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The Surface Energy Balance System (SEBS) consists of upwelling and downwelling solar and infrared radiometers within one net radiometer, a wetness sensor, and soil measurements.
The Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) virtual tour gives you a detailed panorama of the newest ARM user facility atmospheric observatory, which opened in September 2013 on Graciosa Island off the coast of Portugal. Click here to to start the virtual tour.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, “Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility.”
Seeds
When short on faith, stock pile mustard seeds.
All hope is not lost with an olive branch.
Tossing petals of love always wins.
CLICK TO PAN (Way frigging cool, requires Quicktime)
I have taken 6 shots here in Hitchin's Market Square and stitched them together.
Big thanks to my friend John for helping me, I've had this in mind for months, since he showed me his fantastic work over on his Apex Images website. I realised how cool a 360° shot like this would be for my Day 360 (Urggh then realised that would be Boxing Day!). Once you've finished panning me and my town centre, please go and check out his amazing stuff. This has so much potential, from learning resources to tourism and property sales, he is a fantastic chap, if you contact him to use his services, don't forget to mention me!)
Or you can just view this large.
Linderhof Palace is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
It's located near Ettal Abbey in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The gardens surrounding Linderhof Palace are considered one of the most beautiful creations of historicist garden design.
#Linderhof #Palace #King #LudwigII #Ludwig2 #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world.
t is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany.
#Rothenburg #Medieval #Old #Town #Franconia #Franken #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
Old city of Ulm.
#Ulm #BadenWuerttemberg #Germany #OldCity #Old #City #Architecture #Panorama #Equiretangular #Photosphere #VirtualTour #VirtualReality
Screen capture from Pompeii Walking Tour 2020 video courtesy of the POMPEII ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK and ProWalk Tours. Note: ProWalk Tours as producer of the original video footage has agreed to allow my derivative still images to be licensed with Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike. I have used Topaz Sharpen AI to remove the slight motion blur in screen captures as well as Adobe Camera Raw to adjust clarity, texture, highlights, shadows, and occasionally haze and white balance. I increased dynamic contrast and added a subtle vignette with On1 PhotoRaw Effects and removed distracting visitors and replaced empty skies with Photoshop and its Sky Replacement feature, changing the blend mode from Screen to Multiply to avoid excessive editing of the mask layer.
RoundMe Tour: roundme.com/tour/48476/view/131125/
#Lindau #Bodensee #Panorama #Equirectangular #360x180 #Lake #Constance #Bayern #Bavaria #Germany #Deutschland
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world.
t is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany.
#Rothenburg #Medieval #Old #Town #Franconia #Franken #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
The sumptuous and fabulous Blue Drawing Room, impressive and magnificent ceiling (almost Baroque) by Sir John Nash for King George IV, State Portraits of King George V by Sir Luke Fides and of Queen Mary by Sir William Llewellyn, English chandeliers by Parker & Perry, English and French furniture, Axminster carpet.
The Blue Drawing Room is undoubtedly the most opulent room in the Palace.
www.royal.gov.uk/virtualtours/BuckinghamPalaceVirtualTour...
Photo from: www.royal.gov.uk
Old city of Ulm.
#Ulm #BadenWuerttemberg #Germany #OldCity #Old #City #Architecture #Panorama #Equiretangular #Photosphere #VirtualTour #VirtualReality
360 Planet view: www.flickr.com/photos/redscorp/28087395974/
RoundMe Tour: roundme.com/tour/48476/view/126786/
#Lindau #Bodensee #Panorama #Equirectangular #360x180 #Lake #Constance #Bayern #Bavaria #Germany #Deutschland
Linderhof Palace is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
It's located near Ettal Abbey in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The gardens surrounding Linderhof Palace are considered one of the most beautiful creations of historicist garden design.
#Linderhof #Palace #King #LudwigII #Ludwig2 #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world.
t is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany.
#Rothenburg #Medieval #Old #Town #Franconia #Franken #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
Panoramic Virtual Tour of The Old City of Jerusalem, November 2005
View the Flickr SPI-V (shockwave) interactive version
View The Entire set of Images - Virtual Tour of Jerusalem, Old City
Sam Rohn :: Location Scout :: New York City
of myself.
In Lake Alice at the University of Florida.
A wonderful little lake and wetland area sits right on the campus.
Lake Alice is a popular spot to view wildlife such as the American Alligator, turtles, fish, snakes and an assortment of wild birds. There are picnic tables near the edge of the water and shady spots to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
This Blue Heron was keeping a watchful eye on a two foot juvenile gator nearby.
Went golfing with Steve at Poppy Ridge golf course (nice course in the bay area). There was a beautiful multi-layered backdrop to the course, and this shot came out pretty well.
Course Details:
Poppy Ridge
27 hole tournament course
Played: Merlot Nine: 3187 Yards, Zinfandel Nine: 3062 Yards, 70.8/130
Virtual Tour at: www.poppyridgegolf.com/livermore/virtualtour/noflash.html
Linderhof Palace is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
It's located near Ettal Abbey in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The gardens surrounding Linderhof Palace are considered one of the most beautiful creations of historicist garden design.
#Linderhof #Palace #King #LudwigII #Ludwig2 #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
The Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) virtual tour gives you a detailed panorama of the newest ARM user facility atmospheric observatory, which opened in September 2013 on Graciosa Island off the coast of Portugal. Click here to to start the virtual tour.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, “Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility.”
The Heaven Room.
In this room is the most astounding of all the works here by Antonio Verrioo.. He has filled it with scenes from ancient mythology in an amazing distortion of perspective. His art bridges the join of the walls and ceiling so that you don't quite know where the wall ends and the ceiling begins. The whole is awe inspiring.
For an interatctive 360 degree virtual tour, with a wealth of additional information go to Burghley's superb web-site ( see link )
virtualtour.burghley.co.uk/hell.html?scwb=true
Play around with the controls. Top right corner to choose the room to visit , and other controls at the bottom of screen.
Burghley is owned by "Burghley House Preservation Trust,"
The Königssee is a natural lake in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the Austrian border.
Most of the lake is within the Berchtesgaden National Park.
#Koenigssee #Königssee #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
Kuula: kuula.co/post/7lmKf
RoundMe: roundme.com/tour/151145/view/382507/
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Here is my virtual tour through the city - portfotolio.net/jup3nep/album/72157631887823501
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Turkish: Sultanahmet Camii) is an historical mosque in Istanbul. The mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior.
It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. Like many other mosques, it also comprises a tomb of the founder, a madrasah and a hospice. While still used as a mosque, the Sultan Ahmed Mosque has also become a popular tourist attraction.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque
Istanbul (Turkish: İstanbul) is the largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With a population of 13.5 million, the city forms one of the largest urban agglomerations in Europe[d] and is among the largest cities in the world by population within city limits. Istanbul's vast area of 5,343 square kilometers (2,063 sq mi) is coterminous with Istanbul Province, of which the city is the administrative capital. Istanbul is a transcontinental city, straddling the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies in Europe, while a third of its population lives in Asia.
Founded on the Sarayburnu promontory around 660 BC as Byzantium, the city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. For nearly sixteen centuries following its reestablishment as Constantinople in 330 AD, it served as the capital of four empires: the Roman Empire (330–395), the Byzantine Empire (395–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922). It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 and transformed it into an Islamic stronghold and the seat of the last caliphate. Although the Republic of Turkey established its capital in Ankara, palaces and imperial mosques still line Istanbul's hills as visible reminders of the city's previous central role.
Istanbul's strategic position along the historic Silk Road, rail networks to Europe and the Middle East, and the only sea route between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean have helped foster an eclectic populace, although less so since the establishment of the Republic in 1923. Overlooked for the new capital during the interwar period, the city has since regained much of its prominence. The population of the city has increased tenfold since the 1950s, as migrants from across Anatolia have flocked to the metropolis and city limits have expanded to accommodate them. Arts festivals were established at the end of the 20th century, while infrastructure improvements have produced a complex transportation network.
Seven million foreign visitors arrived in Istanbul in 2010, when it was named a European Capital of Culture, making the city the world's tenth-most-popular tourist destination. The city's biggest draw remains its historic center, partially listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but its cultural and entertainment hub can be found across the city's natural harbor, the Golden Horn, in the Beyoğlu district. Considered a global city, Istanbul hosts the headquarters of many Turkish companies and media outlets and accounts for more than a quarter of the country's gross domestic product. Hoping to capitalize on its revitalization and rapid expansion, Istanbul is currently bidding for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Panoramic Virtual Tour of The Old City of Jerusalem, November 2005
View the Flickr SPI-V (shockwave) interactive version
View The Entire set of Images - Virtual Tour of Jerusalem, Old City
Sam Rohn :: Location Scout :: New York City
Panoramic Virtual Tour of The Old City of Jerusalem, November 2005
View the Flickr SPI-V (shockwave) interactive version
View The Entire set of Images - Virtual Tour of Jerusalem, Old City
Sam Rohn :: Location Scout :: New York City
In Thomas Jefferson's original design of the Capitol Building, the Rotunda was a two-story central space, which he called a "conference room", and included a balcony supported by enormous columns, a large skylight and a space in the center for a marble sculpture of George Washington. Samuel Dobie, the actual builder of the Capitol, adjusted Jefferson's plans by placing the balcony on brackets rather than using columns. While Jefferson made no reference to a dome in his first written description of the Rotunda, a dome was added to the building in 1794, six years after it was first occupied. The 30-foot dome in the Rotunda is directly under an exterior skylight on the gable roof. Whether adding the dome was a later idea of Jefferson's or another modification made by Samuel Dobie remains unknown. The artwork in the four corners of the ceiling near the base of the dome shows alternating depictions of the Virginia State Seal and a Roman fasces, a bundle of rods tied around the shaft of an axe, which was used by the ancient Romans to symbolize unity and civic authority.
It is known that Jefferson intended for a statue of Washington to be placed in the center of the Rotunda. A magnificent life-size marble statue of George Washington stands under an interior dome in the two-story Rotunda, located in the central portion of the Capitol. In June 1784, the Virginia General Assembly commissioned this statue "of the finest marble and best workmanship" as a tribute to Virginia's most respected citizen-soldier. Governor Benjamin Harrison wrote to Thomas Jefferson, who was serving on a diplomatic mission in Paris, requesting that he engage a sculptor. Jefferson secured the services of Jean-Antoine Houdon, a noted French sculptor. In the fall of 1785, just as Charles-Louis Clérisseau was completing the plans for the Capitol, Houdon insisted on visiting Mount Vernon to study George Washington. During a two-week stay in October 1785, he made a plaster mask of Washington's face, took detailed measurements of his body, and modeled a terra cotta bust. The original terra cotta bust is at Mount Vernon, and the mask is at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York.
The statue, sculpted in France from fine Carrara marble, bears Houdon's signature and the date 1788. As Virginia's Capitol was under construction when the statue was completed, shipment to America was delayed until the building was ready. In the interim, it was exhibited at the Louvre in Paris. Three cases containing the statue and pedestal were shipped from France in January 1796 and arrived in Richmond in early May. The statue was erected in the Rotunda on May 14, 1796. It still stands on the spot it was placed and has been on nearly continuous display since 1796.
The statue was viewed by many of Washington's contemporaries, all of whom attested that it was a perfect likeness. "The general was received at the capital, built in imitation of the square house of Nimes, and welcomed in a speech by Chief Justice Marshall, in presence of the civil and military officers, and a vast concourse of citizens." (Levasseur, A. Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825; or Journal of a Voyage to the United States. Translated by John D. Godman, M.D. Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, 1829. Originally published as Lafayette en Amerique, en 1824 et 1825, ou Journal d'Un Voyage aux Etas Unis (Paris: Houdaille et Veniger, 1829).) Lafayette said "the statue was 'a fac similie of Washington's person.'" (McRae, Sherwin. The Houdon Statue, Its History and Value. Senate of Virginia, 1878.)
Dramatic natural lighting on the statue is achieved by the skylights in the Rotunda's ceiling. Houdon's statue alludes to the similarities between Washington and the ancient Roman general Cincinnatus who, when Rome no longer needed him, gave up his military power and returned to the simple life of a farmer. The artist carefully balanced the military and civilian elements of Washington's career: his sword is by his side and he rests his left hand on a fasces, but he carries a civilian walking cane and stands next to a plow. Washington wears his Revolutionary uniform, but his head is uncovered and his facial expression is fatherly. Houdon's monument to America's foremost hero recalls Washington's life as a soldier, statesman, and private citizen.
The Houdon statue holds great importance because it is the authoritative likeness of Washington, and no other castings and measurements were taken of him. Many artists wished to make casts and moldings from the statue. There were a total of thirty-three replicas produced of the Houdon statue, each of which caused some damage to the original. As a result, in 1910, the Virginia General Assembly passed a bill banning any future castings from the Houdon statue. In addition to the damage caused by repeated castings, according to an 1866 newspaper story, the statue was damaged in a pistol duel that caused some cracking of Washington's cane and tassel.
In 1784, the Virginia General Assembly commissioned a marble bust of the Marquis de Lafayette with the intent that it would be placed in the new Capitol as a symbol of public virtue from the Old and the New Worlds. The bust was also done from life by Jean-Antoine Houdon. Lafayette was voted a citizen of Virginia by an Act of Assembly in 1785 for his valuable services on behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia during the American Revolution. His bust was received from France in 1789.
In 1930, the Virginia General Assembly authorized the placing of seven marble busts in the Rotunda as a Virginia "Hall of Presidents." (Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" with eight of her sons, including Washington, serving in that office.) Jefferson's bust, a copy by Attilio Piccirilli of an original done from life by Houdon, was the gift of a group of French citizens; the other busts were gifts from Virginia citizens. The busts depict: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson, and the Marquis de Lafayette.
Source: virginiacapitol.gov/virtualtours/Virtualtours508/interior...
© 2015 Skip Plitt, All Rights Reserved.
This photo may not be used in any form without permission from the photographer.
Todos los derechos reservados. Esta foto no se puede utilizar en cualquier forma sin el permiso del fotógrafo.
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The Ground Radiation (GNDRAD) collection of radiometers provides continuous measurements of broadband shortwave (solar) and longwave (infrared) irradiances for upwelling components.
In addition to the GNDRAD, an multifilter radiometer (MFR, larger circular disc) is mounted on the GNDRAD stand. The MFR is the head from a multifilter rotating shadowband radio mounted on a tower pointing at the surface. This radiometer provides spectral measurements of reflected irradiance.
The Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) virtual tour gives you a detailed panorama of the newest ARM user facility atmospheric observatory, which opened in September 2013 on Graciosa Island off the coast of Portugal. Click here to to start the virtual tour.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, “Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility.”
Martinskopf-Herzogstand-Heimgarten, Bavaria, Germany - 6 hours hiking adventure.
Martinskopf: elevation 1,676 metres (5,499 ft),
Herzogstand: elevation 1,731 metres (5,679 ft),
Heimgarten: elevation 1,790 metres (5,870 ft).
#Martinskopf #Herzogstand #Heimgarten #Germany #Apls #mountains #hiking #adventure #trip #Panorama #Equiretangular #Photosphere #VirtualTour #VirtualReality
Martinskopf-Herzogstand-Heimgarten, Bavaria, Germany - 6 hours hiking adventure.
Martinskopf: elevation 1,676 metres (5,499 ft),
Herzogstand: elevation 1,731 metres (5,679 ft),
Heimgarten: elevation 1,790 metres (5,870 ft).
#Martinskopf #Herzogstand #Heimgarten #Germany #Apls #mountains #hiking #adventure #trip #Panorama #Equiretangular #Photosphere #VirtualTour #VirtualReality
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world.
t is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany.
#Rothenburg #Medieval #Old #Town #Franconia #Franken #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
Linderhof Palace is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
It's located near Ettal Abbey in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The gardens surrounding Linderhof Palace are considered one of the most beautiful creations of historicist garden design.
#Linderhof #Palace #King #LudwigII #Ludwig2 #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
Linderhof Palace is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.
It's located near Ettal Abbey in southwest Bavaria, Germany.
The gardens surrounding Linderhof Palace are considered one of the most beautiful creations of historicist garden design.
#Linderhof #Palace #King #LudwigII #Ludwig2 #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
Screen capture from Pompeii Walking Tour 2020 video courtesy of the POMPEII ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK and ProWalk Tours. Note: ProWalk Tours as producer of the original video footage has agreed to allow my derivative still images to be licensed with Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike. I have used Topaz Sharpen AI to remove the slight motion blur in screen captures as well as Adobe Camera Raw to adjust clarity, texture, highlights, shadows, and occasionally haze and white balance. I increased dynamic contrast and added a subtle vignette with On1 PhotoRaw Effects and removed distracting visitors and replaced empty skies with Photoshop and its Sky Replacement feature, changing the blend mode from Screen to Multiply to avoid excessive editing of the mask layer.
For the virtual tour of this lovely lake click
www.aiaphotography.co.uk/360/naltar/pano.html
Around 48 shots stitched together to make this virtual tour.
Canon 1Ds MarkII, Samyung 14mm.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a town in the district of Ansbach of Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia), the Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany.
It is well known for its well-preserved medieval old town, a destination for tourists from around the world.
t is part of the popular Romantic Road through southern Germany.
#Rothenburg #Medieval #Old #Town #Franconia #Franken #Bavaria #Germany #Bayern #Deutschland
The total sky imager (TSI) provides time series of hemispheric sky images during daylight hours and retrievals of fractional sky cover for periods when the solar elevation is greater than 10 degrees.
The Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) virtual tour gives you a detailed panorama of the newest ARM user facility atmospheric observatory, which opened in September 2013 on Graciosa Island off the coast of Portugal. Click here to to start the virtual tour.
Terms of Use: Our images are freely and publicly available for use with the credit line, “Image courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility.”
Martinskopf-Herzogstand-Heimgarten, Bavaria, Germany - 6 hours hiking adventure.
Martinskopf: elevation 1,676 metres (5,499 ft),
Herzogstand: elevation 1,731 metres (5,679 ft),
Heimgarten: elevation 1,790 metres (5,870 ft).
#Martinskopf #Herzogstand #Heimgarten #Germany #Apls #mountains #hiking #adventure #trip #Panorama #Equiretangular #Photosphere #VirtualTour #VirtualReality
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Here is my virtual tour through the city - portfotolio.net/jup3nep/album/72157631887823501
The Topkapı Palace (Turkish: Topkapı Sarayı or in Ottoman Turkish: طوپقپو سرايى) is a large palace in Istanbul, Turkey, that was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years (1465-1856) of their 624-year reign.
As well as a royal residence, the palace was a setting for state occasions and royal entertainments. It is now a major tourist attraction and contains important holy relics of the Muslim world, including Muhammed's cloak and sword. The Topkapı Palace is among the monuments contained within the "Historic Areas of Istanbul", which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985, and is described in Criterion iv as "the best example[s] of ensembles of palaces [...] of the Ottoman period."
Construction began in 1459, ordered by Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Byzantine Constantinople. The palace complex consists of four main courtyards and many smaller buildings. At its peak, the palace was home to as many as 4,000 people, and covered a large area with a long shoreline. The complex was expanded over the centuries, with major renovations after the 1509 earthquake and the 1665 fire. The palace contained mosques, a hospital, bakeries, and a mint. The name translates as "Cannon gate Palace" from a nearby gate which has since been destroyed.
From the end of the 17th century the Topkapı Palace gradually lost its importance as the Sultans preferred to spend more time in their new palaces along the Bosporus. In 1856, Sultan Abdül Mecid I decided to move the court to the newly built Dolmabahçe Palace, the first European-style palace in the city. Some functions, such as the imperial treasury, the library, and the mint were retained in the Topkapı Palace.
Following the end of the Ottoman Empire in 1921, the Topkapı Palace was transformed by a government decree dated April 3, 1924 into a museum of the imperial era. The Topkapı Palace Museum is administered by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The palace complex has hundreds of rooms and chambers, but only the most important are accessible to the public today. The complex is guarded by officials of the ministry as well as armed guards of the Turkish military. The palace includes many fine examples of Ottoman architecture. It contains large collections of porcelain, robes, weapons, shields, armor, Ottoman miniatures, Islamic calligraphic manuscripts and murals, as well as a display of Ottoman treasures and jewelry.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topkap%C4%B1_Palace
Harem (pronounced [haˈɾem], Turkish, from Arabic: حرم ḥaram "forbidden place; sacrosanct, sanctum", related to حريم ḥarīm, "a sacred inviolable place; female members of the family" and حرام ḥarām, "forbidden; sacred") refers to the sphere of women in what is usually a polygynous household and their enclosed quarters which are forbidden to men. It originated in the Near East and is typically associated in the Western world with the Ottoman Empire. For the South Asian equivalent, see purdah and zenana.
The word harem is strictly applicable to Muslim households only, but the system was common, more or less, to most ancient Oriental communities, especially where polygamy was permitted.
The Imperial Harem of the Ottoman sultan, which was also called seraglio in the West, typically housed several dozen women, including wives. It also housed the Sultan's mother, daughters and other female relatives, as well as eunuchs and slave servant girls to serve the aforementioned women. During the later periods, the sons of the Sultan also lived in the Harem until they were 16 years old, when it was considered appropriate for them to appear in the public and administrative areas of the palace. The Topkapı Harem was, in some senses, merely the private living quarters of the Sultan and his family, within the palace complex. Some women of Ottoman harem, especially wives, mothers and sisters of sultans played very important political roles in Ottoman history, and in times it was said that the empire was ruled from harem. Hürrem Sultan (wife of Süleyman The Magnificent, mother of Selim II) and Kösem Sultan (mother of Murad IV) were the two most powerful women in Ottoman history.
Moulay Ismail, Alaouite sultan of Morocco from 1672 to 1727, is said to have fathered a total of 525 sons and 342 daughters by 1703 and achieved a 700th son in 1721. He had over 500 concubines.
After they had some major renovation work done to the roof of the Oxford Museum of Natural History the neo-Gothic building and the museum get a lot more light in than before.
I contacted them and was invited to create a virtual tour for them - invited as in "you can come in when we are open and use a tripod" not invited as in "anybody is going to pay for it" - but hey - the museum is free for visitors and we spent many hours in there with the kids.
Now the tour is finished but not properly hosted yet - it is still on google drive so I can get some feedback.
So if anybody is interested the tour is under goo.gl/K8ZZkK
It should work on all kind of devices BUT loading times might be not too quick it being google drive.
Any feedback is appreciated.