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Colorful facades line Winchester Avenue in Ashland Kentucky. The heights of the building stair step up from left to right.
300 Winchester Ave
Ashland, Kentucky
Ohio River Scenic Byway
Photo taken on October 28, 2023
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The architectural highlight of Messe Basel is this building by Herzog and de Meuron. Particularly spectacular is the facade and the round opening, under which there is a bus stop for the Basler Verkehrsbetriebe ... unique and a must for fans of architecture and photography.
The old, abandoned rice granary (before it was demolished) near downtown Houston, Texas.
Taken with an Olympus OM-10 35mm film camera, circa 1990.
The lovely Duomo di Orvieto, the main church in the historic, medieval hilltop city of Orvieto, Italy.
25/11 Churches across the city been painted with red lights to raise public awareness to those Christians being persecuted for their faith
Budapest, Hungary
Impressive not only from the outside, the Cathédrale La Major in Marseille also shows its impressive and beautiful side on the inside. A huge 1800s neo-Byzantine cathedral featuring an opulent interior lined with murals, mosaic & marble.
Saint Stepanos Monastery / pers.: Kelisā-ye San Estepānus / Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս վանք
An Armenian monastery located about 15 km northwest of the city of Julfa in the province of East Azarbaijan, northwestern Iran
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Este patio fue el centro del espacio público del Palacio del Rey Don Pedro I. La obra original del siglo XIV corresponde a la galería baja.
La planta alta es una ampliación posterior que hacen los Reyes Católicos.
The campanile of St. Mark’s is an imposing square plan tower about 99 metres high, crowned by a spire that was once a lighthouse for shipping. It is the prototype of all the campaniles of the lagoon area. It was first built in the 12th century on the site of what was probably a watchtower and rebuilt in its current form early in the 16th centurywith the addition of a belfry and with the spire faced in copper and topped by a sort of rotating platform with a statue of the Archangel Gabriel which functioned as a weathercock. Of the five original bells only the largest remains. The others, now replaced, were destroyed when the tower collapsed in 1902. From the belfry loggia there is a spectacular bird’s eye view of the city and the lagoon.
Колокольня Святого Марка-это внушительная квадратная башня плана около99 метров высокий, увенчанный шпилем, который когда-то был маяком для судоходства.Он является прототипом всех кампанил района лагуны.12 векена месте того, что, вероятно, было сторожевой башней и перестроен в своем нынешнем виде в начале16-го векас добавлением колокольни и шпиля, облицованного медью и увенчанного своего рода вращающейся платформой со статуейАрхангела Гавриила, которая выполняла функцию флюгера. Из пяти оригинальных колоколов сохранился только самый большой. Остальные, теперь замененные, были уничтожены, когда башня рухнула в море в 1902. С лоджии колокольни открывается захватывающий вид на город и лагуну с высоты птичьего полета.
Time and again, you can catch a glimpse of the beautiful blue sea between the façades in the alleys of the villages on the coast of Mallorca. In summer, however, the residents of the houses prefer to do without the view and close the shutters to keep the heat out and the cooler air in.
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New York, New York - July 22, 2026: View of the Brooklyn Bridge through a small window on a painted mural near Pier 17 and the South Street Seaport.
At the site of the ancient Greek theater in the Sicilian hilltop town of Taormina, Italy, with Mount Etna rising in the distance.
a cavernous hall that whispers tales of decay and long-forgotten echoes. This panorama, oh it stretches like a yawning abyss, daring the onlooker to step into its grim embrace. The wooden bones of this architectural cadaver sprawl under the weight of time, a skeleton of a once bustling hive of human activity.
Now, let's talk about the composition, my fiendish friends. The panoramic view, it's like a widescreen lens into a post-apocalyptic ballroom, where the dance of dust and shadow pirouettes across the floor. Notice the columns, standing like silent sentinels, guardians of history and hoarders of secrets.
The lighting, it drips from the ceiling like the last vestiges of hope, fighting a losing battle against the encroaching darkness. It's a masterclass in the use of natural light, casting a spectral glow that breathes a ghostly life into the scene.
The perspective is downright diabolical. It draws you in, doesn't it? Like a siren's call or the final act of a horror show, it's the spot where the final showdown would happen in the most thrilling of thrillers.
And those cables, snaking across the floor, they're like the tendrils of some unseen beast, or the remnants of a mechanical monster that once roared and hissed through this desolate chamber.
This is not just a photograph; it's a doorway to a narrative, a frozen moment between what was and what will never be again. It's a visual requiem, my friends, a hauntingly beautiful tribute to the relentless march of time and the stories that are left behind in its wake. Bravo to the maestro behind the lens, for you've captured not just an image, but the very essence of desolation and the beauty that lies within it.
El Callejón del Oro es una calle corta, estrecha y preciosa situada en el interior del Castillo de Praga. Debe su nombre a los orfebres que la habitaron en el siglo XVII.
The Toorji Ka Jhalra was constructed in the 1740s by the queen-consort of Maharaja Abhay Singh, and features detailed sandstone carvings. Notably, the Jodhpur Stepwell had been buried for years and only recently underwent a restoration to return it to its former glory. The primary function of the structure was to provide a reliable water source during the dry seasons. It also served as a communal gathering point and still does.
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VIANA DO CASTELO (Portugal): Fortim da Areosa.
Implantado numa enseada localizada no extremo da Praia Norte, na freguesia da Areosa, em Viana do Castelo, o Fortim da Areosa corresponde a uma fortificação de planta estrelada de pequenas dimensões. A estrutura é composta por quatro ângulos, ou redentes. Na face virada a terra, os redentes são ligados por cortina de alvenaria de pedra, em ângulo invertido, onde foi rasgada a porta de acesso, de arco de volta perfeita. Na face virada ao mar os redentes flanqueiam a bateria, em forma de meia-lua, com plataforma a barbete. No espaço interior encontram-se vestígios de edificações e da rampa de acesso à bateria.
Atualmente, e apesar de ter sofrido danos na estrutura, o fortim integra um dos percursos ambientais dos arredores da cidade de Viana do Castelo.
História
O Fortim da Areosa foi erigido na última década do século XVII, por ordem do monarca D. Pedro II, para reforçar o sistema defensivo então existente na zona costeira do Alto Minho. Este pequeno reduto militar tinha como objetivo reforçar a defesa da barra do rio Lima e do porto de Viana da Foz do Lima, cruzando fogo com a Fortaleza de Santiago, localizada poucos quilómetros a sudeste. A edificação terá sido levantada entre os últimos anos de Seiscentos e 1701, data apontada por Figueiredo da Guerra para a sua conclusão (GUERRA: 1926, p. 689).
Esta estrutura defensiva integra-se num conjunto de fortificações construídas entre as zonas de Vila Praia de Âncora e Esposende, numa época posterior à Guerra da Restauração, cujas semelhanças planimétricas e o facto de terem sido erigidas no mesmo período permitem considerar que na última década de Seiscentos foi elaborado um plano construtivo de novas estruturas militares para reforçar a linha de defesa da fronteira noroeste do Reino. Na zona entre os rios Minho e Lima foram erigidos os fortes do Cão e da Lagarteira, e os fortins da Areosa e de Montedor, que viriam assim reforçar o poder de fogo das fortalezas já existentes no litoral minhoto, então considerado insuficiente.
Este fortim, também conhecido localmente como Forte da Vinha ou Castelo Velho, apresenta flagrantes semelhanças com o Forte do Cão, em Caminha, sendo possível que, à semelhança deste, integrasse baluartes nos vértices.
Depois da sua desativação militar, o Fortim da Areosa foi votado ao abandono. Foi classificado como de interesse público em 1970, poucoas anos depois da classificação do conjunto de fortes acima citados. A estrutura recebeu obras de consolidação e restauro em 1972, 1973 e 1978, realizadas pela Direcção-Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais. No ano de 1983 a afetação só espaço foi transferida para a alçada da Comissão Regional de Turismo do Alto Minho. Cerca do ano 2000, foi elaborado o projeto do Centro de Interpretação e Apoio a Percursos Ambientais, da autoria do arquiteto Luís Teles, para ser instalado nas imediações do fortim.
Catarina Oliveira
DGPC, 2020
info: DGPC | Pesquisa Geral. www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/pt/patrimonio/patrimonio-im.... Acedido 19 de Novembro de 2021.
The side-valley village of Gramais was first chartered in 1427 and lies on an altitude of 1,328 metres. Only one other municipality of Austria is smaller than it.
Near Häselgehr the road branches off to Gramais and it leads along the Otterbachtal valley directly into the small village with its districts Dörfl, Gschwendt and Riefen. Surrounded by steep mountain flanks, Gramais is a true paradise for hikers, mountaineers and nature lovers. Located amidst the Lechtal Alps, the typical mountain village is surrounded by numerous untamed brooks and waterfalls as well as five mountain lakes.
Photo prise en octobre 2021. Il y avait tellement de brume ce matin-là autour du pont que j'ai dû attendre de longues minutes avant de voir quoi que ce soit et de pouvoir enfin faire quelques clichés...
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. It was built from 1861 to 1869.
Façades of old Oporto houses located down at the quay called 'Cais de Ribeira', in Porto, Portugal.
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Najd Al Maqsar is a historical site in UAE, site of a mountain village climbing up on a hillside at Wadi Shie, near Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, UAE. The site has been lovingly restored and reconstructed by the UAE government, and even in its unfinished state is a tourist attraction for locals and Residents, and sometimes even for international tourists who want to eschew the malls and shopping and want to explore the nature trails that UAE has to offer. You can climb up the rough stone stairs all the way to the summit with the watchtower, and see sweeping vistas of Wadi Shie with its pockets of greenery among the arid landscape.