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General: PLACE DE LA CONCORDE LUXOR MADELEINE PALAIS BOURBON LOUVRE DA VINCI PARIS
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LAST UPDATED: 29 MAY 2024
The majestic Place de la Concorde played an essential part in French history. On many occasions, the square has been chosen for happy or sad national gatherings. One of the many prestigious stages of the Historical Axis, the square features a vast and elegant neo-classical ensemble from the 18th century. It connects the Tuileries Garden to the Champs-Elysées and the Madeleine to Palais Bourbon.
The magnificence of place de la Concorde
The Place de la Concorde plays a significant symbolic part along the Historical Axis. This magnificent vista runs through some of Paris’ most celebrated monuments and squares:
 Fountain of the Rivers on Place de la Concorde © French Moments
The square takes the form of an octagon measuring 359 by 212 metres. The River Seine borders it to the South, and classical-style buildings to the North. The Egyptian obelisk stands at the centre of the square, flanked by two massive fountains.
The turbulent history of the square
In 1753 it was decided that the site should be designed as a square. This decision was taken during the reign of King Louis XV. At that time, many French cities had started or completed prestigious squares. They were commonly called “Place Royale” to the glory of the King: Montpellier, Nantes, Metz, Dijon or Bordeaux.
For instance, in the then-independent Duchy of Lorraine, the King’s father-in-law, Stanislas Leszczyński, commissioned the beautiful Place Stanislas in Nancy, which was well underway by 1753.
 Place Stanislas, a royal square in Nancy built in 1753-1755 © French Moments
A grand square dedicated to Louis XV
Gabriel, the King’s architect, was tasked with creating a magnificent square along the Historical Axis. It would stage an equestrian statue of Louis XV in the centre. The two monumental pavilions bordering the square’s northern side and divided by the Rue Royale were built in the Louis XV style: the Hôtel Crillon and the Hôtel de la Marine.
 Plan of Gabriel for the Louis XV Square © French Moments
The tragic event of 30 May 1770
Misfortune struck the square on the occasion of the marriage of Dauphin Louis and Austrian archduchess Marie-Antoinette. On the 30th May 1770, people assembled for a celebration with much pomp and ceremony. A beautiful firework display was planned. However, following the accidental fall of a rocket, the crowd was panic-stricken, and 133 people were killed, trampled and choked.
During the Reign of Terror
But the worst was yet to come 20 years later with the uprising of the Revolution. Originally called ‘Place Louis XV’, the square was renamed in 1792 as ‘Place de la Révolution’. It became the stage for horrendous public executions by the guillotine.
During the Reign of Terror, the King, Queen Marie-Antoinette, and more than 1,100 victims were beheaded in less than two and a half years.
 Execution of Louis XVI on Place de la Concorde
On 21st January 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined at the exact position of the statue of Brest, at the North-West angle.
 The monument of Brest, the spot where the guillotine was placed for Louis XVI’s execution © French Moments
From the 13th of May 1793, the “National Razor” was moved across the square near the railings of the Tuileries Gardens. Many more victims were beheaded: Marie-Antoinette (16th October), Madame du Barry, Danton, Madame Roland and Robespierre.
Place de la Concorde
Following those dreadful events of the Reign of Terror, the Directorate changed the square’s name in 1795 to one of reconciliation and hope: Place de la Concorde.
The Monuments of French cities
In the 1830s, architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff transformed the square by adding statues and fountains that can be seen today.
At each corner of the octagon formed by the Place, he erected eight stone monuments representing the French cities of:
 The Monument of Bordeaux © French Moments
The fountains
Hittorff also added two monumental fountains inspired by those in Piazza Navona in Rome:
- the Maritime Fountain (to the South, portraying the maritime spirit of France) and,
- the Fountain of the Rivers (to the North, representing the Rhône River and the Rhine River).
 Fountain of the Rivers © French Moments
The Luxor Obelisk, Paris’ oldest monument
 Place de la Concorde © French Moments
The Obelisk, ideally placed in the middle of the Place de la Concorde, is part of the strange geometrical layouts and alignments along the Historical Axis, evoking the symbols of Ancient Egypt.
Napoleon’s campaign to Egypt
To understand the reasoning that led the French to develop such admiration for Egyptology, let’s go back to Napoleon Bonaparte’s campaign to Egypt in 1798. The French Emperor-to-be attempted to conquer Egypt to counteract the English influence in the Middle East and India. The General was not coming to Egypt with soldiers only. As a newly elected French Academy of Sciences member, he took 167 savants to Egypt in 1798. There he founded the first modern scientific institute in Egypt: the Institut d’Egypte in Cairo.
 Obelisk, Place de la Concorde © French Moments
The Luxor obelisk on its way to France
King Charles X (1757-1836) showed an interest in Ancient Egypt and commissioned Jean-François Champollion (who deciphered the ancient hieroglyphs) to arrange for an obelisk to be returned to Paris.
In 1831, Mohammed-Ali, Viceroy of Egypt, offered France one of the two obelisks which guarded the entrance of the temple of Luxor in Upper Egypt. Both date back to Pharaoh Ramses II, the most powerful king of Ancient Egypt.
A unique ship, the Luxor, was designed to carry the obelisk to France down the Nile and across the Mediterranean Sea to the port city of Toulon and then by river to Paris.
In Charles X’s plans, the obelisk had to find its place on Place de la Concorde. That is the square built in honour of his grandfather and where his brother and sister-in-law were beheaded.
Raising the Obelisk on place de la Concorde
On the 25th of October 1836, 200,000 people gathered at the square to witness the lifting operation to raise the obelisk onto its pedestal.
 Erection of the Luxor Obelisk on Place de la Concorde in 1836. Painting by François Dubois
To the relief of supervisor Lebas and the assembled crowd, the event was a success. From that day, the “Obélisque de Louxor” sits enthroned in the centre of the square.
 The Obelisk seen from the entrance to the Tuileries Garden © French Moments
The oldest monument in Paris
Some 3,500 years old, the obelisk is the oldest monument standing in Paris. It is 23 metres tall and weighs 220 tons. However, the French capital was not the only European city to display an obelisk.
Other Egyptian obelisks in Europe
- The Romans transferred the one standing in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome to decorate the circus.
- Another specimen erected after that of Paris is in London (the obelisk of Tuthmosis III on the Victoria Embankment, better known as Cleopatra’s Needle).
- Without forgetting New York (a twin obelisk to the one in London, erected in Central Park).
The pyramidion
When the obelisk was carried to France in the 19th Century, its original cap had long disappeared. In fact, it was believed to have been stolen in the 6th century BC.
In May 1998, the French authorities decided to refurbish the obelisk by putting a copy of the missing gold-leafed pyramid cap on top, thanks to the initiative of Egyptologist Christiane Desroches Noblecourt. This pyramid cap is called a pyramidion. It is supposed to reflect the rays of the sun.
 The obelisk’s pyramidion © French Moments
In 1988, this tremendous Egyptian landmark was joined by another pharaoh-related structure along the Historical Axis: the modern Glass Pyramid in the Louvre, evoking the Great Pyramid of Giza.
A perpendicular perspective on the Historical Axis
The Place de la Concorde set the stage for another North-South perspective, much shorter, perpendicular to the Historical Axis.
It features, on the South side, beyond the bridge “Pont de la Concorde” across the Seine:
In fact, both monuments match each other across the Place de la Concorde with their grand Classical-style porticos, evoking the design of Roman temples.
 The great perspective from the Madeleine church towards the Bourbon Palace © French Moments
The 19th-century Madeleine Church strangely resembles a Roman temple and shares some similarities with the ancient ‘Maison Carrée’ in Nîmes.
 The Madeleine church seen from the square © French Moments
The Palais Bourbon housed the National Assembly, and its pedimented, collonaded front was inspired by the Madeleine Church at the far end of the short perspective crossing the Place de la Concorde.
 Palais Bourbon from the square © French Moments
The Pont de la Concorde
 Pont de la Concorde, Paris © French Moments
The Pont de la Concorde, crossing the Seine and linking the Place de la Concorde to the Palais Bourbon, was completed in 1791, with many of its stones taken from the dismantled Bastille fortress. When complete, it was said that the people of Paris could ride roughshod over the ancient fortress.
The view from the bridge stretches to the Eiffel Tower, the Alexandre III Bridge on one side, and the other to the Tuileries Garden and the Louvre.
More photos of Place de la Concorde
 The fountain of the seas in Place de la Concorde © French Moments The three needles of Paris! © French Moments Place de la Concorde © French Moments The Historical Axis of Paris in the Tuileries garden near Place de la Concorde © French Moments Winter in Place de la Concorde, Paris © French Moments Place de la Concorde © French Moments
Until the mid-2010s, a Ferris wheel stood in the centre of the square during the Christmas period. It allowed taking beautiful pictures from the beautiful perspective of the Champs-Elysées.
 Christmas in Paris – Place de la Concorde © French Moments The view from the Ferris wheel © French Moments The square at night © French Moments The fountain illuminated © French Moments Place de la Concorde by night © French Moments
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Con la ayuda de su compañero, el investigador ocultista Edward Kelley, planeaban abrir un portal al otro lado con las claves inferiores de Enoc, un alfabeto mágico que fue cantada. Literalmente estaban convocando a los espíritus de los muertos para hacer espionaje para la reina, y de acuerdo con la historia tuvieron bastante éxito. Estas entidades declararon que el nombre celestial para Satanás era Choronzon y que había al menos 4 torres de vigilancia o pilares en los que existen puertas estelares en la tierra. También hay una manera de abrir portales en otro lugar, siempre y cuando ciertas claves y sigilos se utilicen para convocar a las entidades a fin de llevar a cabo un trabajo apocalíptico o hechizo.
Uno de los otros rituales realizados por John Dee fue convocar al Arconte encargado de la puerta, Cernunnos. Para los celtas, Cernunnos, Cerne o Belatucadros, era representado como una figura humanoide, generalmente teniendo cuernos. Uno de los títulos Cernunnos era el señor de la caza, pero a medida que pasaba el tiempo la agricultura se fue uniendo junto con la caza y el Dios Cornudo se convirtió en el dios de la fertilidad también. El culto de esta deidad era realizado esperando alcanzar no sólo buena cacería, sino también garantizar una cosecha abundante e incluso la procreación exitosa de la humanidad. Como tal, lo encontramos representando el concepto de la vida, la muerte y el renacimiento, aunque en otros mitos Cernunnos es representado como un dios con cuernos que controla las serpientes. Las serpientes eran símbolos de la mortalidad, la curación y la resurrección de los muertos, o el uso de los muertos para la adivinación o la nigromancia. Al considerar la muerte como parte integral del "círculo continuo" de la vida, Cernunnos también ha sido asociado a los infiernos, el reino de los muertos.
Las invocaciones y la citación de los arcontes eran parte de algo que se llama "El Trabajo del Apocalipsis". La idea era convocar a varios ángeles y demonios de los bajos fondos para abrir una Puerta Estelar o escalera al cielo.
En realidad, fue uno de los primeros intentos de abrir un portal a otra dimensión y convocar a los espíritus. Fue literalmente un ritual para abrir los secretos del universo y conversar con los dioses. Pero los ángeles nunca permitieron que Dee fuera el instrumento mediante el cual se llevase a cabo la fórmula ritual para iniciar el Apocalipsis. Los ángeles declararon que el "trabajo" tendría que ser realizado en un momento posterior. El ritual sin terminar se sentaría como una bomba de tiempo oculta tictac, esperando que algún mago inteligente, tal vez guiado por los ángeles, para completarlo. Dee nunca recibió la señal para llevar a cabo el Trabajo del Apocalipsis en su vida. Esto estaba reservado para otro siglo y otro hombre. Ese hombre era Aleister Crowley.
Crowley y sus seguidores querían marcar el comienzo de una moral más grave que cualquier otra experiencia en el mundo. Para lograr esto tuvieron que llevar a cabo rituales poderosos. Sus métodos fueron tan aberrantes que Mussolini lo echó de Sicilia llamándolo un "bárbaro". Crowley profetizó que después de su muerte se realizaría un trabajo final o ritual donde se abriría un portal y los "jefes secretos" o antiguos dioses egipcios volverían.
Dos seguidores de Crowley, L. Ron Hubbard y Jack Parsons, intentaron abrir un portal usando uno de los hechizos de Crowley entre 1945 -1946. Fue una serie de ceremonias mágicas llamadas "Trabajo Babilonia" (Babalon Working). Muchas personas creen que lo que atravesó el portal fueron los seres que serían conocidos como los extranjeros "grises".
L. Ronald Hubbard llegó a crear la Cienciología, una religión que enseña que las entidades extraterrestres son responsables del uso de los seres humanos como avatares y que los espíritus extraterrestres fuerzan a la humanidad a hacer el mal.
Jack Parsons se convirtió en el fundador de JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab), y afirmó que durante el "Trabajo Babilonia", tanto él como Hubbard fueron los que lograron la ampliación del portal de Amalantrah de Crowley, permitiendo la entrada a los jefes secretos para "ayudar" a la humanidad. Más tarde intentó otro proyecto secreto, conjurando la clave inferior de Salomón para marcar el comienzo de la gran tribulación. Durante el ritual, él accidentalmente explotó su laboratorio mientras jugaba con poderosos explosivos. Algunos creyeron que él estaba tratando de abrir un Stargate para convocar a los demonios del Goetia.
Los Experimentos del CERN
El CERN está vinculado a varios proyectos secretos que están llevando a cabo la Unión Europea y la Comisión Europea Trilateral. También es el responsable por la existencia de la red de internet (todavía no consigo descubrir cuál es la utilidad de la misma, por lo menos a nivel "portales"; a nivel vigilancia su funcionalidad es OBVIA), y han estado haciendo investigaciones en curso para los gobiernos con respecto a la sostenibilidad global.
También se informó de que en 1999 el CERN propuso y llevó a cabo experimentos cuánticos Vortex en busca de axiones solares. Los axiones son partículas hipotéticas que son componentes de la materia oscura. Con el fin de encontrar estos axiones, el CERN propuso el uso de un imán desarmado llamado Satanás. El nombre era un acrónimo de Solar Axion antena telescópica.
Existen muchos otros experimentos que están relacionados con extraños acontecimientos en diferentes locales, pero sinceramente no tenía ahora el tiempo de verificarlos a todos, de manera que les dejo el dato para los que quieran pesquisar por su cuenta. El hecho más famoso relacionado con uno de estos supuestos experimentos fue la conocida "espiral de Noruega", que apareció en el cielo el 8 de diciembre de 2009... casualmente al mismo tiempo que el colisionador realizaba una prueba. De hecho, más tarde hubo confirmación oficial de que el fenómeno tenía relación con el CERN, y también con el HAARP (no sé cuál).
El famoso 21 de diciembre de 2012
El experimento definitivo en el que finalmente se "descubrió" el bosón de Higgs tuvo lugar entre el 17 y el 21 de diciembre de 2012. ¿Se trató de una mera coincidencia, de una provocación de la comunidad científica o realmente el experimento del CERN tenía relación con el cambio de ciclo Maya? ¿O hay algo más real y oculto? En el centro de nuestra galaxia, la Vía Láctea es un agujero negro super denso.
¿Podrían los experimentos llevados a cabo por el CERN-LHC, el 21 de diciembre de 2012, haber sido una tentativa de liberar a los seres espirituales caídos encerrados en este pozo sin fondo, este Blackhole?
Esta fecha podría haber sido el momento más oportuno para abrir una puerta de entrada o agujero interdimensional en este agujero negro en el centro de nuestra galaxia.
Imagine a la Vía Láctea como una gran cerradura de caja fuerte.
Para abrirla, todas las combinaciones deben estar en el orden correcto, es decir, perfectamente alineadas.
Esta alineación se logró el día 21 de diciembre de 2012, cuando el sistema solar se alineó con el plano galáctico.
La llave (CERN-LHC) podría en aquel momento haber sido insertada (encendida) para abrir la puerta (agujero de gusano a través de la tierra hasta el agujero negro en el centro de la Galaxia).
También a los mensajeros que no guardaron su primer estado sino que abandonaron su propia morada, los ha reservado bajo tinieblas en prisiones eternas para el juicio del gran día. Judas 1:6
El quinto mensajero tocó la trompeta. Y vi que una estrella había caído del cielo a la tierra, y se le dio la llave del pozo del abismo. Y abrió el pozo del abismo, y subió humo del pozo como el humo de un gran horno; y se oscureció el sol y también el aire por el humo del pozo. Y del humo salieron langostas sobre la tierra, y se les dio poder como el poder que tienen los escorpiones de la tierra... Y tienen sobre sí un rey, el mensajero del abismo, cuyo nombre en hebreo es Abadón, y en griego tiene por nombre Apolión DESTRUCTOR.Apocalipsis 9:1-3,11
Porque si Yahweh no dejó sin castigo a los mensajeros que pecaron, sino que, habiéndolos arrojado al Tártaro en prisiones de oscuridad, los entregó a ser reservados para el juicio... 2 Pedro 2:4
Y a Miguel le dijo el Señor: ve y anuncia a Shemihaza y a todos sus cómplices que se unieron con mujeres y se contaminaron con ellas en su impureza, ¡que sus hijos perecerán y ellos verán la destrucción de sus queridos! Encadénalos durante setenta generaciones en los valles de la tierra hasta el gran día de su juicio.
Enoc, capítulo 10
¿Será que el 21 de diciembre de 2012 estos satanistas intentaron (y seguramente con éxito, PORQUE ESTÁ ESCRITO), liberar al REY DE LOS ÁNGELES CAÍDOS, ABADÓN/APOLIÓN, "EL DESTRUCTOR" (SHIVA) DE SU PRISIÓN EN OTRA DIMENSIÓN?
Y aún falta que liberen a los (200) titanes/ángeles caídos que bajaron a la tierra y cohabitaron con mujeres, aquellos Vigilantes de Judas 1:6 y 2 Pedro 2:4, que engendraron una raza de gigantes, los NEPHILINS, que fueron encadenados en LOS VALLES DE LA TIERRA (¿en el interior de la tierra?). El Libro de Enoc dice que estos 200 ángeles caídos (los titanes) están encarcelados en el Tártaro durante 70 generaciones. Una generación en la Biblia es de unos 70-80 años ("El lapso de nuestra vida es de setenta años, y quizás los más robustos lleguen a ochenta", Salmo 90.10). Estos titanes han estado encarcelados por alrededor de 5000-5600 años.
Las profecías mayas y aztecas para el 21 de diciembre de 2012 NO HABLARON NUNCA ACERCA DE UN FINAL APOCALÍPTICO DEL MUNDO. Más bien mencionaban el regreso de "los Nueve", Bolon Yokte Ku. Estos Nueve eran vistos como viviendo en el Inframundo, y se describen generalmente como dioses de los conflictos y de la guerra, y por lo tanto, vinculados con los peligrosos tiempos de transición, malestar social, eclipses, y los desastres naturales como terremotos. Se dice que al final de un baktun, ellos abandonarían su reino subterráneo y surgirían a la superficie de la Tierra, donde batallarían con las 13 deidades de los cielos.
Pero "Nueve Dioses" no son sólo un ingrediente de la cultura maya. Hubo también nueve dioses en la religión del antiguo Egipto, así como en muchas otras (por ejemplo, la India). Para los egipcios, eran también conocidos como los Nueve Principios y estaban vinculados directamente con su Deidad Creadora, Atum. El control de estos Nueve Principios era considerada fundamental para el exitoso gobierno de un faraón: Un control adecuado sobre ellos significaba que el equilibrio (vinculado con la deidad Ma'at) era mantenido y que todo estaba bien con Egipto, el mundo y el universo.
Por tanto, podemos ver que Los Nueve, en un entorno egipcio o maya, estaban estrechamente relacionados, en ambos casos, y determinaban el gobierno de una era, por lo que su consulta es de suma importancia para el éxito de la nación... o del establecimiento de un Nuevo Orden Mundial.
https://despierta-tu-que-duermes.blogspot.com.ar/2015/03/el-cern-ni-ciencia-ni-magia-alquimia.html
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Llama de la Libertad (París)
 La Llama de la Libertad, ofrecida al pueblo francés por donantes de todo el mundo como símbolo de la amistad franco-americana, en la plaza Diana (París).
La Llama de la Libertad (en francés, Flamme de la Liberté) de París es una réplica del mismo tamaño de la nueva llama situada en el extremo de la antorcha que lleva en la mano la Estatua de la Libertad de Nueva York desde 1986.1 El monumento, que tiene aproximadamente 3,5 metros de longitud, es una escultura de una llama de cobre dorado, apoyada en un pedestal de mármol gris y negro. Está situado cerca del extremo norte del puente del Alma, en la plaza Diana, en el distrito 8 de París, Francia.2
Fue ofrecida a la ciudad de París en 1989 por el International Herald Tribune en nombre de los donantes, que habían contribuido aproximadamente 400 000 dólares para su realización. Representaba la culminación de las celebraciones de 1987 del periódico por su cien aniversario de la publicación de un periódico en inglés en París. Más importante, la Llama era una muestra de agradecimiento por la restauración de la Estatua de la Libertad realizada tres años antes por dos empresas francesas que hicieron el trabajo artesanal del proyecto: Métalliers Champenois, que hizo el trabajo del bronce, y Gohard Studios, que aplicó el pan de oro. Aunque el regalo a Francia fue motivado por el centenario del periódico, la Llama de la Libertad es un símbolo más general de la amistad que une los dos países, igual que la Estatua de la Libertad cuando fue regalada a los Estados Unidos por Francia.
Este proyecto fue supervisado por el director de la unión de artesanos franceses en aquel momento, Jacques Graindorge. Propuso la instalación de la Llama de la Libertad en una plaza pública llamada Place des États-Unis en el distrito 16, pero el alcalde de París, Jacques Chirac, se opuso a esto. Tras un prolongado período de negociaciones, se decidió que la alama se situaría en una zona abierta cerca de la intersección de la Avenue de New-York y la Place de l'Alma. El monumento fue inaugurado el 10 de mayo de 1989 por Chirac.
En la base del monumento hay una placa conmemorativa que relata la siguiente historia:
"La Llama de la Libertad. Una réplica exacta de la llama de la Estatua de la Libertad ofrecida al pueblo de Francia por donantes de todo el mundo como símbolo de la amistad franco-americana. Con ocasión del centenario del International Herald Tribune, París 1887-1987."
La llama se convirtió en un monumento no oficial de Diana de Gales después de su muerte en 1997 en el túnel bajo el Pont de l'Alma.3 La llama es una atracción para turistas y seguidores de Diana, quiens pegan pósteres y folletos con material conmemorativo en la base. El antropólogo Guy Lesoeurs dijo que "la mayoría de las personas que vienen aquí piensan que se construyó para ella."2 La plaza del monumento se llama desde entonces Plaza Diana (París).
El monumento está cerca de la estación del Metro de París llamada Alma-Marceau en la línea 9 y de la estación Pont de l’Alma Línea 'C' del RER, así como por los buses número 42, 63, 72, 80, 92, y los autobuses turísticos Balabus.
El 14 de junio de 2008 se inauguró una nueva Llama de la Libertad, una escultura de Jean Cardot, que también simboliza las relaciones cálidas y respetuosas entre Francia y los Estados Unidos. Fue instalada en los jardines de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos en Francia en la Place de la Concorde, y se inauguró en presencia del Presidente de la República Francesa, Nicolas Sarkozy, y el Presidente de los Estados Unidos, George W. Bush. Esta nueva llama es la realización de un impulso compartido por el empresario francés Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière, y el embajador estadounidense Craig Roberts Stapleton, y tiene dos inscripciones, una del francés Marqués de La Fayette y otra del estadista americano Benjamin Franklin.
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She is interchangeable with Columbia - the feminine personification of the United States. It was in the South Carolina state capital Columbia that Gov. Sanford revealed his Argentine affair... echoed by a train collision in the District of Columbia (Washington DC) on June 22:
June 22 DC Metro subway trains collide - 9 dead, 80 injured
Timeline:
June 18-24: Gov. Sanford missing/crying in Argentina
June 21: 'Impact' Part 1 on ABC; Prince William birthday
June 22: DC Metro Red Line trains in collision
June 23: US Moon probes (LRO/LCROSS) reach Moon
June 24: Gov. Sanford reveals Argentine affair
June 25: Death of Michael Jackson & Farahh Fawcett
'Metro' means 'meter' in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, etc. The meter is historically defined as 1/10,000,000 of the distance between the North Pole and the equator through Paris, or in other words the Paris Meridian between the North Pole and the equator. The Paris Meridian is also the 'Rose Line' (an esoteric concept popularized by The Da Vinci Code) i.e. a 'Red Line'...
DC Metro Red Line = French/Columbian Rose Line
...traditionally implying the Blood Royal/Sangraal or the Marian/Columbian Bloodline of the Holy Grail.
In Bloodline of the Holy Grail Laurence Gardner writes of the House of Stuart, the royal bloodline to which Princess Diana and her children belong (pp. 344-5):
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Episode 134
n 1854 a slab of marble donated by Pope Pius IX arrived in Washington, D.C. He had it engraved “A Roma Americae,” or “From Rome to America,” as a sign of goodwill. He had sent it over to be included in the Washington Monument, which was then under construction. Many foreign governments had sent similar contributions to honor America’s first president. The Know Nothings, however, had no intention of allowing a gift from the Pope to be included in the Washington Monument. They were certain the stone was a sign of darker intentions by the Pope. So on March 9, 1854, under cover of darkness, a group of these anti-Catholics broke into the yard, stole the stone, and after damaging it with hammers they dropped it in the Potomac River. No one was ever credibly accused of the crime, despite reward offers and a public outcry. Many years later, however, after a tip, the stone was discovered… only to disappear again. But today, there is a stone from the Pope in the Washington Monument, this one was provided by Pope John Paul II in 1982.
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Pope Francis delivered a speech too progressive for Obama to give
Sep 24, 2015, 4:20 PM GMT-3
Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the Speakers Balcony at the US Capitol, September 24, 2015, in Washington, DC. Pool/Getty Images
If President Barack Obama had delivered the text of Pope Francis’s speech to Congress Thursday as a State of the Union address, he would have risked being denounced by Republicans as a socialist.
While most Republicans chose not to complain, and Democrats tried not to gloat, Francis’s speech to Congress was stunning in the breadth, depth, and conviction of its progressivism. That might not have been fully and immediately appreciated by everyone in the House chamber because the combination of Francis’s sotto voce delivery and his heavily accented English made it difficult, lawmakers said, to grasp everything he was saying.
But there was no mistaking his thrust. He made detailed arguments for openness to immigrants, addressing the human roots of climate change, closing the gap between the rich and the poor, and ending the death penalty — all of which invigorated the Democrats in the room.
“It was pretty progressive. He had a little right-to-life stuff in it,” Rep. James Clyburn, the third-ranking House Democrat, said as he cracked a smile thinking about how Republicans would receive the speech. “That’s enough for them.”
The pope isn’t going to change many hearts and minds in the badly divided Congress, lawmakers said, but the moment provided a brief respite from political warfare. Several presidential candidates, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz, as well as Ben Carson, attended.
Rubio, a Roman Catholic, said in a brief interview that Francis “struck the right tone.” Sanders, a self-described socialist, seemed to like the content even more.
“Pope Francis is clearly one of the important religious and moral leaders not only in the world today but in modern history,” he said in a statement released after the speech. “He forces us to address some of the major issues facing humanity: war, income and wealth inequality, poverty, unemployment, greed, the death penalty and other issues that too many prefer to ignore.”
Democrats were eager enough to present Congress as united that they joined a Republican-led standing ovation when Francis told lawmakers of “our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every state of its development.” Several of them said it was out of respect for the pope. But there was another good reason: It strengthened the perception that the whole speech — most of which they liked — carried unifying themes.
Unity was good for Democrats because the speech favored their policies
Francis was interrupted a few times by whoops from the Democratic side of the chamber — by Steve Cohen, a Jewish Memphis Democrat who got excited about Francis’s mention of the Golden Rule; by New York’s Nydia Velázquez when he called for an end to the death penalty; and by Philadelphia Rep. Chaka Fattah when he mentioned his upcoming visit to that city. The Republicans in the room were a bit more staid. Cruz often appeared unmoved during moments when Rubio, who was sitting nearby, applauded. That was the case when Francis asked whether the greater opportunities sought by past generations of immigrants are “not what we want for our own children?”
It was a home crowd. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) had announced he would boycott the event over climate change, and there was a brief murmur when it became obvious that three conservative Catholic Supreme Court justices — Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, and Clarence Thomas — had not shown up. But it seemed that everyone in attendance just wanted to catch a glimpse of Francis and hear what he had to say.
Big-name guests filed into the public galleries above the House chamber long before the pope’s arrival: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, mega-donor Tom Steyer, and Carson. House members filled the seats in their chamber, followed by the Senate and four Supreme Court justices. At about a minute past 10 am, Francis strode down the center aisle of the House chamber, clad in his familiar white robe and skullcap.
Lawmakers, who had been admonished not to touch the pope, refrained from trying to shake his hand or pat his back. There was no rush to crowd him the way members of Congress try to get into pictures with the president during the annual State of the Union address. When he got to the end of the aisle, he quietly shook hands with Secretary of State John Kerry and then made his way to the rostrum.
Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN, pulled out a baby blue iPhone and began snapping pictures. Though she later took to Twitter to commemorate the moment, Power hadn’t posted any of her photos by midday.
For his part, Francis warmed up the audience by describing America as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” He was slow to move into more politically charged territory but unimpeded when he did. There were 10 standing ovations after his initial greeting, and they were bipartisan.
Francis tackled tough issues at the heart of the US political debate and gently admonished lawmakers to build bridges
At times, Francis seemed to be speaking directly into the headlines and newscasts of the day.
Less than a week after Carson said that America shouldn’t elect a Muslim president, Francis warned that “a delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom and individual freedoms.”
As Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump promises to build a wall between Mexico and the US, and to prevent Syrian refugees from being admitted to America, Francis compared the current refugee crisis to the one that arose in World War II and said that “we the people of this continent are not fearful of foreigners, because most of us were once foreigners.” That drew a standing ovation. Rubio, who has shifted his emphasis on immigration reform over time, leaped to his feet.
And while Democrats continue to bask in this summer’s Supreme Court decision protecting same-sex marriage, the pope said he was concerned that “fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family.” The issue that caused the biggest stir before the speech — climate change — factored prominently in Francis’s remarks. He spoke of the human roots of global warming and said, “I am convinced we can make a difference.”
But perhaps the most unexpected run in the speech was an admonishment as gentle as it was clear: Politics is about building bridges, not destroying them. Francis never mentioned the international nuclear nonproliferation deal with Iran by name or the gridlock in American politics, but he seemed to be speak to both matters.
“When countries which have been at odds resume the path of dialogue — a dialogue which may have been interrupted for the most legitimate of reasons — new opportunities open up for all,” he said. “A good political leader is one who, with the interests of all in mind, seizes the moment in a spirit of openness and pragmatism. A good political leader always opts to initiate processes rather than possessing spaces.”
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Joe Pitts, speaking about the pope’s limited remarks on abortion and same-sex marriage, said he was displeased that Francis had been “unfortunately politically correct.”
For liberals, though, he was simply correct about politics.
https://www.vox.com/2015/9/24/9393731/pope-francis-speech-progressive-obama
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Post by shipstamps » Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:27 pm
 Not much is know about the caravel, where and when built unknown. Tonnage 200 ton, dim. 85 x 25 x 14ft. (draught) Four masts, fore and main mast square rigged, mizzen and Bonaventura mast lateen rigged. She was the flagship of Don Pedro de Mendoza (1487-1537) expedition to the River Plata. Mendoza held a post in the court of Charles V, when he in 1534 made an offer to Emperor Charles V to make an expedition on his own account for the discovery and conquest of Paraguay and the countries on the Rio La Plata. 24 August 1534 Mendoza on board the MAGDALENA and 13 other vessels, with 3000 men set sail from San Lucar, Spain. Receive from the Emperor before sailing 2.000 ducats, with the condition, when he transported to the new founded colonies 1000 colonists and 100 horses, build a road to the Pacific Ocean, erect three forts within two years he would receive 2.000 ducats more. Also he had to take 8 monks, a physician, a surgeon, and an apothecary, but he was forbidden to introduce a lawyer in the colony. He was to have half the treasure of the chiefs killed and nine-tenths of the ransom. Mendoza was made before sailing military governor of all the territory between the Rio de la Plata and the Strait of Magellan. The office of the Governor was also made hereditary. Off the coast of Brazil the fleet was scattered in a heavy storm, and Medoza lieutenant Osario, was assassinated, according to some authorities by the orders of Mendoza himself because of suspected disloyalty. 1535 Mendoza sailed up the Rio de la Plata, and founded Buenos Aires on 02 February 1536. He erected two forts there to defend the place. Pestilence broke out and the natives became unfriendly after ill treatment by the Spaniards. His brother Don Diego led a force against the hostile tribes, but was killed with three-fourths of his men. A general conspiracy of the natives was formed, and Buenos Aires was captured and burned by the natives. Mendoza retired to the forth Sanctus-Spiritus, from where he dispatched Juan de Ayolas to explore the upper part of the river. Another brother, Gonzalo arrived with reinforcements and founded the city of Ascención in Paraguay in 1536. Mendoza, disappointed and with a broken health, embarked on board the MAGDALENA for Spain in 1537, leaving Juan de Ayolas in charge. During the long voyage to Spain he died maniac on board the MAGDALENA on 23 June 1537. The fate of the MAGDALENA is not known. Argentine 1979 400p + 400p sg 1646 Source: mostly copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mendoza http://famousamericans.net/pedrodemendoza
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