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Das grüne Hosta-Blatt, fotografiert im Gegenlicht

 

The green Hosta leaf, captured in backlight

 

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Rhodes(Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos, IPA: [ˈro̞ðo̞s]; Italian: Rodi; Ottoman Turkish: ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Turkey in eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007[2] of which 53,709 resided in the homonymous capital city of the island.

 

Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today Rhodes is a tourist destination.

 

The island of Rhodes is shaped like a spearhead, 79.7 km (49.5 mi) long and 38 km (24 mi) wide, with a total area of approximately 1,400 square kilometres (541 sq mi) and a coastline of approximately 220 km (137 mi). The city of Rhodes is located at the northern tip of the island, as well as the site of the ancient and modern commercial harbours.

 

In the 1st century AD, the Emperor Tiberius spent a brief term of exile on Rhodes, and Saint Paul brought Christianity to the island. Rhodes reached her zenith in the third century, and was then by common consent the most civilized and beautiful city in Hellas. In 395, the long Byzantine Empire period began for Rhodes, when the Roman Empire was split and the eastern half gradually became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, Rhodes was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in 672. Much later, Rhodes was retrieved for the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus during the First Crusade.

 

In 1309 the Byzantine era came to an end when the island was occupied by forces of the Knights Hospitaller. Under the rule of the newly named "Knights of Rhodes", the city was rebuilt into a model of the European medieval ideal. Many of the city's famous monuments, including the Palace of the Grand Master, were built during this period.

 

The strong walls which the Knights had built withstood the attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444, and of Mehmed II in 1480. Ultimately, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December 1522, long after the rest of the Byzantine empire had been lost. The few surviving Knights were permitted to retire to the Kingdom of Sicily. The Knights would later move their base of operations to Malta. The island was thereafter a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes

Things of the sea

Praia do Pedrogão

Portugal 2011

com hora e lugar marcados ;-))

I'm thinking this could become very addictive. After receiving an alert on my phone and finding the kp had shot up to 8 (very high chance of aurora in the UK) I scoured the weather looking for somewhere to escape the thick cloud over Aberdeen. This was taken between Portknockie and Findochty on the Moray coastline, Northern Scotland. Most of the night there appeared to be only an arc but at this point we could see rays shooting upwards. It was difficult to visualise well with the naked eye due to the sun not being far below the horizon, and the cloud cover was a bit excessive most of the night but overall definitely worth the trip.

 

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Toda la sal, todo el azúcar, todo el vino,

toda mi vida solo deseo vivirla contigo.

Toda la luz, todo el oscuro, todo lo que escribo,

todo el camino ardo en deseos de andarlo contigo.

Con tu amor siento calma, y a la orilla del río,

tu calor se me agarra y me llenas el alma de luz y rocío.

Con tu amor siento ganas, en los cinco sentidos,

y me llevas tan lejos que apenas recuerdo de donde venimos.

Todo el calor, todas las nubes, todo el frío,

toda la lluvia ardo en deseos de mojarme contigo.

Todo el amor, todo el recuerdo, todo lo que olvido,

todo el silencio se hace canciones durmiendo contigo.

Todo el sabor, todo el perfume, todo lo que ansío,

todos los mares solo deseo navegarlos contigo.

Todo sin mas, la eternidad también la pido,

vida o castigo solo deseo tenerla contigo,

vida o castigo solo deseo beberla contigo,

vida o castigo solo deseo morirme contigo... (Rosana Arbelo)

 

"..I forgot that I might see

So many beautiful things

I forgot that I might need

To find out what life could bring..."_Andain

  

 

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El Real Club Astur de Regatas fue fundado el 10 de septiembre de 1911 en el barrio de Cimadevilla, de Gijón. Es, por lo tanto, una de las instituciones más antiguas del municipio. El Rey Alfonso XIII aceptó, poco después de su fundación, la Presidencia de Honor, y participó en las regatas de 1912 y 1913,

 

GIJÓN - ASTURIAS - ESPAÑA

 

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Located : Tea House ''Ochaya Ichiriki'' in Gion-Kobu, Higashiyama, Kyoto. Aug 1, 2011. ---Hassaku Day---

Am back again after another short break, another work trip and therefore no time for my camera :(

 

I have had a lot of transit time to think about new experiments and I've decided to work on them in the next couple of days so hopefully, you will see something fresh and new from me soon. In the meanwhile, here is another one of my earlier images, treated in a different manner.

 

This is like old wine in a new bottle but am not sure this is going to rock anybody's world. Thanks for looking up!

 

I'll visit your streams today and check your work out. Have a good day my dear friends!

Photographer Richard Tilbrook captured a fine array of pedestrians in this shot - "ordinary" women; a nun; a schoolboy; a window cleaner; and a cyclist. Also in evidence is the haphazard parking down the middle of O'Connell Street that would give a modern traffic warden pause for thought.

 

Signage for the Confectioner's Hall (second frontage from the left) is still there today, and think that may be Cafolla's Italian Chippers next door...

 

Date: June 1963

 

NLI Ref.: TIL853

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“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)

 

 

 

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I've been in kind of a colorful mood lately.

 

There's been some beautiful light out there on the streets.

 

You'd never catch me shooting in color after the sun sets...

 

But when I ran into this woman I ran into a polytonic explosion!

 

The shadows were growing long and it was gettin' to be the 'golden hour.'

 

She was a lot of fun to shoot...

 

And her personality was as warm and as colorful as her self.

 

When I first bumped into her I was shooting in black and white...

 

She asked to see the picture and before she finshed objecting to the mono magic I had switched that sweet D300 to the technicolor mode and I shot her as we talked.

 

It's been the most amazing summer I can remember in a long time.

 

Nothin' but love and light.

 

When you're walking on sunshine the world can see that.

 

The 'light seeks the light.'

 

I hope you've enjoyed your summer so far.

 

It's movin' fast.

 

Faces on the street

Chicago 7.23.11

35mm 1.8 cropped square and contrast and expo danced around until those reflections in her glasses looked magical.

I'm back from Kauai with as many good photos as I've made in all of my previous trips to Hawaii combined, but with no huge winter waves of course. I really lucked out with the light I think. So here is a good place to start. The start of the day in Hanalai.

 

The clouds were heavy before sunrise but they cleared out just enough to allow the sun to light up the 4,000 ft. mountain range behind the beach. Without that light, the scene did not have the punch and depth that is does in this photo. Summer is when the light strikes across the mountains at the best angle.

 

See the super-big 1920 pixel version!

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Canon 5D Mark II

Canon 24-105L @ 28

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2-0.9 (3-stop) Lee soft edge neutral density graduated filters

Lee foundation kit filter holder (3-slots)

Lee adapter ring to fit my 77mm lens to the holder

No polarizer

ISO 160

Small Slik Sprint mini II tripod with Manfrotto 322RC2 pistol grip ball head

RAW file processed with Capture One by Phase One

TIFF file processed with Photoshop

  

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Google Earth

earth.google.com/

 

Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.

 

Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)

www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr

 

Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)

tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235

  

JE DEDIE CETTE JOURNEE A MON AMIE ODETE dont c'est l'anniversaire.

JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE **

Ijen Crater, - Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia.

Less then 1km before reach the Ijen crater rim, there is a flattens trail where you can see a magnificent view of part of Java Island and Bali strait.

Please check out my previous post to read more about Ijen Hiking

 

Canon EOS 50D + EF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 IS USM

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The church standing and LOOKS LIKE A WITNESS OF THE NATURE, . this church is from Kaligonj upozilla, and was shoot while my photo walk with frame Bangladesh, the clouds and green tress makes the natural application, and all are the prime elements in this image, making a vertex for the believer's. This was more of an experimental wide angle shot, and my point of view was thE framing, and placement of th church in one side while the green trees in th fore ground with the sky as the center of point to represent the nature and Vertex and the church represents the believer;s the GOD,

  

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Lake Mc Donald is the largest lake in Glacier National Park, it lies at an elevation of 3,153 feet (960 m) and is on the west side of the Continental Divide. The lake is surrounded by a dense coniferous forest. In 2003, the Roberts fire burned most of those trees on the west shore of the lake but many of the burned trees remain. It can be just a little apocalyptic looking at them all. This is a view from the lake itself, we took a boat out and were the only people on the lake, it was very cool.

 

I hope everyone has a great weekend...better in the light box.

Inmóvil en la luz, pero danzante,

tu movimiento a la quietud se cría

en la cima del vértigo se alía

deteniendo, no al vuelo, sí al instante.

 

Luz que no se derrama, ya diamante,

detenido esplendor del mediodía,

sol que no se consume ni se enfría

de cenizas y fuego equidistante.

 

Espada, llama, incendio cincelado,

que ni mi sed aviva ni la mata,

absorta luz, lucero ensimismado:

 

tu cuerpo de sí mismo se desata

y cae y se dispersa tu blancura

y vuelves a ser agua y tierra oscura.

 

Octavio Paz

 

Mar Menor - Murcia - España

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My third upload of the sunrise view at Podere Belvedere, Tuscany, Italy. Sky changed minute by minute and so I tried different perspectives. The best thing was, that the grass was wet and I was wearing sneakers. Never had that dripping wet socks before. But it was worth it.

 

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Kawah Ijen (Ijen Crater)

Location: East Java, Indonesia

Coordinates: 8.058°S 114.242°E

Elevation: 2,799 m (9,183 ft)

Type: Stratovolcano

Last eruption: 1999

 

Kawah Ijen (Ijen Crater) is a nature reserve Ijen Park is located between Banyuwangi and Bondowoso District, East Java, Indonesia. This crater exactly located at the top of Mount Ijen which is one of a series of volcanoes in East Java such as Raung, Bromo, Semeru and Merapi.

 

This beautiful warm crater lake with its blue-greenish water look very inviting but it corrosive and dangerous! Kawah Ijen is the world's largest highly acidic volcanic lake. The crater size is about 960 meters x 600 meters with a depth of 200 meters is so acidic that it can dissolve clothes and human flesh. The acid measure is almost zero (pH<0.5) about similar to the strength of car battery acid.

With the elevation 2,799 m (9,183 ft), cold air with temperatures 10° Celsius, the temperature might reach 2° Celsius will increase the sensation of its own experience. Various plants that exist only in the highlands can also be found here, such as Edelweis Flowers and Pine.

 

The best time to start hiking to Kawah Ijen is early morning. From either Arabica or Catimore homestay, takes for about 30 minutes driving to Paltuding Starting Point. Enthusiast hikers even leave the homestay at 4 am or earlier, so they can reach the crater on time for sunrise.

From the parking lot, a well-worn 3km track leads us up to the volcano rim. At first, heading up through the shady casuarinas forest, the track is wide and flat but it is just the beginning and gradually it rises up with some steep sections. After about 2 km walking, there is a shelter up there, Pondok (shelter) – the post to weigh the miner’s sulfur load where they can get a promissory note to exchange it later with cash money at the base camp.

Just about 1 km from pondok, the trail thankfully flattened out all the way to the crater’s rim as we are welcomed by smelling sulfur fumes. From the edge, we need to climb another 300meters down a narrow steep path to the lakeside to get the best pictures.

 

As alternative, the panoramic view can be seen obviously just hike up for about 1km to the northern-east of the crater and follow the track, a breathtaking view of stunning turquoise lake brings us to this magnificent.

   

Volcano Discovery offers 18-day vulcanologist-guided trips through the heart of Java.

Check it out on National Geographic - Ultimate Adventure Bucket List - Trek Java's Volcano

  

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♫Alanis Morissette - Underneath

Frank had a tough night tonight. With seven other dogs in the house he has lots of playmates and gets worn out. He slipped off to our bedroom and was taking a nap when I finally caught up with him. He had had too much excitement for one day. Good night buddy !

 

Our Daily Challenge ~ Too many/Too much

El Pueblu, Bulnes de arriba ( a través del espejo)./ The Pueblu, Bulnes of above.

 

♫ Haroun Teboul - The poem of the atoms ( subtítulos en castellano). ♫

 

Jalal ud-Din Rumi (1207-1273) el mayor de los místicos islámicos, el poeta del Amor. La efusión del amor de Rumi es tan avasalladora que lo abraza todo: el universo, la naturaleza, las personas.......

 

El pueblo de Bulnes se encuentra situado en el corazón de los Picos de Europa y da nombre a su pico más popular, el Naranjo de Bulnes.

Es un típico pueblo de montaña al que hasta hace poco tiempo sólo se accedía a través de un sendero rodeado de rocas terciarias de gran belleza.

En la actualidad es un importante centro de turismo para los amantes de la naturaleza y sobretodo del montañismo, y cuenta con un funicular que accede al pueblo en pocos minutos a través de un túnel de unos 2 kilómetros de largo.

Se divide en dos barrios:La Villa o Bulnes de abajo y El Pueblu o Barrio del Castillo.

 

Jalal ud-Din Rumi (1207-1273) the greatest Islamic mystics, the poet of Love The outpouring of Rumi's love is so overwhelming that it embraces everything: the universe, nature, people.........

 

The village of Bulnes is situated in the heart of the Picos de Europa and names his popular peak, the Naranjo de Bulnes.

It is a typical mountain village that until recently only be accessed through a path surrounded by Tertiary rocks of great beauty.

Today is an important center of tourism for nature lovers and especially mountaineering, and has a cable car access to the people in minutes through a tunnel about 2 kilometers long.

It is divided into two districts: La Villa or Bulnes below and Pueblu or The Castle District.

Location: Near my house at Tamagawa River, Tokyo, Sunday (17 July 2011)

Taken shortly after the sunset while I walked with my bike approaching the bridge of Tamagawa as my house is at the other side.. Tried a longer exposure but it pales off more the color of the horizon.

¡¡¡thank you all for your comments.¡¡¡

please visit my exhibitions, is my tribute to you, great artists, separated by theme, hope you like

 

¡¡¡gracias a todos por vuestros comentarios.¡¡

por favor visitar mis exposiciones, son mi homenaje a vosotros,grandes artistas, separados por temas, espero que os guste

 

EXPOSICIONES SIGUE EL LINK

 

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WONDERFUL TREES 1 FENICHE

EXPOSICION SOBRE FOTOGRAFIAS DE ARBOLES DE LOS MEJORES ARTISTAS ENCONTRADOS EN FLICK.

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A big hello to all of you from Vizag (Visakhapatnam). This is the town where my wife was born and brought up. As you can see, this is a city by the sea and I have also come to fall in love with this really beautiful city.

 

I have been wanting to explore more of this city and finally yesterday my wife and I went to this wonderful location with this spectacular bridge jutting out into the sea. I got a few interesting shots of this location and here is the first of them.

 

Hope you guys are having a good weekend. Thanks for your visit and comments.

  

They are Geiko and Maiko girls come from Gion Higashi Hanamachi Town, and rode on the flower float to take part in the parade of the Gion Marsuri. After the parade, they performed The Komochi Odori on the special stage in Yasaka Shrine.

 

Located : Yasaka Shrine, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. July 24, 2011.

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Val Thorens located in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, French Alps, is the highest ski resorts in Europe, at 2300 m altitude.

 

Given the high altitude of Val Thorens and the Glacier de Péclet the resort is often regarded as "snow sure". With the winter season lasting into early May and summer skiing on the glacier.

 

Many of its slopes face north and north-west, providing for good snow conditions. This means that the slopes are not as sunny, so the resort tends to attract a crowd more interested in skiing than "terracing." However, the resort itself faces south, and many people enjoy sitting outside in the sunshine when they have finished skiing. As well as a combination of 68 marked runs, Val Thorens also 5 terrain parks giving access to bordercross tracks, quarter pipes and jumps.

 

Val Thorens is the most international ski resort in France: more than 70% of its visitors are foreigners. While one will find people from all over the world in Val Thorens, British, Scandinavian, Belgian, Dutch and German tourists make up the majority.

The Gion Matsuri Festival, The flower float parade.

Located : Yasaka Shrine, Higashiyama, Kyoto. July 24, 2011.

الجنّة ” يا الله تُشغلني .

  

لأنّنا لن نكذب فيهَا وَ نقول نحنُ بخير , لأنّ الله سَيكرمنا بلذة النظر إليه

 

لأنّها تُحقق لنَا حياة الخلُود , حياة ملؤها الطمأنينةُ وَ الوَقار , فيهَا من الأنهَار ما يَروينا , وَ من النعيم مَا يُفرحنا ,

وَ كَوثرٌ بإذنهِ سَيسقينا

عِندما كُنت صَغيرة , كُنت أطلبُ الجنّة بإلحَاح , كُنت أتخيّلها تحملُ قصراً كَبيراً , وَ لباساً من غيمِ , وَ حذاءِ بلّوري , وَ بُستانٌ تُشرق فيه شمسٌ لاتغرب ,وَ أغصانٌ تتنَاغم مَع النسيم , وَأغنيَةِ تَصف حَنيني , وَ فرَاشاتِ رَقيقة تكُون بحجمي ؛

لكي أمتطيهَا وَ أطير , أطيرُ عالياً إلى الفردَوس .

والآن أرَى أن الجنّة تضمُ أحلامي , وَ تجعلني أهذي بنعيمِ لايُشبه دنيَانا , تُرغمني على تمزيقي كَي أصل إليها ,

وَ تُرتل علي كُل صلاة :-

” وَ جنّة عرضُها السماوات والأرض أعدت للمتقين ” !

الجنّة شيءٌ أرنو إليهِ بحبٌ وَ حنينْ .

بقلم : جواهر التركي

 

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يارب في هذا الصباح .. أطلبك سعادة كبيره لأمي وأبي

سعادة تجعلهم يخرّون سجوداً لك من شدة رغبتهم بها !

 

يارب في هذا الصباح .. أطلبك الهداية لي ، ولأخوتي الذين أحبهم كثيراً

واخاف عليهم أكثر من نفسي ، وأتوق لرؤيتهم في أعالي مراتب الحياة !

 

يارب في هذا الصباح .. أدعوك أن تحفظ لي جداتي الـلاتي هنُ زينة الحياة وعطرها

وأجعل لهنّ في كل دعوه إجابه يا مُجيب الدعوات .!

 

يارب في هذا الصباح .. إغفر لجميع من يقرأ هذه الأسطر وارض عنه

ولا ترد دعواهم وأغفر لموتاهم وارحم أبائهم واعطهم بقدر ما يطلبونك يا ألله !

 

يارب في هذا الصباح أطلب رحمتك ، وهدايتك ، ومغفرتك ، وحبك يا أرحم الراحمين

اللهم صلّ وسلّم على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلّم أجمعين .. اللهم آميين

    

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You may recognize the building from a previous shot - this time with the sculpture in front of it's entrance included

This man is shooting probably the most photographed item in the city of Portland. It is a sculpture created by J. Seward Johnson and it is entitled “Allow Me”. Most people just call him “Umbrella Man” because it’s the statue of a man hailing a taxi (apparently for an out-of-town visitor) while holding an umbrella. Umbrella Man is stationed at the south end of Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as Portland’s living room. Everyone who passes through this city park gets his or her picture taken with the sculpture.

 

More shots of Umbrella Man: www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/5493536114

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When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices.

Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams.

 

Choice is yours..

  

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إذا رأيت فتورا في همتك..

ونقصا في عزيمتك..

وميلا إلى الكسل..

فتذكر قول الله: "هم درجات عند الله" [آل عمران:163]

فالمراتب في الجنة على قدر الاجتهاد.

 

نسائم الإيمان

I want to look like this. These little guys were all over the East side of Glacier. In fact, there were lots of beautiful wildflowers there. I just fell in love with these ones, I thought they looked like my clematis pods but with stems, or strange little stems with crazy wigs.

 

HBW

 

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Pamukkale significa en turco "Castillo de algodón" y es uno de los lugares más mágicos, no sólo de Turquía, sino de todo el mundo. Su belleza es deslumbrante... realmente no hay palabras para describir tanta grandiosidad.

Con una altura de 160 metros y una extensión de unos 2700, la montaña de Pamukkale está en su totalidad cubierta de una sustancia blanca que, en la distancia, puede parecer nieve o algodón.

Nada más lejos de la realidad. En esta zona de clima templado, lo que cubre el fantástico “castillo” no son sino los residuos de carbonato de calcio y diferentes minerales del agua de sus fuentes, que se han ido depositando y solidificando a través del tiempo, llegando a formar esas pintorescas cascadas y piscinas de caliza y travertino en forma de media luna.

Estas termas naturales son únicas por sus espectaculares formaciones de estalactitas y estalagmitas al aire libre. Y sus aguas son famosas por las propiedades que contienen y los beneficios que aportan a la piel, a los ojos... y se dice que cura el asma y reumatismos. Aunque la piscina Sacra actualmente se encuentra dentro del Hotel Pamukkale.

En la cima de estas piscinas naturales se encuentran las ruinas de la antigua ciudad romana-helena de Hierápolis, que junto a Pamukkale fue declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad el año 1988 por la UNESCO.

 

PAMUKKALE, TURQUIA - ASIA MENOR

 

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La calle del Agua es una de las más típicas de Sevilla.

Empieza cerca de los jardines Murillo y se termina en el pasaje de la Judería ; su trazado transcurre lo largo de los muros del Alcázar.

Se llama así debido a que corriendo a lo largo un acueducto que abasteció de agua al Alcázar.

En la espesor del muro al comienzo de la vía, se ve el tubo de agua.

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The "calle del Agua" is one of the most typical of Seville.

Start near the Murillo gardens and ends in the passage of Jewry, its route runs along the walls of the Alcázar.

It is so named because it ran along an aqueduct that supplied water to the Alcázar.

The wall thickness at the beginning of the road, you see the water pipe.

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la calle del Agua est une des plus typiques de Séville.

Elle commence près des jardins Murillo et se termine au passage de la Judería ; son tracé longe la muraille de l'Alcázar.

Elle fut baptisée ainsi car elle longeait un aqueduc qui assurait l'alimentation en eau de l'Alcazar.

Dans l'épaisseur du mur au début de la ruelle, on voit encore la canalisation pour l'eau.

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Via Calle del Agua, Santa Cruz, Sevilla

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