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"The Chapel of the Madonna del Rosario is a small, Baroque style, originally Roman Catholic, but now deconsecrated oratory or church located between via San Marco and via della Diana in the contrada of the Chiocciola (snail), in the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It association with the neighborhood also gained the scenic building the name of the Chapel of the Chiocciola. The chapel is located some 200 meters west and uphill of Porta San Marco Facade of the Chapel History The oratory was built with funds provided by the neighborhood between 1655 and 1656, designed by Giacomo Franchini, and has stucco decoration by Pietro d'Austo Montini. In the facade, the stucco God the father with angels emerges above the repainted fresco of the Madonna and child painted in 1742 by Francesco Feliciati. Below is a primitive fresco of a snail. The site originally held an icon of the Virgin painted by Jacopo di Mino del Pellicciaio. The oratory was deconsecrated in 1813, and became an armory.I segreti del Palio di Siena, by Andrea Giannasi, page 49. The well in front of the church was built in the early 16th century.Contrada della Chiocciola , story of the Chiesa della Chiocciola al bivio San Marco The former church is now used as a place to rest horses after the Palio, and the interior artwork and devotional services were moved to the nearby Oratory of Santi Pietro e Paolo. References Madonna del Rosario Category:Baroque architecture in Siena Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1656 Category:Roman Catholic chapels in Italy Category:1656 establishments in Italy "
"The Mourning Angel statue in the Veteran's Mall in Central Park is dedicated to victims of political repression Central Park (, full name Central Park of Culture and Recreation) is a park in the center of the Russian city of Tolyatti. The three main streets of Tolyatti's Central District – Karl Marx, Lenin, and Victory – radiate from its north side; Peace Street defines its south edge. Lenin monument in Central Park There was originally a small airfield on the site. When it was decided to replace this with a park, students from School #19 planted trees there: poplars, maples, and elms. Over time, the trees grew, and the park became a popular site for relaxation. The park has been, since Soviet times, a nexus of proletarian sculpture. Sculptures in the park include Mourning Angel, a large monument to Lenin, a monument to the builders of the Volga Hydroelectric Station, and others. There are or have been various recreational facilities and activities in the park: an ice-skating rink, dancing, and rides including a Ferris wheel (dismantled in May 2008; a large new one was constructed a few years later in Funland Park). In 2014, city parks chief Oleg Moskalev announced that four new attractions had been ordered from Italy – a railroad, two mini-jets for children, and a trampoline – which would bring the total of rides to 18. The Lenin monument was installed in Central Park on April 22, 1980. It had previously been on the grounds of the Lesnoye Sanatorium, but it was decided that this location was too remote. The sculptor N. I. Kolesnikov oversaw the transfer to Central Park. The sculpture is a copy of 1924 statue "The Leader's Call" by Georgii Dmitrievich Alekseev, which shows Lenin orating and which was widely reproduced in the Soviet Union. The statue is concrete on a bronze- stained concrete pedestal faced with marble slabs. The statue is tall and the pedestal . References Category:Parks in Tolyatti "
"Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam (; lit. The Brigade of the Spirit of God Jesus Son of Mary) is a militia composed of Iraqi Christians trained and supplied by an Iraqi Shi'ite militia as a subgroup in the fight against ISIL. Formation and activities Kataib Rouh was formed in December 2014 as a Christian subgroup of the Kataib al-Imam Ali (Brigade of Imam Ali), itself the armed wing of Harakat al-Iraq al-Islamiyah (Movement of the Islamic Iraq).Matthew Levitt & Phillip Smyth, Kataib al-Imam Ali: Portrait of an Iraqi Shiite Militant Group Fighting ISIS, Washington Institute for Near East Policy (January 5, 2015). Kataib al-Imam Ali had entered the war against ISIL in June 2014 with uniformed, well-armed members. It has been quite active in Amerli, Tuz, and Diyala fighting alongside other Iraqi Shiite militias, all of them backed by Iranian IRGC. In Saladin Governorate, fighters from the group posed in videos with the severed heads of their slain enemies. In late December 2014, the group set about training Christians for a subgroup called Kataib Rouh wing. References Category:Christian organizations Category:Syriac Christianity Category:2014 establishments in Iraq Category:Anti-ISIL factions in Iraq Category:Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Category:Military units and formations established in 2014 Category:Paramilitary forces of Iraq Category:Popular Mobilization Forces Category:Rebel groups in Iraq Category:Christianity in Iraq "