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14.9.16

Imagens de Lisboa - Interiores secretos - Salão Pompeia

The Palace of Ega, built in the 1500s and home to the archives relating to Portugal’s former colonies since 1931, hides one of the most beautiful rooms in the city. Called “Pompeii Hall,” it dates from an 18th-century renovation of the building, and was used as a music room during large banquets. A statue of Apollo, the god of music, was placed under frescoes, by magnificent columns and eight Dutch tile panels from the 1700s illustrating the main European ports. 
The name of the palace derives from one of its owners, the Countess of Ega, who allowed General Junot (her lover), to stay in the palace during the French invasion of Portugal. The Countess later married Count Stroganov from St. Petersburg, a city where she later lived and died in. That was also where the Countess found a recipe from her husband’s chef which later became quite popular — stroganoff. 
Pompeii Hall used to open for guided tours once a month, but is now completely closed to visitors.
Salão Pompeia, Lisboa
O Palácio da Ega, construído no século XVI e usado como instalações do Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino desde 1931, esconde uma das mais belas salas da cidade. Chama-se Salão Pompeia e data de uma remodelação do edifício no século XVIII. Era um espaço usado como sala de música em grandes banquetes, e por isso foi colocada uma estátua de Apolo, o deus da música. Este encontra-se rodeado de frescos, de magníficas colunas e de oito painéis de azulejos holandeses do século XVIII, ilustrando os principais portos europeus. 
O nome do palácio deve-se a uma das suas proprietárias, a Condessa da Ega, que permitiu que o general Junot, seu amante, se instalasse no palácio durante as invasões francesas. A condessa mais tarde casou-se com o conde Stroganov de São Petesburgo, para onde foi viver, acabando por falecer nessa cidade. Foi também aí que a condessa encontrou uma receita do cozinheiro do marido, que mais tarde se tornou bem conhecida -- Estrogonofe. 
Houve tempo em que o Salão Pompeia abria ao público uma vez por mês, mas neste momento já não são permitidas visitas.

Astronomy picture of the day - 2016 September 14 - The North and South Jupiter

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The North and South Jupiter 
Image Credit: NASAJPLJuno Mission
Explanation: A wide, looping orbit brought Juno close to Jupiter on August 27. As the spacecraft swung around the giant planet's poles JunoCam acquired these premier direct polar views, a change from the usual nearly equatorial perspective of outbound spacecraft and the telescopes of planet Earth. The sunlit side of Jupiter's north polar region (left) was imaged about 125,000 kilometers from the cloud tops, two hours before Juno's closest approach. An hour after close approach the south polar region was captured from 94,500 kilometers away. Strikingly different from the alternating light-colored zones and darker belts girdling more familiar equatorial regions, the polar region clouds appear more convoluted and mottled by many clockwise and counterclockwise rotating storm systems. Another 35 close orbital flybys are planned during the Juno mission.