plaza de la constitucion

plaza de la constitucion

I can see by well composed photo by mikey6p with the exception of a couple of demolished fountains and statues replaced by an equally nice fountain and a long row of what looks like black parking meters nothing drastic has changed over one hundred years, but don't speak to soon as the dreaded overhead crane lurks on the horizon.

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Puerto de La luz of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Puerto de La luz of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

istar-famiredo, fantastic panorama of the sprawling dockside town of Puerto de La luz of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. shows how much the place has changed over one hundred years.
Puerto de la Cruz.
The history of the Port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria can be said that began with the beginning of the conquest of the island, which occurred on June 24, 1478, 5 when troops under the command of Juan Rejon and Dean Bermudez led to the Bay of the islets ( Juan de Abreu Galindo , FR. J. History of the Conquest of the Canary Islands. Ed Goya. Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1977), specifically, on the beach of Light which gives its name to the port, and was used for centuries as a natural refuge for fishermen, sailors and conquerors.

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Oxford st. Weston-super-mare comparison

Oxford st. Weston-super-mare comparison

Question which street would you prefer to walk along the bustling seaside town with hotels,pubs,shops, restaurants and tearooms or the glass fronted take- aways, pound shops, and tatty gift shops with plastic boobs and things.
Do I win?
The only constant in these two pics is the weather looks pretty gloomy.
Early in the 19th century, Weston was a small village of about 30 houses, located behind a line of sand dunes fronting the sea, which had been created as an early sea wall after the Bristol Channel floods of 1607.[15] The Pigott family of Brockley, who were the local Lords of the Manor, had a summer residence at Grove House. Weston owes its growth and prosperity to the Victorian era boom in seaside holidays. Construction of the first hotel in the village started in 1808; it was called "Reeves" (now the Royal Hotel).[15] Along with nearby Burnham-on-Sea, Weston benefited from proximity to Bristol, Bath and South Wales. The first attempt at an artificial harbour was made in the late 1820s at the islet of Knightstone and a slipway built from Anchor Head towards Birnbeck Island.[15]

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Marina di Capri, comparison

Marina di Capri, comparison

I INHERITED A PACK OF ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD POSTCARDS, AND THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE FUN TO COMPARE THE VIEWS, ENJOY.
THERE ARE SOME CARDS I CANNOT MATCH I WILL PUBLISH AND HOPE FLICKR USERS CAN HELP ME OUT.
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Richard Gillin's brilliant shot of faraglioni rocks is the nearest comparison of this view.
I have trawled the web for this angle without success I suppose cliff erosion is the culprit.
If anyone has other ideas let me know please.
Via Krupp is a historic switchback paved footpath on the island of Capri, connecting the Charterhouse of San Giacomo and the Gardens of Augustus area with Marina Piccola. Commissioned by German industrialist Friedrich Alfred Krupp, the path covers an elevation difference of about 100 m.[1]
Built between 1900 and 1902, ostensibly Via Krupp was a connection for Krupp between his luxury hotel, Hotel Quisisana, and Marina Piccola, where his marine biology research vessel lay at anchor. Secretly however, this path also conveyed him to Grotta di Fra Felice, a grotto where sex orgies with local youths are supposed to have taken place. When the scandal surfaced, Krupp was asked to leave Italy in 1902.[2]
Since 1976, Via Krupp has been closed most of the time due to the danger of falling rocks.[1]

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Comparison, Calles de Molina

Comparison, Calles de Molina

This is quite amazing that the recent excellent photo by
frado76, apart from the monstrosity of the modern sculpture very little has changed in over 100 years.

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