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"Watzmann" - Bavaria, Germany
2713 m above sea level
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The Abbey of St. Jean des Vignes was a monastery of Augustinian canons in Soissons, France, southwest of the city center. Only ruins remain, of which the west facade remains one of the more outstanding examples of architecture in the town. It is a listed historic monument.
The abbey was founded on St. John's hill in 1076 by Hughes Le Blanc as a community of Augustinian canons.
Initially built in Romanesque style, the initial buildings were replaced at the end of the 12th century by those extant today. The west facade was begun in the 12th century, but not finished until the 16th. The refectory and cellar date from the 13th century, parts of the cloisters from the end of the 13th century, while other parts are from the 16th century, as is the abbot's lodging.
When the abbey was suppressed during the French Revolution the premises were put to use for military purposes, and an arsenal was added.
The site was acquired by the town of Soissons in the 1970s and the remaining buildings are now occupied by educational and heritage-related organizations.
A South Okanagan landmark. This barn on the Haynes Ranch was built in 1916 to replace the original one that burned down in 1914. The ranch was on about 21,000 acres of land between Osoyoos and Oliver, British Columbia.
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The Saarpolygon is a memorial to the coal mining in the Saar region, which finally ended in June 2012. The large accessible sculpture stands on the Duhamel slagheap in Ensdorf, which rises about 150 metres above the surrounding Saartal valley.
The walkable monument is about 30 metres high. The 35-metre-long transverse section is accessed from both sides by 132 steps at a height of 25 metres. The viewing platform weighs around 60 tons. The Saarpolygon is designed in such a way that it has a different shape from each direction: rectangular archway, triangle standing on the top or base, cross with horizontal line. In the ground plan it has the shape of a Z.
147 designs were submitted in the competition of ideas for the artistic implementation - the winner was the Berlin architect duo Katja Pfeiffer and Oliver Sachse.
Their design of a large walk-in sculpture, which "as a symbol of change in an abstract language of form traces a variety of mining motifs", is intended to form a gateway into the future in the eyes of the beholder. The formal language of the puristic steel grid construction is intended to express the inseparability of origin and future in the country and to show the classic connection of coal, steel and energy in Saarland.
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Das Saarpolygon ist ein Denkmal zur Erinnerung an den im Juni 2012 endgültig beendeten Steinkohlebergbau im Saarrevier. Die begehbare Großplastik steht auf der Bergehalde Duhamel in Ensdorf, die sich rund 150 Meter über das umliegende Saartal erhebt. Das begehbare Denkmal ist rund 30 Meter hoch. Zu dem rund 35 Meter überspannenden Querstück führen von beiden Seiten genau 132 Stufen in 25 Meter Höhe. Die Aussichts-plattform wiegt rund 60 Tonnen. Das Saarpolygon ist so gestaltet, dass es aus jeder Richtung eine andere Form hat: rechteckiger Torbogen, auf der Spitze oder der Basis stehendes Dreieck, Kreuz mit Querstrich. Im Grundriss hat es die Form eines Z.
Im Ideenwettstreit zur künstlerischen Umsetzung wurden 147 Entwürfe eingereicht- Sieger war das Berliner Architektenduo Katja Pfeiffer und Oliver Sachse. Ihr Entwurf einer begehbaren Großskulptur, die „als Symbol des Wandels in abstrakter Formensprache vielgestaltige Bergbaumotive nachzeichnet“, soll in den Augen des Betrachters ein Tor in die Zukunft bilden. Die Formensprache der puristischen Stahlgitterkonstruktion soll die Untrennbarkeit von Herkunft und Zukunft im Lande zum Ausdruck bringen und die klassische Verbundenheit von Kohle, Stahl und Energie im Saarland zeigen.
This night photograph was taken from a spot along Esplanade last month. The photograph captured the colourful reflections of the landmarks in Marina Bay. These included (from left of photograph) high-rise buildings in Marina Bay Financial Centre, Central Business District and the historic Fullerton Hotel and Jubilee Bridge.
It was breezy in the Bay and the long exposure captured the attractive and colourful reflections in the Bay.
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Landmark along the Gainesville Hawthorne State Trail in Gainesville, FL.
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"Elfreth's Alley is a historic street in Philadelphia, dating back to 1703. There are 32 houses on the street, which were built between 1703 and 1836. The Elfreth's Alley Museum is located at #124 and 126. The alley is a National Historic Landmark. Wikipedia"
This landmark tree sits in the middle of a farm road intersection. Scouted it out last week and hope to get a sunset or Milky Way type image.
An einem Sommerabend am Leuchtturm Westerheversand. Weitwinkelpanorama aus 8 Einzelbildern.
On a summer evening at Westerheversand lighthouse. Wide-angle panorama from 8 individual images.
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After a long wait of wanting to go here we finally went. The weather said it will start clouding over as the sun starts to set. The beech was very busy but managed to take this while it was quite. Just a few seagull streaks in the sea instead.
The Atomium is a landmark in Brussels, Belgium. Originally, it was designed and built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58), for which it was the flagship building and emblem. The Atomium stands 102 metres tall. The nine stainless steel spheres measure 18 meters in diameter.
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The historic Washington County Courthouse in Stillwater, Minnesota. Built in 1870 it is one of the oldest standing courthouses in Minnesota.
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Landmark Theatre in Ilfracombe, North Devon.
On Saturday I went over to Mount Edgcumbe for Plymouth Arts Centre's outdoor cinema showing of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It had been a horrible day all day, and I was fully prepared to sit in the wind and rain to watch the film (yes I'm bonkers). I Decided to take my camera with me and got this shot of Royal William Yard from the ferry across to Mount Edgcumbe.
Grass Island Fishing Hut, Guilford, Connecticut
This hut is a Guilford landmark. It was originally built around the turn of the 20th century and has been rebuild a few times over the years. It's sometimes called "Guilford's Little Motif" or "The Little Red House".
Yueh Hai Ching Temple is a Chinese temple in Singapore.
The current structure of this shrine dates back to 1850 and was substantially renovated in 1895. Since then, it has undergone several restorations.
The temple exemplifies a Taoist temple in traditional Chinese architecture.
The roofs of the temple feature highly unusual ornaments, consisting of intricate arrangements of one- and two-story mini-structures and human figurines. These elements are arranged to depict clusters of buildings within a Chinese town.
In this temple, not only is the ridge densely adorned with dragons and miniature models of dwellings, but the copings, gable ends, and hips are also embellished with various structures, including pagodas, sheds, dwellings, and niches. Human figurines are displayed throughout, depicting scenes from Chinese operas that illustrate the courageous and meritorious deeds of gods and ancient heroes from Chinese legend.
The most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park in Utah, USA. A 'must-do hike' from the parking lot, it is the most photographed arch in the world. The original photo was one of my first submissions to Flickr (also in this Photostream). This version was taken with a Nikon F, 50mm -f1.4 Nikkor lens using Kodachrome ASA 25, about one hour before sunset. This version was processes using several modules of Topaz plug-ins. '89 DELICATE ARCH, UTAH USA
Inside the Oslo Town Hall
Oslo City Hall is a landmark building in Oslo and Norway.
The architects of the building, Arnstein Arneberg and Magnus Poulsson had a clear idea of ​​what they wanted the building to represent, and artists such as Edvard Munch, Henrik Sørensen, Alf Rolfsen and Per Krogh have helped to underpin the architects' vision.
The main hall was decorated by two famous Norwegian artists: Henrik Sørensen and Alf Rolfsen.
In one of the frescoes, the pillars of Norwegian identity are represented—fishing, forestry, and industry—flanked on either end by explorer Fridtjof Nansen and playwright Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, both of whom won Nobel prizes.
The mural on the east side of the wall displays the history of the Nazi occupation