Employees of a disposal company use buckets to remove red mud from the fountain at Sprudelhof (‘fountain court’) in Bad Nauheim, north of Frankfurt, Apr. 6. About ten cubic metres ( 353,147 ft3) of the substance that accumulates over the course of a year due to the mineral-rich water has to be removed and disposed of every spring. Sprudelhof was built as a central spa complex in Jugendstil (art nouveau) style between 1905 and 1911.
Tag: germany
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Spring Cleaning
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Erfurt with a touch of Color
Last Tuesday (Mar.22) a job took me to Erfurt, the captital of the federal state of Thuringia. On that very dull and gray day it seemed to be a city with just a touch of color. -
Gold Aureus by Brutus
This admittedly is not a great picture for I had no macro lens with me (at an undisclosed place in Frankfurt) when I was was shown this gold Aureus minted around 42 BC by Brutus, commemorating the assassination of Caesar. On its reverse side there is the cap of liberty (pileus), traditionally given to one who has been freed from slavery, and two daggers, recalling Cassius and Brutus as the principal conspirators.
At the time, it was worth twenty-five denarii, the equivalent of a month’s pay for a Roman legionary. Today, the tiny coin might be worth 2 million euros (or dollars). -
Reality enhanced
A man films Burg Eltz Castle near Wierschem with his mobile, March 4. The medieval castle dates back to the 12th century and is still owned by a branch of the same family that lived here 33 generations ago.
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