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The cabinet was originally decorated between 1740 and 1745 and is one of the most precious interiors originating under Friedrich Karl von Schönbrun. Almost the entire wall surface is glazed and a colourful fantasy world of figures, animals, plants and ornamentation was created using a reverse glass painting technique by Johann Thalhofer, Anton Joseph Högler, Georg Anton Urlaub and his father Georg Sebastian and brother Georg Christian (reconstructed by Wolfgang Lenz). Individual mirror panels are inserted into the ceiling and blend in with the colourful and elaborate stucco decoration of Antonio Bossi from 1741.
Bases for the massive unfinished columns attributed to Ramses II underlying the smaller shallower column bases of Piye's columns. Piye completed Ramses II's planned hypostyle hall.
The original Kannondo was built in 951, but lost to fire during the Onin War. This reconstruction from the 17th century has a hip-and-gable roof covered in tiles and is rather tall for an early Edo period building.
December 28, 2018 - On the ascent to see one of the architectural highlights of Petra - Ad-Deir (Monastery).
Between the Mausoleum and an open-air pavilion is a mosque, with the requisite fountains. The brass details and tile work were lovely.
The second stop on our tour of Rabat, Morocco, was the complex of the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the 12th century Hassan Tower. Construction of the Hassan Tower stopped with the commissioning caliph died, and all that stands is the minaret and some traces of the walls. The modern columns mark the area that the mosque would have filled, and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V occupies the other end of the space.
Riomaggiore (Rimazùu in the local Ligurian language) is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets when traveling north from La Spezia.
The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and its wine, produced by the town's vineyards. Riomaggiore is in the Riviera di Levante region and has shoreline on the Mediterranean's Gulf of Genoa, with a small beach and a wharf framed by tower houses. Riomaggiore's main street is Via Colombo and numerous restaurants, bars & shops can be found on this street.
The Via dell'Amore is a path connecting Riomaggiore to its frazione Manarola, also part of the Cinque Terre.
Riomaggiore is the most southern village of the five Cinque Terre, all connected by trail. The water and mountainside have been declared national parks.
Between the Mausoleum and an open-air pavilion is a mosque, with the requisite fountains. The brass details and tile work were lovely.
The second stop on our tour of Rabat, Morocco, was the complex of the modern Mausoleum of Mohammed V and the 12th century Hassan Tower. Construction of the Hassan Tower stopped with the commissioning caliph died, and all that stands is the minaret and some traces of the walls. The modern columns mark the area that the mosque would have filled, and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V occupies the other end of the space.
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire was built in the 18th century & currently the home of the 12th Duke of Marlborough and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Between 1764 & 1774 the famous landscape architect "Capability" Brown re-landscaped the 2000 acres.
Sir Winston Churchill was born here on the 30 November 1874.
A series of photos showing the house & some of the beautiful things to see within.
National Register #66000058
This was one of 21 finalists in the "New Seven Wonders" contest in 2006-7
Riomaggiore (Rimazùu in the local Ligurian language) is a village and comune in the province of La Spezia, situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy. It is the first of the Cinque Terre one meets when traveling north from La Spezia.
The village, dating from the early thirteenth century, is known for its historic character and its wine, produced by the town's vineyards. Riomaggiore is in the Riviera di Levante region and has shoreline on the Mediterranean's Gulf of Genoa, with a small beach and a wharf framed by tower houses. Riomaggiore's main street is Via Colombo and numerous restaurants, bars & shops can be found on this street.
The Via dell'Amore is a path connecting Riomaggiore to its frazione Manarola, also part of the Cinque Terre.
Riomaggiore is the most southern village of the five Cinque Terre, all connected by trail. The water and mountainside have been declared national parks.
Enjoy cruising Halong Bay on Emeraude Classic Cruise, a classy replica of a paddle steamer. Halong Bay has been hailed as a must visit corner of Vietnam, also been recognized from UNESCO as world heritage site. www.emeraude-cruises.com
State decrees were proclaimed to the citizens of Ragusa from Orlando's Column which is the pillar in the center of the photo. Also appearing in this picture are the belltower and St. Blaise's Church.
Pyramid 21 (Teriteqas: 116-99 BCE) on the left, and pyramid 22 (Natakamani: 0-25 CE). On several monuments Natakamani appears together with co-regent Queen Amanitore. The relationship between the two is not clear: she might have been his wife, or his mother, who served as his regent while he was still young.
The garden is meant to be viewed from a seated position on the veranda of the hōjō, the residence of the abbott of the monastery.
Pyramid 6 (Queen Amanishakhete: 24-23 BCE ): An influential queen and kandake of the kingdom of Meroe who negotiated peace with the Roman Empire after an ill-conceived raid into Egypt brought a Roman punitive expedition upon Meroe.
in *Canon PowerShot SX230 HS Digital Camera using Vivid Effect Mode*
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This theatre was the largest in Anatolia with a capacity for 25,000 people. The amphitheater had sixty six rows of seats, divided by two diazoma (walkway between seats) into three horizontal sections. The theatre was used not only for concerts and plays, but also for religious, political and philosophical discussions and for gladiator and animal fights.
Dubovnik's walls gird the city in a stone belt over a mile long. They were so sturdy the fortifications survived the 1667 earthquake that largely flattened the city. [From www.geographica.hr/site/public/download/project_city_wall...]
I traveled to India for the first time to present a keynote at the 3rd Global Conference on Emerging Trends for Business Librarianship, November 21-22, 2017 at the Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad, India. We did some sightseeing on our last day in India and visited the amazing Rani ki vav stepwell near Patan, north of Ahmedabad. I am so very glad that I made it here. From the Wikipedia page, "Rani ki vav, or Ran-ki vav (Queen’s step well) was constructed during the rule of the Chaulukya dynasty. It is generally assumed that it was built in the memory of Bhima I (r. c. 1022–1064) by his widowed queen Udayamati and probably completed by Udayamati and Karna after his death. A reference to Udayamati building the monument is in Prabandha Chintamani, composed by the Jain monk Merunga Suri in 1304 AD." The term vav is Gujarati for stepwell. Pictures from Thursday November 23, 2017.
Enjoy cruising Halong Bay on Emeraude Classic Cruise, a classy replica of a paddle steamer. Halong Bay has been hailed as a must visit corner of Vietnam, also been recognized from UNESCO as world heritage site. www.emeraude-cruises.com