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R.I or Romantic Industrial
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Copyright: Stamatis Stamatis (stamatis) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 265 W: 10 N: 342] (2048)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-15
Exposure: f/2.8, 1 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-21 8:07
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Ancona was founded from Syracuse about 390 BC, who gave it its name: Ancona is a very slightly modified transliteration of the Greek Αγκων, meaning "elbow"; the harbor to the east of the town was originally protected only by the promontory on the north, shaped like an elbow. Greek merchants established a Tyrian purple factory here (Sil. Ital. viii. 438). In Roman times it kept its own coinage with the punning device of the bent arm holding a palm branch, and the head of Aphrodite on the reverse, and continued the use of the Greek language.
The harbour of Ancona.
The harbour of Ancona.

When it became a Roman colony is doubtful. It was occupied as a naval station in the Illyrian War of 178 BC (Livy xli. i). Julius Caesar took possession of it immediately after crossing the Rubicon. Its harbour was of considerable importance in imperial times, as the nearest to Dalmatia, and was enlarged by Trajan, who constructed the north quay with his Syrian architect Apollodorus of Damascus. At the beginning of it stands the marble triumphal arch with a single archway, and without bas-reliefs, erected in his honour in 115 by the senate and people.

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Ancona was successively attacked by the Goths, Lombards and Saracens, but recovered its strength and importance. It was one of the cities of the Pentapolis under the exarchate of Ravenna.[1] With the Carolingian conquest of northern Italy, it became the capital of the Marca di Ancona, whence the name of the modern region. After 1000 Ancona became increasingly independent, eventually turning into an important maritime republic (together with Gaeta, Trani and Ragusa, it is one of those not appearing on the Italian naval flag), often clashing against the nearby power of Venice. An oligarchic republic, Ancona was ruled by six Elders, elected by the three terzieri into which the city was divided: S. Pietro, Porto and Capodimonte. It had a coin of its own, the agontano, and a series of laws known as Statuti del mare e del Terzenale and Statuti della Dogana. Ancona was usually allied with Ragusa and the Byzantine Empire. In 1137, 1167 and 1174 it was strong enough to push back imperial forces. Anconitan ships took part to the Crusades, and his navigators include Cyriac of Ancona. In the struggle between the Popes and the Emperors that troubled Italy from the 12th century onwards, Ancona sided for Guelphs.

Differently from other cities of northern Italy, Ancona never became a seignory. The sole exception was the rule of the Malatesta, who took the city in 1348 taking advantage of the black death and of a fire that had destroyed much of the edifices. The Malatesta were ousted in 1383. In 1532 it lost definitively its freedom and became part of the Papal States, under Pope Clement VII. Symbol of the papal authority was the massive Citadel. Together with Rome and Avignon, Ancona was the sole city in the Papal States in which the Jews were allowed to stay after 1569, living into the ghetto built after 1555.

Pope Clement XII prolonged the quay, and an inferior imitation of Trajan's arch was set up; he also erected a Lazaretto at the south end of the harbor, Luigi Vanvitelli being the architect-in-chief. The southern quay was built in 1880, and the harbour was protected by forts on the heights.

From 1797 onwards, when the French took it, it frequently appears in history as an important fortress, until Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière capitulated here on 29 September 1860, eleven days after his defeat at Castelfidardo.
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Yia su Stamatie,
Poly omorfh nuhterini lipsi,poly orees antanaklasis.O titlos petuximenos.

Hello Stamatis!
Perfect sharpness and wonderful colours in your picture!
Lovely reflection!
Good perspective!
Best regards!
Lili

Ciao Stamatis,

mi piace rivedere il capoluogo della mia regione d'origine. E' una città che mi è sempre piaciuta, bello scatto con ottima gestione della luce.

Complimenti!

Gio

Hi Stamatis,
wow, what a technical perfection ! The light and definition are just perfect. You did this from the land and not from a ship, otherwise you could not reach this sharpness..
Compliments, Chris

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  • azaf1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1484 W: 119 N: 1971] (9163)
  • [2008-06-21 22:42]

Stamati kalimera
Panemorfa xromata kai fotismos. H pio kali ora pou ena viomixaniko thema ginetai ena exairetiko theama.
Pragmatika xarma ofthalmon
Argiris

Hello Stamatis,
wonderful composition and use of light and details, a fine play of light in this lovely sea, very atmospheric. A pleasure for the eye. Bravo.
All the best.
Stella

Ciao Stamatis, il soggetto certo non è dei migliori, ma la tua splendida foto lo fa diventare magnifico, meravigliosa la luna, fantastici i riflessi, splendide le luci, bravo, ciao Silvio

Ciao Stamati,
omorfi nuxterini lipsi ths Ancona meros pou exw perasei polles fores,uperoxes oi antanaklaseis sto nero kai kalu diaxeirish tou fwtos,
sugxaritiria,
kalo vradu,
Costantino

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  • ifanik Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1607 W: 52 N: 2503] (14328)
  • [2008-06-23 8:29]

Geia soy kai pali Stamati
Teleia nyxterinh foto me ta fwta na grafoyn poly omorfa
kai na dimioyrgoyn omorfa xrwmata
Poly kalh doyleia
Xairetw
Nikos

Both for sure :)
Lovely blue hour shot
I like it,good lights :)
Hugs

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  • kpav Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 555 W: 51 N: 280] (3321)
  • [2008-06-23 14:23]

Γεια σου Σταμάτη, πανέμορφη νυχτερινή λήψη με εξαιρετική ατμόσφαιρα που μετατρέπει μία 'βάρβαρη" για τα μάτια βιομηχανική εικόνα σε οπτασία. Υπέροχα τα χρώματα και οι αντανκλάσεις στο νερό που δημιουργούν τις κάθετες γραμμές στο κάδρο και ιδανική διαχείριση του φωτισμού. Χαιρετώ,
Κώστας.

Bravissimo Stamatis, hai fatto una foto stupenda. Il colore turchese intenso del mare contrasta magnificamente con i riflessi dorati delle luci del porto. La luna completa la bellezza di questa foto. Un lavoro straordinario, complimenti.
Ciao
Paolo.

Hi Stamatis.

Ahhhhh....excellent picture. The reflections of the lights in the water are amazing!

Rgs, oscar

Kalimera, Stamati!

Omorfi nyxterini lipsi, me ta kokkinopa fotismena tmimata tis se antistiksi me to galazio pou ta perivallei!
TFS.

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  • clio Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1304 W: 144 N: 2017] (9288)
  • [2008-06-26 9:41]

Geia sou Stamatis
Ancone is well known travelers leaving for Greece!
The colors of your photo are fantastic. I like this turquoise blue and gold-coloured mixture.
The moon is as a streetlight in the middle of the sky.
It is a very beautiful photo of industrial landscape.
Congratulations
Filika
Diane

Nice one,Stamatis!
I like very much this photo with a wonderful ligth and great colours and nice point of view!!very good job!
regards

Vivi

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