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A couple of weeks ago I went out with fellow photographer, Monica Ramanathan, to photograph Petco Park. We chose an evening where the Padres were playing at home so the stadium would be illuminated. Since that time, the San Diego Padres have clinched a postseason berth during a full-length season for the first time since 2006! I guess I need to photograph Petco Park more often to help the Padres win, but unfortunately, they will be playing on the road for the start of the National League playoffs. Favorite, share, comment.
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The original Párisi Udvar (Parisian Court) was built in Budapest 100 years ago as a department store. From 1909, the City Savings Bank occupied the site, which was developed by German architect Henrik Schmahl. The arcade is two stories high, with a vaulted roof made of coloured glass and a striking hexagonal glass dome designed by Miksa Róth. The crystal glass domes of the passage create a special atmosphere. The floors have beautiful mosaic tiles, and there are balconies, and windows with bar tracery, pediments, and sculptures. You can also see reliefs of bees, symbolizing thrift, a reference to the bank that commissioned the construction. Henrik Schmahl sure wasn't in a thrifty mood when he created this masterpiece.
The building is now part of the unbound collection by Hyatt, and the passage is open to the public.
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Cityscape of Zürich showing the Prime Tower. I like the pattern of the trucks pointing towards the prime tower.
I can honestly say this is one of the most beautiful post offices I have ever been to. The Barcelona Main Post Office has gorgeous architecture, design and a wonderful domed glass ceiling, and it is still an everyday office, so you can buy stamps for your postcards here.
Udaipur is a historic small city in the Rajasthan district. It was the capital of the Mewar Kingdom. It was founded in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh II of the Sisodia clan of Rajput. Today, the city attracts thousands of tourists, especially because of its unique location surrounded by lakes and hills.
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The Bayon Temple was built in the late 12 th or early 13 th century A.D. by Jayavarman VII, one of the Khmer Empire’s greatest kings. The Bayon Temple served as the state temple of Jayavarman’s new capital, Angkor Thom. Given the centrality of Buddhism in the Khmer Empire, the Bayon Temple stood at the center of Angkor Thom. Unlike the other temples built by the Khmer, Bayon Temple is unique in that it was the only state temple built primarily as a Mahayana Buddhist shrine dedicated to the Buddha. After the death of Jayavarman, the features of the Bayon Temple were altered according to the religious belief of his successors, thus containing Hindu and Theravada Buddhist elements that were not part of the temple’s original plans. Байон - известный своей архитектурой кхмерский храм в Ангкоре. Построенный в конце 12-ого столетия или в начале 13-ого столетия как официальный государственный храм Короля Джаявармана VII - буддиста направления Махаяны, Байон стоит в центре столицы Джаявармана - Ангкора Тхом. После смерти Джаявармана, он был изменен и увеличен более поздними индуистскими и буддистскими королями, проповедовавших Тхераваду в соответствии с их собственными религиозными предпочтениями.
Наиболее отличительная особенность Байона - это множество безмятежных и массивных каменных лиц на многих башнях, которые выступают из верхней террасы и группы вокруг ее центральной башни. Храм известен также двумя внушительными ансамблями барельефов, которые представляют необычную комбинацию мифологических, исторических и бытовых сцен.
Martina Franca or only Martina is a municipality in the province of Taranto, Apulia (Puglia), Italy. It is the second most populated town of the province after Taranto
As early as during the Roman era this area was the heart of Milan. Later, during the Middle Ages, when there were several churches clustered together here, it was the center of religious life in Milan. In 1859, when the cathedral was close to completion after a construction period of almost five hundred years, the city of Milan decided it was time to create a large square at the foot of the cathedral. It launched a competition for the design which attracted 176 participants. The Italian architect Giuseppe Mengoni was selected as the winner. To create the square and surrounding buildings, a whole neighborhood right in the heart of historic Milan had to be demolished. Construction started in 1862 and the project took about twenty years before it was finally completed.
Соборная площадь была основана еще в 14 веке по приказу сановника Адзоне Висконти. Площадь имела вид прямоугольника и постепенно застраивалась зданиями, над созданием которых в разные эпохи трудились самые известные архитекторы Милана. Свой актуальный вид Соборная площадь получила благодаря архитектору Джузеппе Менгони, работавшему над реставрацией площади с 1859 по 1877 год, а также архитектору Порталуппи. Последний выполнил в 1929 году строительство новой паперти у Миланского кафедрального собора и мостового покрытия.
Ba Na Hills resort is located nearly 1,500 meters above sea level and roughly half an hour west of the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang.
Ba Na Hills resort was discovered by the French in the late nineteenth century. They have built here many large villas, sports grounds and a range of restaurants. For nearly a century, war and time have made this place gradually desolate. Yet, since the end of the twentieth century, Ba Na Hills has been woken up with the efforts of local authorities and people there. This scenic area is being upgraded and expanded.
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One of Quinta de Regaleira's most fascinating feature is located beneath the ground – a pair of wells spiraling deep within the earth. The wells were never used, nor intended for water collection. Instead, these mysterious underground towers were used for secretive initiation rites.
The ‘Initiation Well’ or ‘Inverted Tower’, consist of ‘winding stair’ architecture, which carries symbolic meaning including the death/rebirth allegory common to many hermetic traditions.
The well contains nine platforms, which are said to be “reminiscent of the Divine Comedy by Dante and the nine circles of Hell, the nine sections of Purgatory and the nine skies which constitute Paradise.”
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Aquí la vida discurre de otra manera, los pocos veraneantes charlan animadamente en la terraza del bar, mientras los niños juegan en la plaza y el tabernero avisa; Se cierra a las diez !!
A blue external staircase with white guard rails leads up to a white door on the second floor.
River Lane
New Martinsville, West Virginia
Ohio Rive Scenic Byway
Photo taken on October 25, 2023
Silver Mine Trail by the Bluff
The fort was constructed on the site of an ancient watchtower and construction began in 1556 under the direction King John III who wished to have the mouth of the Tagus river sufficiently protected from invaders.
The fortress was used as a political prison both at the end of the Portuguese monarchy and during the Salazar dictatorship with prisoners held in awful conditions.
The structure was constructed primary for defence and lacks any artistic beauty with the solid walls constructed from drab stone and masonry plaster.
MONTALEGRE (Portugal): castelo.
O castelo de Montalegre localiza-se num outeiro dominando a vila, que se estende para Sul e Este. Encontra-se classificado como Monumento Nacional pelo decreto de 16.06.1910 e dispõe de uma Zona Especial de Proteção.
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Ao longo do século XX este castelo foi alvo de diversas ações de recuperação e valorização por parte da ex-DGEMN, ex-IPPC e Câmara Municipal de Montalegre (1988/1990) e mais recentemente, pelo ex-IPPAR (1998). No seguimento da intervenção de 1990 foi instalado um núcleo museológico.
É uma estrutura militar medieval de construção relativamente tardia. Insere-se no movimento de "reorganização dos espaços fronteiriços a Este e a Oeste de Chaves", empreendido por D. Afonso III (GOMES, 1993, p.183), uma iniciativa que visou dotar a fronteira transmontana setentrional de uma efetiva ordem territorial e jurídica dependente da autoridade régia, mas cujos resultados ficaram aquém do esperado.
Efetivamente, ainda antes de terminar o século XIII, D. Dinis viu-se obrigado a doar nova carta de foral a Montalegre (1289) e a entregar a tarefa de povoamento a Pedro Anes, esclarecendo ainda que, por esses anos, a póvoa se encontrava erma (IDEM, p.188, nota 25).
O castelo propriamente dito reflete, em parte, essas dificuldades de povoamento e os relativamente escassos recursos económicos colocados à disposição da empreitada.
O projeto inicial deveria incluir as três torres remanescentes integradas no perímetro muralhado oval: a Torre Furada é a única de planta quadrangular e encontra-se encimada por ameias, fazendo-se o acesso ao interior através de duas portas, uma ao nível do pátio, e outra à altura do caminho de ronda, sendo esta última de maior impacto visual, com arco de volta perfeita e tímpano decorado com a cruz da Ordem de Cristo. As outras duas torres, a Pequena e a do Relógio, são de planta retangular e de menor altura que a anterior. Apesar da exiguidade do recinto, com um pequeno pátio muralhado dotado de cisterna, o castelo conserva as principais características da fortaleza gótica, com a sua planta ovalada, os panos de muralha entrecortados por torres quadrangulares e retangulares e uma torre de menagem associada à cerca e não isolada no centro do pátio. O castelo incluía, ainda, duas portas, de que resta apenas a do lado nascente. A entrada principal localizava-se do lado Norte, protegida pela poderosa torre de menagem. Esta é a principal peça do conjunto e, sintomaticamente, a sua construção não corresponde ao primeiro período de obras. Ela data do reinado de D. Afonso IV e estaria concluída por 1331. De maior altura e secção que as restantes torres, assume-se como a principal marca de poder do castelo e da vila, aliando o impacto cenográfico da sua silhueta ao aspeto robusto e inexpugnável da sua técnica construtiva. Com efeito, é a imponência militar da estrutura que se salienta numa abordagem imediata ao conjunto. Dotada de embasamento escalonado e saliente, possui quatro pisos escassamente denunciados pelo exterior por frestas e balcões de matacães. A sua organização revela uma complexa preocupação funcional, com espaços abobadados, sistemas de escoamento de águas e, no último piso, as espessas paredes são rasgadas por estreitos corredores que dão acesso aos balcões (DGEMN, on-line, 2004). Em todo o seu perímetro, é encimada por ameias pentagonais, solução que se repete nos próprios balcões e que acentua a procurada imagem de inexpugnabilidade. (...)