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Nieuwe Kerk 02/04/2025 15h24
The Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) on Dam Square was undergoing major renovations, and to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city of Amsterdam, an observation deck was built so visitors could enjoy the view over Dam Square and the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, but especially over the city of Amsterdam.
Photos taken from the roof of Amsterdam at the Nieuwe Kerk
Amsterdam looking East from "the roof of the city" with the national monument on the Dam and Zuiderkerk.
Tour Eiffel 05/09/2021 19h38
The best view point of Paris is of course the Tour Eiffel. Looking in the Southwestern direction here overlooking the neighbourhood of Grenelle (15ème arrondissement).
Tour Eiffel
Tour Eiffel, is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
Constructed from 1887–89 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it was initially criticized by some of France's leading artists and intellectuals for its design, but it has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world.
The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.
The tower is 324 metres tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. Due to the addition of a broadcasting aerial at the top of the tower in 1957, it is now taller than the Chrysler Building by 5.2 metres. Excluding transmitters, the Eiffel Tower is the second-tallest structure in France after the Millau Viaduct.
The tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second levels. The top level's upper platform is 276 m above the ground – the highest observation deck accessible to the public in the European Union. Tickets can be purchased to ascend by stairs or lift (elevator) to the first and second levels. The climb from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the climb from the first level to the second. Although there is a staircase to the top level, it is usually only accessible by lift.
[ Source and more Info: Wikipedia - Tour Eiffel ]
Barrage de Bubal depuis le belvédère de Hoz de Jaca, Vallée de Tena, Huesca, Aragon, Pyrénées espagnoles, Espagne.
Embalse de Bubal, desde el mirador de Hoz de Jaca, Valle de Tena, Huesca, Aragon, Pirineos, España.
Au fond, l'ile de La Graciosa - In the background, the island of La Graciosa
Mirador de Guinate - Lanzarote - Iles Canaries - Espagne - Spain - Canary islands
© Pascal Rouen. All rights reserved
Please don't use this shot on websites, blogs or other media.
Terrasse du Palais 18/06/2025 13h38
Viewpoint of Monaco from the square in front of Palais Princier.
Monaco
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate in Western Europe. Situated on the French Riviera, it is a semi-enclave bordered by France to the north, east, and west, with the Mediterranean Sea to the south; the Italian region of Liguria is about 15 km east. With a population of 38,423 living in an area of 2.08 km2, Monaco is the second smallest sovereign state in the world, after Vatican City, as well as the most densely populated. It also has the world's shortest national coastline of any non-landlocked nation, at 3.83 km. Fewer than 10,000 of its residents are Monégasque nationals. Although French is the official language of Monaco, Italian and Monégasque are also widely spoken and understood.
Marinid Tombs 27/06/2022 18h23
View from the Meinid Tombs looking in the Southeastern direction. On the foreground Cimetière Bab Guissa ( مقبرة باب عجيسة)
Marinid Tombs
The Marinid Tombs or Merenid Tombs are a set of ruined monumental tombs on a hill above and north of Fes al-Bali, the old city of Fez, Morocco. They were originally a royal necropolis for the Marinid dynasty which ruled over Morocco in the 13th to 15th centuries. Today, they are a popular lookout point over the historic city.
There is sparse information available on the site and its history. However, the ruined tombs are attributed to the 14th century, during the Marinid dynasty (13th–15th centuries), hence their name.
The Marinids conquered Fez in 1250 (CE) and turned it into their capital, eventually cementing this status by building a new fortified palace-city, Fes el-Jdid, in 1276 alongside the existing old city (Fes el-Bali). Before the foundation of Fes el-Jdid, however, the Marinids established a fortified palace on the hill to the north of Fes el-Bali known as al-Qula (today also known as the "Hill of the Marinids").
The hillsides around the tombs (mostly to the north and east) are still occupied by the sprawling Bab Guissa Cemetery (named after the nearby city gate, Bab Guissa), though the graves visible today are likely much more recent. Today the site is well-known as a lookout with panoramic views over the old city of Fez, popular at sunset, and often mentioned in guidebooks and tourist literature. In addition to the views, it is also a notable place to hear the call to prayer (adhan) broadcasting simultaneously from all the mosques in the old city.
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Album "Jour de marché à Lannion"
Lannion, Côtes d'Armor,
Bretagne, France
Nikon F801S
50mm 1,8 AFD
FP4+
Scan Epson V370
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 02/04/2025 15h09
The Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) on Dam Square was undergoing major renovations, and to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the city of Amsterdam, an observation deck was built so visitors could enjoy the view over Dam Square and the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, but especially over the city of Amsterdam.
Photos taken from the roof of Amsterdam at the Nieuwe Kerk
Die Port van Cleve hotel. Hotel Die Port van Cleve is a historical 4-star hotel on the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal in Amsterdam. The hotel is situated in the centre of Amsterdam, immediately north of the Magna Plaza shopping centre, and west of the Royal Palace on the Dam Square.
The hotel offers 122 rooms, 1 meeting rooms The Brewery Club, restaurant Hulscher's renowned for the numbered steaks and authentic Bar-Bodega 'De Blauwe Parade' with a unique Delft Blue tile fresco from 1887.
[ Wikipedia | Die Port van Cleve ]
Nieuwezijds Voorbrgwal
The Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal is a street in the centre of Amsterdam. The street runs more or less north-south, and the Raadhuisstraat runs west. The street name means 'New Side Front Bastion Wall'. In the 14th century, the city of Amsterdam was equally divided in two parts, each at one side of the River Amstel. To defend the city against intruders, a canal with a bastion wall (burgwal) was built. The burgwal protecting the oldest of the two sides was called the Old Side Bastion Wall. The bastion wall at the new side was called the New Side Bastion Wall. When in 1385 a new bastion wall was built with a canal – behind the old bastion walls – those were now called New Side Behind Bastion Wall and Old Side Behind Bastion Wall. The original bastion walls were then renamed as New Side Front Bastion Wall and Old Side Front Bastion Wall. In Dutch, these names are often written as one word, hence the extraordinarily long names for these four canal streets: Nieuwezijdsachterburgwal, Nieuwezijdsvoorburgwal, Oudezijdsvoorburgwal and Oudezijdsachterburgwal. When the canals of the bastion walls at the new side were filled in, the Nieuwezijdsachterburgwal was renamed as Spuistraat. Nieuwezijdsvoorburgwal kept its name.
The Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal contains a number of famous buildings, including the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, the Nieuwe Kerk, the Amsterdams Historisch Museum and the former main post office which is now the Magna Plaza. Dutch psychiatrist Tina Strobos, who rescued over 100 Jewish refugees from the Holocaust during World War II, lived with her family at 282 Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. To the east is a series of small alleys.
Vu sur les toîts de la basilique de Montmartre, Paris, Janvier 2009, Canon EOS 350D
Even pigeons love Paris!
Pincio, Rome (ITALIE)
objectif/lense : Tamron SP AF 17-50 mm f/2.8 XR Di
post-traitement : Adobe Lightroom 5.7
Quartier de Chaillot 05/09/2021 19h04
The quartier de Chaillot as seen from the top floor of the Tour Eiffel. Palais de Chaillot is partly visible at the left (under) and also Avenue Kléber for the ones who know Paris.
Quartier de Chaillot
The Chaillot district is the 64th administrative district in Paris. Located in the 16th arrondissement on the hill of Chaillot, it originates from a village of the same name located rue de Chaillot but whose parish territory, twice the size of the current district, covered, in addition to the 16th north of the street. des Carrières de Passy and to the east of rue Léonard de Vinci, the south of the 8th district, called from the faubourg de la Conférence, that is to say from the current Place de l'Étoile all the edges of the Seine to the east of a Bois de Boulogne formerly more extensive between the cemetery of Passy included as far as La Concorde.
First village west of Paris responding in the extension of the decumanus to the oriental Charonne, it was in the sixteenth century that Chaillot opened up with the construction of a castle for Queen Catherine de Medici, other large residences then religious establishments, in particular the convent of Chaillot. In 1659, it officially became a suburb of the capital. Split in 1785 by the wall of the Farmers General, its populated part integrates the 1st arrondissement. Under the First Empire, a project for the King of Rome's palace on the hill was aborted but was followed by several architectural sketches (monumental statues, housing estates, etc.). A district of Chaillot was formed in 1860 within the new 16th arrondissement. The Trocadero Palace was built there for the Universal Exhibition of 1878, around which many residential buildings were built. The palace gives way to the Palais de Chaillot in 1935 for the 1937 Specialized Exhibition.
Population: 21,000 (approx 2016)
Area: 142,4 ha = 1,424 km2
Density: 14 666 hab./km2
[ Wikipedia - Quartier de Chaillot (français) ]
Forêt de Fontainebleau en Île-de-France (Seine-et-Marne). Point de vue depuis la Platière du massif de la Dame Jouanne (Larchant).
Empire State Building 02/05/2015 10h59
Looking South from the observation deck of the Empire State Building. In the background Lower Manhattan with the One World Trade Center and Financial District. Neighbourhoods like Chelsea (right), Greenwhich Village, SoHo, East Village, Lower East Side (left) and Flatiron District are all in this picture. On the foreground Madison Square Park with the Flatiron Building.
Upper right: Jersey City.
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets. It has a roof height of 380 m, and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 443 m high. Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world), until One World Trade Center reached a greater height on April 30, 2012. he Empire State Building is currently the fourth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the One World Trade Center, the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 25th-tallest in the world (the tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.
FACTS & FIGURES
« Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970 »
Preceded by: Chrysler Building
Surpassed by: World Trade Center (Twin Towers)
Architectural style: Art Deco
Location: 350 Fifth Avenue - Manhattan, New York 10118
Construction started: March 17, 1930
Completed: April 11, 1931
Floor count: 103
Height:
Architectural: 381.0 m
Tip: 443.2 m
Roof: 381.0 m
Top Floor and observatory: 373.1 m
Length (east-west): 129.2 m
Width (north-south): 57 m
Lifts/elevators: 73
Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Empire State Building ]
(Fr) Ma première du genre, mais j'espère que ce ne sera pas la dernière.
D'avance merci pour votre passage et eventuellement du commentaire laissé.
(En) My first of its kind, but I hope it will not be the last.
In advance thank you for yourvisiting and eventually for the comment that you'll left.
My first time in Africa, my first time in Morocco, my first time in Fès and my first time with Mehdi...
Location: Marinid Tombs view point overlooking the old medina of Fès.
Coördinates: Click on the link to see the exact location where this photo is taken:
Reason: A week holiday in and around the city of Fès, Morocco.
Fès: Fez or Fes (Arabic: فاس, romanized: fās, Berber languages: ⴼⴰⵙ, romanized: fas, French: Fès) is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fès-Meknès administrative region. It is the second largest city in Morocco, with a population of 1.11 million according to the 2014 census.
Fez was founded under Idrisid rule during the 8th-9th centuries CE. It initially consisted of two autonomous and competing settlements. Successive waves of mainly Arab immigrants from Ifriqiya (Tunisia) and al-Andalus (Spain/Portugal) in the early 9th century gave the nascent city its Arab character. After the downfall of the Idrisid dynasty, other empires came and went until the 11th century when the Almoravid Sultan Yusuf ibn Tashfin united the two settlements into what is today's Fes el-Bali quarter. Under Almoravid rule, the city gained a reputation for religious scholarship and mercantile activity.
Today, the city consists of two old medina quarters, Fes el-Bali and Fes Jdid, and the much larger modern urban Ville Nouvelle area founded during the French colonial era. The medina of Fez is listed as a World Heritage Site and is believed to be one of the world's largest urban pedestrian zones (car-free areas). It has the University of Al-Qarawiyyin which was founded in 857 and is considered by some to be the oldest continuously functioning institute of higher education in the world. It also has Chouara Tannery from the 11th century, one of the oldest tanneries in the world. The city has been called the "Mecca of the West" and the "Athens of Africa." It is also considered the spiritual and cultural capital of Morocco.
More information: Wikipedia - Fès
Guest Star: Mehdi Zoubaa
Weather: Sunny, 28° C
To Listen ♫: Nancy Ajram - Moshtaa Leik | نانسي عجرم - مشتاقة ليك (Youtube)
Self-portrait technics: Joby portable gorillapod placed on my crossbag on the slope of a hill.
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Study of the day:
[...] chaque "moi" est un "point de vue" sur le monde, chaque "moi" exprime le "monde entier" de son propre "point de vue" ; au sens où le "monde entier" n’existe pas hors des "points de vue" qui l’expriment. La "ville" n’existe pas hors de l’ensemble des "points de vue" sur la "ville". C’est une belle idée, . . la ville c’est ça, c’est l’ensemble des points de vue sur la ville. [...] Chaque "moi" contient (enveloppe) la totalité du "monde" . . [...] . . pour chacun de ces "moi", Leibniz qui ne se satisfait pas du petit ilot subjectif de la res cogitans de Descartes, crée un concept pour désigner "chaque moi" qui pense la totalité du monde possible. Leibniz l'appelle la "monade". Chaque "monade" exprime (enveloppe) la totalité du monde.
Each "self" is a "point of view" on the world, each "self" expresses the "world" from his own "point of view", in the sense that the "world" doen't exist out of the "points of view" that give it an expression. The "city" doesn't exist outside of all "points of view" on the city. It is a beautiful idea . . the city is all the "points of view" on the city. [...] Every "self" contains (wraps) the entire "World". . [...]. . For each of these "self", Leibniz who don't meet the too small subjective island of the res cogitans of Descartes, creates a concept to designate "each self" who thinks the entire possible world. Leibniz called him the "monad". Each "monad" expresses (wraps) the entire world.
( Gilles Deleuze - Cinéma - cours 41 du 17/05/1983 à PARIS 8 )
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View of the Engadin lakes from the upper station of the Corviglia railway above St. Moritz, Engadin, canton of Graubunden, Switzerland.
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Shot with Zeiss Ikon rangefinder & Carl Zeiss Biogon 35mm f/2 @ f/8, 1/250sec on Kodak Ektar ISO-100 film.
Explored 10/07/2014
Colline de Saint-Germain-de-Montaigu, près d'Alès, point de vue depuis le sommet (360 mètres), massif du Montcalm et le Mont Lozère au dernier plan
Tour Eiffel 05/09/2021 19h22
"Donne moi ton plus beau sourire..."
ParisPeople (more candid and non-candid street shots of people made in Paris)
Panoramique à partir de 19 clichés assemblés depuis le Calvaire sur les hauteurs de Bomal sur Ourthe (Durbuy - BE)
Reste de l'album sur www.facebook.com/mustefbalades
Vyhlídka na Letné 19/02/2026 10h54
Vyhlídka na Letné is a famous viewpoint in the Letná Park (Letenská pláň). The view over both the old and new city is fantastic. Best moment is in the morning. With some backlight but it is still quiet at this point.
The Letná Lookout, often associated with the metronome (Time Machine), offers one of the most beautiful panoramic views of the historic center of Prague, the Vltava River and its bridges. This iconic spot, located on the site of the former Stalin monument.
Prague
Prague (Czech: Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated on the Vltava river (Moldau), Prague is home to about 1.4 million people.
Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of Central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era.
Population: 1,384,700 (2024)
Elevation: 172 - 399 meters
Area: 496.21 km2
My second time on this spot after a climb of more than 530 meters...
Location: Chapelle Saint-Michel, Bourg-Saint-Maurice. Alt 1343 m
Coordinates: Click on the link to see the exact location where this photo is taken:
Reason: It was almost 9 years ago I climbed up this mountain to enjoy the view over Bourg-Saint-Maurice from aside this little chapel Chapelle Saint-Michèl
Previous visit: 2014 - 10/52 Chapelle Saint-Michel (08/03/2014)
View from Below: Chapelle Saint-Michel (February 2014)
Hike Facts: Started from hotel Angival at 9h05 and arrived at Chapelle Saint-Michel at 10h25 (1h25). Temperature when started -2° C and at arrival it as 4° C. Stayed in total 43 minutes to enjoy the view, had a drink, a stroopwafel and videocalled with my beloved one. Started my descent at 11h08 and arrived in the village at 12h15 (1h07). Distance is 2.6 kilometers and height difference 533 meters.
Weather: Sunny, +4° (maximum today was 9° C)
To Listen ♫: Nipika - Take my hand (Youtube)
Self-portrait technics: Joby portable gorillapod on my cross-over back and placed on the concrete foot of the giant cross in front of the chappel.
Rue de la Bonne 11/02/2026 08h58
The girl could enjoy the view on this bench overlooking the Rue de la Bonne if she would leave her cellphone alone for a moment.
Rue de la Bonne
Rue de la Bonne is a street in the 18ème arrondissement of Paris in the quartier Clignancourt. The street has a length of 170 meters and a width of 12 meters, starts at 30, rue du Chevalier-de-La-Barre and ends at 7, rue Becquerel et 23, rue Lamarck. In its upper part, it is bordered on one side by the square Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet and, on the other side, by a long and high blind wall behind which is the Carmel of Montmartre. Like many lanes of the Montmartre hill, this street, which has a steep drop, is partly in stairs.
Its name originates from the presence of an old fountain called the « Bonne Eau », la « Bonne Fontaine » or the « Bonne Fée », which would be located nowadays at the top of the street, at the corner of the street Saint Vincent. This fountain, fed by runoff water, disappeared around 1850.
This route is included in the site of Vieux Montmartre.
Pic 1 - 24hours in Iceland
I was sitting in the plane from Washington DC, thinking that I will have to run to catch my connexion in Reykjavik. Just before to land I received a text from @icelandair telling me that I will have to wait 24h in Iceland before the next flight for Paris. Indeed I missed my connexion. I saw the plane for Paris, the one I was supposed to take, take off in front of me ... I think I was the only one to be so happy and excited to miss my flight and get "stucked" in Iceland for 24 hours. Gosh a free stopover !!!! 😍😎😋 So thanks a lot icelandair and icelandairhotels I spent a dream day over there !
Paraplíčko 18/02/2026 12h02
A nice viewpoint with the center of Český Krumlov with it's caste in the distance. Located along the tř. Míru (name of the road).
Český Krumlov
Ceský Krumlov (in German Krumau) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 13,000 inhabitants. It is known as a tourist centre, which is among the most visited places in the country. The historic centre with the Český Krumlov Castle complex is protected by law as an urban monument reservation, and since 1992, it has been a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site because of its well-preserved Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture.
Krumlov has its origin in Middle High German Krumme Aue, which can be translated as crooked meadow, after a bend of the Vltava River. The adjective Český ('Bohemian', German: Böhmisch) was added in the 15th century to differentiate it from the town of Moravský Krumlov in south Moravia.
Český Krumlov is located on the České Budějovice–Černý Kříž railway [cs] and as of 2026 it is served by the intraregional line Prague–Český Krumlov and regional line České Budějovice–Nové Údolí. The town is served by two railway stations: Český Krumlov and Domoradice.
FR : Sur la frontière Américo-Canadienne se trouvent de magnifiques sentiers de randonnées, comme la montagne de Marbres entre l’Estrie et le Maine. Elle offre une vue impressionnante sur les montagnes environnantes de ces deux pays. AN : Beautiful hiking trails can be found along the U.S.-Canada border, such as Marble Mountain, located between the Eastern Townships and Maine. It offers an impressive view of the surrounding mountains in both countries.