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Grille de porte d'entrée du Petit Palais à PARIS
03.07.2020
We visited a beautiful house today. And when I have triplets, I will paint their faces in white and promise them a big fat chocolate cake if they stand by those three windows in the tower and scare Laura when she comes to visit.
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Small Palace
The plan of the so-called «Small Palace» is original. A number of other buildings, some of which were built of bricks, are also of interest. All these buildings do not belong to the same period. Different periods of construction have been noted. The old plan of the pagan temple and its later transformation into a Christian church is clearly apparent in what is known as the Palace Church. There are visible traces of a system of sewage, bathing; pools, and some of the buildings had hypocausts — heating installations.
With its central position, the stone architecture of its fortress and its palaces, the inner city occupied a dominating position over the remaining districts. The profound class stratification which had taken place in the Slav-Bulgarian society of that day found its clearest concrete expression in this architecutral contrast between the I inner and the Outer City.
One kilometre north-east of the Inner City lie the ruins of the Great Basilica. This is indeed one of the most monumental buildings in Pliska. It is 29 m. wide and its total length, including the church with a nave aisles and three apses, a double narthex and a spacious atrium with a colonnade, is 99 m. The basilica dates back to the second half of the 9th century.
We possess many valuable written records of the great construction which took place in the Bulgarian kingdom in the 9th century, and particularly in the reign of Khan Omourtag —the in scriptions on the columns or square blocks, which the Chancellery of the Bulgarian Khanate left as documentary archives on all events of greater importance, in the reign of one or another of the Khans private tour istanbul.
These inscriptions, the number of which is already considerable — something about 50 — provide information about the wars waged, the peace treaties signed by the Bulgarian kingdom with its neighbours, the building enterprises, and so on. The Chatalar inscription, found at the village of Tsar Kroum (Chatalar), near Preslav, tells that Omourtag, living in Pliska, built a bridge over the River Ticha, and a palace which he decorated with four columns, upon which two lions were placed.
Forty Martyrs in Turnovo
The Turnovo inscription (now in the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Turnovo) tells us that Omourtag built another palace on the Danube, and put up a big mausoleum halfway between the Danube and the camp of Pliska. One of the biggest and most detailed inscriptions was the chronicle-inscription around the rupestral relief of the Horseman at the village of Madara, Kolarovgrad district, known as the Horseman of Madara; this inscription recorded the most important events in the reigns of the first Bulgarian Khans.
Unfortunately the inscriptions are badly damaged. Several words can be deciphered with certainty, among them the names of certain Bulgarian Khans. Only the stone relief, cut upon the perpendicular cliff, at a height of about 20 m. from its foot, is in a better state of preservation. It depicts a huniingseene — ahorseman, followed byhisdog, and beneath the horse a lion, pierced by a short spear. The figures are almost life size. In spite of this, however, the relief is almost lost in the mass of the cliff, when it is looked at from a distance. One has to come up to the foot of the cliffs, and wait for the moment in which the sun’s rays fail on it slanting from the west, to feel the volume and the monumental quality of this relief.
Small Palace
The plan of the so-called «Small Palace» is original. A number of other buildings, some of which were built of bricks, are also of interest. All these buildings do not belong to the same period. Different periods of construction have been noted. The old plan of the pagan temple and its later transformation into a Christian church is clearly apparent in what is known as the Palace Church. There are visible traces of a system of sewage, bathing; pools, and some of the buildings had hypocausts — heating installations.
With its central position, the stone architecture of its fortress and its palaces, the inner city occupied a dominating position over the remaining districts. The profound class stratification which had taken place in the Slav-Bulgarian society of that day found its clearest concrete expression in this architecutral contrast between the I inner and the Outer City.
One kilometre north-east of the Inner City lie the ruins of the Great Basilica. This is indeed one of the most monumental buildings in Pliska. It is 29 m. wide and its total length, including the church with a nave aisles and three apses, a double narthex and a spacious atrium with a colonnade, is 99 m. The basilica dates back to the second half of the 9th century.
We possess many valuable written records of the great construction which took place in the Bulgarian kingdom in the 9th century, and particularly in the reign of Khan Omourtag —the in scriptions on the columns or square blocks, which the Chancellery of the Bulgarian Khanate left as documentary archives on all events of greater importance, in the reign of one or another of the Khans private tour istanbul.
These inscriptions, the number of which is already considerable — something about 50 — provide information about the wars waged, the peace treaties signed by the Bulgarian kingdom with its neighbours, the building enterprises, and so on. The Chatalar inscription, found at the village of Tsar Kroum (Chatalar), near Preslav, tells that Omourtag, living in Pliska, built a bridge over the River Ticha, and a palace which he decorated with four columns, upon which two lions were placed.
Forty Martyrs in Turnovo
The Turnovo inscription (now in the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Turnovo) tells us that Omourtag built another palace on the Danube, and put up a big mausoleum halfway between the Danube and the camp of Pliska. One of the biggest and most detailed inscriptions was the chronicle-inscription around the rupestral relief of the Horseman at the village of Madara, Kolarovgrad district, known as the Horseman of Madara; this inscription recorded the most important events in the reigns of the first Bulgarian Khans.
Unfortunately the inscriptions are badly damaged. Several words can be deciphered with certainty, among them the names of certain Bulgarian Khans. Only the stone relief, cut upon the perpendicular cliff, at a height of about 20 m. from its foot, is in a better state of preservation. It depicts a huniingseene — ahorseman, followed byhisdog, and beneath the horse a lion, pierced by a short spear. The figures are almost life size. In spite of this, however, the relief is almost lost in the mass of the cliff, when it is looked at from a distance. One has to come up to the foot of the cliffs, and wait for the moment in which the sun’s rays fail on it slanting from the west, to feel the volume and the monumental quality of this relief.
Small Palace
The plan of the so-called «Small Palace» is original. A number of other buildings, some of which were built of bricks, are also of interest. All these buildings do not belong to the same period. Different periods of construction have been noted. The old plan of the pagan temple and its later transformation into a Christian church is clearly apparent in what is known as the Palace Church. There are visible traces of a system of sewage, bathing; pools, and some of the buildings had hypocausts — heating installations.
With its central position, the stone architecture of its fortress and its palaces, the inner city occupied a dominating position over the remaining districts. The profound class stratification which had taken place in the Slav-Bulgarian society of that day found its clearest concrete expression in this architecutral contrast between the I inner and the Outer City.
One kilometre north-east of the Inner City lie the ruins of the Great Basilica. This is indeed one of the most monumental buildings in Pliska. It is 29 m. wide and its total length, including the church with a nave aisles and three apses, a double narthex and a spacious atrium with a colonnade, is 99 m. The basilica dates back to the second half of the 9th century.
We possess many valuable written records of the great construction which took place in the Bulgarian kingdom in the 9th century, and particularly in the reign of Khan Omourtag —the in scriptions on the columns or square blocks, which the Chancellery of the Bulgarian Khanate left as documentary archives on all events of greater importance, in the reign of one or another of the Khans private tour istanbul.
These inscriptions, the number of which is already considerable — something about 50 — provide information about the wars waged, the peace treaties signed by the Bulgarian kingdom with its neighbours, the building enterprises, and so on. The Chatalar inscription, found at the village of Tsar Kroum (Chatalar), near Preslav, tells that Omourtag, living in Pliska, built a bridge over the River Ticha, and a palace which he decorated with four columns, upon which two lions were placed.
Forty Martyrs in Turnovo
The Turnovo inscription (now in the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Turnovo) tells us that Omourtag built another palace on the Danube, and put up a big mausoleum halfway between the Danube and the camp of Pliska. One of the biggest and most detailed inscriptions was the chronicle-inscription around the rupestral relief of the Horseman at the village of Madara, Kolarovgrad district, known as the Horseman of Madara; this inscription recorded the most important events in the reigns of the first Bulgarian Khans.
Unfortunately the inscriptions are badly damaged. Several words can be deciphered with certainty, among them the names of certain Bulgarian Khans. Only the stone relief, cut upon the perpendicular cliff, at a height of about 20 m. from its foot, is in a better state of preservation. It depicts a huniingseene — ahorseman, followed byhisdog, and beneath the horse a lion, pierced by a short spear. The figures are almost life size. In spite of this, however, the relief is almost lost in the mass of the cliff, when it is looked at from a distance. One has to come up to the foot of the cliffs, and wait for the moment in which the sun’s rays fail on it slanting from the west, to feel the volume and the monumental quality of this relief.
Small Palace
The plan of the so-called «Small Palace» is original. A number of other buildings, some of which were built of bricks, are also of interest. All these buildings do not belong to the same period. Different periods of construction have been noted. The old plan of the pagan temple and its later transformation into a Christian church is clearly apparent in what is known as the Palace Church. There are visible traces of a system of sewage, bathing; pools, and some of the buildings had hypocausts — heating installations.
With its central position, the stone architecture of its fortress and its palaces, the inner city occupied a dominating position over the remaining districts. The profound class stratification which had taken place in the Slav-Bulgarian society of that day found its clearest concrete expression in this architecutral contrast between the I inner and the Outer City.
One kilometre north-east of the Inner City lie the ruins of the Great Basilica. This is indeed one of the most monumental buildings in Pliska. It is 29 m. wide and its total length, including the church with a nave aisles and three apses, a double narthex and a spacious atrium with a colonnade, is 99 m. The basilica dates back to the second half of the 9th century.
We possess many valuable written records of the great construction which took place in the Bulgarian kingdom in the 9th century, and particularly in the reign of Khan Omourtag —the in scriptions on the columns or square blocks, which the Chancellery of the Bulgarian Khanate left as documentary archives on all events of greater importance, in the reign of one or another of the Khans private tour istanbul.
These inscriptions, the number of which is already considerable — something about 50 — provide information about the wars waged, the peace treaties signed by the Bulgarian kingdom with its neighbours, the building enterprises, and so on. The Chatalar inscription, found at the village of Tsar Kroum (Chatalar), near Preslav, tells that Omourtag, living in Pliska, built a bridge over the River Ticha, and a palace which he decorated with four columns, upon which two lions were placed.
Forty Martyrs in Turnovo
The Turnovo inscription (now in the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Turnovo) tells us that Omourtag built another palace on the Danube, and put up a big mausoleum halfway between the Danube and the camp of Pliska. One of the biggest and most detailed inscriptions was the chronicle-inscription around the rupestral relief of the Horseman at the village of Madara, Kolarovgrad district, known as the Horseman of Madara; this inscription recorded the most important events in the reigns of the first Bulgarian Khans.
Unfortunately the inscriptions are badly damaged. Several words can be deciphered with certainty, among them the names of certain Bulgarian Khans. Only the stone relief, cut upon the perpendicular cliff, at a height of about 20 m. from its foot, is in a better state of preservation. It depicts a huniingseene — ahorseman, followed byhisdog, and beneath the horse a lion, pierced by a short spear. The figures are almost life size. In spite of this, however, the relief is almost lost in the mass of the cliff, when it is looked at from a distance. One has to come up to the foot of the cliffs, and wait for the moment in which the sun’s rays fail on it slanting from the west, to feel the volume and the monumental quality of this relief.
Small Palace
The plan of the so-called «Small Palace» is original. A number of other buildings, some of which were built of bricks, are also of interest. All these buildings do not belong to the same period. Different periods of construction have been noted. The old plan of the pagan temple and its later transformation into a Christian church is clearly apparent in what is known as the Palace Church. There are visible traces of a system of sewage, bathing; pools, and some of the buildings had hypocausts — heating installations.
With its central position, the stone architecture of its fortress and its palaces, the inner city occupied a dominating position over the remaining districts. The profound class stratification which had taken place in the Slav-Bulgarian society of that day found its clearest concrete expression in this architecutral contrast between the I inner and the Outer City.
One kilometre north-east of the Inner City lie the ruins of the Great Basilica. This is indeed one of the most monumental buildings in Pliska. It is 29 m. wide and its total length, including the church with a nave aisles and three apses, a double narthex and a spacious atrium with a colonnade, is 99 m. The basilica dates back to the second half of the 9th century.
We possess many valuable written records of the great construction which took place in the Bulgarian kingdom in the 9th century, and particularly in the reign of Khan Omourtag —the in scriptions on the columns or square blocks, which the Chancellery of the Bulgarian Khanate left as documentary archives on all events of greater importance, in the reign of one or another of the Khans private tour istanbul.
These inscriptions, the number of which is already considerable — something about 50 — provide information about the wars waged, the peace treaties signed by the Bulgarian kingdom with its neighbours, the building enterprises, and so on. The Chatalar inscription, found at the village of Tsar Kroum (Chatalar), near Preslav, tells that Omourtag, living in Pliska, built a bridge over the River Ticha, and a palace which he decorated with four columns, upon which two lions were placed.
Forty Martyrs in Turnovo
The Turnovo inscription (now in the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Turnovo) tells us that Omourtag built another palace on the Danube, and put up a big mausoleum halfway between the Danube and the camp of Pliska. One of the biggest and most detailed inscriptions was the chronicle-inscription around the rupestral relief of the Horseman at the village of Madara, Kolarovgrad district, known as the Horseman of Madara; this inscription recorded the most important events in the reigns of the first Bulgarian Khans.
Unfortunately the inscriptions are badly damaged. Several words can be deciphered with certainty, among them the names of certain Bulgarian Khans. Only the stone relief, cut upon the perpendicular cliff, at a height of about 20 m. from its foot, is in a better state of preservation. It depicts a huniingseene — ahorseman, followed byhisdog, and beneath the horse a lion, pierced by a short spear. The figures are almost life size. In spite of this, however, the relief is almost lost in the mass of the cliff, when it is looked at from a distance. One has to come up to the foot of the cliffs, and wait for the moment in which the sun’s rays fail on it slanting from the west, to feel the volume and the monumental quality of this relief.
Small Palace
The plan of the so-called «Small Palace» is original. A number of other buildings, some of which were built of bricks, are also of interest. All these buildings do not belong to the same period. Different periods of construction have been noted. The old plan of the pagan temple and its later transformation into a Christian church is clearly apparent in what is known as the Palace Church. There are visible traces of a system of sewage, bathing; pools, and some of the buildings had hypocausts — heating installations.
With its central position, the stone architecture of its fortress and its palaces, the inner city occupied a dominating position over the remaining districts. The profound class stratification which had taken place in the Slav-Bulgarian society of that day found its clearest concrete expression in this architecutral contrast between the I inner and the Outer City.
One kilometre north-east of the Inner City lie the ruins of the Great Basilica. This is indeed one of the most monumental buildings in Pliska. It is 29 m. wide and its total length, including the church with a nave aisles and three apses, a double narthex and a spacious atrium with a colonnade, is 99 m. The basilica dates back to the second half of the 9th century.
We possess many valuable written records of the great construction which took place in the Bulgarian kingdom in the 9th century, and particularly in the reign of Khan Omourtag —the in scriptions on the columns or square blocks, which the Chancellery of the Bulgarian Khanate left as documentary archives on all events of greater importance, in the reign of one or another of the Khans private tour istanbul.
These inscriptions, the number of which is already considerable — something about 50 — provide information about the wars waged, the peace treaties signed by the Bulgarian kingdom with its neighbours, the building enterprises, and so on. The Chatalar inscription, found at the village of Tsar Kroum (Chatalar), near Preslav, tells that Omourtag, living in Pliska, built a bridge over the River Ticha, and a palace which he decorated with four columns, upon which two lions were placed.
Forty Martyrs in Turnovo
The Turnovo inscription (now in the Church of the Forty Martyrs in Turnovo) tells us that Omourtag built another palace on the Danube, and put up a big mausoleum halfway between the Danube and the camp of Pliska. One of the biggest and most detailed inscriptions was the chronicle-inscription around the rupestral relief of the Horseman at the village of Madara, Kolarovgrad district, known as the Horseman of Madara; this inscription recorded the most important events in the reigns of the first Bulgarian Khans.
Unfortunately the inscriptions are badly damaged. Several words can be deciphered with certainty, among them the names of certain Bulgarian Khans. Only the stone relief, cut upon the perpendicular cliff, at a height of about 20 m. from its foot, is in a better state of preservation. It depicts a huniingseene — ahorseman, followed byhisdog, and beneath the horse a lion, pierced by a short spear. The figures are almost life size. In spite of this, however, the relief is almost lost in the mass of the cliff, when it is looked at from a distance. One has to come up to the foot of the cliffs, and wait for the moment in which the sun’s rays fail on it slanting from the west, to feel the volume and the monumental quality of this relief.