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The Winter Gardens
The Winter Gardens ( it, Giardini Winter) were created by the German botanist Ludwig Winter and they are located at 6, Via Ludovico Winter in Bordighera, Liguria, Italy. History On 17 May 2015, after being long abandoned, the Winter gardens were reopened to the public. Winter was a passionate botanist and had already made its reputation by collaborating on the Hanbury Gardens. Enchanted by the place and the climate suited to the development of the flora, he decided to settle in Bordighera and create his own botanical gardens. These gardens are particularly famous. They are now part of a private property located close to the Pallanca exotic gardens (via Madonna of the wheel 28). From the road you can still see the famous pergola which is portrayed in various photos and postcards. These gardens incorporated the famous twelve palms of Madonna della Ruota, celebrated by Scheffel in his poem of 1856, entitled "Near Death" and also painted by Hermann Nestel and Friederich von Kleudge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordighera
Bordighera (; lij, A Bordighea, locally ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Imperia, Liguria (Italy). Geography Bordighera is located from the land border between Italy and France, and it is possible to see the French coast with a naked eye from the town. Having the "Capo Sant’Ampelio" which protrudes into the sea, it is the southernmost commune of the region. The cape is at around the same latitude as Pisa and features a little church built in the 11th century for Sant’Ampelio, the patron saint of the city. Since Bordighera is built where the Maritime Alps plunge into the sea, it benefits from the Foehn effect which creates a special microclimate that has warmer winters. History It seems that Bordighera has been inhabited since the Palaeolithic era, as archaeologists have found signs of human activities in the caves along the Italian and French coast. In the 6th century BC came the Ligures, from whom the name of the region, "Liguria" in Italian, is derived. They w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Dactylifera
''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, and is naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. ''P. dactylifera'' is the type species of genus ''Phoenix (plant), Phoenix'', which contains 12–19 species of wild date palms. Date trees reach up to in height, growing singly or forming a clump with several stems from a single root system. Slow-growing, they can reach over 100 years of age when maintained properly. Date fruits (dates) are oval-cylindrical, long, and about in diameter, with colour ranging from dark brown to bright red or yellow, depending on variety. Containing 61–68 percent sugar by mass when dried, dates are very sweet and are enjoyed as desserts on their own or within confectionery, confections. Dates have been cultiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick III, German Emperor
Frederick III (german: Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Karl; 18 October 1831 – 15 June 1888), or Friedrich III, was German Emperor and King of Prussia for 99 days between March and June 1888, during the Year of the Three Emperors. Known informally as "Fritz",MacDonogh, p. 17. he was the only son of Emperor Wilhelm I and was raised in his family's tradition of military service. Although celebrated as a young man for his leadership and successes during the Second Schleswig, Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars,Kollander, p. 79.''The Illustrated London News'' he nevertheless professed a hatred of warfare and was praised by friends and enemies alike for his humane conduct. Following the unification of Germany in 1871 his father, then King of Prussia, became the German Emperor. Upon Wilhelm's death at the age of ninety on 9 March 1888, the thrones passed to Frederick, who had been German Crown Prince for seventeen years and Crown Prince of Prussia for twenty-seven years. Freder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria, Princess Royal
Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa; 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of German Emperor Frederick III. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and was created Princess Royal in 1841. She was the mother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. Educated by her father in a politically liberal environment, Victoria was married at age 17 to Prince Frederick of Prussia, with whom she had eight children. Victoria shared with Frederick her liberal views and hopes that Prussia and the later German Empire should become a constitutional monarchy, based on the British model. Criticised for this attitude and for her English origins, Victoria suffered ostracism by the Hohenzollerns and the Berlin court. This isolation increased after the rise to power of Otto von Bismarck, one of her most staunch political opponents, in 1862. Victoria was empress for on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riviera
''Riviera'' () is an Italian word which means "coastline", ultimately derived from Latin , through Ligurian . It came to be applied as a proper name to the coast of Liguria, in the form ''Riviera ligure'', then shortened in English. The two areas currently known in English as "the Riviera" without additional qualification are: * the French Riviera (), the southeastern coast of France * the Italian Riviera (), the adjacent northwestern coast of Italy Riviera may also refer to: Africa *Red Sea Riviera, the eastern shore of Egypt America Mexico *Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula *Mexican Riviera, the southwestern coast of Mexico, including Acapulco *Riviera Nayarit, another part of Pacific coast of Mexico United States * California Riviera, Santa Barbara, California * Florida Riviera, Fort Lauderdale, Florida * Florida Riviera, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida * Irish Riviera, Scituate, Massachusetts Asia *Chinese Riviera, coastal region in Zhuhai, China *Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of The Immaculate Conception Or Terrasanta
The church of the Immaculate Conception, officiated by the Frati Minori Francescani, is at via Vittorio Emanuele 75, in Bordighera, Province of Imperia. The church is also called the Church of the Terrasanta (Holy Land), in honour to the first missionary priests who officiated Mass returning from Palestine. The church is part of the properties protected by the Superintendent of Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (Italy). History and Description Father Giacomo Viale, who was the parish priest of Bordighera, was a Franciscan priest. One of his wishes was to build a church in the new area of the city that had developed along the coast. At first he turned to the architect Alexander Cantu of Sanremo, but the project was stopped when the priest returned to the convent. In 1875, he came back to Bordighera, enlisted the help of the architect Charles Garnier for the realization of his ambitious project. The land to build the church was donated by Mr. Francesco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jubaea Chilensis
''Jubaea'' is a genus of palms with one species, ''Jubaea chilensis'' or ''Jubaea spectabilis'', commonly known in English as the Chilean wine palm or Chile cocopalm, and palma chilena in Spanish. It is native to southwestern South America and is endemic to a small area of central Chile between 32°S and 35°S in southern Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Santiago, O'Higgins, and northern Maule regions. It has long been assumed that the extinct palm tree of Easter Island belonged to this genus as well; however, in 2008, John Dransfield controversially placed it in its own genus, ''Paschalococos''. Growth The thickest well-documented ''Jubaea'' was on the estate of J. Harrison Wright in Riverside, California. Its diameter "at shoulder height" was . The largest of several specimens at the Adelaide (South Australia) Botanic Garden in 1889 was stated to be thick at the base. A hollow (but living) ''Jubaea'' in the Ocoa Valley near La Campana National Park, Chile is thick at its base, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Canariensis
''Phoenix canariensis'', the Canary Island date palm or pineapple palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco. It is a relative of ''Phoenix dactylifera'', the true date palm. It is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands, together with the canary ''Serinus canaria''. Mature ''P. canariensis'' are often used in ornamental landscaping and are collected and transplanted to their new planting location. A Canary Island date palm with of trunk is approximately 60 years of age. Description ''Phoenix canariensis'' is a large solitary palm, tall, occasionally growing to . The leaves, typically around 75 to 125 in number (but the record is for a tree on the French Riviera which bore 443 green, fresh leaves at one time), , are pinnate, long, with 80–100 leaflets on each side of the central rachis. The fruit is an oval, yellow to orange drupe long and in diameter and containing a single large seed; the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friederich Von Kleudgen
Baron Friedrich von Kleudgen, sometimes known by his nickname Fritz, was born in Germany and studied painting in Weimar. He later moved to the Academy of Art Dresden where he met Adrian Ludwig Richter. Like many artists of his time, he visited Italy, with extended stays in Naples and Venice. In 1873 he arrived in Bordighera with his wife and stayed at the Pensione Calvauna, which later became Coffee Cadama, until 1884. In the city he found a small German community and fascinated by the climate and light, decided to settle in the Ligurian town. In 1885 he built his home just outside the walls of old Bordighera, near the port of Magdalena and the old cemetery. The house, which he named "Villa Banana", and that is on the 4th of Via dei Colli, still exists today but unfortunately it was turned into an apartment building and is in poor conditions. In 1891 he married his second wife, Elizabeth Pudmensky. They had three children: Frieda, William (mountaineer who died in 1929) and Luise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann Nestel
Herman Nestel (1858-1905) was a German painter. Biography Hermann Nestel was born in Stuttgart and, from an early age, showed a particular aptitude for the arts. He began his artistic training in his hometown and then moved to Munich and Berlin. Like many artists of the time, he made his trip to Italy to complete his training. In 1882 he was commissioned by the German Wilhelm Spemann to illustrate the Ligurian and French coasts, from Nice to La Spezia. The drawings of Nestel were used to illustrate the book "Die Riviera", written by Woldemar Kaden. In 1887 he decided to settle in Bordighera. There, he met the botanist and landscape architect Ludwig Winter with whom he became friend. In Bordighera, he continued to collaborate with German publishers, in particular with the magazines "Gartenlaube" and "Über Land und Meer". In Bordighera, one of Nestel's daughters married Antonio, the first-born of Ludwig Winter. Nestel then began a collaboration with Winter in the creation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scheffel
The Scheffel was the German bushel. Scheffel is also used as a German surname. Notable people include: *David Scheffel, Canadian anthropologist *Johan Henrik Scheffel (1690-1781), Swedish artist *Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826–1886), German poet and novelist *Mark Scheffel (born 1959), American politician *Michael Scheffel (born 1958), professor for the history of modern German literature * Rudolf Scheffel (1915–1983), German Luftwaffe ace *Tom Scheffel (born 1994), German footballer See also *Scheffel Hall, Manhattan, New York City *Scheffler Scheffler is a German surname: * Axel Scheffler (born 1957), German book illustrator * Christoph Thomas Scheffler (1699–1756) Painter of the rococo period, famous mostly for his frescoes * Erna Scheffler (1893–1983), German senior judge * Fel ... {{Surname, Scheffel German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
