Friday, April 30, 2021
Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski
Monument to Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski
10 Lutego
Gdynia, September 2018
“Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (30 December 1888, Kraków – 22 August 1974, Kraków) was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic.” (Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, Wikipedia)
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Orfeó Català
Orfeó Català
Palau de la Música Catalana
Plaça de Lluís Millet
Barcelona, March 2017
“The Orfeó Català is a choral society based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, which was founded in 1891 by Lluís Millet and Amadeu Vives. The Palau de la Música Catalana, a major Barcelona landmark, was commissioned for the choral society in 1904, and completed in 1908.” (Orfeó Català, Wikipedia)
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Monday, April 26, 2021
The Photographers' Gallery
The Photographers' Gallery
Ramillies Street
London, September 2014
“The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London by Sue Davies opening on 14 January 1971, as the first public gallery in the United Kingdom devoted solely to photography. It is also home to the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, established in 1996 to identify and reward photographic talent and innovation, and the Bar-Tur Photobook Award.” (The Photographers' Gallery, Wikipedia)
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Saturday, April 24, 2021
IS-2 tank
IS-2 tank
Muzeum Czynu Zbrojnego (Museum of the Armed Act)
osiedle Górali, Nowa Huta
Kraków, September 2018
Friday, April 23, 2021
Sant Jordi
Sant Jordi (Saint George)
Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Plaça de Sant Jaume
Barcelona, March 2017
“The Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya is a historic palace in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It houses the offices of the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya. It is one of the few buildings of medieval origin in Europe that still functions as a seat of government and houses the institution that originally built it. The palace is located in the district of Ciutat Vella in Barcelona. It is bounded by the Carrer del Bisbe, Carrer de Sant Sever and Carrer de Sant Honorat. Its principal façade gives onto the Plaça de Sant Jaume, across from the City Hall of Barcelona. The original building was purchased in 1400 by then-president Alfons de Tous. It was located on the Carrer de Sant Honorat, in the former Jewish Quarter, or Call. The first extension (in the year 1416) faced the street and was carried out by Bishop Marc Safont, who also built the chapel of St. George, in 1434. In 1596, Pere Blai designed the current principal façade on the Plaça de Sant Jaume, in the Renaissance style. This is the first grand façade of this architectural style in Catalonia. Thereafter, several other houses were purchased and integrated into the palace.” (Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Wikipedia)
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Corpus Domini
The Church of Corpus Domini
Via Tagliapietre
Bologna, June 2015
“The Church of Corpus Domini, also known as the Chiesa della Santa is a Roman Catholic church in Bologna. It is part of an active monastery complex of the order of Clarissan nuns, that is nuns of the contemplative Second Order of St. Francis. The monastery is semi-cloistered. The complex hosts a museum dedicated to nurses and nursing, inaugurated by Cardinal Giorgio Gusmini in 1919. The museum has written and perhaps painted works of Saint Caterina de' Vigri, also known as Saint Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463).” (Corpus Domini, Wikipedia)
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Bourne & Hollingsworth
Plaza Shopping Centre
(formerly Bourne & Hollingsworth department store)
Oxford Street
London, September 2014
“Bourne & Hollingsworth was a large department store on the corner of Oxford Street and Berners Street. It was named after its founders, Walter William Bourne and Howard E Hollingsworth, brothers in law, who started the store in Westbourne Grove as a drapery store in 1894. The store then moved to the Oxford Street site (pictured) in 1902 (built in 1894) due to competition with Whiteleys, and by 1928 the store had been remodelled (by Slater & Moberley) in the Art Deco style. Bourne & Hollingsworth became renowned for selling the best quality goods and for looking after their staff, providing accommodation at Warwickshire House on Gower Street for up to 600 female workers. Like much of Oxford Street, the store suffered bomb damage in 1940, however today much of the art deco facade still survives. The 1954 comedy-drama film The Crowded Day, directed by John Guillermin, was partially shot inside Bourne & Hollingsworth to provide an authentic setting of a department store, which could not easily be achieved in a studio. The store's exterior was also used for some outside location shots, including the background of the film's opening title credit. The business expanded opening a further store in Southampton in 1959, which later adopted the name Bournes after it was sold in 1979. The store finally closed its doors in 1983. The building was known as The Plaza Oxford Street (opened 1986 closed 2016), but was at one time the planned site for Richard Branson's Virgin Megastore. In September 2018 the building reopened as the new flagship store of fashion and homewares retailer Next.” (Bourne & Hollingsworth, Wikipedia)
Monday, April 19, 2021
Sunday, April 18, 2021
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Friday, April 16, 2021
Thursday, April 15, 2021
The Wind of Hope
“John Paul II – the Wind of Hope” by Carlo Balljana, 2009
Kościół Matki Bożej Królowej Polski (Arka Pana), 1977
Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland
ulica Obrońców Krzyża, Nowa Huta
Kraków, September 2018
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Our Lady in Campetto
Our Lady the Immaculate Conception in Campetto
“Imperet et impetret” (Command and obtain)
Via di Scurreria
Genoa, April 2016
Monday, April 12, 2021
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Friday, April 9, 2021
St. Catherine's Church
Kościół św. Katarzyny (St. Catherine's Church)
ulica Profesorska
Stare Miasto (Old Town)
Gdańsk, September 2018
“St Catherine's Church (Polish: Kościół św. Katarzyny, German: Katharinenkirche) is the oldest church in Gdańsk, Poland. It was a Protestant church from 1545 until the end of World War II in 1945, after which it returned to the Catholic Church. It houses the world's first pulsar clock (since 2011), the Museum of Turret Clocks (part of the Museum of Gdańsk) and previously (2000-2006) an art gallery (in its attic). In 2006 it suffered a major roof fire.” (St. Catherine's Church, Wikipedia)
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Monday, April 5, 2021
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Saturday, April 3, 2021
Rebar
Rebar
Kościół Matki Bożej Królowej Polski (Arka Pana)
Church of Our Lady Queen of Poland
ulica Obrońców Krzyża, Nowa Huta
Kraków, September 2018
Friday, April 2, 2021
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Cristoforo Colombo
Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus)
Palazzo San Giorgio
Via delle Mercanzie
Genoa, April 2016
“In 1570, the Palace underwent radical extension and renovation works that profoundly altered its original appearance. The new building developed towards the sea and had a compact and homogenous external shape, with façades decorated in the style of Genoese Renaissance architecture, including a spectacular fresco decoration. At the beginning of the 17th century, the patrons of the Bank of Saint George decided to entrust Lazzaro Tavarone with the task of frescoing the seafront of Palazzo San Giorgio, replacing a previous decoration carried out in 1591 by Andrea Semino, which was not appreciated by the notables. Tavarone began the restoration project in 1606 and completed it in 1608. Since then, the sea façade of Palazzo San Giorgio has featured St. George and the Dragon, Janus Two-Faced, Neptune, Caffaro, Andrea Doria, Simon Boccanegra, Guglielmo Embriaco, Christopher Columbus and Biagio Assereto, symbols of the power and wealth that Genoa had conquered over the centuries by navigating the sea. The following restoration of the Palazzo’s façade dates back to 1912 and it was commissioned by the Autonomous Port Consortium to Lodovico Pogliaghi, who repainted the decorations on the façade facing the sea. They were later restored by the painter Raimondo Sirotti in 1992 on the occasion of the Columbus celebrations. Artworks of equal importance, including a 16th-century aedicule and a plaque dedicated to Nazario Sauro, are also present along the remaining three sides of the Palace.” (The outside of the Palace, Palazzo San Giorgio)
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