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The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by former King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Cantabrian Sea, it is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists. It is one of the largest museums in Spain.
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Kraków's premier Jesuit Church was built in the early 1600s, and its crypt serves as the new national pantheon for Poles distinguished in the arts, science and culture (Sławomir Mrożek was the first interred here in September 2013).
The twelve disciples standing on the gates outside are the church's most striking feature, although the interior has been extensively renovated and the airy, austere grandeur of this late Renaissance building is now evident.
Possessors of a 46.5m Foucault Pendulum - a device invented by French physicist Leon Foucault in 1851 which proves the earth's rotation, shows demonstrating its use generally occur on Thursdays at 10:00, 11:00 and 12:00.
Kraków, Poland
Barahat Msheireb: This piazza-style square is the largest open-air covered square in the Middle East featuring the biggest retractable roof in the region.
Barahat Msheireb takes its name from the word “Al Baraha”, which means "an open space for socialization and networking" in Arabic. It is developed to be the center point of the Msheireb district in Doha, Qatar.
The sky was lighting up as we had dinner in the backyard. I grabbed my gear and raced to a nearby pedestrian bridge in Cupertino, California. The red sky was almost gone by the time I arrived. It usually pays off to wait long into the blue hour, which is the result you see here.
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Looking up at the balconies of an apartment block in South Quay on the Isle of Dogs in London.
Architects: Skidmore Owings & Merrill
The Royal Ontario Museum's Michael Lee-Chin Crystal addition - an aluminum-and-glass-clad crystalline form growing out of the building's original 1914 structure, had very mixed reviews when it opened. Some loved it, with many praising the bold design, while others placed it on the list of the world's top 10 ugly buildings.
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Miller's Cottage - Richmond, Tasmania
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Geometry, red, blue and yellow were part of the basic recipe of the artist Piet Mondrian's works.
This is the temporary color installation by the artist Daniel Buren
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Le château de Beusdael situé dans le village de Sippenaeken et entouré de douves, se caractérise par trois parties principales : un imposant donjon du 13ème siècle en moellons de grès, large de 12 mètres et haut de 28 mètres sous la corniche, avec des murs épais de 1,5 à 2,5 mètres à la base et 6 niveaux, le corps de logis en pierres de taille et de briques datant du 16ème siècle et aménagé contre le donjon, et enfin la chapelle néo-gothique de la fin du 19ème siècle. Pour accéder au château, on franchit un pont en maçonnerie, d’une seule arche, reconstruit vers 1882.
Il est classé depuis le 29 mars 1976.
Sippenaeken, Belgique
Cape Otway Lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse on mainland Australia and considered the most significant. This leading attraction on the Great Ocean Road is a must for all visitors.
Built in 1848, the lighthouse known as the ‘Beacon of Hope,’ sits 90 metres above the pristine ocean of Bass Strait.
Hundreds of lives were lost along this shipwreck coast – a sad but fascinating history which led to the building of the Lightstation on the cliffs edge.
For many thousands of 19th century migrants, who spent months travelling to Australia by ship, Cape Otway was their first sight of land after leaving Europe, Asia and North America. (Source)
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The Castle of Xavier (Basque: Xabierko gaztelua; Spanish: Castillo de Javier) is located on a hill in the town of Javier (Navarre, Spain), 52 km east of Pamplona and 7 km east of Sangüesa. Built in the 10th century, this castle was the birthplace and childhood home of Saint Francis Xavier, son of the Lords of Xavier, hence his surname.
The castle consists of three buildings with different antiquity. The "Tower of the Kristo Santua" is the main fortified building and chapel, holding an interesting Late Gothic crucifix and a series of murals depicting the dance of the death, unique in Spain. the "Tower of Homage", call also the San Miguel Tower, is the oldest in the castle. It also harbours the museum dedicated to the life of the saint. In its foundations Muslim vestiges have been unveiled, possibly dating from the 10th century. In the 11th century, the first enclosure that sheltered the early surround rooms. In the 13th century, two polygonal bodies and two flanking towers were added in all four cardinal directions.
The Castle of Javier is the target of a massive pilgrimage in early March, in honor of the patron saint of Navarre.
Source: Wikipedia
Javier, Navarra, Spain
L’opéra Garnier, ou palais Garnier, est un théâtre national qui a la vocation d'être une académie de musique, de chorégraphie et de poésie lyrique.
L'opéra est un élément majeur du patrimoine du 9e arrondissement de Paris et de la capitale. Il est situé place de l'Opéra, à l'extrémité nord de l'avenue de l'Opéra et au carrefour de nombreuses voies.
Palais Garnier, Paris
Hobart (Tas), Australia
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First place winner in Photo Challenge for January /February ~ Home Sweet Home ~(2021)
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Albert Hall is a twenty room, 3-storey mansion first occupied by William Kyffin Thomas, one of the first European colonists, and part owner of newspapers the Adelaide Observer and Register.
Thomas, who had retired to Glenelg due to ill health, died the
very same year Albert Hall was finished and it passed into the
hands of William Pile. Pile added a magnificent ballroom with
an alcove for musicians. At this time, the property included the
block of land bounded by Kent Street. It became the Oriental
Private Hotel in 1930 and in 1982, a backpackers’ lodge.
In the 1990s it was restored as a private residence and,
more recently, converted into three apartments.
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A classical building dating from 1929 which was once a doctor's surgery and residence. - HFF and HWW!
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Central Saint Giles, an office and restaurant development in London's West End. Architect;
Renzo Piano.
Old Synagogue ('Stara Synagoga' in Polish) is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland, in Yiddish it was referred to as the Alta Shul. It is the oldest synagogue building still standing in Poland, and one of the most precious landmarks of Jewish architecture in Europe.
Until the German invasion of Poland in 1939, it was one of the most important synagogues in the city as well as the main religious, social, and organizational centre of the Kraków Jewish community. In 1794 General Tadeusz Kościuszko spoke from the synagogue to gain the Jewish support in the struggle for Polish independence. A plaque in the entrance hall commemorates this event:
"The Jews proved to the world that whenever humanity can gain, they would not spare themselves." – General Tadeusz Kosciuszko
Kraków, Poland
Just a simple architectural Snapograph taken at Canterbury Kent UK of the Marlowe Theatre.
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Tonight after dinner we noticed nice red clouds high up in the sky. I grabbed my gear and raced to a nearby bridge in Cupertino. The red sky was gone by the time arrived at the bridge. It's worthwhile sticking around. I love the one-point perspective you get with this bridge. Something for Stanley Kubrick, he was obsessed with the use of one-point perspective in his films.
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