#Orangerie Theatre

[ivo3d]

Oh, nézd andi, barbie yacht!

(OH RUSSLAND, TERRITORIUM - UPCOMING PERFORMANCE - Orangerie Theater Köln, Premiere 19.10.´23 |20 h Tickets 0221 952 270)

The above images are in no way related to the performance, any similarity in subject matter is purely coincidental, and the authors dissociate themselves from the images and do not consent to their publication, which will have legal consequences. - it's true, these images won't pass my judgment, so won't be in the final show. Just a fun or would say - side - project, aka shitpost.

#barbie #yacht #Andi #Oh Territorium #russland #köln #orangerie #theatre #performing art #face #Face visual performing arts #ivo3d #artists on tumblr #media artist #visual #ai #Ki #3d #projectionmapping #shitpost

[lifestyleofluxe]

#lifestyle #luxury #Royal Theatre in Warsaw #Poland. Located in Old Orangery in Łazienki Park it is o

[moldytundra]

Blonde Redhead - “Melody Experiment”

Sit Down for Dinner by Blonde Redhead

Sit Down for Dinner by Blonde Redhead

Blonde Redhead are back with their first new album in 8 years. Sit Down for Dinner will be released on September 29th through section1. “Melody Experiment” is about a communication breakdown between two people in a relationship. The album was written and recorded over a 5 year period in various locations around New York and Italy. Their North American, UK and European tour kicks off this fall. They will play the Amsterdam Bar & Hall in Saint Paul on Monday, October 30th. (Buy Tickets)

Pre-Order Sit Down for Dinner

Tour Dates 

Thu. Aug. 31 - Ogden, UT @ Ogden Amphitheater (supporting Phantogram) Thu. Oct. 12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent - NEW Mon. Oct. 16 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall Wed. Oct. 18 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre Fri. Oct. 20 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom Sat. Oct. 21 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall Tue. Oct. 24 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre Wed. Oct. 25 - Sante Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf Fri. Oct. 27 - Austin, TX @ TBA Sat. Oct. 28 - Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory Mon. Oct. 30 - St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar and Hall Tue. Oct. 31 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall Thu. Nov. 2 - Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall Fri. Nov. 3 - Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD Sat. Nov. 4 - Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre Wed. Nov. 8 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer Thu. Nov. 9 - Washington, DC @ Howard Theatre Fri. Nov. 10 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel Mon. Nov. 20 - Genève, CH @ PTR L’Usine Tue. Nov. 21 - Parma, IT @ Teatro Regio di Parma Thu. Nov. 23 - Cologne, DE @ Gebaude 9 Fri. Nov. 24 - Berlin, DE @ Hole 44 Sat. Nov. 25 - Hamburg, DE @ Bahnhof Pauli Mon. Nov. 27 - Lille, FR @ Aeronef Tue. Nov. 28 - Paris, FR @ La Cigale Wed. Nov. 29 - Nantes, FR @ Stereolux Fri. Dec. 1 - Rennes, FR @ Antipode Sat. Dec. 2 - La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene Sun. Dec. 3 - Toulouse, FR @ Le Bikini Tue. Dec. 5 - Brussels, BE @ Orangerie (at Botanique) Wed. Dec. 6 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Thu. Dec. 7 - Leffinge, BE @ De Zwerver Sat. Dec. 9 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club Sun. Dec. 10 - Bristol, UK @ Thekla Tue. Dec. 12 - London, UK @ Village Underground

#blonde redhead #new music #new release

[drewdaves-blog]

My Time

A clock in the shape of the roman number C

1 Day is 100 units of time represented

by 100 land(time)marks

it looks not unlike a sundial

Tree Cliff River Field Lake Path Church Road Store Corner Hill Flag Tent Flower Stream Graveyard School Beach Monument Dock Pier Farm Sheep Plantation Forest Garden Barn Hut Stadium Office Relic Cottage Library Statue Museum Highrise Spring Cave Crater Zoo Park Metro Crossroads Tomb Playground Tunnel Trainstation Bus Stop Airport Diner Restaurant Theatre Cinema Factory Parlor Reenactment Base Woods Landfill Opera Roundabout Overpass Bombsite Castle Mountain Valley Hollow Knoll Clearing Fairground Observatory Station Downtown Orangery Palace Temple Synagogue Gym Pit Bookstore Papermill Mill Inlet Bridge Folly Prison Orchard Gateway Suburb Jetty Peninsula Grotto Lodge Installation Quarry Waterfall Damm Bank Bench

#I always hated telling time #metric #poetic #concept art #my art

[bones-ivy-breath]

To convey this message [of power] to foreign monarchs [King Louis XIV] took great care that ambassadors stationed abroad received detailed descriptions of events such as the series of entertainments he gave for the entire court over a six-week period in the summer of 1674. Despite the fact that France was currently engaged in a savage European war, these festivities were of an unparalleled magnificence and luxury. They started on 4 July with a feast, which took place in a glade in the gardens of Versailles. As music played softly, guests took refreshments at marble tables that had been set up in leafy enclosures overlooking a specially constructed pond. In the centre of this was a realistic artificial tree cast in bronze, from whose branches water spurted. Jets also gushed from bronze bowls set in the centres of the tables, carefully designed to minimise splashing. Interspersed among the porcelain tubs full of flowers which surrounded the tables were ice figures of various shapes and sizes, a particularly impressive sight in high summer in an age where refrigeration was unknown. Having eaten their fill, the guests returned to the Chateau, where every window was illuminated with candles. A performance of Alceste then took place in the marble courtyard, converted for the evening into a sumptuous theatre, decorated with orange trees in tubs on marble pedestals and lit by crystal chandeliers. Five days later a concert was held in the gardens of the Porcelain Trianon, an enchanting pavilion made of Delft tiles that the King had originally constructed for trysts with Mme de Montespan. On 28 July the King gave a supper for the ladies of the court in the octagonal menagerie and this was followed nine days later by an open-air feast in a specially constructed amphitheatre. The enclosure was bordered by grass terraces, ascending in tiers, and was bedecked with apple, pear and apricot trees in tubs, all laden with fruit out of season. A 'sumptuous collation' was provided, concluding with crystallised fruits and sorbets, with every sort of liqueur being served from crystal carafes. The evening terminated with an opera and firework display over the canal. The final offering in this triumphal cycle of entertainments took place ten days later in another grove in the gardens of Versailles. A circular table twenty-four feet in diameter had been set there with the usual array of delicacies. Around its circumference were placed pyramids of fruit, topped with golden balls and linked with festoons of flowers. Afterwards the King and Queen drove by carriage to see Racine's Iphigenia performed in the orangery, where a temporary - albeit exceptionally elaborate - theatre had been improvised. To approach this structure, they passed down a path bordered with grottoes and fountains, and entered through a marble portico, supported by pillars of lapis lazuli. After the play, the guests again congregated in the gardens to see a firework display and illuminations on the canal. For this final tableau vast figures, artfully lit, were places on stone pedestals embellished with bas-relief friezes. On one of these, captives were depicted huddled at the feet of a triumphant Hercules who was being crowned with flowers and laurels by little children. In this lyrical description of these festivities André Felibien explained that the children 'signified the love of the people who are crowning so many generous exploits' on the part of the King, and that they were binding the captives with garlands of flowers rather than chains to show that 'the domination of the prince who has vanquished them is glorious and sweet'. Whether the subjugated population of the occupied provinces of Flanders would have endorsed this interpretation is questionable. One wonders, too, whether the King's poorer subjects could have shared Felibien's enthusiasm for these sights. Rather, the fact that during the following year the oppressive weight of tax resulted in a series of revolts in various parts of France, tends to support the Abbé Choisy's observation: 'The people were in penury while we talked of nothing but fêtes, ballets and diversions.'

The Affair of the Poisons: Murder, Infanticide and Satanism at the Court of Louis XIV by Anne Somerset

#the affair of the poisons #anne somerset #quote #literature #history #dark academia #dead academia #french history #aesthetic #1600s #17th century #bookblr #dark things #france #the french revolution

[tommeurs]

Royal Theatre in Warsaw, Poland. Located in Old Orangery in Łazienki Park it is one of the few preserved 18th century theatres in Europe. [980x660]

#beautiful #room

[home-deco-ideas]

Royal Theatre in Warsaw, Poland. Located in Old Orangery in Łazienki Park it is one of the few preserved 18th century theatres in Europe. [980x660]

#home deco #deco #room #decoration #interior design

[london-travel-tips]

Thirty things to do for under £30 in London

1.  A film at the Electric Cinema

2.   Kew Gardens

3.   The Sherlock Holmes Museum

4.   The London Zoo

5.   Local British treats at Borough Market

6.   Lates at the Science Museum

7.   A cabaret or burlesque show at the Soho Theatre

8.   The Courtauld Gallery

10. “The View from The Shard”

11. Renting a paddleboat at the Serpentine in Hyde Park*

12. “Polo in the Park”*

13. Portobello Road Market

14. A Chelsea or Arsenal football game*

15. The Emirates Cablecar over the Thames

16. The Great Turbine Hall at The Tate Modern

17. Haggling for a multi-course meal on Brick Lane (if you get a good deal, this can be a meal for two under £30!)

18. The Notting Hill Carnival*

19. The Kensington Roof Gardens (these are now closed)

20. Ice skating at Somerset House*

21. Afternoon Tea at the Kensington Palace Orangery*

22. Sir John Soane’s Museum

23. A Harry Potter Walking Tour (or any of the tours from London Walks)

24. Viewing recordings of past productions at the National Theatre Archive.

25. Going ‘mudlarking’ on the banks of the Thames at low tide*

26. Trying on reproductions of period clothing at The V&A

27. Being a groundling at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre*

28. The BBC Proms*

29. The book market at Southbank Centre

30. Singalongs to various musicals at the Prince Charles

*Seasonal

#London #travel #england #tourism #the UK

[anne-lister-adventures]

Saturday, 19 October 1839

7 1/2

1

Fine but dull morning wrote the whole of the last p.[page] till now 9 10/’’ at which hour Fahrenheit 61 1/2 and breakfast and read a little of the Guide de Moscou and off to Arkhangelsky at 10 3/4 our 4 horses abreast in preparation for the partly bad road and a less good carriage than the one we have in Town – 

Pass Petrovskoi and at 11 25/’’ turn left and leave the high road (to St. Petersburg) – at 11 35/’’ high over little piece of water and pretty village good church and handsome country house and gardens – High spruce fir and lime hedges – sandy road since leaving the high road – At 12 another village and good church – the village busy with numberless carts laden with fine wood (birch and a little oak), charcoal, and hay, all apparently bound for Moscow – Large herd of cattle (much dark coloured among it) pasturing at a distance, left, wide pasture land down to the river, and many horses near right pasturing the green corn which is now everywhere eaten close – 

At 12 10/’’ a little village – At 12 20/’’ alighted to walk up the little sandy hill walked 10 minutes (some distance beyond the top of the little hill, till 12 1/2 on alighting pass right the road to Riga – Our road today a post road – Stations, and post horses to be had I think at the village we came to at 12 (vide line 6 of this p.[page]) – Village and picturesque good church at 12 40/’’ at 12 55/’’ stop a minute or 2 in going up hill to mend one of our traces – Very sandy road – 

Village at 12 57/’’ I suppose of Arkhangelsky – Scattered and picturesque – drove along some line avenues, and arrived at the chateau at 1 10/’’ – I would drive into the court – The great doors not now appeared opened often and some trouble to make give way – Alighted at 1 1/4 on the steps of the great hall or vestibule handsome chateau – 2 suites of rooms rez de chaussée the hall or vestibule forming the handsome centre of one suite, and a pillared, circular, lofty, galleried round at the top, handsome saloon forming the centre of the other suite – 

The upper storey nearly every room occupied by book cases – But our disappointment great to find that all the best pictures and statues were gone to the prince’s new house in the great Morskoe at St. Petersburg – Nothing left behind worth a journey of 17 versts to see – the books all looked up and we saw nothing very particularly tho’ many good works chiefly French – And several valuable botanical English works – A-[Ann] interested in reading the titles of them ∴[therefore] in the palace till 2 1/2 – Then in the grounds – To the Theatre large and handsome enough – Would be a nice, good one in a Town – Pit and boxes enough for a numerous audience – À quoi bon here? 

Sauntered about the grounds formal gravel walks and statues in front of the house – And 2 columns – Obelisks – Commemorating the honour done to prince         .           .           .           by Alexander I dining with him in August 1816 and by the present Emperor and Empress and the Grand D.[Duke] Michael and Prince Charles of Prussia dining with him in September 1826 – 

Heaps of leaves (birch) swept up – For bedding for the cows – Neat church – The Temple of Apollo not much – All wants paint and plaster looks neglected tho’ the grounds are nicely kept – 

At last got to the Temple called the Mecca a model of the celebrated Mosque at Mecca – Of wood unpainted and weathered – There at 3 20/’’ a square building 2 stories high – An arcaded verandah round the rez de chaussée, and a balcony round the 1er[premier] – Hipped roof, and a cupola on the top of what would otherwise have been the apex of the roof – The verandah = 3 arcades and two halves of an arcade on each side, the halves being at the corners, and finishing at each corner up to a tall round minaret, about 1/3 higher than the square of the building – Something higher I think than the top of the cupola – A little out of repair – But balustraded round twice at about 1/3 and 2/3 of the height so that the mollah might give his call from the higher or the lower – The minaret crowned by an extinguisher (conical cap) – 3 or 4 (3 I think) windows on each side above and below – Above and perhaps square topped below – On one side (north i.e. up the river) a square tower 2 stories high very near the temple and communicating by a gallery with the balcony round the temple – 

All this was interesting as being said to be an exact model of the Kaaba at Mecca – It stands prettily on the steep sand bank over the river (right bank) about as good, not better than the Calder where it is smallest between Salterhebble and Elland – See from here the Orangerie just over the winding river better placed than the chateau from which no view of it – Another gentleman’s house Comte __________ at a little distance (about a mile?) down the river backed by a patch of dark fir – Scattered patches parklike and pretty of dark fir, and long circular reach of hill closes in the distance – Corn land, and grass, and birch-brushwood – Scene here not unlike Plateau of Wold scenery about Langton – Narrow strip of sandy strand along each side the river – shallowish – A long line of floating wood in it a little lower down the stream – A-[Ann] sketched the temple till now 3 25/’’ – 

The prince has 25000 serfs of whom 4,000 here Sherémétieff has 150,000 serfs – The carriage met us in the village and we were off home again at 3 35/’’ – It had already began to drizzle a little and in about an hour it became damp and thick and disagreeable – 

Alighted for a moment at a thrashing place at the end of the village – The thrashed string heaped up in little stacks – Several odd sort of covered in houses or sheds – Leopold said they were the placed where the people dried their corn – Before or after thrashing? Inquire into this – 

At 4 55/’’ back at the village we were at at 12 this morning – At 5 10/’’ at the high road again home at 5 50/’’ – Dressed – Dinner at about 6 1/4 – Tea at 8 1/2 – Before and after read a little of the Guide de Moscow and had Grotza and had written so far at 11 35/’’ at which hour Fahrenheit 63º - Tolerably clear from about 11 a.m. till after 3 p.m. – Finish day for the time of year – A little small drizzling rain from about 4 p.m. but not much to wet anybody tho’ the people had their umbrella’s up as we drove into the Town this evening – 

Glad of our drive today into the country – The river near right 2 or 3 times – The country people look well and contented and the country as if it produced as much as such sandy soil can produce –

[symbols in the margin of the page:] Ͷ

[in the margin of the page:]   Arkhangelsky

[in the margin of the page:]   Model of the Kaaba at Mecca.

[in the margin of the page:]   Moskwa not better than the Calder

[in the margin of the page:]   Manner of drying corn.

Page References:  SH:7/ML/E/23/0107 and  SH:7/ML/E/23/0108

#anne lister code breaker #anne lister #ann walker #moscow 1839

[ivo3d]

Another deleted scene (Seele.Territorium)

(recorded in orangerie theater köln)

#deleted scene #madewithnotch #made with love #projectionmapping #media artist #visual #ivo3d.com #artists on tumblr #ivo3d #koln #orangerie #dance theatre #xr #Cube mapping #Cubemap #360

[louisedebelgique]

Château de Laeken, home of the Belgian royal family

The palace is located in Laeken, in the north of Brussels. Its story is an echo of the history of Belgium. 

The castle was  built at the end of the XVIIIth century by a Prince when some regions of Belgium and the Netherlands were part of the Holy Roman Empire under Austrian domination. It later fell under French rule and as a result was abandoned for years and on the verge of becoming a ruin. 

The castle was saved by a French king  in the early XIXth century who restored it and gifted the estate to his wife. However the French queen never lived in Laeken.  After a French military debacle, the castle like most part of Belgium belonged to the king of the Netherlands for fifteen years. That king loved the Castle of Laeken and embellished it and its garden.  

After Belgium fought the Netherlands for its independence, the Castle of Laeken became the official residence of the King of the Belgians and the royal family. It has been embellished over the two centuries since then. It also suffered a terrible fire and was partially rebuilt as a result.

It is a private palace, only used as a residence for the royal family. They occasionally host some receptions but the state affairs take place in another castle in Brussels, the Royal Palace.

The castle’s park is gigantic (186 hectares). It has an English gardens, a rose garden, an orangery, woods, a river and several ponds with artificial islands. The royal family can be seen canoeing in their estate during the summer. The Castle of Laeken is famous for its Royal Greenhouses. The Saxe-Bobourg et Gotha family owns 36 tropical, sub-tropical and cold greenhouses with an incredible plant collection. Princess Joséphine is particularly fond of the greenhouses and the orangery. 

The royal family lives in the right wing of the palace, the “Logis du Roi”. The left wing, “Logis des étrangers”, is reserved for guests, receptions and recreational facilities. Louise has a private apartment inside the “Logis du Roi” which resemble a suite you could find at a luxury hotel. She has a bedroom, a bathroom and a living room. Her Laeken office is located near the king’s library. But her main office is at the Royal Palace.     

The castle has several specificity and attractions. It has its own private train station located at the end of the Royal Domain. It has two libraries. There is a theatre (but it is rarely used), and a chapel. Under princess Louise’s impulsion, the long corridor leading to the train station was transformed in a art gallery. Several beautiful pavilions are located inside the park so the royal family may enjoy its vast domain without having to go back to the palace to rest or eat. 

The Castle of Laeken is entirely private and Belgians and tourists alike can not visit it. The only exception are the Royal Greenhouses which are open to the public for 3 weeks during spring. 

#hshqtask040 #(headcanon) life goes on it gets so heavy #it was hard to choose what pictures to post #i most likely will make a second home task with louise private apartment in the castle #and maybe even later other castles in belgium if i have time and motivation =

[lesamis]

Hello, I hope you are okay in these difficult times. I was wondering if you have any recommendations for museums or other places? Many are doing virtual previews and videos and it would be good to have some ideas abput what would be interesting to see. Hope you are safe!

hi anon! i’m very well, i hope you’re holding up okay too :’) i’ve not taken virtual tours myself yet, so i can’t vouch for how good any of the actual tours are, but these are all places worth a visit in general that also offer digital tours. starting w the most obvious picks & moving our way up the obscurity tree: 

the louvre - i hear these tours are pretty well-made, and in any case it’s difficult to make the louvre not worth looking at

the vatican museums 

versailles

the cloisters (and i suppose the rest of the met but like. it’s about the cloisters) 

schloss schönbrunn, one of the most obscenely beautiful places i’ve ever been - highly recommend checking out the grounds too, esp the orangerie & the gloriette

the tate britain! 

vienna’s natural history museum

the rijksmuseum in amsterdam. i’m not sure it’s on the tour, but if you can find the historic library, that’s definitely worth looking at

bran castle, often referred to as dracula’s castle, is super cool and spooky but i want you to know that the video tour, which i just took to try it out, is weird as hell

the wartburg (home to my patron saint, elisabeth of thuringia! and martin luther but like.) 

any historical theatre you’ve always wanted to visit! a lot of them offer virtual tours; the teatro bibiena is gorgeous

finally, one thing i used to do all the time when researching for fic is just. go places. go anywhere on google maps and drop yourself there via streetview; walk around; virtually explore for a bit. the coast of norway, the uyuni salt flats, florence city centre, wherever you want. it’s an oddly grounding thing to do (& a surefire method of writing procrastination).

hope some of this sounds good to you! 🧡

#bran castle's background music tripped me OUT they're weirdly leaning into the spooky thing? #and like what sort of respectable website has autoplay music #anyway i Really recommend the tate britain & the rijksmusem!! super beautiful places with lots of good art #anon #asks #rec post

[roseverie]

Mutuals as places: part one

@rosehaunt - Winter Garden Theatre, Canada

“In this theater, leafy plants cascade downward, cloaking the ceiling in a veil of flora. Nature scenes adorn the walls, making each performance feel like an enchanting garden adventure”.

@bebemoon - Jokulsarlon Glacier lagoon, Iceland

“A glacial lagoon, in southeastern Iceland. Its still, vivid blue waters are dotted with serene icebergs flowing through a short waterway into the Atlantic Ocean”.

@blossomsolene - Fairy Glen, Scotland

“Though there’s no definitive folklore linking the land to the magical realm, some say faeries created the dramatic landscape and still dwell within its many crevices. It’s no wonder; the whimsical otherworldly landscape looks just like the kind of place you’d expect to find mythical creatures. The Isle of Skye is, after all, rich with faerie lore.”.

@caramelizee - Loftus Hall, Ireland

“Along the isolated road that runs down the scenic Hook Peninsula in Ireland’s Ancient East, stands the most haunted house in Ireland. Set against the backdrop of a rugged and windswept coastal setting, Loftus Hall looms over the surrounding landscape. Its historic walls have seen numerous tragedies and mysteries, many of which live on as ghostly legends still told today”.

@cutecultleader - The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland

“Because even fairy tales are dark and full of terrors. Lined with beech trees and twisted branches forming an arch over the road, local legend has it that "the Grey Lady" haunts the road at dusk”.

@ivacevic - The Orangerie museum, France

“Home to numerous impressionist and post-impressionist painters over the 19th century/beginning of the 20th century, the Orangerie museum can be found in the ‘jardin des Tuileries’. It displays the famous masterpieces of Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Armedeo Modigliani, as well as Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and many other artists of this period”.

@la-petitefille - Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris

“Said to be the most visited cemetery in the world, this 110-acre graveyard is full of cobblestoned walkways, tree-lined allées, and elegant mausoleums. The concentration of notable residents—including Oscar Wilde, Chopin and Édith Piaf”.

@melethrille - Hanging Rock, Victoria

“A sacred prehistoric volcanic rock formation known for its unusual shapes & distinctive ridges. Most notably the setting of the popular mysterious tale called ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’ by Joan Lindsay”.

#mutuals #part two will come later ; )

[zurichtooslo]

Day 50, 9th Oct, Schwerin

Things didn’t go quite to plan this morning. I had the option of going start to Schwerin from Rostock or going via Wismar. I decided to go via Wismar. Either way was only an hour. I was under the impression that the Wismar station had Left Luggage lockers so I could have a look around Wismar and then go on to Schwerin which was half an hour away. Unfortunately the train station was having major renovations done and there weren’t any lockers. That was fine but I didn’t realise the other train in the station was the one I should have taken to Schwerin, if was only a small station. I missed it by a whisker when I realised so had to wait another hour. My planning for this trip has gone like clockwork so one little hitch doesn’t really matter. It was overcast and a bit wet so seeing Wismar today wouldn’t have been that pleasant, anyway. I got to Schwerin, checked in early to my hotel and then headed out. I wanted to come to Schwerin as there was a palace here of some significance. In the town a lake had been made in the middle by daming an area. The Der Pfaffenteich. Surrounding the lake were nice looking buildings.

The Dom can be seen in the distance. It was still a bit overcast in Schwerin but I could see that the sun was trying to come out.

Most European cities have some pedestrian streets with little courtyards and narrow streets off them.. This courtyard caught my eye and had a couple of different craft shops in there.

The steeple of the Dom and the sun was out. It really makes a difference and brightens up everything.

Narrow lane way.

Schwerin castle is prominent when you walk down the Main Street. It is built on an island so you approach it across a bridge.

The Museum and Theatre were both significant looking buildings close to the castle.

The Theatre was very impressive looking for a small town so you can see the significance of being close to the castle.

Horse statues on the bridge.

The magnificent residence was built in the mid 19th century as a renovation and extension of the original palace structure which had existed there for over 1000 years since Slavic times. It was built by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz 11 of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. This was looking into the inner courtyard.

The decorations are neo classical and many of the rooms have been restored.

You can visit the State Rooms as well as the private apartments of the Grand Duke and his wife.

The parquetry floor is very beautiful.

The round rooms look out onto the garden and lake.

This was the family’s dining room. The wallpapers are relics of the originals.

Another view of the inner courtyard.

Looking out to the garden

The ornate Throne Room was very imposing and it was the centre of political representation.

The ceiling of the Throne Room.

Before visitors would have entered the Throne Room they would have walked through the ancestral portrait gallery featuring images of the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from the 14th to the 18th Century. They were a continuous ruling family.

The first Duke’s portrait is next to the Throne Room entrance.

Downstairs was the Armoury which had a church like feel and a big display of weaponry. 

The three part windows of the Armoury were adorned with 18 full figured portraits of Mecklenburg princes. It easily show the historical importance of the family.

Outside is the Orangery which has a colonnaded courtyard.

Close to the palace were lovely gardens and statues.

Looking down on one garden.

Also attached to the island is a significantly sized garden with long vistas.

A statue of the  Duke riding his horse in the grounds of the garden.

After visiting the palace I enjoyed just wandering around the town, stopped for some afternoon tea and had a bit of a look at the shops. If I want to buy anything if has to be before I get to Norway as it’s far too expensive to shop there. I did pick up a couple of things. 

[heilewelt]

His voice gives me goosebumps. Over and over again. At the moment I’m probably not emotionally stable enough to listen to “Lust And Learn” as I would dissolve into tears. I’m just a little scared here. But there is nothing bad coming from this band, so go and listen to The Slow Show’s new album, see them in concert, maybe catch me when I fall when we happen to be on the same concert. 

08 October: King Tut's, Glasgow, UK  10 October: Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK  12 October: Pop Up, Paris, France  15 October: TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, Netherlands  16 October: Muziekgieterij, Maastricht, Netherlands  17 October: Gloria Theater, Cologne, Germany  18 October: Zeche Carl, Essen, Germany  20 October: Uebel & Gerahrlich, Hamburg, Germany  21 October: Columbia Theatre, Berlin, Germany  22 October: Freiheiz, Munich, Germany  23 October: Mascotte, Zurich, Switzerland  25 October: Fri-Son, Fribourg, Switzerland  26 October: Frank K., Reutlingen, Switzerland  27 October: KUZ, Mainz, Germany  28 October: Botanique Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium  07 November: Gorilla, Manchester, UK 

All will be fine,

Dörte

#the slow show #eye to eye #lust and learn #music #on tour

[prettylittlelyres]

She Has No Name - Settings

Freymouth Miles University of the Deaf

Full of Gothic architecture and grey slate, this university sits to the north of Devon port city Freymouth. Bordered to a forest to the north, it's home to two universities: Freymouth Miles University of the Deaf, where classes are taught in BSL or target sign languages e.g. ASL.

Freymouth Miles University of the Deaf, named after Deaf poet (BSL, ASL and English-composing) Dorothy "Dot" Miles, not icon of the British Deaf community, inhabits a stately home donated to the institute by its previous owners in the 1980s.

It's here, on this rainy green campus, that Celeste meets Suzette for the first time; it's in the attached halls where Suzette lives, in a garrett room above the lecture theatres. Student Commons are housed in the drawing room, morning room, and orangery, as well as in summerhouses dotted across the grounds.

It's no real distance from the coast, and many students like to walk there, to visit the beach or busy harbour, or to walk in the woods by campus. The whole place, thanks to its heavy annual rainfall, is lush with greenery, and seems to exude a faint verdant glow. Moss lies all over the cobblestones, and, in the summer, the soft lawns roll vibrant across the gardens and parks of Freymouth city.

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