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Trajan's Forum, Rome with Trajan's Column, the Church of the Most Holy Name of Mary and a fortuitous puddle.
The Carlisle Memorial Column is a 19th century monument located at the southern end of the Castle Howard Avenue on the edge of the Howardian Hills. Built to the memory of the 7th Earl of Carlisle after his death in 1864, the column was paid for by public subscription. Four architects submitted designs for the monument, including one by the Yorkshire-based architect Cuthbert Brodrick, but the design by Frederick Pepys Cockerell was chosen.
The monument consists of a central column, over seven feet in diameter and is hollow inside. The central column rests on a square platform with steps leading up on the north side. Around the square base of the column is an inscription to the 7th Earl. At each of the four corners of the platform is a pedestal surmounted with a knight's helmet, and the outer face of each pedestal bears a heraldic shield and sword with, alternately, the arms of the Howard family and the Royal Family, in recognition of the Earl's post of Viceroy of Ireland. The top is crowned by a tripod which supports an urn with flames fashioned from gilded copper. The entire structure is 120 feet high.
In Medina's Masjid Al-Nabawi, every row is filled with simple fare - bread, yoghurt, dates and water - to feed fasting worshippers.
These are posted here simply so I can get them on my Oculus Go. If it works but I still don't care for them I'll just dele it.
The most physically beautiful people I have encountered live in Athens. The land of the Greek gods, legends and myths and the Acropolis, Athens' is a cosmopolitan landscape of bars and shopping. But this landscape bears nothing against its historic landscape of Seven Hills and majestic Parthenon.
After getting the statue of Nelson in Birmingham, thought I'd might as well get Nelson's Column, when I go to London. And I did! Here it is.
I got my close up zoom ins as well.
It was built between 1840 and 1843 to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
It is a Grade I listed monument.
The Iron pillar of Delhi, a metallurgical wonder that has withstood corrosion and rusting for the past 1600 years. Said to have been first constructed under the reign of Chandragupta, it was moved from its original site near Bhopal (where it had some astronomical significance) in central India to its present location as part of the Qutb Complex in Delhi in the 12th century. It is not clear how the 98% pure iron material of the column was achieved with the kind of technology available at the time (circa 400 AD) since the heat from wood fire is not sufficient for the purpose.
(Delhi, Feb 2008)
The columns are repurposed Ancient Roman columns, intended to support the roof of the incomplete mosque, commissioned by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur around the year 1190, but never completed. This is adjacent to the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
The Astoria Column has served for over 80 years as a beacon on the Pacific Northwest Coast. It sits in a wooded area 600 feet above sea level on Coxcomb Hill, Astoria, Oregon’s highest point. Majestic views of the countryside surrounding Astoria are the great Pacific Ocean to the west and the mighty Columbia River to the north.
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Looking along one of the main streets of the ancient city of Palmyra at dawn, before the other tourists were awake.
Taken at the Temple of Horus at Edfu in November 2009. We were on a house trip to visit the folks working at Tell Edfu and had some time to visit the temple. I like the way this shot has a secret or private feel to it, like the viewer is "sneaking a peek"!
Some history: This major Ptolemaic cult temple was built between 237 BCE and 57 BCE, into the reign of Cleopatra VII. Of all the temple remains in Egypt, the Temple of Horus at Edfu is the most completely preserved. Despite its later date, it exactly reflects traditional pharaonic architecture and so provides an excellent idea of how all the temples once looked. Edfu is also very large: the second largest in Egypt after Karnak Temple.