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The Royal Palace of Venaria, located just outside Turin, was built in 1675 by Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy as a grand hunting lodge and summer residence. A masterpiece of Baroque architecture, it was designed to showcase the power and refinement of the House of Savoy, with vast gardens, opulent halls, and an expansive park. Abandoned and later restored in the 21st century, La Venaria Reale is now one of Italy’s most spectacular cultural landmarks and a UNESCO World Heritage site, symbolizing both the splendor and resilience of Savoyard heritage.
The Royal Palace of Venaria, located just outside Turin, was built in 1675 by Duke Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy as a grand hunting lodge and summer residence. A masterpiece of Baroque architecture, it was designed to showcase the power and refinement of the House of Savoy, with vast gardens, opulent halls, and an expansive park. Abandoned and later restored in the 21st century, La Venaria Reale is now one of Italy’s most spectacular cultural landmarks and a UNESCO World Heritage site, symbolizing both the splendor and resilience of Savoyard heritage.
The Crooked House also called the Drunken House was built in 2003. this eccentric style was based on the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. Inside you will find cafeterias, restaurants and shops.
The Abbey of San Michele della Chiusa, perched atop Mount Pirchiriano, stands on a site of ancient religious significance. According to legend, Saint Michael appeared here in the 4th century, leading to the construction of a sanctuary. The current Romanesque and Gothic abbey, developed from the 10th century onward, became a major pilgrimage destination on the route to Santiago de Compostela and remains a masterpiece of medieval architecture and spiritual tradition.
North Colonnade of the cloistered corridor at Keshava Temple, Somanathapura, Mysore district, Karnataka, India
Traditional korean pagoda surrounded by cherry blossoms in a mountain in Gangneung, South Korea. Taken vertically.
At the base of Mount Pirchiriano, near the Abbey of San Michele della Chiusa, lie the remains of a Roman mansio—a roadside inn that once served travelers along the ancient Via delle Gallie. This archaeological site, dating back to the 1st–2nd century AD, reveals foundations of rooms, storage areas, and thermal facilities, offering a glimpse into Roman infrastructure and daily life in this strategic Alpine pass.
The smart birds figured out that being close to the pier is a good hung out place as there are always people there and some will always give them something to eat.
Photo © Lina Groza 2024
Tauric Chersonesos is the name of the city founded by Greek colonists in southwestern Crimea more than 2500 years ago. Its archaeological ruins are presently one of the attractions of the city of Sevastopol, Russia.
In ancient Greek the word chersonesos means "peninsula." The city was indeed located on a small peninsula between two bays. "Tauric" Chersonesos further denotes the location of the colony, that is, "in the lands of the Taurians". This a warring tribe that inhabited the neighboring mountains. The city was destined to exist for nearly two thousand years, and its history is intertwined with that of ancient Greece, Rome, and Byzantium.
In 1827, 50 years after the foundation of Sevastopol, the first excavations at the site of Chersonesos commenced. Soon afterwards, Chersonesos received the epithet of "Russian Troy."
Detail of the Garrett-Dunn House in Philadelphia at the start of its reconstruction.
The house is located in the Mt. Airy neighborhood in northwest Philly and was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Architect Thomas U. Walter designed the second of three phases of the house in 1835.
(Only one other residence is know to have been designed by Walter, who is known as the architect of the dome on the U.S. Capitol building, of the House and Senate wings of the Capitol building and of Girard College.)
Work has been started to convert the house to luxury condominiums.
I believe that the barn is older than the house itself. (The second phase of the house was designed in 1835.)
The carved stone entrance to the inner enclosure of Lord Bahubali the Gommateshwara monloith, in Karkala, Udupi district, Karnataka, India, about 52 Kms from Mangalore (Mangaluru). The temporary Mahamastakabhisheka structure of January to May 2015 surrounds the monolith
Happened to pass by the Fuk Tak Chi Museum early one morning and saw this pair of yellow figures on the entrance doors - a sight that can only be seen early in the morning or late in the evening when the museum doors are closed.
This was also my very first shot using the Canon IXUS 850IS, a nifty little compact camera to carry around. Unfortunately, had forgotten that I had set the ISO to 1600 when playing around with it the previous day - so this shot was very grainy indeed (which I only discovered after downloading)!
A view across the junction of Market Street and Bank Street in Newton Abbot, graced by the town public library where the pedestrian zone gives way to a low-traffic road.
Yonge Street at the Old CPR Summerhill Station (2005)
The station was built in 1916 by Darling and Pearson to service the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) line running across Toronto. The station, constructed in the Beaux Arts tradition, consists of a 43-metre (140-foot) clock tower and a three-storey main terminal. The tower is modelled after the Campanile di San Marco in Saint Mark’s Square in Venice. The main terminal gallery has a 11.6-metre (38-foot) high ceiling supported by marble walls and with elegant bronze suspended light fixtures.
The North Toronto Station was the first building in the city to be constructed of Tyndall limestone from Manitoba. The material is noted for its weather resistance, embedded fossils, and dappled beige hues.
The four clock faces, each 2.4 metres (8 feet) in diameter, were always illuminated at night during the station's service life.
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Work on the pier has been completed, and this includes the addition of a marina which reputedly cost €11 million and which now provides Sopot with moorings for around 100 yachts, as well as a full support network of chandlers and marina management.
Fisherman Museum is an amazing place to visit. It is owned by Jerzy Piatek (George Friday) the same fisherman who was and he was living there his whole life. Now guy is retired and over the years he collected an amazing amount of all kind of fisherman gear, some quite very long. Some were used by him, and his father also fisherman, some he got from his friends. He used to fish in Baltic Sea, North Sea, Atlantic etc.
Just look at my pictures and judge for yourself.
Tomb of Jahangir, (Punjabi: جهانگير دا مقبرہ, Urdu: جهانگير کا مقبرہ) is the mausoleum built for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir who ruled from 1605 to 1627. The mausoleum is located near the town of Shahdara Bagh in Lahore, Pakistan.
The bottom end of Monte Cassino to the pier has had a complete facelift and central to this multi-million euro development is the next incarnation of the Resort House (Dom Zdrojowy), the return of which signals Sopot aim to once again be present on the top table of Europe’s resorts.
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Fisherman Museum is an amazing place to visit. It is owned by Jerzy Piatek (George Friday) the same fisherman who was and he was living there his whole life. Now guy is retired and over the years he collected an amazing amount of all kind of fisherman gear, some quite very long. Some were used by him, and his father also fisherman, some he got from his friends. He used to fish in Baltic Sea, North Sea, Atlantic etc.
Just look at my pictures and judge for yourself.