#monplaisir

[retrogeographie]

Angers, la ZUP Nord.

Monplaisir.

[astipaxvancizbu]

Monplaisir sous l'autoroute, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France, juillet 2024

[fredericbrumby]

Les couleurs de la ville.

Mur, gouttière

[memoire-ouvriere]

La sortie des ouvriers à l'usine Berlier, Lyon, Monplaisir, Rhône.

[annlocarles]

Bistrot Autrement - Quartier Monplaisir Lyon

Photo Juliette L

[sansoma]

Mon moment Coffee c'est avec @tassimo_europe @official_tassimo_europe et toi ? Ton moment plaisir et relax de ce weekend ? #coffeetime #coffeelover #cafe #momentzen #momentplaisir #voxbox #influenstervoxbox #influenster #monplaisir #partage @influenster #weekend (à Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoSpSYzttSb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[postcard-from-the-past]

Château Lumière in the Monplaisir neighbourhood of Lyon, France

French vintage postcard

[aanok]

Buonanotte.

[marianrua]

Петергоф. Снова. Воистину памятник мировой архитектуры и дворцово-паркового искусства. Прекрасные фонтаны! Пётр I знал, где лучший вид на Финский залив! Потрясающее место. Построил тут себе всякое в XVIII веке. Заглянули с мужем в мой любимый Монплезир. Большая коллекция голландской живописи, разнообразного фосфора, стекла. Личные вещи Петра. Екатерининский корпус, построенный Растрелли по заказу Елизаветы, но обретший название в честь другой женщины после дворцового переворота. Красивые залы, прикладное искусство. В желтом зале находится знаменитый парадный Гурьевский сервиз. Около 5000 предметов. После я рискнула! И меня окатило из фонтана-шутихи (раньше очень стеснялась делать подобные вещи. Сейчас я более смелая))). Потом ходила мокрая и довольная! Было жарко! (Выложу видео в сторис и закреплю в актуальном, как и все из поездки. Пока времени нет, но я обещаю!) Банный корпус при монплезирском ансамбле впечатлил красивым внутренним садом. Сами бани уютные. Бассейн-шутиха. Душ-люстра. Впечатляющая кухня и обеденная зала. Долго гуляли по парку, но начался дождь! Еле ноги унесли. Не попали в форт Константин из-за бури, которая началась на море. Ветер был такой, что ух! Немного поездили и погуляли по Кронштадту. В парк Патриот с корабликами не пошли. Я боялась, что ветер меня сдует, и меня придётся багром вытаскивать, а оно мне надо? #санктпетербург #монплезир #петергоф #екатерининскийкорпус #банныйкорпус #петродворец #Petergof #saintpetersburg #Petrodvorets #TsarskoyeSelo #monplaisir (at Петергоф. Финский Залив) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq74NhmM-M8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[vieillesboutiques]

Usine Gramont, Lyon-Monplaisir, Rhône.

[historyofromanovs]

do you know where the first few of the romanovs resided before all of the palaces were built and if so, are any of them remaining? do we know what they look like?

I'm afraid very little from the earliest days of the Romanov dynasty had survived the ravages of time. By the time of Nicholas II, many early residences had already been either destroyed or replaced by the modern and elegant palaces we see today. Here's a few that survived.

The Cabin of Peter the Great May 1703

Built during the founding of the city of Saint Petersburg, the log cabin was the first St. Petersburg "palace" of Tsar Peter the Great. The small wooden house was constructed in just three days, by soldiers of the Semyonovskiy Regiment. 

At that time, the new St. Petersburg was described as "a heap of villages linked together, like some plantation in the West Indies".

The Cabin was boarded up and camouflaged during the Second World War. It was the first St. Petersburg museum to reopen in September 1944, after the end of the Siege of Leningrad. 

This cabin must have appeared as a huge downgrade after the wooden palace of Tsar Alexei!

The Wooden Palace of Tsar Alexei Romanov 1667

The recreation of an authentic mid-17th century Romanov residence was built recently in 2010. The Palace of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, also known as the Wooden Palace of Tsar Alexei, is a large wooden palace in Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, Russia.

The original was built in 1667 without using any fasten materials, nails or hooks. The wooden palace, famed for its fanciful, fairytale roofs, was a summer residence for Russian tsars before St. Petersburg was constructed. 

The palace was divided into male and female halves, with the Tsar and Tsarevitches towers and chambers in the male half and the Tsarina's towers in the female half. 

The palace's interior featured rich decorations, including carving, painting, gilding, and ceramic tiles, as well as rectangular and round stoves, weathercocks, and windows and porches. 

Foreigners referred to this huge maze of intricate corridors and 250 rooms, as 'an Eighth Wonder of the World'. Although basically only a summer palace, it was the favorite residence of Tsar Alexei I.

The future Empress Elizabeth Petrovna was born in the palace in 1709, and Tsar Peter the Great spent part of his youth here.

Upon the departure of the court for the swamps of St. Petersburg, the palace fell into disrepair, so that Catherine the Great refused to make it her Moscow residence. On her orders the wooden palace was demolished in 1768, but thankfully, the detailed plans of the palace had survived.

Summer Palace of Peter the Great

1714

One of the earliest imperial residences I can think of that still exists today is the modest Summer Palace of Peter the Great, which is located on an island near the Peter and Paul Fortress, the burial place of the Romanovs.

The palace was built between 1710 and 1714, a few years before the proclamation of the Russian Empire. By the time of Tsar Nicholas II's reign at the end of the 19th century, it became vacant.

During the Second World War, both the Summer Palace and Summer Gardens were badly damaged by a German bombing raid. The building was repaired, however, and the layout remains unchanged from the original.

Above: The palace as depicted in 1809. Below: The residence today.

Monplaisir Palace in Peterhof 1714-1716

There is another residence owned by Peter the Great that is still standing today. And that is the Monplaisir Palace in Peterhof.

The following painting depicts the formidable Tsar and his son and heir Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, who has been accused of preparing to seize power, in the interior of the Monplaisir Palace. Before pronouncing sentence, Peter I gazes into his son's eyes, still hoping to discern signs of remorse.

Above: The Parade Hall of Monplaisir Palace today.

[feverdreamjohnny]

hey, is there anywhere i can check the nowhere, MI soundtrack out? cant find anything about it online and was just wondering!! its stellar

Here you are!

LAS LLUVIAS DE RANCHIPUR - ZAIRE

Katapulto - Danse Macabre [MODIFIED TO REMOVE INTRO]

Maybe I'm a bit conceited - Monplaisir

Did you jump or were you dropped? - Patrick Kilpatrick

Bugs! - Patrick Kilpatrick

Cantate Domino - Anonymous Choir

Deep Inside The Flesh - Monplaisir

Strange Town - Patrick Kilpatrick [MODIFIED TO REMOVE INTRO]

Fowl and Fruit - Patrick Kilpatrick

Land Without Bread Pt. 1 - Patrick Kilpatrick

To Lose - Monplaisir

Staring At the Void Between Me And The Wall - Monplaisir

Nexus - Monplaisir

YMIY - Demoiselle D

Aimer, c'est ce qu'il y a de plus beau - Monplaisir

Calamity Kick - Monplaisir

Delicate - Monplaisir

This is Not a Joke - Monplaisir

[russpals]

Peterhoff Palace Complex

Photographs: Different views of Peterhof, which, rather than one specific place, is an astoundingly beautiful complex of palaces, gardens, pavilions, and fountains. The photos here and the text are a mere preview of a fraction of the place in all its grandeur.

The Grand Palace, Lower and Upper Gardens and Fountains

The Peterhoff Palace (which comes from the Dutch "Pieterhof," meaning "Pieter's Court") is a complex of palaces, gardens, pavilions, and fountains located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commissioned by Peter the Great in response to Louis XIV Palace of Versailles in France.

Peter the Great began constructing his new capital, St. Petersburg, in 1703 after successfully adding Swedish provinces to Russian territory.  Saint Petersburg allowed Russian access to the Baltic Sea through the Neva River that flowed to the Gulf of Finland.

Throughout the early 18th century, Peter the Great built and expanded the Peterhof Palace complex. Based on his sketches, he constructed the Monplaisir Palace (French: "my delight"). This would be Peter's summer retreat that he would use on his way coming and going from Europe. Later, he expanded his plans to include a group of palaces and gardens further inland, on the model of Versailles.

Most of the Peterhoff land is comprised of what is called the "Lower Gardens." In the middle of the lower gardens is the Grand Palace. The area behind this palace is the "Upper Gardens" and is comparatively smaller. The Grand Palace is not the only historic royal building in Peterhoff. The palaces of Monplaisir and Marli, as well as the pavilion known as the 'Hermitage,' were all raised during the initial construction of Peterhoff during the reign of Peter the Great.

There are a number of cascades and fountains through the grounds, which have various symbolic meanings and are in themselves great technological achievements. The greatest of these is that all of the fountains in Peterhoff operate without the use of pumps. Water is supplied from natural springs and collects in reservoirs in the Upper Gardens. The elevation difference creates the pressure that drives most of the fountains of the Lower Gardens.

Gothic Chapel in Peterhof:  An Orthodox church in the name of Saint Alexander Nevsky situated in the Alexandria Park; Nicholas I ordered its construction to complement the Cottage Palace

Alexandria Park, the Cottage Palace, and the Farmers Palace

To the east of the main park at Peterhof lies an expanse of landscaped parkland in the English style, named after Alexandra Fedorovna, wife of Nicholas I. The land was used as a royal hunting ground for most of the 18th century and left to go wild after the court moved to Tsarskoe Selo.

In 1825, the land was passed to Nicholas I, who commissioned a Scottish architect and landscape gardener to create an English-style estate with a "cottage" palace and home farm. This was partly a concession to Alexandra (nee Charlotte of Prussia), who found the pomp and grandeur of court life oppressive. Alexandra loved the cottage. The Cottage Palace was completed in 1829 and became the permanent summer residence of the Tsar's family. Alexandria Park is one of the best-landscaped parks on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.

The building is equal parts seaside villa, Gothic castle, and English farmhouse, but extremely elegant, with several charming decorative details. The palace's interiors exemplify the private tastes of Nicholas and Alexandra and their children and grandchildren. The spectacular trompe l'oeil murals around the staircase, depicting gothic arches and vaults, and Nicholas's Naval Study, with superb views over the Gulf of Finland, are particularly impressive.

The Farm Palace was initially a pavilion in Alexandria Park close to the Cottage Palace and Gothic Chapel. Meant to be a pastoral farm with a row of household buildings, it was later expanded into a summer residence for the family of Tsesarevich Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia. The palace became the favorite summer residence of Alexander II and his family. After many reconstructions, the house was named "The Farm Palace" in 1859. It would eventually be a favorite of Alexander III and Nicholas II.

The Lower Dacha at Peterhoff (badly damaged in World War II and destroyed in the 1960s) - in the process of reconstruction

The Lower Dacha was in Alexandria Park, part of the Peterhof complex created by Tsar Peter I in the early 18th century as an Imperial summer residence. The palace was the home of Tsar Nicholas II while in residence at Peterhof (it was built for him), and several of his children were born there. It was badly damaged during the Second World War and was destroyed in the 1960s. The Lower Dacha is in the process of being restored. It is expected that the restoration will be completed by 2025. The picture below where the intact building can be seen, is from the early twentieth century. Photographs of the ruins have been included as well.

[fredericbrumby]

Les couleurs de la ville.

Mur

[diaryofsinsdos]

S3

Monplaisir

[oraculoediciones]

El 2 de mayo de 2024, en el marco de la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires, se presentó el libro de Juan-Jacobo Bajarlía, sobre Antonio Di Benedetto, editado por el sello Mil Botellas. Moderaron Natalia Gelós y Ramón D. Tarruella.

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Realización: Diego Arandojo Música: "Home's church" by Monplaisir (Free Music Archive)

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