Les Quatre Columnes, també conegudes com les Columnes de Puig i Cadafalch, són 4 columnes amb capitells jònics que reprodueixen les que van ser aixecades l'any 1919 per l'arquitecte Puig i Cadafalch on actualment hi ha la Font màgica de Montjuïc, a Barcelona. Simbolitzen les quatre barres de la Bandera de Catalunya i inicialment estaven destinades a convertir-se en un dels símbols del catalanisme. Les originals van ser enderrocades el 1928 durant la dictadura de Primo de Rivera, un any abans de l'inici de l'Exposició Universal de 1929. L'any 2010 van ser reconstruïdes, a pocs metres de distància del seu lloc original. Actualment són símbol de la perseverança, la convicció i la fermesa de la llengua, la cultura i la identitat nacional catalana. (Viquipèdia)

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"Old Town"

Lawton, OK

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Monasterio de La Recoleta o Santa Ana de Monte Sión, es un monasterio franciscano situado en la ciudad de Sucre, capital constitucional de Bolivia.

Fue fundado en el año 1601 por los Franciscanos a las faldas del cerro Churuquella. Ambiente de serenidad y oración en medio de patios cuadrados rodeados por corredores con columnas de piedra donde se aprecian hermosos jardines con rosas y geranios en flor.

Los pasillos hacia su capilla restaurada nos llevan a un bellísimo Coro desde cuyos asientos artísticamente labrados en gruesa madera elevan sus cantos los enclaustrados monjes de la época.

Fuente: wikipedia

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.

I think this place really deserves a monument status despite Devil's Postpile National Monument has stolen all the fame to the west of Mammoth Lakes. They were all resulted from the same volcanic eruption over hundred thousands years ago. Here 'a an extract from Atlas Obsura describing the process of creating such interesting column formation: "As the colossal torrents of lava washed over the built up ash it baked the ash to a layer of stone in an instant. Now after millennia of erosion from wind and water the bottom layer and the top layer of cooled lava can be clearly seen, taking the form of rocky waves bisected by a dividing line. In certain sections along the tuff, the stone has turned into bulbous columns known as degassing pipes creating a veritable forest of oddly shaped stone"

Columns

It's hard to take a picture in Rome that doesn't include church domes and the remains of old Roman columns. They seem to be everywhere.

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Alnwick's Tenantry Column in its Christmas colours.

Built in 1816 by the tenants of the Duke of Northumberland. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Duke’s tenants, who included farmers, mine owners and factory owners, benefited from increased prices for their products due to the demands of the Army. As profits increased, rents too were raised. The peace of 1815, however, saw a fall in demand, with the resultant drop in both prices and profits. The tenants struggled to pay the higher rents, and so the Duke of Northumberland reduced his rents by a quarter. His tenants, thankful for this, jointly subscribed to construct the column.

There's a tale, possibly apocryphal, that when the Duke saw that tenants were able to afford to erect such a monument, he promptly put their rents back up. The truth? Who knows??

As this will be my final upload before Christmas Day, I would like to wish all my friends, followers & visitors a very and happy and blessèd Christmas-time.

100x 2023 edition - Northumberland revisited - 74/100

The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, California

Parthenon - Nashville, TN

Wroclaw; south-western Poland

من فتره كنت اتمشى في بوظبي ، فقلت خلني اشوف هالمسيد العود شو داخله ،،ههع

وفعلا من ظهر من اجمل المساجد الي دشيتها

طبعا الكام كانت في السياره ^ ^ نزلتها وركض على المسيد ههع

Concrete columns of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It has collections of more than 227,000 objects that include "world-class holdings of European and American paintings, prints, drawings, and decorative arts". The Main Building is visited by more than 800,000 people annually, and is located at the west end of Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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There is something about the power of columns that I tend to like.

St Maria Del Mar Cathedral

Rosa Coeli - rajský dvůr

Aqueduct of Segovia Spain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was built around the first century AD to channel water from springs in the mountains 17 kilometres away to the city and was in use until 1973.

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This is one image in a series I'm shooting on parking decks ... shapes and forms, light and shadow play, mood and atmosphere. Some images are minimalist; others representational; still others abstract. To see more in the series click Parking Deck Series

Flatiron Building, Manhattan

Yosemite National Park, California

December 2016

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This is one image in a series I'm shooting on parking decks ... shapes and forms, light and shadow play, mood and atmosphere. Some images are minimalist; others representational; still others abstract. To see more in the series click Parking Deck Series

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At the back of the NGV (National Gallery of Victoria) is a relatively small sculpture park with water features, grassy areas and this colourful columnar structure with a large blocky semi human dark figure in the centre. The coloumns are various shades of bright colours and some have leaf motifs. At Crown Casino, a short walk away are some white marble like columns reflecting on the floor. So for Montage Mosaic Monday here are the various columns found on a wander around the Melbourne CBD. Using my Lensbaby Sweet 50 to give that dreamy look.

Thanks to Carol for this description of the artists: 'The Temple of Boom' by Adam Newman and Kelvin Tsang

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Grollo Equiset Garden, NGV International

And "At its center sits Henry Moore’s 1958 bronze statue of a seated woman, welcoming curious passersby to explore and soak in the colorful backdrop" - www.designboom.com/architecture/temple-of-boom-installati...

Within the Kuneevsky forest area in Togliatti

Dumfirmline Abbey and palace

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Berlin Victory Column

From my archives, taken in Nov 2013 during visit to Berlin. I captured this image in a wet evening.

Berlin Victory Column is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack, after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873.

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Camera Canon 5D Mark III .

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Aperture f/11

Focal Length 28 mm

ISO Speed 200

September 29, 2016, Venice, IT