Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: turkey

St Andrew's Church Church, standing beside Boynton Hall manor, is a Georgian style building with a 15th century tower. This lectern was carved by Harry Scott, son of the Boynton Estate carpenter. Instead of the traditional eagle, here is a turkey holding the bible. This remembers to William Strickland, the builder of the Boynton Hall manor. Legend has it that Strickland was the man who first introduced the turkey to England in 1526, after acquiring the birds on his travels to the New World. He sailed the world as a lieutenant to the famed Venetian explorer Sebastian Cabot, successfully seeking his fortune lands of the Americas.

Seville was a Roman "colonia" since 45BC. The important city got looted by the Vandals in 428 and developed into a Bishopric seat under Visigothic rule. After the Moors had defeated the Visigoths in the Battle of Guadalete, the conquered Seville and made it the capital of a province. Normans devastated Seville in 844 but Seville got rebuilt and flourished under the different Moorish dynasties. In 1248 Seville was conquered by the troops of Ferdinand III of Castile. The emigration of hundredthousands of Moors to Northern Africa led to a decrease of economics in the whole area. Seville recovered in the 16th and 17th century, when it became the hub of Spanish maritime trade. During this period, the port of Seville had a monopoly on overseas trade. Vespucci and Magellan planned and started their voyages here. The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville is housed in a building dating from 1594, which originally housed the monastery of the Order of Merceder Calzada de la Asunción. The museum was founded in 1835. It houses a collection of mainly Spanish fine art from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century. Jan Brueghel the Younger / 1601 - 1678 El Paraiso Terrenal - The Earthly Paradise / ca 1620 Turkeys in the center, a white unicorn near the river and two elephants in the background (enlarge)

Offenburg was first mentioned in 1148 and was declared a Free Imperial City by 1240. During the 9-Years-War the town suffered under the French occupation of Offenburg. In 1689 Offenburg was set on fire and completely destroyed except for the Capuchin monastery and two other houses. The "Offenburger Programm" which consisted of thirteen demands "in the name of the people of Baden", was put forward here on 12 September 1847. This was the first known demand for democracy in Germany, demanding basic and human rights as well as freedom of the press. It was one of the triggers that started the 1848-Revolution in Southern Germany. After the Catholic parish in Offenburg had grown to about 12.000 parishioners end of the 19th century, the planning for a second Catholic church started. The erection of the Neo-Romanesque Dreifaltigkeitskirche ("Holy Trinity"), designed by Johannes Schroth, started in 1904. It got consecrated already 2 years later. It is 60m long and has a capacity of 1.300. The church has very interesting capitals.