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London is not characterised by any particular architectural style, having accumulated its buildings over a long period of time. Few structures predate the Great Fire of 1666, notable exceptions including the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Banqueting House and several scattered Tudor survivors in the City of London.
In itself, the City contains a wide variety of styles, progressing through Wren's late 17th century churches and the financial institutions of the 18th and 19th century such as the Royal Exchange and the Bank of England, to the early 20th century Old Bailey (England and Wales' central criminal court) and the 1960s Barbican Estate. Notable recent buildings are the 1980s skyscraper Tower 42, the Lloyd's building with services running along the outside of the structure, and the 2004 Swiss Re building, known as the "Gherkin".
London's generally low-rise nature makes these skyscrapers and others such as One Canada Square and its neighbours at Canary Wharf and the BT Tower in Fitzrovia very noticeable from a distance. High-rise development is restricted at certain sites if it would obstruct protected views of St. Paul's Cathedral. Nevertheless, there are plans for more skyscrapers in central London (see Tall buildings in London), including the 72-story "Shard of Glass", which is now completed and is currently the tallest building in the European Union.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_London#Skyscrapers_...
London Fisheye Architecture
Landshut architecture, looking down the Altstadt street to the massive medieval gothic church of St Martin. This medieval building has the tallest brick spire in the world, at 130.6m high it is skyscraper tall!!! Bavaria, Germany.
Púlpito renascentista, obra de Nicolau de Chanterenne, datado de 1521
Renaissance pulpit, work of Nicolau de Chanterenne, dated 1521
Erected in 1865, this housed a Cornish pumping engine, which operated the copper mine.
Its function was to dewater the underground workings on the mine's largest orebodies.
The engine operated pumps in Hughes and Taylors Shafts which allowed mining of the main orebody below natural water level. It worked continuously, except for maintenance, for more than 58 years until closure of the mine in 1923.
I've wanted to post this for some time but held back because I thought it lacked something - no punktum, perhaps? I'm not sure, but the desire to post it hasn't subsided so here it is! :)
have been given the opportunity to shoot some pretty special places recently, this is the view from one of them...love this perspective as it has a lot happening in it...
in the center right of the image is the axa building, what was once the tallest structure in sydney...dwarfed by its neighbours now...
harry's mlc tower also makes it into the shot...always thought this was a tall building until i visited new york...there the woolworths building (near downtown i think, built in 1913) is only slightly smaller...made me feel like sydney was a provincial town...
annnnyway, some come for the harbour, some for the surf...me, i stay for the (ur)banality...
now, back to the grindstone...
For those playing along with the benefit of Google Translate, Der Mond is German for "The Moon". We had a beautiful night for shooting this night, and the moon was a big reason why. Thanks for looking, and have a great day!!
A different point of view of Darwaza (The Gateway to Taj Mahal)!
Best viewed in full screen (press L).
La Mussara es un antiguo pueblo perteneciente al término municipal de Vilaplana en la comarca catalana del Baix Camp (provincia de Tarragona). Está sin habitar desde 1959.
Aparece citado en documentos de 1173 donde consta que el pueblo estaba ya habitado. La iglesia de La Mussara aparece citada en un bula de Celestino III de 1194. El templo mantuvo la categoría de parroquia hasta que en 1534 pasó a depender de la de Vilaplana.
La Mussara formó parte del condado de Prades desde su fundación.
Pueden verse ocho edificios en ruinas. El único que está conservado es la antigua iglesia de Sant Salvador con un campanario de 1859 y en el que aún pueden verse rastros del primitivo edificio gótico sobre el que se construyó este templo. En su interior se encontraba una imagen del siglo XIV de la Mare de Déu del Patrocini que se conserva en el Museo de Reus.
A los habitantes de este pueblo se les conocía como ranas ya que, al llover, se formaba un pequeño embalse natural que servía para dar de beber a los animales. También tiene su origen en este pueblo una frase en catalan, baixar de la Mussara (bajar de la Mussara), cuyo significado es el de ignorar aquello que todo el mundo sabe y que tendría su equivalente en español en la frase estar en la higuera
(fuente: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mussara)
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