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I saw this alley in Cromer and it looked so inviting. i must have walked past it hundreds of times without noticing it. Maybe it was just the light, at that particular point in time, that made it stand out.
I showed my wife this picture this evening and asked her what she thought of it, always a mistake I might add, and her words were "not on my wall". So of course that makes me like it even more! 😂
Muchas, muchas gracias por sus visitas, favs y comentarios :)
Many, many thanks for your visits, favs and comments :)
Olympus
A beautiful hazy morning on Ullswater, it was one of those morning when you can almost sense that something special is going to happen. I went to one of my usual spots on the shores of Ullswater, set my gear up and waited for things to happen. The first hint of colour started from the left gradually covering the clouds and sky with a stunning pastel orange glow. One of those morning when you realise why you get up early, and stand for a while waiting..
Ullswater, Lake District, Cumbria, UK
The fortifications and walls of Dubrovnik are most interesting tourist attraction of this city. They are about 1940 m long, up to 25 m high and 1.5 to 6 m thick. The walls, built from the 9th to the 17th century, additionally strengthen five bastions and towers.
The first walls were probably built at the end of 8th century. The rapid development of city, and especially the appearance of aggressive neighbors, prompted the citizens of Ragusa to build more powerful fortifications. In 867, the city was attacked by Arab troops. Later, many times the walls defended the city against hostile invasions. They were also rebuilt and modernized many times.
Outside the walls are two fortresses (Lovrijenac and Revelin), which were the first line of defense of city.
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Fortyfikacje i mury Dubrownika stanowią najciekawszą atrakcję turystyczną tego miasta. Mają około 1940 m długości, wysokość do 25 m i grubość w granicach 1,5 - 6 m. Mury, budowane od IX do XVII wieku, wzmacnia dodatkowo pięć bastionów oraz wieże.
Pierwsze mury zbudowano prawdopodobnie pod koniec VIII wieku. Szybki rozwój miasta, a zwłaszcza pojawienie się agresywnych sąsiadów skłoniło obywateli Ragusy do wzniesienia potężniejszych umocnień. W 867 roku miasto zostało zaatakowane przez wojska arabskie. Później jeszcze wielokrotnie mury broniły miasto przed wrogimi najazdami. Były również wielokrotnie przebudowywane i modernizowane.
Po za murami są zlokalizowane dwie fortece (Lovrijenac i Revelin), które były pierwszą linią obrony miasta.
Small inner courtyard of the Stock Exchange Building in Riga,
now the "Art Museum Riga Bourse"
"The Riga Stock Exchange building is an architectural monument of national importance. It was built between 1852 and 1855 in the style of a Venetian renaissance palazzo symbolising wealth and plenitude. The design was by the St. Petersburg architect of German origin Harald Julius Bosse (1812-1894). Standing out in the magnificent interior with its lavish use of gilding and artificial marble are the main hall on the ground floor (now the museum’s Great Exhibition Hall, the galleries on the third and fourth floors (now the Western and Oriental Galleries) as well as the ceremonial halls on the fourth floor (now the Painting Galleries). For the first time in history, all theses rooms are open to the public."
www.lnmm.lv/en/mmrb/about_museum/restoration_and_reconstr...
American Graffiti • Rock Around the Clock • Bill Haley & His Comets
Body: Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.3
Head: LeLUTKA Zora Head 3.1
Hair: MINA - Sanne - MINA VIP excl. group gift
Outfit: adorsy - Ophelia Outfit
Sunglasses: adorsy - Nolana
Backdrop: K&S - // street wall // backdrop (painted)
Motorcycle: MotoDesign - DESTINY - LightSpeeder 1.0
Lighting and/or windlights: Made by myself
Pose : by myself Using AnyPose BVH v1.92
This photo was taken in: Naturally Naughty Photo Studio
Leica M-P & Elmarit-M 28mm
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my written permission.
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The Garden Wall capped by Bishop’s Cap rises above Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier National Park, Montana. The wall is a mountain landform called an arête which is a sharp ridge separating two cirques or glacial valleys. The term has it origin from an old French word which means fish backbone or fishbone. The Cliffs are formed by Middle Proterozoic, mildly metamorphosed sedimentary rocks between 1.6 and 0.8 billion years old. The rocks at the top of the ridge and that form the Bishop’s Cap are argillites, siltites; quuartzites and carbonates that geologist call the Snowslip Formation. The bulk of the ridge is madeup of thick beds of dolomite and limestone with thin shale and silt interbeds that belong to the Helena (also called Siyeh)) Formation.
Alentejo - Monsaraz
Perched above the Alqueva dam, Monsaraz benefits from a strategic location and a defensive potential that has always been recognized, as the Roman, Visigothic and Celtic passages attest.
Conquered to the Moors, in the reign of D. Dinis and delivered its defense to the Templars, it is this military order that adds to it, in the 14th century, the walls and the castle from where, even today one can look at neighboring Spain or extend the view across the great Alentejo plains.
With its narrow cobbled streets, which meander among ancient houses with white walls, it offers those who pass by there a very authentic feel of an ancient and medieval Portugal.
Alentejo - Monsaraz
Empoleirada por cima da albufeira do Alqueva, Monsaraz benificia duma localização estratégica e de um potencial defensivo desde sempre reconhecido, como a passagem de romanos , visigodos e celtas o atestam.
Conquistada aos mouros , no reinado de D. Dinis e entregue a sua defesa aos Templários, é esta ordem militar que lhe acrescenta, no século 14, as muralhas e o castelo de onde, ainda hoje se pode olhar para a vizinha Espanha ou estender a vista através das grandes planícies Alentejanas.
Com suas ruas estreitas de paralelepípedos, que serpenteiam entre casas antigas de paredes brancas, oferece a quem por lá passa uma sensação, muito autentica, de um Portugal antigo e medieval.