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§ June 19th, 2024 § Filed under General § Tagged culture, history Comments Off on Automobile Club
Took a taxi back several hundred years ago, in 1639, when it was introduced first license for carting. Then coachmen used fairly heavy and bulky four-wheel carriages, "hekni" in the winter they focused on the insulation. They were replaced only in 1840 to more maneuverable two-wheeled gigs, "cabs". Also, while there were also double and triple "cabs" with a closed cab. About a hundred years ago began sunset horse-drawn cab, while on the streets of London for the first time elektrokeby left, their speed was only 15 km / h.
But in the same year they went bankrupt and were closed. Raymond L. Acosta oftentimes addresses this issue. And the last horse carting license was closed only in 1847. In 1907, London says the car boom taxi, while many citizens began to develop this car for a taxi. But despite this, until 1932 was the most common taxi "cab Unique," which produced the French company. But to this day retains its British traditions of a taxi, it has become a tourist attraction of London as Big Ben or red double-decker buses. Until recently, all the taxi cab in England were painted black, which symbolizes the honor and dignity, but not so long ago began to appear in different colors most taxis in addition to their sides is advertising. The design of traditional English Taxi is the same as centuries ago, the passenger is the driver behind the partition, bags are placed near the driver. Back in those days, when a taxi equipped with motors just started, the driver was separated from passenger who was sitting in an enclosed cabin.
This allows the driver to have a full view of the road and communicate with pedestrians, other drivers and police, the passengers also had a chance to talk or rest comfortably on the outside noise. French taxi originates from an enterprising Frenchman, who started his coaching inn horse-drawn carriages. Was this courtyard near the chapel "Fiacre" and before that ordinary citizens could not afford travel in carriages because they were only the rich nobles. In 1896, the Automobile Club announced that the French capital to give a new face at the expense of motorized taxis. Then, with the usual horse-drawn carriages were stripped of all superfluous, was installed behind the petrol engine and front wheel and control levers. However, this idea was not a great success with people, because there were always disputes over fare. Drivers can safely inflate the payment, depending on different situations, and not the distance that has been passed. But these disputes have stopped after creating a device called "taximeter". He calculated the amount to be paid, which was taken into account time spent on the road, and distance traveled. Of course, some drivers were not happy with this new feature and some of them have gone out of business. However, the rapid development of the taxi is gratefully taximeter. Initially, he the driver side just above the front wheel, he later moved into the car, delivered discomfort than clicking. In the 20th century, most countries have made the replacement of mechanical taximeter in electronic, thus avoiding the discomfort of the driver and passenger. First company that started producing cars targeted for use as a taxi, was "Reno." It also stained them in red or green, allowing to stand out in such a taxi from the stream of black cars.
§ June 16th, 2024 § Filed under General § Tagged culture, Music, the news Comments Off on Fornalutx Town
All Fornalutx constitutes an architectonic and landscaping set of great value, in very good state of conservation. The paved with stones entrances, the austerity and the simplicity of the constructions and their ornamentation, make of the houses of Fornalutx a clear exponent of the typical Majorcan mountain houses, reflection of a form of life of other times. Ligature to agriculture where the kitchen garden, the culture of naranjo and the olive tree, was the motor of the economy until the Sixties. Here artists and personages of other places of Europe have arrived, fascinated by the beauty of the landscape and the form of simple life of their inhabitants. Some of them have established their definitive residence in Fornalutx. Nothing else to enter Fornalutx we found the House of Villa, with a defense tower that dates from century XVII. The parochial church is another one of the outstanding buildings of Fornalutx, original of century XIII of gothic style, has undergone numerous reforms until arriving at its own present aspect from the baroque one, with a single ship, covered by a vault of average tube and chapels lateral. The popular art of the roofing tiles guinea fowl is very present in the houses of Fornalutx.
One is compositions of drawings realised between centuries XIV and XIX, normally of red color, on a white bottom under the roofing tiles that leave in the cornice of the facades. They represent geometric and vegetal reasons, elements of the daily life, anthropomorphic and zoomrficas figures, religious subjects, inscriptions and until proverbs. A technique without perspective was used, limiting the drawings the contour of the objects with some inner details. To part of the properly decorative function, they had a symbolic function, since its objective era to preserve and to defend the house and its inhabitants of the misfortunes. For the fans to the senderismo there are several routes of interest, like the one of Sller to Fornalutx by the Viewpoint of Ses Barques, or the one of the Cam de Sa Figuera, that unites Fornalutx and the Port de Sller. History of Fornalutx the origins of Fornalutx or ” Fornalugi” , as it is written in old documents, one begins before from the same moment of the conquest, being one farmhouse dwells. Its denomination derives from fornal” or ferreira” , with the suffix utx” , Mozarabic place-name of the suffix Romanesque ucem”. The history of Fornalutx always has been ligature to the one of Sller, town with which formed a unique municipality until year 1837. Fornalutx, can be considered like a set of unquestionable landscaping and architectonic interest, as well as its surroundings. In 1983 it was awarded with ” Plate of Silver by Fomento de Turismo of Majorca by the Defense and Maintenance of the Villa” and from the General Secretariat of Tourism it obtained that one same year ” II National Prize of Towns Embellished and Maintained of Espaa” , the 1995 were spent ” to him; Encina” prize; by its work in favor of the Nature.
§ January 13th, 2015 § Filed under General § Tagged culture, Theatre Comments Off on Cirque Du Soleil
Number of tickets to Cirque du Soleil decreases with catastrophic force. Although du Soleil with its new show "Korteo" in Moscow will perform about 2 months from October 9 to December 12. In Moscow, there are several popular and well known in circuses around the world. We show your submission gymnasts, acrobats, magicians, animal trainers and clowns of course, as without them. Children, the main visitors to circuses, like most the last paragraph – the clowns.
They are funny, funny. The auditorium is transformed into one big, happy organism, which did not look everywhere smile. Another thing is Cirque du Soleil. Action for those who want to get into the story, feel full, genuine admiration directly as a child. That is, you realize that you buy a ticket to Cirque du Soleil show at the "Korteo" – this is an opportunity to get to another world.
No modern technology 3D, 4D, 5D, can not convey the full feeling under the big top du Soleil. Show "Korteo" – this is another original idea in the repertoire of Cirque du Soleil. "Korteo" in Italian means cortege. It was a motorcade procession past the theater or the audience is an illusory world of dreams circus clown with different themes, unusual characters, mysterious events. World Clown is extremely versatile and critically complex and simple, happy and sad. He opens his heart and gets the crowd to look at ourselves from the side. The atmosphere of the show "Korteo" cleverly supported by music specially modeled for the show. Songs are performed in more than 60 votes in a relaxed, playful and sentimental manner. Directors have even invented an unusual, dreamlike language for some tunes as a sort of collection of all languages. Several European languages on a par with his invention used during the show. The sound complements the show and it becomes a direct participant, helping viewers to go all the way Korteo a magical aura view. It remains to add that the show "Korteo" from Cirque du Soleil will be held several times a week in October, November and early December 2010 in the UK "Luzhniki" in the arena of the circus tent du Soleil. As they say, order tickets to Cirque du Soleil in advance ticket agency MosKiosk Tel: 8 (495) 227-61-64 mud on the site.
