciones, aunque no podemos asegurar si se trata de construcciones civiles o de una mezquita, en cuyos muros se van a ir empotrando restos de relieves visigodos.

Las primeras referencias a este inmueble como iglesia de San Ginés proceden de 1148. A finales de esta época bajomedieval, o comienzos de la edad moderna, se realizan una serie de intervenciones constructivas y reformas en esta iglesia, como la creación de cinco capillas particulares.

El edificio se va deteriorando, durante un prolongado periodo de tiempo de la época moderna. Abandonada y cerrada al publico durante el siglo XVIII, la iglesia es demolida en 1841; conservándose de esta parcialmente el muro de la entrada, donde aparecen empotrados varios relieves visigodos, y en el interior restos de la sacristía.
El solar fue puesto a la venta y se parceló entre varios vecinos, afectando esta parcelación también a las bóvedas romanas sobre las que se levantan viviendas.

Una espléndida intervención del Consorcio de la Ciudad de Toledo con la coordinación arqueológica de Vasilis Tsiolis y la dirección técnica del arquitecto Francisco Jurado que ha puesto en valor estos magníficos restos.

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Se denomina «Cueva de Hércules» a unos espacios subterráneos abovedados de época romana que se localizan fundamentalmente en el número 2 y en el número 3 del callejón de San Ginés, bajo un inmueble que ocupa el solar de la que fue iglesia de San Ginés hasta 1841.

Este espacio, que surge en época romana como depósito de abastecimiento hidráulico del Toledo romano, se encuentra en la esquina este del patio actual y se realizó en dos fases constructivas en el periodo romano.

Está cubierto con bóveda de cañón, realizada en sillarejo. Del primitivo depósito, de forma rectangular, construido casi con total seguridad en época altoimperial (probablemente hacia la 2.ª mitad del siglo I) y que presentaba el aspecto de un gran tanque a cielo abierto con un rebosadero en el borde, se conserva la primera mitad del muro, que da al callejón de San Ginés, realizada en opus caementicium y revestido de opus signinum.

La estructura fue profundamente alterada con la construcción de una arcada de tres arcos de sillares, en el lado suroeste, que divide la primitiva nave en dos (de la que se duda si pertenece a la primera o a la segunda fase constructiva) y que actualmente la separa de la otra mitad del depósito,la perteneciente al n.º 2 de la calle de San Ginés.

La segunda mitad del muro nordeste que da a la calle, es la realizada en la segunda fase romana; se construyó un paramento, en opus quadratum de siete hiladas de sillares de variado tamaño, que se adosa al muro lateral nordeste de la estructura hidráulica de la primera fase, y que va a ir aumentando progresivamente su tamaño del noroeste al sureste creando una nueva línea de orientación al muro, que será la que genere la planta BOE núm. 62 Martes 13 marzo 2007 10809 trapecial que tendrá la nave. En este espacio, se observan a lo largo de toda la superficie diversas interfacies de ruptura.

En época visigoda es muy probable, la edificación en este solar de una iglesia visigoda. En el periodo islámico, se desarrollan construcciones, aunque no podemos asegurar si se trata de construcciones civiles o de una mezquita, en cuyos muros se van a ir empotrando restos de relieves visigodos.

Las primeras referencias a este inmueble como iglesia de San Ginés proceden de 1148. A finales de esta época bajomedieval, o comienzos de la edad moderna, se realizan una serie de intervenciones constructivas y reformas en esta iglesia, como la creación de cinco capillas particulares.

El edificio se va deteriorando, durante un prolongado periodo de tiempo de la época moderna. Abandonada y cerrada al publico durante el siglo XVIII, la iglesia es demolida en 1841; conservándose de esta parcialmente el muro de la entrada, donde aparecen empotrados varios relieves visigodos, y en el interior restos de la sacristía.
El solar fue puesto a la venta y se parceló entre varios vecinos, afectando esta parcelación también a las bóvedas romanas sobre las que se levantan viviendas.

Una espléndida intervención del Consorcio de la Ciudad de Toledo con la coordinación arqueológica de Vasilis Tsiolis y la dirección técnica del arquitecto Francisco Jurado que ha puesto en valor estos magníficos restos.

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Se denomina «Cueva de Hércules» a unos espacios subterráneos abovedados de época romana que se localizan fundamentalmente en el número 2 y en el número 3 del callejón de San Ginés, bajo un inmueble que ocupa el solar de la que fue iglesia de San Ginés hasta 1841.

Este espacio, que surge en época romana como depósito de abastecimiento hidráulico del Toledo romano, se encuentra en la esquina este del patio actual y se realizó en dos fases constructivas en el periodo romano.

Está cubierto con bóveda de cañón, realizada en sillarejo. Del primitivo depósito, de forma rectangular, construido casi con total seguridad en época altoimperial (probablemente hacia la 2.ª mitad del siglo I) y que presentaba el aspecto de un gran tanque a cielo abierto con un rebosadero en el borde, se conserva la primera mitad del muro, que da al callejón de San Ginés, realizada en opus caementicium y revestido de opus signinum.

La estructura fue profundamente alterada con la construcción de una arcada de tres arcos de sillares, en el lado suroeste, que divide la primitiva nave en dos (de la que se duda si pertenece a la primera o a la segunda fase constructiva) y que actualmente la separa de la otra mitad del depósito,la perteneciente al n.º 2 de la calle de San Ginés.

La segunda mitad del muro nordeste que da a la calle, es la realizada en la segunda fase romana; se construyó un paramento, en opus quadratum de siete hiladas de sillares de variado tamaño, que se adosa al muro lateral nordeste de la estructura hidráulica de la primera fase, y que va a ir aumentando progresivamente su tamaño del noroeste al sureste creando una nueva línea de orientación al muro, que será la que genere la planta BOE núm. 62 Martes 13 marzo 2007 10809 trapecial que tendrá la nave. En este espacio, se observan a lo largo de toda la superficie diversas interfacies de ruptura.

En época visigoda es muy probable, la edificación en este solar de una iglesia visigoda. En el periodo islámico, se desarrollan construcciones, aunque no podemos asegurar si se trata de construcciones civiles o de una mezquita, en cuyos muros se van a ir empotrando restos de relieves visigodos.

Las primeras referencias a este inmueble como iglesia de San Ginés proceden de 1148. A finales de esta época bajomedieval, o comienzos de la edad moderna, se realizan una serie de intervenciones constructivas y reformas en esta iglesia, como la creación de cinco capillas particulares.

El edificio se va deteriorando, durante un prolongado periodo de tiempo de la época moderna. Abandonada y cerrada al publico durante el siglo XVIII, la iglesia es demolida en 1841; conservándose de esta parcialmente el muro de la entrada, donde aparecen empotrados varios relieves visigodos, y en el interior restos de la sacristía.
El solar fue puesto a la venta y se parceló entre varios vecinos, afectando esta parcelación también a las bóvedas romanas sobre las que se levantan viviendas.

Una espléndida intervención del Consorcio de la Ciudad de Toledo con la coordinación arqueológica de Vasilis Tsiolis y la dirección técnica del arquitecto Francisco Jurado que ha puesto en valor estos magníficos restos.

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Se denomina «Cueva de Hércules» a unos espacios subterráneos abovedados de época romana que se localizan fundamentalmente en el número 2 y en el número 3 del callejón de San Ginés, bajo un inmueble que ocupa el solar de la que fue iglesia de San Ginés hasta 1841.

Este espacio, que surge en época romana como depósito de abastecimiento hidráulico del Toledo romano, se encuentra en la esquina este del patio actual y se realizó en dos fases constructivas en el periodo romano.

Está cubierto con bóveda de cañón, realizada en sillarejo. Del primitivo depósito, de forma rectangular, construido casi con total seguridad en época altoimperial (probablemente hacia la 2.ª mitad del siglo I) y que presentaba el aspecto de un gran tanque a cielo abierto con un rebosadero en el borde, se conserva la primera mitad del muro, que da al callejón de San Ginés, realizada en opus caementicium y revestido de opus signinum.

La estructura fue profundamente alterada con la construcción de una arcada de tres arcos de sillares, en el lado suroeste, que divide la primitiva nave en dos (de la que se duda si pertenece a la primera o a la segunda fase constructiva) y que actualmente la separa de la otra mitad del depósito,la perteneciente al n.º 2 de la calle de San Ginés.

La segunda mitad del muro nordeste que da a la calle, es la realizada en la segunda fase romana; se construyó un paramento, en opus quadratum de siete hiladas de sillares de variado tamaño, que se adosa al muro lateral nordeste de la estructura hidráulica de la primera fase, y que va a ir aumentando progresivamente su tamaño del noroeste al sureste creando una nueva línea de orientación al muro, que será la que genere la planta BOE núm. 62 Martes 13 marzo 2007 10809 trapecial que tendrá la nave. En este espacio, se observan a lo largo de toda la superficie diversas interfacies de ruptura.

En época visigoda es muy probable, la edificación en este solar de una iglesia visigoda. En el periodo islámico, se desarrollan construcciones, aunque no podemos asegurar si se trata de construcciones civiles o de una mezquita, en cuyos muros se van a ir empotrando restos de relieves visigodos.

Las primeras referencias a este inmueble como iglesia de San Ginés proceden de 1148. A finales de esta época bajomedieval, o comienzos de la edad moderna, se realizan una serie de intervenciones constructivas y reformas en esta iglesia, como la creación de cinco capillas particulares.

El edificio se va deteriorando, durante un prolongado periodo de tiempo de la época moderna. Abandonada y cerrada al publico durante el siglo XVIII, la iglesia es demolida en 1841; conservándose de esta parcialmente el muro de la entrada, donde aparecen empotrados varios relieves visigodos, y en el interior restos de la sacristía.
El solar fue puesto a la venta y se parceló entre varios vecinos, afectando esta parcelación también a las bóvedas romanas sobre las que se levantan viviendas.

Una espléndida intervención del Consorcio de la Ciudad de Toledo con la coordinación arqueológica de Vasilis Tsiolis y la dirección técnica del arquitecto Francisco Jurado que ha puesto en valor estos magníficos restos.

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Lake Awassa lies to the west of Awassa town, approx. 275 km south of Addis Abeba, the capital of Ethiopia. The lake supplies Awassa with all its water, and supports a thriving local fishery. Many earn their living either through fishing or related tea and food businesses along the shore.

More and more fishermen, though, nets with too small mesh, where already small fish gets caught, fish and other waste thrown back into the lake and soil erosion are leading to an increased environmental stress and ecological damage to the sea of which the local population is not yet cognizant of.

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Lake Awassa lies to the west of Awassa town, approx. 275 km south of Addis Abeba, the capital of Ethiopia. The lake supplies Awassa with all its water, and supports a thriving local fishery. Many earn their living either through fishing or related tea and food businesses along the shore.

More and more fishermen, though, nets with too small mesh, where already small fish gets caught, fish and other waste thrown back into the lake and soil erosion are leading to an increased environmental stress and ecological damage to the sea of which the local population is not yet cognizant of.

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Tombeau Impérial de Tu Duc, également appelé tombeau de la Modestie
Situé sur la rive droite de la rivière des Parfums, à quelque huit kilomètres de Huê la superficie de ce tombeau couvre 475 hectares.

La nécropole a été construite de 1864 à 1867.
Le souverain dessina lui-même les plans du site, où il vécut durant la construction pour superviser les travaux. Tu Duc vécu longtemps dans une débauche de luxe avec ses 104 épouses et concubines.


Imperial Tomb of Tu Duc, also called the Tomb of Modesty
Located on the right bank of the Perfume River, some eight kilometers from Hue City. The tomb covers 475 hectares.

The necropolis was built from 1864 to 1867.
The king himself drew the plans of this site, where he lived during construction to supervise the work. Tu Duc lived much time in an orgy of luxury with 104 wives and concubines.

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Tombeau Impérial de Tu Duc, également appelé tombeau de la Modestie
Situé sur la rive droite de la rivière des Parfums, à quelque huit kilomètres de Huê la superficie de ce tombeau couvre 475 hectares.

La nécropole a été construite de 1864 à 1867.
Le souverain dessina lui-même les plans du site, où il vécut durant la construction pour superviser les travaux. Tu Duc vécu longtemps dans une débauche de luxe avec ses 104 épouses et concubines.


Imperial Tomb of Tu Duc, also called the Tomb of Modesty
Located on the right bank of the Perfume River, some eight kilometers from Hue City. The tomb covers 475 hectares.

The necropolis was built from 1864 to 1867.
The king himself drew the plans of this site, where he lived during construction to supervise the work. Tu Duc lived much time in an orgy of luxury with 104 wives and concubines.

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Sommet de la Station de Piau-Engaly 2600m.

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Sommet de la Station de Piau-Engaly 2600m.

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February 2007.
Shot for the exhibition "15ème biennale internationale de l'image", Nancy (France).

Smooth HDR.

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February 2007.
Shot for the exhibition "15ème biennale internationale de l'image", Nancy (France).

Smooth HDR.

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This is one of the several new built guest houses of the Latvia's State Forest company. It is located at the shore of Lake Salas and offers boat rental, as well as good opportunities for fishing and bathing. There are many birds living in vicinity of the lake, therefore this area is frequented by birdwatchers.

Main building includes a big hall, a fireplace hall, several bedrooms and sauna with a small swimming pool.

Next to the big building there is a family house with an individual lavatory, shower, kitchen and a fireplace room. Events for 50 to 70 people can be arranged here.

Contacts: “Ezernieki”, Indrānu pag., Madonas raj., 200 km from Rīga, 30 km from Madona, phone: +371 26666090

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This is one of the several new built guest houses of the Latvia's State Forest company. It is located at the shore of Lake Salas and offers boat rental, as well as good opportunities for fishing and bathing. There are many birds living in vicinity of the lake, therefore this area is frequented by birdwatchers.

Main building includes a big hall, a fireplace hall, several bedrooms and sauna with a small swimming pool.

Next to the big building there is a family house with an individual lavatory, shower, kitchen and a fireplace room. Events for 50 to 70 people can be arranged here.

Contacts: “Ezernieki”, Indrānu pag., Madonas raj., 200 km from Rīga, 30 km from Madona, phone: +371 26666090

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Less than 80 kilometers from Riga, close to Riga–Daugavpils highway lies the Skrīveri park of foreign trees, on the other side of the highway, next to the river Daugava, is located Skrīveri Arboretum. Both plantations are of great importance for the greenwood history of Europe as their creation began in back in 1891. The plan was designed and sowing carried out by the owner of the Skrīveri manor house Maximilian Sivers (1857 – 1919).

Every year the Arboretum receives guest dendrologist delegations from various European countries as around 300 species and subspecies of trees and shrubs can be found here (out of the 679 species that were grown here until World War I).

This is a chance to get to know traditional greenwood landscape of foreign countries without the need to travel outside Latvia. The Park is suitable for a one day excursion with family or class, or it might be included in a longer travel route.

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Less than 80 kilometers from Riga, close to Riga–Daugavpils highway lies the Skrīveri park of foreign trees, on the other side of the highway, next to the river Daugava, is located Skrīveri Arboretum. Both plantations are of great importance for the greenwood history of Europe as their creation began in back in 1891. The plan was designed and sowing carried out by the owner of the Skrīveri manor house Maximilian Sivers (1857 – 1919).

Every year the Arboretum receives guest dendrologist delegations from various European countries as around 300 species and subspecies of trees and shrubs can be found here (out of the 679 species that were grown here until World War I).

This is a chance to get to know traditional greenwood landscape of foreign countries without the need to travel outside Latvia. The Park is suitable for a one day excursion with family or class, or it might be included in a longer travel route.

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Foyer of 2nd floor.

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Foyer of 2nd floor.

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Classroom of Iwashina School.
Former Iwashina School (岩科学校) was the first elementary school in Izu area, established at 1880.  It had been designated as an important cultural property at 1975.

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Classroom of Iwashina School.
Former Iwashina School (岩科学校) was the first elementary school in Izu area, established at 1880.  It had been designated as an important cultural property at 1975.

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De noche y con la suficiente iluminación, se consigue más la representación del esfuerzo que supone realizar el Camino de Santiago en este Monumento a los Peregrinos.

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De noche y con la suficiente iluminación, se consigue más la representación del esfuerzo que supone realizar el Camino de Santiago en este Monumento a los Peregrinos.

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The Smolny Convent was constructed at the behest of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna in 1748-1769 by architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Bartolomeo_Rastrelli ), in the plan it forms a square in the shape of a crucifix, made of cell buildings and widows' house, in the centre is the five-domed Smolny Cathedral ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolny_Convent ). Four single-domed churches on the corners enrich the silhouette of the ensemble – a masterpiece of Elizabethan Baroque. The facades are lavishly adorned with modelling; the corners are finished with tufts of columns, ornamented window-frames and bow-shaped pediments above the entrance.

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The Smolny Convent was constructed at the behest of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna in 1748-1769 by architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Bartolomeo_Rastrelli ), in the plan it forms a square in the shape of a crucifix, made of cell buildings and widows' house, in the centre is the five-domed Smolny Cathedral ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smolny_Convent ). Four single-domed churches on the corners enrich the silhouette of the ensemble – a masterpiece of Elizabethan Baroque. The facades are lavishly adorned with modelling; the corners are finished with tufts of columns, ornamented window-frames and bow-shaped pediments above the entrance.

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Former Iwashina School (岩科学校) was the first elementary school in Izu area, established at 1880.  It had been designated as an important cultural property at 1975.

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Former Iwashina School (岩科学校) was the first elementary school in Izu area, established at 1880.  It had been designated as an important cultural property at 1975.

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Plaça dels germans Ramon i Vidales al costat mateix de la Casa de la Vila, entre els carrers del Mar i la plaça del carrer Major. La plaça compta amb un banc decorat amb trencadís i amb un fanal al mig, i amb uns dibuixos (obra de Jordi i Iraida Llucià, pare i filla) al·legòrics sobre l’ofici dels germans Ramon i la seva època.

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Plaça dels germans Ramon i Vidales al costat mateix de la Casa de la Vila, entre els carrers del Mar i la plaça del carrer Major. La plaça compta amb un banc decorat amb trencadís i amb un fanal al mig, i amb uns dibuixos (obra de Jordi i Iraida Llucià, pare i filla) al·legòrics sobre l’ofici dels germans Ramon i la seva època.

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September 2007.
Shot for the exhibition "15ème biennale internationale de l'image", Nancy (France).
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September 2007.
Shot for the exhibition "15ème biennale internationale de l'image", Nancy (France).
Sorry for the "cut", this panoramic was created to be print, and not to be seen as a 360° on a screen.

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Presentation of Latvia's State Forests at the Baltic tourism exhibition in Riga.

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Presentation of Latvia's State Forests at the Baltic tourism exhibition in Riga.

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In terms of functional use, the Tolstoy Square project consists of several parts: a retailing area, where the Decor Center is situated; theatre, office department and tower. The total surface area is 23 600 sq.m.

Designer - Architectual bureau Studio 17 LLC under the stewardship of Gaikovich S.V. ( http://www.studio-17.ru ). Project Developer - LBK LLC. The conception, upmarket brokerage and management is by the IB Group.

Pleas read full article at http://www.maris-spb.ru/eng/news/6/2008/6/index.html .

We are standing near entrance into theatre "Licedei" ( http://www.licedei.com ) located on the 4th and 5th floors. Upper blue gallery (reflected in windows) is connected with main hall of the theatre.

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In terms of functional use, the Tolstoy Square project consists of several parts: a retailing area, where the Decor Center is situated; theatre, office department and tower. The total surface area is 23 600 sq.m.

Designer - Architectual bureau Studio 17 LLC under the stewardship of Gaikovich S.V. ( http://www.studio-17.ru ). Project Developer - LBK LLC. The conception, upmarket brokerage and management is by the IB Group.

Pleas read full article at http://www.maris-spb.ru/eng/news/6/2008/6/index.html .

We are standing near entrance into theatre "Licedei" ( http://www.licedei.com ) located on the 4th and 5th floors. Upper blue gallery (reflected in windows) is connected with main hall of the theatre.

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Jaunmoku Palace ( built in 1901) is a combination of Art-Nouveau elements and Neo-Gothic forms and was built as the country residence of George Armitstead, mayor of Riga (1901-12).
The palace is designed by Wilhelm Bockslaff. The look of the manor house ensemble has changed slightly, still preserving the main concept of the architect – to create a Gothic synthesis of the Hanseatic towns.

The castle is now a place for relaxation and celebration - premises for seminars, conferences and celebrations, specializing in hosting and organizing weddings. You will find vast varieties of entertainment – from a night’s stay and having breakfast in the palace, relaxing in a bath and sauna to using the sport’s field or go on a romantic drive in a horse carriage.

Museum of Forest is also housed here, offering spectacular theatrical tours in the neighborhood.

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Jaunmoku Palace ( built in 1901) is a combination of Art-Nouveau elements and Neo-Gothic forms and was built as the country residence of George Armitstead, mayor of Riga (1901-12).
The palace is designed by Wilhelm Bockslaff. The look of the manor house ensemble has changed slightly, still preserving the main concept of the architect – to create a Gothic synthesis of the Hanseatic towns.

The castle is now a place for relaxation and celebration - premises for seminars, conferences and celebrations, specializing in hosting and organizing weddings. You will find vast varieties of entertainment – from a night’s stay and having breakfast in the palace, relaxing in a bath and sauna to using the sport’s field or go on a romantic drive in a horse carriage.

Museum of Forest is also housed here, offering spectacular theatrical tours in the neighborhood.

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The forest museum invites the visitors to experience the charm of the forest and to see different expositions that report about the inhabitants of the forests of Latvia, tree species and the history of forestry. But picture exhibitions that are changed every season can be seen in the Tower Hall.

The museum is created in a way to be interesting for every its visitor. Listen and try to differentiate between 42 bird voices in the singing bird-cage. Find out for what purpose was used a glass bulb with a hole at its bottom or try to blow in the hunting-horn!

Read more at http://www.jaunmokupils.lv/en/museum/forestry_museum

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The forest museum invites the visitors to experience the charm of the forest and to see different expositions that report about the inhabitants of the forests of Latvia, tree species and the history of forestry. But picture exhibitions that are changed every season can be seen in the Tower Hall.

The museum is created in a way to be interesting for every its visitor. Listen and try to differentiate between 42 bird voices in the singing bird-cage. Find out for what purpose was used a glass bulb with a hole at its bottom or try to blow in the hunting-horn!

Read more at http://www.jaunmokupils.lv/en/museum/forestry_museum

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Here you can rent a boat or a water cycle to enjoy the beautiful landscape of Zebrus and the nearby Svēte lake. On the shore one can also view Ezerlūķu and Smiltnieku hillforts, between the two – longish, timbered Elku Hill (Idol Hill), an ancient worship place for Old Latvians.

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Here you can rent a boat or a water cycle to enjoy the beautiful landscape of Zebrus and the nearby Svēte lake. On the shore one can also view Ezerlūķu and Smiltnieku hillforts, between the two – longish, timbered Elku Hill (Idol Hill), an ancient worship place for Old Latvians.

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Lake Kaņieris is a popular place among fishermen and bird watchers. The lake is well known for its fish such as pike, bream, roach, rudd, tench, crucian carp, golden carp and perch, the surroundings are rich with birds and protected plants.

Like with other lakes managed by JSC “Latvijas Valsts Meži” (Latvia's State Forests), on the shores of Kaņieris there is a place for resting and dining. Boat and water cycle rent is available so friends and family travelling with you won’t have a chance to be bored. Best time for watching birds on Lake Kaņieris is spring and Indian summer (until end of September). Spring and beginning of summer is especially suitable for a night tour to enjoy birds singing at nighttime.

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Lake Kaņieris is a popular place among fishermen and bird watchers. The lake is well known for its fish such as pike, bream, roach, rudd, tench, crucian carp, golden carp and perch, the surroundings are rich with birds and protected plants.

Like with other lakes managed by JSC “Latvijas Valsts Meži” (Latvia's State Forests), on the shores of Kaņieris there is a place for resting and dining. Boat and water cycle rent is available so friends and family travelling with you won’t have a chance to be bored. Best time for watching birds on Lake Kaņieris is spring and Indian summer (until end of September). Spring and beginning of summer is especially suitable for a night tour to enjoy birds singing at nighttime.

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A la salida de Logroño por el Camino de Santiago podemos ver este monumento dedicado a los peregrinos que realizan el Camino.

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A la salida de Logroño por el Camino de Santiago podemos ver este monumento dedicado a los peregrinos que realizan el Camino.

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Jeden z wyciagów w Brennej.

One of the ski lifts in Brenna.

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Jeden z wyciagów w Brennej.

One of the ski lifts in Brenna.

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Frosty afternoon (-16°C) in Silesian Beskid Mountains.
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Frosty afternoon (-16°C) in Silesian Beskid Mountains.
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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. A surface monument called Pöhlbergalm belongs to protected area of landscape Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Here you still find rare plants. Looking South you may see some other mountains like Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (from left to right).

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Ein Flächendenkmal, Pöhlbergalm genannt, gehört zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Hier sind noch seltene Pflanzenarten anzutreffen. Schaut man nach Süden, so erkennt man einige andere Berge wie Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (von links nach rechts).

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The Pöhlberg is a table mountain near Annaberg-Buchholz located in Saxony/Germany. A surface monument called Pöhlbergalm belongs to protected area of landscape Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Here you still find rare plants. Looking South you may see some other mountains like Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (from left to right).

Der Pöhlberg ist ein Tafelberg bei Annaberg-Buchholz in Sachsen/Deutschland. Ein Flächendenkmal, Pöhlbergalm genannt, gehört zum Landschaftsschutzgebiet Naturpark Erzgebirge/Vogtland. Hier sind noch seltene Pflanzenarten anzutreffen. Schaut man nach Süden, so erkennt man einige andere Berge wie Bärenstein, Keilberg, Fichtelberg, Scheibenberg (von links nach rechts).

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Magnifique chalet au coeur du massif Vosgien.

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Magnifique chalet au coeur du massif Vosgien.

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Panorama sphérique tu temple des Mille Bouddhas au sud du Morvan près du village de Plaige et Toulon sur Arroux en Saône et Loire FRANCE

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Panorama sphérique tu temple des Mille Bouddhas au sud du Morvan près du village de Plaige et Toulon sur Arroux en Saône et Loire FRANCE

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Salavat Yulaev (1752-1800) is a Bashkir national hero and a poet. He was one of the leaders of the Peasant war of 1773-75 in Russia and a fellow-fighter of Yemelyan Pugachev. In 1774 he was arrested, punished and sent to hard labour in Estonia, where he died in 1880.

Yulaev as a poet and fighter against tsarism became a legendary figure in Bashkiria. His improvisational poetry called for fighting against oppressors and celebrated the beauty of his native land.

The statue depicts Salavat as he takes fateful decision to obey the order to support the governmental troops and come over to Pugachev's side. A great view over Belaya (White) River opens from here.

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Salavat Yulaev (1752-1800) is a Bashkir national hero and a poet. He was one of the leaders of the Peasant war of 1773-75 in Russia and a fellow-fighter of Yemelyan Pugachev. In 1774 he was arrested, punished and sent to hard labour in Estonia, where he died in 1880.

Yulaev as a poet and fighter against tsarism became a legendary figure in Bashkiria. His improvisational poetry called for fighting against oppressors and celebrated the beauty of his native land.

The statue depicts Salavat as he takes fateful decision to obey the order to support the governmental troops and come over to Pugachev's side. A great view over Belaya (White) River opens from here.

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Nizhegorodka is an old village of Ufa that descends a flat hill down to the Belaya (White) river. It is a true reserve of old wooden architecture, many of its houses have beautifully carved details and are painted in bright colours. A prosperous region in the past, now time brought decay to its streets and autumn just added for that sad feeling...

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Nizhegorodka is an old village of Ufa that descends a flat hill down to the Belaya (White) river. It is a true reserve of old wooden architecture, many of its houses have beautifully carved details and are painted in bright colours. A prosperous region in the past, now time brought decay to its streets and autumn just added for that sad feeling...

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Officers club in the fortress of Dinaburg, Daugavpils, Latvia

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Officers club in the fortress of Dinaburg, Daugavpils, Latvia

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I took this picture while flying with my paraglider.

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I took this picture while flying with my paraglider.

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El claustre de Vallbona té forma trapezoïdal, ja sigui per dificultat d'assentament o per aprofitar al màxim les hores de sol. Les voltes són cobertes amb creueria i les naus són de diferents èpoques: la nau sud és d'estil romànic primitiu i no té cap decoració; la de llevant també és romànica, adornada amb petits rosetons i capitells; la nord és d'estil ogival; i la de ponent és neoromànica, amb elements renaixentistes i arcades romàniques aprofitades.

La nau nord que observem en aquesta panoràmica conté diverses escultures amb carotes, escuts dels Anglesola, frondes i ocells. En una de les claus de volta hi ha el cèrvol dels Timor. És d'estil gòtic i data de la mateixa època que les darreres voltes de l'església (segle XIV).

Aquesta nau dóna accés a l'església i a la Sala Capitular. A aquesta darrera dependència s'hi accedeix per una esbelta porta ogival que guarda una certa simetria amb la nau del claustre; les mènsules que figuren a la façana mostren diversos escuts de la casa d'Anglesola.

Veure més fotografies panoràmiques de Vallbona de les Monges: http://www.panorama.cat/pr/vallbona_de_les_monges/home.html

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El claustre de Vallbona té forma trapezoïdal, ja sigui per dificultat d'assentament o per aprofitar al màxim les hores de sol. Les voltes són cobertes amb creueria i les naus són de diferents èpoques: la nau sud és d'estil romànic primitiu i no té cap decoració; la de llevant també és romànica, adornada amb petits rosetons i capitells; la nord és d'estil ogival; i la de ponent és neoromànica, amb elements renaixentistes i arcades romàniques aprofitades.

La nau nord que observem en aquesta panoràmica conté diverses escultures amb carotes, escuts dels Anglesola, frondes i ocells. En una de les claus de volta hi ha el cèrvol dels Timor. És d'estil gòtic i data de la mateixa època que les darreres voltes de l'església (segle XIV).

Aquesta nau dóna accés a l'església i a la Sala Capitular. A aquesta darrera dependència s'hi accedeix per una esbelta porta ogival que guarda una certa simetria amb la nau del claustre; les mènsules que figuren a la façana mostren diversos escuts de la casa d'Anglesola.

Veure més fotografies panoràmiques de Vallbona de les Monges: http://www.panorama.cat/pr/vallbona_de_les_monges/home.html

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宮古島が誇る日本最大のサンゴ群落、八重干瀬のシュノーケリングツアーに参加した際に撮影。
海の中はサンゴの森が広がっていました。

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宮古島が誇る日本最大のサンゴ群落、八重干瀬のシュノーケリングツアーに参加した際に撮影。
海の中はサンゴの森が広がっていました。

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Young actors of clown theatre Licedei ( http://www.licedei.com ) hold Christmas performance for pupils of English educational center of Helen Doron ( http://www.helendoron.ru ) in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.  Russian actors speak in English and children understand language they learn in the center, that is why performance is interesting for young teachers too.

Performance takes place in studio theatre of new building where theatre "Licedei" is located on the 4th and 5th floors since December 2009.

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Young actors of clown theatre Licedei ( http://www.licedei.com ) hold Christmas performance for pupils of English educational center of Helen Doron ( http://www.helendoron.ru ) in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.  Russian actors speak in English and children understand language they learn in the center, that is why performance is interesting for young teachers too.

Performance takes place in studio theatre of new building where theatre "Licedei" is located on the 4th and 5th floors since December 2009.

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Büyükada (meaning "Big Island" in Turkish; Greek: Πρίγκηπος, pr. Prinkipos: also Prinkipo, meaning "Prince" or "Foremost") is the largest of the nine so-called Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul.

It is officially a neighbourhood in the Adalar district of Istanbul, Turkey.

As on the other islands, motorized vehicles – except service vehicles – are forbidden, so visitors explore the island by foot, bicycle, in horse-drawn carriages, or by riding donkeys.

A convent on Büyükada was the place of exile for the Byzantine empresses Irene, Euphrosyne, Theophano, Zoe and Anna Dalassena. After his deportation from the Soviet Union in February 1929, Leon Trotsky also stayed for four years on Büyükada, his first station in exile. Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid was born in the island.
Port of Büyükada

There are several historical buildings on Büyükada, such as the Ayia Yorgi Church and Monastery dating back to the 6th century, the Ayios Dimitrios Church, and the Hamidiye Mosque built by Abdul Hamid II.
The house inhabited by Leon Trotsky (1929-1933) as it appears today

Büyükada consists of two peaks. The one nearest to the iskele (ferry landing), İsa Tepesi (meaning Jesus Hill in Turkish), formerly Hristos (Χριστός, the Greek name for Jesus Christ), is topped by the former Greek Orphanage, a huge wooden building now in decay. In the valley between the two hills sit the church and monastery of Ayios Nikolaos and a former fairground called Luna Park.

Visitors can take the 'small tour' of the island by buggy, leading to this point, from where it is an easy climb to Ayia Yorgi, a tiny church with a cafe on the grounds serving wine, chips and sausage sandwiches, this being part of the "classic" Ayia Yorgi (St. George, in Greek Άγιος Γεώργιος) experience.

Büyükada. (2010, January 22). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:20, January 25, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkada&oldid=339370432

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Büyükada (meaning "Big Island" in Turkish; Greek: Πρίγκηπος, pr. Prinkipos: also Prinkipo, meaning "Prince" or "Foremost") is the largest of the nine so-called Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul.

It is officially a neighbourhood in the Adalar district of Istanbul, Turkey.

As on the other islands, motorized vehicles – except service vehicles – are forbidden, so visitors explore the island by foot, bicycle, in horse-drawn carriages, or by riding donkeys.

A convent on Büyükada was the place of exile for the Byzantine empresses Irene, Euphrosyne, Theophano, Zoe and Anna Dalassena. After his deportation from the Soviet Union in February 1929, Leon Trotsky also stayed for four years on Büyükada, his first station in exile. Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid was born in the island.
Port of Büyükada

There are several historical buildings on Büyükada, such as the Ayia Yorgi Church and Monastery dating back to the 6th century, the Ayios Dimitrios Church, and the Hamidiye Mosque built by Abdul Hamid II.
The house inhabited by Leon Trotsky (1929-1933) as it appears today

Büyükada consists of two peaks. The one nearest to the iskele (ferry landing), İsa Tepesi (meaning Jesus Hill in Turkish), formerly Hristos (Χριστός, the Greek name for Jesus Christ), is topped by the former Greek Orphanage, a huge wooden building now in decay. In the valley between the two hills sit the church and monastery of Ayios Nikolaos and a former fairground called Luna Park.

Visitors can take the 'small tour' of the island by buggy, leading to this point, from where it is an easy climb to Ayia Yorgi, a tiny church with a cafe on the grounds serving wine, chips and sausage sandwiches, this being part of the "classic" Ayia Yorgi (St. George, in Greek Άγιος Γεώργιος) experience.

Büyükada. (2010, January 22). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:20, January 25, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkada&oldid=339370432

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La barraca es un edificio típico de la Comunidad Valenciana y la Región de Murcia que servía de vivienda a los labradores, por lo que se sitúa en las zonas de huertas de regadío. Existen ejemplos de barracas en la zona costera central de la Comunidad Valenciana (aproximadamente coincide con la actual zona costera de la provincia de Valencia) si bien es mucho más frecuente en las comarcas que rodean a la albufera de Valencia (Huerta de Valencia, la Ribera Alta y la Ribera Baja), aunque con la paulatina pérdida de importancia del sector agrícola en la economía valenciana su uso ha disminuido bastante. Otra zona donde la barraca es un hábitat tradicional y del que quedan algunos ejemplos es la comarca alicantina de la Vega Baja del Segura. También existen barracas en la comarca tarraconense del Montsiá, siendo la barraca el hábitat tradicional en el Delta del Ebro.

La Barraca is a typical building of Valencia and Murcia that served as housing for the farm labourers so that is situated in areas of irrigated orchards. There are some Barracas examples at the central coastal region of Valencia (approximately coincides with the present coastal area of the province of Valencia) while much more common in the counties surrounding the Albufera de Valencia (Valencia Huerta, Ribera Alta and Baja), but with the gradual loss of importance of the agricultural sector in the Valencian economy has greatly diminished its use.

via: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barraca_%28vivienda%29

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La barraca es un edificio típico de la Comunidad Valenciana y la Región de Murcia que servía de vivienda a los labradores, por lo que se sitúa en las zonas de huertas de regadío. Existen ejemplos de barracas en la zona costera central de la Comunidad Valenciana (aproximadamente coincide con la actual zona costera de la provincia de Valencia) si bien es mucho más frecuente en las comarcas que rodean a la albufera de Valencia (Huerta de Valencia, la Ribera Alta y la Ribera Baja), aunque con la paulatina pérdida de importancia del sector agrícola en la economía valenciana su uso ha disminuido bastante. Otra zona donde la barraca es un hábitat tradicional y del que quedan algunos ejemplos es la comarca alicantina de la Vega Baja del Segura. También existen barracas en la comarca tarraconense del Montsiá, siendo la barraca el hábitat tradicional en el Delta del Ebro.

La Barraca is a typical building of Valencia and Murcia that served as housing for the farm labourers so that is situated in areas of irrigated orchards. There are some Barracas examples at the central coastal region of Valencia (approximately coincides with the present coastal area of the province of Valencia) while much more common in the counties surrounding the Albufera de Valencia (Valencia Huerta, Ribera Alta and Baja), but with the gradual loss of importance of the agricultural sector in the Valencian economy has greatly diminished its use.

via: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barraca_%28vivienda%29

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El paseo toledano de Merchán es uno de los mejores entre los que hermosean las ciudades españolas. Es espacioso y tiene jardinillos laterales y ronda para coches. Las frondas de su parte central son opulentas. Es bella la glorieta de la Casa Rústica, con su pequeño estanque. La rosaleda ha venido a poner otra nota atrayente. Avaloran aún más el paseo su fondo monumental del Hospital de Afuera y la perspectiva del perfil de la vieja urbe, con ilustraciones monásticas y otros típicos detalles.

Todo ese espacio era en otros siglos terrenos de desmontes, por cuyas sinuosidades se trepaba por caminos o senderos para alcanzar la Puerta de Bisagra. El paseo exterior preferido de los toledanos era la ribereña Huerta del Rey. Se dice que Merchán es degeneración de Mariscal. No sería extraño, cuando el callejón de Monegro, -de Juan Bautista Monegro, el arquitecto de la catedral- vino a parar en callejón del Monago. Fuese Mariscal u otro alcalde -Merchán es apellido de raigambre toledana-, lo cierto es que Toledo quedó dotado de un buen paseo a extramuros, más a mano que la Huerta del Rey, junto al principal acceso al casco urbano.

También es generalmente conocido por paseo de la Vega, de la Vega Alta, y esto denota que los terrenos que se le habilitaron eran como una prolongación prominente, o más bien una zona intermedia entre las dos vegas toledanas, la que llamamos Vega Baja y la de las márgenes del Río Llano. Muchos se extrañan de que se denomine Vega a este promontorio allanado y urbanizado de Merchán. Más elevados son los cerros de «La Sísla», y se les dice el Valle. Cosas de Toledo, a las que no faltarán razones más o menos explicadas por los eruditos.  (Luis Moreno Nieto, Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia, ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

El aspecto actual es el que presenta tras la remodelación  de 1989 del arquitecto Julio Cano Lasso.

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El paseo toledano de Merchán es uno de los mejores entre los que hermosean las ciudades españolas. Es espacioso y tiene jardinillos laterales y ronda para coches. Las frondas de su parte central son opulentas. Es bella la glorieta de la Casa Rústica, con su pequeño estanque. La rosaleda ha venido a poner otra nota atrayente. Avaloran aún más el paseo su fondo monumental del Hospital de Afuera y la perspectiva del perfil de la vieja urbe, con ilustraciones monásticas y otros típicos detalles.

Todo ese espacio era en otros siglos terrenos de desmontes, por cuyas sinuosidades se trepaba por caminos o senderos para alcanzar la Puerta de Bisagra. El paseo exterior preferido de los toledanos era la ribereña Huerta del Rey. Se dice que Merchán es degeneración de Mariscal. No sería extraño, cuando el callejón de Monegro, -de Juan Bautista Monegro, el arquitecto de la catedral- vino a parar en callejón del Monago. Fuese Mariscal u otro alcalde -Merchán es apellido de raigambre toledana-, lo cierto es que Toledo quedó dotado de un buen paseo a extramuros, más a mano que la Huerta del Rey, junto al principal acceso al casco urbano.

También es generalmente conocido por paseo de la Vega, de la Vega Alta, y esto denota que los terrenos que se le habilitaron eran como una prolongación prominente, o más bien una zona intermedia entre las dos vegas toledanas, la que llamamos Vega Baja y la de las márgenes del Río Llano. Muchos se extrañan de que se denomine Vega a este promontorio allanado y urbanizado de Merchán. Más elevados son los cerros de «La Sísla», y se les dice el Valle. Cosas de Toledo, a las que no faltarán razones más o menos explicadas por los eruditos.  (Luis Moreno Nieto, Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia, ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

El aspecto actual es el que presenta tras la remodelación  de 1989 del arquitecto Julio Cano Lasso.

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Plaza que fue ocupada hasta 1864 por la desaparecida Capilla de la Beata Mariana, demolida en ese año y que desde entonces permite observar la fachada norte del magnífico Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes  que, sin duda, constituye la mejor Iglesia de Toledo y cuya construcción fue encomendada por los Reyes Católicos al maestro Juan Guas. Con ello quisieron perpetuar la memoria de la batalla de Toro, que en 1476 puso fin a la guerra sostenida entre los partidarios de Isabel la Católica y la infanta Doña Juana.

La portada, de 1610,  se debe a Alonso de Covarrubias muy posterior al resto del edificio.

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Plaza que fue ocupada hasta 1864 por la desaparecida Capilla de la Beata Mariana, demolida en ese año y que desde entonces permite observar la fachada norte del magnífico Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes  que, sin duda, constituye la mejor Iglesia de Toledo y cuya construcción fue encomendada por los Reyes Católicos al maestro Juan Guas. Con ello quisieron perpetuar la memoria de la batalla de Toro, que en 1476 puso fin a la guerra sostenida entre los partidarios de Isabel la Católica y la infanta Doña Juana.

La portada, de 1610,  se debe a Alonso de Covarrubias muy posterior al resto del edificio.

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宮古島の西平安名崎近くの西の浜ビーチにて。
この日の夕焼けの一枚写真は下のブログに掲載してます。

The photograph of this sunset is published in my blog
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/bokutouzawa/folder/412802.html?m=lc&p=2

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宮古島の西平安名崎近くの西の浜ビーチにて。
この日の夕焼けの一枚写真は下のブログに掲載してます。

The photograph of this sunset is published in my blog
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/bokutouzawa/folder/412802.html?m=lc&p=2

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Antigua Iglesia de la Trinidad perteneciente al desaparecido monasterio de trinitarios calzados. Su diseño se atribuye el hijo del Greco, Jorge Manuel Thetocopuli, maestro mayor de obras de la Catedral.

Después de ésta, compite en amplitud y grandeza con la Iglesia de San Ildefonso situada en las proximidades. Fue construía por Francisco de Espinosa, maestro albañil entre 1628 y 1637, a su muerte le sucedió, el también alarife, Diego Felipe. En 1842 fue entregada a la parroquia mozárabe de San Marcos.

Al suprimirse el convento, sus instalaciones fueron destinadas a cuartel del arma de Infantería y tras numerosas reformas y vicisitudes la iglesia siguió abierta al culto hasta bien entrado el siglo XX . Ya en la contienda de la Guerra Civil, fue utilizada como depósito de enseres de las casas bombardeadas, como plasmó el fotógrafo Rodríguez en unas de sus placas.

Posteriormente fue utilizada por el cercano Colegio de Hermanos Maristas para distintos actos y ceremonias.

Y ya en 1985, el Ayuntamiento decide acondicionarlo como Centro Cultural para lo que celebra un concurso de ideas cuyo ganador fue el arquitecto Ignacio Mendaro Corsini quien unos años después realiza una profunda y espléndida restauración del conjunto aprovechando también el lateral de la plaza para la sede del Archivo Municipal de Toledo.

En la actualidad el Centro Cultural y sus actividades son gestionados por la Obra Social de Caja Castilla La Mancha (CCM) a quien agradecemos su gentileza y ayuda en la realización de esta panorámica.

(Datos históricos: “Archivo Municipal de Toledo y Centro Cultural Templo de San Marcos”.  Mariano García Ruipérez)

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Antigua Iglesia de la Trinidad perteneciente al desaparecido monasterio de trinitarios calzados. Su diseño se atribuye el hijo del Greco, Jorge Manuel Thetocopuli, maestro mayor de obras de la Catedral.

Después de ésta, compite en amplitud y grandeza con la Iglesia de San Ildefonso situada en las proximidades. Fue construía por Francisco de Espinosa, maestro albañil entre 1628 y 1637, a su muerte le sucedió, el también alarife, Diego Felipe. En 1842 fue entregada a la parroquia mozárabe de San Marcos.

Al suprimirse el convento, sus instalaciones fueron destinadas a cuartel del arma de Infantería y tras numerosas reformas y vicisitudes la iglesia siguió abierta al culto hasta bien entrado el siglo XX . Ya en la contienda de la Guerra Civil, fue utilizada como depósito de enseres de las casas bombardeadas, como plasmó el fotógrafo Rodríguez en unas de sus placas.

Posteriormente fue utilizada por el cercano Colegio de Hermanos Maristas para distintos actos y ceremonias.

Y ya en 1985, el Ayuntamiento decide acondicionarlo como Centro Cultural para lo que celebra un concurso de ideas cuyo ganador fue el arquitecto Ignacio Mendaro Corsini quien unos años después realiza una profunda y espléndida restauración del conjunto aprovechando también el lateral de la plaza para la sede del Archivo Municipal de Toledo.

En la actualidad el Centro Cultural y sus actividades son gestionados por la Obra Social de Caja Castilla La Mancha (CCM) a quien agradecemos su gentileza y ayuda en la realización de esta panorámica.

(Datos históricos: “Archivo Municipal de Toledo y Centro Cultural Templo de San Marcos”.  Mariano García Ruipérez)

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Tyresta - a national park on the edge of the city

Only 20 kilometres from the centre of Stockholm lies one of the most unspoilt areas of natural beauty in central Sweden - Tyresta National Park and Nature Reserve. The area is characterised by a rift valley landscape which is typical for central Sweden but unique in an international perspective.

The park extends over almost 5,000 hectares. It has been protected to preserve its exceptional natural values and to safeguard its importance for recreation. You can find primeval forest here with pine trees that are 400 years old, clear forest lakes and a large number of unusual plants and animals. You can also see broad-leaved deciduous woodland, open arable land and historical buildings of cultural interest.

A typical feature of primeval woodland is the great number of plant and animal species. Up to 8,000 species of animals can be found here which is four times as many as in exploited forests! Many species are also completely dependent on primeval woodland for their habitats, indeed for their very survival!

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Tyresta - a national park on the edge of the city

Only 20 kilometres from the centre of Stockholm lies one of the most unspoilt areas of natural beauty in central Sweden - Tyresta National Park and Nature Reserve. The area is characterised by a rift valley landscape which is typical for central Sweden but unique in an international perspective.

The park extends over almost 5,000 hectares. It has been protected to preserve its exceptional natural values and to safeguard its importance for recreation. You can find primeval forest here with pine trees that are 400 years old, clear forest lakes and a large number of unusual plants and animals. You can also see broad-leaved deciduous woodland, open arable land and historical buildings of cultural interest.

A typical feature of primeval woodland is the great number of plant and animal species. Up to 8,000 species of animals can be found here which is four times as many as in exploited forests! Many species are also completely dependent on primeval woodland for their habitats, indeed for their very survival!

Find more at - http://www.tyresta.se

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Stensund Folkhögskola is beautifully situated in a Swedish Manor House on its own private beach overlooking the Baltic archipelago. The school lies four miles from Trosa, a small fishing village on the eastern coast of Sweden, 60 miles south of Stockholm.  Stensund provides a comfortable base for relaxing and learning and offers an array of outdoor activities. The spectacular setting provides opportunities for walking in the large forests, swimming in the Baltic Sea, exploring the coast by bicycle or paddling a canoe.  There is also a gym, and several saunas, including one right on the beach.

Read more about Folk High Schools at - http://www.scandinavianseminar.org/?id=95

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Stensund Folkhögskola is beautifully situated in a Swedish Manor House on its own private beach overlooking the Baltic archipelago. The school lies four miles from Trosa, a small fishing village on the eastern coast of Sweden, 60 miles south of Stockholm.  Stensund provides a comfortable base for relaxing and learning and offers an array of outdoor activities. The spectacular setting provides opportunities for walking in the large forests, swimming in the Baltic Sea, exploring the coast by bicycle or paddling a canoe.  There is also a gym, and several saunas, including one right on the beach.

Read more about Folk High Schools at - http://www.scandinavianseminar.org/?id=95

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These small houses are painted in classical "Swedish color" - dark red with white.

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These small houses are painted in classical "Swedish color" - dark red with white.

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aprovechando las nubes y que fui a pintar la tumba de mis abuelos.

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aprovechando las nubes y que fui a pintar la tumba de mis abuelos.

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu. (2009, December 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:36, January 22, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu. (2009, December 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:36, January 22, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947

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The Louvre has dominated central Paris since the late 12th century. Built on the city's western edge, the original structure was gradually engulfed as the city grew. The dark fortress of the early days was transformed into the modernized dwelling of François I and, later, the sumptuous palace of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Here we explore the history of this extraordinary edifice and of the museum that has occupied it since 1793.

The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Tuesday and the following holidays: January 1st, May 1st, November 11 and December 25, 2008. Admission to the Louvre is free on the first Sunday of every month.

Métro : Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre station.

For more information visit http://www.louvre.fr

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The Louvre has dominated central Paris since the late 12th century. Built on the city's western edge, the original structure was gradually engulfed as the city grew. The dark fortress of the early days was transformed into the modernized dwelling of François I and, later, the sumptuous palace of the Sun King, Louis XIV. Here we explore the history of this extraordinary edifice and of the museum that has occupied it since 1793.

The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day except Tuesday and the following holidays: January 1st, May 1st, November 11 and December 25, 2008. Admission to the Louvre is free on the first Sunday of every month.

Métro : Palais-Royal-Musée du Louvre station.

For more information visit http://www.louvre.fr

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The entrance on Place Colette was redesigned by Jean-Michel Othoniel, as the "Kiosque des noctambules" (Kiosk of the night-walkers), and completed in October 2000 for the centenary of the Metro. Two cupolas of the "Kiosque des noctambules" (one representing the day, the other the night), made of glass beads coloured and threaded on a structure of aluminium, make an unexpected and original work in the very traditional environment of the Place Colette.

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The entrance on Place Colette was redesigned by Jean-Michel Othoniel, as the "Kiosque des noctambules" (Kiosk of the night-walkers), and completed in October 2000 for the centenary of the Metro. Two cupolas of the "Kiosque des noctambules" (one representing the day, the other the night), made of glass beads coloured and threaded on a structure of aluminium, make an unexpected and original work in the very traditional environment of the Place Colette.

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Built in 1876 by the architect Blondel and inaugurated in 1878, from style Second Empire.
In addition to the magnificent views of the city from the hotel – most importantly the iconic Eiffel Tower and Tuileries Gardens – you are just moments from the Louvre Museum, the Place Vendôme, Place de la Concorde and fashion boutiques of Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré.

Numerous personalities have stayed in the Hotel: L’imperatrice Eugenie, Victor Hugo, Colin Powel, Celine Dion, Mika…

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Built in 1876 by the architect Blondel and inaugurated in 1878, from style Second Empire.
In addition to the magnificent views of the city from the hotel – most importantly the iconic Eiffel Tower and Tuileries Gardens – you are just moments from the Louvre Museum, the Place Vendôme, Place de la Concorde and fashion boutiques of Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré.

Numerous personalities have stayed in the Hotel: L’imperatrice Eugenie, Victor Hugo, Colin Powel, Celine Dion, Mika…

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The pont de Bir-Hakeim (formerly the pont de Passy) connects the city's 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the île des Cygnes.

The bridge, made of steel, is the second to have stood at the site. It was constructed between 1903 and 1905, replacing an earlier bridge that had been erected in 1878. An arch bridge, it is 237 meters (777 ft) long and 24.7 meters (81 ft) wide.

The bridge has two levels: one for motor vehicles and pedestrians, and a viaduct above, through which passes Line 6 of the Paris Métro. The railway viaduct is supported by metal colonnades, except where it passes over the île des Cygnes, where it rests on a masonry arch. Many commemorative plates decorate the viaduct bridge, including several dedicated to soldiers fallen in Belgium during the Second World War.

In addition, the central arch of the viaduct, at the level of the island, is decorated with four monumental stone statues in high-relief: figures of Science and Labor by Jules-Felix Coutan, and Electricity and Commerce by Jean Antoine Injalbert.

Originally named the pont de Passy (after the former commune of Passy, which it reaches), it was renamed in 1948 to commemorate the Battle of Bir Hakeim, fought by Free French forces against the Nazi Afrika Korps in 1942.

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The pont de Bir-Hakeim (formerly the pont de Passy) connects the city's 15th and 16th arrondissements, and passes through the île des Cygnes.

The bridge, made of steel, is the second to have stood at the site. It was constructed between 1903 and 1905, replacing an earlier bridge that had been erected in 1878. An arch bridge, it is 237 meters (777 ft) long and 24.7 meters (81 ft) wide.

The bridge has two levels: one for motor vehicles and pedestrians, and a viaduct above, through which passes Line 6 of the Paris Métro. The railway viaduct is supported by metal colonnades, except where it passes over the île des Cygnes, where it rests on a masonry arch. Many commemorative plates decorate the viaduct bridge, including several dedicated to soldiers fallen in Belgium during the Second World War.

In addition, the central arch of the viaduct, at the level of the island, is decorated with four monumental stone statues in high-relief: figures of Science and Labor by Jules-Felix Coutan, and Electricity and Commerce by Jean Antoine Injalbert.

Originally named the pont de Passy (after the former commune of Passy, which it reaches), it was renamed in 1948 to commemorate the Battle of Bir Hakeim, fought by Free French forces against the Nazi Afrika Korps in 1942.

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The church is dedicated to Séverin, who is said to have been a hermit who lived there and prayed in a small rudimentary oratory. After Séverin's death, a basilica was constructed on the spot. This was destroyed by the Vikings, and the current church building was started in the 11th century, though its major features are late Gothic and date from the 15th century. Its external features include some fine gargoyles. Its bells include the oldest one remaining in Paris, cast in 1412; their ringing is recalled in a well known poem in praise of Paris by Alan Seeger.

website of the Church:
http://www.saint-severin.com

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The church is dedicated to Séverin, who is said to have been a hermit who lived there and prayed in a small rudimentary oratory. After Séverin's death, a basilica was constructed on the spot. This was destroyed by the Vikings, and the current church building was started in the 11th century, though its major features are late Gothic and date from the 15th century. Its external features include some fine gargoyles. Its bells include the oldest one remaining in Paris, cast in 1412; their ringing is recalled in a well known poem in praise of Paris by Alan Seeger.

website of the Church:
http://www.saint-severin.com

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concessionnaire KTM en Basse-Normandie

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concessionnaire KTM en Basse-Normandie

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Una librería especializada en arte, cultura, fotografía, arquitectura y mucho más. Situada en el MuVIm ( Museu Valencià de la Il·lustració i Modernitat) donde se puede encontrar verdaderas joyas.

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Una librería especializada en arte, cultura, fotografía, arquitectura y mucho más. Situada en el MuVIm ( Museu Valencià de la Il·lustració i Modernitat) donde se puede encontrar verdaderas joyas.

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The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France.

It was originally planted by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, in 1626 as a medicinal herb garden. It was originally known as the Jardin du Roi. In 1640 it opened to the public.

The Alpine garden has over 3000 species of plants from all over the world.

Located near the metro stations: Quai de la Rapée, Jussieu, Censier - Daubenton or Gare d'Austerlitz.

Hours: 7.30am to 5.30pm in winter, and until 8pm in summer.

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The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France.

It was originally planted by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, in 1626 as a medicinal herb garden. It was originally known as the Jardin du Roi. In 1640 it opened to the public.

The Alpine garden has over 3000 species of plants from all over the world.

Located near the metro stations: Quai de la Rapée, Jussieu, Censier - Daubenton or Gare d'Austerlitz.

Hours: 7.30am to 5.30pm in winter, and until 8pm in summer.

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Visitors of the Botanical garden can admire some very old tree species: the Robinia false acacia, planted in 1636; the Ginkgo Biloba, about 150 years old, (this tree already existed in its present form over 125 million years ago at the time of the dinosaurs) and the Sophora du Japon sent as a seed to Bernard de Jussieu and labeled as an "unknown Chinese tree" by a Jesuit naturalist living in China. It was planted in 1747 and flowered for the first time thirty years later.

Autumn brings magic colours to the garden, such as this burning red and orange of the Japanese Cherry (also known as Oriental or East Asian), which is native to Japan, Korea and China.

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Visitors of the Botanical garden can admire some very old tree species: the Robinia false acacia, planted in 1636; the Ginkgo Biloba, about 150 years old, (this tree already existed in its present form over 125 million years ago at the time of the dinosaurs) and the Sophora du Japon sent as a seed to Bernard de Jussieu and labeled as an "unknown Chinese tree" by a Jesuit naturalist living in China. It was planted in 1747 and flowered for the first time thirty years later.

Autumn brings magic colours to the garden, such as this burning red and orange of the Japanese Cherry (also known as Oriental or East Asian), which is native to Japan, Korea and China.

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu. (2009, December 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:36, January 22, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu. (2009, December 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:36, January 22, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu. (2009, December 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 22, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu. (2009, December 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 22, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu. (2009, December 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 22, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

Safranbolu. (2009, December 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:12, January 22, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947

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February 2007
Shot for the exhibition "15ème biennale internationale de l'image", Nancy (France).

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February 2007
Shot for the exhibition "15ème biennale internationale de l'image", Nancy (France).

Sorry for the "cut", this panoramic was created to be print, and not to be seen as a 360° on a screen.

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The sculpture was made by Ludmila Tcherina (who’s best known as a ballerina and actress).

It was originally made for opening of French terminal of the Eurotunnel in Calais in 1994. It symbolises the spirit of creation and construction of Europe. In 1995 the prototype of the sculpture was placed on the upper level at the Gare du Nord in Paris.

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The sculpture was made by Ludmila Tcherina (who’s best known as a ballerina and actress).

It was originally made for opening of French terminal of the Eurotunnel in Calais in 1994. It symbolises the spirit of creation and construction of Europe. In 1995 the prototype of the sculpture was placed on the upper level at the Gare du Nord in Paris.

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An octagonal Water Tower of 57 m. Built in Art Nouveau style in 1911, today functioning as a lookout tower and an exhibition hall
see more: http://album.reality.hu/2009/07/09/margitszigeti-viztorony/

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An octagonal Water Tower of 57 m. Built in Art Nouveau style in 1911, today functioning as a lookout tower and an exhibition hall
see more: http://album.reality.hu/2009/07/09/margitszigeti-viztorony/

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Hala produkcyjna rakiet V1 i V2.

Production hall V1 and V2 rockets.

More -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peenemunde

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Hala produkcyjna rakiet V1 i V2.

Production hall V1 and V2 rockets.

More -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peenemunde

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Castle of Visegrad,
Visegrád is a small castle town in Pest County, Hungary.

Situated north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend,  Visegrád is famous for the remains of the Early Renaissance summer palace of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and the medieval citadel.

source: WikiPedia

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Castle of Visegrad,
Visegrád is a small castle town in Pest County, Hungary.

Situated north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend,  Visegrád is famous for the remains of the Early Renaissance summer palace of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and the medieval citadel.

source: WikiPedia

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The yellow tower of neo-Palladian Customs House ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin_House ), built after Giovanni Luchini's designs in 1829-32, is visible from this corner.

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The yellow tower of neo-Palladian Customs House ( http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkin_House ), built after Giovanni Luchini's designs in 1829-32, is visible from this corner.

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Amasra (pop. 7000; anciently called Amastris; Ἄμαστρις, gen.: Ἀμάστριδος in Greek) is a small Black Sea port town in the Bartın Province, Turkey. The town is today much appreciated for its beaches and natural setting, which has made tourism the most important activity for its inhabitants.
Amasra has two islands: the bigger one is called Büyük ada (Great Island) while the smaller one is called Tavsan adası (Rabbit Island).

History
Situated in the ancient region of Paphlagonia, the original city seems to have been called Sesamus, and it is mentioned by Homer in conjunction with Cytorus. Stephanus says that it was originally called Cromna; but in another place, where he repeats the statement, he adds, as it is said; but some say that Cromna is a small place in the territory of Amastris, which is the true account. The place derived its name Amastris from Amastris, the niece of the last Persian king Darius III, who was the wife of Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea, and after his death the wife of Lysimachus. Four small Ionian colonies, Sesamus, Cytorus, Cromna, also mentioned in the Iliad, and Tium, were combined by Amastris, after her separation from Lysimachus, to form the new community of Amastris, placed on a small river of the same name and occupying a peninsula. Tium, says Strabo, soon detached itself from the community, but the rest kept together, and Sesamus was the acropolis of Amastris. From this it appears that Amastris was really a confederation or union of three places, and that Sesamus was the name of the city on the peninsula. This may explain the fact that Mela mentions Sesamus and Cromna as cities of Paphlagonia, and does not mention Amastris.
The territory of Amastris produced a great quantity of boxwood, which grew on Mount Cytorus. Its tyrant Eumenes presented the city of Amastris to Ariobarzanes of Pontus in c. 265–260 BC rather than submit it to domination by Heraclea, and it remained in the Pontic kingdom until its capture by Lucius Lucullus in 70 BC in the second Mithridatic War. The younger Pliny, when he was governor of Bithynia and Pontus, describes Amastris, in a letter to Trajan,[10] as a handsome city, with a very long open place (platea), on one side of which extended what was called a river, but in fact was a filthy, pestilent, open drain. Pliny obtained the emperor's permission to cover over this sewer. On a coin of the time of Trajan, Amastris has the title Metropolis. It continued to be a town of some note to the seventh century of our era.
The city was not abandoned in Byzantine Era, when the acropolis was transformed into a fortress and the still surviving church was built. It was sacked by the Rus during the First Russo-Byzantine War in the 830s. But it was in 1261 that Amastris regained part of its former importance; in that year the town was taken by the Italian city-state of Genoa in its bid to obtain sole control of the Black Sea trade. Genoese domination ended in 1460 when the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquered the whole Anatolian shores of the Black Sea, forcing its inhabitants to move to Istanbul. The Greeks were replaced with Turkish villagers and the church became a mosque, the town losing most of its former importance.

Features
With its rich architectural heritage, Amasra is a member of the Norwich-based European Association of Historic Towns and Regions

Amasra. (2010, January 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:01, January 20, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amasra&oldid=335752544

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Amasra (pop. 7000; anciently called Amastris; Ἄμαστρις, gen.: Ἀμάστριδος in Greek) is a small Black Sea port town in the Bartın Province, Turkey. The town is today much appreciated for its beaches and natural setting, which has made tourism the most important activity for its inhabitants.
Amasra has two islands: the bigger one is called Büyük ada (Great Island) while the smaller one is called Tavsan adası (Rabbit Island).

History
Situated in the ancient region of Paphlagonia, the original city seems to have been called Sesamus, and it is mentioned by Homer in conjunction with Cytorus. Stephanus says that it was originally called Cromna; but in another place, where he repeats the statement, he adds, as it is said; but some say that Cromna is a small place in the territory of Amastris, which is the true account. The place derived its name Amastris from Amastris, the niece of the last Persian king Darius III, who was the wife of Dionysius, tyrant of Heraclea, and after his death the wife of Lysimachus. Four small Ionian colonies, Sesamus, Cytorus, Cromna, also mentioned in the Iliad, and Tium, were combined by Amastris, after her separation from Lysimachus, to form the new community of Amastris, placed on a small river of the same name and occupying a peninsula. Tium, says Strabo, soon detached itself from the community, but the rest kept together, and Sesamus was the acropolis of Amastris. From this it appears that Amastris was really a confederation or union of three places, and that Sesamus was the name of the city on the peninsula. This may explain the fact that Mela mentions Sesamus and Cromna as cities of Paphlagonia, and does not mention Amastris.
The territory of Amastris produced a great quantity of boxwood, which grew on Mount Cytorus. Its tyrant Eumenes presented the city of Amastris to Ariobarzanes of Pontus in c. 265–260 BC rather than submit it to domination by Heraclea, and it remained in the Pontic kingdom until its capture by Lucius Lucullus in 70 BC in the second Mithridatic War. The younger Pliny, when he was governor of Bithynia and Pontus, describes Amastris, in a letter to Trajan,[10] as a handsome city, with a very long open place (platea), on one side of which extended what was called a river, but in fact was a filthy, pestilent, open drain. Pliny obtained the emperor's permission to cover over this sewer. On a coin of the time of Trajan, Amastris has the title Metropolis. It continued to be a town of some note to the seventh century of our era.
The city was not abandoned in Byzantine Era, when the acropolis was transformed into a fortress and the still surviving church was built. It was sacked by the Rus during the First Russo-Byzantine War in the 830s. But it was in 1261 that Amastris regained part of its former importance; in that year the town was taken by the Italian city-state of Genoa in its bid to obtain sole control of the Black Sea trade. Genoese domination ended in 1460 when the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquered the whole Anatolian shores of the Black Sea, forcing its inhabitants to move to Istanbul. The Greeks were replaced with Turkish villagers and the church became a mosque, the town losing most of its former importance.

Features
With its rich architectural heritage, Amasra is a member of the Norwich-based European Association of Historic Towns and Regions

Amasra. (2010, January 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:01, January 20, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amasra&oldid=335752544

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Ruhnu is situated in the Eastern part of the Baltic Sea, in the middle of the Gulf of Riga, some 40 km away from the nearest mainland. It is country’s only true non-coastal island.

Ruhnu is not big, its area is 11,9 km, yet it is home to a beautiful variety of landscapes – long white sand beaches, wide grey dunes, shore ridges, pine forests, coastal and marshy meadows… Here you can find many protected rare species of plants and animals.

The first people to step on the island were probably seasonal seal hunters, they came here some 7200 years ago from Scandinavia.
For centuries the island was controlled and populated by Swedes. Before the World War II there were about 300 inhabitants living on the island, but almost all of them have fled to Sweden in 1943-44, before Estonia has joined to the Soviet Union.

Today here live 64 permanent residents, and for years this number remains amazingly stable. For example when one islander moved away from Ruhnu, another islander’s family had their baby arrived just around the same time :)

Here at Ruhnu you can find an example of a stable micro community – islanders have weather forecast and diesel power stations, airport and harbour, post office and museum, school, library, two churches and shops, forest administration and parish government, workshop, one of the deepest drilled wells in the country (at 787.4 m depth it delivers water that has healing properties and a very salty taste) and even a community blog…  

You can get to Ruhnu by ferry (http://www.laevakompanii.ee) or plane (http://www.avies.com). Or riding an ice floe, like did a brown bear from Latvia in spring 2006. He has caused a sensation in regional media (for long time there were no large carnivores on the island) and attracted a major tourist flow to the island that outnumbered permanent residents. He has also accidentally favoured the increase of sweets stock on the island, because one year later Latvian chocolate factory “Laima” gave a chocolate figure of a bear weighing 40 kg as a present to the islanders, so it took several months to first have it on display and then eat it up :)  

Read more about Ruhnu at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhnu or visit their website at http://http://www.ruhnu.ee/eng or Facebook page at http://http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52060497113.

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Ruhnu is situated in the Eastern part of the Baltic Sea, in the middle of the Gulf of Riga, some 40 km away from the nearest mainland. It is country’s only true non-coastal island.

Ruhnu is not big, its area is 11,9 km, yet it is home to a beautiful variety of landscapes – long white sand beaches, wide grey dunes, shore ridges, pine forests, coastal and marshy meadows… Here you can find many protected rare species of plants and animals.

The first people to step on the island were probably seasonal seal hunters, they came here some 7200 years ago from Scandinavia.
For centuries the island was controlled and populated by Swedes. Before the World War II there were about 300 inhabitants living on the island, but almost all of them have fled to Sweden in 1943-44, before Estonia has joined to the Soviet Union.

Today here live 64 permanent residents, and for years this number remains amazingly stable. For example when one islander moved away from Ruhnu, another islander’s family had their baby arrived just around the same time :)

Here at Ruhnu you can find an example of a stable micro community – islanders have weather forecast and diesel power stations, airport and harbour, post office and museum, school, library, two churches and shops, forest administration and parish government, workshop, one of the deepest drilled wells in the country (at 787.4 m depth it delivers water that has healing properties and a very salty taste) and even a community blog…  

You can get to Ruhnu by ferry (http://www.laevakompanii.ee) or plane (http://www.avies.com). Or riding an ice floe, like did a brown bear from Latvia in spring 2006. He has caused a sensation in regional media (for long time there were no large carnivores on the island) and attracted a major tourist flow to the island that outnumbered permanent residents. He has also accidentally favoured the increase of sweets stock on the island, because one year later Latvian chocolate factory “Laima” gave a chocolate figure of a bear weighing 40 kg as a present to the islanders, so it took several months to first have it on display and then eat it up :)  

Read more about Ruhnu at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhnu or visit their website at http://http://www.ruhnu.ee/eng or Facebook page at http://http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52060497113.

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Ruhnu’s own resort, Limo beach with its “singing sands” is the most popular and accessible beaches on the island.

Here you can also enjoy the healing heat of a wooden sauna, which stands just 30 metres away from the sea or even stay there overnight to enjoy sunrise over the sea next morning (visit their website at http://http://www.ruhnu.ee/limosaun/eng/index.html).

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Ruhnu’s own resort, Limo beach with its “singing sands” is the most popular and accessible beaches on the island.

Here you can also enjoy the healing heat of a wooden sauna, which stands just 30 metres away from the sea or even stay there overnight to enjoy sunrise over the sea next morning (visit their website at http://http://www.ruhnu.ee/limosaun/eng/index.html).

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At the centre of the island, next to each other stand two churches. The first, St. Madeline's Church, is the oldest wooden church in the Baltics and oldest wooden building still standing in Estonia; it dates back to 1644, its baroque tower was finished in 1755.
After Swedes (the first owners of the island) had left the island, the church wasn’t in use for some 50 years, and it was newly consecrated in 1999.

Ruhnu’s New Church was built in 1912. Its walls are made from rocks that were cut to shape right on the spot. Nikolaus Bell on the church’s balcony is one of the oldest church bells in Estonia. This is where services are held today.

Little cemetery with old moss-grown gravestones lies next to the churchyard.

Find more information about the churches at http://http://www.visitestonia.com/en/st-madeline-s-church-in-ruhnu

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At the centre of the island, next to each other stand two churches. The first, St. Madeline's Church, is the oldest wooden church in the Baltics and oldest wooden building still standing in Estonia; it dates back to 1644, its baroque tower was finished in 1755.
After Swedes (the first owners of the island) had left the island, the church wasn’t in use for some 50 years, and it was newly consecrated in 1999.

Ruhnu’s New Church was built in 1912. Its walls are made from rocks that were cut to shape right on the spot. Nikolaus Bell on the church’s balcony is one of the oldest church bells in Estonia. This is where services are held today.

Little cemetery with old moss-grown gravestones lies next to the churchyard.

Find more information about the churches at http://http://www.visitestonia.com/en/st-madeline-s-church-in-ruhnu

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The church, built in 1644, is the oldest wooden building in Estonia.

Amazing atmosphere, gentle light and a divine smell of wood meet you as you enter here.
Its interior is simple yet very festive and beautifully carved decorations can be seen everywhere. In older times every family had its own sign for property, and so are marked the seats in the church.
When it gets dark outside the church is illuminated by many candles put in old sconces and chandeliers. Ship models hang under a beam, by tradition of seaside churches across the region they were brought to the church by seamen, as gifts to beg for a safe and successful trip.

A very welcoming warden will open the church for you and will show you many interesting details in the church, which he does great even without speaking much English - sometimes eyes and gestures tell more than words :)

All in all, this is indeed a very unique place definitely worth visiting!

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The church, built in 1644, is the oldest wooden building in Estonia.

Amazing atmosphere, gentle light and a divine smell of wood meet you as you enter here.
Its interior is simple yet very festive and beautifully carved decorations can be seen everywhere. In older times every family had its own sign for property, and so are marked the seats in the church.
When it gets dark outside the church is illuminated by many candles put in old sconces and chandeliers. Ship models hang under a beam, by tradition of seaside churches across the region they were brought to the church by seamen, as gifts to beg for a safe and successful trip.

A very welcoming warden will open the church for you and will show you many interesting details in the church, which he does great even without speaking much English - sometimes eyes and gestures tell more than words :)

All in all, this is indeed a very unique place definitely worth visiting!

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A beautiful panoramic view over the green expanses of Ruhnu opens from the tower, which stands at the highest point of the island, Håubjärre hill.

An elegant red metal lighthouse arises over the forest next to the watchtower. Only a few quadruped (standing on four legs) lighthouses were built and today it is the only remaining survivor in the Baltic Sea region. Its height is 39,5 metres, which makes its lantern be at 65 metres above sea level.
The cast iron construction was prefabricated in France and assembled on Ruhnu in 1877 (the station existed on the island since 1646). It is said to have been designed by Gustave Eiffel and according to the plaque on the lighthouse door it was made in 1875 in Le Havre, in Normandy, France, by the company Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée.

The lighthouse was severely damaged during the World War I, but was repaired, and today this veteran, having seen a great deal of history in his lifetime, is in working order and continues to light up the way for travelers.

Read more about the lighthouse at http://http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/ruhnu_lighthouse.html.

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A beautiful panoramic view over the green expanses of Ruhnu opens from the tower, which stands at the highest point of the island, Håubjärre hill.

An elegant red metal lighthouse arises over the forest next to the watchtower. Only a few quadruped (standing on four legs) lighthouses were built and today it is the only remaining survivor in the Baltic Sea region. Its height is 39,5 metres, which makes its lantern be at 65 metres above sea level.
The cast iron construction was prefabricated in France and assembled on Ruhnu in 1877 (the station existed on the island since 1646). It is said to have been designed by Gustave Eiffel and according to the plaque on the lighthouse door it was made in 1875 in Le Havre, in Normandy, France, by the company Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée.

The lighthouse was severely damaged during the World War I, but was repaired, and today this veteran, having seen a great deal of history in his lifetime, is in working order and continues to light up the way for travelers.

Read more about the lighthouse at http://http://www.7is7.com/otto/estonia/ruhnu_lighthouse.html.

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Room with the pump from wich is able to draw mineral water in spa house in health resort Kudowa-Zdroj.
Kudowa-Zdrój is one of the oldest spa resorts in Poland and even in Europe. Devices for healing baths were known from 1630. Fist they were made from wood,
The number of visitors has been grown from several hundreds in early years of XiX century till over 8000 people on the beginning of XX century.

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Room with the pump from wich is able to draw mineral water in spa house in health resort Kudowa-Zdroj.
Kudowa-Zdrój is one of the oldest spa resorts in Poland and even in Europe. Devices for healing baths were known from 1630. Fist they were made from wood,
The number of visitors has been grown from several hundreds in early years of XiX century till over 8000 people on the beginning of XX century.

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Széchenyi lánchíd or Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest, and was opened in 1849.

The bridge is named after István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction. At the time of its construction, it counted as a wonder of the world. It had an enormous significance in the country's economics and life. Its decorations made of cast iron, and its construction, radiating calm dignity and balance, raised it among the most beautiful industrial monuments in Europe. It became a symbol of advancement, national awakening, and the linkage between East and West.

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Széchenyi lánchíd or Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest, and was opened in 1849.

The bridge is named after István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction. At the time of its construction, it counted as a wonder of the world. It had an enormous significance in the country's economics and life. Its decorations made of cast iron, and its construction, radiating calm dignity and balance, raised it among the most beautiful industrial monuments in Europe. It became a symbol of advancement, national awakening, and the linkage between East and West.

(source: wikipedia)

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Panorámica tomada desde el Centro de Ocio de la Coruña. Está formada por 11 fotos tomadas con una Fuji FinePix F460.

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Panorámica tomada desde el Centro de Ocio de la Coruña. Está formada por 11 fotos tomadas con una Fuji FinePix F460.

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The Szabadság Szobor or Liberty Statue (sometimes Freedom Statue) in Budapest. Its location upon Gellért Hill makes it a prominent feature of Budapest's cityscape.The existing 14 meter tall bronze statue stands atop a 26 meter pedestal and holds a palm leaf.  The monument was designed by Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl.
sourec: wikipedia

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The Szabadság Szobor or Liberty Statue (sometimes Freedom Statue) in Budapest. Its location upon Gellért Hill makes it a prominent feature of Budapest's cityscape.The existing 14 meter tall bronze statue stands atop a 26 meter pedestal and holds a palm leaf.  The monument was designed by Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl.
sourec: wikipedia

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El río Duero, a su paso por Zamora, visto desde el Mirador del Troncoso.

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El río Duero, a su paso por Zamora, visto desde el Mirador del Troncoso.

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Antonov-2 "Kukuruznik" Russian broken airplane, Daugavpils, Latvia

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Antonov-2 "Kukuruznik" Russian broken airplane, Daugavpils, Latvia

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This pano is made for advertising agency FUSE LATVIA, they have used it for the promo campaign - Nākamajā rītā (Next morning)

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This pano is made for advertising agency FUSE LATVIA, they have used it for the promo campaign - Nākamajā rītā (Next morning)

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Coogee Beach - Australia.  Alleged Marian apparition (2003) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coogee,_New_South_Wales
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Coogee Beach - Australia.  Alleged Marian apparition (2003) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coogee,_New_South_Wales
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Till nowadays there are survived ruins of manor-houses and few household buildings. It is few years now that park of Vecmokas estate is cultivated. In that park are many exotic species.

The new owner is trying to breathe new life into this place - "Vecmokas will be the place for real and unreal projects, practical and cultural events, essential and less than essential occurrences. Vecmokas will be an ecologically pure innovation deposit for any person with positive attitude towards creation, accumulation and exchange of new ideas, works and energies. The place where everyone wishing to think in a clear manner could individually find the happiness synergy between mighty Latvian nature and his trivial personality."

Look for more at http://www.vecmokupils.lv/en

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Till nowadays there are survived ruins of manor-houses and few household buildings. It is few years now that park of Vecmokas estate is cultivated. In that park are many exotic species.

The new owner is trying to breathe new life into this place - "Vecmokas will be the place for real and unreal projects, practical and cultural events, essential and less than essential occurrences. Vecmokas will be an ecologically pure innovation deposit for any person with positive attitude towards creation, accumulation and exchange of new ideas, works and energies. The place where everyone wishing to think in a clear manner could individually find the happiness synergy between mighty Latvian nature and his trivial personality."

Look for more at http://www.vecmokupils.lv/en

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PASÍFAE
Posidó, déu del mar, va enviar un toro blanc al rei Minos de Creta perquè el sacrifiqués en el seu honor.
El rei Minos no ho va fer, provocant la ira de Posidó. El déu es va venjar fent que la dona del rei, Pasífae, s’enamorés bojament d’aquell toro blanc.
Sota les ordres de la reina, Dèdal -que era l’enginyer de l’època- va fer una vaca de fusta, on pasífae es va amagar.
Així, Pasífae, va poder consumar el seu amor amb el toro blanc. De la seva unió, en va néixer el minotaure.
La mort del minotaure, gràcies a l’atenès teseu, va alliberar de la por a tots els pobles del mediterrani.

Escultura del vilanoví Òscar Estruga, realitzada amb tres tones de coure.

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PASÍFAE
Posidó, déu del mar, va enviar un toro blanc al rei Minos de Creta perquè el sacrifiqués en el seu honor.
El rei Minos no ho va fer, provocant la ira de Posidó. El déu es va venjar fent que la dona del rei, Pasífae, s’enamorés bojament d’aquell toro blanc.
Sota les ordres de la reina, Dèdal -que era l’enginyer de l’època- va fer una vaca de fusta, on pasífae es va amagar.
Així, Pasífae, va poder consumar el seu amor amb el toro blanc. De la seva unió, en va néixer el minotaure.
La mort del minotaure, gràcies a l’atenès teseu, va alliberar de la por a tots els pobles del mediterrani.

Escultura del vilanoví Òscar Estruga, realitzada amb tres tones de coure.

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Nice contrast with black water and white snow.

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Nice contrast with black water and white snow.

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St. Michael the Archangel's Church or the Garrison Church is a Roman Catholic church in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was built between 1891 and 1895 in Neo-Byzantine style for the garrison of Kaunas Fortress.

Construction of "military" or "garrison" Orthodox churches in former partitioned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth lands, started after the putting down of the January Uprising of 1831 and peaked during the reign of Alexander II. Initially the site of the future Kaunas St. Michael the Archangel Church was intended to be used for a Catholic church, however these plans were abandoned due to the Uprising.

Read more at Wikipedia:
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St. Michael the Archangel's Church or the Garrison Church is a Roman Catholic church in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was built between 1891 and 1895 in Neo-Byzantine style for the garrison of Kaunas Fortress.

Construction of "military" or "garrison" Orthodox churches in former partitioned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth lands, started after the putting down of the January Uprising of 1831 and peaked during the reign of Alexander II. Initially the site of the future Kaunas St. Michael the Archangel Church was intended to be used for a Catholic church, however these plans were abandoned due to the Uprising.

Read more at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael_the_Archangel_Church,_Kaunas

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Ipswich Waterfront benefits from visiting large sailing vessels, Tall Ships and Royal Navy ships, together with craft offering tours of the beautiful River Orwell. Located just a short 10 minutes walk from the town centre with a myriad of things to do and see from supermarkets, shopping, art galleries, multi cultural restaurants, cinemas, theatres, historical buildings, parklands, swimming pools and gyms. Ipswich’s Portman Road – home to Ipswich Town Football Club, is just 10 minutes walk away from Neptune Marina.

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Ipswich Waterfront benefits from visiting large sailing vessels, Tall Ships and Royal Navy ships, together with craft offering tours of the beautiful River Orwell. Located just a short 10 minutes walk from the town centre with a myriad of things to do and see from supermarkets, shopping, art galleries, multi cultural restaurants, cinemas, theatres, historical buildings, parklands, swimming pools and gyms. Ipswich’s Portman Road – home to Ipswich Town Football Club, is just 10 minutes walk away from Neptune Marina.

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Panoràmica de la capital de la Segarra després de la nevada de principis de Gener de 2010.

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Panoràmica de la capital de la Segarra després de la nevada de principis de Gener de 2010.

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Las fuertes lluvias han provocado un aumento de caudal del río Duero. Las presas que hay a lo largo del Arribe no dan abasto a turbinar, por lo que el agua sobrante se deja marchar.
Esta central eléctrica está gestionada por EDP(Electricidad de Portugal) y se localiza en la localidad portuguesa de Miranda do Douro.

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Las fuertes lluvias han provocado un aumento de caudal del río Duero. Las presas que hay a lo largo del Arribe no dan abasto a turbinar, por lo que el agua sobrante se deja marchar.
Esta central eléctrica está gestionada por EDP(Electricidad de Portugal) y se localiza en la localidad portuguesa de Miranda do Douro.

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In the summertime here you can meet a lot of interesting and extraordinary people - shamans, hippies, wild nature lovers. Some of them live here all summer in self-built shelter of branches.

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In the summertime here you can meet a lot of interesting and extraordinary people - shamans, hippies, wild nature lovers. Some of them live here all summer in self-built shelter of branches.

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The ship on the left is called "Undine" (Mermaid), it was built in Sovetsk (city on the boundary between nowadays Lithuania and Russia) in 1971. In Soviet times it belonged to the prosperous fishing kolkhoz (collective farm) "Uzvara" (Victory). During one session the boat could take up to 3 tons of fish on board.

During barricades time in 1991, when Latvia re-gained its independence, the boat moved from the sea to the Daugava River in Riga (the capital of Latvia), where it was guarding television buildings on the island of Zakusala.

Bringing this 44-ton heavy veteran by land to its last anchorage in the Open-air Museum in Jurmala was a challenging task, but it proved worth it and today “Undine” is one of the most remarkable exhibits here. Surrounded by the nature park “Ragakapa” (Horn Dune), it seems that the boat continues its navigation, only that now it furrows the green expanses of pine-tree forest instead of blue waters of the Baltic Sea...

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The ship on the left is called "Undine" (Mermaid), it was built in Sovetsk (city on the boundary between nowadays Lithuania and Russia) in 1971. In Soviet times it belonged to the prosperous fishing kolkhoz (collective farm) "Uzvara" (Victory). During one session the boat could take up to 3 tons of fish on board.

During barricades time in 1991, when Latvia re-gained its independence, the boat moved from the sea to the Daugava River in Riga (the capital of Latvia), where it was guarding television buildings on the island of Zakusala.

Bringing this 44-ton heavy veteran by land to its last anchorage in the Open-air Museum in Jurmala was a challenging task, but it proved worth it and today “Undine” is one of the most remarkable exhibits here. Surrounded by the nature park “Ragakapa” (Horn Dune), it seems that the boat continues its navigation, only that now it furrows the green expanses of pine-tree forest instead of blue waters of the Baltic Sea...

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Le pont canal de Briare (45) permet au canal latéral de la Loire de traverser cette dernière. L'édifice a été conçu par un Gustave Eiffel à la fin du XIXème. D'une longueur de 660m, il a été pendant longtemps le plus long au monde.

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Le pont canal de Briare (45) permet au canal latéral de la Loire de traverser cette dernière. L'édifice a été conçu par un Gustave Eiffel à la fin du XIXème. D'une longueur de 660m, il a été pendant longtemps le plus long au monde.

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Still you have a chance to meet some winter-swimming enthusiasts there :)

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Still you have a chance to meet some winter-swimming enthusiasts there :)

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This is one of the few places near Riga that won't be overcrowded on a hot summer day. That's because it's hidden by a forest park and takes some walk from the Jurmala resort centre.

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This is one of the few places near Riga that won't be overcrowded on a hot summer day. That's because it's hidden by a forest park and takes some walk from the Jurmala resort centre.

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The Sümela Monastery Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, Turkey. It is a major tourist attraction located in the Altındere National Park. It lies at an altitude of about 1200 metres overlooking much of the alpine scenery below.

The monastery was founded in the year 386 (during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I, AD 375 - 395) by two Athenian priests - Barnabas and Sophronius according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture . Legend states that they found an icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain and decided to remain in order to establish the monastery.

During its long history, the monastery has fallen into ruin several times and been restored by successive Emperors; During the 6th Century AD, it was restored and enlarged by General Belisarius at the behest of Justinian .

It reached its present form in the 13th century after gaining prominence during the reign of Alexios III (1349 - 1390) of the Komnenian Empire of Trebizond (established in 1204). At that time, it was granted an income from imperial funds. During the time of Manuel III , son of Alexius III, and the reigns of later princes, Sümela gained further wealth from new imperial grants.

Following the conquest by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1461, it was granted protection by order of the Sultan and given rights and privileges which were renewed by following Sultans. Monks and travellers continued to journey there throughout the years and the monastery was extremely popular up until the 19th century.

The Monastery was seized for a time by the Russians during the occupation of Trabzon between 1916 - 1918.

It was finally abandoned in 1923, following the population exchanges between Greece and Turkey after the Treaty of Lausanne. In 1930, the miraculous icon of the Panagia Soumelá as well as other sacred trasures of the monastery were transferred to the new Panagia Soumela Monastery, on the slopes of Mount Vermion, near the town of Naousa, in Macedonia, Greece.

Today its main purpose is as a tourist attraction. Its place overlooking the forests and streams below make it extremely popular for its aesthetic attraction as well as for its cultural and religious interests. The Turkish government is currently undertaking necessary restoration works to the site.

Construction and buildings

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, library and sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. These were built over a very large area.

The large aqueduct at the entrance, which clearly supplied water to the Monastery, is constructed against the side of the cliff. The aqueduct has many arches which have mostly been restored to date.

The entrance to the Monastery leads up by a long and narrow stairway. There is a guard-room next to the entrance. The stairs lead from there to the inner courtyard. On the left, in front of a cave, there are several monastery buildings. The cave, which was converted into a church, constitutes the centre of the Monastery. The library is to the right.

The large building with a balcony on the front part of the cliff was used for the monks' cells and as guesthouse. It dates to 1860.

The influence of Turkish art can be observed in the design of the cupboards, niches and fire-place in the rooms of the buildings surrounding the courtyard.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The frescoes of the time of Alexios III can be seen on the inner wall of the Rock Church facing the courtyard. The frescoes of the chapel which were painted on three levels in three different periods are dated to the beginning of the 18th century. The frescoes of the bottom band are of superior quality.

The frescoes of the Sümela Monastery are seriously damaged, having largely been moved from their original settings. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

"Sümela Monastery." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Aug 2009, 19:45 UTC. 30 Aug 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%BCmela_Monastery&oldid=310939927>.

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The Sümela Monastery Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, Turkey. It is a major tourist attraction located in the Altındere National Park. It lies at an altitude of about 1200 metres overlooking much of the alpine scenery below.

The monastery was founded in the year 386 (during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I, AD 375 - 395) by two Athenian priests - Barnabas and Sophronius according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture . Legend states that they found an icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain and decided to remain in order to establish the monastery.

During its long history, the monastery has fallen into ruin several times and been restored by successive Emperors; During the 6th Century AD, it was restored and enlarged by General Belisarius at the behest of Justinian .

It reached its present form in the 13th century after gaining prominence during the reign of Alexios III (1349 - 1390) of the Komnenian Empire of Trebizond (established in 1204). At that time, it was granted an income from imperial funds. During the time of Manuel III , son of Alexius III, and the reigns of later princes, Sümela gained further wealth from new imperial grants.

Following the conquest by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1461, it was granted protection by order of the Sultan and given rights and privileges which were renewed by following Sultans. Monks and travellers continued to journey there throughout the years and the monastery was extremely popular up until the 19th century.

The Monastery was seized for a time by the Russians during the occupation of Trabzon between 1916 - 1918.

It was finally abandoned in 1923, following the population exchanges between Greece and Turkey after the Treaty of Lausanne. In 1930, the miraculous icon of the Panagia Soumelá as well as other sacred trasures of the monastery were transferred to the new Panagia Soumela Monastery, on the slopes of Mount Vermion, near the town of Naousa, in Macedonia, Greece.

Today its main purpose is as a tourist attraction. Its place overlooking the forests and streams below make it extremely popular for its aesthetic attraction as well as for its cultural and religious interests. The Turkish government is currently undertaking necessary restoration works to the site.

Construction and buildings

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, library and sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. These were built over a very large area.

The large aqueduct at the entrance, which clearly supplied water to the Monastery, is constructed against the side of the cliff. The aqueduct has many arches which have mostly been restored to date.

The entrance to the Monastery leads up by a long and narrow stairway. There is a guard-room next to the entrance. The stairs lead from there to the inner courtyard. On the left, in front of a cave, there are several monastery buildings. The cave, which was converted into a church, constitutes the centre of the Monastery. The library is to the right.

The large building with a balcony on the front part of the cliff was used for the monks' cells and as guesthouse. It dates to 1860.

The influence of Turkish art can be observed in the design of the cupboards, niches and fire-place in the rooms of the buildings surrounding the courtyard.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The frescoes of the time of Alexios III can be seen on the inner wall of the Rock Church facing the courtyard. The frescoes of the chapel which were painted on three levels in three different periods are dated to the beginning of the 18th century. The frescoes of the bottom band are of superior quality.

The frescoes of the Sümela Monastery are seriously damaged, having largely been moved from their original settings. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

"Sümela Monastery." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Aug 2009, 19:45 UTC. 30 Aug 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%BCmela_Monastery&oldid=310939927>.

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The Sümela Monastery Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, Turkey. It is a major tourist attraction located in the Altındere National Park. It lies at an altitude of about 1200 metres overlooking much of the alpine scenery below.

The monastery was founded in the year 386 (during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I, AD 375 - 395) by two Athenian priests - Barnabas and Sophronius according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture . Legend states that they found an icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain and decided to remain in order to establish the monastery.

During its long history, the monastery has fallen into ruin several times and been restored by successive Emperors; During the 6th Century AD, it was restored and enlarged by General Belisarius at the behest of Justinian .

It reached its present form in the 13th century after gaining prominence during the reign of Alexios III (1349 - 1390) of the Komnenian Empire of Trebizond (established in 1204). At that time, it was granted an income from imperial funds. During the time of Manuel III , son of Alexius III, and the reigns of later princes, Sümela gained further wealth from new imperial grants.

Following the conquest by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1461, it was granted protection by order of the Sultan and given rights and privileges which were renewed by following Sultans. Monks and travellers continued to journey there throughout the years and the monastery was extremely popular up until the 19th century.

The Monastery was seized for a time by the Russians during the occupation of Trabzon between 1916 - 1918.

It was finally abandoned in 1923, following the population exchanges between Greece and Turkey after the Treaty of Lausanne. In 1930, the miraculous icon of the Panagia Soumelá as well as other sacred trasures of the monastery were transferred to the new Panagia Soumela Monastery, on the slopes of Mount Vermion, near the town of Naousa, in Macedonia, Greece.

Today its main purpose is as a tourist attraction. Its place overlooking the forests and streams below make it extremely popular for its aesthetic attraction as well as for its cultural and religious interests. The Turkish government is currently undertaking necessary restoration works to the site.

Construction and buildings

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, library and sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. These were built over a very large area.

The large aqueduct at the entrance, which clearly supplied water to the Monastery, is constructed against the side of the cliff. The aqueduct has many arches which have mostly been restored to date.

The entrance to the Monastery leads up by a long and narrow stairway. There is a guard-room next to the entrance. The stairs lead from there to the inner courtyard. On the left, in front of a cave, there are several monastery buildings. The cave, which was converted into a church, constitutes the centre of the Monastery. The library is to the right.

The large building with a balcony on the front part of the cliff was used for the monks' cells and as guesthouse. It dates to 1860.

The influence of Turkish art can be observed in the design of the cupboards, niches and fire-place in the rooms of the buildings surrounding the courtyard.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The frescoes of the time of Alexios III can be seen on the inner wall of the Rock Church facing the courtyard. The frescoes of the chapel which were painted on three levels in three different periods are dated to the beginning of the 18th century. The frescoes of the bottom band are of superior quality.

The frescoes of the Sümela Monastery are seriously damaged, having largely been moved from their original settings. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

"Sümela Monastery." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Aug 2009, 19:45 UTC. 30 Aug 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%BCmela_Monastery&oldid=310939927>.

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The Sümela Monastery Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, Turkey. It is a major tourist attraction located in the Altındere National Park. It lies at an altitude of about 1200 metres overlooking much of the alpine scenery below.

The monastery was founded in the year 386 (during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I, AD 375 - 395) by two Athenian priests - Barnabas and Sophronius according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture . Legend states that they found an icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain and decided to remain in order to establish the monastery.

During its long history, the monastery has fallen into ruin several times and been restored by successive Emperors; During the 6th Century AD, it was restored and enlarged by General Belisarius at the behest of Justinian .

It reached its present form in the 13th century after gaining prominence during the reign of Alexios III (1349 - 1390) of the Komnenian Empire of Trebizond (established in 1204). At that time, it was granted an income from imperial funds. During the time of Manuel III , son of Alexius III, and the reigns of later princes, Sümela gained further wealth from new imperial grants.

Following the conquest by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1461, it was granted protection by order of the Sultan and given rights and privileges which were renewed by following Sultans. Monks and travellers continued to journey there throughout the years and the monastery was extremely popular up until the 19th century.

The Monastery was seized for a time by the Russians during the occupation of Trabzon between 1916 - 1918.

It was finally abandoned in 1923, following the population exchanges between Greece and Turkey after the Treaty of Lausanne. In 1930, the miraculous icon of the Panagia Soumelá as well as other sacred trasures of the monastery were transferred to the new Panagia Soumela Monastery, on the slopes of Mount Vermion, near the town of Naousa, in Macedonia, Greece.

Today its main purpose is as a tourist attraction. Its place overlooking the forests and streams below make it extremely popular for its aesthetic attraction as well as for its cultural and religious interests. The Turkish government is currently undertaking necessary restoration works to the site.

Construction and buildings

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, library and sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. These were built over a very large area.

The large aqueduct at the entrance, which clearly supplied water to the Monastery, is constructed against the side of the cliff. The aqueduct has many arches which have mostly been restored to date.

The entrance to the Monastery leads up by a long and narrow stairway. There is a guard-room next to the entrance. The stairs lead from there to the inner courtyard. On the left, in front of a cave, there are several monastery buildings. The cave, which was converted into a church, constitutes the centre of the Monastery. The library is to the right.

The large building with a balcony on the front part of the cliff was used for the monks' cells and as guesthouse. It dates to 1860.

The influence of Turkish art can be observed in the design of the cupboards, niches and fire-place in the rooms of the buildings surrounding the courtyard.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The frescoes of the time of Alexios III can be seen on the inner wall of the Rock Church facing the courtyard. The frescoes of the chapel which were painted on three levels in three different periods are dated to the beginning of the 18th century. The frescoes of the bottom band are of superior quality.

The frescoes of the Sümela Monastery are seriously damaged, having largely been moved from their original settings. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

"Sümela Monastery." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Aug 2009, 19:45 UTC. 30 Aug 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%BCmela_Monastery&oldid=310939927>.

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Trabzon is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Located in a strategically important region, Trabzon is one of the oldest trade port cities in Anatolia. It has a population of 1,061,055 (2006 est). Neighbouring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the southwest, Bayburt to the southeast and Rize to the east. The provincial capital is Trabzon city, and the traffic code is 61. The province is home to a small community of Muslim Pontic Greek-speakers.

Trabzon province is divided into 18 districts:
Akçaabat
Araklı
Arsin
Beşikdüzü
Çarşıbaşı
Çaykara
Dernekpazarı
Düzköy
Hayrat
Köprübaşı
Maçka
Of
Şalpazarı
Sürmene
Tonya
Trabzon
Vakfıkebir
Yomra
Districts along the 114 km coastline (from West to East): Beşikdüzü, Vakfıkebir, Çarşıbaşı, Akçaabat, Yomra, Arsin, Araklı, Sürmene and Of.
Districts inland: Tonya, Düzköy, Şalpazarı, Maçka, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı, Hayrat and Çaykara.
Beşikdüzü and Şalpazarı gained district status in 1988, Çarşıbaşı, Düzköy, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı and Hayrat in 1990.

History
Remarkably attractive throughout its history, Trabzon was the subject of hundreds of travel books by western travellers, some of whom had named it "city of tale in the East" The capital city Trabzon was founded, as Trapezus, by Greek colonists from Sinope, modern Sinop, Turkey. Starting from the 9th century BC, the city had also been mentioned by historians such as Homeros, Herodotus, Hesiodos. The first written source regarding Trabzon is Anabasis, authored by Xenophon. An important Roman and Byzantine centre, it was the capital of the Empire of Trebizond from 1204 to 1461. Trabzon was subsequently made part of the Ottoman Empire by Mehmet the Conqueror. It was initially a sanjak before gaining the status of eyalet, and finally became a vilayet in 1868. After the region was conquered in 1461, Fatih Medrese (1462), Hatuniye Medrese (1515), İskenderpaşa Medrese (1529) and Hamzapaşa Medrese (1543) were established as important educational centers of the period .
The province was a site of major fighting between Ottoman and Russian forces during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I, which resulted in the capture of the city of Trabzon by the Russian army under command of Grand Duke Nicholas and Nikolai Yudenich in April 1916. The province reverted to Turkish control in 1918 following the end of the war.

Trabzon Province. (2010, January 5). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:16, January 17, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trabzon_Province&oldid=335984396

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Trabzon is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast. Located in a strategically important region, Trabzon is one of the oldest trade port cities in Anatolia. It has a population of 1,061,055 (2006 est). Neighbouring provinces are Giresun to the west, Gümüşhane to the southwest, Bayburt to the southeast and Rize to the east. The provincial capital is Trabzon city, and the traffic code is 61. The province is home to a small community of Muslim Pontic Greek-speakers.

Trabzon province is divided into 18 districts:
Akçaabat
Araklı
Arsin
Beşikdüzü
Çarşıbaşı
Çaykara
Dernekpazarı
Düzköy
Hayrat
Köprübaşı
Maçka
Of
Şalpazarı
Sürmene
Tonya
Trabzon
Vakfıkebir
Yomra
Districts along the 114 km coastline (from West to East): Beşikdüzü, Vakfıkebir, Çarşıbaşı, Akçaabat, Yomra, Arsin, Araklı, Sürmene and Of.
Districts inland: Tonya, Düzköy, Şalpazarı, Maçka, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı, Hayrat and Çaykara.
Beşikdüzü and Şalpazarı gained district status in 1988, Çarşıbaşı, Düzköy, Köprübaşı, Dernekpazarı and Hayrat in 1990.

History
Remarkably attractive throughout its history, Trabzon was the subject of hundreds of travel books by western travellers, some of whom had named it "city of tale in the East" The capital city Trabzon was founded, as Trapezus, by Greek colonists from Sinope, modern Sinop, Turkey. Starting from the 9th century BC, the city had also been mentioned by historians such as Homeros, Herodotus, Hesiodos. The first written source regarding Trabzon is Anabasis, authored by Xenophon. An important Roman and Byzantine centre, it was the capital of the Empire of Trebizond from 1204 to 1461. Trabzon was subsequently made part of the Ottoman Empire by Mehmet the Conqueror. It was initially a sanjak before gaining the status of eyalet, and finally became a vilayet in 1868. After the region was conquered in 1461, Fatih Medrese (1462), Hatuniye Medrese (1515), İskenderpaşa Medrese (1529) and Hamzapaşa Medrese (1543) were established as important educational centers of the period .
The province was a site of major fighting between Ottoman and Russian forces during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I, which resulted in the capture of the city of Trabzon by the Russian army under command of Grand Duke Nicholas and Nikolai Yudenich in April 1916. The province reverted to Turkish control in 1918 following the end of the war.

Trabzon Province. (2010, January 5). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:16, January 17, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trabzon_Province&oldid=335984396

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Un lugar Mágico en Donostia - San Sebastián

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Un lugar Mágico en Donostia - San Sebastián

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Ayuntamiento de Donostia - San Sebastian

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Ayuntamiento de Donostia - San Sebastian

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Araba Parkea (San Sebastian) nevado

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Araba Parkea (San Sebastian) nevado

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Every year the sea eats up a bit of the coast... these pine trees stand like soldiers struggling at the first front line.

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Every year the sea eats up a bit of the coast... these pine trees stand like soldiers struggling at the first front line.

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Interior del Museo Chillida Leku

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Interior del Museo Chillida Leku

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Forest along the coast in this area is speckled by trenches of the World War II, now covered by thick moss carpet.

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Forest along the coast in this area is speckled by trenches of the World War II, now covered by thick moss carpet.

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Old Omsk fortress, оld road to Tobolsk

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Old Omsk fortress, оld road to Tobolsk

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My first successful 360 degree panorama, using Autostich, and a chinese digital camera, Mustek DV4000.

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My first successful 360 degree panorama, using Autostich, and a chinese digital camera, Mustek DV4000.

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City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) which comprises the Mayor of London and London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, stands on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. Designed by Norman Foster, it opened in July 2002.

City Hall was constructed on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. The building does not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent. It forms part of a larger development called More London, including offices and shops. Next to City Hall is a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, which is used in the summer months for open-air performances; it is not, however, part of the GLA's jurisdiction. The Scoop and surrounding landscape were designed by Townshend Landscape Architects.

A 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway, reminiscent of that in New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ascends the full height of the building. At the top of the ten-story building is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. The walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament) in Germany. In 2006 it was announced that solar photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building by the London Climate Change Agency.

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City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) which comprises the Mayor of London and London Assembly. It is located in Southwark, stands on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. Designed by Norman Foster, it opened in July 2002.

City Hall was constructed on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. The building does not belong to the GLA but is leased under a 25-year rent. It forms part of a larger development called More London, including offices and shops. Next to City Hall is a sunken amphitheatre called The Scoop, which is used in the summer months for open-air performances; it is not, however, part of the GLA's jurisdiction. The Scoop and surrounding landscape were designed by Townshend Landscape Architects.

A 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway, reminiscent of that in New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ascends the full height of the building. At the top of the ten-story building is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. The walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament) in Germany. In 2006 it was announced that solar photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building by the London Climate Change Agency.

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Karkonosze’s Festival of Lights refers to the famous light festival Fête des Lumières in Lyon (France), which is since many years, the place where technology and science connects with art and education. The place of the festival in Poland was chosen due to beautiful Karkonosze’s (Giant Mountains) region scenery.

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Karkonosze’s Festival of Lights refers to the famous light festival Fête des Lumières in Lyon (France), which is since many years, the place where technology and science connects with art and education. The place of the festival in Poland was chosen due to beautiful Karkonosze’s (Giant Mountains) region scenery.

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The church was built for the German Lutheran parish needs; its foundation stone was laid in 1742. Sixteen years later, on December 5, 1758 the church was solemnly consecrated, even though the construction of the 55-metres high tower took another 108 years.

The church is famous for its magnificent organ, which was built by Henrich Andreas Concius, one of the best organ-builders in Europe of those times. In 1779 he has presented the 38-spots organ to the church organist. It has remained the biggest mechanical organ in the world until 1912.

While in Liepaja don’t miss the chance to listen to the powerful voice of the organ and climb up to the top of the church tower to see a panorama of Liepaja...

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The church was built for the German Lutheran parish needs; its foundation stone was laid in 1742. Sixteen years later, on December 5, 1758 the church was solemnly consecrated, even though the construction of the 55-metres high tower took another 108 years.

The church is famous for its magnificent organ, which was built by Henrich Andreas Concius, one of the best organ-builders in Europe of those times. In 1779 he has presented the 38-spots organ to the church organist. It has remained the biggest mechanical organ in the world until 1912.

While in Liepaja don’t miss the chance to listen to the powerful voice of the organ and climb up to the top of the church tower to see a panorama of Liepaja...

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The organ of Liepaja Holy Trinity Cathedral is one of the most interesting world organ building monuments due to a number of aspects – its size, creation history, the visual and musical beauty has attracted both the organ players, organ masters and the listeners for centuries.

You can listen for its sound here:
http://ocean.lv/Trisvienibas-baznica-Eng/OCEAN_Trisvienibas-baznica-eng.html

or better yet visit Liepaja and hear it in live :)

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The organ of Liepaja Holy Trinity Cathedral is one of the most interesting world organ building monuments due to a number of aspects – its size, creation history, the visual and musical beauty has attracted both the organ players, organ masters and the listeners for centuries.

You can listen for its sound here:
http://ocean.lv/Trisvienibas-baznica-Eng/OCEAN_Trisvienibas-baznica-eng.html

or better yet visit Liepaja and hear it in live :)

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The air supply system is amazing; in total the organ has got 10 huge swell-boxes and the air pumping machine with 8 swell-boxes in the tower room. The air consumption is about 120m³ per minute. And in case of a power cut it is still possible to play with two pedals on the part of the organ which was completed in 1877 with 79 stops.

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The air supply system is amazing; in total the organ has got 10 huge swell-boxes and the air pumping machine with 8 swell-boxes in the tower room. The air consumption is about 120m³ per minute. And in case of a power cut it is still possible to play with two pedals on the part of the organ which was completed in 1877 with 79 stops.

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This clock is made in 1906 and it still goes. :)

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This clock is made in 1906 and it still goes. :)

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Polanica-Zdroj is one of the nice little health resort towns located in south-western part of Poland.  Many people visit these resorts because of the special kind of mineral watter, which is able to support the treatment processes.
The biggest health resort in Polanica-Zdroj is called 'Wielka Pieniawa'.

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Polanica-Zdroj is one of the nice little health resort towns located in south-western part of Poland.  Many people visit these resorts because of the special kind of mineral watter, which is able to support the treatment processes.
The biggest health resort in Polanica-Zdroj is called 'Wielka Pieniawa'.

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Early in the morning with 40 cm of snow and -11°c. Look at the beautiful zenith !

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Early in the morning with 40 cm of snow and -11°c. Look at the beautiful zenith !

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Le plus dur était de ne pas trembler pendant le bracketing...

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Le plus dur était de ne pas trembler pendant le bracketing...

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Coastal corn field under the snow...

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Coastal corn field under the snow...

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Just before the ballet TANGO PLUS. VOYAGES. With music by Astor Piazzolla and folk music from different countries.
More at http://www.opera.lv/en/productions-concerts/productions/tango-celojumi

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Just before the ballet TANGO PLUS. VOYAGES. With music by Astor Piazzolla and folk music from different countries.
More at http://www.opera.lv/en/productions-concerts/productions/tango-celojumi

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Poon Hill is a must-visit on the Annapurna Circuit for its sunrise over the Dhaulagiri Range. The hike is relatively easy but and the site is usually packed with tourists before dawn.

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Poon Hill is a must-visit on the Annapurna Circuit for its sunrise over the Dhaulagiri Range. The hike is relatively easy but and the site is usually packed with tourists before dawn.

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Without foliage old church looks alone.

Autumn panoramas by Ivan Petrov are available at http://www.360yaroslavl.ru/rus/yaroslavl/cerkov-ioanna-predtechi .

The church of St. John the Babtist in Tolchkovo is a memorial of the Golden Age of the Yaroslavl architectural and artistic school of the end of the 17th century.
It was built "by the whole world", meaning with the funds collected from the church-goers from 1671 - 1687. Symmetry of composition, high quality of brickwork and a variety of decorative elements characterize this architectural memorial. In formulating the rich church design, glazed tile, painting and local produced figured brick (the main decorative material) were used.

There are some deviations from traditional canons of church architecture: side chapels are equal in height with the main building of the cathedral and are topped with five-domes instead of a hipped roof. This gives the visual effect of the fifteenth-domed cathedral. The Holy Gates, built at the same period, are situated at the central axis of the church. The belfry was built later, at the end of the 17th - beginning of the 18th centuries.

Read full story at http://www.yarmp.yar.ru/index.php?title=Church_of_St._John_the_Babtist&uselang=en .

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Without foliage old church looks alone.

Autumn panoramas by Ivan Petrov are available at http://www.360yaroslavl.ru/rus/yaroslavl/cerkov-ioanna-predtechi .

The church of St. John the Babtist in Tolchkovo is a memorial of the Golden Age of the Yaroslavl architectural and artistic school of the end of the 17th century.
It was built "by the whole world", meaning with the funds collected from the church-goers from 1671 - 1687. Symmetry of composition, high quality of brickwork and a variety of decorative elements characterize this architectural memorial. In formulating the rich church design, glazed tile, painting and local produced figured brick (the main decorative material) were used.

There are some deviations from traditional canons of church architecture: side chapels are equal in height with the main building of the cathedral and are topped with five-domes instead of a hipped roof. This gives the visual effect of the fifteenth-domed cathedral. The Holy Gates, built at the same period, are situated at the central axis of the church. The belfry was built later, at the end of the 17th - beginning of the 18th centuries.

Read full story at http://www.yarmp.yar.ru/index.php?title=Church_of_St._John_the_Babtist&uselang=en .

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Los primeros registros históricos que se tienen de esta zona datan de fines del Siglo XVI y comienzos del Siglo XVII, con el asentamiento de misioneros jesuitas en los márgenes del Lago Tana. Aún hoy en día se conserva un edificio de este período cerca de la plaza central, y que es asociado a Pedro Páez, misionero jesuita español enviado a Etiopía en 1589.
Durante la invasión italiana de 1935-1936, una columna militar italiana movilizada desde Gondar ocupó la ciudad el 23 de abril de 1937. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, entre los días 21 y 22 de octubre de 1940 la ciudad fue bombardeada por la Real Fuerza Aérea británica, y aunque la acción hizo pocos daños sirvió como impulso para la resistencia etíope. Después de meses de escaramuza, la guarnición italiana bajo el mando del Coronel Torelli empezaró a evacuar la ciudad el 27 de abril de 1941. Uno de los palacios del emperador Haile Selassie se encuentra cerca de La ciudad, razón por la cual el emperador consideró mover el capital nacional a la ciudad, lo cual no se concretó.
En la década de 1960 , se inauguró en la ciudad el Instituto Politécnico de Bahir Dar, construido gracias a un acuerdo de cooperación con la Unión Soviética. Diseñado para dar cabida a 1.000 alumnos, en su primer año la escuela tuvo 21 maestros de Etiopía y 250 estudiantes; en 1968 había 619 estudiantes en cuatro categorías, con 51 profesores de los cuales 23 eran extranjeros.
Durante la Guerra Civil de Etiopía, en mayo de 1988, el 603 Cuerpo del Tercer Ejército Revolucionario (TLA) emplazó su cuartel general en Bahir Dar. Entrelos días 3 y 4 de marzo de 1990, el TLA abandonó la ciudad en desorden, volando un puente cercano, con varios centenares de soldados. Sin embargo, el Frente Democrático Revolucionario del Pueblo (EPRDF), no contaba con suficientes efectivos en la zona para capturar la ciudad, y ésta volvió a caer en manos de las fuerzas gubernamentales a los pocos días. Finalmente el EPRDF logra el control total de la ciudad en marzo de 1991.

via:http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahir_Dar />

Bahir Dar grew around a Jesuit settlement, founded in the sixteenth or seventeenth century; a building from this period and associated with Pedro Páez can be seen standing near the central square.

The next mention of Bahir Dar is from the mid-19th century, as the camping spot for the army of Emperor Tewodros II. Here his army suffered from cholera, forcing the Emperor to move his troops to Begemder. Despite the loss of life on the journey, by the time they reached Begemder, the army was free of the illness.

During the Italian invasion, an Italian column moved from Gondar on 23 April 1937 and, after a rapid march, occupied Bahar Dar. The city was bombed by the Royal Air Force on 21–22 October 1940, and although the action made little damage it was a boost to Arbegnoch morale. After months of skirmishing with the British advance, the Italian garrison under the command of Colonel Torelli was recalled to Gondar by General Guglielmo Nasi, and began to evacuate the city on 27 April 1941. One of Emperor Haile Selassie's palaces was located near the city, and the Emperor considered moving the national capital to the town.

via:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahir_Dar

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Los primeros registros históricos que se tienen de esta zona datan de fines del Siglo XVI y comienzos del Siglo XVII, con el asentamiento de misioneros jesuitas en los márgenes del Lago Tana. Aún hoy en día se conserva un edificio de este período cerca de la plaza central, y que es asociado a Pedro Páez, misionero jesuita español enviado a Etiopía en 1589.
Durante la invasión italiana de 1935-1936, una columna militar italiana movilizada desde Gondar ocupó la ciudad el 23 de abril de 1937. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, entre los días 21 y 22 de octubre de 1940 la ciudad fue bombardeada por la Real Fuerza Aérea británica, y aunque la acción hizo pocos daños sirvió como impulso para la resistencia etíope. Después de meses de escaramuza, la guarnición italiana bajo el mando del Coronel Torelli empezaró a evacuar la ciudad el 27 de abril de 1941. Uno de los palacios del emperador Haile Selassie se encuentra cerca de La ciudad, razón por la cual el emperador consideró mover el capital nacional a la ciudad, lo cual no se concretó.
En la década de 1960 , se inauguró en la ciudad el Instituto Politécnico de Bahir Dar, construido gracias a un acuerdo de cooperación con la Unión Soviética. Diseñado para dar cabida a 1.000 alumnos, en su primer año la escuela tuvo 21 maestros de Etiopía y 250 estudiantes; en 1968 había 619 estudiantes en cuatro categorías, con 51 profesores de los cuales 23 eran extranjeros.
Durante la Guerra Civil de Etiopía, en mayo de 1988, el 603 Cuerpo del Tercer Ejército Revolucionario (TLA) emplazó su cuartel general en Bahir Dar. Entrelos días 3 y 4 de marzo de 1990, el TLA abandonó la ciudad en desorden, volando un puente cercano, con varios centenares de soldados. Sin embargo, el Frente Democrático Revolucionario del Pueblo (EPRDF), no contaba con suficientes efectivos en la zona para capturar la ciudad, y ésta volvió a caer en manos de las fuerzas gubernamentales a los pocos días. Finalmente el EPRDF logra el control total de la ciudad en marzo de 1991.

via:http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahir_Dar />

Bahir Dar grew around a Jesuit settlement, founded in the sixteenth or seventeenth century; a building from this period and associated with Pedro Páez can be seen standing near the central square.

The next mention of Bahir Dar is from the mid-19th century, as the camping spot for the army of Emperor Tewodros II. Here his army suffered from cholera, forcing the Emperor to move his troops to Begemder. Despite the loss of life on the journey, by the time they reached Begemder, the army was free of the illness.

During the Italian invasion, an Italian column moved from Gondar on 23 April 1937 and, after a rapid march, occupied Bahar Dar. The city was bombed by the Royal Air Force on 21–22 October 1940, and although the action made little damage it was a boost to Arbegnoch morale. After months of skirmishing with the British advance, the Italian garrison under the command of Colonel Torelli was recalled to Gondar by General Guglielmo Nasi, and began to evacuate the city on 27 April 1941. One of Emperor Haile Selassie's palaces was located near the city, and the Emperor considered moving the national capital to the town.

via:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahir_Dar

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Early in the morning with 40 cm of snow and -11°c.

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Early in the morning with 40 cm of snow and -11°c.

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Los estanque del parque Gallarza estaban completamente helados.

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Los estanque del parque Gallarza estaban completamente helados.

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La ola de frío de este invierno a hecho que la nieve venga y dure más de lo habitual.

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La ola de frío de este invierno a hecho que la nieve venga y dure más de lo habitual.

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Aunque ya no había nieve la temperatura estaba bajo 0.

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Aunque ya no había nieve la temperatura estaba bajo 0.

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El puente de la Albañeza se encuentra en la Calzada Mirandesa, en la localidad de Arcillo y salva la ribera que tiene su origen en Sogo.Es de factura  medieval estando documentada, una importante restauración en el año 1784; tiene una longitud total de 42 metros y está formado por tres arcos apuntados y dos alcantarillas adinteladas en el estribo derecho. Presenta una buena pavimentación de lajas de piedra y recientemente se ha sometido a una completa restauración.

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El puente de la Albañeza se encuentra en la Calzada Mirandesa, en la localidad de Arcillo y salva la ribera que tiene su origen en Sogo.Es de factura  medieval estando documentada, una importante restauración en el año 1784; tiene una longitud total de 42 metros y está formado por tres arcos apuntados y dos alcantarillas adinteladas en el estribo derecho. Presenta una buena pavimentación de lajas de piedra y recientemente se ha sometido a una completa restauración.

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Lāčplēsis is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872-1887 based on local legends. Lāčplēsis is regarded as the Latvian national epic.
Read more about this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%81%C4%8Dpl%C4%93sis

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Lāčplēsis is an epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs, a Latvian poet, who wrote it between 1872-1887 based on local legends. Lāčplēsis is regarded as the Latvian national epic.
Read more about this at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%81%C4%8Dpl%C4%93sis

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At 2007 summer held the First International Baltic Sand Sculpture festival "Magic Sand" where participated 8 students of Art Academy of Latvia and 8 International artists.

Here is some of participating artists:
http://www.sandissue.com
http://www.artofuldis.com

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At 2007 summer held the First International Baltic Sand Sculpture festival "Magic Sand" where participated 8 students of Art Academy of Latvia and 8 International artists.

Here is some of participating artists:
http://www.sandissue.com
http://www.artofuldis.com

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This is a study in  a summer cottage that was built in the end of the 19th century. Here Rainis and Aspazija lived from 1927 till the death of poet in 1929. In museum there is personal library, memorial rooms with original interior, as well as documental videos about the life of poets.

Rainis’ plays perfomed by Jūrmala pupils’ theatre are offered for the public in the memorial house.
Open: Wed. – Sun.: 11:00 – 18:00

Read more about Rainis at wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainis

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This is a study in  a summer cottage that was built in the end of the 19th century. Here Rainis and Aspazija lived from 1927 till the death of poet in 1929. In museum there is personal library, memorial rooms with original interior, as well as documental videos about the life of poets.

Rainis’ plays perfomed by Jūrmala pupils’ theatre are offered for the public in the memorial house.
Open: Wed. – Sun.: 11:00 – 18:00

Read more about Rainis at wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainis

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A sea cave in Shimoda (竜宮窟).

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A sea cave in Shimoda (竜宮窟).

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From top end of loop.

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From top end of loop.

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From bottom end of loop.

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From bottom end of loop.

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From the center of loop.

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From the center of loop.

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Nuevo puente peatonal que da acceso a la Fábrica de Armas, sede actual del Campus de Toledo  de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, diseñado por el estudio AIA (Sánchez de León-Fernández Roldán), tiene una anchura de tablero de 6 metros y 105 metros de luz libre http://http://www.estudioaia.com/proyectos_puentes_colgantetoledo.htm />
En su lugar existía uno metálico de doble tablero suspendido de dos catenarias  y que comunicaba la Fábrica con la zona de polvorines al otro lado del río, y por la que se transportaba el material explosivo, en su extremo sur existía una especie de ascensor de la época para este fin y del que se conserva la caja estructural de ladrillo. Dicho puente fue completamente arrastrado por la tremenda riada del Tajo del 6 de marzo de 1947, podemos observar alguna de las poquísimas imágenes que han perdurado en el mágnífico blog http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/01/algunas-curiosidades-sobre-cosas.html

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Nuevo puente peatonal que da acceso a la Fábrica de Armas, sede actual del Campus de Toledo  de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, diseñado por el estudio AIA (Sánchez de León-Fernández Roldán), tiene una anchura de tablero de 6 metros y 105 metros de luz libre http://http://www.estudioaia.com/proyectos_puentes_colgantetoledo.htm />
En su lugar existía uno metálico de doble tablero suspendido de dos catenarias  y que comunicaba la Fábrica con la zona de polvorines al otro lado del río, y por la que se transportaba el material explosivo, en su extremo sur existía una especie de ascensor de la época para este fin y del que se conserva la caja estructural de ladrillo. Dicho puente fue completamente arrastrado por la tremenda riada del Tajo del 6 de marzo de 1947, podemos observar alguna de las poquísimas imágenes que han perdurado en el mágnífico blog http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/01/algunas-curiosidades-sobre-cosas.html

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Nuevo puente peatonal que da acceso a la Fábrica de Armas, sede actual del Campus de Toledo  de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, diseñado por el estudio AIA (Sánchez de León-Fernández Roldán), tiene una anchura de tablero de 6 metros y 105 metros de luz libre http://http://www.estudioaia.com/proyectos_puentes_colgantetoledo.htm />
En su lugar existía uno metálico de doble tablero suspendido de dos catenarias  y que comunicaba la Fábrica con la zona de polvorines al otro lado del río, y por la que se transportaba el material explosivo, en su extremo sur existía una especie de ascensor de la época para este fin y del que se conserva la caja estructural de ladrillo. Dicho puente fue completamente arrastrado por la tremenda riada del Tajo del 6 de marzo de 1947, podemos observar alguna de las poquísimas imágenes que han perdurado en el mágnífico blog http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/01/algunas-curiosidades-sobre-cosas.html

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Nuevo puente peatonal que da acceso a la Fábrica de Armas, sede actual del Campus de Toledo  de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, diseñado por el estudio AIA (Sánchez de León-Fernández Roldán), tiene una anchura de tablero de 6 metros y 105 metros de luz libre http://http://www.estudioaia.com/proyectos_puentes_colgantetoledo.htm />
En su lugar existía uno metálico de doble tablero suspendido de dos catenarias  y que comunicaba la Fábrica con la zona de polvorines al otro lado del río, y por la que se transportaba el material explosivo, en su extremo sur existía una especie de ascensor de la época para este fin y del que se conserva la caja estructural de ladrillo. Dicho puente fue completamente arrastrado por la tremenda riada del Tajo del 6 de marzo de 1947, podemos observar alguna de las poquísimas imágenes que han perdurado en el mágnífico blog http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/01/algunas-curiosidades-sobre-cosas.html

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Nuevo puente peatonal que da acceso a la Fábrica de Armas, sede actual del Campus de Toledo  de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, diseñado por el estudio AIA (Sánchez de León-Fernández Roldán), tiene una anchura de tablero de 6 metros y 105 metros de luz libre http://http://www.estudioaia.com/proyectos_puentes_colgantetoledo.htm />
En su lugar existía uno metálico de doble tablero suspendido de dos catenarias  y que comunicaba la Fábrica con la zona de polvorines al otro lado del río, y por la que se transportaba el material explosivo, en su extremo sur existía una especie de ascensor de la época para este fin y del que se conserva la caja estructural de ladrillo. Dicho puente fue completamente arrastrado por la tremenda riada del Tajo del 6 de marzo de 1947, podemos observar alguna de las poquísimas imágenes que han perdurado en el mágnífico blog http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/01/algunas-curiosidades-sobre-cosas.html

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Nuevo puente peatonal que da acceso a la Fábrica de Armas, sede actual del Campus de Toledo  de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, diseñado por el estudio AIA (Sánchez de León-Fernández Roldán), tiene una anchura de tablero de 6 metros y 105 metros de luz libre http://http://www.estudioaia.com/proyectos_puentes_colgantetoledo.htm />
En su lugar existía uno metálico de doble tablero suspendido de dos catenarias  y que comunicaba la Fábrica con la zona de polvorines al otro lado del río, y por la que se transportaba el material explosivo, en su extremo sur existía una especie de ascensor de la época para este fin y del que se conserva la caja estructural de ladrillo. Dicho puente fue completamente arrastrado por la tremenda riada del Tajo del 6 de marzo de 1947, podemos observar alguna de las poquísimas imágenes que han perdurado en el mágnífico blog http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/01/algunas-curiosidades-sobre-cosas.html

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Nuevo puente peatonal que da acceso a la Fábrica de Armas, sede actual del Campus de Toledo  de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, diseñado por el estudio AIA (Sánchez de León-Fernández Roldán), tiene una anchura de tablero de 6 metros y 105 metros de luz libre http://http://www.estudioaia.com/proyectos_puentes_colgantetoledo.htm />
En su lugar existía uno metálico de doble tablero suspendido de dos catenarias  y que comunicaba la Fábrica con la zona de polvorines al otro lado del río, y por la que se transportaba el material explosivo, en su extremo sur existía una especie de ascensor de la época para este fin y del que se conserva la caja estructural de ladrillo. Dicho puente fue completamente arrastrado por la tremenda riada del Tajo del 6 de marzo de 1947, podemos observar alguna de las poquísimas imágenes que han perdurado en el mágnífico blog http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/01/algunas-curiosidades-sobre-cosas.html

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Nuevo puente peatonal que da acceso a la Fábrica de Armas, sede actual del Campus de Toledo  de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, diseñado por el estudio AIA (Sánchez de León-Fernández Roldán), tiene una anchura de tablero de 6 metros y 105 metros de luz libre http://http://www.estudioaia.com/proyectos_puentes_colgantetoledo.htm />
En su lugar existía uno metálico de doble tablero suspendido de dos catenarias  y que comunicaba la Fábrica con la zona de polvorines al otro lado del río, y por la que se transportaba el material explosivo, en su extremo sur existía una especie de ascensor de la época para este fin y del que se conserva la caja estructural de ladrillo. Dicho puente fue completamente arrastrado por la tremenda riada del Tajo del 6 de marzo de 1947, podemos observar alguna de las poquísimas imágenes que han perdurado en el mágnífico blog http://toledoolvidado.blogspot.com/2009/01/algunas-curiosidades-sobre-cosas.html

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Pagode de Thïen Mu au Vietnam.

Thien Mu Pagoda, Vietnam.

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Pagode de Thïen Mu au Vietnam.

Thien Mu Pagoda, Vietnam.

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Puente de Hierro en Zamora, sobre el río Duero.

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Puente de Hierro en Zamora, sobre el río Duero.

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Marathon ... at -30 degrees

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Marathon ... at -30 degrees

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Panorama réalisé sur mat à 3.50 mètres de haut.

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Panorama réalisé sur mat à 3.50 mètres de haut.

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The folklore group Musiciens de Lviv has toured around Europe for several years, until they finally settled down in Paris. The geography of their repertoire is vast – Russian romances, Gypsy ballades, music of Odessa Jews, songs of Ukranian Cossacks, Moldovian "doinas", Serbian "khoras"…
Apart from performing on concerts, they are also reviving the long passages of Paris underground, regularly playing on the Bastille and Châtelet stations.

The latter is named after the Place du Châtelet, where one of the entrances to the station is located. The place has inherited its name from the castle Grand Châtelet, which was demolished by Napoléon in 1802. Until then it was serving as a fort overlooking the old Pont au Change over the Seine to the Île de la Cité (“châtelet” is a medieval term designating a small castle that overlooks a bridge or a defile).

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The folklore group Musiciens de Lviv has toured around Europe for several years, until they finally settled down in Paris. The geography of their repertoire is vast – Russian romances, Gypsy ballades, music of Odessa Jews, songs of Ukranian Cossacks, Moldovian "doinas", Serbian "khoras"…
Apart from performing on concerts, they are also reviving the long passages of Paris underground, regularly playing on the Bastille and Châtelet stations.

The latter is named after the Place du Châtelet, where one of the entrances to the station is located. The place has inherited its name from the castle Grand Châtelet, which was demolished by Napoléon in 1802. Until then it was serving as a fort overlooking the old Pont au Change over the Seine to the Île de la Cité (“châtelet” is a medieval term designating a small castle that overlooks a bridge or a defile).

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The Arts Bridge (Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts), which crosses the Seine from the Louvre to the Left Bank, is one of the most charming of all the Parisian bridges. It was the first (1803) to be made of iron, and it has always been reserved for pedestrians.

The engineers Louis-Alexandre de Cessart and Jacques Dillon initially conceived of a bridge which would resemble a suspended garden, with trees, banks of flowers, and benches.

The bridge has sometimes served as a place for art exhibitions, and is today a studio en plein air for painters, artists and photographers who are drawn to its unique point-of-view. Furthermore, the Pont des Arts is frequently a spot for picnics during the summer.

Located near the metro station: Louvre - Rivoli.

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The Arts Bridge (Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts), which crosses the Seine from the Louvre to the Left Bank, is one of the most charming of all the Parisian bridges. It was the first (1803) to be made of iron, and it has always been reserved for pedestrians.

The engineers Louis-Alexandre de Cessart and Jacques Dillon initially conceived of a bridge which would resemble a suspended garden, with trees, banks of flowers, and benches.

The bridge has sometimes served as a place for art exhibitions, and is today a studio en plein air for painters, artists and photographers who are drawn to its unique point-of-view. Furthermore, the Pont des Arts is frequently a spot for picnics during the summer.

Located near the metro station: Louvre - Rivoli.

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The Arts Bridge (Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts), which crosses the Seine from the Louvre to the Left Bank, is one of the most charming of all the Parisian bridges. It was the first (1803) to be made of iron, and it has always been reserved for pedestrians.

The engineers Louis-Alexandre de Cessart and Jacques Dillon initially conceived of a bridge which would resemble a suspended garden, with trees, banks of flowers, and benches.

The bridge has sometimes served as a place for art exhibitions, and is today a studio en plein air for painters, artists and photographers who are drawn to its unique point-of-view. Furthermore, the Pont des Arts is frequently a spot for picnics during the summer.

Located near the metro station: Louvre - Rivoli.

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The Arts Bridge (Pont des Arts or Passerelle des Arts), which crosses the Seine from the Louvre to the Left Bank, is one of the most charming of all the Parisian bridges. It was the first (1803) to be made of iron, and it has always been reserved for pedestrians.

The engineers Louis-Alexandre de Cessart and Jacques Dillon initially conceived of a bridge which would resemble a suspended garden, with trees, banks of flowers, and benches.

The bridge has sometimes served as a place for art exhibitions, and is today a studio en plein air for painters, artists and photographers who are drawn to its unique point-of-view. Furthermore, the Pont des Arts is frequently a spot for picnics during the summer.

Located near the metro station: Louvre - Rivoli.

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Fresh breeze from the Seine and gentle shade make this island square a great place to have snack on a hot summer day.

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Fresh breeze from the Seine and gentle shade make this island square a great place to have snack on a hot summer day.

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The Place de la Bastille is a square, where the Bastille prison stood until the 'Storming of the Bastille' and its subsequent physical destruction between July 14, 1789 and July 14, 1790 during the French Revolution; no vestige of it remains.

If you will turn around you'll see L’Opéra de la Bastille (Bastille Opera) which is a modern opera house of Paris. It is the home base of the Opéra National de Paris and was designed to replace the Palais Garnier, but that did not happen and operas are still given in that house, which is also used for ballet performances. On weekdays a large, open-air market occupies part of the park to the north of the Place de la Bastille, along the Boulevard Richard Lenoir. Consumers can find fresh fruit, fish, meat, cheese and bread along with clothing and typical flea market items. On weekends the market is made up of artists and craftmakers.

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The Place de la Bastille is a square, where the Bastille prison stood until the 'Storming of the Bastille' and its subsequent physical destruction between July 14, 1789 and July 14, 1790 during the French Revolution; no vestige of it remains.

If you will turn around you'll see L’Opéra de la Bastille (Bastille Opera) which is a modern opera house of Paris. It is the home base of the Opéra National de Paris and was designed to replace the Palais Garnier, but that did not happen and operas are still given in that house, which is also used for ballet performances. On weekdays a large, open-air market occupies part of the park to the north of the Place de la Bastille, along the Boulevard Richard Lenoir. Consumers can find fresh fruit, fish, meat, cheese and bread along with clothing and typical flea market items. On weekends the market is made up of artists and craftmakers.

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The park was developed by Baron Haussmann and Engineer Jean-Charles Alphand. After 4 years of construction, it was opened as part of the festivities of the Universal Exhibition in 1867.

The park is one of the largest in Paris and is a favourite of Parisians who flock to the grassy slopes to relax, picnic and stroll through the 5 kilometers of paths found in the park.

It includes several cliffs, bridges, a grotto which encloses a waterfall, a lake, and several English and Chinese gardens. It boasts many varieties of indigenous and exotic trees (many of which are Asian species).

Located near the metro stations: Buttes Chaumont, Laumière or Botzaris.

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The park was developed by Baron Haussmann and Engineer Jean-Charles Alphand. After 4 years of construction, it was opened as part of the festivities of the Universal Exhibition in 1867.

The park is one of the largest in Paris and is a favourite of Parisians who flock to the grassy slopes to relax, picnic and stroll through the 5 kilometers of paths found in the park.

It includes several cliffs, bridges, a grotto which encloses a waterfall, a lake, and several English and Chinese gardens. It boasts many varieties of indigenous and exotic trees (many of which are Asian species).

Located near the metro stations: Buttes Chaumont, Laumière or Botzaris.

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View of Times Square. New York City

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View of Times Square. New York City

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Fuente de Valcuevo, en Formariz. Esta fuente está cerca de la carretera que comunica la CL-527 con Fornillos de Fermoselle, a unos 2 km de dicho cruce y debajo de una linea eléctrica de alta tensión, entre el monte, nos sale el camino a mano derecha, sentido Fornillos. No se ve desde la carretera.

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Fuente de Valcuevo, en Formariz. Esta fuente está cerca de la carretera que comunica la CL-527 con Fornillos de Fermoselle, a unos 2 km de dicho cruce y debajo de una linea eléctrica de alta tensión, entre el monte, nos sale el camino a mano derecha, sentido Fornillos. No se ve desde la carretera.

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The Passage des Panoramas is a roofed commercial passageway located in the IIe arrondissement, of Paris between the Montmartre boulevard to the North and Saint-Marc street to the south. It is one of the earliest venues of the Parisian philatelic trade, and it was one of the very first covered, airy commercial passageways in the world. Bazaars and souks in the Orient had roofed commercial passageways centuries earlier but the passage of Panoramas innovated in having glazed roofing and, later on, gas lights for illumination. It is thus the precursor to all the city gallerias of the 19th century and the covered suburban and city shopping malls of the 20th century.

The passage was located from the start in one of the richest sectors of Paris. Over the centuries it has been home to many famous commercial establishments and institutions such as the Académie Julian.

The passage was built in 1799 on the former site of the Montmorency-Luxembourg private hotel. Its name comes from an attraction installed above the original entry: two rotundas where panoramic views representing the landscapes of large cities were projected. The rotundas were destroyed in 1831. In the 1830s, the architect Jean-Louis Victor Grisart renovated the passage and created three additional galleries inside the block of houses: the Saint-Marc gallery parallel with the passage, the gallery of the Varietes which gives access to the entry of the artists of the theatre of the Varietes, and the Feydeau galleries and Montmartre. Stern the famous engraver settled there in 1834, then merchants of postcards and postage stamps, and some restaurants moved in. The part of the passage close to the Montmartre boulevard is richly decorated, while the distant part is more modest.
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The Passage des Panoramas is a roofed commercial passageway located in the IIe arrondissement, of Paris between the Montmartre boulevard to the North and Saint-Marc street to the south. It is one of the earliest venues of the Parisian philatelic trade, and it was one of the very first covered, airy commercial passageways in the world. Bazaars and souks in the Orient had roofed commercial passageways centuries earlier but the passage of Panoramas innovated in having glazed roofing and, later on, gas lights for illumination. It is thus the precursor to all the city gallerias of the 19th century and the covered suburban and city shopping malls of the 20th century.

The passage was located from the start in one of the richest sectors of Paris. Over the centuries it has been home to many famous commercial establishments and institutions such as the Académie Julian.

The passage was built in 1799 on the former site of the Montmorency-Luxembourg private hotel. Its name comes from an attraction installed above the original entry: two rotundas where panoramic views representing the landscapes of large cities were projected. The rotundas were destroyed in 1831. In the 1830s, the architect Jean-Louis Victor Grisart renovated the passage and created three additional galleries inside the block of houses: the Saint-Marc gallery parallel with the passage, the gallery of the Varietes which gives access to the entry of the artists of the theatre of the Varietes, and the Feydeau galleries and Montmartre. Stern the famous engraver settled there in 1834, then merchants of postcards and postage stamps, and some restaurants moved in. The part of the passage close to the Montmartre boulevard is richly decorated, while the distant part is more modest.
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In the 19th century the building at 49, passage des Panoramas was occupied by a shop that was selling industrial goods. Today it houses quite the opposite – a gallery that offers products made by craftsmen from around the world.

Gallery’s owner, Isabelle Remuset, has put the idea of her place into three words: crafts, contemporary items and fair trade. It is here where Brazilian Amazon jewellery neighbour with Estonian pillow-chairs, Rajastani dolls make pair with Senegal toys, and abstract Kenya, Ukraine and Liban are translated into peculiar hand-made produce.

A great place to look for a nice “cadeaux” while enjoying a visit to one of the most charming of Paris passages.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 10h30 to 19h30. Tel. 01.40.26.58.24

Website: http://www.maalkita.com

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In the 19th century the building at 49, passage des Panoramas was occupied by a shop that was selling industrial goods. Today it houses quite the opposite – a gallery that offers products made by craftsmen from around the world.

Gallery’s owner, Isabelle Remuset, has put the idea of her place into three words: crafts, contemporary items and fair trade. It is here where Brazilian Amazon jewellery neighbour with Estonian pillow-chairs, Rajastani dolls make pair with Senegal toys, and abstract Kenya, Ukraine and Liban are translated into peculiar hand-made produce.

A great place to look for a nice “cadeaux” while enjoying a visit to one of the most charming of Paris passages.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Saturday from 10h30 to 19h30. Tel. 01.40.26.58.24

Website: http://www.maalkita.com

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When you enter the Galeries Lafayette for the first time, it seems just yet another trendy department store. But wait to judge until you find yourself under its breathtakingly beautiful, burning with colours and ornaments cupola that frames the fragrant world of their perfume department.

The first store of the firm, situated on the corner of rue La Fayette, was opened in 1893. The interior of the present building – its glass and steel cupola and Art Nouveau staircases – was created in 1912. Today this splendid monument of the Belle Époque is the biggest department store in Paris, offering the latest and chicest of what’s à la mode.

40, Blvd. Haussmann.
Metro: Chaussée d'Antin, Opéra, or Trinité or RER: Auber (Line A) or Haussmann St-Lazare (Line E) http://www.galerieslafayette.com

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When you enter the Galeries Lafayette for the first time, it seems just yet another trendy department store. But wait to judge until you find yourself under its breathtakingly beautiful, burning with colours and ornaments cupola that frames the fragrant world of their perfume department.

The first store of the firm, situated on the corner of rue La Fayette, was opened in 1893. The interior of the present building – its glass and steel cupola and Art Nouveau staircases – was created in 1912. Today this splendid monument of the Belle Époque is the biggest department store in Paris, offering the latest and chicest of what’s à la mode.

40, Blvd. Haussmann.
Metro: Chaussée d'Antin, Opéra, or Trinité or RER: Auber (Line A) or Haussmann St-Lazare (Line E) http://www.galerieslafayette.com

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Located in the modern La Défense business district a few kilometers West of Paris, the Grande Arche was built by Danish architect Otto van Spreckelsen in 1989 for the 200th anniversary of the 1789 French revolution.

The project was ending the kilometers long Parisian perspective from the Louvre palace to La Défense through the Tuileries garden, Concorde square, Champs-Elysées and Arc de Triomphe. Its spectacular architecture was a daring technical achievement of those times.

The Grande Arche complements the unique open door museum of contemporary architecture at La Défense.

A beautiful panorama over Paris and the Arc de Triomphe opens from its roof.

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Located in the modern La Défense business district a few kilometers West of Paris, the Grande Arche was built by Danish architect Otto van Spreckelsen in 1989 for the 200th anniversary of the 1789 French revolution.

The project was ending the kilometers long Parisian perspective from the Louvre palace to La Défense through the Tuileries garden, Concorde square, Champs-Elysées and Arc de Triomphe. Its spectacular architecture was a daring technical achievement of those times.

The Grande Arche complements the unique open door museum of contemporary architecture at La Défense.

A beautiful panorama over Paris and the Arc de Triomphe opens from its roof.

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The first, very small church was built at this place in 1762. Its parish grew in the course of time, and in 1900 the church was re-built to its present size and shape. Only one part of the church has remained unchanged from the 18th century – what was once the central altar became the left side chapel.

Here you can see a ship model, which is a typical feature of seaside churches of those times. Ship captains used to hang such models in the church either before going to the sea, asking God for a safe journey, or after their return, as a gratitude for successful trip.

Today it is the largest Catholic church in Liepāja and the official residence of the bishop of Kurzeme. Anyone can lit a candle here and enjoy the sacral atmosphere of the church.

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The first, very small church was built at this place in 1762. Its parish grew in the course of time, and in 1900 the church was re-built to its present size and shape. Only one part of the church has remained unchanged from the 18th century – what was once the central altar became the left side chapel.

Here you can see a ship model, which is a typical feature of seaside churches of those times. Ship captains used to hang such models in the church either before going to the sea, asking God for a safe journey, or after their return, as a gratitude for successful trip.

Today it is the largest Catholic church in Liepāja and the official residence of the bishop of Kurzeme. Anyone can lit a candle here and enjoy the sacral atmosphere of the church.

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Panorama del monte de Bermillo de Sayago después de una incipiente nevada invernal.

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Panorama del monte de Bermillo de Sayago después de una incipiente nevada invernal.

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You can rent such cosy old-style apartaments, and it will cost no more than 40 EUR per day.
Contacts:
Graudu iela 22, Liepāja, LV 3401, Latvia
Phone +371 634 22832, mobile: +371 2 9179597
email:

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You can rent such cosy old-style apartaments, and it will cost no more than 40 EUR per day.
Contacts:
Graudu iela 22, Liepāja, LV 3401, Latvia
Phone +371 634 22832, mobile: +371 2 9179597
email:

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Peter market or Petertirgus at its present location exists since 1910. It was named after the adjacent street (nowadays Kursu Street). Beautiful market pavillion, richly decorated in art nouveau style* was built after the project of Louis Melvil.

You will find a wide variety of local and imported products in the market throughout the year, however the most colourful experience awaits you here in summer and autumn – the times of local harvest. During these seasons the market virtually explodes with freshest fruits and vegetables, berries, forest mushrooms, honey, flowers...

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Peter market or Petertirgus at its present location exists since 1910. It was named after the adjacent street (nowadays Kursu Street). Beautiful market pavillion, richly decorated in art nouveau style* was built after the project of Louis Melvil.

You will find a wide variety of local and imported products in the market throughout the year, however the most colourful experience awaits you here in summer and autumn – the times of local harvest. During these seasons the market virtually explodes with freshest fruits and vegetables, berries, forest mushrooms, honey, flowers...

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St. Anna’s Church is the oldest in Liepāja, it was first mentioned in chronicles in 1508. The church was originally located in today’s Old Cemetery region, on the island that was formed in the estuary of the Liva River. Since 1587 the church stands at its present location, at Kursu Square, since then it has been reconstructed several times.

The altar of St. Anna’s Church is one of the greatest wood-carving masterpieces of Latvian Baroque period. It was made by Nikolay Sefrens, master of the Ventspils shipyard in 1697. The altar was commissioned as a present to the Church by Johans Planders and his wife.

The organ seen at the balustrade is the third largest in Latvia, surpassed only by the instrument at the Riga Dome and Church of the Holy Trinity in Liepāja.

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St. Anna’s Church is the oldest in Liepāja, it was first mentioned in chronicles in 1508. The church was originally located in today’s Old Cemetery region, on the island that was formed in the estuary of the Liva River. Since 1587 the church stands at its present location, at Kursu Square, since then it has been reconstructed several times.

The altar of St. Anna’s Church is one of the greatest wood-carving masterpieces of Latvian Baroque period. It was made by Nikolay Sefrens, master of the Ventspils shipyard in 1697. The altar was commissioned as a present to the Church by Johans Planders and his wife.

The organ seen at the balustrade is the third largest in Latvia, surpassed only by the instrument at the Riga Dome and Church of the Holy Trinity in Liepāja.

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Dejadas en el olvido durante más de 25 años, las escaleras del Paseo del Miradero han vuelto a la luz  con las obras del nuevo Palacio de Congresos, actuación bastante respetuosa con el antiguo trazado que cambia los viejos peldaños de ladrillo a sardinel, completamente degradados, por la piedra granítica, bastante más fría, y que esperemos que el tiempo mimetice..

Las recuerdo como muchos toledanos en nuestra juventud, cuando bajábamos a través del Paseo del Miradero hacia el río, la presa de Safont, la estación de tren, el valle,… y a pesar de su escarpada ubicación, lugar muy común de encuentro. Esto ya, lamentablemente, para la historia.

No acomete en el paseo de la misma forma pues existe un desnivel considerable en el desembarco que lleva a otra dudosa solución de compromiso, claro que el paseo desde hace los mismos 25 años ya no es un paseo, es… otra cosa. ¿Recordáis aquél arquitecto del inmortal  Asterix que se planteaba: “Vamos a talar el bosque para hacer un gran Parque Natural”?

Existe muchas veces una seria alternativa de la cual se olvidan con frecuencia los políticos y los técnicos: simplemente no hacer nada.

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Dejadas en el olvido durante más de 25 años, las escaleras del Paseo del Miradero han vuelto a la luz  con las obras del nuevo Palacio de Congresos, actuación bastante respetuosa con el antiguo trazado que cambia los viejos peldaños de ladrillo a sardinel, completamente degradados, por la piedra granítica, bastante más fría, y que esperemos que el tiempo mimetice..

Las recuerdo como muchos toledanos en nuestra juventud, cuando bajábamos a través del Paseo del Miradero hacia el río, la presa de Safont, la estación de tren, el valle,… y a pesar de su escarpada ubicación, lugar muy común de encuentro. Esto ya, lamentablemente, para la historia.

No acomete en el paseo de la misma forma pues existe un desnivel considerable en el desembarco que lleva a otra dudosa solución de compromiso, claro que el paseo desde hace los mismos 25 años ya no es un paseo, es… otra cosa. ¿Recordáis aquél arquitecto del inmortal  Asterix que se planteaba: “Vamos a talar el bosque para hacer un gran Parque Natural”?

Existe muchas veces una seria alternativa de la cual se olvidan con frecuencia los políticos y los técnicos: simplemente no hacer nada.

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La Puerta del Cambrón es un bello monumento renacentista que data de 1576. Debe su nombre a las abundantes cambroneras que existieron en sus inmediaciones. Primitivamente fue construida por el Rey Wamba, y reformada por los árabes, de cuya reedificación aún quedan vestigios.

El ornato de la fachada interior es muy sencillo. Un primer cuerpo dórico con un arco almohadillado y encima la hornacina, con Santa Leocadia. Las pirámides de piedra rematando las columnas ponen un matiz pagano al renacimiento cristiano. Los estrechos balcones de gruesas balaustradas dejan que el sol lleve penosamente un rayo de luz a la oscuridad del recinto. La fachada exterior presenta un agradable aspecto con su hermosa galería, En la columna de la izquierda aparecen engastados caracteres cúficos, huella imborrable de la edificación anterior a la actual. En sus hornacinas, las estatuas modernas de los Reyes visigodos Sisenando y Sisebuto custodian el escudo de la ciudad.

Por esta puerta salió disfrazada la humilde aldeana doña María de Pacheco, viuda de Juan de Padilla, cuando, a favor de la corriente del Tajo, fue a internarse en Portugal. (Luis Moreno Nieto, “Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia” ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

Frente a la puerta observamos el acceso a través del remonte peatonal desde la Vega Baja diseñado por el estudio A.I.A.

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La Puerta del Cambrón es un bello monumento renacentista que data de 1576. Debe su nombre a las abundantes cambroneras que existieron en sus inmediaciones. Primitivamente fue construida por el Rey Wamba, y reformada por los árabes, de cuya reedificación aún quedan vestigios.

El ornato de la fachada interior es muy sencillo. Un primer cuerpo dórico con un arco almohadillado y encima la hornacina, con Santa Leocadia. Las pirámides de piedra rematando las columnas ponen un matiz pagano al renacimiento cristiano. Los estrechos balcones de gruesas balaustradas dejan que el sol lleve penosamente un rayo de luz a la oscuridad del recinto. La fachada exterior presenta un agradable aspecto con su hermosa galería, En la columna de la izquierda aparecen engastados caracteres cúficos, huella imborrable de la edificación anterior a la actual. En sus hornacinas, las estatuas modernas de los Reyes visigodos Sisenando y Sisebuto custodian el escudo de la ciudad.

Por esta puerta salió disfrazada la humilde aldeana doña María de Pacheco, viuda de Juan de Padilla, cuando, a favor de la corriente del Tajo, fue a internarse en Portugal. (Luis Moreno Nieto, “Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia” ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

Frente a la puerta observamos el acceso a través del remonte peatonal desde la Vega Baja diseñado por el estudio A.I.A.

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A newcomer at the Promenade is the sailer 'Libava', which was build in 2008, following the traditions of shipbuilding of the 17th century. Plans of sailer’s owners, former fishermen who have decided to switch to the marine tourism, are extensive. Apart from the Liepāja region they include trips to such places as Curonian Spit in Lithuania, Saaremaa and Ruhnu islands in Estonia and Gotland in Sweden.

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A newcomer at the Promenade is the sailer 'Libava', which was build in 2008, following the traditions of shipbuilding of the 17th century. Plans of sailer’s owners, former fishermen who have decided to switch to the marine tourism, are extensive. Apart from the Liepāja region they include trips to such places as Curonian Spit in Lithuania, Saaremaa and Ruhnu islands in Estonia and Gotland in Sweden.

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La Puerta del Cambrón es un bello monumento renacentista que data de 1576. Debe su nombre a las abundantes cambroneras que existieron en sus inmediaciones. Primitivamente fue construida por el Rey Wamba, y reformada por los árabes, de cuya reedificación aún quedan vestigios.

El ornato de la fachada interior es muy sencillo. Un primer cuerpo dórico con un arco almohadillado y encima la hornacina, con Santa Leocadia. Las pirámides de piedra rematando las columnas ponen un matiz pagano al renacimiento cristiano. Los estrechos balcones de gruesas balaustradas dejan que el sol lleve penosamente un rayo de luz a la oscuridad del recinto. La fachada exterior presenta un agradable aspecto con su hermosa galería, En la columna de la izquierda aparecen engastados caracteres cúficos, huella imborrable de la edificación anterior a la actual. En sus hornacinas, las estatuas modernas de los Reyes visigodos Sisenando y Sisebuto custodian el escudo de la ciudad.

Por esta puerta salió disfrazada la humilde aldeana doña María de Pacheco, viuda de Juan de Padilla, cuando, a favor de la corriente del Tajo, fue a internarse en Portugal.
(Luis Moreno Nieto, “Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia” ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

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La Puerta del Cambrón es un bello monumento renacentista que data de 1576. Debe su nombre a las abundantes cambroneras que existieron en sus inmediaciones. Primitivamente fue construida por el Rey Wamba, y reformada por los árabes, de cuya reedificación aún quedan vestigios.

El ornato de la fachada interior es muy sencillo. Un primer cuerpo dórico con un arco almohadillado y encima la hornacina, con Santa Leocadia. Las pirámides de piedra rematando las columnas ponen un matiz pagano al renacimiento cristiano. Los estrechos balcones de gruesas balaustradas dejan que el sol lleve penosamente un rayo de luz a la oscuridad del recinto. La fachada exterior presenta un agradable aspecto con su hermosa galería, En la columna de la izquierda aparecen engastados caracteres cúficos, huella imborrable de la edificación anterior a la actual. En sus hornacinas, las estatuas modernas de los Reyes visigodos Sisenando y Sisebuto custodian el escudo de la ciudad.

Por esta puerta salió disfrazada la humilde aldeana doña María de Pacheco, viuda de Juan de Padilla, cuando, a favor de la corriente del Tajo, fue a internarse en Portugal.
(Luis Moreno Nieto, “Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia” ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

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La Puerta del Cambrón es un bello monumento renacentista que data de 1576. Debe su nombre a las abundantes cambroneras que existieron en sus inmediaciones. Primitivamente fue construida por el Rey Wamba, y reformada por los árabes, de cuya reedificación aún quedan vestigios.

El ornato de la fachada interior es muy sencillo. Un primer cuerpo dórico con un arco almohadillado y encima la hornacina, con Santa Leocadia. Las pirámides de piedra rematando las columnas ponen un matiz pagano al renacimiento cristiano. Los estrechos balcones de gruesas balaustradas dejan que el sol lleve penosamente un rayo de luz a la oscuridad del recinto. La fachada exterior presenta un agradable aspecto con su hermosa galería, En la columna de la izquierda aparecen engastados caracteres cúficos, huella imborrable de la edificación anterior a la actual. En sus hornacinas, las estatuas modernas de los Reyes visigodos Sisenando y Sisebuto custodian el escudo de la ciudad.

Por esta puerta salió disfrazada la humilde aldeana doña María de Pacheco, viuda de Juan de Padilla, cuando, a favor de la corriente del Tajo, fue a internarse en Portugal.
(Luis Moreno Nieto, “Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia” ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

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La Puerta del Cambrón es un bello monumento renacentista que data de 1576. Debe su nombre a las abundantes cambroneras que existieron en sus inmediaciones. Primitivamente fue construida por el Rey Wamba, y reformada por los árabes, de cuya reedificación aún quedan vestigios.

El ornato de la fachada interior es muy sencillo. Un primer cuerpo dórico con un arco almohadillado y encima la hornacina, con Santa Leocadia. Las pirámides de piedra rematando las columnas ponen un matiz pagano al renacimiento cristiano. Los estrechos balcones de gruesas balaustradas dejan que el sol lleve penosamente un rayo de luz a la oscuridad del recinto. La fachada exterior presenta un agradable aspecto con su hermosa galería, En la columna de la izquierda aparecen engastados caracteres cúficos, huella imborrable de la edificación anterior a la actual. En sus hornacinas, las estatuas modernas de los Reyes visigodos Sisenando y Sisebuto custodian el escudo de la ciudad.

Por esta puerta salió disfrazada la humilde aldeana doña María de Pacheco, viuda de Juan de Padilla, cuando, a favor de la corriente del Tajo, fue a internarse en Portugal.
(Luis Moreno Nieto, “Diccionario Enciclopédico de Toledo y su Provincia” ISBN 84-400-2505-X)

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Pienso que aunque me repita, la panoramica lo merece.
Se la dedico a mi sobrino Sergio que pasaba por allí cuando yo tomaba las fotos.
I think that although I repeat, the panoramic deserves it.
I dedicate my nephew Sergio who was passing by when I took the photos.

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Pienso que aunque me repita, la panoramica lo merece.
Se la dedico a mi sobrino Sergio que pasaba por allí cuando yo tomaba las fotos.
I think that although I repeat, the panoramic deserves it.
I dedicate my nephew Sergio who was passing by when I took the photos.

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This hanging glacier located just beneath Mt Rob Roy is an awesome sight to behold. With dozens of waterfalls from melting ice tumbling off steep cliffs on its Southern and Western faces, it is like a natural fountain and among them the one on its western face (to the left in the shadow) is the highest as well as the most spectacular.

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This hanging glacier located just beneath Mt Rob Roy is an awesome sight to behold. With dozens of waterfalls from melting ice tumbling off steep cliffs on its Southern and Western faces, it is like a natural fountain and among them the one on its western face (to the left in the shadow) is the highest as well as the most spectacular.

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A short hop from the castles, is Fasilidas’ pool.  It is a huge empty swimming pool, the walls swallowed by tentacle-like tree roots and lichen.  As with most cities in Ethiopia, Gonder has a huge problem with water shortages.  Yet judging by the grubby postcards being sold at the door, it is still used for occasional religious ceremonies when the pool is filled with water and priests gather round it.

via: http://http://www.katieprescott.co.uk/blog/?p=328 />
Tiene un parecido a los castillos, es la piscina Fasilidas. Se trata de una gran piscina vacía, las paredes están engullidas por las raíces de los árboles que parecen tentáculos y líquenes. Como con la mayoría de las ciudades de Etiopía, Gondar tiene un gran problema con la escasez de agua.

Sin embargo, a juzgar por las postales envejecidas que se venden en la puerta, aún se utiliza ocasionalmente para ceremonias religiosas cuando la piscina está llena de agua y de los sacerdotes se reúnen alrededor de él.

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A short hop from the castles, is Fasilidas’ pool.  It is a huge empty swimming pool, the walls swallowed by tentacle-like tree roots and lichen.  As with most cities in Ethiopia, Gonder has a huge problem with water shortages.  Yet judging by the grubby postcards being sold at the door, it is still used for occasional religious ceremonies when the pool is filled with water and priests gather round it.

via: http://http://www.katieprescott.co.uk/blog/?p=328 />
Tiene un parecido a los castillos, es la piscina Fasilidas. Se trata de una gran piscina vacía, las paredes están engullidas por las raíces de los árboles que parecen tentáculos y líquenes. Como con la mayoría de las ciudades de Etiopía, Gondar tiene un gran problema con la escasez de agua.

Sin embargo, a juzgar por las postales envejecidas que se venden en la puerta, aún se utiliza ocasionalmente para ceremonias religiosas cuando la piscina está llena de agua y de los sacerdotes se reúnen alrededor de él.

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Mi primera panorámica.

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Mi primera panorámica.

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Fire engines at the Liepaja fire station - one of the oldest fire stations in Latvia. It is built in the middle of the 19th century.

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Fire engines at the Liepaja fire station - one of the oldest fire stations in Latvia. It is built in the middle of the 19th century.

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One of the liveliest hangout areas in Liepāja concentrates around the Promenade. Once a closed territory, today it became a popular leisure spot that attracts people at all times of the day and night.

Promenade’s everyday life is tightly connected with the Tirdzniecibas (Trade) canal that flows along the quay. The canal divides the city into two parts and connects the Baltic Sea and the Liepāja Lake. For centuries it has played an important role in the economic life of the city. As a gold vein it has attracted numerous entrepreneurs, who could use its advantages in their businesses – sawyers, dockers, fishermen, manufacturers…

Today, the first to meet visitors on the Promenade is the decorative amber hour-glass, which was made from amber donated by townspeople.

A newcomer at the Promenade is the sailer 'Libava', which was build in 2008, following the traditions of shipbuilding of the 17th century. Plans of sailer’s owners, former fishermen who have decided to switch to the marine tourism, are extensive. Apart from the Liepāja region they include trips to such places as Curonian Spit in Lithuania, Saaremaa and Ruhnu islands in Estonia and Gotland in Sweden.

One of the main attractions of the Promenade is the entertaining complex of Louis Fontaine. It includes the Delisnack bar, with pizzas and Mexican and Chinese specialities on the menu, music club Fontaine Palace and the new funky hotel Fontaine Royal.

The silhouette of the sea pilot tower rises at the end of the Promenade. Built in 1821, until the middle of the 19th century it has also served as a lighthouse. From the top of the tower opens an exciting panorama over the canal and the sea gates of the city.

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One of the liveliest hangout areas in Liepāja concentrates around the Promenade. Once a closed territory, today it became a popular leisure spot that attracts people at all times of the day and night.

Promenade’s everyday life is tightly connected with the Tirdzniecibas (Trade) canal that flows along the quay. The canal divides the city into two parts and connects the Baltic Sea and the Liepāja Lake. For centuries it has played an important role in the economic life of the city. As a gold vein it has attracted numerous entrepreneurs, who could use its advantages in their businesses – sawyers, dockers, fishermen, manufacturers…

Today, the first to meet visitors on the Promenade is the decorative amber hour-glass, which was made from amber donated by townspeople.

A newcomer at the Promenade is the sailer 'Libava', which was build in 2008, following the traditions of shipbuilding of the 17th century. Plans of sailer’s owners, former fishermen who have decided to switch to the marine tourism, are extensive. Apart from the Liepāja region they include trips to such places as Curonian Spit in Lithuania, Saaremaa and Ruhnu islands in Estonia and Gotland in Sweden.

One of the main attractions of the Promenade is the entertaining complex of Louis Fontaine. It includes the Delisnack bar, with pizzas and Mexican and Chinese specialities on the menu, music club Fontaine Palace and the new funky hotel Fontaine Royal.

The silhouette of the sea pilot tower rises at the end of the Promenade. Built in 1821, until the middle of the 19th century it has also served as a lighthouse. From the top of the tower opens an exciting panorama over the canal and the sea gates of the city.

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Built in 1821, sea pilot tower today still remains one of the city symbols. It was built using klinker or so-called Dutch smallbricks, which were popular in Liepaja at that time. The octahedral building stands on 12 piles that are drove deep into the earth.

From a height of 60 meters opens an exciting view over the Trade canal, building roofs and the sea gates of the city.

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Built in 1821, sea pilot tower today still remains one of the city symbols. It was built using klinker or so-called Dutch smallbricks, which were popular in Liepaja at that time. The octahedral building stands on 12 piles that are drove deep into the earth.

From a height of 60 meters opens an exciting view over the Trade canal, building roofs and the sea gates of the city.

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Fontaine Hotel is located in two old restored wooden houses in the centre of Liepaja. The main building was built in 1890, other houses of the complex date back to 1760s.
Hotel can accommodate 44 guests, offering them 19 rooms, each designed in original style – such as Elvis Presley’s room in rose, jaunty Cowboy's, sumptuous King’s room...

Fontaine stands on a small paved street, just next to the Promenade and ten minutes walk from the beach. A small boutique at the reception sells a peculiar range of souvenirs from different parts of the world.

24 Jūras Str., Liepāja, Latvija.
tel. +371- 63420956, fax. +371- 63420956
email:
http://www.fontaine.lv

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Fontaine Hotel is located in two old restored wooden houses in the centre of Liepaja. The main building was built in 1890, other houses of the complex date back to 1760s.
Hotel can accommodate 44 guests, offering them 19 rooms, each designed in original style – such as Elvis Presley’s room in rose, jaunty Cowboy's, sumptuous King’s room...

Fontaine stands on a small paved street, just next to the Promenade and ten minutes walk from the beach. A small boutique at the reception sells a peculiar range of souvenirs from different parts of the world.

24 Jūras Str., Liepāja, Latvija.
tel. +371- 63420956, fax. +371- 63420956
email:
http://www.fontaine.lv

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Así de adormada estaba la víspera de Reyes la Plaza del Mercado, poco antes de la cabalgata. Os deseo que si habeis sido buenos os traigan muchas cosas buenas los Reyes a todos.

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Así de adormada estaba la víspera de Reyes la Plaza del Mercado, poco antes de la cabalgata. Os deseo que si habeis sido buenos os traigan muchas cosas buenas los Reyes a todos.

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Desde el puente de Hierro podemos ver al anochecer una hermosa vista del río Ebro y en su ribera la Casa de las Ciencias.

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Desde el puente de Hierro podemos ver al anochecer una hermosa vista del río Ebro y en su ribera la Casa de las Ciencias.

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At 5390m, Renjo La Pass straddles just beneath some very rugged peaks that separates Gokyo on one side and Lungden on the other side of the valley and is the only way to cross between the two.

Taken right on top, Mt Everest and part of the third lake could be seen on one side and a partially frozen lake, the name of which I could not recall could be seen on the other side.

In my opinion, though not as difficult as Cho La Pass as there is no glacier crossing, the Pass is made treacherous by some very slippery ice forming along the way. The view is after all worth the effort.

This panorama complements the one titled Gokyo Ri earlier.

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At 5390m, Renjo La Pass straddles just beneath some very rugged peaks that separates Gokyo on one side and Lungden on the other side of the valley and is the only way to cross between the two.

Taken right on top, Mt Everest and part of the third lake could be seen on one side and a partially frozen lake, the name of which I could not recall could be seen on the other side.

In my opinion, though not as difficult as Cho La Pass as there is no glacier crossing, the Pass is made treacherous by some very slippery ice forming along the way. The view is after all worth the effort.

This panorama complements the one titled Gokyo Ri earlier.

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Fredry street in center of Poznań, Poland

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Fredry street in center of Poznań, Poland

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This is a view of Wielkopolska Avenue in center of Poznań, Poland.

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This is a view of Wielkopolska Avenue in center of Poznań, Poland.

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In the exhibition you can learn about various aspects of Swedish nature to show why natural environments look and function the way they do.

There is pineforest, deciduous forests, mountains, marshland, agricultural landscapes and the coast. Each with animals typical for the environment.

You can take a peek inside a bear's winter quarters, meet wolves and lynx, or investigate an anthill from the inside.

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In the exhibition you can learn about various aspects of Swedish nature to show why natural environments look and function the way they do.

There is pineforest, deciduous forests, mountains, marshland, agricultural landscapes and the coast. Each with animals typical for the environment.

You can take a peek inside a bear's winter quarters, meet wolves and lynx, or investigate an anthill from the inside.

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Jacob Hägg (1839-1931) and Herman af Sillén (1857-1908) both received considerable public attention though opinions were divided as to the value of the kind of art they represented. They were
experts on ships and boats and skilful at documenting, but many did not regard them to be artists. Is this also true today? An art historian, an art critic and a naval historian comment on the seascapes.

Hägg and Sillén had a lot in common – they were colleagues and professional soldiers who both chose to express their love for the sea in their artwork. They also both fought for a future naval history museum in Stockholm.

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Jacob Hägg (1839-1931) and Herman af Sillén (1857-1908) both received considerable public attention though opinions were divided as to the value of the kind of art they represented. They were
experts on ships and boats and skilful at documenting, but many did not regard them to be artists. Is this also true today? An art historian, an art critic and a naval historian comment on the seascapes.

Hägg and Sillén had a lot in common – they were colleagues and professional soldiers who both chose to express their love for the sea in their artwork. They also both fought for a future naval history museum in Stockholm.

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The Maritime Museum is the central institution within SMM (Swedish National Maritime Museums), which also oversees its two sister museums, the Naval Museum and the Vasa Museum.

It is charged with the collection, conservation and exhibition of material relating to merchant shipping, shipbuilding and naval defence.  Exhibits include ships’ interiors, navigational instruments, weapons, figureheads, marlinspike
seamanship, and art.

It preserves the original cabin and sun-crowned stern of the schooner Amphion (which you see on panorama). It was King Gustav III’s pleasure and command vessel. The cabin and stern were preserved when the ship was broken up. With their gilded pilasters and ethereal paintings of hovering cherubs they have become a natural centre of the Maritime Museum.

Gustav III was inspired by the luxury of the French court in Versailles and asked the shipmaster builder Fredrik Henrik af Chapman to build him a schooner yacht. The schooner Amphion was launched in 1778 and was also used, despite its dubious seaworthiness, as a command vessel during the Russo-Swedish War 1788-1790, and participated in both of the Battles of Svensksund.

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The Maritime Museum is the central institution within SMM (Swedish National Maritime Museums), which also oversees its two sister museums, the Naval Museum and the Vasa Museum.

It is charged with the collection, conservation and exhibition of material relating to merchant shipping, shipbuilding and naval defence.  Exhibits include ships’ interiors, navigational instruments, weapons, figureheads, marlinspike
seamanship, and art.

It preserves the original cabin and sun-crowned stern of the schooner Amphion (which you see on panorama). It was King Gustav III’s pleasure and command vessel. The cabin and stern were preserved when the ship was broken up. With their gilded pilasters and ethereal paintings of hovering cherubs they have become a natural centre of the Maritime Museum.

Gustav III was inspired by the luxury of the French court in Versailles and asked the shipmaster builder Fredrik Henrik af Chapman to build him a schooner yacht. The schooner Amphion was launched in 1778 and was also used, despite its dubious seaworthiness, as a command vessel during the Russo-Swedish War 1788-1790, and participated in both of the Battles of Svensksund.

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Japanese Garden in Jarkow was created thanks the efforts of the owner, Mr. Edward Majcher, who built it between 1980 - 2003. He is continuing to strengthen and embellish it all the time. More details about it can be found on the website http://ogrod-japonski.republika.pl, but nothing can replace personal contact with this place.

Japanese Garden of Mr. Majcher, located in Jarkow in south-western part of Poland, is one of the two (next to the garden near the People's Hall/Centennial Hall in Wroclaw) Japanese gardens available to visit in Poland.

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Japanese Garden in Jarkow was created thanks the efforts of the owner, Mr. Edward Majcher, who built it between 1980 - 2003. He is continuing to strengthen and embellish it all the time. More details about it can be found on the website http://ogrod-japonski.republika.pl, but nothing can replace personal contact with this place.

Japanese Garden of Mr. Majcher, located in Jarkow in south-western part of Poland, is one of the two (next to the garden near the People's Hall/Centennial Hall in Wroclaw) Japanese gardens available to visit in Poland.

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Japanese Garden in Jarkow was created thanks the efforts of the owner, Mr. Edward Majcher, who built it between 1980 - 2003. He is continuing to strengthen and embellish it all the time. More details about it can be found on the website http://ogrod-japonski.republika.pl, but nothing can replace personal contact with this place.

Japanese Garden of Mr. Majcher, located in Jarkow in south-western part of Poland, is one of the two (next to the garden near the People's Hall/Centennial Hall in Wroclaw) Japanese gardens available to visit in Poland.

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Japanese Garden in Jarkow was created thanks the efforts of the owner, Mr. Edward Majcher, who built it between 1980 - 2003. He is continuing to strengthen and embellish it all the time. More details about it can be found on the website http://ogrod-japonski.republika.pl, but nothing can replace personal contact with this place.

Japanese Garden of Mr. Majcher, located in Jarkow in south-western part of Poland, is one of the two (next to the garden near the People's Hall/Centennial Hall in Wroclaw) Japanese gardens available to visit in Poland.

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La Plaza Mayor se encuentra en pleno Barrio Húmedo, zona de copas y restauración más emblemática de la ciudad.

Es la típica plaza castellana, rodeada de casas con soportales, en cuyos bajos se encuentran multitud de bares de copas que en época de buen tiempo sacan sus terrazas a la plaza, formando un lugar muy agradable para tomar algo.

La plaza Mayor es lugar de celebración de un mercado tradicional de frutas, verduras, hortalizas y en ocasiones, pequeños animales como conejos o gallinas, todos los miércoles y sábados por la mañana. En ella también se celebran multitud de eventos festivos como conciertos, feria de la tapa, o el tradicional "encuentro" de la procesión del viernes santo. Antiguamente también servía como plaza de toros.

Dos son los edificios más destacables: El hotel NH Plaza Mayor y frente a él,  el antiguo Consistorio, un edificio de fachada barroca flanqueado por dos torres. A lo largo de su historia ha tenido distintas funciones: Escuela municipal, Archivo Municipal, Casa de Socorro, juzgado, orfanato infantil...

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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La Plaza Mayor se encuentra en pleno Barrio Húmedo, zona de copas y restauración más emblemática de la ciudad.

Es la típica plaza castellana, rodeada de casas con soportales, en cuyos bajos se encuentran multitud de bares de copas que en época de buen tiempo sacan sus terrazas a la plaza, formando un lugar muy agradable para tomar algo.

La plaza Mayor es lugar de celebración de un mercado tradicional de frutas, verduras, hortalizas y en ocasiones, pequeños animales como conejos o gallinas, todos los miércoles y sábados por la mañana. En ella también se celebran multitud de eventos festivos como conciertos, feria de la tapa, o el tradicional "encuentro" de la procesión del viernes santo. Antiguamente también servía como plaza de toros.

Dos son los edificios más destacables: El hotel NH Plaza Mayor y frente a él,  el antiguo Consistorio, un edificio de fachada barroca flanqueado por dos torres. A lo largo de su historia ha tenido distintas funciones: Escuela municipal, Archivo Municipal, Casa de Socorro, juzgado, orfanato infantil...

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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In the evening it is worth to climb down by foot...

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Sculptors: Frosty winter and Baltic sea near the mouth of the Daugava River

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Sculptors: Frosty winter and Baltic sea near the mouth of the Daugava River

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La Capilla Mayor, cerrada por una verja de estilo plateresco, contiene una custodia de plata del siglo XVI y pinturas góticas en el retablo del Altar Mayor, de Nicolás Francés y Van der Weyden. En el trascoro, una de las sillerías más antiguas labradas por escultores de Flandes en el siglo XV. Magníficas esculturas del siglo XV en la capilla del sagrario.

El claustro del siglo XIV tiene forma de cuadrado regular, con seis arcos ojivales en cada lado.

En el Museo Catedralicio se conserva un Cristo de marfil de siglo XIII, algunas esculturas de Juan de Juni y sus discípulos, un misal del siglo XVI y varios ornamentos litúrgicos de la misma época.

En la biblioteca hay varios manuscritos visigóticos y un ejemplar de la Lex Romana Visigothorum. (Fuente: http://enciclopedia.us.es)

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La Capilla Mayor, cerrada por una verja de estilo plateresco, contiene una custodia de plata del siglo XVI y pinturas góticas en el retablo del Altar Mayor, de Nicolás Francés y Van der Weyden. En el trascoro, una de las sillerías más antiguas labradas por escultores de Flandes en el siglo XV. Magníficas esculturas del siglo XV en la capilla del sagrario.

El claustro del siglo XIV tiene forma de cuadrado regular, con seis arcos ojivales en cada lado.

En el Museo Catedralicio se conserva un Cristo de marfil de siglo XIII, algunas esculturas de Juan de Juni y sus discípulos, un misal del siglo XVI y varios ornamentos litúrgicos de la misma época.

En la biblioteca hay varios manuscritos visigóticos y un ejemplar de la Lex Romana Visigothorum. (Fuente: http://enciclopedia.us.es)

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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La actual catedral de León, iniciada en el siglo XIII, presenta un diseño del más depurado estilo gótico francés. Conocida como la Pulchra leonina, destaca la fachada principal (hastial oeste), con cinco arcos finamente esculpidos en el siglo XIII, con tres puertas y rosetón central, flanqueada por dos torres góticas de 65 y 68 metros respectivamente.

La planta es una réplica de la Catedral de Reims. Tiene unas dimensiones de 90 m de larga, 30 m de alta y 29 m de ancha. Dividida en tres naves, de la entrada al transepto, y cinco naves del transepto al altar mayor. En sus muros presenta 125 ventanales, con 1800 metros cuadrados de vidrieras policromadas de origen medieval, siendo consideradas de las mejores del mundo en su género. De ellas, destacan el rosetón central situado en el pórtico central, entre las dos torres de aguja, así como las de la Capilla Mayor, el transepto norte y la Capilla de Santiago. (Fuente: http://enciclopedia.us.es)

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La actual catedral de León, iniciada en el siglo XIII, presenta un diseño del más depurado estilo gótico francés. Conocida como la Pulchra leonina, destaca la fachada principal (hastial oeste), con cinco arcos finamente esculpidos en el siglo XIII, con tres puertas y rosetón central, flanqueada por dos torres góticas de 65 y 68 metros respectivamente.

La planta es una réplica de la Catedral de Reims. Tiene unas dimensiones de 90 m de larga, 30 m de alta y 29 m de ancha. Dividida en tres naves, de la entrada al transepto, y cinco naves del transepto al altar mayor. En sus muros presenta 125 ventanales, con 1800 metros cuadrados de vidrieras policromadas de origen medieval, siendo consideradas de las mejores del mundo en su género. De ellas, destacan el rosetón central situado en el pórtico central, entre las dos torres de aguja, así como las de la Capilla Mayor, el transepto norte y la Capilla de Santiago. (Fuente: http://enciclopedia.us.es)

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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La casa Botines, o casa Fernández y Andrés es un edificio de estilo modernista, originalmente almacén comercial y residencia particular, fue construido y diseñado por el arquitecto español Antonio Gaudí entre 1891 y 1894.
El Palacio de los Guzmanes es un palacio renacentista de la ciudad de León. Este palacio data del siglo XVI. Fue proyectado en 1559 por el maestro de cantería Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón. Monumento histórico desde 1963. Actualmente, sede de la Diputación de León. (Fuente: es.wikipedia.org)

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La casa Botines, o casa Fernández y Andrés es un edificio de estilo modernista, originalmente almacén comercial y residencia particular, fue construido y diseñado por el arquitecto español Antonio Gaudí entre 1891 y 1894.
El Palacio de los Guzmanes es un palacio renacentista de la ciudad de León. Este palacio data del siglo XVI. Fue proyectado en 1559 por el maestro de cantería Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón. Monumento histórico desde 1963. Actualmente, sede de la Diputación de León. (Fuente: es.wikipedia.org)

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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Volcano Pacaya is an active volcano often visited as a day trip from the nearby town of Antigua. It is possible to hike all the way up to the crater but an recent change of lava flow has discouraged tour operators from doing so.

Taking from a shoulder overlooking a landscape made barren by the lava (not seen here), the volcano nearest is Pacaya while futher away in the distance are Volcanoes Acatenango and de Fuego respectively.

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Volcano Pacaya is an active volcano often visited as a day trip from the nearby town of Antigua. It is possible to hike all the way up to the crater but an recent change of lava flow has discouraged tour operators from doing so.

Taking from a shoulder overlooking a landscape made barren by the lava (not seen here), the volcano nearest is Pacaya while futher away in the distance are Volcanoes Acatenango and de Fuego respectively.

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La Real Colegiata Basílica de San Isidoro, o simplemente San Isidoro de León es un templo cristiano ubicado en la ciudad de León, en España. Es uno de los conjuntos arquitectónicos de estilo románico más destacados de España, por su historia y por los objetos suntuarios románicos que se han podido conservar. Presenta la particularidad de tener un Panteón Real ubicado a los pies de la iglesia, con pintura mural románica y capiteles excepcionales todo lo cual hace que sea pieza única del mundo románico de la época. El conjunto fue construido y engrandecido durante los siglos XI y XII.

En su origen fue un monasterio dedicado a San Juan Bautista, aunque se supone que anteriormente se asentaba en sus cimientos un templo romano. Con el traslado de los restos de San Isidoro, obispo de Sevilla, Doctor de las Españas, a León, se cambió la titularidad del templo.

El edificio de la iglesia conserva algunos vestigios del románico (aparte del mencionado Panteón), además de las dos puertas de su fachada sur: Puerta del Cordero y Puerta del Perdón, primeras manifestaciones del arte románico en los territorios leoneses. Con el trascurso del tiempo se hicieron modificaciones y añadidos góticos, renacentistas y barrocos. (Fuente: http://es.wikipedia.org)

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La Real Colegiata Basílica de San Isidoro, o simplemente San Isidoro de León es un templo cristiano ubicado en la ciudad de León, en España. Es uno de los conjuntos arquitectónicos de estilo románico más destacados de España, por su historia y por los objetos suntuarios románicos que se han podido conservar. Presenta la particularidad de tener un Panteón Real ubicado a los pies de la iglesia, con pintura mural románica y capiteles excepcionales todo lo cual hace que sea pieza única del mundo románico de la época. El conjunto fue construido y engrandecido durante los siglos XI y XII.

En su origen fue un monasterio dedicado a San Juan Bautista, aunque se supone que anteriormente se asentaba en sus cimientos un templo romano. Con el traslado de los restos de San Isidoro, obispo de Sevilla, Doctor de las Españas, a León, se cambió la titularidad del templo.

El edificio de la iglesia conserva algunos vestigios del románico (aparte del mencionado Panteón), además de las dos puertas de su fachada sur: Puerta del Cordero y Puerta del Perdón, primeras manifestaciones del arte románico en los territorios leoneses. Con el trascurso del tiempo se hicieron modificaciones y añadidos góticos, renacentistas y barrocos. (Fuente: http://es.wikipedia.org)

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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An old favourite place for meetings, this corner on the edge between Old Riga and its newer part for years remains under “patronage” of a tall yellow clock of Laima chocolate factory. In Latvian “Laima” means happiness, and for many of us, city dwellers, this place holds quite some positive memories.

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An old favourite place for meetings, this corner on the edge between Old Riga and its newer part for years remains under “patronage” of a tall yellow clock of Laima chocolate factory. In Latvian “Laima” means happiness, and for many of us, city dwellers, this place holds quite some positive memories.

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Panorama from virtual tour of Old Riga - http://vecriga.info

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Panorama from virtual tour of Old Riga - http://vecriga.info

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El parque tiene un lago con patos, algundia le tomare una foto.
uy me salio algo sobreexpuesto el cielo.

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El parque tiene un lago con patos, algundia le tomare una foto.
uy me salio algo sobreexpuesto el cielo.

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Me falto una Nallely se suponía que serian 4, solo fotografié 3.

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Me falto una Nallely se suponía que serian 4, solo fotografié 3.

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Ice-skating Rink in Kungsträdgården Stockholm is a classic institution ,

it is running since october regardless temeparture, but extra nice with sub zero weather . You can even rent your skates ...

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Ice-skating Rink in Kungsträdgården Stockholm is a classic institution ,

it is running since october regardless temeparture, but extra nice with sub zero weather . You can even rent your skates ...

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About thousand runners participated in the event.

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About thousand runners participated in the event.

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Part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Glacier Grey forms the other leg of the famous "W" trek of Torres del Paine National Park which is much trodden by hikers and nature-lovers from all over the globe who couldn't afford the time to do the entire loop of the park.

Here is the Mirador which has the best view of a tongue of the glacier which meets Lago Grey. With icebergs periodically broken off from the glacier, the glacially fed lake is decorated with hundreds of these strangely shaped yet beautiful ice sculptures all the way to its shores.

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Part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, Glacier Grey forms the other leg of the famous "W" trek of Torres del Paine National Park which is much trodden by hikers and nature-lovers from all over the globe who couldn't afford the time to do the entire loop of the park.

Here is the Mirador which has the best view of a tongue of the glacier which meets Lago Grey. With icebergs periodically broken off from the glacier, the glacially fed lake is decorated with hundreds of these strangely shaped yet beautiful ice sculptures all the way to its shores.

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Villages des Gats Sicots vendée france
tentaive de pano nocturne

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Villages des Gats Sicots vendée france
tentaive de pano nocturne

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Казанский собор строился по проекту молодого талантливого архитектора А. Н. Воронихина (бывшего крепостного графа Строганова). Закладка собора была произведена 27 августа 1801 года в присутствии императора Александра I. Закончено строительство в 1811 , а 15 сентября 1811 года собор был освящен. С 1932 по 1991 в соборе располагался " Государственный музей истории религии и атеизма". Полное повторное освящение собора состоялось 29 марта 1998 года. В 2000 году получил статус кафедрального.

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Казанский собор строился по проекту молодого талантливого архитектора А. Н. Воронихина (бывшего крепостного графа Строганова). Закладка собора была произведена 27 августа 1801 года в присутствии императора Александра I. Закончено строительство в 1811 , а 15 сентября 1811 года собор был освящен. С 1932 по 1991 в соборе располагался " Государственный музей истории религии и атеизма". Полное повторное освящение собора состоялось 29 марта 1998 года. В 2000 году получил статус кафедрального.

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Императрице Екатерине II в царствование Императора Александра II. 1873 год

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Императрице Екатерине II в царствование Императора Александра II. 1873 год

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Храм Воскресе́ния Христо́ва на Крови́ построен на месте, где был смертельно ранен император Александр II. Храм построен по указу Александра III по проекту архитектора Альфреда Парланда и настоятеля Троице-Сергиевой пустыни архимандрита Игнатия (в миру И. В. Малышев)

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Храм Воскресе́ния Христо́ва на Крови́ построен на месте, где был смертельно ранен император Александр II. Храм построен по указу Александра III по проекту архитектора Альфреда Парланда и настоятеля Троице-Сергиевой пустыни архимандрита Игнатия (в миру И. В. Малышев)

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Casa solariega y Torre del siglo XVII en el pueblo cántabro de Alceda (Corvera de Toranzo). El acceso a las mismas se realiza a través de la monumental portalada que se aprecia en la panorámica.
Esta y otras fortificaciones: (http://www.castillosnet.org/santander/S-CAS-050.html)

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tk

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Casa solariega y Torre del siglo XVII en el pueblo cántabro de Alceda (Corvera de Toranzo). El acceso a las mismas se realiza a través de la monumental portalada que se aprecia en la panorámica.
Esta y otras fortificaciones: (http://www.castillosnet.org/santander/S-CAS-050.html)

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tk

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Ci-gît la charpente éclatée d'une ancienne gabarre...le pays malouin étant le lieu de vie des Terre Neuvas, pêcheurs de morue, du 18è au 20è siècle.

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Here lies the shattered frame of an old barge ... the country Malo being the home to the Newfoundland cod fishery, the 18th to 20th century.

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Ci-gît la charpente éclatée d'une ancienne gabarre...le pays malouin étant le lieu de vie des Terre Neuvas, pêcheurs de morue, du 18è au 20è siècle.

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Here lies the shattered frame of an old barge ... the country Malo being the home to the Newfoundland cod fishery, the 18th to 20th century.

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Milford Sound, located in Fiordland National Park on the South Island, is probably one if not the most visited place in New Zealand. The place is not as touristic as say Yosemite National Park of similar fame and the nearby Milford Track offers some of the best mountain scenery comparable to that of Patagonia.

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Milford Sound, located in Fiordland National Park on the South Island, is probably one if not the most visited place in New Zealand. The place is not as touristic as say Yosemite National Park of similar fame and the nearby Milford Track offers some of the best mountain scenery comparable to that of Patagonia.

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Laguna 69 is one of the most beautiful glacial lake in the Peruvian Andes. Located at roughly 69km from the nearest town of Yungay, one could spot out the glacer of Chacraraju (6112m) which feeds Laguna 69 as well as the peaks of Yanapaqcha (5460m) and Chopicalqui (6354m) and Pisco (5752m).

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Laguna 69 is one of the most beautiful glacial lake in the Peruvian Andes. Located at roughly 69km from the nearest town of Yungay, one could spot out the glacer of Chacraraju (6112m) which feeds Laguna 69 as well as the peaks of Yanapaqcha (5460m) and Chopicalqui (6354m) and Pisco (5752m).

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La vieja fabrica de harinas utilizaba la fuerza hidraulica del rio Guadalquivir, como fuente de energia.

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La vieja fabrica de harinas utilizaba la fuerza hidraulica del rio Guadalquivir, como fuente de energia.

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Ninguno de los patios, a la vez humildes y maravillosos, tan típicos de la ciudad, lo son tanto como cualquiera de los que sirven de paso al locutorio de este o del otro convento de monjas. Todos ellos conservan, pese al tiempo, pese al progreso, intacto su misterio. Un zaguán empedrado, con las paredes encaladas y un banco de ladrillo, suele preceder al patizuelo donde se abren las habitaciones de los servidores extraclaustrales, y a veces, del capellán. El margen del patio está cubierto y le separa de la parte central una columnata de piedra noble y antigua, medio tapada por la yedra. En el centro hay una fuente que nunca vemos correr, con el tazón medio lleno de agua inmóvil y rodeado de tiestos con plantas verdes y modestas, diríase que exclusivas de estos místicos jardines, entre las que en el buen tiempo surge a veces la llama casi pecaminosa de un geranio.

El silencio suave de estos patios a ningún otro silencio se parece. No es un remanso del ruido de la ciudad, como los lugares silenciosos de otras ciudades, porque en ésta, en Toledo, no suele haber ruido. El silencio de los conventos toledanos es un remanso del ruido del tiempo, del ruido de la Historia. Allí ni pasa ni ha pasado nunca nada que tenga que ver con el fluir agitado de la vida. Y, sin embargo, tampoco es un silencio mortal, sino de una vida alada y supraterrena; algo como una aspiración a suspiros que no se acaban de oír.
(Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo , revista “Arte y Hogar”)

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Ninguno de los patios, a la vez humildes y maravillosos, tan típicos de la ciudad, lo son tanto como cualquiera de los que sirven de paso al locutorio de este o del otro convento de monjas. Todos ellos conservan, pese al tiempo, pese al progreso, intacto su misterio. Un zaguán empedrado, con las paredes encaladas y un banco de ladrillo, suele preceder al patizuelo donde se abren las habitaciones de los servidores extraclaustrales, y a veces, del capellán. El margen del patio está cubierto y le separa de la parte central una columnata de piedra noble y antigua, medio tapada por la yedra. En el centro hay una fuente que nunca vemos correr, con el tazón medio lleno de agua inmóvil y rodeado de tiestos con plantas verdes y modestas, diríase que exclusivas de estos místicos jardines, entre las que en el buen tiempo surge a veces la llama casi pecaminosa de un geranio.

El silencio suave de estos patios a ningún otro silencio se parece. No es un remanso del ruido de la ciudad, como los lugares silenciosos de otras ciudades, porque en ésta, en Toledo, no suele haber ruido. El silencio de los conventos toledanos es un remanso del ruido del tiempo, del ruido de la Historia. Allí ni pasa ni ha pasado nunca nada que tenga que ver con el fluir agitado de la vida. Y, sin embargo, tampoco es un silencio mortal, sino de una vida alada y supraterrena; algo como una aspiración a suspiros que no se acaban de oír.
(Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo , revista “Arte y Hogar”)

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Ninguno de los patios, a la vez humildes y maravillosos, tan típicos de la ciudad, lo son tanto como cualquiera de los que sirven de paso al locutorio de este o del otro convento de monjas. Todos ellos conservan, pese al tiempo, pese al progreso, intacto su misterio. Un zaguán empedrado, con las paredes encaladas y un banco de ladrillo, suele preceder al patizuelo donde se abren las habitaciones de los servidores extraclaustrales, y a veces, del capellán. El margen del patio está cubierto y le separa de la parte central una columnata de piedra noble y antigua, medio tapada por la yedra. En el centro hay una fuente que nunca vemos correr, con el tazón medio lleno de agua inmóvil y rodeado de tiestos con plantas verdes y modestas, diríase que exclusivas de estos místicos jardines, entre las que en el buen tiempo surge a veces la llama casi pecaminosa de un geranio.

El silencio suave de estos patios a ningún otro silencio se parece. No es un remanso del ruido de la ciudad, como los lugares silenciosos de otras ciudades, porque en ésta, en Toledo, no suele haber ruido. El silencio de los conventos toledanos es un remanso del ruido del tiempo, del ruido de la Historia. Allí ni pasa ni ha pasado nunca nada que tenga que ver con el fluir agitado de la vida. Y, sin embargo, tampoco es un silencio mortal, sino de una vida alada y supraterrena; algo como una aspiración a suspiros que no se acaban de oír.
(Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo , revista “Arte y Hogar”)

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Ninguno de los patios, a la vez humildes y maravillosos, tan típicos de la ciudad, lo son tanto como cualquiera de los que sirven de paso al locutorio de este o del otro convento de monjas. Todos ellos conservan, pese al tiempo, pese al progreso, intacto su misterio. Un zaguán empedrado, con las paredes encaladas y un banco de ladrillo, suele preceder al patizuelo donde se abren las habitaciones de los servidores extraclaustrales, y a veces, del capellán. El margen del patio está cubierto y le separa de la parte central una columnata de piedra noble y antigua, medio tapada por la yedra. En el centro hay una fuente que nunca vemos correr, con el tazón medio lleno de agua inmóvil y rodeado de tiestos con plantas verdes y modestas, diríase que exclusivas de estos místicos jardines, entre las que en el buen tiempo surge a veces la llama casi pecaminosa de un geranio.

El silencio suave de estos patios a ningún otro silencio se parece. No es un remanso del ruido de la ciudad, como los lugares silenciosos de otras ciudades, porque en ésta, en Toledo, no suele haber ruido. El silencio de los conventos toledanos es un remanso del ruido del tiempo, del ruido de la Historia. Allí ni pasa ni ha pasado nunca nada que tenga que ver con el fluir agitado de la vida. Y, sin embargo, tampoco es un silencio mortal, sino de una vida alada y supraterrena; algo como una aspiración a suspiros que no se acaban de oír.
(Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo , revista “Arte y Hogar”)

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El convento de San Pablo fue fundado a principios del siglo XV por doña María García y fray Pedro Pecha, prior de Jerónimos de Santa María de la Sisla. Con la fundadora se unieron varias mujeres. No tuvieron votos en vida de la fundadora, pero al morir ésta, en 1408, comenzaron los votos, clausura, etcétera, sometidas a la Orden Jerónima en todo. La iglesia es gótica, de muy entrado el siglo XVI. Todos los altares de la iglesia y coro, particularmente el de la Sala Capitular, tienen excelentes pinturas del siglo XVI. En la actualidad estas religiosas, que están federadas, se dedican a la confección de ropa talar y otras prendas. Al lado del Evangelio se halla el sepulcro, de mármol blanco y negro, donde yace Fernando Niño de Guevara, muerto el año 1609 en Sevilla, de donde era Cardenal-Arzobispo, y desde la cual fue traído a su ciudad natal, a este panteón de la familia de los Guevara.

Dependió del convento de La Sisla, y bien le conocería el padre Yepes, célebre prior de aquellos jerónimos y confesor de Santa Teresa. Le conocía la propia Santa Teresa, que le distinguió con visitas y car¬tas durante sus estancias aquí. Conserva el convento la tradición de una visita hecha por la mística Doctora. Y se cree que fuese la de una conocida anécdota teresiana. A saber, visitando Santa Teresa cierto convento de Toledo, algunas religiosas la dijeron que mejor estaría retirada en la quietud de una celda que no andando caminos y metida en mil negocios, a lo que replicó la Santa:"Señora, eso fuera tener poco amor de Dios".

El 17 de agosto de 1576 Santa Teresa envió una carta de herman¬dad a la "muy magnífica y muy reverenda priora del convento de San Pablo". Y la alude en otra que el 27 de mayo de 1568 dirigiera desde Toledo a doña Luisa de la Cerda, la linajuda señora del palacio que hoy es Casa de Mesa, a la sazón, temporalmente, en Andalucía. Estas relaciones de la Santa avilesa con las monjas jerónimas le dieron ocasión, sin duda, de conocer a su futuro confesor el padre Yepes. También es probable que en el mismo convento conociese Santa Teresa a la recto¬ra del Colegio de Doncellas, doña Ana de Silva, que era monja, como lo fue su sucesora doña Inés de Ribera, nombrada, a la muerte de aqué¬lla, por Felipe II en 12 de mayo de 1572. Como estos lustres, muchos otros prestigian el convento de San Pablo, sin contar el pórtico de su iglesia, la portada de su portería, el templo y la clausura, con la traza de conjunto que pone en la vista panorámica de Toledo, columbrada desde el valle, unas bellas pinceladas de arcos de galería, balaustres de corredores y árboles de huerto.

Laudes, prima, tercia, sexta, nona, vísperas y completas, todas las horas que marca el ritual se rezan o se cantan, según los días, por las religiosas jerónimas de San Pablo que han marcado su vida con el tri¬ple lema de la oración, la penitencia y al amor a la Virgen; la devoción mariana tiene en estas monjas una manifestación singular; se diría que no están satisfechas con tributar culto a la Madre de Dios dentro del monasterio y, sin quebrantar la clausura, han encontrado el modo de unirse a las procesiones de la Virgen de la Paz, de la Virgen de la Alegría y de la Virgen del Valle. Al otro lado del Tajo, frente al Convento, cuando el día 1 de mayo, la Virgen del Valle abandona por unas horas su santuario y recorre el cerro de la Peña del Rey Moro, los portadores de las andas sobre las que se ostenta la popular imagen paran unos instantes cuando el cortejo procesional pasa frente al monasterio de las jerónimas y desde su clausura las monjas escondi¬das tras de las celosías cantan la salve a Nuestra Señora. En el mes de mayo tributan a la Virgen de Fátima un culto especial.

Desde las seis de la mañana a las diez de la noche las monjas dis¬tribuyen sabiamente el tiempo entre el coro, las tareas domésticas y la confección de ornamentos sagrados, los actos penitenciales se siguen puntualmente; todos los viernes se disciplinan juntas en el coro, a oscuras; la mortificación aumenta en la Cuaresma.

La tarea encomendada a cada religiosa da lugar a denominaciones curiosas; la campanera, la versicularia, la sacristana, la lectora, la sal¬mista; a las que sirven la comida las llaman refectoleras, adjetivo deri¬vado de refectorio o comedor.

En su libro «Elogio y nostalgia de Toledo», don Gregorio Marañón recuerda una anécdota de Galdós relacionada con la espada que repro¬dujo P. M. R. en un reportaje publicado por la «Hoja del Lunes» de Madrid. Fue una de las «travesuras» que «Galdós cometía -escribe Marañón-en sus deambulaciones toledanas y que sólo podrán com¬prender quienes hayan conocido la alegría pueril que bajo su vivir agi¬tado conservó hasta su muerte y la euforia casi frenética que le inva¬día cuando se encontraba libre con los suyos en la amada ciudad. Una de ellas consistía en pedir a las monjas jerónimas de San Pablo, gran¬des amigas suyas, que le dejasen el alfanje que conserva, con el que aseguran fue degollado el santo titular; concedido el permiso los acompañantes hacían corro para ocultarle de la vista de las religiosas y entonces, con el alfanje, que conservaba su corte temeroso, afilaba la punta de su lápiz. Ignoraba que las depositarias de la santa reliquia conocían la estratagema y le dejaban darse ese gusto que parecía irre¬verente y que no lo era en realidad por el mucho amor que ponía en ligar su instrumento de trabajo, creador de tantas realidades españo¬las, con una de las tradiciones más antiguas y típicas de Toledo».
(Luis Moreno Nieto, “Toledo oculto: Los Conventos” ISBN 84-920219-9-3)

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El convento de San Pablo fue fundado a principios del siglo XV por doña María García y fray Pedro Pecha, prior de Jerónimos de Santa María de la Sisla. Con la fundadora se unieron varias mujeres. No tuvieron votos en vida de la fundadora, pero al morir ésta, en 1408, comenzaron los votos, clausura, etcétera, sometidas a la Orden Jerónima en todo. La iglesia es gótica, de muy entrado el siglo XVI. Todos los altares de la iglesia y coro, particularmente el de la Sala Capitular, tienen excelentes pinturas del siglo XVI. En la actualidad estas religiosas, que están federadas, se dedican a la confección de ropa talar y otras prendas. Al lado del Evangelio se halla el sepulcro, de mármol blanco y negro, donde yace Fernando Niño de Guevara, muerto el año 1609 en Sevilla, de donde era Cardenal-Arzobispo, y desde la cual fue traído a su ciudad natal, a este panteón de la familia de los Guevara.

Dependió del convento de La Sisla, y bien le conocería el padre Yepes, célebre prior de aquellos jerónimos y confesor de Santa Teresa. Le conocía la propia Santa Teresa, que le distinguió con visitas y car¬tas durante sus estancias aquí. Conserva el convento la tradición de una visita hecha por la mística Doctora. Y se cree que fuese la de una conocida anécdota teresiana. A saber, visitando Santa Teresa cierto convento de Toledo, algunas religiosas la dijeron que mejor estaría retirada en la quietud de una celda que no andando caminos y metida en mil negocios, a lo que replicó la Santa:"Señora, eso fuera tener poco amor de Dios".

El 17 de agosto de 1576 Santa Teresa envió una carta de herman¬dad a la "muy magnífica y muy reverenda priora del convento de San Pablo". Y la alude en otra que el 27 de mayo de 1568 dirigiera desde Toledo a doña Luisa de la Cerda, la linajuda señora del palacio que hoy es Casa de Mesa, a la sazón, temporalmente, en Andalucía. Estas relaciones de la Santa avilesa con las monjas jerónimas le dieron ocasión, sin duda, de conocer a su futuro confesor el padre Yepes. También es probable que en el mismo convento conociese Santa Teresa a la recto¬ra del Colegio de Doncellas, doña Ana de Silva, que era monja, como lo fue su sucesora doña Inés de Ribera, nombrada, a la muerte de aqué¬lla, por Felipe II en 12 de mayo de 1572. Como estos lustres, muchos otros prestigian el convento de San Pablo, sin contar el pórtico de su iglesia, la portada de su portería, el templo y la clausura, con la traza de conjunto que pone en la vista panorámica de Toledo, columbrada desde el valle, unas bellas pinceladas de arcos de galería, balaustres de corredores y árboles de huerto.

Laudes, prima, tercia, sexta, nona, vísperas y completas, todas las horas que marca el ritual se rezan o se cantan, según los días, por las religiosas jerónimas de San Pablo que han marcado su vida con el tri¬ple lema de la oración, la penitencia y al amor a la Virgen; la devoción mariana tiene en estas monjas una manifestación singular; se diría que no están satisfechas con tributar culto a la Madre de Dios dentro del monasterio y, sin quebrantar la clausura, han encontrado el modo de unirse a las procesiones de la Virgen de la Paz, de la Virgen de la Alegría y de la Virgen del Valle. Al otro lado del Tajo, frente al Convento, cuando el día 1 de mayo, la Virgen del Valle abandona por unas horas su santuario y recorre el cerro de la Peña del Rey Moro, los portadores de las andas sobre las que se ostenta la popular imagen paran unos instantes cuando el cortejo procesional pasa frente al monasterio de las jerónimas y desde su clausura las monjas escondi¬das tras de las celosías cantan la salve a Nuestra Señora. En el mes de mayo tributan a la Virgen de Fátima un culto especial.

Desde las seis de la mañana a las diez de la noche las monjas dis¬tribuyen sabiamente el tiempo entre el coro, las tareas domésticas y la confección de ornamentos sagrados, los actos penitenciales se siguen puntualmente; todos los viernes se disciplinan juntas en el coro, a oscuras; la mortificación aumenta en la Cuaresma.

La tarea encomendada a cada religiosa da lugar a denominaciones curiosas; la campanera, la versicularia, la sacristana, la lectora, la sal¬mista; a las que sirven la comida las llaman refectoleras, adjetivo deri¬vado de refectorio o comedor.

En su libro «Elogio y nostalgia de Toledo», don Gregorio Marañón recuerda una anécdota de Galdós relacionada con la espada que repro¬dujo P. M. R. en un reportaje publicado por la «Hoja del Lunes» de Madrid. Fue una de las «travesuras» que «Galdós cometía -escribe Marañón-en sus deambulaciones toledanas y que sólo podrán com¬prender quienes hayan conocido la alegría pueril que bajo su vivir agi¬tado conservó hasta su muerte y la euforia casi frenética que le inva¬día cuando se encontraba libre con los suyos en la amada ciudad. Una de ellas consistía en pedir a las monjas jerónimas de San Pablo, gran¬des amigas suyas, que le dejasen el alfanje que conserva, con el que aseguran fue degollado el santo titular; concedido el permiso los acompañantes hacían corro para ocultarle de la vista de las religiosas y entonces, con el alfanje, que conservaba su corte temeroso, afilaba la punta de su lápiz. Ignoraba que las depositarias de la santa reliquia conocían la estratagema y le dejaban darse ese gusto que parecía irre¬verente y que no lo era en realidad por el mucho amor que ponía en ligar su instrumento de trabajo, creador de tantas realidades españo¬las, con una de las tradiciones más antiguas y típicas de Toledo».
(Luis Moreno Nieto, “Toledo oculto: Los Conventos” ISBN 84-920219-9-3)

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El convento de San Pablo fue fundado a principios del siglo XV por doña María García y fray Pedro Pecha, prior de Jerónimos de Santa María de la Sisla. Con la fundadora se unieron varias mujeres. No tuvieron votos en vida de la fundadora, pero al morir ésta, en 1408, comenzaron los votos, clausura, etcétera, sometidas a la Orden Jerónima en todo. La iglesia es gótica, de muy entrado el siglo XVI. Todos los altares de la iglesia y coro, particularmente el de la Sala Capitular, tienen excelentes pinturas del siglo XVI. En la actualidad estas religiosas, que están federadas, se dedican a la confección de ropa talar y otras prendas. Al lado del Evangelio se halla el sepulcro, de mármol blanco y negro, donde yace Fernando Niño de Guevara, muerto el año 1609 en Sevilla, de donde era Cardenal-Arzobispo, y desde la cual fue traído a su ciudad natal, a este panteón de la familia de los Guevara.

Dependió del convento de La Sisla, y bien le conocería el padre Yepes, célebre prior de aquellos jerónimos y confesor de Santa Teresa. Le conocía la propia Santa Teresa, que le distinguió con visitas y car¬tas durante sus estancias aquí. Conserva el convento la tradición de una visita hecha por la mística Doctora. Y se cree que fuese la de una conocida anécdota teresiana. A saber, visitando Santa Teresa cierto convento de Toledo, algunas religiosas la dijeron que mejor estaría retirada en la quietud de una celda que no andando caminos y metida en mil negocios, a lo que replicó la Santa:"Señora, eso fuera tener poco amor de Dios".

El 17 de agosto de 1576 Santa Teresa envió una carta de herman¬dad a la "muy magnífica y muy reverenda priora del convento de San Pablo". Y la alude en otra que el 27 de mayo de 1568 dirigiera desde Toledo a doña Luisa de la Cerda, la linajuda señora del palacio que hoy es Casa de Mesa, a la sazón, temporalmente, en Andalucía. Estas relaciones de la Santa avilesa con las monjas jerónimas le dieron ocasión, sin duda, de conocer a su futuro confesor el padre Yepes. También es probable que en el mismo convento conociese Santa Teresa a la recto¬ra del Colegio de Doncellas, doña Ana de Silva, que era monja, como lo fue su sucesora doña Inés de Ribera, nombrada, a la muerte de aqué¬lla, por Felipe II en 12 de mayo de 1572. Como estos lustres, muchos otros prestigian el convento de San Pablo, sin contar el pórtico de su iglesia, la portada de su portería, el templo y la clausura, con la traza de conjunto que pone en la vista panorámica de Toledo, columbrada desde el valle, unas bellas pinceladas de arcos de galería, balaustres de corredores y árboles de huerto.

Laudes, prima, tercia, sexta, nona, vísperas y completas, todas las horas que marca el ritual se rezan o se cantan, según los días, por las religiosas jerónimas de San Pablo que han marcado su vida con el tri¬ple lema de la oración, la penitencia y al amor a la Virgen; la devoción mariana tiene en estas monjas una manifestación singular; se diría que no están satisfechas con tributar culto a la Madre de Dios dentro del monasterio y, sin quebrantar la clausura, han encontrado el modo de unirse a las procesiones de la Virgen de la Paz, de la Virgen de la Alegría y de la Virgen del Valle. Al otro lado del Tajo, frente al Convento, cuando el día 1 de mayo, la Virgen del Valle abandona por unas horas su santuario y recorre el cerro de la Peña del Rey Moro, los portadores de las andas sobre las que se ostenta la popular imagen paran unos instantes cuando el cortejo procesional pasa frente al monasterio de las jerónimas y desde su clausura las monjas escondi¬das tras de las celosías cantan la salve a Nuestra Señora. En el mes de mayo tributan a la Virgen de Fátima un culto especial.

Desde las seis de la mañana a las diez de la noche las monjas dis¬tribuyen sabiamente el tiempo entre el coro, las tareas domésticas y la confección de ornamentos sagrados, los actos penitenciales se siguen puntualmente; todos los viernes se disciplinan juntas en el coro, a oscuras; la mortificación aumenta en la Cuaresma.

La tarea encomendada a cada religiosa da lugar a denominaciones curiosas; la campanera, la versicularia, la sacristana, la lectora, la sal¬mista; a las que sirven la comida las llaman refectoleras, adjetivo deri¬vado de refectorio o comedor.

En su libro «Elogio y nostalgia de Toledo», don Gregorio Marañón recuerda una anécdota de Galdós relacionada con la espada que repro¬dujo P. M. R. en un reportaje publicado por la «Hoja del Lunes» de Madrid. Fue una de las «travesuras» que «Galdós cometía -escribe Marañón-en sus deambulaciones toledanas y que sólo podrán com¬prender quienes hayan conocido la alegría pueril que bajo su vivir agi¬tado conservó hasta su muerte y la euforia casi frenética que le inva¬día cuando se encontraba libre con los suyos en la amada ciudad. Una de ellas consistía en pedir a las monjas jerónimas de San Pablo, gran¬des amigas suyas, que le dejasen el alfanje que conserva, con el que aseguran fue degollado el santo titular; concedido el permiso los acompañantes hacían corro para ocultarle de la vista de las religiosas y entonces, con el alfanje, que conservaba su corte temeroso, afilaba la punta de su lápiz. Ignoraba que las depositarias de la santa reliquia conocían la estratagema y le dejaban darse ese gusto que parecía irre¬verente y que no lo era en realidad por el mucho amor que ponía en ligar su instrumento de trabajo, creador de tantas realidades españo¬las, con una de las tradiciones más antiguas y típicas de Toledo».
(Luis Moreno Nieto, “Toledo oculto: Los Conventos” ISBN 84-920219-9-3)

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El convento de San Pablo fue fundado a principios del siglo XV por doña María García y fray Pedro Pecha, prior de Jerónimos de Santa María de la Sisla. Con la fundadora se unieron varias mujeres. No tuvieron votos en vida de la fundadora, pero al morir ésta, en 1408, comenzaron los votos, clausura, etcétera, sometidas a la Orden Jerónima en todo. La iglesia es gótica, de muy entrado el siglo XVI. Todos los altares de la iglesia y coro, particularmente el de la Sala Capitular, tienen excelentes pinturas del siglo XVI. En la actualidad estas religiosas, que están federadas, se dedican a la confección de ropa talar y otras prendas. Al lado del Evangelio se halla el sepulcro, de mármol blanco y negro, donde yace Fernando Niño de Guevara, muerto el año 1609 en Sevilla, de donde era Cardenal-Arzobispo, y desde la cual fue traído a su ciudad natal, a este panteón de la familia de los Guevara.

Dependió del convento de La Sisla, y bien le conocería el padre Yepes, célebre prior de aquellos jerónimos y confesor de Santa Teresa. Le conocía la propia Santa Teresa, que le distinguió con visitas y car¬tas durante sus estancias aquí. Conserva el convento la tradición de una visita hecha por la mística Doctora. Y se cree que fuese la de una conocida anécdota teresiana. A saber, visitando Santa Teresa cierto convento de Toledo, algunas religiosas la dijeron que mejor estaría retirada en la quietud de una celda que no andando caminos y metida en mil negocios, a lo que replicó la Santa:"Señora, eso fuera tener poco amor de Dios".

El 17 de agosto de 1576 Santa Teresa envió una carta de herman¬dad a la "muy magnífica y muy reverenda priora del convento de San Pablo". Y la alude en otra que el 27 de mayo de 1568 dirigiera desde Toledo a doña Luisa de la Cerda, la linajuda señora del palacio que hoy es Casa de Mesa, a la sazón, temporalmente, en Andalucía. Estas relaciones de la Santa avilesa con las monjas jerónimas le dieron ocasión, sin duda, de conocer a su futuro confesor el padre Yepes. También es probable que en el mismo convento conociese Santa Teresa a la recto¬ra del Colegio de Doncellas, doña Ana de Silva, que era monja, como lo fue su sucesora doña Inés de Ribera, nombrada, a la muerte de aqué¬lla, por Felipe II en 12 de mayo de 1572. Como estos lustres, muchos otros prestigian el convento de San Pablo, sin contar el pórtico de su iglesia, la portada de su portería, el templo y la clausura, con la traza de conjunto que pone en la vista panorámica de Toledo, columbrada desde el valle, unas bellas pinceladas de arcos de galería, balaustres de corredores y árboles de huerto.

Laudes, prima, tercia, sexta, nona, vísperas y completas, todas las horas que marca el ritual se rezan o se cantan, según los días, por las religiosas jerónimas de San Pablo que han marcado su vida con el tri¬ple lema de la oración, la penitencia y al amor a la Virgen; la devoción mariana tiene en estas monjas una manifestación singular; se diría que no están satisfechas con tributar culto a la Madre de Dios dentro del monasterio y, sin quebrantar la clausura, han encontrado el modo de unirse a las procesiones de la Virgen de la Paz, de la Virgen de la Alegría y de la Virgen del Valle. Al otro lado del Tajo, frente al Convento, cuando el día 1 de mayo, la Virgen del Valle abandona por unas horas su santuario y recorre el cerro de la Peña del Rey Moro, los portadores de las andas sobre las que se ostenta la popular imagen paran unos instantes cuando el cortejo procesional pasa frente al monasterio de las jerónimas y desde su clausura las monjas escondi¬das tras de las celosías cantan la salve a Nuestra Señora. En el mes de mayo tributan a la Virgen de Fátima un culto especial.

Desde las seis de la mañana a las diez de la noche las monjas dis¬tribuyen sabiamente el tiempo entre el coro, las tareas domésticas y la confección de ornamentos sagrados, los actos penitenciales se siguen puntualmente; todos los viernes se disciplinan juntas en el coro, a oscuras; la mortificación aumenta en la Cuaresma.

La tarea encomendada a cada religiosa da lugar a denominaciones curiosas; la campanera, la versicularia, la sacristana, la lectora, la sal¬mista; a las que sirven la comida las llaman refectoleras, adjetivo deri¬vado de refectorio o comedor.

En su libro «Elogio y nostalgia de Toledo», don Gregorio Marañón recuerda una anécdota de Galdós relacionada con la espada que repro¬dujo P. M. R. en un reportaje publicado por la «Hoja del Lunes» de Madrid. Fue una de las «travesuras» que «Galdós cometía -escribe Marañón-en sus deambulaciones toledanas y que sólo podrán com¬prender quienes hayan conocido la alegría pueril que bajo su vivir agi¬tado conservó hasta su muerte y la euforia casi frenética que le inva¬día cuando se encontraba libre con los suyos en la amada ciudad. Una de ellas consistía en pedir a las monjas jerónimas de San Pablo, gran¬des amigas suyas, que le dejasen el alfanje que conserva, con el que aseguran fue degollado el santo titular; concedido el permiso los acompañantes hacían corro para ocultarle de la vista de las religiosas y entonces, con el alfanje, que conservaba su corte temeroso, afilaba la punta de su lápiz. Ignoraba que las depositarias de la santa reliquia conocían la estratagema y le dejaban darse ese gusto que parecía irre¬verente y que no lo era en realidad por el mucho amor que ponía en ligar su instrumento de trabajo, creador de tantas realidades españo¬las, con una de las tradiciones más antiguas y típicas de Toledo».
(Luis Moreno Nieto, “Toledo oculto: Los Conventos” ISBN 84-920219-9-3)

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The Stary Książ Castle was builded in 1779 as romantic ruins by Christian Tischbein funded by duke Jan Henryk VI von Hochberg. The main reason of building this (small) castle was to redirect all the people wanted to see the main residence of Jan Henryk VI von Hochberg (Książ Castle) to different place. Stary Książ was stylized to a gothic castle. What is also interesting it was builded on the ruins on some other castle builded in 1288 by Bolko I Surowy. Stary Książ was destroyed in fire initiated by soviet soldiers in 1945.

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The Stary Książ Castle was builded in 1779 as romantic ruins by Christian Tischbein funded by duke Jan Henryk VI von Hochberg. The main reason of building this (small) castle was to redirect all the people wanted to see the main residence of Jan Henryk VI von Hochberg (Książ Castle) to different place. Stary Książ was stylized to a gothic castle. What is also interesting it was builded on the ruins on some other castle builded in 1288 by Bolko I Surowy. Stary Książ was destroyed in fire initiated by soviet soldiers in 1945.

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Congratulations to everyone and thanks for your effort and collaboration on the project. We hope that next year would be much better for all.

Gracias a todo el mundo por vuestro esfuerzo y colaboración en el proyecto. Esperamos que el año que viene sea mucho mejor para todos.

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Congratulations to everyone and thanks for your effort and collaboration on the project. We hope that next year would be much better for all.

Gracias a todo el mundo por vuestro esfuerzo y colaboración en el proyecto. Esperamos que el año que viene sea mucho mejor para todos.

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http://http://www.samrohn.com/360-panorama/gantry-plaza-state-park-nyc/

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http://http://www.samrohn.com/360-panorama/gantry-plaza-state-park-nyc/

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El castillo de Grajal de Campos se encuentra en la localidad del mismo nombre, provincia de León.
En el siglo XV la villa de Grajal pasó a manos de la familia de los Vega. Un descendiente de éstos, Hernando de Vega, comenzó a levantar el actual castillo a principios del siglo XVI, sobre los restos de otro anterior del siglo X. El castillo fue concluido por su hijo Juan de Vega y Acuña, conde de Grajal.
Fue construido de acuerdo con las nuevas técnicas del arte de sitiar, atacar y defender las plazas fuertes, se le dispuso para el empleo de la artillería. Se compone de un gran cuadrado, con cubos en los ángulos, y amplias y numerosas troneras abiertas en los muros, los cuales tienen un acentuado talud y rematan en una cornisa de modillones y arquitos, que se coronó con pretil y almenas.
Su estado actual es bastante bueno, aunque con algún desperfecto en el interior.
Es de propiedad privada, del duque de Alburquerque, y se destina a visitas turísticas.
Fuente de información: (http://www.castillosnet.org/leon/LE-CAS-002.html)

Al fondo puede apreciarse la Iglesia de San Miguel, edificio, cuyo ábside y básica construcción son de arte gótico tardío, junto a una singularizada línea del último mudéjar, años entre 1517-1523. Y que, además, ofrece muy notables aportes posteriores, del mejor Arte.


http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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El castillo de Grajal de Campos se encuentra en la localidad del mismo nombre, provincia de León.
En el siglo XV la villa de Grajal pasó a manos de la familia de los Vega. Un descendiente de éstos, Hernando de Vega, comenzó a levantar el actual castillo a principios del siglo XVI, sobre los restos de otro anterior del siglo X. El castillo fue concluido por su hijo Juan de Vega y Acuña, conde de Grajal.
Fue construido de acuerdo con las nuevas técnicas del arte de sitiar, atacar y defender las plazas fuertes, se le dispuso para el empleo de la artillería. Se compone de un gran cuadrado, con cubos en los ángulos, y amplias y numerosas troneras abiertas en los muros, los cuales tienen un acentuado talud y rematan en una cornisa de modillones y arquitos, que se coronó con pretil y almenas.
Su estado actual es bastante bueno, aunque con algún desperfecto en el interior.
Es de propiedad privada, del duque de Alburquerque, y se destina a visitas turísticas.
Fuente de información: (http://www.castillosnet.org/leon/LE-CAS-002.html)

Al fondo puede apreciarse la Iglesia de San Miguel, edificio, cuyo ábside y básica construcción son de arte gótico tardío, junto a una singularizada línea del último mudéjar, años entre 1517-1523. Y que, además, ofrece muy notables aportes posteriores, del mejor Arte.


http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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New year's Eve is traditionally an auspicious time to make a wish and no wish is more apt at this juncture in time for peace when the world is as sick as it is now. Nobel Prize is a joke when war mongers past and present had or have won it for political reasons.....

The World Peace Pagoda is set upon a hill overlooking the town of Pohkara . It is a simple structure but with the view of the Annapurna Range in the distance, it is spectacular at sunrise on a cloudless day !

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New year's Eve is traditionally an auspicious time to make a wish and no wish is more apt at this juncture in time for peace when the world is as sick as it is now. Nobel Prize is a joke when war mongers past and present had or have won it for political reasons.....

The World Peace Pagoda is set upon a hill overlooking the town of Pohkara . It is a simple structure but with the view of the Annapurna Range in the distance, it is spectacular at sunrise on a cloudless day !

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Prêt pour la mise en route - Ready for the start

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Ordu is a province of Turkey, located on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Samsun to the northwest, Tokat to the southwest, Sivas to the south, and Giresun to the east. It's traffic code is 52. The capital of the province is the city of Ordu.
A typical Ordu farm house

Etymology
"Ordu" means 'army' in Turkish (and the word has come down in modern day English as the word horde). However the etymology of this Turkish province is not related to this word, it is an adaptation of Cotyora, the earlier Greek place name.

Geography
Ordu is a strip of Black Sea coast and the hills behind, historically an agricultural and fishing area and in recent years, tourism has seen an increase, mainly visitors from Russia and Georgia, as Ordu boasts some of the best beaches, rivers, and lush, green mountains on the Black Sea coast. Walking in the high pastures is now a popular excusrion for Turkish holidaymakers.

Ordu is famous for hazelnuts. Turkey as a whole produces about 70 percent of the world's hazelnuts, and over 50 percent of those come from Ordu. The recent drop in hazelnut prices however have led farmers to supplement their income with honeybees. The higher altitudes are covered in forest.
Raising bees among hazelnut trees

The province is home to a minority of Cheveneburi Georgians.

In recent decades many people from Ordu have migrated away to jobs in Istanbul or abroad.

Districts
Ordu province is divided into 19 districts (capital district in bold):

    * Akkuş
    * Aybastı
    * Çamaş
    * Çatalpınar
    * Çaybaşı
    * Fatsa
    * Gölköy
    * Gülyalı
    * Gürgentepe
    * İkizce
    * Kabadüz
    * Kabataş
    * Korgan
    * Kumru
    * Mesudiye
    * Ordu
    * Perşembe
    * Ulubey
    * Ünye

Places to see
Ordu has an attractive coast including pretty bays and the cleanest and longest beaches on this stretch of the Black Sea coast. Specific sites include:

    * The Russian bazaar in the city of Ordu
    * Boztepe - a 460 m hill above the city.
    * Karagöl - a crater lake at 3107 m, above the plateau of Çambaşı
    * Yason (Jason) point - a headland in Perşembe
    * Çambaşı Yaylası a high plateau

"Ordu Province." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Nov 2009, 06:14 UTC. 30 Dec 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ordu_Province&oldid=328747150>.

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Ordu is a province of Turkey, located on the Black Sea coast. Its adjacent provinces are Samsun to the northwest, Tokat to the southwest, Sivas to the south, and Giresun to the east. It's traffic code is 52. The capital of the province is the city of Ordu.
A typical Ordu farm house

Etymology
"Ordu" means 'army' in Turkish (and the word has come down in modern day English as the word horde). However the etymology of this Turkish province is not related to this word, it is an adaptation of Cotyora, the earlier Greek place name.

Geography
Ordu is a strip of Black Sea coast and the hills behind, historically an agricultural and fishing area and in recent years, tourism has seen an increase, mainly visitors from Russia and Georgia, as Ordu boasts some of the best beaches, rivers, and lush, green mountains on the Black Sea coast. Walking in the high pastures is now a popular excusrion for Turkish holidaymakers.

Ordu is famous for hazelnuts. Turkey as a whole produces about 70 percent of the world's hazelnuts, and over 50 percent of those come from Ordu. The recent drop in hazelnut prices however have led farmers to supplement their income with honeybees. The higher altitudes are covered in forest.
Raising bees among hazelnut trees

The province is home to a minority of Cheveneburi Georgians.

In recent decades many people from Ordu have migrated away to jobs in Istanbul or abroad.

Districts
Ordu province is divided into 19 districts (capital district in bold):

    * Akkuş
    * Aybastı
    * Çamaş
    * Çatalpınar
    * Çaybaşı
    * Fatsa
    * Gölköy
    * Gülyalı
    * Gürgentepe
    * İkizce
    * Kabadüz
    * Kabataş
    * Korgan
    * Kumru
    * Mesudiye
    * Ordu
    * Perşembe
    * Ulubey
    * Ünye

Places to see
Ordu has an attractive coast including pretty bays and the cleanest and longest beaches on this stretch of the Black Sea coast. Specific sites include:

    * The Russian bazaar in the city of Ordu
    * Boztepe - a 460 m hill above the city.
    * Karagöl - a crater lake at 3107 m, above the plateau of Çambaşı
    * Yason (Jason) point - a headland in Perşembe
    * Çambaşı Yaylası a high plateau

"Ordu Province." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Nov 2009, 06:14 UTC. 30 Dec 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ordu_Province&oldid=328747150>.

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The name Beşikdüzü is composed of two Turkish words, namely beşik, "a cradle" and düzü, "a plain". There is a mountain may be strato volcano called Beşikdağ 1 km. south of city and there is a plain area north of this mountain next to the Black Sea coast. And the city is situated on this are so the name given to it for this reason. One of the 20 village institutes was established in Beşikdüzü.

Current situation
The city centre is a new built city with a history of about 100 years. It was a local market for the surrounding villages and developed as a city by education government and trade facilities. Now it is the third most populated district of Trabzon province. The district of Beşikdüzü has 25 villages with population of 18,000 and the city centre has a population of 29,000 people.

Geography
The district is a mountainous area as well as the rest of the Trabzon province. But there are suitable plain areas at the seaside for building new parts of the city development. The city is on the Black Sea coast and there is an harbour 2 km west. The area of the district is 121 km².

Rivers
Agasar river is the longest river of the district. It passes across the city centre. There are three big bridges on it. Kurbağalıdere river is the eastern border with Vakfıkebir district, Değirmendere river comes from the forest region and the situated at the western part of district.

Climate and vegetation
The district has subtropical climate. All the year rainy and cloudy weather prevails. The winters are not cold and the summers are warm. The hottest temperature 22°C and the coldest is 6°C. Humidity is around %65-70. Because of this rainy and humid weather all the area is covered by forests and hazelnut trees. One can never see an empty area except for the houses and the roads.

Agriculture
Arable area is 6,195 hectares in the district, the forests comprise 1,141 hectares, meadows 750 hectares and 23 hectares unproductive area.

hazelnut 3640 ha tea plantations 146 ha corn 750 ha potato 305 ha oranges 37 ha kiwi 4 ha bean 100 ha food plantations 400 ha other vegetables 100 ha

Settlements
    * The neighborhoods of the district are Beşikdüzü, Türkeli (Oğuz) and Yeşilköy (Abdallı).

    * The quarters of Beşikdüzü town are Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, Fatih Mahallesi, Beşikdağ Mahallesi, Nefsişarlı Mahallesi, Adacık Mahallesi, Vardallı Mahallesi and Çeşmeönü Mahallesi (Yobol).

    * The villages of the district are as follows:

    Ağaçlı (Kancuma), Akkese, Aksaklı, Anbarlı, Ardıçatak, Bayırköy, Bozlu, Çakırlı, Çıtlaklı, Dağlıca (Meopliya), Denizli, Dolanlı, Duygulu, Gürgenli (Kadahor), Hünerli (Kefli), Kalegüney, Korkuthan, Kutluca (Huplu), Resullü, Sayvancık (İstil), Seyitahmet, Şahmelik, Takazlı, Yenicami and Zemberek.

"Beşikdüzü." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 26 Dec 2009, 12:32 UTC. 30 Dec 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Be%C5%9Fikd%C3%BCz%C3%BC&oldid=334088045>.

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The name Beşikdüzü is composed of two Turkish words, namely beşik, "a cradle" and düzü, "a plain". There is a mountain may be strato volcano called Beşikdağ 1 km. south of city and there is a plain area north of this mountain next to the Black Sea coast. And the city is situated on this are so the name given to it for this reason. One of the 20 village institutes was established in Beşikdüzü.

Current situation
The city centre is a new built city with a history of about 100 years. It was a local market for the surrounding villages and developed as a city by education government and trade facilities. Now it is the third most populated district of Trabzon province. The district of Beşikdüzü has 25 villages with population of 18,000 and the city centre has a population of 29,000 people.

Geography
The district is a mountainous area as well as the rest of the Trabzon province. But there are suitable plain areas at the seaside for building new parts of the city development. The city is on the Black Sea coast and there is an harbour 2 km west. The area of the district is 121 km².

Rivers
Agasar river is the longest river of the district. It passes across the city centre. There are three big bridges on it. Kurbağalıdere river is the eastern border with Vakfıkebir district, Değirmendere river comes from the forest region and the situated at the western part of district.

Climate and vegetation
The district has subtropical climate. All the year rainy and cloudy weather prevails. The winters are not cold and the summers are warm. The hottest temperature 22°C and the coldest is 6°C. Humidity is around %65-70. Because of this rainy and humid weather all the area is covered by forests and hazelnut trees. One can never see an empty area except for the houses and the roads.

Agriculture
Arable area is 6,195 hectares in the district, the forests comprise 1,141 hectares, meadows 750 hectares and 23 hectares unproductive area.

hazelnut 3640 ha tea plantations 146 ha corn 750 ha potato 305 ha oranges 37 ha kiwi 4 ha bean 100 ha food plantations 400 ha other vegetables 100 ha

Settlements
    * The neighborhoods of the district are Beşikdüzü, Türkeli (Oğuz) and Yeşilköy (Abdallı).

    * The quarters of Beşikdüzü town are Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, Fatih Mahallesi, Beşikdağ Mahallesi, Nefsişarlı Mahallesi, Adacık Mahallesi, Vardallı Mahallesi and Çeşmeönü Mahallesi (Yobol).

    * The villages of the district are as follows:

    Ağaçlı (Kancuma), Akkese, Aksaklı, Anbarlı, Ardıçatak, Bayırköy, Bozlu, Çakırlı, Çıtlaklı, Dağlıca (Meopliya), Denizli, Dolanlı, Duygulu, Gürgenli (Kadahor), Hünerli (Kefli), Kalegüney, Korkuthan, Kutluca (Huplu), Resullü, Sayvancık (İstil), Seyitahmet, Şahmelik, Takazlı, Yenicami and Zemberek.

"Beşikdüzü." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 26 Dec 2009, 12:32 UTC. 30 Dec 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Be%C5%9Fikd%C3%BCz%C3%BC&oldid=334088045>.

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

"Safranbolu." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 12 Dec 2009, 17:11 UTC. 30 Dec 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947>.

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Safranbolu is a town and district of Karabük Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Its location can be roughly described as about two hundred kilometers north of Ankara and about a hundred kilometers south of the Black Sea coast, or more precisely as about 9 kilometers north of the city of Karabük. Former Turkish names of her were Zalifre and Taraklıborlu and in Greek Saframpolis, Σαφραμπολις. According to the 2000 census, population of the district is 47,257 of which 31,697 live in the town of Safranbolu. The district covers an area of 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi), and the town lies at an elevation of 485 m (1,591 ft).

The Old Town preserves many old buildings, with 1008 registered historical artifacts. These are: 1 private museum, 25 mosques, 5 tombs, 8 historical fountains, 5 Turkish baths, 3 caravanserais, 1 historical clock tower, 1 sundial and hundreds of houses and mansions. Also there are mounds of ancient settlements, rock tombs and historical bridges. The Old Town is situated in a deep ravine in a fairly dry area in the rain shadow of the mountains. The New Town can be found on the plateau about two kilometers west of the Old Town.

The name of the town derives from saffron, since Safranbolu was a trading place and a center for growing saffron.Today saffron is still alive at the village of Davutobası which is 22 km east of Safranbolu and probably one of the best quality saffron in the world.

Safranbolu was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in 1994 due to its well-preserved Ottoman era houses and architecture.

"Safranbolu." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 12 Dec 2009, 17:11 UTC. 30 Dec 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safranbolu&oldid=331283947>.

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The Sümela Monastery Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, Turkey. It is a major tourist attraction located in the Altındere National Park. It lies at an altitude of about 1200 metres overlooking much of the alpine scenery below.

The monastery was founded in the year 386 (during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I, AD 375 - 395) by two Athenian priests - Barnabas and Sophronius according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture . Legend states that they found an icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain and decided to remain in order to establish the monastery.

During its long history, the monastery has fallen into ruin several times and been restored by successive Emperors; During the 6th Century AD, it was restored and enlarged by General Belisarius at the behest of Justinian .

It reached its present form in the 13th century after gaining prominence during the reign of Alexios III (1349 - 1390) of the Komnenian Empire of Trebizond (established in 1204). At that time, it was granted an income from imperial funds. During the time of Manuel III , son of Alexius III, and the reigns of later princes, Sümela gained further wealth from new imperial grants.

Following the conquest by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1461, it was granted protection by order of the Sultan and given rights and privileges which were renewed by following Sultans. Monks and travellers continued to journey there throughout the years and the monastery was extremely popular up until the 19th century.

The Monastery was seized for a time by the Russians during the occupation of Trabzon between 1916 - 1918.

It was finally abandoned in 1923, following the population exchanges between Greece and Turkey after the Treaty of Lausanne. In 1930, the miraculous icon of the Panagia Soumelá as well as other sacred trasures of the monastery were transferred to the new Panagia Soumela Monastery, on the slopes of Mount Vermion, near the town of Naousa, in Macedonia, Greece.

Today its main purpose is as a tourist attraction. Its place overlooking the forests and streams below make it extremely popular for its aesthetic attraction as well as for its cultural and religious interests. The Turkish government is currently undertaking necessary restoration works to the site.

Construction and buildings

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, library and sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. These were built over a very large area.

The large aqueduct at the entrance, which clearly supplied water to the Monastery, is constructed against the side of the cliff. The aqueduct has many arches which have mostly been restored to date.

The entrance to the Monastery leads up by a long and narrow stairway. There is a guard-room next to the entrance. The stairs lead from there to the inner courtyard. On the left, in front of a cave, there are several monastery buildings. The cave, which was converted into a church, constitutes the centre of the Monastery. The library is to the right.

The large building with a balcony on the front part of the cliff was used for the monks' cells and as guesthouse. It dates to 1860.

The influence of Turkish art can be observed in the design of the cupboards, niches and fire-place in the rooms of the buildings surrounding the courtyard.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The frescoes of the time of Alexios III can be seen on the inner wall of the Rock Church facing the courtyard. The frescoes of the chapel which were painted on three levels in three different periods are dated to the beginning of the 18th century. The frescoes of the bottom band are of superior quality.

The frescoes of the Sümela Monastery are seriously damaged, having largely been moved from their original settings. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

"Sümela Monastery." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Aug 2009, 19:45 UTC. 30 Aug 2009 <en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%BCmela_Monastery&;oldid=310939927>.

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The Sümela Monastery Turkish: Sümela Manastırı) stands at the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, Turkey. It is a major tourist attraction located in the Altındere National Park. It lies at an altitude of about 1200 metres overlooking much of the alpine scenery below.

The monastery was founded in the year 386 (during the reign of the Emperor Theodosius I, AD 375 - 395) by two Athenian priests - Barnabas and Sophronius according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture . Legend states that they found an icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain and decided to remain in order to establish the monastery.

During its long history, the monastery has fallen into ruin several times and been restored by successive Emperors; During the 6th Century AD, it was restored and enlarged by General Belisarius at the behest of Justinian .

It reached its present form in the 13th century after gaining prominence during the reign of Alexios III (1349 - 1390) of the Komnenian Empire of Trebizond (established in 1204). At that time, it was granted an income from imperial funds. During the time of Manuel III , son of Alexius III, and the reigns of later princes, Sümela gained further wealth from new imperial grants.

Following the conquest by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in 1461, it was granted protection by order of the Sultan and given rights and privileges which were renewed by following Sultans. Monks and travellers continued to journey there throughout the years and the monastery was extremely popular up until the 19th century.

The Monastery was seized for a time by the Russians during the occupation of Trabzon between 1916 - 1918.

It was finally abandoned in 1923, following the population exchanges between Greece and Turkey after the Treaty of Lausanne. In 1930, the miraculous icon of the Panagia Soumelá as well as other sacred trasures of the monastery were transferred to the new Panagia Soumela Monastery, on the slopes of Mount Vermion, near the town of Naousa, in Macedonia, Greece.

Today its main purpose is as a tourist attraction. Its place overlooking the forests and streams below make it extremely popular for its aesthetic attraction as well as for its cultural and religious interests. The Turkish government is currently undertaking necessary restoration works to the site.

Construction and buildings

The principal elements of the Monastery complex are the Rock Church, several chapels, kitchens, student rooms, a guesthouse, library and sacred spring revered by Orthodox Greeks. These were built over a very large area.

The large aqueduct at the entrance, which clearly supplied water to the Monastery, is constructed against the side of the cliff. The aqueduct has many arches which have mostly been restored to date.

The entrance to the Monastery leads up by a long and narrow stairway. There is a guard-room next to the entrance. The stairs lead from there to the inner courtyard. On the left, in front of a cave, there are several monastery buildings. The cave, which was converted into a church, constitutes the centre of the Monastery. The library is to the right.

The large building with a balcony on the front part of the cliff was used for the monks' cells and as guesthouse. It dates to 1860.

The influence of Turkish art can be observed in the design of the cupboards, niches and fire-place in the rooms of the buildings surrounding the courtyard.

The inner and outer walls of the Rock Church and the walls of the adjacent chapel are decorated with frescoes. The frescoes of the time of Alexios III can be seen on the inner wall of the Rock Church facing the courtyard. The frescoes of the chapel which were painted on three levels in three different periods are dated to the beginning of the 18th century. The frescoes of the bottom band are of superior quality.

The frescoes of the Sümela Monastery are seriously damaged, having largely been moved from their original settings. The main subject of the frescoes are biblical scenes telling the story of Christ and the Virgin Mary.

"Sümela Monastery." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Aug 2009, 19:45 UTC. 30 Aug 2009 <en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%C3%BCmela_Monastery&;oldid=310939927>.

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On a good winter Rigans have a great alternative to bridge crossing, when they are able to take a nice walk over ice to the other river side. Back in times, when frosts were more severe and lasting sleigh riding was a popular mean of communication in Riga.

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On a good winter Rigans have a great alternative to bridge crossing, when they are able to take a nice walk over ice to the other river side. Back in times, when frosts were more severe and lasting sleigh riding was a popular mean of communication in Riga.

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Uzungöl Macka-Trabzon

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Uzungöl Macka-Trabzon

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La Grande Plage de Biarritz limita con la ciudad. Los edificios visibles desde la playa, son antiguos y originales , elegantes y bien conservados. La arena es fina pero algo más oscura. La playa transmite una impresión muy limpia. En la playa se encuentran varias formaciones rocosas. El agua del mar tiene un hermoso color turquesa y es cristalina. El agua está muy limpia. Tiene una extensión limitada y es bastante estrecha. La superficie de la playa es muy inclinada. Cerca de la playa se encuentran bares y restaurantes. (fuente: onbeach.es)

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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La Grande Plage de Biarritz limita con la ciudad. Los edificios visibles desde la playa, son antiguos y originales , elegantes y bien conservados. La arena es fina pero algo más oscura. La playa transmite una impresión muy limpia. En la playa se encuentran varias formaciones rocosas. El agua del mar tiene un hermoso color turquesa y es cristalina. El agua está muy limpia. Tiene una extensión limitada y es bastante estrecha. La superficie de la playa es muy inclinada. Cerca de la playa se encuentran bares y restaurantes. (fuente: onbeach.es)

http://www.AlcedaOntaneda.tK

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La Catedral de Notre-Dame, es una de las catedrales francesas íntimamente ligadas a la idea del esplendor gótico, dedicada a María, Madre de Cristo, conformando uno de los símbolos de la Ciudad de París.

Situada en la parte este de Ile de la Cité, su fachada mira hacia el oeste y da sobre la plaza Notre Dame, donde se encuentra el punto cero desde el que se cuentan todas las distancias de Francia.

La imagen está tomada bajo la primera nevada del 2009 en la ciudad de París.

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La Catedral de Notre-Dame, es una de las catedrales francesas íntimamente ligadas a la idea del esplendor gótico, dedicada a María, Madre de Cristo, conformando uno de los símbolos de la Ciudad de París.

Situada en la parte este de Ile de la Cité, su fachada mira hacia el oeste y da sobre la plaza Notre Dame, donde se encuentra el punto cero desde el que se cuentan todas las distancias de Francia.

La imagen está tomada bajo la primera nevada del 2009 en la ciudad de París.

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Haut dessus des granges de Saugué
votre regard embrasse au Sud la totalité du site de Gavarnie jusqu'au Taillon , ainsi que
vers l’Est le massif du Pic Long, le plus haut sommet pyrénéen entièrement français. Saugué surplombe le village de Gavarnie, dont l’origine se développe sur la base d’un accueil aux marchands, voyageurs et pèlerins en route pour Saint-Jacques de Compostelle ( par Boucharo ). Un hôpital est fondé à cet effet à Gavarnie dès le IXe
En remontant sur le plateau vous découvrirez d'anciens canaux d'irrigations

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Haut dessus des granges de Saugué
votre regard embrasse au Sud la totalité du site de Gavarnie jusqu'au Taillon , ainsi que
vers l’Est le massif du Pic Long, le plus haut sommet pyrénéen entièrement français. Saugué surplombe le village de Gavarnie, dont l’origine se développe sur la base d’un accueil aux marchands, voyageurs et pèlerins en route pour Saint-Jacques de Compostelle ( par Boucharo ). Un hôpital est fondé à cet effet à Gavarnie dès le IXe
En remontant sur le plateau vous découvrirez d'anciens canaux d'irrigations

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Early Morning of People in Chiang Karn. It's alway best to donate breakfast with boiled sticky rice to monks.

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Early Morning of People in Chiang Karn. It's alway best to donate breakfast with boiled sticky rice to monks.

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Toledo, la fotografía y yo os deseamos ¡Feliz Año Nuevo a todos!

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Toledo, la fotografía y yo os deseamos ¡Feliz Año Nuevo a todos!

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Widok na wyremontowaną i przerobioną na deptak ul. Mariacką oraz fasade Rzymsko Katolickiego kościoła pod wezwaniem Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP.

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Widok na wyremontowaną i przerobioną na deptak ul. Mariacką oraz fasade Rzymsko Katolickiego kościoła pod wezwaniem Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP.

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Rzymsko Katolicki Kościół pod wezwaniem Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP

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Rzymsko Katolicki Kościół pod wezwaniem Niepokalanego Poczęcia NMP

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Consta d'una sola nau, dividida en cinc trams i amb una planta de 34 x 15 metres. L'absis és de planta poligonal separat per contraforts interiors, que formen les capelles, cobertes amb volta de canó apuntades, els murs d'aquestes capelles es troben grans vitralls, realitzades els anys cinquanta del segle XX, per haver estat destruïdes les anteriors a un incendi de l'any 1934.

La seva edificació presenta un caràcter primari gòtic, amb columnes adossades que sostenen les voltes de creueria de la nau i amb grans contraforts interiors, on s'allotgen les capelles. S'aprecia certa desigualtat entre el tram absidal, més lleuger i la resta de la nau un poc més pesat.

La cripta correspon a l'any 1561 i va ser construïda sota el presbiteri.

La porta lateral, durant anys entrada principal, dita de Santa Maria i antigament Dels capellans , és de finals del segle XIII, amb restes de policromia romànica.

La seva façana principal és d'estil neogòtic, realitzada l'any 1903, afegint dues torres i engrandint la rosassa de damunt del pòrtic.

El campanar de planta octogonal, és del segle XIX, està coronat per la imatge d'un àngel i situat a la dreta de la capçalera del temple.

Durant la guerra civil espanyola de l'any 1936, moltes obres d'art del seu interior van ser destruïdes, conservant-se el grup escultòric El Soterrament de Crist de l'escultor Josep Llimona.

Bibliografia: Maria Lluïsa Ramos Catedrals, monestirs i grans edificis religiosos Barcelona: Geoestel, 2005. ISBN 84-96295-15-X

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Consta d'una sola nau, dividida en cinc trams i amb una planta de 34 x 15 metres. L'absis és de planta poligonal separat per contraforts interiors, que formen les capelles, cobertes amb volta de canó apuntades, els murs d'aquestes capelles es troben grans vitralls, realitzades els anys cinquanta del segle XX, per haver estat destruïdes les anteriors a un incendi de l'any 1934.

La seva edificació presenta un caràcter primari gòtic, amb columnes adossades que sostenen les voltes de creueria de la nau i amb grans contraforts interiors, on s'allotgen les capelles. S'aprecia certa desigualtat entre el tram absidal, més lleuger i la resta de la nau un poc més pesat.

La cripta correspon a l'any 1561 i va ser construïda sota el presbiteri.

La porta lateral, durant anys entrada principal, dita de Santa Maria i antigament Dels capellans , és de finals del segle XIII, amb restes de policromia romànica.

La seva façana principal és d'estil neogòtic, realitzada l'any 1903, afegint dues torres i engrandint la rosassa de damunt del pòrtic.

El campanar de planta octogonal, és del segle XIX, està coronat per la imatge d'un àngel i situat a la dreta de la capçalera del temple.

Durant la guerra civil espanyola de l'any 1936, moltes obres d'art del seu interior van ser destruïdes, conservant-se el grup escultòric El Soterrament de Crist de l'escultor Josep Llimona.

Bibliografia: Maria Lluïsa Ramos Catedrals, monestirs i grans edificis religiosos Barcelona: Geoestel, 2005. ISBN 84-96295-15-X</