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The Taj Mahal departs from the traditional red sandstone used in Mughal architecture. Instead white marble inlaid with semi-prescious stones was used.
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Found in Parque Central in Antigua, Guatemala – built in 1738.
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A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a nearly continuous spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth’s atmosphere. Here Liverpool’s Waterfront has just been cleared by a storm.
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The Royal Liver Building is one of the city of Liverpool’s most recognisable landmarks. It stands at 90 metres (295 feet) and has 13 floors. Since its completion in 1911, it has overlooked the River Mersey from its waterfront location on the Pier Head, and forms one of the ‘three graces’. Local folklore has it that should the birds ever leave the City of Liverpool (UK) then the city will no longer exist.
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In the time of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, the pyramids at Giza were already ancient. They included them on the list of wonders or must see attractions of the world. The modern list was recorded in the middle ages, but we know the pyramids were on that list, and it appears every other sight listed has been lost since. One looks on these ancient wonders and understand why they have so long been regarded as a treasure. This is the second pyramid on the Giza plateau, the ancient tomb of Pharaoh Khafre.
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The last of the three major pyramids at Giza is the pyramid for Pharaoh Menkaure. After this, the building of pyramids at the Giza plateau stopped – in fact, it’s believed this pyramid was completed after the Pharaoh’s death. From this vantage point, the pyramid seems lost and alone against the backdrop of the land and sky. It’s amazing to bear witness to the works of men who lived and died, like we all will, 4,000 years ago. UNESCO World Heritage Site /
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This photo was taken during my European vacation in 1998. Monterosso is one of the five towns in Liguria Italy that make up the ‘Cinque Terre’. The Cinque Terre are five coastal villages in the province of La Spezia in the Liguria region of Italy. They have come to be among the most popular areas of Italy among tourists. The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides are all encapsulated in a national park by the same name. The Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. / . / This photograph is my personal favourite from my 1998 holiday. / . / This photograph was scanned from a colour negative (big thank you to my brother for letting use his scanner). The photo was was taken using a Nikon F-301 and a 24-120 mm Nikkor Zoom Lens
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The Unesco protected town of Trogir in Croatian dalmatia in morning sun. Canon 20D / 1/125 / f 13 / iso 100 / sigma 24-70 2.8 ex at 28mm / taken at 8’am © COPYRIGHT NOTICE / The work contained in my gallery is copyrighted ©2008 Robert Pavsic. All rights reserved. My work may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my written permission. My work does not belong to the public domain. If you have doubts about this matter email me.
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I created this image this afternoon in attempt to combat a bout of the blahs and a lack of inspiration. Because I really liked how my last Forgotten Postcard worked out, I thought I’d try to continue the series. This image was taken back in February, on a grey day, at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best known Dutch tourist sites. They were placed on the list of UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997. Like me, the original image needed a bit of perking up. I hope you like the results.
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The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion in (Georgetown, Penang) malaysia the Winner of the UNESCO Conservation Award 2000 National Architecture Award for Conservation 1995. / Also called the blue Mansion. Was the main location for the film ‘Indochine’ featuring Catherine Deneuve. / The Mansion is now also opened as a boutique hotel (where I stayed..). Photo featured in ‘SilverKris’ a Singapore Airline Magazine in Nov 2008 Issue
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words fail me here: MASSIVE i can’t do it justice here, 2.5 miles long, 275 seperate falls drop is 269 feet. it is in brazil, paraguay, and argentina to see this in its true perspective, type: iguazu falls in your browser. iguazu national park is a unesco world heritage site Heritage Listed and Other Trusts Sites World Wide
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Stonehenge may always be something of an enigma. Current thought is that it was an ancient burial site (cremated remains) and was a city of the dead while another site nearby was the city of the living. Both places would have been ceremonial religious sites, not per se where everyday life took place. Many people are often a bit disappointed when finally visiting Stonehenge. There are far larger and grander constructions today, but placing it in perspective, this was built without the use of what we would think of as tools today around 2,500 BC.
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Features in January 2009: / -Mood and Ambiance / -Core / -In the Beginning / -The World. View of Stonehenge taken in January 2009. Please also see:
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Uluru in the afternoon sun, in 40C+ Central Australia. First Prize Winner / -LifeStyle BestShot Competition Magazines / Published in Digital Photographer reader photos article at this link: http://digiphotomag.com/category/reader-photos/ Features / -Natural Color and Light in February 2009 / -That One Great Shot in March 2009 / -Rural Around the Globe in April 2009 / -Australian Travel Photography and Writing in July 2009. This photo is contained in the following calendar: / Uluru/Ayers Rock is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It is 348 m high with most of its bulk below the ground, and measures 9.4 km in circumference. It lies 335 km south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a World Heritage Site.
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This pic may give you an idea of the size of the bee hive formations of the Bungle Bungles. / Purnululu National Park in Western Australia. / UNESCO World Heritage listed. / Year of Inscription 2003 / Criteria (vii) (viii) / /
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I visited Uluru/Ayers Rock in January 2008. It was summertime there, and it was incredibly hot (it was 42C at 3.00 am!!) but also incredibly interesting. When I took this photo I was on an aboriginal tour, which I really enjoyed and highly recommend to anyone who travels there. Beautiful landscape, colors and people. Featured in / -Rural Around the Globe in May 2009 / -Northern Territory_in May 2009 / -_JPG Cast Offs in May 2009 / -That One Great Shot in May 2009. This photo is also contained in the following calendar: /
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I marvel at the architecture of this famous place… From the simple stone floor to the detail of individual decorative sculptures, humility sends me to my knees in thanks to the visions of architects long since passed. I dreamed of this as a boy, with ruler and paper, learning perspective in art class. The day we were assigned freehand work, I knew my dream of being a designer of lofty buldings was over. So I deeply admire the men and women who take pencil to paper and draw visions.
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This is the world-famous mural in Quebec City, Canada – and as you probably know, the 17th-century city is World Heritage Listed. I shot this in September 2005, after waiting patiently for several minutes for the throng of tourists to clear. The answer is simple. There is only one real person in the photo – the man wearing an olive-green baseball cap and a dark-blue jacket over his light-blue collared shirt. He was part of a tour group and was waiting for a family member (or friend) to take a shot of him against the huge mural. All the others are simply figures in the mural. Situated in the Lower City, the soaring mural, which covers the side of a whole building, tells the story of more than 400 years of history. The piece of art is called La Fresque des Quebecois and I was told it is a collaborative work by a dozen artists from Canada and France. The mural is five storeys high and if you’d care to see it in its entirety, simply check out Hit The Wall which is a 2008 post on my blog. Unveiled in 1999, the 420-square metre artwork encompasses historical characters including Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain and Francois-Xavier Garneau. It is probably one of the most photographed sights in the Old City – so when I saw only one person in front of the mural, instead of the milling crowds, I simply had to hit the trigger immediately. Shot with a Canon EOS 3000, using Kodak film.
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Museum Island (German: Museumsinsel) in Berlin, Germany is the name of the northern half of the Spreeinsel, an island in the Spree river in the centre of the city (the southern half of the island is called Fischerinsel (Fishers’ Island)). The island received its name for several internationally renowned museums that now occupy all of the island’s northern half (originally a residential area dedicated to “art and science” by King Frederick William IV of Prussia in 1841). Constructed under several Prussian kings, their collections of art and archeology were turned into a public foundation after 1918, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), which maintains the collections and museums today. The Prussian collections became separated during the Cold War during the division of the city, but were reunited after German reunification except for the art and artefacts removed after World War II by Allied troops and not yet returned. These include the Priam’s Treasure, also called the gold of Troy, excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in 1873, then smuggled out of Turkey to Berlin. Presently, the Museumsinsel and the collections are in the process of being reorganized. Since several buildings were destroyed in World War II and some of the exhibition space is in the process of being reconstructed, the information below is in a state of flux. The oldest museum on the island is the aptly-named Old Museum (Altes Museum). It was completed on the orders of Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1830. In 1859, the New Museum (Neues Museum) was finished, this time according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler, a student of Schinkel. It was completed in 1859. The Old National Gallery (Alte Nationalgalerie) was completed in 1876, also according to designs by Friedrich August Stüler, to host a collection of 19th century art donated by banker Joachim H. W. Wagener. In 1904 the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, today called the Bode Museum, was opened. It exhibits the sculpture collections and late Antique and Byzantine art. The final museum of the complex was constructed in 1930, it was the Pergamon Museum. The museum contains multiple reconstructed immense and historically significant buildings such as the Pergamon Altar and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. In 1999, the museum complex was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
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The French town of Blaye is located on the right bank of the Gironde estuary and has a citadel built by Vauban on the cliffs beside the river and includes ancient ruins of an old Gothic château. The latter contains the tomb of Charibert II, king of Aquitaine, and son of Clotaire II. Blaye is also defended by the Fort Paté on an island in the river and the Fort Médoc on its left bank, both of the 17th century. The citadelle of Blaye, its city walls, the Fort Paté and the Fort Médoc (the latter in nearby Cussac-Fort-Médoc) were listed in 2008 as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as part of the “Fortifications of Vauban” group. FEATURED: / Historic Places – October 2009
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The Villa d’Este garden in Tivoli, Italy. / Taken on October 4, 2008. with an Olympus FE-220 On this day it rained very heavily, but meanwhile there were many fountains shooting water up; hence water was moving both up and down on this day. The white streaks show how rapidly the rain was pouring. This photo is edited; The original was as below: / It was on this day that I also took Sunny Storm and Stair 9.
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Bentendo is a small temple hall located in the Daigoji Shingon Buddhist temple complex in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. / The Daigo-ji complex has been designated an UNESCO World Heritage site. / Daigo-ji was founded in the early Heian period in 874. The Bentendo Hall is dedicated to Benzaiten (Sarasvati), the goddess of knowledge and liberal arts such as music and is generally known as one of Seven Deities of Good Fortune (Shichifukujin). Featured in the You’re Accepted group on Nov. 17/09
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Shot in Caltagirone (Sicily) Italy. Caltagirone is a town (very close to my own home town) in Catania on the island of Sicily (Italy). The town is famous throughout Europe for its pottery and ceramics, particularly maiolica and terra-cotta. The whole town is protected by the UNESCO World Heritage Program. The main landmark in this town is the 142-step “Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte” built in 1608. The staircase is famous because each step is decorated with hand-painted ceramic tiles. Once a year, on the Feast of St. James in July, the staircase is illuminated with thousands of different coloured candles.
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