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Some travel magazine (National Geograpic Traveler?) listed this as the #1 NPS lodge. Haven't been to them all, but of what I've seen, I'd agree. Photo by Walter Reed
National Register #77000149
American Institute of Architects #26
A series of waterfalls in the forest, in Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia.
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Night view of Naples, the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, with Vesuvius volcano on the horizon.
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Sasivekalu Ganesha Temple, a giant monolithic statue of Lord Ganesha, is one of the popular attractions in Hampi. The statue is 2.4 metres (8 feet) tall.
According to the Hindu mythology, Lord Ganesha is a deity who loves food very much. It is said that once Ganesha had eaten so much food that his tummy was on the verge of bursting out. Finding no other option to save his tummy, Ganesha caught hold of a snake and tied it around his tummy as a belt to prevent it from bursting. The statue of Sasivekalu Ganesha has a snake tied around the tummy in reference to this mythological incident. (zoom to see in the picture)
Origin of the name ‘Sasivekalu Ganesha’
The stomach or pot belly of the deity resembles the shape of a mustard seed. Mustard seed is known as Sasivekalu in the local language of the land. Thus, the statue has been named as Sasivekalu Ganesha.
A series of waterfalls by the lakes, in Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia.
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December 28, 2018 - Sights along the way on the Ad-Deir Trail after visiting the Ad-Deir (Monastery) in Petra, Jordan.
La porta di andata senza ritorno / The door to going without return
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Maison des Esclaves - Casa degli schiavi - House of Slaves
Negli anni della schiavitù 26 milioni di persone furono rapite dai villaggi dell'Africa per essere deportate verso le Americhe e vendute come schiavi. 6 milioni non arrivarono mai, uccise dagli stenti sulle navi negriere, dalle malattie, dalle percosse o sbranate dagli squali nei tentatativi di fuga. Erano giovani donne e giovani uomini, bambini e bambine. Oltre che delle sue risorse naturali l'Africa fu così depredata anche della sua Forza-Lavoro, della sua Giovinezza, del suo Futuro.
Nessuno ha mai pagato per il primo e più massivo Crimine contro l'Umanità.
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L'ultimo Paese ad abolire la schiavitù fu la Mauritania, nel 1980. Tuttavia la globalizzazione dei mercati ha generato nuove, meno visibili, forme di schiavitù
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A turquoise colored pool seen along the trail surrounding the Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Three Peaks of Lavaredo), part of the Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in South Tyrol, northern Italy.
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Duke Carl´s pavilion, built in the 1780s. Is located in front of the Theatre.
Now a museum, it focuses on 18th-century theatre, with decoration, sketches, paintings, scenery models and costumes.
AbeBooks.com: The Drottningholm Theatre Museum Duke Carl's Pavillion
The contrasting scales of Antwerp’s cathedral towers are emphasised in this view. When cathedral was consecrated in 1521, construction was still under way. But a combination of unfortunate events (fire, civil strife, funding shortfalls, et al) prevented the architects’ intentions from being fulfilled, and attempts to complete the right-hand tower to match the already completed tower at the left were abandoned.
October 1993
Rollei 35 camera
Kodak Ektachrome 100 film.
Drottningholm Palace is Sweden's best preserved royal palace constructed in the seventeenth century, the permanent residence of the royal family and one of Stockholm's three World Heritage Sites.
The palace was constructed according to a French prototype by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, by commission of Queen Hedvig Eleonora.
www.visitstockholm.com/en/To-Do/Attractions/drottningholm...
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Even Senegal is suffering because human's wrongs. In fact Atlantic Ocean is eating his coast , one among many consequences of the climate change [highter sea level]
News!!!! Since 29/06/2011 the Salum's delta is UNESCO World Heritage Site !!!
Inseriti nei siti patrimonio dell'umanità il delta del fiume Salum e le tracce di due millenni di presenza umana della zona. Qui tra gli intricati canali di acqua salmastra formati da tre fiumi sono racchiuse 200 isole, foreste di mangrovie a perdita d'occhio e 218 tumuli sepolcrali
Over four Ionic colums is a frieze depicting the Battle of Plataea, the victory of the Greeks over the Persians in 479 BC. The Athena Nike statue's absence of wings led to the story it was deprived of wings so their patroness could never leave the city.
If you are interested in additional images from the Acropolis, some can be found in my album at www.flickr.com/photos/36791099@N08/sets/72157628141776535.
If you are interested in additional images of Athens, some can be found in my album at www.flickr.com/photos/36791099@N08/sets/72157628141789851.
It was day 4 of the rifugio to rifugio hike in the Dolomites. I ducked and crawled through a rocky tunnel high up in the heart of the rocky mountains. Through the small openings, I could garner glimpses of craggy peaks reaching for the clouds, and of forested valleys reaching down to lush green meadows.
I pressed on. I had been promised a vista of epic proportions as I neared the location of the famed Rifugio Lagazuoi. I had learnt about a number of tunnels that were dug through the Dolomites during the peak of World War I as the Italians fought the Austrians in rather difficult terrain. These tunnels, and other structures, kept changing as the line of battle shifted through the war. But now, during times of peace, these edifices were places to study the history, and to admire the beauty of the harsh terrain all around.
Eventually, the views opened up. One such window provided a grand view of the tumultuous landscape all around: ridges of endless peaks reaching for the sky, rockfalls and avalanches pockmarking the landscape criss-crossed by innumerable trails switch-backing to the high mountain passes, and puffy white clouds making their way across and over the spine of the continent
Lagazuoi
Cortina Italy
Trullo houses in the town of Alberobello, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia region, southern Italy. A trullo (plural, trulli) is a traditional Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof.
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Peterhof Palace Gardens.
Peterhof (Петерго́ф) - St Petersburg - Russia
Video "Peterhof Palace": youtu.be/5D-tFILfHqU
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Red poppy flowers blooming in the wild, in Pamukkale, an UNESCO World Heritage Site in Denizli province, Aegean region of Turkey.
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The white building below the Campanile is the Zecca (Mint) flanked by the shorter Library of St Mark's, both by Sansovino and built in the 1500s. Palladio called the library "the most magnificent and ornate structure built since ancient times."
Drottningholm Palace is Sweden's best preserved royal palace constructed in the seventeenth century, the permanent residence of the royal family and one of Stockholm's three World Heritage Sites.
The palace was constructed according to a French prototype by the architect Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, by commission of Queen Hedvig Eleonora.
www.visitstockholm.com/en/To-Do/Attractions/drottningholm...
High angle view of the boardwalk between the lakes Gavanovac and Kaluđerovac, in Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia.
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High angle view of the boardwalk between the lakes Gavanovac and Kaluđerovac, in Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia.
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Aerial view of Šibenik, one of the oldest Croatian towns on the eastern shores of the Adriatic, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.
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Tourist walking by the shore of Lake Braies (Italian: Lago di Braies), situated at the foot of Seekofel (2,810m), part of the Prague Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in South Tyrol, northern Italy.
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Aerial view of St. James Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site built entirely from stone, in Šibenik, one of the oldest Croatian towns on the eastern shores of the Adriatic, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.
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Wiki: "The Battle of Edessa took place between the armies of the Roman Empire under the command of Emperor Valerian and the Sasanian Empire under Shahanshah (King of the Kings) Shapur I, which took place in Edessa (now the Turkish city of Urfa) in 260. The Roman army was defeated and captured in its entirety by the Sasanian forces; for the first time, a Roman emperor was taken prisoner. As such, the battle is generally viewed as one of the worst disasters in military history. This 3rd-century Sasanian rock-face relief, located at the ancient necropolis of Naqsh-e Rostam in modern-day Iran, depicts Shapur's triumph over Valerian in the battle."
Aerial view of Naples, the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, located by the coast of Tyrrhenian Sea.
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The Igreja dos Carmelitas (left) was constructed between 1616 and 1628 in a Baroque style. It is joined with the Igreja do Carmo.
#CST all lit up for #Diwali
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A Tibetan pilgrim is silhouetted against a white stupa with a glittering golden spire as he passes by the shrine at Swayambhunath - an ancient and sacred Buddhist pilgrimage site situated on top of a hill outside Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal (now the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal).
The ubiquitous eyes of Buddha oversee the Kathmandu Valley from all four sides of the shrine. Hindus also worship here along with Vajrayana Buddhists from northern Nepal and Tibet and Newari Buddhists from central and southern Nepal.
Noritsu Koki slide scan, shot in the winter of 1973 with an Asahi Pentax SP Spotmatic (SMC Pentax Zoom 45~125mm f/4).
“The mountains were his masters. They rimmed in life. They were the cup of reality, beyond growth, beyond struggle and death. They were his absolute unity in the midst of eternal change.”
― Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel
UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northeastern Italy
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Believed to be the longest herbaceous borders in the country – and possibly in the world – our Great Broad Walk Borders stretch out in a rainbow of colour.
At more than 320 metres, the borders offer an adventure for the senses – with fresh fragrances, dazzling flower beds and feathery grasses in a joyful display that evolves with the seasons.
Originally designed as an impressive promenade to the Palm House, the borders were replanted in 2016. Arranged in themes across eight large circular beds, they showcase a spectacular range of plant families – ideal inspiration for your own garden.
The Panama registered 92,400 GRT cruise vessel MSC Musica at anchor in Geiranger during her Norwegian fjord cruise.
HUANGSHAN, Anhui province, China — Silhouette of Huangshan pine trees up the Yellow Mountain slopes against a beautifully colored sunrise sky.
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