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Beside the Auto Museum and the Automotive Exhibition Center is the Shanghai Auto-Expo Park (上海汽车博览公园).
Inside this park are several spots designed in a way as the Chinese believe an English, Japanese, French or Italian garden would look like.
This is the "Italian Garden" (意大利园).
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The temple of Portunus, which has also been called Temple of Fortuna Virilis - but the dedication to the harbour-god Portunus is now the generally favoured one. This is one of the best preserved Roman temples there is. The building that still stands dates to around 80-70 B.C. - replacing an older temple on the same spot. The temple survived because it was converted to a church (St. Mary - in around 872) and in the 16th century it was given to an order of Armenian monks who kept it in reasonable good shape.
Not to spoil the magic of how I do my photos, but this is my avi shot three different times. It took me all day, but mostly because Second life was acting up and my inventory disappeared for a couple hours...
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Un altra inquadratura "classica" dalla linea del Ponente ligure per questo Intercity Milano-Ventimiglia affidato all'immancabile E444 ed ad una delle nuove composizioni "degradate" frecciabianca. (3/5/16)
"I always thought that there is little merit in virtue and very little fault in error." "Also because I still have not understood what exactly the virtue and what exactly is the error. "
"Why just move the latitude and see how the values become disvalues and vice versa"
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Spanish steps (Edited)
Its Italian name is “Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti” and composed of 12 ramps and 135 travertine steps, it is considered the widest and longest staircase of Europe, welcoming millions of tourists and Romans who visit at all times of the day.
The ‘Spanish steps’ in Rome, built in Rococo style between 1723 and 1726, are the steps that lead from the Piazza di Spagna square to the French monastery church Trinita dei Monti (built between 1502–1587). There are 135 steps and three different terraces, referring to the Holy Trinity (the Trinità). The top of the stairs near the Egyptian obelisk offers a beautiful view, albeit one shared with throngs of other tourists. The name can be a bit confusing, as the construction of the steps was actually commissioned by the French (Louis XII). In the 17th century, the Spanish embassy was located on the square – ‘Piazza di Spagna’ – at the base of the stairs, hence the name ‘Spanish Steps’. The official name is therefore not Spanish steps, but Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti.
"Traveling is the ruin of all happiness! There's no looking at a building after seeing Italy." --Fanny Burney
It was a glorious early morning at lake Braies in Italy. The sun started to rise giving the mountain ridge a golden glow. The lake is completely still appearing almost like a mirror offering the perfect reflection.
È collocata sulla sommità del paese, laddove sorgeva l'antica Acropoli, la chiesa di San Pietro, la più antica di Segni, venne costruita sui resti di un antico tempio romano dedicato alla dea Giunone Moneta. Parte delle celle laterali dell'antico edificio vennero riutilizzate per innalzare il campanile