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International Volvo Photo Locations Part 193

1995 – Volvo 960 at Colosseo Quadrato at Quadrato della Concordia near Via del Turismo and Piazzale Ferruccio Parri in the EUR district in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹

1995 – Volvo 960 at Colosseo Quadrato at Quadrato della Concordia near Via del Turismo and Piazzale Ferruccio Parri in the EUR district in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹

1995 – Volvo 960 Stockholm at Colosseo Quadrato at Quadrato della Concordia near Via del Turismo and Piazzale Ferruccio Parri in the EUR district in Rome, Italy 🇮🇹

2016 – Colosseo Quadrato in Rome (Google Streetview)

Colosseo Quadrato can be found at Quadrato della Concordia through Via del Turismo or Piazzale Ferruccio Parri in the EUR district in Rome, Italy.

The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro or simply the Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum), is an icon of Fascist architecture.

The building was designed in 1937 to host the Mostra della Civiltà Romana during the 1942 World Fair by Italian architects Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano.
It lies in the district of Rome known as the Esposizione Universale Roma (also known as ‘E.42’ and ‘EUR’). It is particularly symbolic of this district, exemplifying its monumentality.

The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana was constructed as part of the program of the Esposizione Universale Roma, a large business center and suburban complex, initiated in 1935 by Benito Mussolini for the planned 1942 world exhibition and as a symbol of fascism for the world. The Palazzo was designed by the architects Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno Lapadula and Mario Romano and constructed between 1938 and 1943. It was inaugurated on 30 November 1940 as the centerpiece of the Esposizione and continues to be its most iconic building. The structure is also considered one of the most representative examples of Fascist architecture at the EUR.

The exhibition was cancelled on June 3, 1941, while the building was being finished. It stood empty, abandoned over a decade. The building opened its doors to the public for the first time in 1953. It hosted the Roma 1953 Agricultural Exhibition (EA53).

Between 2003 and 2008, the palace was closed to the public for restoration. Since 2015, it has housed the headquarters of luxury fashion label Fendi, and will continue to do so for the next 15 years at least. Fendi will reportedly pay 2.8 million euros per annum to occupy the space. The ground floor of the building will reportedly be left clear to house exhibitions celebrating Italian craftsmanship.

An exhibition, entitled “Una Nuova Roma”, about the history of the EUR district will be on display until March 7th 2016, on the ground floor of the building.

The EUR provides a large-scale image of how urban Italy might have looked if the fascist regime had not fallen during the war—large, symmetrical streets and austere buildings of limestone, tuff and marble, in either stile Littorio, inspired by ancient Roman architecture, or Rationalism. Its architectural style is often called simplified neoclassicism. Marcello Piacentini, the coordinator of the commission for E42, based it on the Italian Rationalism of Pagano, Libera, and Michelucci.

The design of the “Square Colosseum” was inspired more to celebrate the Colosseum, and the structure was intended by Benito Mussolini as a celebration of the older Roman landmark. Similar to the Colosseum, the palace has a series of superimposed loggias, shown on the façade as six rows of nine arches each. These numbers are said to be an allusion to the name of the Fascist dictator: “Benito” having six letters and “Mussolini,” nine.[by whom?] Atop all four sides of the building runs the inscription taken from a speech of Benito Mussolini on 2 October 1935:”Un popolo di poeti, di artisti, di eroi, di santi, di pensatori, di scienziati, di navigatori, di trasmigratori” (English: a nation of poets, of artists, of heroes, of saints, of thinkers, of scientists, of navigators, of migrants).

The palace is entirely clad in travertine marble, as is characteristic of buildings in the EUR. It is a parallelepiped on a square base, with six levels rising above a podium. The scale is imposing: the base covers an area of 8,400 square meters, and the building has volume 205,000 cubic meters with a height 68 meters (50 meters from the base).

More information on www.fendi.com, en.wikipedia.org and www.disegnodaily.com.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 93

2015 – Volvo XC60 R-Design

2015 – Volvo XC60 R-Design

2015 – Volvo V60 Plug in Hybrid R-Design D6 AWD

2015 – Volvo V60 Plug in Hybrid R-Design D6 AWD

2015 – Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid R-Design

2015 – Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid R-Design

2015 – Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid R-Design

2012 – Volvo S80 at Panoramavägen in Göteborg

1976 – Volvo 244 DL at Panoramavägen in Göteborg

1937 – Volvo PV51 at Keillers Park Viewpoint on Panoramavägen on Ramberget in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪

1982 – Volvo Öv4 (1927) and Volvo 240 GLT on Panoramavägen in Göteborg

2020 – Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge on Panoramavägen in Keillers Park in Göteborg

2020 – Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge on Panoramavägen in Keillers Park in Göteborg

2020 – Volvo XC40 P8 Recharge on Panoramavägen in Keillers Park in Göteborg

2016 – Panoramavägen in Göteborg (Google Streetview)

2016 – Panoramavägen in Göteborg (Google Streetview)

2020 – Panoramavägen in Keillers Park Göteborg (Google Streetview)

2020 – Panoramavägen in Keillers Park Göteborg (Google Streetview)

Panoramavägen (Panorama road) is a street in Keillers Park on Ramberget on Hisingen Island, in the north of Göteborg. From this spot, you get a wonderful view over the city Göteborg!

Ramberget (English: Raven Hill) is a mountain on Hisingen island in Gothenburg, Sweden. The surrounding area and park is called Keillers Park. Ramberget is a popular tourist attraction and a place for outdoor recreation for Göteborg residents, with walking paths, lookouts over the city of Göteborg and artworks. Ramberget is with its highest point 87 metres above sea level, with a lower second point called Ättestupan. There is a road for cars going to the top of Ramberget. The park is about 31 hectares.

Ramberget got its characteristic shape already during the Ice Age 12,000 years ago. The northeast slope is flat while the south side has a higher cliff that is clearly visible from the river. The ice sheet has left traces both in the rock faces and through boulders in the area. Ramberget got its name of the old Swedish word “ram” which means raven. Ravens are still nesting on Ramberget. Until the early 1800s, when it wood was still widely used as fuel, there was no trees on Ramberget which instead was covered with heather, later replanting made the wood grow back and today there is a lush vegetation of beech, larch, pine and oaks. Most of the north shore of the river, including the area around Ramberget, was owned in the early 1900s by the Keiller family. Alexander Keiller, who came to Göteborg from Scotland, had in the 1840s started a mechanical workshop that would later evolve into shipbuilding group Götaverken. During the recession of the 1860s, however, the company went into bankruptcy and after reorganization was Alexander’s son James Keiller new manager. After some setbacks, including a severe fire in 1898, so James decided to pull back from the shops. 1906, he sold almost all of the business and in the same time he donated the area around Ramberget to the city, with the condition that the area would be used and remain a natural park. The deed of gift is that only buildings that are “for the park’s care or the visiting public homelike” may be erected, with the exception of water reservoirs.

Keiller Park was designed in a National Romantic style, partly by Eugen Thorburn who also designed Kungsportsbron in central Göteborg. The park was inaugurated Oct. 3, 1908.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org, promenadguide.blogspot.se and www.goteborg.com.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 63

1973 – Volvo 1800 ES at Jungfrun in Lickershamn on Gotland 🇸🇪

1973 – Volvo 1800 ES at Jungfrun in Lickershamn on Gotland 🇸🇪

2016 – Rauken Jungfrun in Lickershamn on Gotland

Rauk Jungfru is located near the village of Lickershamn on Gotland, Sweden.

Jungfru is a rauk on Jungfruklint and a naturepark covering the cliff and a beach along a 400 meter stretch of coastline where the rauken is located, about 600 meters from Lickershamn.

Rauk Jungfru is 11 meters high, with a further 14 meters down to sea level. Jungfru (or virgo) has probably got its name from its resemblance to a woman standing at the cliff edge, but is linked to a dramatic story about “Likair the Wise ‘s daughter, narrated by John Nihlén in the sagas.

Lickershamn is a small settlement and fishing village situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden. Lickershamn is a part of Stenkyrka.
The place is most noted for the rauks in the area, including Gotland’s biggest rauk the Jungfrun (“The Maiden”).

More information at SV.wikipedia.org www.gotland.net.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 190

2016 – Volvo S60 Inscription Washington St in San Francisco – USA 🇺🇸

2016 – Washington St near Powell St in San Francisco USA (Google Streetview)

2016 – Washington St near Powell St in San Francisco USA (Google Streetview)

Washington St near Powell St in San Francisco is one of the steepest streets, with a cable car running through it.

At the corner of Washington St and Powell St you will find the Cable Car Corner, a good startpoint for your cable car tour.

The San Francisco cable car system is the world’s last manually operated cable car system. An icon of San Francisco, the cable car system forms part of the intermodal urban transport network operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway. Of the twenty-three lines established between 1873 and 1890, three remain (one of which combines parts of two earlier lines): two routes from downtown near Union Square to Fisherman’s Wharf, and a third route along California Street. While the cable cars are used to a certain extent by commuters, the vast majority of their 7 million annual passengers are tourists. They are among the most significant tourist attractions in the city, along with Alcatraz Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Fisherman’s Wharf. The cable cars are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The cable cars are not to be confused with San Francisco’s heritage streetcars, which operate on Market Street and the Embarcadero.

Close by you will find tha Cable Car Museum, the Cable Car Museum is a free museum in the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 1201 Mason Street, it contains historical and explanatory exhibits on the San Francisco cable car system, which can itself be regarded as a working museum.

The museum contains several examples of old cable cars, together with smaller exhibits and a shop. The cable cars displayed include:

Sutter Street Railway – grip car 46 and trailer 54 dating from the 1870s
Clay Street Hill Railroad – grip car 8, the only surviving car from the first cable car company

Exterior of the Ferries and Cliff House Railway Co. Building Constructed in 1887. Houses both the cable car winding station, engines, and museum. The smoke stack in the rear was damaged in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, restored then soon decommissioned when steam power was replaced with electrical power at the winding station.
The museum is part of the complex that also houses the cable car power house, which drives the cables, and the car depot (“barn”). The car depot is not accessible, but two overlook galleries allow the visitor to view the power house, and to descend below the junction of Washington and Mason streets in order to view the large cavern where the haulage cables are routed via large sheaves out to the street.

The museum was established in 1974, and is run by the Friends of the Cable Car Museum. It is entered from an entrance at Washington and Mason and is open from 10 AM to 6 PM between April 1 and September 30 and from 10 AM to 5 PM between October 1 and March 31, apart from some public holidays.

More information on www.7×7.com/culture/real-top-10-list-steepest-streets-san-francisco, www.sanfranciscodays.com and www.cablecarmuseum.org.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 203

2016 – Volvo V40

2016 – Centralbron in Stockholm (Google Streetview)

Centralbron (The Central Bridge) is one of the major traffic routes in central Stockholm, Sweden, connecting the northern district Norrmalm to the southern Södermalm.

It is 1,200 metres long and consists of two viaducts passing over Söderström (“Southern Stream”) and Riddarfjärden close to Norrström (“Northern Stream”) with an interjacent elevated section traversing Riddarholmskanalen and the adjacent eastern waterfront of Riddarholmen. Centralbron has a capacity for 130,000 cars per day. It is paralleled by the bridges (Södra and Norra järnvägsbron) and the tunnel of a two-track railway used by the commuter and freight trains. Centralbron does partly go on top of the Metro which opened on this stretch 1957 and planned together with the bridge.

Over the years, Centralbron together with a suggested additional railway track have been much criticized and debated because of their unwieldy and rumbling presence in a delicate historical setting. Lately, the construction of a tunnel to replace them has been suggested. The cost of such a tunnel, several billion kronor, has put this on hold without any time set. A new metro tunnel has also been suggested because the metro goes below and parallel to Centralbron, making it a total of seven rail tracks and six road lanes crossing the water south of Gamla Stan on bridges. A new railway tunnel costing 15 billion kronor (Citybanan) is being built, but it is needed for capacity, and the existing railway will be kept.

More information at en.wikipedia.org.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 202

2016 – Volvo S90

2016 – Volvo V90

2016 – Volvo V90

2016 – Bergsbron in Norrköping (Google Streetview)

2016 – Volvo V90

2016 – Volvo V90 at Bergsbron in Norrköping

2016 – Volvo V90 at Bergsbron in Norrköping

Bergsbron is a bridge in the city of Norrköping, Sweden.

Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010 making it Sweden’s tenth largest city and eighth largest municipality.

The city is situated by the mouth of the river Motala ström, at Bråviken, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. Water power from the Motala ström and the good harbour were factors that facilitated the rapid growth of this once industrial city, known for its textile industry. It has several nicknames such as: “Sweden’s Manchester”, “Peking” and “Surbullestan” (Surbulle [sour bun] was a local nickname for the textile workers, and stan is short for Staden, which means The City or The Town in Swedish).

The Motala ström river flows through the city has a parade annexed. In connection to the latter is the industrial landscape where the old textile industries once were situated.

In the summer, there is a cactus plantation in Carl Johans Park. 25,000 cacti planted there every summer.

Kolmårdens Djurpark is a zoo located 30 km north of Norrköping. In connection to the large outdoor zoo, there is also Tropicariet, an aquarium, where for example snakes, crocodiles and sharks can be seen.

The archipelagos 50 km (31 mi) away from Norrköping are called St Anna and Gryt.

A campus of Linköping University, its own symphonic orchestra, an airport called Kungsängen with 170,000 traveling (2006), a high-tech industry park called Norrköping Science Park, and Petroglyphs from the Nordic Bronze Age.

Norrköpingsfallen or Norrköping Falls is the collective name of the waterfall with a vertical drop of 18 meters along a distance of 800 meters located in the Motala River along its course through Norrköping.

More information at en.wikipedia.org and www.upplev.norrkoping.se.

Volvo Photo Locations Part 201

2009 – Volvo C70 at Dockepiren in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2009 – Volvo C70 at Dockepiren in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2009 – Volvo S80 at Dockepiren in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2009 – Volvo S80 at Dockepiren in Göteborg, Sweden 🇸🇪.

2016 – Dockepiren in Eriksberg, Göteborg (Google Streetview)

Dockepiren is a pier in the river Göta Älv in Eriksberg, Göteborg.

Eriksberg is an area on Hisingen in Gothenburg where Eriksbergs Mekaniska Verkstads AB had their shipyard until bankruptcy in 1979. For over a century the area was dominated by shipbuilding but a crisis in the 1970s destroyed the industry.

Since the collapse of the shipyards, the area has been rebuilt into Gothenburg’s finest modern neighbourhood. The former machinery buildings have been renovated into a hotel with conference facilities. An 84 metre high gantry crane – the Eriksberg crane – stands as a remnant of the area’s shipbuilding past.

A large grass area, now used for apartment buildings, was used for concerts with world class artists around 1986-1990 (when Ullevi was closed for such concerts). Among superstars, Michael Jackson performed in front of 106.000 people for 2 sold out shows during his Bad World Tour in june 11, 12 1988, U2 in 1987, and Rolling Stones and Madonna in 1990.

More information at sv.wikipedia.org.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 189

2016 – Volvo XC60 on Old Fulton St in Brooklyn, New York, USA 🇺🇸

2016 – Volvo XC60 on Old Fulton St in Brooklyn, New York, USA 🇺🇸

2016 – Old Fulton St in Brooklyn, New York, USA 🇺🇸(Google Streetview)

Old Fulton Street is a street located in Brooklyn Heights in New York. It starts near the East river and ends near Cadman Plaza West. Part of the original Fulton Street survives as Old Fulton Street in Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO and Cadman Plaza West.

The area is most known and visited because of the proximity of the Brooklyn Bridge. Dumbo (or DUMBO, short for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It encompasses two sections: one located between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another that continues east from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area. The neighborhood is bounded by Brooklyn Bridge Park to the north, the Brooklyn Bridge to the west, Brooklyn Heights to the south and Vinegar Hill to the east. Dumbo is part of Brooklyn Community Board 2.

Originally a ferry landing and industrial area, the entirety of Dumbo was bought by developer David Walentas and his company Two Trees Management in the late 20th century and remade into an upscale residential and commercial community first becoming a haven for artist galleries and presently a center for technology startups. The large community of tech startups earned DUMBO the moniker as “the center of the Brooklyn Tech Triangle”. In that time, Dumbo has become Brooklyn’s most expensive neighborhood, as well as New York City’s fourth richest community overall, due in part to the large concentration of technology startups, its close proximity to Manhattan and the prevalence of converted industrial buildings into spacious luxury residential lofts.

The area has emerged as one of New York City’s premier arts districts, with a cluster of for-profit art galleries such as the Klompching Gallery and such not-for-profit institutions as the St. Ann’s Warehouse and the A.I.R. Gallery.

Chef Jacques Torres opened a chocolate factory in Dumbo in December 2000. Other culinary businesses in the area include Grimaldi’s, the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, and The River Café, all clustered in Fulton Landing, also home to Bargemusic, a floating venue for classical music.

Invitations for the 2009 presidential inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama were printed by Dumbo printer Precise Continental.

The first public space in the neighborhood was Fulton Ferry, followed by Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. The first six acres of Brooklyn Bridge Park, a joint state/city venture presently under development, were opened in March 2010.

(source: www.brownstonedetectives.com)

Fulton Ferry is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is named for Fulton Ferry, a prominent ferry line crossing the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and is also the name of the ferry slip on the Brooklyn side.

Though boats and sail ferries called at these locations since the 18th century, the inauguration of Robert Fulton’s steam Fulton Ferry Company in 1814 established his name on the ferry service, which revolutionized travel between the then City of New York on Manhattan Island and the Village of Brooklyn and the rest of Long Island. The opening of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge in 1883 assured the decline of this and other ferries on the East River. Fulton Ferry service ended in 1924. Bargemusic, a concert venue, is moored there today; the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory sits on the pier. Manhattan ferry service returned in 2006 at the next pier to the north. The major thoroughfares leading to the Fulton Ferry from both landings were (and are) named Fulton Street, both in Manhattan and in Brooklyn. The BMT Fulton Street Line and BMT Lexington Avenue Line (or “Old Main Line”) elevated railways both ended at the Brooklyn side of the ferry, but were later moved with the majority of trips using the Brooklyn Bridge. The Fulton Ferry District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

More information on en.wikipedia.org, www.nytimes.com and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_Ferry.

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 188

2002 – Volvo XC90

2002 – Volvo XC90

2002 – Volvo XC90

2016 – Quai de la Rouvenaz in Montreux with statue of Queen’s Freddie Mercury (Google Streetview)

2016 – Quai de la Rouvenaz in Montreux with statue of Queen’s Freddie Mercury

On the Quai de la Rouvenaz in Montreux, Switserland, a statue of Freddie Mercury, the singer of the rock band Queen, can be found.

Freddie settled in Montreux where the group had bought Mountain Recording Studio and where he learnt to appreciate the peace and quiet. He recorded his last album, Queen – “Made in Heaven” at the Montreux studio.

The son of a British official of Indian origin, Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) was born on the island of Zanzibar and moved to London where he began his fruitful collaboration with Queen in 1970.

At the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1978, the singer recorded the album “Jazz” with Queen. He fell in love with Montreux and Lake Geneva and decided to settle here. He said, among other things, “If you want peace of soul, come to Montreux”.

To commemorate his time in Montreux, a bronze statue of Freddie Mercury was placed by the waterfront in 1996. And what of today? Well, his fans still come and place flowers by his monument every day.

More information on www.myswitzerland.com .

International Volvo Photo Locations Part 187

2016 – Celebrating 60 years Volvo Cars in the USA at Griffith Observatory on E Observatory Rd in Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸

2016 – Celebrating 60 years Volvo Cars in the USA at Griffith Observatory on E Observatory Rd in Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸

2016 – Volvo XC90 at Griffith Observatory on E Observatory Rd in Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸

2016 – Volvo XC90 at Griffith Observatory on E Observatory Rd in Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸

2016 – Volvo XC90 at Griffith Observatory on E Observatory Rd in Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸

2016 – Griffith Observatory at E Observatory Rd in Los Angeles USA (Google Streetview)

Griffith Observatory is a facility in Los Angeles, California sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. It commands a view of the Los Angeles Basin, including Downtown Los Angeles to the southeast, Hollywood to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a popular tourist attraction with an excellent view of the Hollywood sign, and an extensive array of space and science-related displays. Since the observatory opened in 1935, admission has been free, in accordance with Griffith’s will. However, some planetary shows inside have a small added charge.

Admission to the building and grounds of Griffith Observatory is free of charge. Planetarium shows at the Observatory are generally from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends. A nominal fee is charged for admission to the planetarium shows. There is a small parking lot next to the Observatory, with additional parking is along the steep road leading up to the observatory. Parking is free of charge. On weekends, there is also a public bus that leaves from the Vermont/Sunset Metro station.[13] The observatory is closed on Mondays.

There are photo opportunities and scenery at and around the Observatory, with views of the Pacific Ocean, the Hollywood Sign and Downtown Los Angeles.

More information on en.wikipedia.org and griffithobservatory.org.