Title: Blenheim Palace. Sir John Vanbrugh’s exercise in 18th century solid Baroque mass.
Blenheim palace (Oxon.). Home of the dukes of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Situated in Woodstock, Blenheim palace was given to John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, in gratitude for his victory in 1704 over the French at Blenheim. The architect was Sir John Vanbrugh, soldier and dramatist. Henry Wise (1653-1738) was largely responsible for the formal gardens, and a plan of 1709 signed by Bridgeman shows the main avenue stretching across Vanbrugh’s bridge into the park. From about 1764 this area was planted and flooded by Capability Brown. The palace itself consists of a pedimented centre block, with flanking courts on each side. Inside the heroic scale is sustained in the great hall, saloon, library, and other rooms, with their paintings, furniture, bronzes, and tapestries. Sir Winston Churchill is buried in the churchyard at Bladon, on the edge of Blenheim Park.
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A painting on carved wood showing various people, among others: American Indians, a black person, two
European.

Title: town church
Taken by: Schmelzle from Wikimedia Commons

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Uma mulher

Heat Station – 26 is one of the largest in Moscow, it’s located in the south administrative district.

The station was put into service on 30th of May, 1979 to provide power and heat supply of industrial enterprises, public and residential houses of southern Moscow and the Moscow Region with population about 1,5 million people.





The pipe is 152 m high

Industrial paradise




Water cooling towers – to the left and the eighth power unit – to the right.
They have finished construction of the 8th power unit based on the modern gas-vapor technology: electric power of the multishaft unit – 420 MW, heat power – 265 Gcal/h, it will help to make the station much more powerful.






Inside the power unit. It fully runs on gas.





Turbine generator


Feeding pumps


“Gazprom”





Entering the next unit

From here only one (!) person controls the heat station. Everything is automated and computerized.

This power unit contributes 22% more to the power of the heat station.

And this is the old power unit of the station.











In the water cooling tower



Location: Moscow