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A perfect example of the Byzantine influence on Venetian architecture - the details are wonderful!
The Instituto Veneto is an Italian Language School ... there are a few locations throughout Italy and we happened to come across the one in Venice. There are all kinds of courses one can take - have look at the site - www.istitutovenezia.com/en/venice_institute_about_us.html
Digging back into my archives - a few photos from our Mediterranean cruise. Hope you don't mind coming back with me to re-visit this jewel of a city. It seems some people don't care much for this city - they could take it or leave it ... but I loved it there ... and I could return tomorrow! Now tomorrow may be next year or in five years ... I don't care ... i will return one day.
#Temple of #Hephaistos in central Athens, Greece, is the best-preserved ancient #Greektemple in the world, but is far less well-known than its illustrious neighbour, the Parthenon.
It was dedicated to Hephaestus, the god of smiths and metal-workers.
Hephaestus
#Godoffire , #volcanoes , #metalworking , #artisans , #metallurgy , #carpenters , #forges #sculpting , and #blacksmiths
The Moana Hotel, also known as the First Lady of Waikīkī, is a famous historic hotel on the island of Oʻahu, located at 2365 Kalākaua Avenue in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Built in the late 19th century as the first hotel in Hawaiʻi, the Moana opened its doors to guests in 1901, becoming the first large hotel in Waikīkī. The Moana Hotel is regarded as the flagship in Hawaiʻi tourism, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In Hawaiian, moana means "open sea" or "ocean."
Here's a link with more info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moana_Hotel
As this garden is not normally open to the public there is no real "public entrance". To get to the garden without passing through the house you go up some steps in the car park and through this arch cut in the yew hedge.
St. Paul's Cathedral was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and was completed in 1677.
The cathedral is a grade I listed building.
Palais de Chaillot, Georges Guyot 'Chevaux et chien', (Horses and Dog), Paris
The sculptures of Palais de Chaillot are also in Public Art set
The compass on the floor, over which millions of people must have passed since the station opened in 1937.
Nashville, TN.
I became a member of the Nashville Photography Meetup Group a few months ago which meets at a different location each third Saturday of the month. This was my first meetup which I attended. The meetup was at Nashville's Centennial Park to shoot the Parthenon at sunset then those who wanted would move downtown for night shots. I attended mainly to get the shots downtown as I personally think the Parthenon has been shot to death.
There was a sudden break in the cold weather and the day was filled with warm sunshine and temperatures which brought out the people and the more warmer weather clothing as can be seen in this photo. The park was filled with people who just wanted to get out and enjoy the warmth but adding to the crowded conditions was that a basketball game featuring two top 20 teams (Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky) was being played on the Vanderbilt campus across West End Avenue. Finding a parking spot in the park (or anywhere else in the vicinity for that matter) was a major problem. I think I got the last available one. BTW, Vanderbilt lost to Kentucky by 2 on a missed last second shot which would have sent the game into OT.
The meetup group has 594 members but the meetups are usually attended by a few dozen or so. I think around 30 people showed up for this shoot. It was difficult to tell who was in the group and who was not since nearly everyone who goes to the Parthenon has a camera.
The people in the group with whom I had the opportunity to speak were great. Very kind, friendly and helpful. The sunset was not very spectacular though so I left the assemblage of tripods on the East side of the Parthenon to get a night shot from a hill on the West side. I returned to find the group had dispersed. either going home or scattered in the park. I went downtown by myself thinking I might find some of them on the Pedestrian bridge over the Cumberland next to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Uhm, I didn't see anyone there.
I loved meeting with the group although I do not think I got very many good shots. Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes. I'll edit and sort through those I took.
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to popularly and informally as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English, later British and later still (and currently) monarchs of the Commonwealth Realms. It briefly held the status of a cathedral from 1546–1556, and is a Royal Peculiar.
For more info on the abbey - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey
Nashville, TN. - (Nashville Photography Group Meetup; Centennial Park @ Sunset and Downtown).
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