Wipperkotten – winter light at the river Wupper

Wipperkotten – winter light at the river Wupper

Some cool tool grinding photos:

Wipperkotten – winter light at the river Wupper

Image by U Kersting
The Wipperkotten in the Bergisch Land was constructed as a grindery in about 1605 and it is the last existing twin constructing of formerly 26 grinding sheds at the reduce river Wupper.
It was private initiative which brought this grindery plant with its water weir under historical
protection in 1955. Like in former instances, two undershot waterwheels are spinning between
both of these historical buildings. The land bound house is nonetheless utilised as grindery.

On a modest island in the Wupper there is our water side house. Its waterwheel was rebuilt in
1964. With its 32 wooden blades it accomplishes on to 42 BHP. ( 4,20 m)
The shown handmade tools and utensils from Bergisch grinderies are cultural documents of
the blade manufacturing . This was supported by the finding and extraction of ore
(ten. to 12. century) in this region.

www.wipperkotten.de

Dortmund – Zeche Zollern II IV 08

Image by Daniel Mennerich
The Zeche Zollern II/IV (translated: Zollern II/IV Colliery) is positioned in the northwestern suburb of Bövinghausen of Dortmund, Germany. The Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG projected Zollern in 1898 as a model colliery.

Ground up construction began in 1898 on a new website. Most of the buildings of the colliery were constructed in solid brickwork by the architect Paul Knobbe and had been completed in 1904 with the central engine house, in which the most up-to-date generators and machinery utilized in the colliery had been housed. The architecture and state-of-the-art technology help the transition of Gothic-revival to Art Nouveau and the industrialization of the early 1900s.

Due to deadline stress, the central engine property was built in iron framework building with infilling of red brickwork, planned and executed by the Gutehoffnungshütte. The Art Nouveau styled major entrance was made by the Berlin architect Bruno Möhring, it shows a lead glazing of blue, green and-glass. Counterpart of the main entrance is the massive control board of polished marble in brass mounting, with a brass clock hanging from above.

Other buildings on the web site consist of administration bureaus, blacksmith’s shop and carpenter’s shop, first-aid and fire station with stable, pithead baths, tools shop and the central gateway.

In 1969, three years following it closed down, the colliery was recognized as Germany’s 1st technical developing monument of international importance. Given that 1981, it has been the headquarters of the Westphalian Industrial Museum.

The original pit frames had been scrapped before 1969, two comparable constructions from other collieries had been reconstructed on this web site in the 1980s.

The museum is an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.

Grinding stone

Image by GaiaK

Venice – Light and Shade Inside the Doge’s Palace

Venice – Light and Shade Inside the Doge’s Palace

A few nice internal grinding pictures I located:

Venice – Light and Shade Inside the Doge’s Palace

Image by antonychammond
The Doge’s Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a gothic palace, and 1 of the major landmarks of the city of Venice, northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the Republic of Venice, opening as a museum in 1923. Nowadays it is 1 of the 11 museums of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia technique. In 2010 it was visited by 1.358.186 people.
In 810, Doge Angelo Partecipazio moved the seat of government from the island of Malamocco to the region of the present-day Rialto, when it was decided a palatium duci, a ducal palace, must be constructed. Nevertheless, no traces remains of that 9th century developing as the palace was partially destroyed in the 10th century by a fire. The following reconstruction operates had been undertaken at the behest of Doge Sebastiano Ziani (1172-1178). A great reformer, he would drastically modify the whole layout of the St. Mark’s Square. The new palace was built out of fortresses, a single façade to the Piazzeta, the other overlooking the St. Mark’s Basin.

Although only couple of traces remain of that palace, some Byzantine-Venetian architecture traits can nevertheless be seen at the ground floor, with the wall base in Istrian stone and some herring-bone-pattern brick paving. Political adjustments in the mid-13th century led to the require to re-consider the palace’s structure due to the considerable increase in the quantity of the Wonderful Council’s members. The new Gothic palace’s constructions started about 1340, focusing moslty on the side of the developing facing the lagoon. Only in 1424, did Doge Francesco Foscari choose to extend the rebuilding works to the wing overlooking the Piazzetta, serving as law-courts, and with a ground floor arcade on the outdoors, open first floor loggias running along the façade, and the internal courtyard side of the wing, completed with the construction of the Porta della Carta (1442). In 1483, a violent fire broke out in the side of the palace overlooking the canal, where the Doge’s Apartments had been. As soon as once more, an crucial reconstruction became necessary and was comissioned from Antonio Rizzo, who would introduce the new Renaissance language to the building’s architecture.

An complete new structure was raised alongside the canal, stretching from the ponte della Canonica to the Ponte della Paglia, with the official rooms of the government decorated with functions comissioned from Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Alvise Vivarini and Giovanni Bellini. An additional large fire in 1547 destroyed some of the rooms on the second floor, but luckily without undermining the structure as a complete. Reurbishment operates were being held at the palace when on 1577 a third fire destroyed the Scrutinio Space and the Wonderful Council Chamber, together with functions by Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, Alvise Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Pordenone, and Titian. In the subsequent rebuilding perform it was decided to respect the original Gothic style, regardless of the submission of a neo-classical alternative styles by the influential Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. Even so, there are some classical characteristics — for instance, since the 16th century, the palace has been linked to the prison by the Bridge of Sighs. As nicely as becoming the ducal residence, the palace housed political institutions of the Republic of Venice until the Napoleonic occupation of the city in 1797, when its function inevitably changed. Venice was subejcted very first to French rule, then to Austrian, and ultimately in 1866 it became part of Italy.

Over this period, the palace as occupied by numerous administrative offices as well as housing the Biblioteca Marciana and other essential cultural institutions inside the city. By the finish of the 19th century, the structure was displaying clear signs of decay, and the Italian government set aside substantial funds for its restoration and all public offices were moved elsewhere, with the exception of the State Workplace for the protection of historical Monuments, which is still housed at the palace’s loggia floor. In 1923, the Italian State, owner of the developing, entrusted the management to the Venetian municipality to be run as a museum. Since 1996, the Doge’s Palace has been part of the Venetian museums network, which comes below the management of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia since 2008.

For a lot more information please check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge%27s_Palace,_Venice

Venice (Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen), Venetian: Venexia [veˈnɛsja]) is a city in northeast Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region. In 2009, there were 270,098 folks residing in Venice’s comune (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the entire Comune of Venezia around 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico) 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), largely in the large frazioni of Mestre and Marghera 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon). With each other with Padua and Treviso, the city is integrated in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Location (PATREVE) (population 1,600,000).

The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C. The city historically was the capital of the Venetian Republic. Venice has been known as the &quotLa Dominante&quot, &quotSerenissima&quot, &quotQueen of the Adriatic&quot, &quotCity of Water&quot, &quotCity of Masks&quot, &quotCity of Bridges&quot, &quotThe Floating City&quot, and &quotCity of Canals&quot. Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Instances as &quotundoubtedly the most lovely city constructed by man&quot. Venice has also been described by the Occasions Online as becoming one particular of Europe’s most romantic cities.

The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline amongst the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.

The Republic of Venice was a key maritime power for the duration of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging region for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as nicely as a quite important center of commerce (particularly silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the finish of the 17th century. This made Venice a wealthy city all through most of its history. It is also identified for its many essential artistic movements, specifically the Renaissance period. Venice has played an important function in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi.

Please go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice for further info…

Venice – An Angelic Presence on the Doge’s Palace Roof!

Image by antonychammond
The Doge’s Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a gothic palace, and one particular of the principal landmarks of the city of Venice, northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the Republic of Venice, opening as a museum in 1923. Nowadays it is one particular of the 11 museums of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia method. In 2010 it was visited by 1.358.186 people.
In 810, Doge Angelo Partecipazio moved the seat of government from the island of Malamocco to the area of the present-day Rialto, when it was decided a palatium duci, a ducal palace, ought to be built. Nevertheless, no traces remains of that 9th century developing as the palace was partially destroyed in the 10th century by a fire. The following reconstruction operates were undertaken at the behest of Doge Sebastiano Ziani (1172-1178). A wonderful reformer, he would drastically modify the entire layout of the St. Mark’s Square. The new palace was built out of fortresses, a single façade to the Piazzeta, the other overlooking the St. Mark’s Basin.

Although only few traces stay of that palace, some Byzantine-Venetian architecture characteristics can still be observed at the ground floor, with the wall base in Istrian stone and some herring-bone-pattern brick paving. Political changes in the mid-13th century led to the want to re-believe the palace’s structure due to the considerable improve in the number of the Fantastic Council’s members. The new Gothic palace’s constructions started around 1340, focusing moslty on the side of the creating facing the lagoon. Only in 1424, did Doge Francesco Foscari choose to extend the rebuilding performs to the wing overlooking the Piazzetta, serving as law-courts, and with a ground floor arcade on the outdoors, open 1st floor loggias running along the façade, and the internal courtyard side of the wing, completed with the building of the Porta della Carta (1442). In 1483, a violent fire broke out in the side of the palace overlooking the canal, where the Doge’s Apartments had been. As soon as once more, an essential reconstruction became essential and was comissioned from Antonio Rizzo, who would introduce the new Renaissance language to the building’s architecture.

An whole new structure was raised alongside the canal, stretching from the ponte della Canonica to the Ponte della Paglia, with the official rooms of the government decorated with operates comissioned from Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Alvise Vivarini and Giovanni Bellini. An additional huge fire in 1547 destroyed some of the rooms on the second floor, but thankfully without having undermining the structure as a whole. Reurbishment operates were getting held at the palace when on 1577 a third fire destroyed the Scrutinio Room and the Fantastic Council Chamber, collectively with works by Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, Alvise Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Pordenone, and Titian. In the subsequent rebuilding operate it was decided to respect the original Gothic style, in spite of the submission of a neo-classical alternative designs by the influential Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. However, there are some classical attributes — for example, since the 16th century, the palace has been linked to the prison by the Bridge of Sighs. As effectively as becoming the ducal residence, the palace housed political institutions of the Republic of Venice till the Napoleonic occupation of the city in 1797, when its part inevitably changed. Venice was subejcted initial to French rule, then to Austrian, and finally in 1866 it became element of Italy.

More than this period, the palace as occupied by different administrative offices as effectively as housing the Biblioteca Marciana and other important cultural institutions within the city. By the finish of the 19th century, the structure was displaying clear signs of decay, and the Italian government set aside significant funds for its restoration and all public offices have been moved elsewhere, with the exception of the State Office for the protection of historical Monuments, which is nevertheless housed at the palace’s loggia floor. In 1923, the Italian State, owner of the building, entrusted the management to the Venetian municipality to be run as a museum. Considering that 1996, the Doge’s Palace has been part of the Venetian museums network, which comes under the management of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia since 2008.

For a lot more details please go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge%27s_Palace,_Venice

Venice (Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen), Venetian: Venexia [veˈnɛsja]) is a city in northeast Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto area. In 2009, there were 270,098 folks residing in Venice’s comune (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the entire Comune of Venezia about 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico) 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mainly in the large frazioni of Mestre and Marghera 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon). Collectively with Padua and Treviso, the city is integrated in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) (population 1,600,000).

The name is derived from the ancient Veneti folks who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C. The city historically was the capital of the Venetian Republic. Venice has been known as the &quotLa Dominante&quot, &quotSerenissima&quot, &quotQueen of the Adriatic&quot, &quotCity of Water&quot, &quotCity of Masks&quot, &quotCity of Bridges&quot, &quotThe Floating City&quot, and &quotCity of Canals&quot. Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Times as &quotundoubtedly the most stunning city constructed by man&quot. Venice has also been described by the Occasions On the web as becoming one particular of Europe’s most romantic cities.

The city stretches across 117 modest islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline amongst the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.

The Republic of Venice was a key maritime energy throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging location for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as effectively as a really crucial center of commerce (particularly silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the finish of the 17th century. This produced Venice a wealthy city all through most of its history. It is also known for its many critical artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. Venice has played an essential part in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi.

Please check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice for further information…

Venice – An Off-the-Wall View of the Doge’s Palace!

Image by antonychammond
The Doge’s Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a gothic palace, and one particular of the major landmarks of the city of Venice, northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the Republic of Venice, opening as a museum in 1923. Right now it is one particular of the 11 museums of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia system. In 2010 it was visited by 1.358.186 folks.
In 810, Doge Angelo Partecipazio moved the seat of government from the island of Malamocco to the location of the present-day Rialto, when it was decided a palatium duci, a ducal palace, should be built. Nevertheless, no traces remains of that 9th century building as the palace was partially destroyed in the 10th century by a fire. The following reconstruction performs have been undertaken at the behest of Doge Sebastiano Ziani (1172-1178). A wonderful reformer, he would drastically adjust the whole layout of the St. Mark’s Square. The new palace was constructed out of fortresses, a single façade to the Piazzeta, the other overlooking the St. Mark’s Basin.

Despite the fact that only couple of traces remain of that palace, some Byzantine-Venetian architecture qualities can still be seen at the ground floor, with the wall base in Istrian stone and some herring-bone-pattern brick paving. Political changes in the mid-13th century led to the want to re-consider the palace’s structure due to the considerable boost in the quantity of the Excellent Council’s members. The new Gothic palace’s constructions began about 1340, focusing moslty on the side of the constructing facing the lagoon. Only in 1424, did Doge Francesco Foscari decide to extend the rebuilding performs to the wing overlooking the Piazzetta, serving as law-courts, and with a ground floor arcade on the outside, open 1st floor loggias operating along the façade, and the internal courtyard side of the wing, completed with the construction of the Porta della Carta (1442). In 1483, a violent fire broke out in the side of the palace overlooking the canal, exactly where the Doge’s Apartments were. After again, an essential reconstruction became necessary and was comissioned from Antonio Rizzo, who would introduce the new Renaissance language to the building’s architecture.

An whole new structure was raised alongside the canal, stretching from the ponte della Canonica to the Ponte della Paglia, with the official rooms of the government decorated with works comissioned from Vittore Carpaccio, Giorgione, Alvise Vivarini and Giovanni Bellini. Yet another large fire in 1547 destroyed some of the rooms on the second floor, but luckily with no undermining the structure as a complete. Reurbishment performs have been getting held at the palace when on 1577 a third fire destroyed the Scrutinio Room and the Wonderful Council Chamber, collectively with functions by Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, Alvise Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Pordenone, and Titian. In the subsequent rebuilding perform it was decided to respect the original Gothic style, despite the submission of a neo-classical alternative designs by the influential Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. Even so, there are some classical features — for example, considering that the 16th century, the palace has been linked to the prison by the Bridge of Sighs. As properly as becoming the ducal residence, the palace housed political institutions of the Republic of Venice until the Napoleonic occupation of the city in 1797, when its role inevitably changed. Venice was subejcted very first to French rule, then to Austrian, and finally in 1866 it became portion of Italy.

Over this period, the palace as occupied by a variety of administrative offices as effectively as housing the Biblioteca Marciana and other crucial cultural institutions within the city. By the end of the 19th century, the structure was showing clear signs of decay, and the Italian government set aside important funds for its restoration and all public offices had been moved elsewhere, with the exception of the State Workplace for the protection of historical Monuments, which is nevertheless housed at the palace’s loggia floor. In 1923, the Italian State, owner of the developing, entrusted the management to the Venetian municipality to be run as a museum. Considering that 1996, the Doge’s Palace has been element of the Venetian museums network, which comes beneath the management of the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia because 2008.

For more details please pay a visit to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doge%27s_Palace,_Venice

Venice (Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen), Venetian: Venexia [veˈnɛsja]) is a city in northeast Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto area. In 2009, there have been 270,098 individuals residing in Venice’s comune (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants consists of the population of the complete Comune of Venezia about 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico) 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the big frazioni of Mestre and Marghera 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon). With each other with Padua and Treviso, the city is incorporated in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Location (PATREVE) (population 1,600,000).

The name is derived from the ancient Veneti men and women who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C. The city historically was the capital of the Venetian Republic. Venice has been known as the &quotLa Dominante&quot, &quotSerenissima&quot, &quotQueen of the Adriatic&quot, &quotCity of Water&quot, &quotCity of Masks&quot, &quotCity of Bridges&quot, &quotThe Floating City&quot, and &quotCity of Canals&quot. Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Instances as &quotundoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man&quot. Venice has also been described by the Occasions Online as getting one of Europe’s most romantic cities.

The city stretches across 117 little islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline among the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.

The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging region for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as nicely as a very crucial center of commerce (specially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. This made Venice a wealthy city all through most of its history. It is also identified for its a number of critical artistic movements, specifically the Renaissance period. Venice has played an critical function in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi.

Please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice for additional info…