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The low lying spring sunshine captured behind one of the Liver birds overlooking the city from the top of the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool.
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Chinese imperial roof decorations or "crouching beasts" were statuettes placed along the ridge line of official buildings of the Chinese empire.
These are often made of glazed ceramic and form an outward marching procession. Here we see the imperial yellow glaze reserved for the emperor.
At the tail of the procession will be an imperial dragon, representing the authority of the state.
At the head of the procession will be a man riding a Phoenix, one legend suggests that this represents a minion of the emperor who grew greedy for power and was hanged from the roof gable for treason. Another version of this figurine is an immortal riding a fenghuang-bird or qilin. Yet another intrepretation is that this is a person serving the emperor, being watched by the following beasts.
In between will be mythical beasts, usually an odd number of them. The mythical beasts are set to pounce upon the man and devour him should he stray from performing his duties with faithfulness and rectitude.
The maximum number of beasts is nine, including evil-dispelling bull, courageous goat-bull, wind- and storm-summoning fish, mythical lion, auspicious seahorse, heavenly horse, lion, and chiwen (a son of dragon).
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Пале́рмо (др.-греч. Πάνορμος, лат. Panormus, итал. Palermo, сиц. Palermu) — главный город итальянского региона Сицилия , административный центр одноимённой провинции.
Very typical of the small villages and towns in Mallorca are the narrow streets. Not enough that the houses are built close together, leaving little space for the alleys and streets between them. Mostly on one side of the street is parked one car after another. This makes maneuvering through the small towns not quite easy for the inexperienced, not to mention the orientation with the many one-way streets....but sometimes you are lucky and catch an alley completely without cars and people.
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En el año 1959 se declara a la villa de Cuacos de Yuste, perteneciente a la Comarca de La Vera, “Paraje Pintoresco”. Se trata de una calificación equivalente en la actualidad a la declaración de Bien de Interés Cultural, con categoría de Conjunto Histórico.
Photographed somewhere in the Faroe Islands, this scene pulled me in because of its natural flow. The rugged stone hut in the foreground anchors the image, guiding your eye toward the white church in the valley, and then even further into the dramatic mountains beyond.
If you look closely, there's a tiny boat floating quietly in the fjord—barely noticeable, but it adds that final touch of depth and story. The soft, moody light layered perfectly with the landscape's raw textures: rusted roofs, green ridges, and steep basalt cliffs.
Shot with a mild telephoto to compress the perspective and highlight the visual rhythm across the frame. One of those moments where everything simply clicked.
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The 16th-century Dai Halima Mosque contains the mausoleum of a royal midwife named Halima, with elegant jali screens. The monument is off the beaten track and is one of the most soothing locations in Ahmedabad. Persian and Sanskrit inscriptions on the walls tell the legend of the memorial. It is said that Dhai Harir (also known as Bai Harir Sultani), a household lady of Mahmud Begada, commissioned this stepwell. She built a mosque alongside a small tomb, in which she was buried.
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On strategically so important place towers Trentino’s largest fortress, referred to as Castel Beseno. First written documents date back to the 12th century, when the castle still belonged to the counts of Appiano and served as a residence to the aristocratic family Da Beseno. In the following years and centuries, the castle witnessed a rather turbulent history. In 1470 it was handed over to the counts Trapp, a noble family from Styria affiliated with the Austrian emperor. Soon the castle had to be rennovated due to a fire and the medieval castle turned into a residence. Threatened by decay, the castle was given to the Province of Trento, rennovated and made a remote seat of the Castello del Buonconsiglio Museum. Two mighty elliptical walls featuring a length of 250 and a width of 55 metres surround the castle. Worth seeing are also the dark castle gate, the drawbridge, the crenels and the arena.
Великие бастионы, которые характеризуют Кастель-Бесено, относятся к 16 веку, когда замок был приспособлен для сражений с применением огнестрельного оружия. Сегодня, помимо внутренних дворов и зданий крепости, которые когда-то использовались в качестве кухонь, хлебных печей, подвалов и складских помещений, можно также посетить и прогуляться по парапетной прогулке с панорамным видом на Валь д'Адидже и долина, ведущая к плато Альтопиано ди Фольгария.
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Ahu Tongariki is the largest ahu on Rapa Nui Easter Island, Its moai were toppled during the island's civil wars and in the twentieth century the ahu was swept inland by a tsunami,iIt has been restored and has 15 moai including an 86 tonne moai that was the heaviest ever erected on the island
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En 1854 se construyó una terraza con vistas a la rue du Perron, sobre la cual se erigió una fuente, reutilizando la pila de roca blanca creada en 1841 por el arquitecto Krieg para la fuente situada al pie de la Cité, que estaba dotada de una columna octogonal con un capitel diseñado por el ingeniero municipal Alexandre Rochat-Maury.
The house of the First Guild merchant V.Kuznetsov is located in the historical center of Yaroslavl, in the most picturesque place on the Volga Embankment. It is an outstanding example of the Russian provincial architecture of the end of the 19th century, build in popular at that time eclecticism style. The house is cozy and attracts attention. It is one of the few Yaroslavl merchant houses that still preserve the unique authentic interior: enfilade layout of rooms, wide flights of stairs, living rooms and state halls. The house is decorated with the stucco molding with lions outside.
Дом купца I гильдии В.Я. Кузнецова находится в историческом центре Ярославля в самом его живописном месте на Волжской набережной. Яркий образец архитектуры русской провинции конца XIX века, выдержанный в модном тогда стиле «эклектика»..
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Looking back over the bay at Mackinac Island as time passes by.
As I strolled along the limestone path that has been bathed by sun and rain for 1,000 years, I felt I entered a world like fantasy that came to life, that took me back in time a thousand years.
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Templo budista histórico y uno de los más importantes de Bangkok, famoso por ser la cuna del masaje tradicional tailandés.
An open-air museum on Red Square in honor of the 82nd anniversary of the 1941 military parade. On November 7, 2005, Russia has been celebrating the day of the military parade in honor of the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution, held in 1941 on Red Square in Moscow. The holiday has the status of a day of military glory.
Музей под открытым небом на Красной площади в честь 82-й годовщины военного парада 1941 года. 7 ноября с 2005 года в России отмечается день военного парада в честь 24-й годовщины Октябрьской революции, состоявшегося в 1941 году на Красной площади в Москве. Праздник имеет статус дня воинской славы.
El origen del templo está vinculado a una epidemia de Peste bubónica que asoló a Garachico entre los años de 1601 y 1606. Existen tres testamentos que refieren que el templo fue construido en 1603 para implorar el fin de la peste.
Es un templo budista que se encuentra en Nara, Japón. Alberga una estatua gigante del Buda Vairocana (llamado dainichi en japonés; significa "Buda que brilla a lo largo del mundo como el sol")
TSUM - the signature fashion department store of Russia- has been a historic sight and the symbol of fashion in Moscow for more than 110 years.
ЦУМ - знаковый универмаг моды России - уже более 110 лет является исторической достопримечательностью и символом моды в Москве.
In the evening, even around the Louvre sometimes a bit of silence returns, after the long days when thousands of visitors visit the world-famous museum. So there is time and peace to look at the wonderfully illuminated historic buildings, enjoy and ponder what these walls would have already seen and experienced. What exciting stories that would be!
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Kōsenji se encuentra en el bello pueblo balneario de Kusatsu Onsen, situado cerca de Nagano, en plenos Alpes Japoneses.
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Man its cold outside! I had to defrost the car this morning... Winter is coming! Hereâs an image taken on another very cold winters morning.
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The Three windmills at Wilsveen, the Netherlands in awakening to a new day the misty early morning winter light.
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