These prison walls

Are cold and hard

The fence is tall

Across the yard

**Todd Snider

Wall with small arch near top center is located near the Rainbow Vista Overlook in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

This old wall (part of the Erba factory built in 1857) has been restored and is now in a Bamberg University building. Leaving the campus, we also get a view of one area in Erba Park across the street. [SNY05365_lr_2000]

In Explore on 23 October 2020 (#150).

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Spain - Los Monegros

London 9/12/2021

The city walls in Piran, view from one tower to the other :)

Piran is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. The town is known for its medieval architecture, with narrow streets and compact houses and it's one of Slovenia's major tourist attractions. Architecture of Piran resembles the Italian Venice, to which it belonged in the past, together with Istria. Most of the buildings, as well as the medieval walls separating the city from the rest of the mainland, also come from this period. In the middle of the town is the Tartini Square, with a monument in memory of Giuseppe Tartini. Nearby are located various important buildings, such as Tartini’s house, first mentioned in 1384 and one of the oldest in town, the Municipal Palace. The area of Piran has been inhabited since ancient times. The name of the town most probably originates from the Greek "pyros", meaning fire, due to ancient lighthouses which were supposed to be on the edge of the marina. From 1283 to 1797, the town became part of the Republic of Venice and then was annexed to the Austrian Empire. In 1954 The town was annexed to Yugoslavia.

City walls - former defensive fortifications erected around the city. The first fortifications were built in the 7th century. Today you can see fortifications from the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries. Only the 200-meter-long walls with seven gates have survived. The walls are of uneven height because they were built in different periods - this shows how the architecture of defense has changed. This is one of the best viewpoints on the Old Town and the sea.

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Mury miejskie w Piranie, widok z jednej wieży na kolejną :)

Piran – miasto w Słowenii, siedziba gminy Piran, położone na skalistym cyplu, jest jednym z najatrakcyjniejszych turystycznie miejsc nad słoweńskim Adriatykiem, słynnym ze ze średniowiecznej architektury z wąskimi uliczkami i zwartą zabudową. Swą architekturą o przypomina włoską Wenecję, do której wraz z Istrią należało w przeszłości. Z tego okresu pochodzi też większość zabudowy, a także średniowieczne mury, oddzielające miasto od reszty lądu. Reprezentacyjny plac Tartiniego powstał pod koniec XIX wieku, po zasypaniu wewnętrznego basenu portowego (1894). Mieści się przy nim ratusz i budynek sądu oraz zachowana z obwarowań brama św. Jerzego. Obszar Piranu był zasiedlony od czasów antycznych, a nazwa miasta wywodzi się od greckiego "pyrá", oznaczającego ognisko, ponieważ na krańcu półwyspu zapalano ogień jako punkt orientacyjny dla statków płynących do portu Koper. W 1283 wraz z wybrzeżem Istrii Piran przeszedł pod władzę Republiki Weneckiej, zaś po upadku potęgi Wenecji (1797) Piran przeszedł pod panowanie Habsburgów, zaś w 1954r. znalazł się w granicach Jugosławii.

Mury miejskie - dawne fortyfikacje obronne wzniesione wokół miasta. Pierwsze umocnienia zbudowano już w VII wieku. To, co można zobaczyć dzisiaj to fortyfikacje z przełomu XV i XVI wieku. Zachowały się jedynie mury o długości 200 metrów z siedmioma bramami. Mury mają nierówną wysokość, bo powstawały w różnych okresach – widać dzięki temu jak zmieniała się architektura obronna. To jeden z najlepszych punktów widokowych na położoną na cyplu starówkę.

Le lézard des murailles

The Western Wall, Wailing Wall is an ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. The wall was originally erected as part of the expansion of the Second Jewish Temple begun by Herod the Great, which resulted in the encasement of the natural, steep hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount, in a huge rectangular structure topped by a flat platform, thus creating more space for the Temple itself, its auxiliary buildings, and crowds of worshipers and visitors.

They can be seen quite often sunning on the rocks of the vinyards, Southern Tyrol, Italy

Duckett’s Grove has two walled gardens and they are wonderful places to visit. The planting is very sensitive to biodiversity and the amount of butterflies, pollinators and birds was so evident and added an atmosphere of peace and reflection. Special in other words. They also have a lovely view of the magnificent ruins.

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Santon Downham, February 2017 I struggle a bit with wide shots of things like snowdrops. Given the restrictions here, this as clean as I managed to get this composition but still find it a bit too untidy for my tastes tbh

Visby, Gotland

A reflection of a wall in a pool of rain water on a plastic table.

Hinterhaus Castle Ruins ~ Spitz, Wachau Valley, Lower Austria

Nikon D7500, Nikkor 18-300, ISO 200, f/11.0, 70mm, 1/400s

Wall Wednesday: HWW

Went up to Ramona Falls yesterday....

This was my first trip up there, but it's an amazing place and I can't believe it took me this long to get up there.

It's better bigger - B l a c k M a g i c

Wall Arch était une arche de grès naturel dans le parc national d'Arches, dans le sud-est de l'Utah, aux États-Unis. Avant son effondrement en 2008, il était classé 12e parmi les plus de 2000 arches du parc. À son plus grand, l'ouverture sous la travée mesurait 71 pieds de largeur sur 33,5 pieds de hauteur.

J'ignorais qu'elle s'était effondrée !

D'après diapositive.

A vertical limestone wall in the Alpilles, an old rock formation in Provence.

City Wall, York