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Perga or Perge was an ancient and important city of Pamphylia, between the rivers Catarrhactes and Cestrus. It was renowned for the worship of Artemis, whose temple stood on a hill outside the town, and in whose honour annual festivals were celebrated. The coins of Perge represent both the goddess and her temple. Alexander the Great occupied Perge with a part of his army after quitting Phaselis, between which two towns the road is described as long and difficult. Alexander's rule was followed by the Diadochi empire of the Seleucids. In 46 A.D., according to the Acts of the Apostles, St. Paul journeyed to Perga, from there continued on to Antiocheia in Pisidia, then returned to Perga where he preached the word of God. Then he left the city and went to Attaleia. In the first half of the 4th century, during the reign of Constantine the Great (324-337), Perga became an important centre of Christianity, which soon became the official religion of the Roman Empire. The city retained its status as a Christian centre in the 5th and 6th centuries.
Perga is today an archaeological site and a tourist attraction.
Castelbuono (Castiddubbonu in siciliano) è un comune italiano di 9.240 abitanti della provincia di Palermo in Sicilia.L'abitato sorge a circa 423 m s.l.m., sulle pendici del colle Milocca, tra i centri di Pollina a nord, San Mauro ad est, Geraci Siculo a sud-est, il massiccio delle Madonie a sud ed Isnello e Gibilmanna ad ovest. Fa parte del Parco delle Madonie.
Este es el puente de Inception donde le dan candela a Juno.
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This is the Inception bridge where Juno gets bullied.
Svartifoss waterfall, Iceland
Columns like these form in a lava flow that cools very slowly, which allows it to form these hexagonal shapes.
Grecia, sotto il colonnato d'ingresso di una chiesa.
Taken with Nikon d80 & Tokina 11-16 f2.8
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Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago, IL
Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry is housed within the last remaining structure from the Chicago World's Fair. The Palace of Fine Arts, the Museum’s current building, was constructed in 1893 for the World’s Columbian Exposition, which opened the same year. The original, Greek-inspired structure includes three pavilions and Ionic order columns.
The female figures shown here are known as "Caryatids". A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants"
Sabratha, Sabratah or Siburata (Arabic: صبراتة), in the Az Zawiyah District in the northwestern corner of modern Libya, was the westernmost of the "three cities" of Tripolis. It lies on the Mediterranean coast about 65km (40 miles) west of Tripoli (ancient Oea). The extant archaeological site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.