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Aircraft (6 files)

PMR-D13171 Germany, Saxony, Grossenhain: OE-EAS Chance-Vought F.4U-4 Corsair (c/n 9149) of the Flying Bulls at the Flying Legends Airshow, 18.05.96. Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, warbirds
PMR-D13170 Germany, Saxony, Grossenhain: OE-ESA North American T.28B (c/n 200-250) of the Flying Bulls at the Flying Legends Airshow, 18.05.96. Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, warbirds
PMR-D13169 Germany, Saxony, Grossenhain: OE-EAS Chance-Vought F.4U-4 Corsair (c/n 9149) of the Flying Bulls at the Flying Legends Airshow, 18.05.96. Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, warbirds
PMR-D13050 New Zealand, Manawatu, Bulls: "NZ3547" Douglas C-47A Dakota (c/n 20051) formerly of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, now acting as gate guard for the Ohakea RNZAF Museum. (Ex 43-15585, N65393, ZK-BYF) Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation
PMR007K-07 Hungary, Hortobagy: HA-MAG Antonov AN-2P (c/n IG114-36) advertising the "John Bull Pub" on Halastro airstrip. Keywords: aircraft, aviation, airplane, aeroplane
PMR001K-02 Germany, Berlin: ILA International Air Show, Berlin Schönefeld, 1996: N2965S North American SNJ-5 Texan (c/n 88-14713) of the Flying Bulls (later D-FHGL). Keywords: aeroplane, airplane

Travel (16 files)

PMR118-10 Germany, Bavaria, Rothenburg ob der Tauber: "Feuerleinserker", an oriel window on the corner of Klingengasse and Klosterhof. Keywords: architecture, national heritage, picturesque, mediaeval, Franconia, timber-frame, wattle and daub, gables, wood-carving, bull's eye glass
PMR094-10 Austria, Krems: Renaissance oriel on the corner of the Rathaus (Town Hall) is the work of Master Benedict, 1548. Keywords: architecture, traditional, picturesque, stone-carving, bulls-eye
PMR-D8672 Chile. Valdivia: in the fish market: Southern Bull Kelp (Durvillaea antarctica) (Cochayuyo) seaweed in bundles. Keywords: South America, fishing port, Latin America, fruit of the sea, seafood
PMR-D6996 Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park, Tin Taghert: neolithic rockart - engravings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: figure of a man leaping over a bull. Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, prehistoric
PMR-D4152 Turkey, Aydin Province, Didyma: the huge Temple of Apollo, measuring 120 m. long by 60 m. wide, was begun in the 3rd century BC, worked on for 300 years,but never completed. The Oracle of Didyma may go back to 1000 BC, rivalling Delphi. The bull's head is a frequently used motiv for column capitals. Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic
PMR227-03 Greece, Athens: Keramikos Graveyard: a bull on a column marks the grave of Dionysios Kollytos (died about 345 BC). Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city
PMR-D3848 People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: entrance to the bull-coursing arena. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, colourful
PMR-D2425 Iran, Persepolis: Founded by Darius I in 520 BC, subsequent Achaemenid rulers added many new buildings until it was burnt to the ground by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. It extended over 125 sq. km. at its peak. The ubiquitous symbolic representation of a lion attacking a bull. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, religion, architecture, bas-reliefs, historic, heritage, ruins, UNESCO, archeology
PMR-D2418 Iran, Persepolis: Founded by Darius I in 520 BC, subsequent Achaemenid rulers added many new buildings until it was burnt to the ground by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. It extended over 125 sq. km. at its peak. "Gate of All Nations" from the "inside", showing the "Guardian Bulls". Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, religion, architecture, bas-reliefs, historic, heritage, ruins, UNESCO, archeology
PMR488-03 Island of Crete, Palace of Knossos: restored portico with columns and relief fresco of the bull, above the north entrance. Keywords: picturesque, restoration, preservation, history, historic, excavations, archeological, archeology, national heritage, architecture
PMR531-05 Iraq, Kalhu/Kalach (now known as "Nimrud"): refounded in 13th century BC on ancient foundations by the Assyrians, it became the seat of the royal house after Ashur: one of a pair of remaining winged bulls with human heads ("Lamassu") guarding the entrance to the throne room of the north-west palace. Keywords: architecture, Mesopotamia, ruined city, desert, historical, archeological, archeology, natural heritage, Kalhu, Kalach
PMR529-05 Iraq, Babylon ("Bab El" = "Gate of the Gods"): probably dating from the third millennium BC, capital of southern Mesopotamia under Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC), later the greatest city of its day under Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC): original walls of the Processional Way, with dragons (symbol of City God "Marduk") and bulls (symbol of Storm God "Adad") Keywords: architecture, archeological, archeology, natural heritage, colourful, Islam, Muslim, Mesopotamia
PMR104K-25 Peru, Departamento de Puno, Atuncolla: typical farmhouse of a Colla family: precisely-built stone welcome-arch topped with pottery bulls, the farmer's wife in the background. Keywords: High Andes, farm life
PMR092K-08 Macedonia, Bitola: the ruins of Heraclea Lyncestis, a Greek town probably founded by Philip II of Macedon in the 4th century BC as Lynkestis. During the Roman period it was an important town on the Via Egnatia. In the Byzantine period the town was an important episcopal centre, but was sacked by Ostrogoth/Visigoth forces led by Theodoric the Great in 472 and 479 AD. In the 6th century AD it fell to the Slavs after successive attacks. Here: part of the mosaic in the Large Basilica, showing a lion and a bull. Part of this mosaic appears on the reverse side of the Macedonian 5000 denari banknote issued in 1996. Keywords: Byzantine, Yugoslavia, national heritage, historic, Christian, Greek ruins, Roman ruins, Byzantine ruins, archeological excavations, mosaics
PMR016K-11 Iraq, Kalhu or Kalach (now known as "Nimrud"): refounded in the 13th century BC on ancient foundations by the Assyrians, became the seat of the royal house after Ashur. Head of one of the winged bulls ("Lamassu"). Keywords: archeology, excavations, Mesopotamia
PMR012K-24 Cyprus (North), Guzelyurt: Ancient fertility goddess wearing rows of bulls' testicles in the Archeological Museum at Güzelyurt = Morfou. Keywords: fertility rites, pagan

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