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Homenatge als castellers
Author : Antoni Llena i Font .
This curious sculpture refers to the castellers, the impressive traditional human castles of Catalonia.
It is located in Barcelona, very close to Plaça Sant Jaume, where the castellers often stand.
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Homenatge als castellers
(omaggio ai castellers)
Autore : Antoni Llena i Font .
Questa curiosa scultura rinvia ai castellers, gli impressionanti castelli umani tradizionali della Catalogna.
Si trova a Barcelona , vicinissima a Plaça Sant Jaume, dove si ergono spesso i castellers.
Yesterday I came across a pond with water lilies, and straw reflected in the water. I converted the picture to B&W and turned it upside down! But then again, what's up and what's down?
Traveling up river, leaving Pitt River's bridges behind
Pitt River as seen in this image, separates the municipalities of Pitt Meadows and Port Coquitlam
BC
Canada
Powered by lone EMD SD60 No. 6067, Union Pacific’s short-lived Roadrailer departs the former Missouri Pacific Dolton intermodal yard on its trip from Chicago, Illinois, to Dallas, Texas, on December 3, 1988.
Sneaking up on a sleeping sheep, I was quite proud of myself :)
It does look like the sheep was annoyed with me
This is a hotel near the railway station in Leicester. It used to be an office block and I worked in it, occasionally, when I was employed by BT. It's been painted since then, it actually looks better on the photo than in real life. © All Rights Reserved.
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Do not use without permission.
Is it just me, or isn't that last vault, the one just up against the opposite wall, a bit strange? Like someone got the measurements wrong?
Inside the The abbey of Our Lady in Lonlay (or Lonlay-l'Abbaye).
This abbey, at first situated outside the town of Lonlay (now the place has grown) was founded by William of Bellême (Guillaume Ier de Bellême), with the original charter signed around 1020. It was a Benedictine abbey, built in Romanesque style. It had several priories, including Notre Dame sur l'eau in Domfront (which can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/dameboudicca/20515002803 ). The whole place saw substantial renovations and rebuilding in the 12th and 14th century and the church is now in the Gothic style. But it also saw two fires in the 16th century - the first started by accident in 1533 (which destroyed much of the abbey archives) and the second by Huguenots in 1574 during the War of Religions. The Benedictine order left after this and the place was never fully rebuilt. The church was also damaged by bombs in 1944 and the liberation of France. A full restoration (including archaeological studies) began in 1965 and in 1973 the church was once again open for parish use.
“There’s always a reason to look up.”
Quote ― A.D. Posey
“A sunrise is a wondrous marvel, but in reality the sun never rises. It is the earth that rotates to face the sun. Life too can be a wondrous marvel, but like the earth, we must turn our eyes toward brighter things.”
Quote ― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons
Entrance of Latvian National Museum of Art
The Latvian National Museum of Art is the most important art museum in Latvia and the first building in the Baltics designed specifically for the needs of a museum. Built in 1905. The museum's building is an architectural monument of national significance. It is one of the most impressive historicist buildings in the Riga Boulevard Circle. Following the reconstruction from 2013 to 2016, a new permanent exposition, Latvian Art. 19th–20th Century, has been created. It presents an overview of Latvian art history over the course of two centuries. The aim of the exposition is to build a visual and emotional story of the development of Latvian art by highlighting the most important works and personalities in culture-historical, political and social context.
A lucky break in the clouds allows some light to shine as CPKC 645 roars over the crow river in Rockford.
Another cliche I hadn't tried so far - but with my new camera screen flipping a full 180 degrees, I had no excuse, so I've done it. It didn't hurt :)
Victoria Kroonduif
Victoria crowned pigeon
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