GB. Londonas / London (archyvas 2004-2010)

[ArTuRAs]

viržynas, šilojynas; dykynė, apaugusi viržiais

Vaizdai neblogi

[taimis]

Labai ne Londoniskas rajonas . Bet grazus ir vaizdai dar geresni !

[El_Greco]

Labai grazu bet galejai idet ir tuos kitus paparaciskus perliukus

[vytauc]

Labai grazu bet galejai idet ir tuos kitus paparaciskus perliukus

Suintrigavai tu čia... Jonai!!! ką drįsai nuslėpti nuo kolektyvo ?!

[taimis]

Nepamirskim, kad cia visgi architekturos ir miestu forumas

[Budulis]

Nepamirskim, kad cia visgi architekturos ir miestu forumas

Beje, dekui uz ekskursija. Idomios nuotraukos, kaip visada.

[Didmiestis]

Tos panoramines nuotraukos tai fantastiksos, nors ir kitos grazios. Priespaskutineje nuotraukoje pastebejau du atskirus downtown'us mieste: ir vienoje puseje yra dangoraiziu, ir kitoje ju netruksta, o kas idomiausia- tarp ju gan didokas tarpas Atrodo, lyg miestas turetu du, vienas nuo kito nutolusius, verslo centrus

[Al&G]

Zinoma grazu ten kur tu nebuves, bet kiekviena diena tie vaizdai jau nekelia tokio susizavejimo........
Bet visa tai vis tiek grazu!

[Svajoklis]

Aciu John'ai. Vakar cia buvau - Hampsteadas vienas is mano megstamausiu London rajonu, ir Hampstead Heath pats gerausias parkas Londone (o labai netoli nuo namu)

[Al&G]

600 svaru per savaite uz keturis kambarius tokioje vietoje nere taip daug, o vaizdai puikus !

Man atrodo kad truputi daugiau nei 600£ .. 945£
http://www.central-london-apartments...nium-tower.htm

[El_Greco]

GB. Southwark.London

Trumpas pasivaiksciojimas po Southwark rajona.Foto nera daug
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From its early days, Southwark was characterised as a repository for the undesirable but entirely natural elements that any urban area generates. Those wishing to escape the regulations of the City established themselves here.
Brothels which had been expelled from the City took up residence in Bankside and spawned the complementary activities of bear baiting and the Rose, Swan, Hope and Globe theatres, where Shakespeare and his contemporaries presented their plays.
Life in Southwark has been graphically documented over the centuries by such auspicious artists as Turner and Hogarth and more recently, modern day artists such as David Hepher and Tom Phillips who has photographed the same twenty scenes in Peckham on the same day each year since 1973.
Southwark can also claim a litany of literary associations. Chaucer and Shakespeare, though having links with the town, disclose little about Southwark itself in their works whilst Dickens paints a vivid picture of the townscape, people and atmosphere of Victorian Southwark.
This heritage of art, literature and theatre has left a rich legacy. But as we look to the Millennium, the opening of the Tate Modern at the old Bankside Power Station heralded a new chapter. Already home to the Globe, the Jerwood Space, Camberwell College of Arts and the studios of many hundreds of artists, Southwark can confidently boast a cultural centre worthy of any city.
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Bedale Street and entrance (Road on the right side) to the Green Dragon Court - squeezed beneath the railway tracks into London Bridge Station,this Court is a memorial to the Green Dragon Tavern,known in the 14th century as Cobham's Inn,after its owner,Lady Cobham.
On her death the inn was left to the Priory of St Mary Overy and in 1560 a lease was granted on the property to the wardens of St Saviour's church (Southwark Cathedral).A condition of the lease was that a school was to be built on the site,and within two years the establishment,named St Saviour's Grammar School,was opened with places for 100 pupils.In 1676 a fire,believed to have started near to the George Inn on Borough High Street,destroyed a great many buildings and the school fell victim.Rebuilding was quickly begun and the school continued on the site until 1835 when it moved to Sumner Street.
Throughout most of its length,Green Dragon Court is formed from a blackened arch running beneath the tracks into London Bridge Station.It might be regarded by some as a grubby old place but in all truthfulness there is plenty of character here. Where the Court opens out into Bedale Street is the Globe Tavern,a pub of sufficiently antique appearance to compliment the Court.
Near to here,in Stoney Street,is the thriving Borough Fruit and Vegetable Market,which is said to have been established in the 13th century.It started out as the London Bridge market and moved to this site in 1756.The market was a popular stopping off place for travellers and when the brothels and bear-baiting venues attracted thousands to Southwark,the market had its hey-day.



Running south from the southern end of London Bridge,Borough High Street winds its way down to the junction of Harper Road and Borough Road,not far north of Elephant and Castle.It's a busy street,with plenty of shops,cafes and offices,and it's not exactly the most visually attractive road going.Still,there's plenty to see nearby.





Guys Hospital.It was founded in 1721 by Sir Thomas Guy.It was originally established as a hospital to treat "incurables" discharged from St Thomas' Hospital.Guy's has expanded over the centuries.In 1974 it added the 34 storey Guy's Tower.At 143 metres (469 feet) high,this is the 11th tallest building in London and the tallest hospital building in the world.Other buildings on the Guy's campus include the original 18th century chapel.





Marshalsea Prison.Debtor's prison in Southwark where Dickens' father was imprisoned in 1824.The prison dates from medieval times and was closed in 1842.



Trinity Church Square is the most complete and best preserved square in South London.
At its centerpiece is the magnificient Holy Trinity Church known as the Henry Wood Hall of 1826 by architect Francis Bedford.
The Square was developed by Trinity House,the body responsible for inshore navigation and safety,in the 1820s,and through luck and their careful management it has survived bombs and the redeveloper.





Clink Street leads to St. Saviour's (Southwark Cathedral),passing the site of Winchester House,built in 1107 by William Giffard,the town residence of the bishops of Winchester.
The palace was wrecked by Wyatt's rebels in 1554,when Gardiner was bishop; and during the Commonwealth it was used as a prison for Sir Kenelm Digby and other Royalists.Portions of the old palace still to be seen include a window built into the archway leading to Stoney Street,an old Roman road.
Clink Street recalls the manor or park of 70 acres attached to Winchester House and known as the 'Liberty of the Clink,' where a pleasure-quarter sprang up outside the jurisdiction of The City.
The Clink Prison was used by the bishops as a place of detention for heretics.'In the clink' survives as a slang expression for imprisonment.



Southwark Cathedral,the Cathedral Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie,has the least attractive setting of any cathedral in England.It stands below road level,beside London Bridge,surrounded by warehouses and dominated by a railway viaduct.However,London's oldest Gothic building has a fascinating history and great architectural interest.
Southwark has been a place of worship for over 1,000 years.Until the 19th century Southwark came under the diocese of Winchester, and from the 12th century the Bishops of Winchester had their London palace close by. However, Southwark's association with Winchester goes back to St Swithin himself, who set up a college of priests along this stretch of the Thames in the 9th century, and there was a monastery here at the time of Edward the Confessor.
There is no trace of the early church and little remains of the first Norman church of St Mary Overie (over the water). St Mary's was an Augustinian house, founded in the 11th century, and served by the Canons Regular of that order.
In 1206 a disastrous fire destroyed nearly everything and the earliest parts of the present church date from the rebuilding that followed.
A magnificent Gothic church, with a fine choir and retrochoir, was completed by the 14th century. Another fire severely damaged this building but this was repaired and Southwark remained an important Augustinian house until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
When Southwark surrendered to Henry VIII in 1539 the priory church of St Mary Overie became the parish church of St Saviour, Southwark. Under the last Roman Catholic Bishop of Winchester, Stephen Gardiner, Southwark enjoyed a short renaissance but after his death the building fell into disrepair.
At the end of the 16th century and early-17th century the borough of Southwark enjoyed a period of great prosperity. This was London's first theatre-land and the Globe, Rose and Swan were all situated here.
In 1614 the parishioners of Southwark purchased the church from James I and restored it. During the Civil War the neighbouring Winchester Palace was converted into a prison and left to decay. The church survived but by the mid-19th century the building was in such a ruinous state that many felt it should be pulled down. Although the nave was demolished the choir and retrochoir were extensively restored.
In the late-19th century, when it was decided that Southwark should become the cathedral of a new South London diocese, major building work was needed to prepare the church for its new responsibilities, and in 1889 - 97 a new nave was constructed. This was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and is one of England's most successful Victorian Gothic buildings.
Southwark was elevated to the status of cathedral in 1905 but, as it still serves as a parish church, the head of its Chapter is a provost and not a dean.
Southwark Cathedral's great glory is its Early English choir, with five bays and a triple arcaded clerestory complemented by the splendid retrochoir which dates from a similar period. Between these is a magnificent early-16th century reredos with Victorian figures.
In the 1930s Sir Ninian Comper carried out restoration work, including the tombs of John Gower, the 15th century poet and contemporary of Chaucer, and Bishop Lancelot Andrews, who died in 1626. Comper was also responsible for the east window and the furnishings of all the four chapels.
Southwark's treasures include a Jacobean communion table and one of the earliest wooden effigies in England, a figure of a knight dating from the last quarter of the 13th century.
John Harvard, founder of the great American university, was born in Southwark and baptised here in 1607. The cathedral's Harvard Chapel has been lavishly decorated as a result of gifts from members of that university.
The cathedral has literary connections with Gower, Chaucer and Dickens and there is a monument to Shakespeare carved in 1912 with a memorial window above, installed in 1954. Bishop Talbot, the first Bishop of Southwark in 1905, has a prominent memorial.

[Ežiukas]

Visai ne toki įsivaizdavau ši rajoną. Idomiai . Dėkui

[El_Greco]

O koki?

[sanomiz]

Meniškos nuotraukos, bet gana atgrasus stilius. Apsidairyk, yra ir šiltesnių spalvų aplinkui!

[taimis]

Kaip visada idomios tavo stiliaus nuotraukos El_Greco ! Man tas 'saltumas' nuotruakouse patinka.


Kiek atsimenu kazkada seniai teko toj Londono daly paciam pabvoti .

[El_Greco]

Dekui Hmz man "saltumas ir "tamsumas" nuotraukuose labai patinka del to tokias ir darau.
Kai gausiu DSLR reiks nakti prasinest pro Southwarka.

[taimis]

O su kuo dabar fotografuoji?

[El_Greco]

Samsung digimax v700

[taimis]

Aisku, aciu!

[vytauc]

El Greko, labai įdomus reportažas. Dauguma nuotrakų tinka atvirukams

Ačiū.