Windmühle Nordhemmern, Ostwestfalen, Germany

Schloss Brake near Lemgo is a castle built in the style of the Weserrenaissance. We used the second advent weekend for a visit to attend an interesting exhibition about historic maps and navigation.

Another view into the imposing La Seu Cathedral in Palma

The imposing 1,700-metre-high rock walls of the Cirque de Gavarnie are surrounded by several giants over 3,000 metres high. This natural wonder at the French-Spanish border, is also home to the Gavarnie Falls, one of the largest waterfalls in Europe, with an impressive drop of 422 metres.

The imposing Festung Hohensalzburg (Salzburg Castle) sits above the city of Salzburg (Austria). The building of this castle commenced in 1077 and continued, in some form or other, until the 16th Century.

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Under the imposing cut of the Cobacherizas pass, December begins after a benign autumn. The first snows fall while the trees barely maintain their golden leaves. And at that moment, you can only feel small, be amazed and thank Nature for that gift.

Bajo el imponente corte del collado de Cobacherizas, se inicia diciembre tras un otoño benigno. Caen las primeras nieves mientras los árboles mantienen a duras penas sus hojas doradas. Y en ese momento, sólo puedes sentirte pequeño, quedarte maravillado y agradecer a la Naturaleza ese regalo.

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The most suitable one word to describe our cat Vas'ka is Imposing.

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Framed by catkins this imposing looking Buzzard fixes me with its steely stare.

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Entering the imposing front door to the magnificent Great Hall, visitors step back in time and see the Doric columns of a Roman Basilica, which realised Adam’s instruction to create ‘a palace of Graeco-Roman splendour’.

The decorative stucco work and great beams of the ceiling reflect the pattern of the black and white marble floor. Statues of Roman nobles gaze down from their pedestals and the hall’s focal piece, a replica of Valadier’s bronze ‘The Dying Gaul’, commissioned by the 1st Duchess of Northumberland, holds pride of place at the top of elegant steps leading to the Ante Room.

The imposing appearance against the stormy background suggests that this is the weather god. I know that among the Germanic tribes his name was Thor. But here in Italy, with the Romans? I read in Wikipedia that the Romans believed in the Syrian weather god Iupiter Dolichenus. After they took the city of Doliche, their supreme deity, Jupiter, inherited the office of weather god. As if he didn't have enough on his plate already! In Christianity, Peter holds something like the office of weather god. When I took a picture of Peter?

Imposing architecture for this fortified church at the top of the village of Ansouis in the Lubéron. It dates from the end of the 13th century.

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L'église forteresse

Une architecture imposoante pour cette église fortifiée en haut du village d'Ansouis dans le Lubéron. Elle date de la fin du 13ème siècle.

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The quality of light reminiscent of an old oil painted landscape, bathes Beacon Hill in the South Downs

The imposing Liberation Hall was commissioned by King Louis I to commemorate the battles fought against Napoleon during the Wars of Liberation and was completed in 1863. The impressive rotunda has a height of 45 and a diameter of 29 m and is illuminated in the interior by a glass dome.

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A stark and imposing medieval fortress at the entrance to Wensleydale, begun by Richard le Scrope in 1378. Scrope was Lord Treasurer and Lord Chancellor to Richard II, and one of the most powerful men in late 14th century England. His new castle was intended to be a symbol of that power, and one look at the sturdy stone walls will tell you he succeeded.

Genoa: Via Garibaldi with the facade of Palazzo Bianco (formerly Grimaldi) on the left, followed by the imposing Palazzo Tursi (Formely Grimaldi). The entrance of Palazzo Bianco - Galleria Brignole Sale De Ferrari is clearly visible.

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I last shot this tree back in November when it was resplendent in its autumn colour, now here we are in June and it still forms an impressive and imposing presence in green. Always a strange feeling when you walk under it knowing that weight is above you!!

The imposing twin summits named "Le Tofane". And the small rock towers named Cinque torri, Five Towers, in the Dolomites range of Cortina D'Ampezzo.

The Victory Tower or Vijaya Stambha is an imposing victory monument located within Chittor Fort in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India. The tower was constructed by the Hindu Rajput king Rana Kumbha of Mewar in 1448 to commemorate his victory over the army of Malwa led by Mahmud Khalji in the Battle of Sarangpur. The tower is dedicated to Hindu God Vishnu. This Fort is on a Mountain.

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Shot with the Olympus E-M1 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. I dig all aspects of this amazing, creative museum of art. Even the non-intentionally artsy elements, such as this lone person standing in the imposing, brick-lined passageways, have artistic merit to me. I was fascinated by how alone, small and insiginificant he appeared as if this was an illusion.

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This charter boat sits bobbing on the calm waters of Coles Bay, as mist rises from the water. But that bank of clouds is the real attraction here backed by that golden glow of light.

The water temperature is about 12 degrees Celsius, and the air temperature hovers just above zero. Anyone for a warm swim?

The Milan Cathedral is after St. Peter's Basilica in Rome the second largest Church in Italy and the third largest worldwide. The building of the really imposing structure started in 1386. The dedication was in 1572.

Der Mailänder Dom (Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente) ist nach dem Petersdom in Rom die zweitgrößte Kirche Italiens und die drittgrößte der Welt. Der Bau dieses sehr imposanten Bauwerks begann bereits 1386. Die Einweihung erfolgte 1572.

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The upper valley of the imposing rocky circus of the Brenta Dolomites hides a picturesque mountain lake.

Surrounded by majestic peaks and dense forests, the lake delights with its crystal clear emerald water with a spectacular reflection of the snow-capped mountains.

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Lake Tovel, Province of Trento, Dolomites, Italy

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Fresh from the ovens at Fairlane, the water bath and temps hovering around -10 have created a blinding wall of steam that has overtaken Highway 7. Heading for Proctor and eventually the docks at Duluth, U717 will steam the whole way there, though not nearly as impressive as this.

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Jonkershoek mountains, Stellenbosch

The spoonbill conversation continued a few minutes later.

"He's still over there you know"

"Who?"

"That persistent Greater Canon nosed happy snapper!"

"Oh yes, I can even hear it now."

"What a funny call it has.....sort of a quiet bebeep..... click, click, click, click click!"

"I think it only seems to call when you stick your feathers up you know."

"Okay, let's give it something to get noisy about!"

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Southern Railways King Arthur Class loco No 30777 'SIR LAMIEL' makes an impressive departure from Loughborough.

The imposing mile-and-a-half long sheet of ice known as Explorer Glacier peers out from its vantage 2200 feet above in the Kenai Mountains, staying largely inconspicuous due to the obscurity of dense fog on a gloomy Alaskan summer day. Far below, all 6 headlights illuminate the way for the engineer gazing out the L glass of his Alaska original GP40-2 still wearing its factory 1970s black and yellow colors, skirting the marshes and ponds along Turnagain Arm with train 120N en route to the state capital of Anchorage. In tow are goods fresh off the rail barge connecting Alaska at the port of Whittier with the Lower 48, manifest including just about anything and everything from containerized cargo to trucks, steel products, and carload traffic.

Imposing Dunnottar Castle, the sun now off of the castle but still high enough to create the rainbow.

Southern Utah landscape can be barren but beautiful in its own unique way. This is a location I will visit a few times in the hope of catching it with snow and some spring color.

GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.

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The Sesto Sundial is an imposing natural monument: it is made up of five peaks which are all located in the municipality of Sesto and ... They tell the hour! It is a real natural clock and the course of the sun gives its name to the mountains on which it falls at the exact time: Top Nine, Top Ten, Top Eleven, Top twelve and Top One.

Imposing mountains on the border between Italy and France.

Belgio, Fiandre Orientali, Gand, Primavera 2015

Gand è una città del Belgio ed è la capitale delle Fiandre Orientali. Gand è una città storica. Durante il Medioevo, fu una delle città più ricche e più potenti d'Europa. Un tempo era considerata la seconda più grande città a nord delle Alpi, dopo Parigi. L'impatto di questo ricco passato può essere visto chiaramente guardando l'imponente architettura delle chiese e le case di ricchi commercianti. Nel centro storico restaurato si respira ancora l'atmosfera della fiorente condizione tardo-medievale della città.

Il centro città è ancora più accogliente da quando il consiglio comunale ha escluso il traffico automobilistico e non manca di impressionare anche le stesse persone che vi abitano.

Ghent is a city located in Belgium and it is the capital of the East Flanders province. Ghent is a city of history. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the richest and most powerful cities in Europe. It was once considered the second largest city north of the alps, after Paris. The impact of this rich past can be clearly seen when viewing the imposing architecture of churches and the houses of rich traders. The whole of the city center is restored in this fashion, and still breathes the atmosphere of a thriving late-medieval city state. As the city council made the center free of cars, it is now a very welcoming and open area, which does not fail to impress even the people who live there.

Somewhat hidden, in a less spectacular side valley of the Moselle, and on an even less spectacular, almost boring hiking trail, you reach Eltz Castle, which is enthroned on a 70-metre-high rock. Its imposing appearance is due on the one hand to this, and on the other hand to its eight residential towers, up to 35 metres high, which make it stand out clearly from its surroundings. This truly impressive overall picture gives the feeling that one has arrived in the Middle Ages through teleportation.

This imposing wall surrounds Old San Juan thwarting pirates and foreign invaders for hundreds of years including the English , Dutch and Americans.

Harsh evening sunlight but such a pretty sight to see.

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Castillo de Medinaceli (Soria, Spain). It could be any castle perched on the night waiting for some unlikely enemy. I've always loved its imposing simplicity. Allegedlyأبو عامر محمد بن أبي عامر ابن عبد الله المعافري‎ (Abu ʿAmir Muhammad ben Abi ʿAmir al-Maʿafirí or "Almanzor" in Spanish) died here. Once Almanzar was over, the Cordoba's Califate went down pretty fast and the Northern kingdoms (mostly Christians, with Muslim affiliates) advanced South quickly.

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Mâcon had lost its large cathedral during the French Revolution and had no large church since.

So, in the 19th century, the city thought of building a new church. This is how, according to the plans of the architect Berthier, a pupil of Viollet de Duc, the Saint-Peter church was built in the 1860s.

The Romanesque style building has a three-storey facade. Three semicircular raised portals (characteristic of the monument, which are found in all the arcades, bays and openings) with eardrums decorated with stone bas-reliefs, give access to the interior. Dominated by two bell towers of rare elegance, topped with a stone spire, the whole is remarkable.

It also has imposing dimensions: the towers culminate at 53 m (174 ft) high and can be seen from everywhere in the city. The church is 75 m (246 ft) long, 30 m (98 ft) wide, and reaches 18 m (59 ft) at the keystone

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Une église imposante

Mâcon avait perdu sa grande cathédrale à la Révolution française et n'avait plus de grande église depuis.

Aussi, au 19ème siècle, la ville songe à édifier une nouvelle église. C’est ainsi que, d’après les plans de l’architecte Berthier, élève de Viollet de Duc, l’église Saint-Pierre voit le jour dans les années 1860.

L’édifice de style roman présente une façade à trois étages. Trois portails à plein cintre surhaussé (caractéristique du monument, que l’on trouve dans toutes les arcades, baies et ouvertures) aux tympans ornés de bas-reliefs en pierre, donnent accès à l’intérieur. Dominé par deux clochers d’une rare élégance, coiffés d’une flèche en pierre, l’ensemble est remarquable.

Il a aussi des dimensions imposantes : les tours culminent à 53 m de haut et se voient de partout dans la ville. L'église mesure 75 m de long, sur 30 m de large, et atteint 18 m à la clef de voûte

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