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PMR145-12
Bulgaria, Stara Zagora, Shipka: Shipka Memorial Church, built 1885-1902 in Russian style, and dedicated to the Russians who fell in battle whilst freeing Bulgaria from the Turks.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, colourful, Christian, Orthodox

PMR145-10
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: the fine Roman Theatre, built in the time of the Emperor Trajan (reigned 98 -117 AD). View of the "Orchestra" and the "Skene" (stage) and the 28 concentric rows of marble seats, now used for local presentations.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, archeology, excavations

PMR145-08
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: the fine Roman Theatre, built in the time of the Emperor Trajan (reigned 98 -117 AD). View of the "Orchestra" and the "Skene" (stage). Now used for local presentations.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, archeology, excavations

PMR145-07
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: carefully restored Turkish houses in the old quarter, characterised by overhanging upper storeys supported by massive struts.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, cobblestones

PMR145-06
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: carefully restored Turkish houses in the old quarter, characterised by overhanging upper storeys supported by massive struts. (P.R. Slavejkov Street).
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, cobblestones

PMR145-05
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: carefully restored Turkish houses in the old quarter, characterised by overhanging upper storeys supported by massive struts. (Bottom of K. Nektarev Street).
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, cobblestones

PMR145-04
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: Hissar Kapiya (Eastern Gate) of the Roman fortifications of the town. On the right, the Georgiadi House (1848), presently the home of the Museum of National Liberation Movements
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, cobblestones

PMR145-03
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: carefully restored Turkish houses in the old quarter, characterised by overhanging upper storeys supported by massive struts.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, cobblestones

PMR145-02
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: carefully restored Turkish houses in the old quarter, characterised by overhanging upper storeys supported by massive struts.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, cobblestones

PMR144-11
Bulgaria, Asenovgrad: Bachkovo Monastery was founded in 1083 by Prince Gregory Pakourianos, but the present buildings date back to 1604. The tiny church, with its colourfully decorated porch, frescoed on the inside.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Christian, Orthodox, monks, revered, Batchkovo

PMR144-10
Bulgaria, Asenovgrad: Bachkovo Monastery was founded in 1083 by Prince Gregory Pakourianos, but the present buildings date back to 1604. A peaceful scene in the courtyard of the monastery, overlooked by wooded hills.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Christian, Orthodox, monks, revered, Batchkovo

PMR144-09
Bulgaria, Asenovgrad: Bachkovo Monastery was founded in 1083 by Prince Gregory Pakourianos, but the present buildings date back to 1604. Orthodox priests in the courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Christian, Orthodox, monks, revered, Batchkovo

PMR144-07
Bulgaria: the Monastery of St. Ivan of Rila, the finest in Bulgaria, stands isolated in the Rila Mountains. Founded in 10th century, it has been repeatedly destroyed, and present buildings date from 1834-60. Some of the frescoes, executed by masters of the Samokover and Rasloger schools over four generations, which cover the church's interior.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, UNESCO, Christian, Orthodox, monks, revered, colourful, Bible stories, artistic

PMR144-06
Bulgaria: the Monastery of St. Ivan of Rila, the finest in Bulgaria, stands isolated in the Rila Mountains. Founded in 10th century, it has been repeatedly destroyed, and present buildings date from 1834-60. Domes of the monastery church, with mountains as a backdrop. The frescoes in the porch are clearly visible.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, UNESCO, Christian, Orthodox, monks, revered

PMR144-05
Bulgaria: the Monastery of St. Ivan of Rila, the finest in Bulgaria, stands isolated in the Rila Mountains. Founded in 10th century, it has been repeatedly destroyed, and present buildings date from 1834-60. View of the Church and the Chrelyo Tower from the balcony of the top storey.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, UNESCO, Christian, Orthodox, monks, revered

PMR145-01
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: called "Trimontium" by the Romans because of its situation on three hills, Bulgaria's second city now embraces seven hills, of which two are to be seen in this view over the rooftops.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Ottoman, Trimontium, panorama, wooded

PMR144-04
Bulgaria: the Monastery of St. Ivan of Rila, the finest in Bulgaria, stands isolated in the Rila Mountains. Founded in 10th century, it has been repeatedly destroyed, and present buildings date from 1834-60. The monastery church, containing the relics of the founder, Ivan Rilsky, from a balcony in the courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, UNESCO, Christian, Orthodox, monks, revered

PMR144-03
Bulgaria: the Monastery of St. Ivan of Rila, the finest in Bulgaria, stands isolated in the Rila Mountains. Founded in 10th century, it has been repeatedly destroyed, and present buildings date from 1834-60. In the courtyard the lower three storeys have Italian-Renaissance-style arches, whilst the top storey is wood, in traditional Bulgarian style.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, UNESCO, Christian, Orthodox, monks, revered

PMR144-02
Bulgaria, Sofia: the handsome and colourful Ivan Vasov National Theatre.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, classical, opera-house, stage

PMR144-01
Bulgaria, Sofia: Lenin statue, with the Mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov in the background. Bulgaria, Sofia: Lenin statue, with the Mausoleum of Georgi Dimitrov in the background.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, communist, leader

PMR143-12
Bulgaria, Sofia: facades of a handsome terrace, housing the Ministry of Foreign Trade, on the Ulitza Sofijska Komuna.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, street scene

PMR143-11
Bulgaria, Sofia: Lenin Memorial, standing in V.I. Lenin Square.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, statue, monument, communist, statesman, stone-carving

PMR143-10
Bulgaria, Sofia: the Synagogue
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Jewish

PMR143-09
Bulgaria, Sofia: Banya Bachi Mosque, built in 1576 on the site of Roman mineral springs.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, minaret, market

PMR143-08
Bulgaria, Sofia: open air cafe in the subway square, with the church of Sveta Nedelia visible in the background.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic

PMR143-07
Bulgaria, Sofia: standing in a subway pedestrian zone, this recently restored church was built during the Turkish occupation. At that time churches were only allowed to be built below ground level.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, mediaeval

PMR143-06
Bulgaria, Sofia: the round Church of St. George, dating from 10/11th century, standing on the site of a Roman public bath from the 4th century, and surrounded on all sides by the Balkan Hotel. During the Turkish occupation it served as a mosque.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, mediaeval

PMR143-05
Bulgaria, Sofia: Mausoleum of the national hero, Georgi Dimitrov, built in 1949, standing in 9th September Square.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic

PMR143-04
Bulgaria, Sofia: equestrian memorial to the Russian liberators, standing before the Congress Building. Erected in 1907, it is the work of Italian sculptor Arnoldo Zocchi.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, monument

PMR143-03
Bulgaria, Sofia: view of the Cathedral from the front, showing the attractive cobbled streets of the city centre in natural yellow stone.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic

PMR143-02
Bulgaria, Sofia: dominating the city from the highest point - the Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral, built in 1912 in memory of those who died during the Bulgarian war of independence.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic

PMR143-01
Bulgaria, Sofia: the little "Russian" church, Sv. Nicolai, with its golden cupolas, was built in 1913.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, Christian, Orthodox, colourful

PMR-D13378
Greece, Island of Alimia: ruined fortification, proudly flying the Greek flag.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D13377
Greece, Island of Alimia: house of the presumed only inhabitants of the tiny island which has its own chapel, Agios Georgios.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D13376
Greece, Island of Symi: small boat moorings with the promontory and its churches in the background.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D13375
Greece, Island of Symi: a typical street with colourful classical facades.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D13374
Greece, Island of Symi: shops on the quayside with small boat moorings. Some of the classical facades visible on the hillside behind.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D13373
Greece, Island of Symi: inner harbour with yacht moorings and barren hillside behind.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D13372
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront where the yachts are moored.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D13371
Greece, Island of Symi: the clocktower or belltower (1881), standing on the point, separates the two bays
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D13370
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades with church and belltower on the promontory.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR141-01
Italy, Tuscany, Siena: the outstanding Gothic facade of the cathedral of multicoloured marble, completed in the 14th century by Giovanni Pisano. The rest of the building is in the Romanesque style and dates from 1065. Showing the Romanesque belltower, with its windows increasing with height.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, UNESCO, culture, mediaeval, Catholic, stonework, carving, masterpiece

PMR140-12
Italy, Tuscany, Siena: the outstanding Gothic facade of the cathedral of multicoloured marble, completed in the 14th century by Giovanni Pisano. The rest of the building is in the Romanesque style and dates from 1065.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, UNESCO, culture, mediaeval, Catholic, stonework, carving, masterpiece

PMR140-11
Italy, Tuscany, Siena: view of the cathedral, begun in 1065 and completed in the 14th century, from the top of the Torre del Mangia.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, UNESCO, culture, mediaeval, Catholic, stonework, carving, masterpiece

PMR140-10
Italy, Tuscany, Siena: Palazzo del Pubblico (Town Hall) in the Piazza del Campo, completed in 1309 in Gothic style. Details of the facade with the figures of Romulus and Remus and the wolf on a column (the sons of Romulus, Senus and Aschius, reputedly founded the city, and provide its coat of arms)
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, UNESCO, culture, mediaeval

PMR140-09
Italy, Tuscany, Siena: Palazzo del Pubblico (Town Hall) in the Piazza del Campo, completed in 1309 in Gothic style.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, UNESCO, culture, mediaeval

PMR140-05
Italy, Viterbo, Montefiasconi: view of the town and cathedral which dates back to 853 AD. One of the earliest buildings attributed to Michele Sanmicheli. Intercropped vines and olive trees in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, classical, monument, masonry, culture, antiquity

PMR140-04
Italy, Rome: the Via Appia Antica in 1982, with original roadside statue.
Keywords: historic, heritage, archeology, classical, ruins, culture, capital city, paving, antiquity, artery

PMR140-02
Italy, Rome: the Coliseum, opened in AD 80 by Emperor Vespasian. The circumference is 1/3 of a mile.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, archeology, classical, monument, ruins, masonry, culture, capital city, UNESCO

PMR140-01
Italy, Rome: Altare della Patria ( Victor Emmanuel II Memorial) in the Piazza Venezia, Designed by Giuseppe Saccone in 1885 and completed in 1925.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, il Vittoriano, Corinthian, columns, quadrigas

PMR139-12
Italy, Rome: Giant staues of Christ and the Apostles surmounting the facade of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter.
Keywords: historic, heritage, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, stone figures, stone carving

PMR139-10
Italy, Rome: the Vatican Gardens and Vatican Museum with the Court of the Pigna, from the top of the dome of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, Pope, Christian, Catholic, panorama

PMR139-09
Italy, Rome: Piazza San Pietro (St. Peter's Square), Via della Conciliazione, and the River Tiber, seen from the top of the dome of St. Peter's Basilica.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, Christian, Pope, Catholic, panora...

PMR139-08
Italy, Rome: the Court of the Pigna (pine cone) inside the Vatican Museum.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city

PMR139-07
Italy, Rome: base of the Column of Antoninus in the Vatican Museum,originally erected in 161 AD in Montecitorio. In the stone carving are portrayed the Apotheosis of Antonius and Faustina, and funeral tournaments.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, archeology, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, plinth

PMR139-06
Italy, Rome: Swiss guards at the gate to the Vatican.
Keywords: historic, heritage, palace, masonry, culture, capital city, tradition, costume, colourful, pike

PMR139-05
Italy, Rome: horse-drawn carriage in the Piazza del Popolo, with the Pincio in the background.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, archeology, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, droschke

PMR139-04
Italy, Rome: the Pantheon, founded by Agrippa in 27 BC and rebuilt by Hadrian in 125 AD, is now home to a church.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, archeology, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, columns, architrave, obelisk

PMR139-03
Italy, Rome: Mausoleum of Augustus (28 BC).
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, archeology, classical, monument, ruins, masonry, culture, capital city

PMR139-02
Italy, Rome: the Spanish Steps and Trinitá dei Monti, from the Piazza di Sagna, with street artist's pitch in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, tourist scene, terraces, obelisk, relaxing, sunshine

PMR139-01
Italy, Rome: Piazza di Spagna with its 17th century fountain in the shape of a boat.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, tourist scene, street scene, relaxing, sunshine, lazing

PMR138-12
Italy, Rome: the Spanish Steps and Trinitá dei Monti, from the Piazza di Sagna.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, tourist scene, terraces, obelisk

PMR138-11
Italy, Rome: reflections of the temple and oleander in the picturesque lake in the Borghese Gardens.
Keywords: heritage, culture, capital city, reflections, waterfowl, ducks, classical, architecture

PMR138-10
Italy, Rome: the picturesque lake in the Borghese Gardens with oleander in the foreground.
Keywords: heritage, culture, capital city, reflections, waterfowl, ducks

PMR138-09
Italy, Rome: Piazza del Popolo from the Pincio, with St. Peter's Basilica in the distance. In the centre stands an Egyptian obelisk.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, Egyptology, traffic

PMR138-07
Italy, Rome: the Arch of Titus (AD 81) in the Forum Romanum.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, UNESCO, excavations, archeology, classical, monument, ruins, masonry, culture, capital city

PMR138-05
Italy, Rome: surviving statue of one of the Vestal Virgins in the Forum Romanum.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, UNESCO, excavations, archeology, classical, monument, ruins, masonry, culture, capital city

PMR138-04
Italy, Rome, Forum Romanum: Via Sacra, with the three remaining columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, UNESCO, excavations, archeology, classical, monument, ruins, masonry, culture, capital city

PMR138-03
Italy, Rome: Forum Romanum, with the Farnese Gardens and Palatine Hill in the background and the entrance to the underground chamber containing "Lapis Niger", tombstone of Romulus. Arch of Titus in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, UNESCO, excavations, archeology, classical, monument, ruins, masonry, culture, capital city

PMR138-02
Italy, Rome: Forum Romanum, with the Farnese Gardens and Palatine Hill in the background.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, UNESCO, excavations, archeology, classical, monument, ruins, masonry, culture, capital city

PMR134-05
England, London: illuminated Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square at night.
Keywords: metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D13334
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstadt: Market place with Gasthof zur Post and flower-bedeckt Swan Brewery and restaurant.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D13333
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstad: the Marienkapelle, oldest building in the town, dating back to Roman times and before, but badly damaged and rebuilt many times.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D13332
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstad: the Marienkapelle, oldest building in the town, dating back to Roman times and before, but badly damaged and rebuilt many times.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D13331
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstadt: water wheel and sluice gates on an arm of the River Wiesent.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D13330
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstadt: Roman Catholic church of St. Nikolaus, built in 1859 in neo Romanesque style.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D13329
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstadt: Market place and Hauptstrasse at the time of the summer festival.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D13328
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstadt: one of the old water wheels on an arm of the River Wiesent, the hallmark of the modern town.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D13327
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstadt: timber-frame antique shop on the Hauptstrasse (main street) with penny-farthing bicycle and butter churn for sale.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D13326
Germany, Bavaria, Ebermannstadt: Market place with Gasthof zur Post and timber-frame building, now occupied by a bakery.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiesent Valley

PMR-D12934
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
The castle facade with corner towers and the old Gothic tower incorporated in the building.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, turrets

PMR-D12933
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
View of the castle entrance and corner tower.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, turret

PMR-D12932
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
Part of the permanent exhibition devoted to the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, soldiery, uniforms

PMR-D12931
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
The ceiling of the castle chapel has some of the finest Protestant frescos in southern Germany.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D12930
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
View of the castle courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D12929
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
White storks (Ciconia ciconia) return every year to breed.
Keywords: architecture, birds, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, ornithology, picturesque

PMR-D12928
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
White storks (Ciconia ciconia) return every year to breed.
Keywords: architecture, birds, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, ornithology, picturesque

PMR-D12927
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
View of the castle from the south-west.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, turret

PMR-D12926
Germany, Bayern, Schloss Höchstädt: the castle was built between 1589 and 1602 as a seat for the widow of Count Palatine (Pfalzgraf) Philipp Ludwig von Neuburg. In 1704 over 20,000 men died in the nearby Battle of Blenheim.
View of the castle from the west.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Duke of Marlborough, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, turrets

PMR-D12845
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. Half-timbered houses in the Hauptstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12844
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. Hauptstrasse, with the Haus Feyerabend at the end, boasting a handsome oriel window from 1563.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12843
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. The "Bügeleisenhaus" ("flat-iron-house") Badgasse 10, the smallest timber-frame building in the town.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12842
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. Timber-framed houses in the market place (Marktplatz). Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. Timber-framed houses in the market place (Marktplatz).
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12841
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. A neatly-built turret on the side of the Red Tower (Roter Turm), with the "Nürnberger Türmchen" on the corner of the bastion, behind.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12840
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. View of the Hauptstrasse from the walls of the Stauferpfalz, with the Dominican church in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12839
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. View of the Blauer Turm from the walls of the Stauferpfalz.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12838
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. The River Neckar from the wall of the Stauferpfalz, with the village of Offenau in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12837
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. Colourful display of kitsch.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12836
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. The Blauer Turm (Blue Tower) in the Kaiserpfalz (ca. 1200).
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12835
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. The Blauer Turm (Blue Tower) in the Kaiserpfalz (ca. 1200).
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12834
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. Twin towers of the parish church, dating from 13th century, later converted to Gothic style.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12833
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. The Lion Fountain, with former hospital on the left.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12832
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. View towards the market place, with the towers of the parish church behind.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12831
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Wimpfen: the town dates back to Celtic times, and was an important Roman and Staufer centre when the Stauferpfalz (citadel) was built in the 12th century. Hauptstrasse and the start of the pedestrian zone.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, culture, heritage, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, timber-frame, wattle and daub

PMR-D12828
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn: the west tower of the Kilianskirche (63m.), built of local sandstone between 1508 and 1529 by Hans Schweiner, is regarded as one of the most original early Renaissance buildings in Germany.
Keywords: architecture, church, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, Saint Cillian, Saint Kilian, Saint Killian

PMR-D12827
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn: brass plates inlaid in the pavement near former Jewish residences to commemorate their former occupants who were murdered by the Nazis.
Keywords: concentration camps, culture, fascist, victims, WWII

PMR-D12826
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn: the tower of the former Franciscan Monastery was rebuilt in 1727 and is today known as the "Hafenmarktturm" (harbour-market-tower). The monastery was dissolved in 1544.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D12825
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn: the faces of the astronomical clock dating from 1580 on the facade of the town hall (Rathaus).
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, horology, mechanical, mediaeval, picturesque, scientific

PMR-D12824
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn: statue of Robert Mayer (1814-1876), doctor, born in Heilbronn, who discovered the law of the conservation of energy.
Keywords: architecture, bronze, cobbles, culture, heritage, monument, physics, scientific, sculpture

PMR-D12823
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn: rebuilt after WWII, the Renaissance-style town hall (Rathaus) boasts an astronomical clock dating from 1580.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D12822
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Heilbronn: River Neckar from the Friedrich Ebert Bridge, with colourful flowers in the foreground.
Keywords: attractive, culture, enchanting, heritage, nature, picturesque, reflections, scenic

PMR122-12
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. Facade and twin towers of the abbey church, built 1232-1350, and converted to Baroque in 1682.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, heritage, Kremsmünster, historic

PMR122-11
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. The five abbey fishponds in Renaissance style, built by Carlantonio Carlone in 1691 and added to by Prandtauer in the 18th century; in the foreground, the Samson fountain.
Keywords: architecture, reflections, heritage, Kremsmünster, statuary, carp, arcades

PMR122-10
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. Entrance to the inner courtyard on the north side, from the abbey church portico.
Keywords: architecture, Baroque, heritage, Kremsmünster, historic

PMR122-09
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. The moat and arcaded cloister, with the grammar school visible at the far end.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, reflections, heritage, Kremsmünster, learning

PMR122-08
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. The south wing of the monastery, with part of the village below, from the top of the Mathematical Tower; the Alps visible in the distance.
Keywords: countryside, architecture, Baroque, heritage, Kremsmünster, landscape, historic

PMR122-07
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. View of the abbey church and gardens from the top of the Mathematical Tower.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Baroque, heritage, Kremsmünster

PMR122-06
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. The five abbey fishponds in Renaissance style, built by Carlantonio Carlone in 1691 and added to by Prandtauer in the 18th century; in the foreground, the Triton and Neptune fountains.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, reflections, heritage, Kremsmünster, statuary, carp, arcades, antlers

PMR122-05
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. The five abbey fishponds in Renaissance style, built by Carlantonio Carlone in 1691 and added to by Prandtauer in the 18th century.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, reflections, heritage, Kremsmünster, statuary, carp

PMR122-04
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. The Observatory or Mathematical Tower, "the oldest skyscraper in Europe", built 1748-58, now houses the Natural History Museum.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Baroque, heritage, Kremsmünster

PMR122-02
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. The moat and Porter's Bridge with the Bridge Gate (1667).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Baroque, reflections, heritage, Kremsmünster, historic

PMR111-08
Egypt, Cairo: view of the Citadel (built 1176) and the Mosque of Mohammed Ali, from a window of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan.
Keywords: historical, architecture, culture, antiquity, mediaeval, Islam, religion, minarets

PMR111-06
Egypt, Cairo: the courtyard and ablutions pavilion of the Alabaster Mosque, built by Mohammed Ali, completed in 1857.
Keywords: historical, architecture, culture, Islam, religion, colonnade, arches

PMR111-05
Egypt, Thebes: the Colossi of Memnon, seated figures of Amenophis III, each carved out of one sandstone block; all which now remains of the ancient temple of Amenophis.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR111-04
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: the wide "Avenue of Ram-Sphinxes" leading to the first pylon, and view down the central isle of the temple.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR111-03
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: the great North Gate of the temple with vulture goddess Nekhbet surmounting the portal.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR111-02
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: coloured reliefs on the exterior wall of the sanctuary, where the sacred barque was kept: upper: the king communing with the gods, presided over by Amun-Re; middle and lower: priests carrying the sacred barque in procession from Karnak to Luxor on the annual feast and festival of Amun.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR111-01
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: Osirian pillars flanking the courtyard of the subsidiary temple of Ramesses III.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR110-12
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: "Avenue of the Ram-Sphinxes" leading to the temple entrance in the first pylon.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR110-11
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: huge sandstone columns of of the Great Hypostyle Hall, 69 feet high, with 11-foot capitals. The stone grille windows above were originally the only source of light.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR110-10
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: view of the temple from the north-east.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR110-08
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: a visiting class of Egyptian schoolchildren.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture, education

PMR110-07
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: surviving obelisk of a pair, erected by Queen Hatshepsut, originally completely sheathed in electrum (75% gold, 22% silver and 3% copper). The entire temple was buried under sand by the Muslims up to the level where the obelisk changes colour, and uncovered by Napoleon in 1798/9.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR110-06
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: view of the temple and Sacred Lake from the "Son et Lumiere" terrace in the south-east.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR110-04
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: twin rose granite pillars bearing the papyri of Upper and Lower Egypt signifying the unity of north and south.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR110-03
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: huge columns of of the Great Hypostyle Hall, 69 feet high, with 11-foot capitals. Closer view of the reliefs on the columns and capitals, the latter still with gilt, turquoise and red colouring.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR110-02
Egypt, Thebes: the Great Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: huge columns of of the Great Hypostyle Hall, 69 feet high, with 11-foot capitals.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR109-12
Egypt, Thebes: Temple of Luxor: statues of Ramesses II in the Great Court which was added by him.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR109-11
Egypt, Thebes: Temple of Luxor: papyrus columns (52 feet high), forming part of the pillared portico of the Temple of Amenophis III.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR109-10
Egypt, Thebes: Temple of Luxor: papyrus columns, forming part of the double colonnade surrounding the Temple of Amenophis III.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR109-09
Egypt, Thebes: part of a 1.5 mile long "Avenue of the Sphinxes", which formerly led from the Temple of Luxor to the Temple of Karnak, used on festival days.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, architecture, culture

PMR109-08
Egypt, Thebes: photographing the Colossi of Memnon, seated statues of Amenophis III, 52 feet high, all that remains of the ancient Temple of Amenophis in Thebes.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture, donkeys

PMR109-07
Egypt, Thebes: imposing frontal view of the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, built about 1450 BC, but now in the process of reconstruction.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR109-06
Egypt, Thebes: leading donkeys down the steep path to the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR109-05
Egypt, Thebes: bird's eye view of the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahari, taken from the edge of the overhanging cliff.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR109-04
Egypt, Thebes: Valley of the Kings: after a short climb, a fine panorama unfolds. Mounting donkeys for the trek to Deir el Bahari.
Keywords: Egyptology, culture, landscape, mountains, geology, donkey

PMR109-03
Egypt, Thebes: Valley of the Kings: after a short climb, a fine panorama unfolds.
Keywords: Egyptology, culture, landscape, mountains, geology, donkey

PMR109-02
Egypt, Thebes: Valley of the Kings: entrance to the tomb of Ramesses III. Behind is the pyramid-shaped Theban mountain, under which the kings wished their tombs to lie.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR109-01
Egypt, Thebes: Valley of the Kings: entrance to the tomb of Tutankhamun, and, directly behind, entrance to the tomb of Ramesses VI.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR108-11
Egypt, River Nile: feluccas "Nasser" and "Mary" about to set off on the last stretch to Luxor. Early morning.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows

PMR108-09
Egypt, River Nile: felucca "Nasser" coming about, close-in to shore.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows

PMR108-08
Egypt, River Nile: felucca "Nasser" coming up astern, with the sun behind.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows

PMR108-07
Egypt, River Nile: felucca "Nasser" with a full sail, passing some picturesque scenery.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows

PMR108-06
Egypt, River Nile: Ahmed, ship's boy on the felucca "Journ Ali".
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows, crew

PMR108-05
Egypt, River Nile: Ahmed, ship's boy on the felucca "Journ Ali".
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows, crew

PMR108-04
Egypt, Esna: feluccas going through the locks at Esna in the company of a Nile steamer.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows, pleasure boat, Nile cruiser

PMR108-03
Egypt, Edfu: the town of Edfu at dusk, seen from the roof of the of the Temple of Horus.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR108-02
Egypt, Edfu: the Temple of Edfu on the west bank of the Nile, was built during the Ptolomaic period between 237 and 57 BC, and dedicated to the god Horus. The well-preserved figure of Horus stands by the doorway.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, architecture, culture, sculpture, statue

PMR108-01
Egypt, Edfu: the Temple of Edfu on the west bank of the Nile, was built during the Ptolomaic period between 237 and 57 BC, and dedicated to the god Horus. Main courtyard and colonnaded entrance hall, seen from the entrance. The figure of Horus stands to the left of the doorway.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR107-12
Egypt, River Nile: a trading felucca, fully laden, with a large spread of sail.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows

PMR107-11
Egypt, Gebel al Sesilla: Nobles' rock tombs (?) and balancing rock, between Kom Ombo and Edfu.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, culture

PMR107-10
Egypt, River Nile: felucca "Mary" coming about. Egypt, River Nile: felucca "Mary" coming about.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows

PMR107-08
Egypt, River Nile: felucca "Mary" on starboard tack.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows

PMR107-07
Egypt, River Nile: felucca "Journ Ali" moored at Kom Ombo.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows

PMR107-06
Egypt: Kom Ombo Temple was built by Ptolemy I, II and III in the 2nd century BC and dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek and the sparrow-hawk-god Horoeris, jointly. General view, showing some of the remaining reliefs. Many crocodiles were mummified here and some are still to be seen.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR107-05
Egypt: Kom Ombo Temple was built by Ptolemy I, II and III in the 2nd century BC and dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek and the sparrow-hawk-god Horoeris, jointly. Open-lotus-flower column capitals; the the red, blue and gilt colouring is still well preserved on the architrave overhang.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR107-04
Egypt: Kom Ombo Temple was built by Ptolemy I, II and III in the 2nd century BC and dedicated to the crocodile-god Sobek and the sparrow-hawk-god Horoeris, jointly. Relief depicting the captive headmen of over-run towns, each with the name of his town in a cartouche. The left arm of each has been amputated and fed to the lions.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR107-03
Egypt, River Nile: swimming from the feluccas "Nasser" and "Mary".
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows, bathing

PMR107-02
Egypt, River Nile: captain of felucca "Journ Ali" with drum.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, dhows, musical, rythm, percussion, tradition

PMR106-12
Egypt, Abu Simbel: Ramesses II built two temples (for himself and his wife) adjacent to each other. To escape the flood waters of the Aswan Dam, both were cut into square blocks and moved bodily about 500 metres to a safe position. The main temple, dedicated to Amun-Ra, had 4 seated colossi of Ramesses II, with a row of baboons above. These greet the morning sun which shines directly into the sanctuary, deep inside the rock.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR106-11
Egypt, Abu Simbel: Ramesses II built two temples (for himself and his wife) adjacent to each other. To escape the flood waters of the Aswan Dam, both were cut into square blocks and moved bodily about 500 metres to a safe position. Row of Horus falcons at the feet of the colossi.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR106-10
Egypt, Abu Simbel: Ramesses II built two temples (for himself and his wife) adjacent to each other. To escape the flood waters of the Aswan Dam, both were cut into square blocks and moved bodily about 500 metres to a safe position. The two intact seated colossi of Ramesses II on the right of the entrance, each 65 feet high.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR106-09
Egypt, Abu Simbel: Ramesses II built two temples (for himself and his wife) adjacent to each other. To escape the flood waters of the Aswan Dam, both were cut into square blocks and moved bodily about 500 metres to a safe position. Figures of Ramesses in the outer chamber of the main temple, with roof frescoes of Nekhbet, the vulture.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR106-08
Egypt, Abu Simbel: Ramesses II built two temples (for himself and his wife) adjacent to each other. To escape the flood waters of the Aswan Dam, both were cut into square blocks and moved bodily about 500 metres to a safe position. A commemorative plaque, set into the cliff face, acknowledging the help of UNESCO, Cost was about US$ 36,000,000.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, architecture, culture

PMR106-07
Egypt, Abu Simbel: Ramesses II built two temples (for himself and his wife) adjacent to each other. To escape the flood waters of the Aswan Dam, both were cut into square blocks and moved bodily about 500 metres to a safe position. View of the adjacent facades, with the Temple of Hathor in the foreground.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR106-06
Egypt, Abu Simbel: Ramesses II built two temples (for himself and his wife) adjacent to each other. To escape the flood waters of the Aswan Dam, both were cut into square blocks and moved bodily about 500 metres to a safe position. The smaller (wife's) temple. dedicated to Hathor, has 4 figures of Ramesses II and 2 of his wife on the facade.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR106-04
Egypt, Aswan: dedication to the everlasting friendship of the Arab and Russian peoples on the Aswan High Dam.
Keywords: architecture, culture, water power, hydro-electricity, reservoir, construction, monument

PMR106-03
Egypt, Aswan: overhead view from inside the Russian-built monument commemorating the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970.
Keywords: architecture, culture, water power, hydro-electricity, reservoir, construction, memorial, sculpture, art

PMR106-02
Egypt, Aswan: Russian-built monument commemorating the completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1970.
Keywords: architecture, culture, water power, hydro-electricity, reservoir, construction, memorial, sculpture, art

PMR106-01
Egypt, Aswan: commemorative inscribed stone block in the centre of the Aswan High Dam, built 1960-70.
Keywords: architecture, culture, water power, hydro-electricity, reservoir, construction

PMR108-12
Egypt, Luxor: crews of the feluccas "Journ Ali", "Nasser" and "Mary" on the bank of the Nile.
Keywords: culture, dress, costume, tradition, Egyptians, djellabah, galabiya

PMR105-12
Egypt, Aswan: view of the Aswan High Dam from the lee, with the Russian-built monument commemorating its completion in 1970 in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, culture, water power, hydro-electricity, reservoir, construction

PMR105-11
Egypt, Aswan: minarets of a modern mosque (built in 1967) floodlit after dark.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Muslim, Islam

PMR105-10
Egypt, Aswan: feluccas, and the beginning of a Nile sunset.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, evening, dusk

PMR105-09
Egypt, Aswan: enterprising youngster in his flower-decorated home-made "boat". lustily singing "Alouette" for backsheesh.
Keywords: culture, ingenuity, enterprise, talent

PMR105-08
Egypt, Aswan: late sun shining through the sails of a bunch of feluccas coming in to land.
Keywords: culture, sailing boats, lighting effects

PMR105-07
Egypt, Aswan: view of the town from the Aga Khan's residence, with Elephantine Island (and Aswan Oberoi Hotel) and white sails of the feluccas on the Nile.
Keywords: culture, landscape, panorama, sailing boats, picturesque

PMR105-05
Egypt, Aswan: mausoleum of the Aga Khan overlooking the town.
Keywords: historical, architecture, culture, memorial, monument, desert

PMR105-04
Egypt, Aswan: view of Aswan and the Nile, bustling with the white sails of feluccas.
Keywords: architecture, culture, sailing boats, landscape, panorama, picturesque

PMR105-03
Egypt, Aswan: camel and rider in the desert near Aswan.
Keywords: culture, dromedary, ship of the desert

PMR105-02
Egypt, Aswan: ruins of the 7th century Monastery of St. Simeon, built by Coptic Christians in the desert, but abandoned after the arrival of Islam in Egypt. View of the desert through the mud-brick walls, with the waiting camel drivers.
Keywords: archeology, antiquity, historical, architecture, culture

PMR105-01
Egypt, Aswan: ruins of the 7th century Monastery of St. Simeon, built by Coptic Christians in the desert, but abandoned after the arrival of Islam in Egypt. View inside the protecting walls. The water cistern in the bottom right-hand corner was the centre of a system of gravity-fed acqueducts throughout the monastery.
Keywords: archeology, antiquity, historical, architecture, culture

PMR104-12
Egypt, Aswan: ruins of the 7th century Monastery of St. Simeon, built by Coptic Christians in the desert. View of the desert through the mud brick walls of the monastery, abandoned after the arrival of Islam in Egypt.
Keywords: archeology, antiquity, historical, architecture, culture

PMR104-11
Egypt, Aswan: ruins of the 7th century Monastery of St. Simeon, built by Coptic Christians in the desert, but abandoned after the arrival of Islam in Egyypt. The remains of a coloured fresco over the apse are still visible.
Keywords: archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR104-10
Egypt, Aswan: mounting camels on the west bank for the trip to the Tombs of the Nobles and Monastery of St. Simeon.
Keywords: culture, desert, riding, colourful, costumes, sand

PMR104-09
Egypt, Aswan: highest surviving part of the ruin of Trajan's Temple on Elephantine Island.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR104-08
Egypt, Aswan: feluccas bringing visitors to Elephantine Island.
Keywords: culture, sailing boat, Nile, river, picturesque, reflections

PMR104-07
Egypt, Aswan: steps leading to the museum on Elephantine Island, with a woman washing clothes in the foreground.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR104-06
Egypt, Aswan: Poinsettia and Bougainvillea shrubs on Elephantine Island.
Keywords: culture, flowers, colourful, picturesque, exotic, botanical

PMR104-05
Egypt, Aswan: view across the Nile from the far side of Elephantine Island with the Tombs of the Nobles discernible on the hillside.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, culture

PMR104-04
Egypt, Aswan: view from the gardens of the Aswan Oberoi Hotel on Elephantine Island.
Keywords: culture, picturesque, colourful

PMR104-03
Egypt, granite quarries near Aswan: half-quarried obelisk, 138 feet long, abandoned by the Egyptians after the discovery of flaws in the stone. It would have been floated down the Nile on barges to Luxor. Egypt, granite quarries near Aswan: half-quarried obelisk, 138 feet long, abandoned by the Egyptians after the discovery of flaws in the stone. It would have been floated down the Nile on barges to Luxor.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR104-02
Egypt, Aswan: the Temple of Isis on the Island of Agilkia, a few miles south of Aswan, formerly stood on the Island of Philae. Built between the 4th century BC and the 2nd century AD (Ptolemies and Romans). It was removed, stone by stone, and re-erected in its present position. Entrance and facade with relief figures on the pylons.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR104-01
Egypt, Aswan: the Temple of Isis on the Island of Agilkia, a few miles south of Aswan, formerly stood on the Island of Philae. Built between the 4th century BC and the 2nd century AD (Ptolemies and Romans). It was removed, stone by stone, and re-erected in its present position. Colonnade and pylons from the pillars of the portico.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR103-12
Egypt, Aswan: the Temple of Isis on the Island of Agilkia, a few miles south of Aswan, formerly stood on the Island of Philae. Built between the 4th century BC and the 2nd century AD (Ptolemies and Romans). It was removed, stone by stone, and re-erected in its present position. Pylon relief: the Goddess Isis with Pharaoh Ptolemy (?); God Horus.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR103-11
Egypt, Aswan: the Temple of Isis on the Island of Agilkia, a few miles south of Aswan, formerly stood on the Island of Philae. Built between the 4th century BC and the 2nd century AD (Ptolemies and Romans). It was removed, stone by stone, and re-erected in its present position. View of the colonnaded courtyard from the top of the pylon.
Roman garrisons erected wooden roofs for their troops under the colonnades (traces still to be seen).
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR103-10
Egypt, Aswan: the Temple of Isis on the Island of Agilkia, a few miles south of Aswan, formerly stood on the Island of Philae. Built between the 4th century BC and the 2nd century AD (Ptolemies and Romans). It was removed, stone by stone, and re-erected in its present position. Relief figure of Goddess Isis. Finely carved column capitals, all different.
The vertical grooves on the columns were made by garrisoned Roman soldiers sharpening their swords (in later centuries).
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR103-09
Egypt, Aswan: the Temple of Isis on the Island of Agilkia, a few miles south of Aswan, formerly stood on the Island of Philae. Built between the 4th century BC and the 2nd century AD (Ptolemies and Romans). It was removed, stone by stone, and re-erected in its present position. Main pylons with reliefs, and colonnade with open-lotus-flower capitals.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR103-08
Egypt, Aswan: the Temple of Isis on the Island of Agilkia, a few miles south of Aswan, formerly stood on the Island of Philae before it was flooded. Built between the 4th century BC and 2nd century AD (Ptolomies and Romans). Wall relief: Goddess Isis and God Horus receiving offerings.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR103-07
Egypt, Aswan: the Kiosk of Trajan on the Island of Agilkia, a few miles south of Aswan, formerly stood on the Island of Philae before it was flooded.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR103-05
Egypt, Aswan: south of the Cataract Hotel towards the first cataract rocks begin to appear in the Nile; felucca moored in the foreground.
Keywords: historical, architecture, culture, sailing boat, picturesque, geology

PMR103-04
Egypt, Aswan: feluccas sailing on the River Nile; view from the steps of the Cataract Hotel.
Keywords: historical, architecture, culture, sailing boat, picturesque

PMR103-03
Egypt, Aswan: feluccas moored on the Nile; the "far bank" is Elephantine Island with the museum just discernible.
Keywords: historical, architecture, culture, sailing boat, picturesque

PMR103-02
Egypt, Aswan: one of the older river Nile steamers, the "Memphis"; in the background the Aswan Oberoi Hotel on Elephantine Island.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, architecture, culture

PMR103-01
Egypt, Aswan: typical village near Aswan, with most buildings constructed from mud bricks.
Keywords: historical, architecture, culture, dwellings, homes

PMR102-12
Egypt, Cairo, Giza: camel and rider, with the Great Pyramid of Cheops in the background.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture, costume, tradition, ship of the desert, timeless

PMR102-11
Egypt, Cairo, Giza: the Sphinx, its features destroyed by the Mamelukes, who used it for target practice.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR102-10
Egypt, Cairo, Giza: the Great Pyramid of Cheops, the largest of the pyramids, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world; built about 2690 BC by 100,000 men in 20 years; height today: 450 feet.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR102-08
Egypt, Memphis: inside a temple at Saqqara, in process of gradual reconstruction by French archeologist, Philipe Louis.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR102-07
Egypt, Memphis: climbing out of the entrance shaft of the Pyramid of Sechem-Chet at Saqqara.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR102-06
Egypt, Memphis: the Step Mandaba of Saqqara, oldest of the pyramids, tomb of King Zoser (Djoser) of the 3rd Dynasty. Enlarged 3 ...
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR102-05
Egypt, Memphis: the Step Mastaba of Saqqara, oldest of the pyramids, tomb of King Zoser (Djoser) of the 3rd Dynasty. Enlarged three times before completion. Close view of the construction, using stones of marly limestone, without binding material.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR102-04
Egypt, Memphis: Egyptians demonstrate how the cut limestone is smoothed, using loose sand as grinding material.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture, artisans

PMR102-03
Egypt, Memphis: the Step Pyramid of Saqqara (or Mastaba), oldest of the pyramids, tomb of King Zoser (Djoser) of the 3rd Dynasty. Designed by the court architect and vizier, Imhotep. In the foreground Egyptians demonstrate how the cut limestone is smoothed, using loose sand as grinding material.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR102-02
Egypt, Memphis: the Step Pyramid of Saqqara (or Mastaba), oldest of the pyramids, tomb of King Zoser (Djoser) of the 3rd Dynasty. Designed by the court architect and vizier, Imhotep.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR102-01
Egypt, Memphis: 80-ton alabaster sphinx of unknown attribution.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR101-12
Egypt, Memphis (capital of Egypt in the time of the Old Kingdom): head and shoulders of the prostrate limestone colossus of Ramesses II, originally standing 42.5 feet high, showing the royal cartouche on breast and right shoulder.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR101-11
Egypt, Memphis (capital of Egypt in the time of the Old Kingdom): prostrate limestone colossus of Ramesses II, originally standing 42.5 feet high.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR101-09
Egypt, Cairo: camel and owner with the pyramids at Giza in the background.
Keywords: Egyptology, antiquity, historical, culture, costume, tradition

PMR101-07
Egypt, Cairo: group of young school children on a visit to Cairo Museum.
Keywords: culture, education

PMR101-06
Egypt, Cairo: entrance to Cairo Museum, with a group of visiting school children and sphinx.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR101-05
Egypt, Cairo: palm trees enhance the approach to Cairo Museum.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR101-04
Egypt, Cairo: entrance to Cairo Museum, with a group of visiting school children.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR092-12
Austria, Vienna: Equestrian statue of Prince Eugen, scourge of the Turks, in front of the entrance to the Neue Burg.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, monument

PMR092-10
Austria, Vienna: Johann Strauss Memorial in the Stadtpark.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, sculpture, statue, violinist, walz, music

PMR092-08
Austria, Vienna: Johann Strauss Memorial in the Stadtpark.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, sculpture, statue, violinist, walz, music

PMR092-06
Austria, Vienna: Hochstrahlbrunnen (fountain) in Schwarzenbergplatz, floodlit on summer evenings.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture

PMR092-03
Austria, Vienna: the main shopping street, Kärntnerstrasse, a pedestrian precinct, with St. Stephens Cathedral visible at the end.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, metropolis, culture, shoppers

PMR092-01
Austria, Vienna: the pool in the Burggarten, with swans in the foreground.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, metropolis, culture, leisure, bathing

PMR091-07
Austria, Vienna: allegorical figures on the Fountain of Athene, before the Parliament Building:
Above: law making and administration
Below: river gods Elbe and Moldau (left) and Donau (Danube) and Inn (behind). In the background the famous Burg Theatre can be seen.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, sculpture, monument, art

PMR091-06
Austria, Vienna: statue of the Horse Trainer and fountain of Athene in front of the Parliament Building (modelled on a Greek Temple) built to the design of architect Theophil Hansen in 1883.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, monument, sculpture

PMR091-05
Austria, Vienna: fountain of Athene in front of the Parliament Building (modelled on a Greek Temple) built to the design of architect Theophil Hansen in 1883.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, monument, sculpture

PMR090-08
Austria, Vienna: Museum of Fine Arts in Maria-Theresien-Platz.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, art gallery

PMR090-07
Austria, Vienna: Maria Theresia Monument in Maria-Theresien-Platz. Behind is the facade and dome of the Museum of Fine Arts.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, memorial, art gallery

PMR090-06
Austria, Vienna: The famous building housing the Company of Music Lovers.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture

PMR090-05
Austria, Vienna: a modern sculpture and reflecting pool, with, in the background, the Karlskirche (St. Charles' Church), a fascinating mixture of architectural styles, Greek, Roman and Baroque. Built 1714-1737 by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo. The columns were copied from Trajan's Column in Rome.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture

PMR090-04
Austria, Vienna: Karlskirche (St. Charles' Church), a fascinating mixture of architectural styles, Greek, Roman and Baroque. Built 1714-1737 by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo. The columns were copied from Trajan's Column in Rome.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture

PMR090-02
Austria, Vienna: Jugendstil (Art Deco) Cafe in Karlsplatz, standing over the subway and U-Bahn station, with the Karlskirche in the background.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture

PMR089-12
Austria, Vienna: Karlskirche (St. Charles' Church), a fascinating mixture of architectural styles, Greek, Roman and Baroque. Built 1714-1737 by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and dedicated to St. Charles Borromeo. The columns were copied from Trajan's Column in Rome. Karlsplatz in the foreground.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture

PMR089-01
Italy, Tuscany, Florence/Firenze: the Synagogue, built 1872-74.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, monument, masonry, culture, Toscania

PMR088-01
Italy, Tuscany, Florence/Firenze: the church of Santa Maria Novella begun in 1279, in Gothic-Renaissance style, belongs to the Dominican Order.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, monument, masonry, culture, Toscania

PMR-D11860
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): the imposing 98-metre-high tower of the brick-built Gothic cathedral, Dom St. Nikoli, dates from 1335.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR047-07
Poland, Warsaw: the Palace of Culture, a present from the Russians, contains 2 cinemas, exhibition rooms, etc., with the Kosmos 77 Exhibition of Russian Space Achievements in the foreground (1977)
Keywords: architecture, Russian-style, multi-storey, tower block

PMR047-06
Poland, Warsaw: the Palace of Culture, a present from the Russians, contains 2 cinemas, exhibition rooms, etc., with the Kosmos 77 Exhibition of Russian Space Achievements in the foreground (1977)
Keywords: architecture, Russian-style, multi-storey, tower block

PMR-D12254
England, Surrey, Great Bookham: the water tower on Polesden Lacy estate, left to the National Trust by Mrs Greville.
Keywords: architecture, brick-built, culture, heritage, stately home

PMR-D12253
England, Surrey, Great Bookham: the water tower on Polesden Lacy estate, left to the National Trust by Mrs Greville.
Keywords: architecture, brick-built, culture, heritage, stately home

PMR-D12252
England, Surrey, Great Bookham: Polesden Lacy Manor House, built in 1821-3 and left to the National Trust by Mrs Greville. There has been a house on the site since 1336.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, picturesque, stately home

PMR-D12251
England, Surrey, Great Bookham: Polesden Lacy Manor House, built in 1821-3 and left to the National Trust by Mrs Greville. There has been a house on the site since 1336.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, picturesque, stately home

PMR-D12059
Turkey, Mugia Province, Euromos: vaulted monument tomb from the Roman period in the south necropolis.
Keywords: Aegean, antiquity, archeology, architecture, art, culture, excavations, Greek, Hellenic, heritage, historic, masonry, picturesque, Roman, ruin

PMR-D12058
Turkey, Mugia Province, Euromos: vaulted monument tombs from the Roman period in the south necropolis.
Keywords: Aegean, antiquity, archeology, architecture, art, culture, excavations, Greek, Hellenic, heritage, historic, masonry, picturesque, Roman, ruin

PMR-D12057
Turkey, Mugia Province, Euromos: a well preserved Roman Temple of Zeus dating from the 2nd century AD - has 16 standing Corinthian columns with architraves.
Keywords: Aegean, antiquity, archeology, architecture, art, culture, excavations, Greek, Hellenic, heritage, historic, masonry, picturesque, Roman, ruin

PMR-D12055
Turkey, Mugla, Marmaris: statue of a girl with dove on the quayside, with the inscription "To live like a tree in solitude and free and like a forest in solidarity" (translation of a poem by Nazin Hikmet (1902-63))
Keywords: artistic, bronze, culture, monument, Nazim Hikmet, sculpture

PMR-D12037
Greece, Island of Symi: Turkish sailing boat, "Bahriyeli C" at night in the brightly-lit harbour.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, glittering, Greek Islands, Hellas, illuminated, island hopping, light, picturesque, reflections

PMR-D12036
Greece, Island of Symi: the Byzantine church and belltower on the headland, with a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D12035
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront, with the clocktower on the left.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D12034
Greece, Island of Symi: the clocktower (1881), on the point, separates the two bays, with a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, fishing boats, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12033
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, with church and belltower. The clocktower, on the point, dates from 1881.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, fishing boats, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12032
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront where the yachts are moored.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12031
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront where the yachts are moored.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, fishing boats, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12030
Greece, Island of Symi: view of the harbour, with a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, fishing boats, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12029
Greece, Island of Symi: crowds of passengers waiting for the arriving ferryboat on the jetty, in front of the clocktower.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque

PMR-D12028
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, with the Greek and Turkish flags.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D12027
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, with the Greek and Turkish flags.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D12026
Greece, Island of Symi: the harbour jetty, with a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, fishing boats, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12025
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront, where the pleasure boats are moored.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, fishing boats, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12024
Greece, Island of Symi: view of the harbour and boats moored to the jetty, with the European Union flag by the Harbourmaster's office.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, fishing boats, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12023
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront, with a row of pleasure boats moored to the jetty.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, fishing boats, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional, yachts

PMR-D12022
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, pleasure boats, traditional

PMR-D12021
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront, including church and belltower.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, moorings, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D12020
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D12019
Greece, Island of Symi: a colourful array of classical facades on the terraced hillside, reaching down to the waterfront.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D11953
Greece, Island of Nisyros: the little blue and white chapel which overlooks the mountain-top village of Nikeia.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D11952
Greece, Island of Nisyros: typical street in the mountain-top village of Nikeia.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D11951
Greece, Island of Nisyros: church and belltower overlooking the village square in the mountain-top village of Nikeia.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D11950
Greece, Island of Nisyros: typical street in the mountain-top village of Nikeia.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, traditional

PMR-D11940
Greece, Island of Nisyros: a street in Mandraki with typical wooden balconies and whitewashed walls.
Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, quaint, traditional

PMR-D11938
Greece, Island of Nisyros: entrance gate to the ancient acropolis above Mandraki, built about 500 BC to guard the sea.route to Rhodes. Note the precisely-cut massive ashlars.
Keywords: architecture, cultural, Dodecanese, fortification, Greek Islands, Hellas, historic, island hopping, ruin

PMR-D11937
Greece, Island of Nisyros: entrance gate to the ancient acropolis above Mandraki, built about 500 BC to guard the sea.route to Rhodes.
Keywords: architecture, cultural, Dodecanese, fortification, Greek Islands, Hellas, historic, island hopping, ruin

PMR-D11936
Greece, Island of Nisyros: entrance gate to the ancient acropolis above Mandraki, built about 500 BC to guard the sea.route to Rhodes.
Keywords: architecture, cultural, Dodecanese, fortification, Greek Islands, Hellas, historic, island hopping, ruin

PMR-D11921
Greece, Island of Kos: classical monument to Alexander the Great.
Keywords: architecture, bust, culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Hellas, historical, island hopping, sculpture, statue

PMR-D11918
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the 7-metre-high, 2.3-metre-long, intact town wall, with timber-framed Wiekhouses which were built into the wall every 30 metres for defence purposes.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11917
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the 7-metre-high, 2.3-metre-long, intact town wall, with timber-framed Wiekhaus. To the right stands the Fangelturm or Mönchenturm, a reinforcing defence tower.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11916
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the 7-metre-high, 2.3-metre-long, intact town wall, with timber-framed Wiekhouses which were built into the wall every 30 metres for defence purposes.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11915
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the Fangelturm or Mönchenturm, a 19-metre reinforcing defence tower with 2.3-metre thick walls, stands in the north-west of the town. Originally a second tower stood nearby.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiekhaus

PMR-D11914
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: sculptured stone figures of a baker's wife, Mudder Schulten, demanding payment for bread from Adolph Friedrich IV von Mecklenburg-Strelitz on the market place, made famous in a book from Fritz Reuther. Sculpture by Wilhelm Jaeger.
Keywords: culture, Dörchläuchting, heritage, legend, literature, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11913
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the 7-metre-high, 2.3-metre-long, intact town wall, with timber-framed Wiekhaus; similar ones are built into the wall every 30 metres for defence purposes.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11912
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: Friedländer Tor, the north-eastern gate in the 2.3 km town wall, looking towards the outer gate. Built just after 1300, the oldest gate. The house on the left, between the inner and outer gates, is home to the town registry office.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11911
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: Friedländer Tor, the north-eastern gate in the 2.3 km town wall, looking towards the inner gate. Built just after 1300, the oldest gate. The house on the right, between the inner and outer gates, is home to the town registry office.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11910
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the 7-metre-high, 2.3-metre-long, intact town wall, with two of the Wiekhäuser, built into the wall every 30 metres for defence purposes.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11909
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the 7-metre-high, 2.3-metre-long, intact town wall, with timber-framed Wiekhaus; similar ones are built into the wall every 30 metres for defence purposes.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11908
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: Neues Tor, the eastern gate in the 2.3 km town wall. On the inside of the gate appear eight terracotta sculptured figures of maids, waving (two pictured). Their significance is not known.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11907
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the Neues Tor, the eastern gate in the 2.3 km town wall. Built after 1550.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11906
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: St. Mary's Church (Marienkirche), completed in 1298, is used only for concerts.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11905
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: Stargard Tor, the southern gate in the 2.3 km town wall. Built before 1450. On the inside of the gate appear nine terracotta sculptured figures of maids, waving. Their significance is not known.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11904
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: Stargarder Tor, the southern gate in the 2.3 km town wall. Built before 1450.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11903
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: Treptower Tor, the western gate in the 2.3 km town wall, seen from the side, with one of the Wiekhouses in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11902
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg:
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, Wiekhaus

PMR-D11901
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: the 7-metre-high, 2.3-metre-long, intact town wall, with two of the Wiekhäuser, built into the wall every 30 metres for defence purposes.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11900
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: Treptower Tor, the western gate in the 2.3 km town wall. Built before 1400.
Keywords: architecture, Brick-Gothic, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11899
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Neubrandenburg: 80% of the town was destroyed during WWII and the centre was rebuilt under the administration of the GDR. The central market place with the high-rise Haus der Kultur und Bildung (HKB = House of Culture and Education). The town wall and gates survived the war.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, paving, picturesque

PMR-D11898
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the impressive brick Gothic facade of the Rathaus (Town Hall) dates from 1278, and is the hallmark of the city.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11897
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): Baroque facade and doorway to the Rathaus (Town Hall) dating from 1720, with a street cafe on the cobbled street in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11896
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): Badenstrasse - a fascinating mixture of traditional dwelling houses, with dormer windows and gables.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11895
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): St. Jacob's church (Jakobikirche) was completed about the end of the 14th century and is the third-oldest in the city. It has been ruined and rebuilt a number of times, lastly after WWII.
Keywords: architecture, brick-Gothic, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11894
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): St. Jacob's church (Jakobikirche) was completed about the end of the 14th century and is the third-oldest in the city. It has been ruined and rebuilt a number of times, lastly after WWII.
Keywords: architecture, brick-Gothic, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11893
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): St. Jacob's church (Jakobikirche) was completed about the end of the 14th century and is the third-oldest in the city. Colourful Baroque doorway.
Keywords: architecture, brick-Gothic, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11892
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): Heilgeiststrasse, with no. 63, the former Treasury Building, nearest.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11891
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the church of St. Nicholas (Nikolaikirche) dates back to 1234 but was completed in its present form (with two towers) in the late 14th century. It is the principal and oldest church in the city.
Keywords: architecture, brick-Gothic, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11890
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): Böttcherstrasse, with St. Jacob's church visible at the far end.
Keywords: architecture, cobbles, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11889
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the church of St. Mary, completed in its present form in 1485, although it originally had a Gothic spire, 151 metres high (!) which burnt out after a lightning strike in 1647.
Keywords: architecture, brick-Gothic, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11888
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the nave of the church of St. Mary, completed in its present form in 1485.
Keywords: architecture, brick-Gothic, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11887
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): handsome facades, many with gables, on the Neuer Markt.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11886
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) facade of the Altes Lazarett (military hospital) in the Frankenstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11885
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) facade of the Altes Lazarett (military hospital) in the Frankenstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11884
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): a typical street.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11883
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald-Eldena (Hansa Town): picturesque ruins of the Cistercian abbey, founded in 1199 and destroyed in the Thirty-Years-War, made famous by painter Caspar David Friedrich.
Keywords: artist, culture, Gothic, Hanseatic League, heritage, red-brick

PMR-D11882
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald-Eldena (Hansa Town): picturesque ruins of the Cistercian abbey, founded in 1199 and destroyed in the Thirty-Years-War, made famous by painter Caspar David Friedrich.
Keywords: artist, culture, Gothic, Hanseatic League, heritage, red-brick

PMR-D11881
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald-Eldena (Hansa Town): picturesque ruins of the Cistercian abbey, founded in 1199 and destroyed in the Thirty-Years-War, made famous by painter Caspar David Friedrich.
Keywords: artist, culture, Gothic, Hanseatic League, heritage, red-brick

PMR-D11880
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald-Eldena (Hansa Town): picturesque ruins of the Cistercian abbey, founded in 1199 and destroyed in the Thirty-Years-War, made famous by painter Caspar David Friedrich.
Keywords: artist, culture, Gothic, Hanseatic League, heritage, red-brick

PMR-D11872
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Freest: the small harbour which is the base of an active fishing fleet. Much of the catch is smoked by local processors for sale to visitors.
Keywords: colourful, culture, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing, tradition

PMR-D11871
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): the setting sun reflected in the River Ryck in Wieck, part of Greifswald.
Keywords: colourful, culture, golden, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing, sunset, yachts

PMR-D11870
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rügen Island, Putbus: some of the all-white neo-classical buildings forming part of the "Putbus Circus". The "white town" was founded in 1810 by Prince William Malte of Putbus.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, Pearl of Rügen, picturesque, resort

PMR-D11869
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rügen Island, Putbus: obelisk forming the centre of the "Putbus Circus", the surrounding all-white neo-classical buildings. The "white town" was founded in 1810 by Prince William Malte of Putbus.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, Pearl of Rügen, picturesque, resort

PMR-D11868
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): yachts moored along the River Ryck in Wieck, part of Greifswald.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11867
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): sculpture, "Der Fährmann" ("the ferryman") by Heinrich Zenichowski (1996) in Wieck, part of Geifswald.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11866
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): the Dutch-style wooden drawbridge (1887) in Wieck, part of Greifswald, is raised several times a day by hand.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11865
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald-Eldena (Hansa Town): post windmill dating back to at least 1533 and thus one of the oldest on the Baltic coast. It was active until 1932.
Keywords: culture, flour-mill, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11859
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): handsome facades, many with gables, on the busy market place,
Keywords: architecture, Baroque, colourful, culture, Gothic, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11858
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): the Gothic-Baroque gable of the Rathaus (Town Hall) overlooks the busy market place.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11857
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town: the 98-metre-high Gothic tower of Dom St. Nikolai (Cathedral of St. Nicholas), where the artist Caspar David Friedrich was baptised. The church was first mentioned in writing in 1280.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11856
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church), built in 1280 in brick Gothic style, has an impressive carved pulpit dating from 1587.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11855
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church), built in 1280 in brick Gothic style.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11854
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): the Dutch-style wooden drawbridge (1887) in Wieck, part of Greifswald, being opened to allow yachts to enter the harbour.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11853
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): the Dutch-style wooden drawbridge (1887) in Wieck, part of Greifswald, is raised several times a day by hand.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11852
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): yachts and other water craft moored in the harbour at Wieck, part of Greifswald.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11851
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): yachts moored in Wieck, part of Greifswald, reflected in the waters of the River Ryck.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11850
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): handsome facades, many with gables, on the market place.
Keywords: architecture, Baroque, colourful, culture, Gothic, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11849
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): Lange Strasse is the main shopping street and a pedestrian zone.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11848
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): children playing in the water of the fountain in the old fish market. Behind is the Gothic-Baroque gable of the Rathaus (Town Hall).
Keywords: architecture, Baroque, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11847
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): children playing in the water of the fountain in the old fish market.
Keywords: architecture, Baroque, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11846
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): handsome facades, many with gables, on the market place, with the tower of the Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church) in the background.
Keywords: architecture, Baroque, colourful, culture, Gothic, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11845
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): yachts moored along the River Ryck in Wieck, part of Greifswald.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11844
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): yachts and other vessels moored along the River Ryck in Wieck, part of Greifswald.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11843
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald (Hansa Town): yachts moored along the River Ryck in Wieck, part of Greifswald.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, maritime, nautical, picturesque, sailing

PMR-D11842
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the shoal fish of the North Atlantic are displayed in this huge tank in the Ozeaneum Museum. It has an area of 300 square metres and an acryl screen 10 metres x 5 metres x 30 cm thick, and holds 2.6 million litres of water.
Keywords: attraction, culture, fauna, Hanseatic League, heritage, marine life, picturesque, spectacle, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11841
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the shoal fish of the North Atlantic are displayed in this huge tank in the Ozeaneum Museum. It has an area of 300 square metres and an acryl screen 10 metres x 5 metres x 30 cm thick, and holds 2.6 million litres of water.
Keywords: attraction, culture, fauna, Hanseatic League, heritage, marine life, picturesque, spectacle, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11840
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the shoal fish of the North Atlantic are displayed in this huge tank in the Ozeaneum Museum. It has an area of 300 square metres and an acryl screen 10 metres x 5 metres x 30 cm thick, and holds 2.6 million litres of water.
Keywords: attraction, culture, fauna, Hanseatic League, heritage, marine life, picturesque, spectacle, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11839
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the "Osel Mantis", a one-man deep sea engineering submersible, as seen in the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only". On display in the Ozeaneum Museum.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11838
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the "Osel Mantis", a one-man deep sea engineering submersible, as seen in the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only". On display in the Ozeaneum Museum.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11837
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): Humboldt's penguins on the roof of the Ozeaneum Museum, with the rooftops of Stralsund in the background.
Keywords: architecture, birds, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, ornithology, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11836
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): a traditional gaff-rigged Baltic cutter, in full sail, with the skyline of Stralsund behind.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque, sailing boat, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11835
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): a traditional gaff-rigged Baltic cutter, in full sail, with the skyline of Stralsund and church of St. Nicholas, behind.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque, sailing boat, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11834
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): a traditional gaff-rigged Baltic cutter, in full sail.
Keywords: colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque, sailing boat, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11833
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the skyline from the sea, with the churches of St. Mary, St. Jacob and St. Nicholas, from left to right.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11832
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the skyline from the sea, with the church of St. Nicholas behind a number of brick-built trading warehouses.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11831
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the skyline from the sea, with the church of St. Nicholas in the centre.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11830
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the new 4079-metre long bridge to Rügen with its 128-metre high pylon, opened in 2007, crosses the island of Dänholm.
Keywords: architecture, culture, engineering, Hanseatic League, heritage, steel construction, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11829
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): bridges to the island of Rügen: on the left the old Rügendamm and on the right the new bridge, 4079-metres long, opened in 2007. both in use.
Keywords: architecture, culture, engineering, Hanseatic League, heritage, steel construction, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11828
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the new bridge to Rügen with its 128-metre high pylon, opened in 2007, crosses the island of Dänholm (foreground).
Keywords: architecture, culture, engineering, Hanseatic League, heritage, steel construction, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11827
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the huge ship-building hall, 300 metres long by 108 metres wide by 74 metres high, which started work in 1996, is one of the most modern in Europe.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, indoor dockyard, ship-construction, steelwork, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11826
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): bridges to the island of Rügen: in the vorground the old Rügendamm and behind the new bridge with its 128-metre high pylon, opened in 2007.
Keywords: architecture, culture, engineering, Hanseatic League, heritage, steel construction, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11825
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): historic figure of an agricultural worker on the front of a trading warehouse.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, sculpture, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11824
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): view of the historic buildings on the harbour island, with the new Ozeaneum Museum in the centre, all reflected in the waters of the Strelasund.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11823
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the historic Hafenamt (Harbourmaster) on the Hansakai, with a tower of St. Nicholas in the background.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11822
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): view of the futuristic Ozeaneum Museum which opened its doors in July 2008, with historic brick-built trade warehouses on the right.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11821
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): view of the harbour from a sightseeing boat, with facades of burgher houses and the church towers of St. Nicholas in the background.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11820
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): view of the harbour with sightseeing boat, and the church towers of St. Nicholas in the background.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11819
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the church of St. Mary, completed in its present form in 1485, although it originally had a Gothic spire, 151 metres high (!) which burnt out after a lightning strike in 1647. Seen reflected in the waters of the Franken Teich (lake).
Keywords: architecture, brick-Gothic, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11818
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): facade of Alter Markt 6, built in 1357 and converted to Baroque style in 1650. Now home to the traditional pharmacy business.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11817
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the brick Gothic facade of the "Wulflamhaus", Alter Markt 5, dates from 1352.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11816
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): brick Gothic facade of the "Giebelhaus", Mühlenstrasse 1, displays the oldest known example of the "pillar gable", from the 13th century. The bottom part was lost during Baroque alterations in 1770.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11815
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): handsome facades, many with gables, on Mühlenstrasse and the Alter Markt.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11814
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the impressive brick Gothic facade of the Rathaus (Town Hall) dates from 1278, and is the hallmark of the city.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11813
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): handsome facades on the Alter Markt. The grey building displaying a coat of arms in the gable, Alter Markt 14, is the former residence of the Swedish garrison commander, during the Swedish occupation.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11812
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the Gothic arches of the side isles of St. Nicholas' church have been restored to their original striking colours. The Renaissance pulpit dates from 1611.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11811
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): view of the nave of St. Nicholas' church from the ambulatory.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11810
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the Gothic arches of the side isles of St. Nicholas' church have been restored to their original striking colours.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11809
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the impressive Gothic nave of St. Nicholas' Church
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11808
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the well-lit walk-through gallery of the Rathaus (Town Hall)
Keywords: architecture, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11807
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): recently restored Baroque West Door of St Nicholas' Church with an image of St. Nicholas, the statues of Hope (Spes) and Faith (Fides) and cherubs carrying the instruments of the Passion (arma Christi).
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11806
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): handsome facades, many with gables, on the Alter Markt and Mühlenstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11805
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): handsome burgher house at Mühlenstrasse 7, built in late 18th century in neo-Baroque style.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11804
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): handsome facades, many with gables, on Mühlenstrasse and the Alter Markt.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11802
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stolpe on the Island of Usedom: Schloss Stolpe was built in Baroque style towards the end of the 17th century on the site of a previous castle. Beer and other refreshments are enjoyed at the summer fete on the grass.
Keywords: architecture, atmosphere, culture, drinking, eating, festival, heritage, lively, palatial, picturesque

PMR-D11801
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stolpe on the Island of Usedom: Schloss Stolpe was built in Baroque style towards the end of the 17th century on the site of a previous castle. Beer and other refreshments are enjoyed at the summer fete on the grass.
Keywords: architecture, atmosphere, culture, drinking, eating, festival, heritage, lively, palatial, picturesque

PMR-D11799
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Usedom: tower of the Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church), built in Gothic style at the end of the 15th century on the site of an earlier church.
Keywords: architecture, culture, gable, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11798
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Usedom: brick-built Anklamer Tor, the town's eastern gate, was erected about 1495.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11797
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stolpe on the Island of Usedom: Schloss Stolpe was built in Baroque style towards the end of the 17th century on the site of a previous castle. Home of the von Schwerin family.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, palatial, picturesque

PMR-D11515
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): the interior of the Orthodox Church of Agios Spyridon. The church, dating from 1590, preserves the mummified body of the island's patron saint, St. Spyridon, in an ornate silver coffin. Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): the interior of the Orthodox Church of Agios Spyridon. The church, dating from 1590, preserves the mummified body of the island's patron saint, St. Spyridon, in an ornate silver coffin.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, iconostasis, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11514
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): interior of the Faneromeni church or Panagia ton Xenon, which was used by refugees from the mainland during the Ottoman occupation. It dates back to 1689. Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): interior of the Faneromeni church or Panagia ton Xenon, which was used by refugees from the mainland during the Ottoman occupation. It dates back to 1689.
Keywords: architecture, chandelier, culture, iconostasis, Ionian Islands, Orthodox

PMR-D11496
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kanoni: the scant remains of a Roman Bath complex.
Keywords: culture, heritage, historic, Ionian Islands, ruin

PMR-D11495
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kanoni: Mon Repos, a villa built for Frederick Adam in 1820 later became the property of the Greek Royal Family and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born here in 1921. It has been refurnished in the original style and is open to the public as the Museum of Paleopolis.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11494
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kanoni: Mon Repos, a villa built for Frederick Adam in 1820 later became the property of the Greek Royal Family and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born here in 1921. It has been refurnished in the original style and is open to the public as the Museum of Paleopolis.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11491
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): the bell tower of the Orthodox Church of Agios Spyridon, the tallest in Corfu. The church, dating from 1590, preserves the mummified body of the island's patron saint, St. Spyridon.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11490
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): Agios Ioannis o Prodromos (Church of St. John the Precurser = St. John the Baptist) in Platia Iroon Kypriakon Agoniston, a square popularly known as "Platia Ioniki". Built in 1520, it was formerly Corfu's cathedral.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, heritage, historic, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11465
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): ruin of an early Christian Basilica of St. Kerkyra dating back to ca. 450. It has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times.
Keywords: Byzantine, church, culture, historic, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11464
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): ruin of an early Christian Basilica of St. Kerkyra dating back to ca.450. It has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times.
Keywords: Byzantine, church, culture, historic, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11343
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: film director Werner Herzog at Münchner Filmzentrum on 15th October 2022 in connection with the Werner Herzog Filmpreis.
Keywords: cinema, culture, film director, movies, personality, prize

PMR-D11342
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: film director Werner Herzog at Münchner Filmzentrum on 15th October 2022 in connection with the Werner Herzog Filmpreis.
Keywords: cinema, culture, film director, movies, personality, prize

PMR-D6554
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: view of the Japanese Garden, created in a dell in 1908 by the 8th Viscount Powerscourt.
Keywords: botanic, colourful, culture, gardens, heritage, historic, landscape, monument, park , picturesque

PMR-D11250
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340.
This picture: the Roman lighthouse (built 60 AD), under reconstruction on its old foundations. Originally 26m high it was destroyed by an earthquake/tsunami.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

PMR-D11249
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340.
This picture: the almost perfectly preserved Arch of Mettias Medustus (100 AD) which was the north gate to the city.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

PMR-D11248
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340.
This picture: the main street which connects the harbour to the Agora and is lined with Ionic columns, granite on the east and marble on the west.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

PMR-D11247
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: Abora IV - replica of an ancient Egyptian ship built entirely of totora reed and wood by German archeologist Dominique Goerlitz who built the ship himself according to old Egyptian paintings.
Keywords: Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, Kon-tiki, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

PMR-D11246
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340.
This picture: the cavea of the Bouleuterion or Prytaneion, which held 1400 people.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

PMR-D11245
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340.
This picture: the well-preserved amphitheatre was rebuilt by Antoninus Pius in 147 AD after an earthquake. It held ca. 6000 spectators.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

PMR-D11244
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340.
This picture: the well-preserved amphitheatre was rebuilt by Antoninus Pius in 147 AD after an earthquake. It held ca. 6000 spectators.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

PMR-D11243
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340.
This picture: the well-preserved amphitheatre was rebuilt by Antoninus Pius in 147 AD after an earthquake. It held ca. 6000 spectators.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

PMR-D11242
Turkey, Lycia, Patara: formerly a major city of the Lycian League due to its outstanding port, has been ruled by Hittites, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans et al. since the 7th century BC. Birthplace of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus). Due to the silting-up of the harbour the city was finally deserted by 1340.
This picture: the Bouleuterion or Prytaneion, the assembly hall of the Lycian League (1st century BC).
Keywords: archeology, architecture, Arsinoe, culture, heritage, historic, masonry, ruined city, Termilae, Tremilae, Xanthos Valley

pMR-D11239
Turkey, Lycia, Simena: the mediaeval crusader castle with swallowtail castellations on its well preserved walls was built for the Order of the Knights of St. John on the site of the ancient Lycian town of Simena. It dominates the present Turkish village of Kalekoy which can only be reached by boat or on foot.
Keywords: castle, culture, defence, fortifications, fortress, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11237
Turkey, Lycia, Simena: The former Greek coastal village of Simena (Turkish: Kalekoy) can only be reached from the sea - there are no roads connecting it to the hinterland, so development is limited, and little has changed since the Greeks left in 1922. About 200 people live here permanently. Crowning the village is a mediaeval fortress, and scattered around the village are numerous Lycian stone sarcophagi.
Keywords: castle, colourful, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11236
Turkey, Lycia, Simena (Turkish: Kalekoy) a few of the traditional vault-shaped sarcophagi scattered around on the hillside near the town.
Keywords: antiquity, archeology, burial, culture, grave, heritage, historic

PMR-D11235
Turkey, Lycia, Simena: The former Greek coastal village of Simena (Turkish: Kalekoy) can only be reached from the sea - there are no roads connecting it to the hinterland, so development is limited, and little has changed since the Greeks left in 1922. About 200 people live here permanently. Crowning the village is a mediaeval fortress, and scattered around the village are numerous Lycian stone sarcophagi.
Keywords: castle, colourful, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11234
Turkey, Lycia, Simena: The former Greek coastal village of Simena (Turkish: Kalekoy) can only be reached from the sea - there are no roads connecting it to the hinterland, so development is limited, and little has changed since the Greeks left in 1922. About 200 people live here permanently. Crowning the village is a mediaeval fortress, and scattered around the village are numerous Lycian stone sarcophagi.
Keywords: castle, colourful, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11211
Greece, Island of Kastellorizo, Megisti: newly painted cherubim-heads on the capital of a column in the Orthodox church.
Keywords: artistic, colourful, culture, religion

PMR-D11194
Turkey, Antalya, Lycia, Kalkan: another vault-shaped Lycian sarcophagus dating from the 4th century BC standing in the centre of the town.
Keywords: antiquity, archeology, burial, culture, grave, heritage, historic

PMR-D11175
Turkey, Lycia, Pinara: a typical vault-shaped, stone sarcophagus of the Lycians, many of which dot the landscape.
Keywords: antique, archeology, architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Mediterranean

PMR-D11174
Turkey, Lycia, Pinara: the amphitheatre of the ancient city, dates from the time of the Lycian League, and has 27 rows of seats. Unrestored, it remains in good condition.
Keywords: antique, archeology, architecture, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Mediterranean

PMR-D11173
Turkey, Lycia, Pinara: the amphitheatre of the ancient city, dates from the time of the Lycian League, and has 27 rows of seats. Unrestored, it remains in good condition.
Keywords: antique, archeology, architecture, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Mediterranean

PMR-D11172
Turkey, Lycia, Pinara: the amphitheatre of the ancient city, dates from the time of the Lycian League, and has 27 rows of seats. Unrestored, it remains in good condition.
Keywords: antique, archeology, architecture, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Mediterranean

PMR-D11171
Turkey, Lycia, Pinara: a closer view of some of the burial chambers in a cliff face overlooking the ruins of the ancient city of Pinara.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Mediterranean

PMR-D11170
Turkey, Lycia, Pinara: a cliff face with over 900 rock burial chambers towers over the ruins of the ancient city of Pinara.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Mediterranean

PMR-D11167
Turkey, Lycia, Fethiye: ancient rock tombs, carved out of the cliffs by Lycians, dating back to the 4th century BC. All have been plundered and many used as dwellings in Byzantine times.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, burial chambers, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Mediterranean

PMR-D11166
Turkey, Lycia, Fethiye: ancient rock tombs, carved out of the cliffs by Lycians. The largest, the Tomb of Amyntas (shown here), in the style of a Greek Ionic temple, with highly decorated sham stone door, dates back to the 4th century BC. All have been plundered and many used as dwellings in Byzantine times.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, burial chambers, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Mediterranean

PMR-D11163
Turkey, Lycia, Fethiye: this vault-shaped Lycian sarcophagus dated from the 4th century BC. Carved from local limestone, it is the largest example of its kind, and stands in its original position.
Keywords: antiquity, archeology, burial, culture, grave, heritage, historic

PMR-D11154
Turkey, Lycia, Dalyan: part of the ruins of the ancient town of Kaunos, in the Dalyan delta.
Keywords: antique, archeology, architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Lycia

PMR-D11153
Turkey, Lycia, Dalyan: part of the ruins of the ancient town of Kaunos, in the Dalyan delta.
Keywords: antique, archeology, architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Lycia

PMR-D11152
Turkey, Lycia, Dalyan: remains of a byzantine stone basilica in the ruins of the ancient town of Kaunos, in the Dalyan delta. The upper acropolis is visible on the hill in the background.
Keywords: antique, archeology, architecture, church, culture, heritage, historic, Lycia

PMR-D11151
Turkey, Lycia, Dalyan: remains of a byzantine stone basilica in the ruins of the ancient town of Kaunos, in the Dalyan delta.
Keywords: antique, archeology, architecture, church, culture, heritage, historic, Lycia

PMR-D11150
Turkey, Lycia, Dalyan: Ancient rock burial chambers carved in the cliff wall near Dalyan, with facades copied from Green Ionic Temples. All have been plundered; many were used as dwellings in Byzantine times.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Lycia, rock tombs

PMR-D11149
Turkey, Lycia, Dalyan: general view of the ancient rock burial chambers carved in the cliff wall near Dalyan, with facades copied from Green Ionic Temples. All have been plundered; many were used as dwellings in Byzantine times.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Lycia, rock tombs

PMR-D11148
Turkey, Lycia, Dalyan: Ancient rock burial chambers carved in the cliff wall near Dalyan, with facades copied from Green Ionic Temples. All have been plundered; many were used as dwellings in Byzantine times.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, geology, heritage, historic, Lycia, rock tombs

PMR-D11139
Turkey, Lycia, Dalyan delta: view of the ancient rock burial chambers carved in the cliffs near Dalyan, with a Turkish pleasure boat in the foreground.
Keywords: archeology, boat trip, culture, geology, heritage, historic

PMR-D11126
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: St. Mattheus Church, built of bricks in 1845, was the first protestant church in Ingolstadt.
Keywords: architecture, brickwork, culture, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11125
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Wittelsbach coat of arms on the entry-gate to the Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded").
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, stone-carving, tradition

PMR-D11124
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: statue of Emperor Ludwig the Bayer, who lived in Ingolstadt from 1310 to 1314, surmounting the fountain in Paradeplatz. It is the oldest fountain in the town, modelled by the sculptor Michael Wagmueller.
Keywords: bronze, culture, figure, heritage, historic, monument, sculpture

PMR-D11123
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: statue of Emperor Ludwig the Bayer, who lived in Ingolstadt from 1310 to 1314, surmounting the fountain in Paradeplatz.
Keywords: bronze, culture, figure, heritage, historic, monument, sculpture

PMR-D11122
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Baroque clocktower on the entry-gate of the Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded") of the Wittelsbach dynasty. It is now home to the Army Museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque, red apples

PMR-D11121
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Baroque entry-gate and clocktower of the Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded") of the Wittelsbach dynasty. It is now home to the Army Museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11120
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded") of the Wittelsbach dynasty. It is now home to the Army Museum. View from the moat.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11119
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded") of the Wittelsbach dynasty. It is now home to the Army Museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11034
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Kaisheimer Haus, built about 1600 as a town palace for the Fugger family. It acquired its Baroque appearance during the 17/18th centuries. The future Elector Maximilian I lived here between 1587-90.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11033
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: St. Mattheus Church, built of bricks in 1845, was the first protestant church in Ingolstadt. View from the Schrannenstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, brickwork, culture, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11032
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: the Rococo facade of Ickstatt House, former residence of Johann Adam, Freiherr von Ickstatt (1702-76), a noted reformer of the Enlightenment.
Keywords: architecture, Baroque, culture, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11031
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: facade of the old town hall (Altes Rathaus) which was rebuilt in its present form and neo-Renaissance style by Gabriel von Seidl in 1882. View from the Victualienmarkt, with fountain in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11030
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: the old town hall (Altes Rathaus) which was rebuilt in its present form and neo-Renaissance style by Gabriel von Seidl in 1882. To the left is the Pfeifturm ("Whistle Tower"), formerly the town's watch tower.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11029
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Baroque facades on the Ludwigstrasse, part of the pedestrian zone.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, picturesque

PMR-D11028
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: the unequal (unfinished) towers of the late Gothic minster(Liebfrauenmünster) begun in 1425.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11027
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: the vaulted late Gothic south portal of the minster (Liebfrausenmünster), started in 1425.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11026
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Kreuztor (Cross Gate) dating from the 14th century. The name originates from the leper-house "St. Cross", formerly situated nearby.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11025
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: part of the mediaeval town fortifications, still in use.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, tower

PMR-D11024
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Kreuztor (Cross Gate) dating from the 14th century. The name originates from the leper-house "St. Cross", formerly situated nearby.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque

PMR-D11007
Germany, Lower Bavaria, Bad Gögging: the surviving entry portal of the Romanesque church of St Andreas, still standing adjacent to the new church.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, exhibit, mediaeval, museum, stone carving

PMR-D11006
Germany, Lower Bavaria, Bad Gögging: half-excavated Roman thermal bath, 56m. long x 30m. wide, from first century AD, partly under the parish church of St: Andreas. Unique in Bavaria.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, exhibit, museum, ruins

PMR-D10921
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: view of the Rindermarkt, formerly the town's cattle market, from a street cafe, with the tower of the Gothic church of Alter Peter, Munich's oldest, with its eight clockfaces.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historical, mediaeval, national heritage, tourist attraction

PMR-D10920
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: The Rindermarkt, formerly the town's cattle market, with its terraced fountain and bronze cattle.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historical, mediaeval, national heritage, tourist attraction

PMR-D10919
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: the gilded figure of Maria with the infant Jesus, on her column, which is regarded as the central point of the city.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historical, national heritage, tourist attraction

PMR-D10918
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: Marienplatz with part of the New Town Hall, built 1867-1908 by Georg Hauberisser in New Gothic Style, the Maria Column, and the twin brick towers of the 15th-century cathedral (Frauenkirche).
Keywords: architecture, culture, historical, mediaeval, national heritage, tourist attraction

PMR-D10917
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: Marienplatz with the New Town Hall, built 1867-1908 by Georg Hauberisser in New Gothic Style, the Maria Column, and the twin brick towers of the 15th-century cathedral (Frauenkirche).
Keywords: architecture, culture, historical, national heritage, tourist attraction

PMR-D10756
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): a handsome, wrought iron gateway in the grounds of Petworth House, former home of the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, mansion, country house, work of art, artistic

PMR-D10755
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): the main facade of Petworth House, former home of the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland, from the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D10754
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): the main facade of Petworth House, former home of the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland, from the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D10706
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Mittermayerhof, the oldest farmhouse in the collection, dating back to 1525. Of all-wood construction, including the wellhouse.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10705
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Wagnerhaeusl, a farmhouse built in 1810 using an existing building, occupied for over 150 years by a cartwright and wheelwright business.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10704
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Haeuslmannhof, a traditional farmhouse from the Chiemgau region of Bavaria, built in 1751.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10703
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
waterwheel in action.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10702
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Wooden gallery on the upper storey of the Bernoederhof, a large farmhouse with ancillary buildings arranged in a square format, built in 1725.
Keywords: historic, country life, dwellings, tradition, heritage, picturesque, architecture, culture

PMR-D10701
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Central courtyard and dovecote of the Bernoederhof, a large farmhouse with ancillary buildings arranged in a square format, built in 1725.
Keywords: historic, country life, dwellings, tradition, heritage, picturesque, architecture, culture

PMR-D10700
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum: the painted wooden Beehouse, built in 1889, has space for about 100 bee colonies.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10694
Germany, Bavaria, Unterschleissheim: north rotunda and classrooms of the Education Centre for the Visually Impaired (SBZ). The architects, Pagenstecher & Moosmang, chose red clinker masonry to blend with the existing buildings. Autumn foliage enhances the colour.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, colourful, blind, sight-disabled

PMR-D10693
Germany, Bavaria, Unterschleissheim: north rotunda of the Education Centre for the Visually Impaired (SBZ). The architects, Pagenstecher & Moosmang, chose red clinker masonry to blend with the existing buildings. Autumn foliage enhances the colour.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, colourful, blind, sight-disabled

PMR-D10692
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau: the open air museum of historical farm buildings and water mills at Glentleiten:
traditional farmhouse from Oberteisendorf near Berchtesgaden.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10691
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau: the open air museum of historical farm buildings and water mills at Glentleiten:
a flock of sheep used for cropping amid colouring autumn foliage.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10690
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau: the open air museum of historical farm buildings and water mills at Glentleiten: the reservoir which supplies the water wheels through a system of sluices, surrounded by autumn foliage.
Keywords: historic, country life, dwellings, tradition, heritage, picturesque, architecture, culture

PMR-D10689
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau: the open air museum of historical farm buildings and water mills at Glentleiten: the pottery, in an historic wooden building, offers products made on the traditional potter's wheel.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life, artisan

PMR-D10688
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Fischbachau: colourful display of flowers on a wooden chalet in the hamlet of Birkenstein.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, tradition

PMR-D10687
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Fischbachau: ornate altar of the Pilgrimage Chapel "Maria Himmelfahrt", built in 1710 by Johann Mayr the elder, in the hamlet of Birkenstein:
Keywords: historic, picturesque, national heritage, architecture, culture, religious art

PMR041-08
Czechoslovakia, Prague: "Golden Lane", within the walls of the castle, formerly mini-houses of the castle gunners and goldbeaters, now tourist boutiques.
Keywords: architecture, quaint, colourful, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR030-03
Italy, Veneto, Verona: the old Roman stone bridge over the River Adige, the Ponte Pietra, and the Duomo with campanile (from 1187).
Keywords: architecture, panorama, heritage, historic, culture

PMR015-14
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the Rich Chapel in the Residenzmuseum, meticulously restored after complete destruction in WWII - scagliola work on walls and floor, side altar with monstrances, and ornate organ.
Keywords: Residence Museum, Wittelsbach, palace, heritage, culture, artistry

PMR015-13
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the Rich Chapel in the Residenzmuseum, meticulously restored, after complete destruction in WWII - ceiling cupola with gold stucco-work on a blue ground.
Keywords: Residence Museum, Wittelsbach, palace, heritage, culture, artistry

PMR015-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the Rich Chapel in the Residenzmuseum, meticulously restored, after complete destruction in WWII - scagliola work on the walls.
Keywords: Residence Museum, palace, Wittelsbach, culture, heritage, artistry

PMR000-01
England, East Sussex: Sheffield Park Garden, originally laid out by 'Capability' Brown, now a National Trust property, provides a feast of colour in the aurumn.
Keywords: culture, reflections, foliage colour, botanical, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D7533
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
Intricate symmetrical patterns used for the polychrome tiling.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7530
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
Intricate symmetrical patterns used for the polychrome tiling.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D10419
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: the handsome Manueline-Gothic portal of Sao Sebatiao parish church which was built between 1531 and 1547.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, ogee, culture, stone-carving, religious

PMR-D10416
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel: old stone aqueduct near the Miradouro (look-out) Lagoa do Canario.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, national heritage, historical

PMR-D9936
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta dos Mosteiros: the church.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture

PMR-D9914
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: Teatro Micaelense, opened in May 1917, seats 1500 and is modelled on the Coliseum in Lisbon.
Keywords: architecture, performance, theatre, culture, stage, drama, national heritage

PMR-D9913
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: Teatro Micaelense, opened in May 1917, seats 1500 and is modelled on the Coliseum in Lisbon.
Keywords: architecture, performance, theatre, culture, stage, drama, national heritage

PMR-D9672
Iceland, Reykjavik: the impressive organ of the Hallgrimskirkja (church), 15 metres high, with 5000 pipes. Frequent recitals are given during the summer months.
Keywords: capital city, artistic, culture, music, architecture, vaulting, concrete

PMR-D9671
Iceland, Reykjavik: the impressive organ of the Hallgrimskirkja (church), 15 metres high, with 5000 pipes. Frequent recitals are given during the summer months.
Keywords: capital city, artistic, culture, music, architecture, vaulting, concrete

PMR-D9590
Iceland, Höfn: modern sculpture in the centre of Ósland, a nature reserve on the south end of the peninsula, with the Vatnajökull massif in the background.
Keywords: monument, culture, art

PMR-D9099
Argentina, Buenos Aires: La Boca, a bohemian district, named after the nearby "mouth" of the Matanza river (Riachuelo), is popular with tourists. Statue of Benito Quinquela Martin (1890-1977) a well-known local artist and philanthropist who painted port scenes, particularly La Boca.
Keywords: South America, capital city, Latin America, artistic, monument, memorial, culture

PMR-D9088
Argentina, Buenos Aires: the Basilica of San Francisco, built between 1731 and 1754 for the Franciscan Order. However the facade was completely rebuilt between 1907 and 1911 in Bavarian Baroque style, the work of architect Ernst Sackmann.
Keywords: South America, culture, heretage, historic, architecture, capital city, Latin America

PMR-D9086
Argentina, Buenos Aires: the Piramide de Mayo in Plaza de Mayo, was erected in 1811 to celebrate the first anniversary of the May Revolution, and is the city's oldest monument. The figure on the top is an allegory of Liberty, the work of French sculptor Joseph Dubourdieu.
Keywords: South America, artistic, culture, heritage, historic, statue, architecture, capital city, Latin America

PMR-D9085
Argentina, Buenos Aires: Plaza de Mayo, with outsize flagpole and national flag and equestrian statue of General Manuel Belgrano on the left.
Keywords: South America, heritage, historic, culture, monument, Latin America, capital city, architecture

PMR-D9082
Argentina, Buenos Aires: the Obelisco (Obelisk), a landmark of the city, stands in the Plaza de la Republica, and was erected in 1936 to commemorate the 400-year jubilee of the foundation of the city. The architect was Albert Prebisch and it was built in 31 days by a German company. It stands 67.5 metres high and is a National Historic Monument.
Keywords: South America, culture, heritage, architecture, capital city, Latin America

PMR-D9080
Argentina, Buenos Aires: built according to plans of the architect Francesco Tamburini in neo-Renaissance style. the Theatro Colon (Columbus Theatre) was opened on 25th May 1908. The acoustics rate with the best opera houses of the world.
Keywords: South America, culture, heritage, historic, drama, performance, music, architecture, capital city, Latin America

PMR-D9077
Argentina, Buenos Aires: the famous Cemetery of Recoleta was founded in 1822 after the disbandment of the monastery of the Order of Recoleta, in the grounds of the church of Nuestra Senora del Pilar ("Our Lady of the Pillar"), whose belltower can be seen in the distance. Many notable people are interred here and have impressive tomb monuments.
Keywords: South America, artistic, culture, Latin America, capital city, architecture, Catholic

PMR-D9076
Argentina, Buenos Aires: the famous Cemetery of Recoleta was founded in 1822 after the disbandment of the monastery of the Order of Recoleta, in the grounds of the church of Nuestra Senora del Pilar ("Our Lady of the Pillar"). Many notable people are interred here and have impressive tomb monuments.
Keywords: South America, artistic, culture, Latin America, capital city, architecture, Catholic

PMR-D9074
Argentina, Buenos Aires: equestrian statue of Bartolome Mitre, president of Argentina 1862 to 1868, on Avenida del Libertador. Sculpted by Luis Calandre and unveiled in 1927.
Keywords: South America, architecture, Latin America, capital city, metropolitan, monument, sculpture, artwork, culture

PMR-D9072
Argentina, Buenos Aires: entrance to Parque Tres de Febrero or Bosques de Palermo, a park estblished in 1874 after the overthrow of strongman Juan Manuel de Rosas on 3rd February 1852 on land belonging to him. It features a fine rose garden.
Keywords: South America, landscaped, culture, plants, flowers, botanical, capital city, Latin America

PMR-D9071
Argentina, Buenos Aires: Parque Tres de Febrero or Bosques de Palermo, a park estblished in 1874 after the overthrow of strongman Juan Manuel de Rosas on 3rd February 1852 on land belonging to him. It features a fine rose garden.
Keywords: South America, landscaped, culture, plants, flowers, botanical, capital city, Latin America

PMR-D9020
Chile, Punta Arenas: monument erected in 2004 to comemmorate the acquisition of the Magellan Straits for Chile on 21 September 1843 by the schooner Ancud (La Goleta Ancud). The sculptor was Guillermo Merino Pedrero.
Keywords: South America, historic, heritage, Patagonia, Andes, Latin America, culture, statues, bronze figures, work of art

PMR-D9018
Chile, Punta Arenas: monument in Plaza Munoz Gamero donated in 1920 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Magellan's epic voyage, by businessman Jose Menendez.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia, bronze statue, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D9017
Chile, Punta Arenas: the former Palace of Jose Montes Pello, who arrived from Spain in 1874, aged 19, and entered the cattle business, He bought land in Chile and Argentina and amassed one of the largest fortunes in the region. His residence was the work of architect Miguel Bonifetti and was completed in 1923, in the Italian neo-classical style.
Keywords: South America, mansion, luxurious, culture, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia, heritage, historic

PMR-D9016
Chile, Punta Arenas: monument in Plaza Munoz Gamero donated in 1920 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Magellan's epic voyage, by businessman Jose Menendez.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia, bronze statue, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D9012
Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. The tomb of the "Italian Brotherhood".
Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia

PMR-D9011
Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. The crematorium chapel.
Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia

PMR-D9010
Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. Left, the tomb of the family Kusanovic; right, the tomb of the " Croat Benevolent Society".
Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia

PMR-D9009
Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves.
Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia

PMR-D9008
Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves. In the foreground the tomb of the "Croat Benevolent Society"; in the background the Menendes family tomb.
Keywords: South America, Patagonia, Andes, Latin America, architecture, gravestones, memorials, graveyard, sculpture, culture, heritage

PMR-D9007
Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves.
Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, sculpture, graveyard, memorials, gravestones, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia

PMR-D9006
Chile, Punta Arenas: a major tourist attraction of the city is the Cemeterio Municipal, which contains elegant tombs of the city's rich founders as well as more humble graves.
Keywords: South America, Patagonia, Andes, Latin America, architecture, gravestones, memorials, graveyard, sculpture, culture, heritage

PMR-D9004
Chile, Punta Arenas: the former Palace of Sara Braun, of one of the richest families, responsible for the development of Punta Arenas. The building is now known as Casa Braun-Menendez and displays the original opulent furnishings to the visiting public.
Keywords: South America, mansion, luxurious, culture, architecture, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia, heritage, historic

PMR-D9003
Chile, Punta Arenas: former house of Juan Blanchard of Braun and Blanchard, who was the first to develop pelagic whaling round the South Shetland Islands. Built in 1907 by the architect Antoine Beaulier in Plaza Munoz Gamero.
Keywords: South America, Patagonia, Andes, Latin America, architecture, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D8725
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: a selection of local products: woollen rugs and woven baskets.
Keywords: South America, arrtisans, souvenirs, Latin America, culture

PMR-D8724
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: colourful houses line the steep hill leading to the port.
Keywords: South America, picturesque, Latin America, culture

PMR-D8723
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: colourful houses line the steep hill leading to the port.
Keywords: South America, picturesque, Latin America, culture

PMR-D8722
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Plaza de Armas, with figure of La Pincoya, a mythical sprite of great beauty, who can bring good fortune to the Chilote, on the fountain.
Keywords: South America, statue, legend, Latin America, culture

PMR-D8721
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Plaza de Armas, with the garden of the tourist information centre in the foreground.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, culture

PMR-D8720
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: the tourist information centre; it has a large selection of locally-made products and souvenirs on offer.
Keywords: South America, culture, Latin America

PMR-D8719
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Iglesia San Francisco de Castro, designed by the Italian architect Eduardo Provasoli and completed in1912, stands on the Plaza de Armas.. It has been recognised by UNESCO as part of Chiloe's heritage. View of the nave and altar.
Keywords: South America, colourful, architecture, Roman Catholic, heritage, picturesque, Latin America, culture

PMR-D8718
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Iglesia San Francisco de Castro, designed by the Italian architect Eduardo Provasoli and completed in1912, stands on the Plaza de Armas.. It has been recognised by UNESCO as part of Chiloe's heritage. View of the nave and altar.
Keywords: South America, colourful, architecture, Roman Catholic, heritage, picturesque, Latin America, culture

PMR-D8717
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Iglesia San Francisco de Castro, designed by the Italian architect Eduardo Provasoli and completed in1912, stands on the Plaza de Armas.. It has been recognised by UNESCO as part of Chiloe's heritage.
Keywords: South America, colourful, architecture, Roman Catholic, heritage, picturesque, Latin America, culture

PMR-D8714
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church de Nercon, built in 1886-90, is one of a number of historic wooden churches in Chiloe recognised by UNESCO. It is built of cypress and larch wood and the tower is 25 metres high.
Keywords: South America, timber, culture, Latin America, picturesque, traditional, heritage

PMR-D8713
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church de Nercon, built in 1886-90, is one of a number of historic wooden churches in Chiloe recognised by UNESCO. It is built of cypress and larch wood and the tower is 25 metres high.
Keywords: South America, timber, culture, Latin America, picturesque, traditional, heritage

PMR-D8712
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church de Nercon, built in 1886-90, is one of a number of historic wooden churches in Chiloe recognised by UNESCO. It is built of cypress and larch wood and the tower is 25 metres high.
Keywords: South America, timber, culture, Latin America, picturesque, traditional, heritage

PMR-D8711
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church de Nercon, built in 1886-90, is one of a number of historic wooden churches in Chiloe recognised by UNESCO. It is built of cypress and larch wood and the tower is 25 metres high. Details of the wooden construction can be seen in the gallery running round the church under the roof.
Keywords: South America, heritage, traditional, picturesque, Latin America, culture, timber

PMR-D8710
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church de Nercon, built in 1886-90, is one of a number of historic wooden churches in Chiloe recognised by UNESCO. It is built of cypress and larch wood and the tower is 25 metres high. View of the nave and altar from the gallery.
Keywords: South America, timber, culture, Latin America, picturesque, traditional, heritage

PMR-D8709
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church de Nercon, built in 1886-90, is one of a number of historic wooden churches in Chiloe recognised by UNESCO. It is built of cypress and larch wood and the tower is 25 metres high. View of the simple wooden altar.
Keywords: South America, heritage, traditional, picturesque, Latin America, culture, timber

PMR-D8708
Chile. Chiloe, Castro: Nuestra Senora de Gracia Church de Nercon, built in 1886-90, is one of a number of historic wooden churches in Chiloe recognised by UNESCO. It is built of cypress and larch wood and the tower is 25 metres high. View of the nave with columns painted to look like marble.
Keywords: South America, timber, culture, Latin America, picturesque, traditional, heritage

PMR-D8689
Chile. Puerto Montt: monument to the first German families who settled in Puerto Montt in 1852, unveiled in 2002.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, bronze figures, culture

PMR-D8610
Chile. Santiago: equestrian statue of Pedro de Valdivia, founder of the city on 12th February 1541.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, monument, culture

PMR-D8609
Chile. Santiago: Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago in Plaza de Armas, completed in 1807 as the Royal Court of Justice, now houses the National History Museum.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, architecture, culture, Baroque style

PMR-D8607
Chile. Santiago: Plaza de Armas, with Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago (right), completed in 1807 as the Royal Court of Justice, which now houses the National History Museum, and the cathedral facade on the far side of the square.
Keywords: South America, Baroque style, culture, architecture, Latin America

PMR-D8606
Chile. Santiago: the Metropolitan Cathedral in Plaza de Armas, seat of the archbishop of Santiago, was built in Baroque style by architect Gioacchino Toasca, and completed in 1799, replacing its predecessors which were destroyed by earthquakes.
Keywords: South America, heritage, culture, architecture, Latin America

PMR-D8603
Chile. Santiago: Simon Bolivar monument to American liberty in the Plaza de Armas. Erected on 25th April 1836, a work of the Italian sculptor Francesco Orselino:
Keywords: South America, Latin America, sculpture, art, artistic, culture

PMR-D8538
Germany, Bavaria, Hohenfurch: dating from the 13th century, the parish church was built in Gothic style but was converted to Rococo in the 18th century. View from the graveyard,
Keywords: heritage, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D8537
Germany, Bavaria, Peiting: the pilgrimage church of Maria Egg was completed in 1658 in Baroque style. View from the graveyard.
Keywords: architecture, onion dome, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, heritage

PMR-D8536
Germany, Bavaria, Peiting: the pilgrimage church of Maria Egg was completed in 1658 in Baroque style.
Keywords: architecture, onion dome, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, heritage

PMR-D8535
Germany, Bavaria, Peiting: founded in 1055 by King Welf IV, the parish church of St Michael has been rebuilt many times.
Keywords: historic, architecture, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, heritage

PMR-D8534
Germany, Bavaria, Schongau: the parish church of St.Maria Himmelfahrt, which dates back to 1253, but has been rebuilt a number of times. It is the oldest church in Schongau.
Keywords: picturesque, onion dome, historic, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D8533
Germany, Bavaria, Schongau: gabled facades in the old town, with the tower of the parish church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt on the right.
Keywords: picturesque, onion dome, historic, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D8532
Germany, Bavaria, Schongau: the Maxtor Gate and part of the 14th century town wall with defenders' gallery.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8531
Germany, Bavaria, Schongau: part of the 14th century town wall and Frauentor Gateway, surmounted by a figure of the Virgin.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8530
Germany, Bavaria, Schongau: the Polizeidienerturm dating from the 13th century, was originally a gate tower in the town wall, but the gate was subsequently blocked off and the tower used for dwellings or offices.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8529
Germany, Bavaria, Schongau: the Polizeidienerturm dating from the 13th century, was originally a gate tower in the town wall, but the gate was subsequently blocked off and the tower used for dwellings or offices.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8528
Germany, Bavaria, Schongau: a colourful oriel enhances one of the buildings in the old town.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage

PMR-D8527
Germany, Bavaria, Schongau: part of the 14th century town wall with defenders' gallery and the Maxtor Gate.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, mediaeval

PMR-D8526
Germany, Bavaria, Altenstadt (formerly Alt-Schongau): the Romanesque parish church and Papal basilica was probably built between 1180 and 1220 and has retained its original form. Similarities to San. Savino in Piacenza are notable. View of the interior with the giant wooden crucifix (ca. 1200) suspended between choir and nave.
Keywords: historic, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D8525
Germany, Bavaria, Altenstadt (formerly Alt-Schongau): the Romanesque parish church and Papal basilica was probably built between 1180 and 1220 and has retained its original form. Similarities to San. Savino in Piacenza are notable.
Keywords: culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8524
Germany, Bavaria, Hohenfurch: dating from the 13th century, the parish church was built in Gothic style but was converted to Rococo in the 18th century.
Keywords: heritage, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D8523
Germany, Bavaria, Hohenfurch: dating from the 13th century, the parish church was built in Gothic style but was converted to Rococo in the 18th century. Interior view of the nave and choir.
Keywords: heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, Baroque

PMR-D8522
Germany, Bavaria, Hohenfurch: dating from the 13th century, the parish church was built in Gothic style but was converted to Rococo in the 18th century. Interior view of the nave and choir.
Keywords: heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, Baroque

PMR-D8521
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: the parish church of St. John the Baptist was built in the late 13th century in Gothic style.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8520
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: the parish church of St. John the Baptist was built in the late 13th century in Gothic style. This fresco ofSt. Christopher with the Christ child dates back to the beginning of the 17th century.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8519
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: the parish church of St. John the Baptist was built in the late 13th century in Gothic style. This fresco of the Last Judgement dates back to the beginning of the 17th century.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D8518
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: the Altes Schloss (Old Castle) was built between 1392 and 1421 and originally was moated. It has been rebuilt and added to many times over the years.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D8517
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: memorial statue to General Johann Tserclaes Tilly, commander in the 30.years war, who died from his wounds at the Battle of Rain in 1632. In the background is the 18th century Rathaus (Town Hall).
Keywords: historic, bronze figure, monument, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, heritage

PMR-D8516
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: colourful Baroque gables on the high street.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D8515
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: memorial statue to General Johann Tserclaes Tilly, commander in the 30.years war, who died from his wounds at the Battle of Rain in 1632.
Keywords: historic, heritage, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, monument, bronze figure

PMR-D8514
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: the Rathaus (Town Hall ), built 1759-62 in Rococo style, is a protected building.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8513
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: the Rathaus (Town Hall ), built 1759-62 in Rococo style, is a protected building. View of the side facade with a step-gable on the main road.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D8512
Germany, Bavaria, Rain am Lech: the Schwabtor gate, first mentioned in writing in 1494, was rebuilt with two traffic lanes in 1973. With a handsome step-gable on the left.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D8391
Greece, Island of Paros. Parikia: a typical alley, overhung with flowering shrubs.
Keywords: Greek Islands, picturesque, colourful, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas, culture

PMR-D8390
Greece, Island of Paros. Parikia: play of light and shadow on the whitewashed stone steps in a private house.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, picturesque, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas, Paroikia, photogenic

PMR-D8389
Greece, Island of Paros. Parikia: Panagia Ekatontapiliani ("Church with 100 doors") dates back to 326 AD and comprises two chapels and a baptistery in addition to the principal church. It is one othe leading pilgrimage churches in the Aegean. View of the relatively modern facade which fronts the Byzantine basilica.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, street scene, Paroikia, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, Panagia Katapoliani, historic, heritage

PMR-D8378
Greece, Island of Naxos: Orthodox church with belltower in Naxos port.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Byzantine, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, architecture, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D8376
Greece, Island of Naxos: Orthodox church with belltower in Naxos port.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas, Byzantine

PMR-D8364
Greece, Island of Naxos: an ancient Hellenic watchtower, "Pirgos Himarou", probably dating back to the 2nd-4th century BC.. Originally it had four floors, connected by a spiral stone staircase, part of which remains. The tower is under long term renovation and reconstruction.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, historic, heritage, culture, Drosiani, architecture, archeology

PMR-D8363
Greece, Island of Naxos: an ancient Hellenic watchtower, "Pirgos Himarou", probably dating back to the 2nd-4th century BC.. Originally it had four floors, connected by a spiral stone staircase, part of which remains. The tower is under long term renovation and reconstruction.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, historic, heritage, culture, Drosiani, architecture, archeology

PMR-D8362
Greece, Island of Naxos: an old dwelling with slate roof standing near the ancient watch tower "Pirgos Himarou".
Keywords: Greek Islands, architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8360
Greece, Island of Naxos, Moni: Panagia Drasiani, an ancient church in Byzantine style on the outskirts of Moni, contains frescos dating from the seventh century.
Keywords: Greek Islands, early Christian, architecture, Drosiani, culture, heritage, historic, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8359
Greece, Island of Naxos, Moni: Panagia Drasiani, an ancient church in Byzantine style on the outskirts of Moni, contains frescos dating from the seventh century.
Keywords: Greek Islands, early Christian, architecture, Drosiani, culture, heritage, historic, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8358
Greece, Island of Naxos: .roll cloud, formed by the "Meltemi" wind blowing from the north, on the mountains.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, heritage, historic, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas, panorama, meteorology, cloud formations

PMR-D8357
Greece, Island of Naxos, Melanes: the Kouros (Greek = nude male figure) of Flerio, of white marble, is 4.7 metres long. It ws never finished, apparently because the right leg got broken during transport. It weighs about 5 tonnes.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, historic, heritage, culture, statue, sculpture, archeology

PMR-D8356
Greece, Island of Naxos: view of the lights of Naxos city after sundown, from the islet of Palatia which is joined by a causeway to the main island.
Keywords: Greek Islands, panorama, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D8355
Greece, Island of Naxos: Portara or lintel of the unfinished Temple of Apollo on the islet of Palatia. Work was begun in 530 BC by the tyrant Lygdamis with the intention of making it the largest temple in Greece, but the plan proved too ambitious. View shortly after sunset.
Keywords: Greek Islands, ruin, archeology, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8354
Greece, Island of Naxos: Portara or lintel of the unfinished Temple of Apollo on the islet of Palatia. Work was begun in 530 BC by the tyrant Lygdamis with the intention of making it the largest temple in Greece, but the plan proved too ambitious. View shortly after sunset.
Keywords: Greek Islands, ruin, archeology, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8353
Greece, Island of Naxos: view of Naxos city at sunset from the islet of Palatia which is joined by a causeway to the main island.
Keywords: Greek Islands, twilight, culture, heritage, historic, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas, panorama

PMR-D8350
Greece, Island of Naxos: Portara or lintel of the unfinished Temple of Apollo on the islet of Palatia. Work was begun in 530 BC by the tyrant Lygdamis with the intention of making it the largest temple in Greece, but the plan proved too ambitious.
Keywords: Greek Islands, ruin, archeology, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8349
Greece, Island of Naxos: view of Naxos city from the islet of Palatia which is joined by a causeway to the main island.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, heritage, historic, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas, panorama

PMR-D8348
Greece, Island of Naxos: Portara or lintel of the unfinished Temple of Apollo on the islet of Palatia. Work was begun in 530 BC by the tyrant Lygdamis with the intention of making it the largest temple in Greece, but the plan proved too ambitious.
Keywords: Greek Islands, ruin, archeology, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8347
Greece, Island of Naxos: rough seas wash the causeway which joins the islet of Palatia to the main island.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, architecture, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D8346
Greece, Island of Naxos: heavy seas pound the shore of the outlying settlements of Naxos city.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8345
Greece, Island of Naxos: the town of Naxos (population 7,000+) is expanding to the north west. The island is the largest of the Cyclades.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8344
Greece, Island of Naxos: fishing boats in the harbour of Naxos, with the town and Kastro in the background.
Keywords: Greek Islands, colourful, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8343
Greece, Island of Naxos: sailing ship "Bahriyeli A" in Naxos harbour.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, heritage, historic, architecture, Cyclades, island hopping, Hellas

PMR-D8342
Greece, Island of Naxos: view of Naxos city and Kastro from the harbour, with fishing boats moored to the quay.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, architecture, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D8341
Greece, Island of Naxos: view of Naxos city and Kastro from the bay.
Keywords: Greek Islands, culture, heritage, historic, Hellas, island hopping, Cyclades, architecture

PMR-D8306
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
Keywords: port, culture, crenellations, fortress, historic, heritage, colourful, picturesque, boats, yachts, marina, holiday resort, harbour

PMR-D8296
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: the Ducal Museum, in Neo-Renaissance style, built in the 19th century, is a trust of the Friedenstein Palace, and has displays of Egyptian art, Greek and Roman art and Renaissance paintings.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture

PMR-D8295
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: north front of Friedenstein Palace (Schloss) built in 1656 in Baroque style by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. It is now home to several museums.
Keywords: architecture, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8294
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: originally built as a bourse between 1566 and 1574, this fine Renaissance building has been used as the Town Hall (Rathaus) since 1665. Between 1640 and 1646 it was the residence of the newly created Duke Ernest I of Sachsen, Gotha and Altenburg. The ducal arms over the entry portal are a masterpiece of the German Renaissance.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D8293
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: Brühl (Street) contains some noteworthy building including the Maria-Magdalena Hospital, founded in 1223 (building on the right).
Keywords: architecture, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8292
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: originally built as a bourse between 1566 and 1574, this fine Renaissance building has been used as the Town Hall (Rathaus) since 1665. Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: originally built as a bourse between 1566 and 1574, this fine Renaissance building has been used as the Town Hall (Rathaus) since 1665. Between 1640 and 1646 it was the residence of the newly created Duke Ernest I of Sachsen, Gotha and Altenburg.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D8291
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: facades on the Market Place (Hauptmarkt) from the terrace of Palace Hill.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8290
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: originally built as a bourse between 1566 and 1574, this fine Renaissance building has been used as the Town Hall (Rathaus) since 1665. The tower is 35 metres high and the look-out gallery can be visited by the public.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D8289
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: view of the Market Place (Hauptmarkt) and tower of the Town Hall (Rathaus) from the terrace of Palace Hill.
Keywords: architecture, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8288
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: courtyard and west pavilion and wing of Friedenstein Palace (Schloss) built in 1656 in Baroque style by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. It is now home to several museums.
Keywords: architecture, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8287
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: west pavilion and wing of Friedenstein Palace (Schloss) built in 1656 in Baroque style by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. It is now home to several museums.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8286
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: a row of handsome timber frame facades on Marktstrasse (Market Street).
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8285
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Hotel Alte Münze, dating back to 1509, was originally the town's mint. In the background further timber frame buildings in the Münzstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8284
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: a row of timber frame houses on Breite Strasse, with the Hotel zum Breiten Tor in the foreground
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8283
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: Breites Tor ("Wide Gate"), built in 1443, with the "Zwinger", or complementary defence tower (1517). Once, one of the most strongly defended gates in the country, much of the fortification has been demolished, including the outer gate with its own defence towers.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8282
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: Breite Strasse, seen through the Breites Tor ("Wide Gate"), built in 1443, In a niche over the door is the figure of an emperor over the Goslar eagle.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, medieval, mediaeval, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8281
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: Breites Tor ("Wide Gate"), built in 1443, with the "Zwinger", or complementary defence tower (1517). Once, one of the most strongly defended gates in the country, much of the fortification has been demolished, including the outer gate with its own defence towers.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8280
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: Breites Tor ("Wide Gate"), built in 1443, at the end of the Breite Strasse, lined with old timber frame houses.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8279
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: St, Annenhaus, the oldest completely preserved timber frame building in the town, dates from 1488, when it was a hospital.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8278
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: timber frame houses line both sides of this cobbled street.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, medieval, mediaeval, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8277
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Market Place (Marktplatz) with the Golden Eagle fountain in the foreground..
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, medieval, mediaeval, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8276
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Gothic Rathaus (Town Hall) dates from 1450 and faces the Marktplatz with its five arcades. On the second floor are lavishly furnished council chambers.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8275
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: tower of Romanesque Market Church of St. Cosmos and St. Damien, completed in 1150 and later extended, with timber frame buildings in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, metropolis

PMR-D8274
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: Grosses Heiliges Kreuz was built in 1254 as a hospice which offered rooms for the night to pilgrims and other travellers. Part of the building is still used as an old people's home.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8273
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events. View of the Great Hall, with equestrian statues of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Kaiser Friedrich 1 Barbarossa..
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, medieval, mediaeval, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8272
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events. View of the central segment of the Great Hall, and stone belvedere.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8271
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events. View of the Great Hall, with equestrian statues of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Kaiser Friedrich 1 Barbarossa..
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, UNESCO

PMR-D8270
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events. View of the equestrian statues of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Kaiser Friedrich 1 Barbarossa in front of the Great Hall.
Keywords: architecture, UNESCO, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8269
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: timber-framed St. John's Church (Johanniskirche) was built 1661-63 on the orders of August the Younger of Brauschweig-Wolfenbüttel. View from the east, with the former cemetery in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8268
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: timber-framed St. John's Church (Johanniskirche) was built 1661-63 on the orders of August the Younger of Brauschweig-Wolfenbüttel. View of the massive west front.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8267
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the former Orphanage (Waisenhaus), endowed in 1698 by Duchess Elisabeth Juliane with building completed in 1704. From 1753 to 1878 it was the ducal teacher training college.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8266
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the house of writer Gotthold Ephraim Lessing when he was librarian at the Herzog August Bibliotek.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic, literature, author

PMR-D8265
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the former Arsenal (Zeughaus), built 1613-19 in Renaissance style by Paul Francke, head builder to the duke, now houses part of the book collection of the Herzog August Library.
Keywords: picturesque, literature, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8264
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the ancient half-timbered granary (Kornspeicher) awaits a suitable purpose in the modern world.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8263
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: Herzog August Bibliothek or Biblioteca Augusta is one of the world's most important libraries. Founded in1572, by the time of the 17th century it was the largest library north of the Alps. It contains over 900,000 books and 11,500 manuscripts which have survived the turbulent centuries intact. Famous librarians include Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Keywords: picturesque, volumes, collections, incunabula, literature, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8262
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the ancient half-timbered granary (Kornspeicher) awaits a suitable purpose in the modern world.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8261
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a handsome block of timber framed dwellings near the centre of town.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8260
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: facades reflected in a branch of the River Oker, in "Little Venice".
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8259
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a row of private dwellings in the centre of town with fine timber-frame facades.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8258
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a handsome block of timber-framed houses containing shops, in the Lange Herzogstrasse.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8257
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a street cafe in the Market Square (Stadtplatz) offers fine views of the timber-framed houses.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8256
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a street cafe in the Market Square (Stadtplatz) offers fine views of the timber-framed houses. Germany, Niedersachsen, WolfenbÃ¼ttel: a street cafe in the Market Square (Stadtplatz) offers fine views of the timber-framed houses.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8255
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: colourful Renaissance facades line the Market Square (Stadtplatz) with the monument to Duke Augustus the Younger in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8254
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: one timber-framed house after another line the cobbled Krumme Strasse.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8253
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: one timber-framed house after another line the cobbled Krumme Strasse, with the spire of St. Petrus' church in the background. Germany, Niedersachsen, WolfenbÃ¼ttel: one timber-framed house after another line the cobbled Krumme Strasse, with the spire of St. Petrus' church in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8252
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: one timber-framed house after another line the cobbled Krumme Strasse, with the spire of St. Petrus' church in the background. Germany, Niedersachsen, WolfenbÃ¼ttel: one timber-framed house after another line the cobbled Krumme Strasse, with the spire of St. Petrus' church in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8251
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: one timber-framed house after another line the cobbled Krumme Strasse, with the spire of St. Petrus' church in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8250
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a timber-frame house on the corner of Harzstrasse and Fischerstrasse. Germany, Niedersachsen, WolfenbÃ¼ttel: a timber-frame house on the corner of Harzstrasse and Fischerstrasse.
Keywords: culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8249
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the Lessing Theatre was opened in 1909 with a performance of "Nathan der Weise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Between 2007 and 2013 it was closed for radical reconstruction work, so that only the facade is original. Germany, Niedersachsen, WolfenbÃ¼ttel: the Lessing Theatre was opened in 1909 with a performance of "Nathan der Weise" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Between 2007 and 2013 it was closed for radical reconstruction work, so that only the facade is original.
Keywords: culture, architecture, heritage, historic, drama, stage

PMR-D8248
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a row of diverse facades on Kreuzstrasse.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture

PMR-D8247
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a row of diverse facades on the outskirts of the town
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8246
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: timber-frame houses on the outskirts of the town.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8245
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: timber-frame houses on Kanzleistrasse.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8244
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: Mariakirche (Hauptkirche Beatae Mariae Virginis), a Lutheran church, built 1608-1751, was the first Protestant church to be built in Germany. A Gothic-Baroque hybrid.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8243
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: timber-frame house at Michael-Praetorius-Platz 8.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8242
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: Cafe Richter am Schlüter-Eck, facing the Holzmarkt (Wood Market).
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8241
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a row of timber-framed houses facing the Holzmarkt (Wood Market).
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8240
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: Trinity Church (Trinitatiskirche), built in the late 18th century, in the Holzmarkt (Wood Market).
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8239
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a row of timber-frame houses facing the Holzmarkt (Wood Market) with part of the Trinitatis Church on the right.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8238
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a continuous row of handsome timber-frame buildings in the Kornmarkt.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8237
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a row of superb timber-frame buildings in the Market Square (Stadtplatz).
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8236
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a row of superb timber-frame buildings in the Market Square (Stadtplatz) with the Town Hall (Rathaus) at the far end.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8235
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: monument to Duke Augustus the Younger in the Market Place (Stadtmarkt).
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic, statue

PMR-D8234
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a row of old burgher houses in the centre of the town.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8233
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: timber-frame burgher houses in the Market Place (Stadtmarkt) with the Town Hall (Rathaus) on the right.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8232
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: Bankhaus C.L. Seeliger in Lange Herzogstrasse was built in 1586, the first stone-built house in the town, originally a pharmacy.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, architecture, heritage, historic

PMR-D8231
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: a timber-framed bridge connects the building opposite.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8230
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: street fountains help to keep cool: timber-frame houses on Krambuden (Street).
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, architecture, culture

PMR-D8229
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the Castle or Palace (Schloss) dates back to1074 but acquired its present Baroque facade in 1714-6 from architect Hermann Korb. The statues, by Austrian Franz Finck, are from the same period.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, architecture, culture, historic

PMR-D8228
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the Castle or Palace (Schloss) dates back to1074 but acquired its present Baroque facade in 1714-6 from architect Hermann Korb. The statues, by Austrian Franz Finck, are from the same period.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, architecture, culture, historic

PMR-D8227
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the Castle or Palace (Schloss) dates back to1074 but acquired its present Baroque facade in 1714-6 from architect Hermann Korb. The statues, by Austrian Franz Finck, are from the same period. Part of the inner courtyard.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, heritage, architecture, culture, historic

PMR-D8226
Germany, Niedersachsen, Wolfenbüttel: the Castle or Palace (Schloss) dates back to1074 but acquired its present Baroque facade in 1714-6 from architect Hermann Korb. The statues, by Austrian Franz Finck, are from the same period. Oblique view of the facade and statues.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, architecture, culture, historic

PMR-D8225
Denmark, Odense: the home of Hans Christian Andersen (left) on the corner of Hans Jensens Straede and Bangs Boder in the old quarter.
Keywords: street scene, cobbled street, colourful, historic, heritage, picturesque, culture, architecture

PMR-D8224
Denmark, Odense: colourful facades and cobbled roadway on Ramsherred in the old quarter.
Keywords: street scene, historic, heritage, picturesque, culture, architecture

PMR-D8223
Denmark, Odense: colourful facades and cobbled roadway on Ramsherred in the old quarter.
Keywords: street scene, historic, heritage, picturesque, culture, architecture

PMR-D8222
Denmark, Odense: colouful facades and cobbled roadway in the old quarter.
Keywords: street scene, architecture, culture, picturesque, heritage, historic

PMR-D8221
Denmark, Odense: red brick building dated 1636 on Norregade.
Keywords: historic, heritage, culture, architecture

PMR-D8220
Denmark, Odense: St. Hans Church or St. Johns Church (Sct.Hans Kirke) on Norregade was built by the Knights Hospitaller in the13th century, but was rebuilt in Gothic style in 1636.
Keywords: historic, heritage, culture, architecture, red brick, mediaeval

PMR-D8219
Denmark, Odense: St. Hans Church or St. Johns Church (Sct.Hans Kirke) on Norregade was built by the Knights Hospitaller in the13th century, but was rebuilt in Gothic style in 1636. East window and step gable.
Keywords: historic, heritage, culture, architecture, red brick, mediaeval

PMR-D8218
Denmark, Odense: timber-frame houses in the old quarter.
Keywords: street scene, architecture, culture, picturesque, heritage, historic, colourful, mediaeval

PMR-D8217
Denmark, Odense: timber-frame houses, with Restaurant Oluf Bagers Gard (yellow facade) off Norregade, in the old quarter.
Keywords: Mediaeval, cobbled street, street scene, architecture, culture, picturesque, heritage, historic

PMR-D8216
Denmark, Odense: timber-frame houses, with Restaurant Oluf Bagers Gard (yellow facade) off Norregade, in the old quarter.
Keywords: historic, cobbled street, street scene, architecture, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D8215
Denmark, Odense: timber-frame houses in the old quarter.
Keywords: colourful, street scene, architecture, culture, picturesque, heritage, historic

PMR-D8214
Denmark, Odense: Town Hall Square (Flakhaven).
Keywords: street scene, culture, architecture

PMR-D8213
Sweden, Öland Island: a woodpigeon surveys the fields from his perch on a prehistoric megalith.
Keywords: Scandinavia, history, standing stone, culture, birds, ornithology

PMR-D8093
Norway, Telemark, Skien: modern residential blocks and hotels overlooking the harbour.
Keywords: picturesque, boats, quayside, port, architecture, Scandinavia, culture

PMR-D8092
Norway, Telemark, Skien: the main square.
Keywords: culture, architecture, Scandinavia

PMR-D8091
Norway, Telemark, Skien: the family home and birthplace of the playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) at Venstop, near Skien.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, wooden, timber, historic, culture, drama, writer, literature

PMR-D8090
Norway, Telemark: Heddal Stave Church, the largest in the country, dates back to the early 13th century. It was restored in 1849-51 and again in the 1950s. Dragons' heads on the roof gables are intended to keep away evil spirits.
Keywords: picturesque, mythical, superstition, culture, historic, timber, wooden, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8089
Norway, Telemark: Heddal Stave Church, the largest in the country, dates back to the early 13th century. It was restored in 1849-51 and again in the 1950s.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, timber, wooden, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8088
Norway, Telemark: Heddal Stave Church, the largest in the country, dates back to the early 13th century. It was restored in 1849-51 and again in the 1950s.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, timber, wooden, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8087
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. General view of the Old Town, comprising urban buildings mainly from Oslo.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8086
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A turf-roofed barn from Natadal, Nedre, Flatdal, Telemark (1762).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8085
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A farmhouse from Gulsvik, Fla, Hallingdal (ca. 1750).
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8084
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Two storehouses from Troym, Helmedal (left) (1650-1700), and Holshagen, Hol (right) (1650), both from Hallingdal.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8083
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. General view of some farm outhouses.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8082
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A two.storey farmhouse from Akershus, Ostlandet (18th century).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8081
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Turf-roofed wooden house from Jaeren, Rogaland (1820-60).
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8080
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A slate-roofed woodshed from Bakka, Halandsdal, Sunnhordland (ca.1800).
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8079
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A tenant-farmer's house from Husmannsplass (19th century).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8078
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A turf-roofed farm outhouse.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8077
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A stall from Gronneflata, Uvdal, Numedal (1750-1800)
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8076
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A 'loft' storehouse from Brottveit Valle, Setesdal (1650-1700).
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8075
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. An open hearth farmhouse from Amlid Valle, Setesdal (1650-1700).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8074
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A farmhouse from Porsanger in Finnmark in the far north now houses an exhibition about Finnmark and the people who live there.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8073
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, one of only 28 survivors in the country. Ornate wooden carvings adorn the roof.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8072
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, one of only 28 survivors in the country.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8071
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, one of only 28 survivors in the country.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8070
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, containing valuable paintings from 1652.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8069
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, containing valuable paintings from 1652, including "the last supper", seen here.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8068
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, containing valuable paintings from 1652, including "the last supper", seen here.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8067
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, one of only 28 survivors in the country. Guides in period costume provide help.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8066
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Visitors can tour the extensive site by period coach.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8063
Norway, Oslo: fountains in the gardens of Eidsvoll Plass, with the National Theatre in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, stage, drama, culture, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8062
Norway, Oslo: the National Theatre, opened in 1899, gives regular performances of Ibsen's plays.
Keywords: architecture, stage, drama, culture, capital city, Scandinavia

PMR-D8055
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith. Frogner Pond, seen from the main bridge.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8054
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8053
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron. Scenes of Norwegian family life surround the central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture, artistic, culture, statues, doubt. regret, persuasion, compassion

PMR-D8052
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron. Scenes of Norwegian family life surround the central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8051
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith. A forged iron gateway with female figures.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8050
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8049
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron. Scenes of Norwegian family life surround the central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8048
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron. The central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8047
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron. Scenes of Norwegian family life surround the central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8046
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron. The central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8045
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron. The central monolith surrounded by sculptures of Norwegian family life.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8044
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture, artistic, culture, statues

PMR-D8043
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8042
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8041
Norway, Oslo: rose beds in Frogner Park, with the Vigeland Sculptures in the distance.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8040
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8039
Norway, Oslo: Vigeland Sculpture Park within Frogner Park, a collection of the life work of sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), comprising more than 200 sculptures of bronze, granite and forged iron set around a central monolith.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, culture, artistic, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city

PMR-D8038
Norway, Oslo: the Opera House (Operahuset), built of white granite and Carrara marble, was completed in 2007 at a cost of 4 billion Kroner. Ramps lead from water level to the roof, where there is a fine view of the city.
Keywords: architecture, culture, stage, music, drama, capital city, Scandinavia

PMR-D8037
Norway, Oslo: view from the white granite ramp of the Opera House, with the Havnelageret office block reflected in the glass windows.
Keywords: architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, culture, Langkaia, Neo-Baroque, Art Nouveau

PMR-D8036
Norway, Oslo: view of the city from the roof of the Opera House, with Operagata in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, culture, capital city, Scandinavia

PMR-D8035
Norway, Oslo: Havnelageret office block on the quayside was the largest building in Scandinavia when it was completed in 1921. View from the roof of the Opera House.
Keywords: architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, culture, Langkaia, Neo-Baroque, Art Nouveau

PMR-D8034
Norway, Oslo: view north from the roof of the Opera House, with Oslo Cathedral in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, Scandinavia, capital city, culture

PMR-D8033
Norway, Oslo: view of the harbour from the roof of the Opera Hose, with a modern sculpture in the foreground.
Keywords: Scandinavia, capital city, culture, artistic

PMR-D8032
Norway, Oslo: the Opera House (Operahuset), built of white granite and Carrara marble, was completed in 2007 at a cost of 4 billion Kroner. Ramps lead from water level to the roof, where there is a fine view of the city.
Keywords: architecture, culture, stage, music, drama, capital city, Scandinavia

PMR-D7999
Sweden, Bohuslän: Bohus Fortress, dating back to 1308, lies on the old Norwegian-Swedish border and was at that time in Norway. Built of granite. it was besieged 14 times but never taken. In 1789 it was partly demolished, leaving it in its present ruined state. Mounted enthusiasts in period cavalry uniforms re-enact with infantry past military actions for onlookers.
Keywords: picturesque, attack, battle, cannon, mediaeval, heritage, architecture, culture, fortifications, castle, horses

PMR-D7998
Sweden, Bohuslän: Bohus Fortress, dating back to 1308, lies on the old Norwegian-Swedish border and was at that time in Norway. Built of granite. it was besieged 14 times but never taken. In 1789 it was partly demolished, leaving it in its present ruined state. Mounted enthusiasts in period cavalry uniforms re-enact past military actions for onlookers.
Keywords: picturesque, attack, battle, cannon, mediaeval, heritage, architecture, culture, fortifications, castle, horses

PMR-D7997
Sweden, Bohuslän: Bohus Fortress, dating back to 1308, lies on the old Norwegian-Swedish border and was at that time in Norway. Built of granite. it was besieged 14 times but never taken. In 1789 it was partly demolished, leaving it in its present ruined state.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, architecture, culture, fortifications, castle

PMR-D7996
Sweden, Bohuslän: Bohus Fortress, dating back to 1308, lies on the old Norwegian-Swedish border and was at that time in Norway. Built of granite. it was besieged 14 times but never taken. In 1789 it was partly demolished, leaving it in its present ruined state. Enthusiasts in period artillery uniforms re-enact past military actions for onlookers.
Keywords: picturesque, horses, castle, fortifications, culture, architecture, heritage, mediaeval, cannon, defence

PMR-D7995
Sweden, Bohuslän: Bohus Fortress, dating back to 1308, lies on the old Norwegian-Swedish border and was at that time in Norway. Built of granite. it was besieged 14 times but never taken. In 1789 it was partly demolished, leaving it in its present ruined state.
Keywords: picturesque, castle, fortifications, culture, architecture, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7994
Sweden, Bohuslän: Bohus Fortress, dating back to 1308, lies on the old Norwegian-Swedish border and was at that time in Norway. Built of granite. it was besieged 14 times but never taken. In 1789 it was partly demolished, leaving it in its present ruined state. Mounted enthusiasts in period cavalry uniforms re-enact past military actions for onlookers.
Keywords: picturesque, horses, castle, fortifications, culture, architecture, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7993
Sweden, Bohuslän: Bohus Fortress, dating back to 1308, lies on the old Norwegian-Swedish border and was at that time in Norway. Built of granite. it was besieged 14 times but never taken. In 1789 it was partly demolished, leaving it in its present ruined state. Mounted enthusiasts in period cavalry uniforms re-enact past military actions for onlookers.
Keywords: picturesque, horses, castle, fortifications, culture, architecture, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7992
Sweden, Bohuslän: Bohus Fortress, dating back to 1308, lies on the old Norwegian-Swedish border and was at that time in Norway. Built of granite. it was besieged 14 times but never taken. In 1789 it was partly demolished, leaving it in its present ruined state.
Keywords: picturesque, castle, fortifications, culture, architecture, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7988
Germany, Bavaria, Wurzburg: inside the Marienberg Fortress: the mediaeval Scherenberg Gate originally commanded a drawbridge. St. Killian's Tower behind. The fortress was stormed by the Swedes in 1631 and the 600-man garrison was massacred.
Keywords: defence, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, Franconia, mediaeval, picturesque, national heritage, architecture, fortifications

PMR-D7987
Germany, Bavaria, Wurzburg: the Cathedral of St. Killian, the 4th largest Romanesque cathedral in Germany. Begun in 1045, completely destroyed in 1945, and rebuilt 1966-67.
Keywords: architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, national heritage, picturesque, mediaeval, Franconia, historic

PMR-D7976
Germany, Bavaria, Wurzburg: the Cathedral of St. Killian, the 4th largest Romanesque cathedral in Germany. Begun in 1045, completely destroyed in 1945, and rebuilt 1966-67.
Keywords: architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, historic, Franconia, mediaeval, picturesque, national heritage, culture

PMR-D7975
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: the old stone Main bridge, built between 1473 and 1543, with statues of saints added around 1730. It replaced a Romanesque forerunner.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, mediaeval, historic

PMR-D7974
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: Stift Haug, the first large Boroque church in Franconia, built between 1670 and 1691 according to plans of architect Antonio Petrini.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, mediaeval, historic

PMR-D7965
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: German Show Park of 1990 (Landesgartenschaupark 1990) for which the slopes of the Marienberg were carefully landscaped: part of the Japanese Garden.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, botanical, flowers, shrubs, trees

PMR-D7964
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: German Show Park of 1990 (Landesgartenschaupark 1990) for which the slopes of the Marienberg were carefully landscaped: part of the rose garden.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, botanical, flowers, shrubs, trees

PMR-D7963
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: German Show Park of 1990 (Landesgartenschaupark 1990) for which the slopes of the Marienberg were carefully landscaped: part of the Japanese Garden.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, botanical, flowers, shrubs, trees

PMR-D7962
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: The Marienberg, with its fortress, is one of the oldest sites of settlement in Franconia, going back to at least 1000 BC. The present fortress was started about 1200 and remained the seat of the Prince-Bishops until 1719. It was remodelled into a Renaissance palace by Julius Echter from about 1600. The fortress was stormed by the Swedes in 1631 and the 600-man garrison was massacred.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, fortifications, defence

PMR-D7961
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: the Käppele ("small chapel"), built by Balthasar Neumann between 1748 and 1752, has sumptuous interior decorations.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, mediaeval, Baroque, church

PMR-D7960
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: The Marienberg, with its fortress, is one of the oldest sites of settlement in Franconia, going back to at least 1000 BC. The present fortress was started about 1200 and remained the seat of the Prince-Bishops until 1719. It was remodelled into a Renaissance palace by Julius Echter from about 1600. The fortress was stormed by the Swedes in 1631 and the 600-man garrison was massacred. View with part of the bridge over the River Main.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, fortifications, defence

PMR-D7959
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: Falkenhaus (Falcon House) was formerly a guesthouse. It received the elaborate stucco facade in 1751.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, Baroque

PMR-D7958
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: Marienkapelle (St Mary's Chapel), built between 1377 and 1480 in Gothic style. The western doorway, or Goldene Pforte, was constructed after 1430 and the tympanum depicts the Last Judgement.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7957
Germany, Bavaria, Würzburg: Marienkapelle (St Mary's Chapel), built between 1377 and 1480 in Gothic style. The gold-covered Madonna surmounting the spire is 72 metres above the ground and measures 5.75 metres in height.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7956
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: entrance to the Baroque Palais built for wine merchant Johann Georg Bögner in 1744, now known as the Mackert-Haus.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, heritage

PMR-D7955
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: a private mews, not far from the centre of the town.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7954
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: St. Peter's Chapel (Peterskapelle), the oldest church in the town, built in 1180.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7953
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: Schlossplatz (Castle Square) with Volksschule, and top of the Türmersturm..
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7952
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: bronze citizens of the town, relaxing in Schlossplatz (Castle Square), with the tower of St. Martin's church in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, statues, sculptures, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7950
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: Kurmainzisches Schloss (Castle) dates back to the late 13th century and is now home to the Tauber-Franconia Countryside Museum.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7949
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: the Bischemer Frog Fountain, named after a group of active carnival supporters.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7948
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: the Türmersturm (tower), dating from 1270, was once part of the defence fortifications.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7947
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: the Zwinger, a former defence fortification, in Schlossplatz (Castle Square).
Keywords: picturesque, cobblestones, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7946
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: neo-Gothic tower of St. Martins church, built 1910-14.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7945
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: ´historic house facades on the Market Place, with half- timbered Stern Apothek in the centre.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7944
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: the former alms hospital in Klostergasse.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7943
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: mediaeval timber-frame houses on the Market Place, with the Baroque church of St. Lioba at the far end.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7942
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: historic fountain in the Market Place, with the town hall, dating from 1865, at the far end.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7941
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: historic fountain in the Market Place, with the town hall, dating from 1865, at the far end.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, heritage, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7940
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: facades of burgher houses on Hauptstrasse (Main Street) in the pedestrian zone, with the tower of St. Martin's church in the distance.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7939
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Lauda-Königshofen: historic bridge over the River Tauber, with statue of a saint.
Keywords: picturesque, stone-carving, sculpture, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, heritage

PMR-D7938
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Lauda-Königshofen: historic bridge over the River Tauber, with statue of a saint.
Keywords: picturesque, stone-carving, sculpture, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, heritage

PMR-D7937
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Lauda-Königshofen: a picturesque row of burgher houses in Lauda.
Keywords: heritage, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, historic

PMR-D7935
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Lauda-Königshofen: street decorations in Marienstrasse, with a group of timber-framed burgher houses in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, historic, heritage

PMR-D7934
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Lauda-Königshofen: the church of St. Jakobus was built in Gothic style in 1322-33 but almost completely rebuilt in Baroque style in 1608 by Prince- Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, historic, heritage

PMR-D7933
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Lauda-Königshofen: a group of timber-framed houses in the old quarter of Lauda.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, historic, heritage

PMR-D7932
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Lauda-Königshofen: the Oberes Stadttor (town gate) in Lauda, with mediaeval timber framed houses.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, historic, heritage

PMR-D7931
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Schillingsfürst: baroque castle of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, now a falconry centre and health resort. Elaborate stucco-work covers the walls and ceiling of the great hall.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, mediaeval, heritage, historic, colourful

PMR-D7927
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Schillingsfürst: late 18th century baroque castle of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, now a falconry centre and health resort. It lies on the highest point of the Franconian Heights (545 metres), overlooking the town of Sschillingsfürst.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, mediaeval, heritage, historic, colourful

PMR-D7926
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Schillingsfürst: late 18th century baroque castle of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, now a falconry centre and health resort. It lies on the highest point of the Franconian Heights (545 metres), overlooking the town of Sschillingsfürst.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, mediaeval, heritage, historic, colourful

PMR-D7925
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Schillingsfürst: late 18th century baroque castle of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, now a falconry centre and health resort. It lies on the highest point of the Franconian Heights (545 metres), overlooking the town of Sschillingsfürst.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, mediaeval, heritage, historic, colourful

PMR-D7923
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the mediaeval Gänsturm now houses the town museum.
Keywords: picturesque, Tauber Valley, sculptures, carvings, statues, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7922
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the stone figure of an angel surmounts the fountain in the Market Square, while a group of bronze burghers confers before the local museum.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, statues, sculptures, Tauber Valley

PMR-D7921
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the late Renaissance palace of the Hohenlohe replaced an original dating from 1586. A "dwarfs' gallery" enhances the fortified outer wall, which encloses the rose garden.
Keywords: picturesque, Tauber Valley, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, statues, carvings, sculptures

PMR-D7920
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the late Renaissance palace of the Hohenlohe family which replaced an original castle dating from 1586, viewed from the rose garden.
Keywords: picturesque, Tauber Valley, sculptures, carvings, statues, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7919
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the late Renaissance palace of the Hohenlohe family replaced an original castle dating from 1586. A view of the rose garden.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, statues, carvings, sculptures, Tauber Valley, flowers

PMR-D7918
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the late Renaissance palace of the Hohenlohe family replaced an original castle dating from 1586. The main entrance from the Town Hall Square. Germany, Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Weikersheim: the late Renaissance palace of the Hohenlohe family replaced an original castle dating from 1586. The main entrance from the Town Hall Square.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, carvings, sculptures, Tauber Valley

PMR-D7917
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the late Renaissance palace of the Hohenlohe family replaced an original castle dating from 1586. The main entrance from the Market Square.
Keywords: picturesque, Tauber Valley, sculptures, carvings, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7916
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: old burgher houses, some with timber frames, on the Rosenstrasse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley

PMR-D7915
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: old burgher houses, some with timber frames, on the Rosenstrasse.
Keywords: picturesque, Tauber Valley, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, mediaeval, heritage, historic, colourful

PMR-D7914
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: a stone angel commands the fountain in the Marketl Square with the late Renaissance palace of the Hohenlohe family on the far side. It replaced an original castle dating from 1586.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, statues, carvings, sculptures, Tauber Valley

PMR-D7913
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the late Renaissance palace of the Hohenlohe family replaced an original castle dating from 1586. The main entrance from the Market Square.
Keywords: picturesque, Tauber Valley, sculptures, carvings, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7912
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Laudenbach: the Maria fountain in the centre of the village dates from 1574.
Keywords: picturesque, carving, statue, Tauber Valley, colourful, heritage, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse

PMR-D7911
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Laudenbach: the mediaeval stone watchtower on the outskirts of the village.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, historic, heritage, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, Taber Valley

PMR-D7910
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Laudenbach: geraniums overlooking the Ebertsbronner brook, which runs through the centre of the village.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, heritage, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, Tauber Valley

PMR-D7909
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Schillingsfürst: colourful house facades in the upper village, adjacent to the castle, with the watertower in the distance.
Keywords: picturesque, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture, colourful, cobblestones

PMR-D7908
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Schillingsfürst: the hostelry adjacent to the castle, seen from the square of the upper village, with stone fountain in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, cobblestones, colourful, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse

PMR000-04
Morocco, Marakech: (1962 picture, before restoration) the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque, 77 metres high, is the largest and best known in the city. Built of local sandstone in the reign of Berber Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199), it replaced an identical mosque on an adjacent site, little of which remains.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, colourful, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR000-03
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found. Water-sellers in their traditional colourful costumes, with a string of polished brass drinking vessels, nowadays limit their trade to posing for tourist cameras (1962 picture).
Keywords: Africa, historic, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh, medina, square, picturesque

PMR-D7662
Morocco, Asilah: the sea wall built by the Portuguese in the15th century protects the town from the Atlantic swell as well as hostile invaders. On the left is the Torre de Menagem (Kamra Tower). View from the beach in late afternoon.
Keywords: Africa, fortifications, historic, picturesque, tradition, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7661
Morocco, Asilah: fishing boats in the harbour, which was already in use in Phoenician and Roman times, before the Portuguese occupation from 1471 to 1578.
Keywords: Africa, haven, port, picturesque, tradition, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7660
Morocco, Asilah: ancient bastions built by the Portuguese in the15th century protect the town from the Atlantic swell. View from the beach in late afternoon.
Keywords: Africa, historic, picturesque, tradition, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7659
Morocco, Asilah: an artistically enhanced doorway is one of the attractions in the medina.
Keywords: Africa, style, picturesque, tradition, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7658
Morocco, Asilah: an arched gateway in a typical whitewashed alleyway in the medina.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, tradition, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7657
Morocco, Asilah: a typical whitewashed alleyway in the medina.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, tradition, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7656
Morocco, Asilah: a colourful horse-drawn carriage awaits custom on the promenade.
Keywords: Africa, tradition, transport, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7655
Morocco, Rabat: the modest entrance to the king's palace is guarded by the royal bodyguard.
Keywords: Africa, architecture, Bou Regreg, Sala Colonia, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, capital city, royal city, tradition, culture, artistic

PMR-D7654
Morocco, Rabat: El-Faeh Mosque, opposite the king's palace and used by him on Fridays.
Keywords: Africa, architecture, Bou Regreg, Sala Colonia, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, capital city, royal city, tradition, culture, artistic

PMR-D7652
Morocco, Rabat: the Hassan Tower, half-finished minaret of the huge mosque begun by Yacoub el-Mansour in 1191, abandoned at his death in 1199, with some of the re-erected columns, seen from the Mausoleum of Mohammed V. A marble fountain occupies the centre of the stone-inlaid terrace.
Keywords: Africa, architecture, Bou Regreg, Sala Colonia, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, capital city, royal city, tradition, culture, artistic

PMR-D7651
Morocco, Rabat: the Hassan Tower, half-finished minaret of the huge mosque begun by Yacoub el-Mansour in 1191, abandoned at his death in 1199, with some of the re-erected columns, seen from the Mausoleum of Mohammed V.
Keywords: Africa, architecture, Bou Regreg, Sala Colonia, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, capital city, royal city, tradition, culture, artistic

PMR-D7650
Morocco, Rabat: interior of the Mausoleum of Mohammed V (and Hassan II) designed by Vietnamese architect Vo Toan and completed in 1971, uses Carrara marble throughout.
Keywords: Africa, architecture, Bou Regreg, Sala Colonia, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, capital city, royal city, tradition, culture, artistic

PMR-D7649
Morocco, Rabat: the Mausoleum of Mohammed V (and Hassan II) designed by Vietnamese architect Vo Toan and completed in 1971, uses Carrara marble throughout. The ornamentation echoes the Hassan Tower.
Keywords: Africa, architecture, Bou Regreg, Sala Colonia, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, capital city, royal city, tradition, culture, artistic

PMR-D7648
Morocco, Rabat: the Hassan Tower, half-finished minaret of the huge mosque begun by Yacoub el-Mansour in 1191, abandoned at his death in 1199, with some of the re-erected columns.
Keywords: Africa, architecture, Bou Regreg, Sala Colonia, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, capital city, royal city, tradition, culture, artistic

PMR-D7639
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
Keywords: Africa, national symbol, superlative, architecture, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, culture, artistic

PMR-D7638
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7637
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
Part of one of the polychrome panels bordering the ablutions basin.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7636
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
The Royal Doors, of engraved bronze (from Russia), electrically operated, surrounded by inlaid arches.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7635
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
Courtyard, bounded by an arched gallery.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7634
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
The star-shaped fountain on the terrace.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7633
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
The fluted ablutions basin with polychrome faience designs as backing.
Keywords: Africa, tiling, colourful, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7632
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
An elegant horseshoe-shaped arch encloses the ablutions basin.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7631
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
View of the arched galleries from the terrace.
Keywords: Africa, national symbol, superlative, architecture, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, culture, artistic

PMR-D7630
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
A closer look at the green tiles and ornamentation on the upper part of the minaret.
Keywords: Africa, national symbol, superlative, architecture, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, culture, artistic

PMR-D7629
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7628
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
One of the polychrome faience panels with geometrical motifs on the arched gallery.
Keywords: Africa, tiles, colourful, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7627
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7626
Morocco, Casablanca: King Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993, is the largest mosque in Africa, and its minaret is the world's highest religious building (210 metres). The designer was Michel Pinseau and it was built by Bouygues. It offers space for 105,000 worshippers.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, architecture, superlative, national symbol

PMR-D7625
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
The main street.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, historic, fortress, fortifications, culture, national heritage

PMR-D7624
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
Minaret of a mosque, converted from a Portuguese lighthouse in the 19th century.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, historic, fortress, fortifications, culture, national heritage

PMR-D7623
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
Minaret of a mosque, converted from a Portuguese lighthouse in the 19th century.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, historic, fortress, fortifications, culture, national heritage

PMR-D7622
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
The vaulted cistern was built in 1514 as part of the original Portuguese citadel for use as a grain store or arsenal, but converted around 1541 to a water cistern, holding 5,000 tonnes of water. The Manueline-style vaults are supported by 25 pillars. The cistern was used in the shooting of the film "Othello" by Orson Welles.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, culture, fortifications, fortress, historic, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, UNESCO

PMR-D7621
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
The vaulted cistern was built in 1514 as part of the original Portuguese citadel for use as a grain store or arsenal, but converted around 1541 to a water cistern, holding 5,000 tonnes of water. The Manueline-style vaults are supported by 25 pillars. The cistern was used in the shooting of the film "Othello" by Orson Welles.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, culture, fortifications, fortress, historic, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, UNESCO

PMR-D7620
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
The vaulted cistern was built in 1514 as part of the original Portuguese citadel for use as a grain store or arsenal, but converted around 1541 to a water cistern, holding 5,000 tonnes of water. The Manueline-style vaults are supported by 25 pillars. The cistern was used in the shooting of the film "Othello" by Orson Welles.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, culture, fortifications, fortress, historic, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, UNESCO

PMR-D7619
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
One of the cast-iron cannons, slowly rusting away, with the tower of the old Catholic church on the right.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, historic, fortress, fortifications, culture, national heritage

PMR-D7618
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
View from the Angel Bastion, showing the 8-metre high walls.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, historic, fortress, fortifications, culture, national heritage

PMR-D7617
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
View from the Angel Bastion with cannon in the foreground.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, historic, fortress, fortifications, culture, national heritage

PMR-D7616
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
Part of the peripheral walkway round the city walls, which are about 8 metres high and 10 metres thick on average, from the Angel Bastion.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, culture, fortifications, fortress, historic, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, UNESCO

PMR-D7615
Morocco, El-Jadida, La Cité Portugaise: the fortified city of Mazagan, founded by the Portuguese in 1502, was the last Portuguese possession on the Atlantic coast to fall to the Alaouites in 1769. The latter then built the adjacent new town of El-Jadida ("the new").
The Angel Bastion in the west is a sea defence.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, culture, fortifications, fortress, historic, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, UNESCO

PMR-D7581
Morocco, Marakech: the floodlit minaret of the Koutoubia mosque at sunset, with the carriage stand in the Place Jemaa el-Fnaa in the foreground.
Keywords: Africa, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh, shopping

PMR-D7580
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found. The food stalls burst into life in the evening and are popular with tourists and locals alike for their traditional dishes.
Keywords: Africa, eating, meals, square, medina, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7579
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found. The food stalls burst into life in the evening and are popular with tourists and locals alike for their traditional dishes.
Keywords: Africa, eating, meals, square, medina, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7578
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found. The food stalls burst into life in the evening and are popular with tourists and locals alike for their traditional dishes.
Keywords: Africa, eating, meals, square, medina, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7577
Morocco, Marakech: one of many colourful horse-drawn carriages which serve the public around the Place Jemaa el-Fnaa.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, transport

PMR-D7576
Morocco, Marakech: one of many colourful horse-drawn carriages which serve the public around the Place Jemaa el-Fnaa.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, transport

PMR-D7575
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found. Water-sellers in their traditional colourful costumes, with a string of polished brass drinking vessels, nowadays limit their trade to posing for tourist cameras.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, square, medina, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7574
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found. Water-sellers in their traditional colourful costumes, with a string of polished brass drinking vessels, nowadays limit their trade to posing for tourist cameras.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, square, medina, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7573
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found. A fresh-fruit stallholder displays his wares with traditional precision.
Keywords: Africa, square, medina, tradition, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7572
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found.
Keywords: Africa, square, medina, tradition, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7571
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found.
Keywords: Africa, square, medina, tradition, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7570
Morocco, Marakech: Place Jemaa el-Fnaa, the long-established and loudly bustling heart of Marakech, where snake charmers, fortune-tellers, water-sellers, story-tellers, street-traders and food stalls are always to be found.
Keywords: Africa, square, medina, tradition, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture

PMR-D7568
Morocco, Marakech: in-situ re-shoeing a horse of one of the many colourful horse-drawn carriages which serve the public around the Place Jemaa el-Fnaa.
Keywords: Africa, well-shod, horseshoe, transport, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7567
Morocco, Marakech: one of many colourful horse-drawn carriages which serve the public around the Place Jemaa el-Fnaa.
Keywords: Africa, transport, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7565
Morocco, Marakech: the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque, 77 metres high, is the largest and best known in the city. Built of local sandstone in the reign of Berber Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199), it replaced an identical mosque on an adjacent site, little of which remains.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, historic, architecture, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7564
Morocco, Marakech: the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque, 77 metres high, is the largest and best known in the city. Built of local sandstone in the reign of Berber Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199), it replaced an identical mosque on an adjacent site, little of which remains.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, colourful, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D7563
Morocco, Marakech: the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque, 77 metres high, is the largest and best known in the city. Built of local sandstone in the reign of Berber Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199), it replaced an identical mosque on an adjacent site, little of which remains.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, historic, architecture, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7562
Morocco, Marakech: the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque, 77 metres high, is the largest and best known in the city. Built of local sandstone in the reign of Berber Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199), it replaced an identical mosque on an adjacent site, little of which remains.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, historic, architecture, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7561
Morocco, Marakech: the minaret of the Koutoubia Mosque, 77 metres high, is the largest and best known in the city. Built of local sandstone in the reign of Berber Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199), it replaced an identical mosque on an adjacent site, little of which remains. A jacaranda tree is flowering in the foreground.
Keywords: Africa, national heritage, historic, architecture, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7560
Morocco, Marakech: flowering shrubs provide a riot of colour in the Koutoubia Gardens.
Keywords: Africa, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7559
Morocco, Marakech: a dazzling display of pewter kettles on offer in the soukhs (bazaar).
Keywords: Africa, artisan, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh, shopping

PMR-D7558
Morocco, Marakech: traditional finely engraved beaten copper and brass trays on offer in the soukhs (bazaar).
Keywords: Africa, artisan, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh, shopping

PMR-D7557
Morocco, Marakech: a metalworker in the soukhs (bazaar).
Keywords: Africa, artisan, shopping, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, colourful

PMR-D7556
Morocco, Marakech: a lighting shop in the soukhs (bazaar).
Keywords: Africa, colourful, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh, shopping

PMR-D7555
Morocco, Marakech: in the soukhs (bazaar).
Keywords: Africa, shopping, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, colourful

PMR-D7554
Morocco, Marakech: colourful terraces built on to the roof of a house in the medina.
Keywords: Africa, culture, architecture, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb

PMR-D7553
Morocco, Marakech: typical street scene in the medina.
Keywords: Africa, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7550
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. A memorial stele honours them in a corner of the gardens.
Keywords: Africa, colourful, artistic, botanical, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7549
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. A tall flowering tree with yellow blooms.
Keywords: Africa, colourful, artistic, botanical, culture, Maghreb, Muslim, Islam, Marakesh

PMR-D7548
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. Part of the extensive collection of cacti, with the museum/cafe, painted in "Majorelle Blue", in the background.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, botanical, artistic, colourful

PMR-D7547
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. Vivid red flowers of a bougainvillea shrub.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, botanical, artistic, colourful

PMR-D7546
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. Yellow flowers on an acacia tree.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, botanical, artistic, colourful

PMR-D7545
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. The goldfish pool, with "Majorelle Blue" surround.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, botanical, artistic, colourful

PMR-D7544
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. Turtles share the pool with goldfish.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, botanical, artistic, colourful

PMR-D7543
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. Reflections of the palm trees in the water lily pool.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, botanical, artistic, colourful

PMR-D7541
Morocco, Telouet: a young Berber may have potential as a future percussion artist.
Keywords: Africa, street urchin, boy, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7540
Morocco, Telouet: a young Berber may have potential as a future percussion artist.
Keywords: Africa, children, street urchin, boy, artistic, culture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7539
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
View of the exterior, the stonework somewhat in need of restoration.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7535
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
Polychrome mosaics on a domed ceiling will soon be in need of restoration.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7534
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
Intricate "stalactite" stucco decoration over the archways.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, architecture, culture, national heritage, historic, artistic

PMR-D7532
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
A pleasing view of the landscape through a wrought iron window arch.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7531
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
Intricate "stalactite" stucco decoration over the archways.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, architecture, culture, national heritage, historic, artistic

PMR-D7529
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
Pattern used for the polychrome tiling.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7528
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
Cedarwood was used for the carved doors and ceiling frieze and polychrome faience tiles adorn the walls.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7527
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
Cedarwood was used for the carved doors and ceiling frieze.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7526
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
The walls and column arches are covered with the finest stucco work.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, architecture, culture, national heritage, historic, artistic

PMR-D7525
Morocco, Telouet: the Palace of Glaoui on the caravan route from the Sahara to Marakesh over the High Atlas Mountains was the home of the wealthy Glaoui family. Built in the 1860s and extended in the early 20th century, no cost was spared on the interior decoration. It lies at 1800 metres a.s.l. near the Berber village of Telouet.
A House Bunting made its nest in one of the filigree stucco lamp-holders.
Keywords: Africa, artistic, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7519
Morocco, High Atlas Mountains: wild scenery in Ouad Ounila ( Ounila river-valley) at about 1800 metres a.s.l.
Keywords: Africa, colourful, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, picturesque, architecture, culture, national heritage, historic

PMR-D7518
Morocco, High Atlas Mountains: wild scenery in Ouad Ounila ( Ounila river-valley) at about 1800 metres a.s.l.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7517
Morocco, High Atlas Mountains: a Berber village in Ouad Ounila ( Ounila river-valley) , showing some of the more recent housing, and the green vegetation of the oasis.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7516
Morocco, High Atlas Mountains: a Berber village in Ouad Ounila ( Ounila river-valley) , showing some of the more recent housing.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7515
Morocco, High Atlas Mountains: a Berber village in Ouad Ounila ( Ounila river-valley)
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, picturesque, architecture, culture, national heritage, historic

PMR-D7511
Morocco, High Atlas Mountains: a Berber village in Ouad Ounila ( Ounila river-valley)
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, picturesque, architecture, culture, national heritage, historic

PMR-D7510
Morocco, High Atlas Mountains: a Berber village in Ouad Ounila ( Ounila river-valley)
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb

PMR-D7508
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". Entrance to a restored house, "Dar el Hata", which also houses a cafe.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7507
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". Inside a restored house, "Dar el Hata", showing the dining niche of the second-floor living room.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7506
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". Inside a restored house, "Dar el Hata", showing the second-floor living room.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7505
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". Inside a restored house, "Dar el Hata", showing the stairway to the second floor.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7504
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". Part of the old town from above, with the river in the background.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7503
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". View from the top of the hill, showing defense wall, with the new town beyond.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, fortifications, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, picturesque, architecture, culture, national heritage, historic

PMR-D7502
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". View from the top of the hill, showing defense wall, with the new town beyond.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7501
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". View through a gap in the wall of the medina.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7500
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". View of the medina with its defensive walls.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, fortifications, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, picturesque, architecture, culture, national heritage, historic

PMR-D7499
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator". View of the medina, with the modern town on the left.
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7498
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Ait Benhaddou, a carefully restored ksar or fortified kasbah of adobe, spreads picturesquely up a hill crowned by a fortress. It has been used in the making of numerous films, including "Sodom and Gomorrha" , "Lawrence of Arabia", "Alexander the Great" and "Gladiator".
Keywords: Africa, historic, national heritage, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, UNESCO

PMR-D7497
Morocco: Kasbah Taourirt, residence of Glaoui Pasha, built at the beginning of the 20th century, has appeared in a number of films. Souvenir hunters are also catered for.
Keywords: Africa, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, bastions

PMR-D7496
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Kasbah Taourirt, residence of Glaoui Pasha, built at the beginning of the 20th century, has appeared in a number of films.
Keywords: Africa, culture, architecture, picturesque, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, fortifications, bastions

PMR-D7495
Morocco, Ouarzazate: Kasbah Taourirt, residence of Glaoui Pasha, built at the beginning of the 20th century, has appeared in a number of films.
Keywords: Africa, bastions, fortifications, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, picturesque, architecture, culture

PMR-D7494
Morocco, Ouarzazate: this antiques shop has an eclectic selection of objets to quicken the pulse of every collector.
Keywords: Africa, junk shop, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, culture

PMR-D7471
Morocco, Rissani: Ksar Abouam, a former Alaouite Wasir's fortified village dating from the 19th century, recently restored by UNESCO. This was inhabited by a whole self-contained community with granaries, mosque and hammam. The Alaouite dynasty, which has ruled Morocco since 1631, originated here.
The well, in the main courtyard.
Keywords: Africa, tradition, culture, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim

PMR-D7470
Morocco, Rissani: Ksar Abouam, a former Alaouite Wasir's fortified village dating from the 19th century, recently restored by UNESCO. This was inhabited by a whole self-contained community with granaries, mosque and hammam. The Alaouite dynasty, which has ruled Morocco since 1631, originated here.
A typical studded door with tiled surround.
Keywords: Africa, tradition, culture, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim

PMR-D7440
Morocco, Fez: western entrance for traffic through the towering city walls.
Keywords: Africa, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7439
Morocco, Fez: Bab el-Mahrouk, the principal western gate to the medina of Fez el-Bali, was built in the 12th century. Outside the gate, market stalls are usually to be found.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7438
Morocco, Fez: Bab Boujeloud, the western gate to the medina of Fez el-Bali, was built in 1913. It is conveniently situated for the bus and taxi terminals and tourist hotels.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7433
Morocco, Fez: passage to interior courtyard of Zaouia Mosque and Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II, the founder of the city, dating from the 13th century and one of the country's leading centres of pilgrimage.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7432
Morocco, Fez: Interior courtyard of Zaouia Mosque and Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II, the founder of the city, dating from the 13th century and one of the country's leading centres of pilgrimage.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7431
Morocco, Fez: Interior of Zaouia Mosque and Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II, the founder of the city, dating from the 13th century and one of the country's leading centres of pilgrimage.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, royal city, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, Fes, historic, national heritage, culture, picturesque

PMR-D7428
Morocco, Fez: Interior courtyard of the Medrasa (Koran School) Bou Inania, founded by the Merinid Sultan Abu Inan. It has similarities with the one of the same name in Meknes, also having cedarwood carvings.
Keywords: Africa, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7427
Morocco, Fez: Interior courtyard of the Medrasa (Koran School) Bou Inania, founded by the Merinid Sultan Abu Inan. It has similarities with the one of the same name in Meknes, also having cedarwood carvings.
Keywords: Africa, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7426
Morocco, Fez: Interior courtyard of the Medrasa (Koran School) Bou Inania, founded by the Merinid Sultan Abu Inan. It has similarities with the one of the same name in Meknes, also having cedarwood carvings.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, royal city, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, Fes, historic, national heritage, culture

PMR-D7425
Morocco, Fez: Bab el Jdid, a recent addition to the ranks of city gates.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, royal city, Maghreb, Islam, Muslim, Fes, historic, national heritage, culture, picturesque

PMR-D7424
Morocco, Fez: gate to the medina and defence walls.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7423
Morocco, Fez: panoramic view of of Fez el Bali from the Burj Sud.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7422
Morocco, Fez: panoramic view of of Fez el Bali from the Burj Sud.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7421
Morocco, Fez: panoramic view of of Fez el Bali from the Burj Sud.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7420
Morocco, Fez: panoramic view from the Burj Sud of the medina of Fez el Bali with the minarets of the Kaiarouine Mosque and the Zaouira Moulay Idriss II (behind) where he is buried.
Keywords: Africa, picturesque, culture, national heritage, historic, Fes, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, royal city, UNESCO

PMR-D7419
Morocco, Fez: one of the tiled gateway arches providing entry to the medina.
Keywords: Africa, culture, national heritage, UNESCO, royal city, Maghreb, colourful, Islam, Muslim, Fes

PMR-D7411
Morocco, Meknes: inside a clothing supplier in a soukh. The embroidery-work is mostly done by men.
Keywords: Africa, royal city, culture, Maghreb, rag trade, dress

PMR-D7410
Morocco, Meknes: inside a clothing supplier in a soukh. The embroidery-work is mostly done by men.
Keywords: Africa, royal city, culture, Maghreb, rag trade, dress

PMR-D7409
Morocco, Meknes: minaret of the Grande Mosque from the roof of the Medrasa Bou Inania.
Keywords: Africa, Muslim, Islam, Maghreb, culture, historic, national heritage, architecture, royal city

PMR-D7408
Morocco, Meknes: view from the gallery of the handsome courtyard of the Medrasa Bou Inania, built in 1345 by the Marinid sultans Abu al-Hasan and Abu Inan. In the centre stands a marble basin for ablutions.
Keywords: Africa, koran-school, Maghreb, culture, historic, national heritage, fortifications, architecture, royal city

PMR-D7407
Morocco, Meknes: part of the carved cedar roof and intricately decorated walls of the courtyard of the Medrasa Bou Inania, built in 1345 by the Marinid sultans Abu al-Hasan and Abu Inan.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, culture, historic, national heritage, fortifications, architecture, royal city, koran-school

PMR-D7406
Morocco, Meknes: an intricately carved panel which adorns the courtyard of the Medrasa Bou Inania, built in 1345 by the Marinid sultans Abu al-Hasan and Abu Inan.
Keywords: Africa, koran-school, royal city, architecture, fortifications, national heritage, historic, culture, Maghreb

PMR-D7405
Morocco, Meknes: carved cedar screen and part of the cedar roof and intricately decorated walls of the courtyard of the Medrasa Bou Inania, built in 1345 by the Marinid sultans Abu al-Hasan and Abu Inan.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, culture, historic, national heritage, fortifications, architecture, royal city, koran-school

PMR-D7404
Morocco, Meknes: large expanse of the Place el Hedim, the far side of which leads to the soukhs.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, culture, historic, national heritage, fortifications, architecture, royal city

PMR-D7403
Morocco, Meknes: wall of the medina from Place el Hedim with the row of adjoining kiosks, introduced more recently.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, culture, historic, national heritage, fortifications, architecture, royal city

PMR-D7402
Morocco, Meknes: part of the mighty arcaded city wall which has been extensively restored.
Keywords: Africa, royal city, architecture, fortifications, national heritage, historic, culture, Maghreb

PMR-D7401
Morocco, Meknes: a green park, popular with picnickers, with the mighty arcaded city wall in the background.
Keywords: Africa, royal city, Maghreb, culture, historic, national heritage, fortifications, architecture

PMR-D7400
Morocco, Moulay-Idriss: the original town was largely built with stones taken from the nearby Roman city of Volubilis. It grew up around the mausoleum of Idriss I, founder of the first arab dynasty in Morocco, which is a magnet for pilgrims.
Keywords: Africa, culture, national heritage, historic, panorama, hill-town, Maghreb

PMR-D7399
Morocco: Volubilis Museum, some of the 900 sandstone steles deposited by the faithfull in "Temple B", on the left bank of Wadi Fertassa. These are mostly low reliefs and engravings depicting worshippers making offerings in a religious act.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7398
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. The Decumanus Maximus, looking north east, with the Tingis (Tangier) Gate at the far end.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, archeological site, Roman architecture, national heritage, classical architecture, historic, culture, stone-carving, excavations, Maghreb

PMR-D7397
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. An arched facade on the Decumanus Maximus.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7396
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Mosaic of a dolphin and fishes in the North Baths (Thermen), whose water was supplied by the aqueduct.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7395
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Interior of the North Baths (Thermen) supplied by the aqueduct.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, archeological site, Roman architecture, national heritage, classical architecture, historic, culture, stone-carving, excavations, Maghreb

PMR-D7394
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Mosaic on the floor of the North Baths (Thermen) whose water was supplied by the aqueduct.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7393
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Interior of the North Baths (Thermen) supplied by the aqueduct.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7392
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Mosaic of Bacchus encountering the sleeping Ariadne in the House of the Ephebe.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, archeological site, Roman architecture, national heritage, classical architecture, historic, culture, stone-carving, excavations, Maghreb

PMR-D7391
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Mosaic of Bacchus encountering the sleeping Ariadne in the House of the Ephebe.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7390
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Some of the remaining columns surrounding the pool in the House of Columns.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, archeological site, Roman architecture, national heritage, classical architecture, historic, culture, stone-carving, excavations, Maghreb

PMR-D7389
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Sole remaining "twisted" Corinthian column in the House of Columns.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, archeological site, Roman architecture, national heritage, classical architecture, historic, culture, stone-carving, excavations, Maghreb

PMR-D7388
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. The (reconstructed) Triumphal Arch of Caracalla, built in 217 AD by the governor of the city. It stands at the end of the Decumanus Maximus.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, archeological site, Roman architecture, national heritage, classical architecture, historic, culture, stone-carving, excavations, Maghreb

PMR-D7387
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. The (reconstructed) Triumphal Arch of Caracalla, built in 217 AD by the governor of the city. It stands at the end of the Decumanus Maximus.
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, archeological site, Roman architecture, national heritage, classical architecture, historic, culture, stone-carving, excavations, Maghreb

PMR-D7386
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Ruins of the Capitoline Temple, reconstructed in 218 AD, and dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7385
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Ruins of the Basilica, built in the third century AD, and probably modelled on the basilica in Leptis Magna (Libya).
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7384
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Unidentified carved columns.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7383
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. Dolphins and other sea creatures are pictured in this mosaic in the atrium of the House of Orpheus.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7382
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. A mosaic depicting Orpheus playing his lute, surrounded by African wildlife ( House of Orpheus).
Keywords: Africa, UNESCO, archeological site, Roman architecture, national heritage, classical architecture, historic, culture, stone-carving, excavations, Maghreb

PMR-D7381
Morocco: Volubilis, a Roman city built on the site of the Berber and Carthaginian settlements in the first century AD, was originally the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania. Much of the stonework was taken in the 18th century for the building of Meknes. General view, with the Capitoline Temple and Basilica (and storks' nest!) in the foreground.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D7355
Morocco, M'Diq: colourful salon d'art on the main street.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, artistic, Africa, Maghreb, holiday

PMR-D7339
Algeria, Illizi, Djanet: 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: drinking cows in Wadi Terharhart, popularly known as "la vache qui pleure" ("the crying cow").
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7338
Algeria, Illizi, Djanet: 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: drinking cows in Wadi Terharhart, popularly known as "la vache qui pleure" ("the crying cow").
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7263
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - engraving believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: animated figure of an elephant in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7262
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - engraving believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: unusual representation of a fish in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7251
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - engraving 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 lion in the sand dunes of Tin Merzouga in the Tadrart mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7215
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings 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 running man with spear, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7214
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: human figures, some white, some ochre, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7213
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: human figure with poised spear and square shield (?), in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7212
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: series of studies of human figures with spears, some running, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7209
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: series of dancing human figures, some with bow and arrow, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7208
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings 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 human wearing body paint (?), in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7207
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: brown cow with white spots, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7202
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings 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 giraffe, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7201
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: two black and white cows, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7200
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: two human figures with two dogs, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7195
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings 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 tall human, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7188
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: figures of humans with cows and horses, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7187
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: group of hunters with spears, some running, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7186
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: group of hunters with spears, one mounted on a horse, apparently using dogs to round up sheep or goats, in Wadi In Tehak in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7161
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings 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 cow, in Wadi In Djeran,
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7159
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: bovine figure of aurochs (?), in Wadi In Djeran.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7156
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: figures of coital humans, in the Moul N'Aga sand dunes area,
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7155
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings 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 defaecating elephant, in the Moul N'Aga sand dunes area,
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7154
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: various studies of elephants with crowds of human figures, in the Moul N'Aga sand dunes area,
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7150
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings 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 cow, in the Moul N'Aga sand dune area.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7149
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: cow or antelope (?), in the Moul N'Aga sand dune area.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7147
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: antelope with female sitting figure, in the Moul N'Aga sand dune area.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7115
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: three large giraffes, in the Tadrart Mountains. figure of a Reindeer stag (?) in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, Imuhar

PMR-D7114
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: three giraffes, with Tifinagh script, in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, Imuhar

PMR-D7113
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: giraffes, with a human figure holding a spear, and Tifinagh and Arabic script, in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, Imuhar

PMR-D7110
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: three large giraffes, in the Tadrart Mountains.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, Imuhar

PMR-D7095
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park, Tadrart Mountains: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: human figure,
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7094
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park, Tadrart Mountains: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: black and white cows.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7092
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park, Tadrart Mountains: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: giraffes.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

PMR-D7064
Algeria, Illizi, Tassili N'Ajer National Park: neolithic rockart - paintings believed to be up to 12,000 years old, made at the end of the last ice age, when the area was still savannah: mouflons, which are still to be found in the area.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage

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-D6995
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: male and female human figures.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, prehistoric

PMR-D6994
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: quadruped - cow?
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, prehistoric

PMR-D6993
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: sleeping antelope.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, prehistoric

PMR-D6992
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: sleeping antelope.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, prehistoric

PMR-D6991
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: sleeping antelope.
Keywords: Sahara, desert, geology, rock formations, Africa, Maghreb, Tuareg, Berber, UNESCO, culture, heritage, prehistoric

PMR-D6890
Germany, Saxony, Leipzig: Augusteum and Paulinum (St. Paul's Church) of the University of Leipzig, designed by Erick van Egeraat and opened in 2010.
Keywords: architecture, culture, education, learning

PMR-D6823
Ireland, County Galway, Kinvara: Dunguaire Castle, a 16th century tower house. It has featured in the US films "Guns in the Heather" (1969) and "North Sea Hijack" (1979).
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, defence, stone-built

PMR-D6822
Ireland, County Galway, Kinvara: Dunguaire Castle, a 16th century tower house. It has featured in the US films "Guns in the Heather" (1969) and "North Sea Hijack" (1979).
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, defence, stone-built

PMR-D6816
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilronan: colourful montbretia flowers growing alongside the sea wall.
Keywords: heritage, culture, botany, wildflowers, Crocosmia

PMR-D6815
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilronan: colourful horse-drawn carriage parked near a public house.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, picturesque, transport, pub

PMR-D6814
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilronan: typical horse-drawn cart passing a thatched cottage selling Aran sweaters.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, shop knitware, picturesque

PMR-D6813
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Onacht: ruins of two of seven early Christian churches in the neighbourhood.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, stones, 7-Churches

PMR-D6812
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Onacht: ruins of one of seven early Christian churches. The burial ground is still in use.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, stones, cemetery, graveyard, gravestones, 7-Churches

PMR-D6811
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Onacht: ruins of one of seven early Christian churches. In the foreground stands a stele displaying Celtic designs.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, stones, engraving, patterns, 7-Churches

PMR-D6810
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: a group of thatched cottages selling Aran sweaters and offering bicycle hire, at the start of the path to Dun Aonghasa prehistoric fort.
Keywords: heritage, culture, picturesque, Dun Aengus, rural, shop, knitware

PMR-D6809
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilronan: the traditional mode of transport in the Aran Islands.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, horse-drawn, cart, carriage, horse-power, trap

PMR-D6808
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: a resourceful youngster playing the recorder for passing tourists.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, music, tune

PMR-D6807
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: the path from the village up to Dun Aonghasa prehistoric fort, believed to be about 2000 years old, which stands on the edge of a 60-metre sheer cliff.
Keywords: heritage, culture, picturesque, fortress, defence, prehistoric, Dun Aengus

PMR-D6806
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: inside the outer wall of Dun Aonghasa prehistoric fort, believed to be about 2000 years old. Beyond, view of the rest of the treeless island, about 14 km. long.
Keywords: heritage, culture, picturesque, fortress, defence, prehistoric, Dun Aengus

PMR-D6805
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: reconstructed entrance in the inner defence wall of Dun Aonghasa prehistoric fort, believed to be about 2000 years old.
Keywords: heritage, culture, picturesque, fortress, defence, prehistoric, sheer drop, Dun Aengus

PMR-D6804
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: the 60-metre cliffs on which stand Dun Aonghasa prehistoric fort, believed to be about 2000 years old. The outer defence wall can be seen in the distance.
Keywords: heritage, culture, picturesque, fortress, defence, prehistoric, sheer drop, Dun Aengus

PMR-D6803
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: the 60-metre cliffs on which stand Dun Aonghasa prehistoric fort, believed to be about 2000 years old. The outer defence wall can be seen in the distance.
Keywords: heritage, culture, picturesque, fortress, defence, prehistoric, sheer drop, Dun Aengus

PMR-D6802
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: the inner defence wall and entrance to Dun Aonghasa prehistoric fort, believed to be about 2000 years old, which stands on the edge of a 60-metres-high cliff.
Keywords: heritage, culture, picturesque, fortress, defence, prehistoric, sheer drop, Dun Aengus

PMR-D6801
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: the 60-metre cliffs on which stand Dun Aonghasa prehistoric fort, believed to be about 2000 years old.
Keywords: heritage, culture, picturesque, fortress, defence, prehistoric, sheer drop, Dun Aengus

PMR-D6800
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: a resourceful youngster playing a recorder for passing tourists.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, music, tune

PMR-D6799
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: the basketmaker offers a wide range of traditional and modern baskets.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, picturesque, shop, artisan, weaving, trading

PMR-D6798
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilmurvey: thatched cottage selling Aran sweaters.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, picturesque, pullover, jersey, knitware, shop

PMR-D6797
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilronan: view of the harbour, with ferry boats to the mainland.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, port, boat, quayside, jetty

PMR-D6796
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilronan: cluster of buildings on the quayside, seen from the end of the jetty.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, port, boat

PMR-D6794
Ireland, Aran Islands, Inis Mor, Kilronan: fishing cutter "Kittiwake" leaving the harbour.
Keywords: heritage, culture, tradition, port, boat

PMR-D6788
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. View from Lake Pollacappul with reflections in the waters.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately

PMR-D6787
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Part of the Victorian Walled Garden, flourishing after some years of neglect.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately, botanic, horticultural, flower-beds, well manicured

PMR-D6786
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Part of the Victorian Walled Garden, flourishing after some years of neglect.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately, botanic, horticultural, flower-beds, well manicured

PMR-D6785
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Part of the Victorian Walled Garden, flourishing after some years of neglect.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately, botanic, horticultural, flower-beds, well manicured

PMR-D6784
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Hydrangea serrata "Bluebird" in the Victorian Walled Garden.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately, botanic, horticultural, flower-beds, well manicured, hybrid, shrub

PMR-D6783
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Part of the Victorian Walled Garden, flourishing after some years of neglect.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately, botanic, horticultural, flower-beds, well manicured

PMR-D6781
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Neo-gothic church built in the grounds as a memorial on the early death of Margaret.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately

PMR-D6780
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Much admired, finely carved marble fireplace.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately, artistic

PMR-D6779
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. Reflections in the waters of Lake Pollacappul.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately

PMR-D6778
Ireland, County Galway, Connemara: remote
Kylemore Abbey was built as a stately home by Mitchell Henry for his wife, Margaret, in the 1860s. It is now home to a community of Benedictine nuns who moved here as refugees from Ypres in 1920. View from Lake Pollacappul.
Keywords: mansion, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, architecture, imposing, stately

PMR-D6755
Ireland, County Mayo, Cong: ruins of Cong Abbey (Augustinian), which dates back to the 8th century but has been rebuilt many times. In the late 16th century the abbey was suppressed and fell into ruin. It posesses some notable early gothic stone carvings.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, picturesque

PMR-D6754
Ireland, County Mayo, Cong: ruins of Cong Abbey (Augustinian), which dates back to the 8th century but has been rebuilt many times. In the late 16th century the abbey was suppressed and fell into ruin. It posesses some notable early gothic stone carvings. Here: the monk's 15/16th century stone-built fishing house, built out over the River Cong.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, picturesque

PMR-D6753
Northern Ireland, County Fermanagh: Florence Court (National Trust), a Palladian mansion dating from the mid-18th century and the home of the Cole family, the Earls of Enniskillen until 1973. View of the facade from the north-east.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, stately home, estate, gardens, manor house

PMR-D6752
Northern Ireland, County Fermanagh: Florence Court (National Trust), a Palladian mansion dating from the mid-18th century and the home of the Cole family, the Earls of Enniskillen until 1973. View of the facade and wings from the main lawn.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, stately home, estate, gardens, manor house

PMR-D6751
Northern Ireland, Londonderry/Derry: costumed supporter celebrating the anniversary of the suffragette movement on the city walls.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, metropolis, culture, protester

PMR-D6750
Northern Ireland, Londonderry/Derry: the red-brick neo-gothic Guildhall building, built in 1890 (rebuilt after a fire in 1908), stands outside the city walls, close to the River Foyle.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, metropolis, culture

PMR-D6749
Northern Ireland, Londonderry/Derry: Peace Bridge, opened on 25th June 2011, connects the Protestant walled city with the Catholic quarter on the opposite side of the River Foyle. The red-brick Guildhall stands on the far side of the river.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, metropolis, culture, engineering, construction, suspension

PMR-D6698
Northern Ireland, County Antrim, Cushendun: the village is known for its Cornish-style cottages , designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, architect of Portmeirion, now owned by the National Trust.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, picturesque

PMR-D6697
Northern Ireland, County Antrim, Cushendun: the village is known for its Cornish-style cottages , designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, architect of Portmeirion, now owned by the National Trust. The village pub.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, picturesque

PMR-D6696
Northern Ireland, County Antrim, Cushendun: the village is known for its Cornish-style cottages , designed by Clough Williams-Ellis, architect of Portmeirion. View of the harbour.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, fishing boats, picturesque

PMR-D6695
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. The legendary White Stag, waiting to guide departed souls to Tir nan Og, the Gaelic afterworld.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6694
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. The legendary White Stag, waiting to guide departed souls to Tir nan Og, the Gaelic afterworld.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6693
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. View of foliage trees across the lake, with waterfowl.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6688
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. View of Strangford Lough with poppies in the foreground.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6686
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. View of Strangford Lough with poppies in the foreground.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6685
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. View of foliage trees across the lake with water lilies in the foreground.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6684
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry foor 270 years. The dining room with laid table.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, furnishings, furniture, porcelaine, candelabra

PMR-D6683
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. The Sunk Garden with lilies in full bloom.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6682
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. A lily flower.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6681
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. Lily flowers.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6680
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. An exquisite arrangement of foliage trees.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6679
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. The Sunk Garden with lilies in full bloom.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6678
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. The Sunk Garden with lilies in full bloom.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6677
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. The Sunk Garden with lilies in full bloom.
Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant

PMR-D6676
Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden

PMR-D6673
Northern Ireland, Belfast: the Botanic Gardens with Palm House designed by Sir Charles Lanyon which was completed in 1840, pre-dating the one in Kew Gardens. With colourful flower beds in the foreground.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, capital city, metropolis, park, leisure, open air, recreation, horticulture

PMR-D6672
Northern Ireland, Belfast: the Botanic Gardens with Palm House designed by Sir Charles Lanyon which was completed in 1840, pre-dating the one in Kew Gardens. With colourful flower beds in the foreground.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, capital city, metropolis, park, leisure, open air, recreation, horticulture

PMR-D6671
Northern Ireland, Belfast: the Botanic Gardens with Palm House designed by Sir Charles Lanyon which was completed in 1840, pre-dating the one in Kew Gardens. With colourful flower beds in the foreground.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, capital city, metropolis, park, leisure, open air, recreation, horticulture

PMR-D6670
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Queen's University, a red-brick gothic-revival building by Sir Charles Lanyon, was opened in 1849. In the foreground is the war memorial with allegorical figures.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, monument

PMR-D6669
Northern Ireland, Belfast: statue of Henry Cooke (1788-1868), a leading Presbyterian minister in front of Belfast Metropolitan College.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, monument

PMR-D6667
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Headquarters of the Presbyerian Church in Ireland. Styled on the architecture of a Scottish baronial castle, it was designed by Robert Young and opened in 1905.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, monument

PMR-D6666
Northern Ireland, Belfast: the Crown Liquor Saloon in Victoria Street, a traditional Victorian pub owned by the National Trust. The highly decorated bar, boldly tiled floor and moulded ceiling with gas mantles for lighting. To the right are a number of partioned snugs.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, public house, beer, flamboyant, florid, colourful

PMR-D6665
Northern Ireland, Belfast: the Crown Liquor Saloon in Victoria Street, a traditional Victorian pub owned by the National Trust. The long, highly decorated bar, boldly tiled floor and moulded ceiling with gas mantles for lighting.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, public house, beer, flamboyant, florid, colourful

PMR-D6664
Northern Ireland, Belfast: the Crown Liquor Saloon in Victoria Street, a traditional Victorian pub owned by the National Trust.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, public house, beer, flamboyant

PMR-D6663
Northern Ireland, Belfast: "Rise" is the name given to this sculpture by Wolfgang Buttress which stands in the centre of the Broadway roundabout at the end of the M1 motorway. It comprises two concentric geodesic spheres on slender stanchions.
Keywords: architecture, culture, capital city, metropolis, monument, artistic, modern art

PMR-D6658
Northern Ireland, Belfast: The Salmon of Knowledge sculpture, known locally as "The Big Fish", was made in 1999 to a design by John Kindness. It stands on Donegall Quay.
Keywords: culture, capital city, metropolis, monument, mosaic

PMR-D6657
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Albert Memorial Clocktower, built in 1867, has developed a slight lean.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, monument, leaning tower

PMR-D6656
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Bittles Bar, one of the city's most unusual pubs, was built in 1868 and was originally called "The Shakespeare".
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, culture, picturesque, flatiron-shape, masonry, capital city, metropolis, beer

PMR-D6655
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Belfast City Hall is a work of architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, and was completed in 1906 in a baroque revival style using Portland stone. Statue of Queen Victoria with allegorical figures representing the textile and ship-building industries.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, monument

PMR-D6654
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Scottish Provident Institution Building in Donegall Square, was built 1897-1902 by architects Young and Mackenzie in neo-classical style.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D6653
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Belfast City Hall is a work of architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, and was completed in 1906 in a baroque revival style using Portland stone. View from the south-east, showing the corner towers.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D6652
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Belfast City Hall is a work of architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, and was completed in 1906 in a baroque revival style using Portland stone. South facade.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D6651
Northern Ireland, Belfast: Belfast City Hall is a work of architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, and was completed in 1906 in a baroque revival style using Portland stone. Statue of Queen Victoria with allegorical figures representing the textile and ship-building industries.
Keywords: heritage, historic, architecture, classical, culture, masonry, capital city, metropolis, monument

PMR-D6623
Ireland, Louth, Drogheda: ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the country, founded in 1152, closed after the dissolution in 1539. St. Laurence's Gate, formerly the eastern entrance through the city walls.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, architecture, picturesque

PMR-D6622
Ireland, Louth, Drogheda: ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the country, founded in 1152, closed after the dissolution in 1539. Footbridge over the River Boyne, with neo-gothic St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, architecture, picturesque

PMR-D6621
Ireland, Louth, Drogheda: ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the country, founded in 1152, closed after the dissolution in 1539. Footbridge over the River Boyne, with the new shopping complex built out over the river on stilts.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, architecture, picturesque

PMR-D6620
Ireland, Louth, Drogheda: view from the roadbridge over the River Boyne, with St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church on the left and a Martello tower on the Millmount (possibly a prehistoric burial mound) ahead.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, architecture, picturesque

PMR-D6619
Ireland, Louth, Drogheda: ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the country, founded in 1152, closed after the dissolution in 1539. The ruined 4-storey gatehouse to the abbey.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, monastery, architecture, picturesque

PMR-D6618
Ireland, Louth, Drogheda: ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the country, founded in 1152, closed after the dissolution in 1539. The chantry (left) with the octagonal lavabo in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, monastery, architecture, picturesque

PMR-D6617
Ireland, Louth, Drogheda: ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the country, founded in 1152, closed after the dissolution in 1539. View of the original gatehouse through an arch of the lavabo.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, monastery, architecture, picturesque

PMR-D6616
Ireland, Louth, Drogheda: ruins of Old Mellifont Abbey, the first Cistercian abbey in the country, founded in 1152, closed after the dissolution in 1539. The 13th century, octagonal lavabo, the monks' washing room, with part of the (rebuilt) cloister arcade.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, monastery, architecture, picturesque

PMR-D6615
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. The elaborately carved West Cross stands approximately 6.5 metres high, one of the tallest in Ireland.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard

PMR-D6614
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. The round tower, over 30 metres high, showing the entrance, some two metres above ground leval. The West Cross stands in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard

PMR-D6613
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. The round tower, over 30 metres high, surrounded by gravestones ancient and modern.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard

PMR-D6612
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, One of the adjacent smaller burial mounds without its roof.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6610
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, It contains the greatest collection of passage-grave art ever uncovered in Western Europe. Carvings on one of the large supporting stones.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6609
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, It contains the greatest collection of passage-grave art ever uncovered in Western Europe. Carvings on one of the large supporting stones.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6608
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, It contains the greatest collection of passage-grave art ever uncovered in Western Europe. Standing stones in front of the passage entrance on the far side.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6607
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, It contains the greatest collection of passage-grave art ever uncovered in Western Europe. Spiral carvings on one of the large supporting stones.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6606
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, View of the surrounding countryside from the roof of the mound.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6605
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC. Some of the adjacent smaller burial mounds.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6604
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, The mound was used for thousands of years after its construction as a defended stronghold. View inside the passage to the central chamber showing the stone slabs used for the roof.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6603
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, The mound was used for thousands of years after its construction as a defended stronghold. View inside the passage to the central chamber showing the stone slabs used for the roof.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6602
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Knowth neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, The entrance also boasts a carved entrance stone which functioned as a sun dial in conjunction with the adjacent stone post. The mound was used for thousands of years after its construction as a defended stronghold.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6601
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Newgrange neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, measures 80 metres (!) in diameter and 13 metres high. Part of the reconstructed perimeter wall which stands on large rocks.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6600
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Newgrange neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, measures 80 metres (!) in diameter and 13 metres high. One of the adjacent smaller burial sites.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6599
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Newgrange neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, measures 80 metres (!) in diameter and 13 metres high. Part of the facade reconstructed by Prof. M.J. O'Kelly with material from the site.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6598
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Newgrange neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, measures 80 metres (!) in diameter and 13 metres high and is located on a hill top. The passage entry is aligned with the sun's rays at the time of the winter solstice.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6597
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Newgrange neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, measures 80 metres (!) in diameter and 13 metres high. An isolated standing stone, decorated with spiral designs.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6596
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Newgrange neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, measures 80 metres (!) in diameter and 13 metres high. The entrance has been reconstructed by Prof. M.J. O'Kelly with material from the site: the putative original appearance of the facade.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6595
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Newgrange neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, measures 80 metres (!) in diameter and 13 metres high. The entrance has been reconstructed by Prof. M.J. O'Kelly with material from the site. The entrance stone is covered with superbly carved spiral designs of unknown significance
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6594
Ireland, County Meath, Brú Na Bóinne: Newgrange neolithic Irish passage tomb dating from about 3200 BC, measures 80 metres (!) in diameter and 13 metres high. The entrance has been reconstructed by Prof. M.J. O'Kelly with material from the site.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, archeology, necropolis, ancient, UNESCO

PMR-D6593
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. A ruined church surrounded by lichen-covered gravestones ancient and modern.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard

PMR-D6591
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. The elaborately carved Muireadach's Cross, named after a former abbot, is probably the finest Celtic Cross in the country.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard, art

PMR-D6590
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. A ruined church surrounded by gravestones ancient and modern.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard

PMR-D6589
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. A well preserved round tower, more than 30 metres high. According to the records it was burnt out in 1097, destroying many valuable manuscripts.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard

PMR-D6588
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. A ruined church surrounded by gravestones ancient and modern.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard

PMR-D6587
Ireland, Louth, Monasterboice: a monastic site dating back to the 6th century, flourishing until the 11th century, when it was plundered by Vikings and abandoned. The elaborately carved Muireadach's Cross, named after a former abbot, is probably the finest Celtic Cross in the country.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, graveyard

PMR-D6586
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Dublin Castle: the turreted Record Tower, the sole surviving tower from the mediaeval castle from ca. 1228, with the adjoining Chapel Royal (19th century). Seen from the Dubhlinn Gardens, laid out in 1680.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6585
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Dublin Castle: Upper Castle Yard with State Entrance (left), Castle Hall with Bedford Tower and the State Apartments.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6584
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Dublin Castle: Castle Hall with Bedford Tower.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6583
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Trinity College: the Campanile, designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, was completed in 1853. The flanking sculptures are by Thomas Kirk.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, capital city, architecture, Georgian

PMR-D6582
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Arnaldo Pomodoro's sculpture "Sphere within a Sphere" in Trinity College. The inner sphere represents the earth and the outer sphere, Christianity.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture, artistic

PMR-D6581
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: the General Post Office on O'Connell Street, a neo-classical building by Francis Johnston (1818) which was used as HQ by the rebels during the 1916 Easter Rising.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6580
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: the General Post Office on O'Connell Street, a neo-classical building by Francis Johnston (1818) which was used as HQ by the rebels during the 1916 Easter Rising.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6579
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: O'Connell Bridge (1880) over the River Liffey, with O'Connell Monument in the background.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6578
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: the Ha'penny Bridge (1816) over the River Liffey, with Bachelors Walk on the right.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6577
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Daniel O'Connell Monument at the end of O'Connell Street, often regarded as the centre of the city. Behind, the 120-metre-high stainless steel Spire devised by London architect, Ian Ritchie. Said to be the tallest sculpture in the world.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture, sculpture

PMR-D6565
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: built between 1817 and 1861, the 63-metre-high Wellington Monument stands in the south-east of Phoenix Park.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, landscape, capital city, architecture, column

PMR-D6564
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Christ Church Cathedral dates back to 1028, but was largely rebuilt for the last time in 1871 in neo-gothic/romanesque style. It claims to be the seat of both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin. It is linked to the Synod House by a stone footbridge.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6563
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Christ Church Cathedral dates back to 1028, but was largely rebuilt for the last time in 1871 in neo-gothic/romanesque style. It claims to be the seat of both the Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic archbishops of Dublin.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6562
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Dublinia, a museum devoted to the history of the city, particularly Viking and Meiaeval. It is housed in the Synod Hall of Christ Church Cathedral.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6561
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: the Olympia Theatre on Dame Street, dating from 1879, has seen many famous performers treading its boards
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, colourful, capital city, architecture, show business, cabaret, musicals, plays

PMR-D6560
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: statue of Michael Cusack (1847-1906), founder of the Gaelic Athletic Association, outside the Aviva Stadium in Lansdowne Road.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, sculpture, memorial, sports , athletics, Irish

PMR-D6559
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: statue of Oscar Wilde by Danny Osborne, in the corner of Merrion Square, with a statue of his pregnant mother.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, capital city, sculpture

PMR-D6558
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: statue of Oscar Wilde by Danny Osborne, in the corner of Merrion Square.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, capital city, sculpture

PMR-D6557
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: the Triton Lake with its silver winged horses, which form part of the family coat of arms.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6556
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: a magnificent landscaped view of Sugarloaf Mountain from the end of the estate.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6555
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: view of the Grotto in the Japanese Garden, created in a dell in 1908 by the 8th Viscount Powerscourt.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape, botanic

PMR-D6553
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: view of the Japanese Garden, created in a dell in 1908 by the 8th Viscount Powerscourt.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape, botanic

PMR-D6552
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: Pepperpot Tower amid a diverse range of foliage.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape, trees

PMR-D6551
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: cannons on the castellated parapet of Pepperpot Tower.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6550
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: view from the Pepperpot Tower showing a diverse range of trees. Sugarloaf Mountain in the background.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6549
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: the Pepperpot Tower, modelled on a favourite pepperpot from Lord Powerscourt's table.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape, architecture

PMR-D6548
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: elaborate wrought iron gates to the garden with the mansion in the background.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6547
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: a colourful flower bed in the top walled garden.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape, botanic

PMR-D6546
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: view of the house and flowerbeds from the top walled garden.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape, botanic

PMR-D6545
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: colourful memorial to Lady Julia, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Leicester, by her son.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6544
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: a colourful herbacious border in the walled garden.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape, botanic

PMR-D6543
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: a diversity of foliage trees reflected in the Dolphin Pool.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6542
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: mature trees in the 64-square-kilometre estate.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6541
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: view of the mansion and terraces from the Triton Lake.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6540
Ireland, Wicklow, Powerscourt Estate dates back to ca. 1300, but the Palladian mansion was built in 1741 and twice restored after disastrous fires: view down the valley from the top terrace with the Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, colourful, landscape

PMR-D6539
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: model of the mediaeval settlement in its flourishing years.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, layout, overview

PMR-D6538
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the sides of Glendalough Valley are well wooded, with grassland at the bottom.
Keywords: historic, heritage, culture, nature, countryside, picturesque

PMR-D6537
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: view of the Upper Lake, on whose shores the original settlement was founded.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, nature, countryside

PMR-D6536
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the 11th-century Reefert Church was the traditional burial place of the chiefs of the O'Toole family and 7 graves have been discovered. A number of rough stone crosses stand nearby.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, gravestones, celtic cross, cemetery

PMR-D6535
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the 11th-century Reefert Church was the traditional burial place of the chiefs of the O'Toole family and 7 graves have been discovered.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, gravestones, celtic cross, cemetery

PMR-D6534
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the 11th-century Reefert Church was the traditional burial place of the chiefs of the O'Toole family and 7 graves have been discovered. A number of rough stone crosses stand nearby.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, gravestones, celtic cross, cemetery

PMR-D6533
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: information office of the Wicklow Mountains National Park, near the Upper Lake, on the shore of which St. Kevin founded the original settlement.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, cottage, garden

PMR-D6531
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: this small church unusually incorporates a round belltower and has acquired the name of "Kevin's Kitchen" or "Kevin's Church". It dates from the 11th century.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval

PMR-D6530
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: double arches of the main (and only surviving) entrance.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, architecture

PMR-D6529
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the ruins of the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul, the largest of the churches at Glendalough, with its 10th century nave.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval

PMR-D6528
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: ruins of the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul, surrounded by gravestones ancient and modern, with the round tower in the background.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval

PMR-D6527
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the round lookout tower, 33 metres high, which has stood unchanged for a thousand years, surrounded by ancient and modern gravestones. The entrance was well above ground level, reached by wooden steps which could be drawn up in the event of attack.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval

PMR-D6526
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the stone church known as "Kevin's Kitchen", with the 33-metre round tower behind.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval

PMR-D6525
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the round lookout tower, 33 metres high, which has stood unchanged for a thousand years.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval

PMR-D6524
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: this small church unusually incorporates a round tower and has acquired the name of "Kevin's Kitchen".
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval

PMR-D6523
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: the round lookout tower, 33 metres high, which has stood unchanged for a thousand years, seen from the tiny river Poulanass.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, architecture, mediaeval

PMR-D6521
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: information office of the Wicklow Mountains National Park, near the Upper Lake, on the shore of which St. Kevin founded the original settlement.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, picturesque, cottage, garden

PMR-D6520
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: traditional horse-drawn carriage used for showing visitors the local sights.
Keywords: historic, heritage, culture, picturesque

PMR-D6519
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: view of the tiny bronze age cave-tomb where St. Kevin spent the first 7 years after his arrival, traditionally known as "Kevin's Bed".
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture

PMR-D6518
Ireland, Wicklow, Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century by Saint Kevin: double arches of the main (and only surviving) entrance. The lady on the left has been playing the uillean pipes, a traditional musical instrument.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, architecture

PMR-D6517
Ireland, Wicklow: view of the surrounding hilly countryside from the graveyard of Glendalough, a monastic settlement founded in the 5th century.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, gravestones, celtic cross, cemetery

PMR-D6516
England, Merseyside, Liverpool: two of the 25-foot-diameter clockfaces on the Royal Liver Building with one of the two mythical Liver Birds, itself 18 feet high.
Keywords: historic, heritage, architecture, monument, memorial, sculpture, culture, UNESCO

PMR-D6515
England, Merseyside, Liverpool: Memorial to the Engine Room Heroes of the Titanic which sank in the North Atlantic on 15th April 1912, with the Royal Liver Building, completed on 19th July 1911, in the background. One of Liverpool's "Three Graces", standing on the Pier Head.
Keywords: historic, heritage, architecture, monument, memorial, sculpture, culture, UNESCO

PMR-D6514
England, Merseyside, Liverpool: the Port of Liverpool Building, formerly the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Building, was built between 1904 and 1907 and is known as one of Liverpool's Three Graces on the Pier Head.
Keywords: historic, heritage, architecture, monument, culture, offices, office-block, UNESCO

PMR-D6513
England, Merseyside, Liverpool: the Museum of Liverpool on the Pier Head opened its doors in 2011.
Keywords: heritage, architecture, culture, design

PMR-D6512
England, Merseyside, Liverpool: the equestrian statue of Prince Albert by Thomas Thornycroft in front of St. George's Hall, was erected in 1866, and stands next to a similar statue of Queen Victoria.
Keywords: historic, heritage, architecture, monument, memorial, sculpture, culture

PMR-D6511
England, Merseyside, Liverpool: the statue of the Duke of Wellington on a column, erected in 1865, stands 40.2 metres high.
Keywords: historic, heritage, architecture, monument, memorial, sculpture, culture

PMR-D6499
England, West Sussex, Wakehurst (National Trust/Royal Botanic Gardens): a sika deer, carved in a living cedar tree, by Japanese artist Masa Susuki. Known as "Tachigi-bori", the aim is to recognise each tree's individual spirit without causing damage to the tree itself.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, wood-carving, artistic

PMR-D6498
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): the main facade of Petworth House, former home of the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland, from the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D6497
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): view across the lake with landscaped trees by 'Capability' Brown and waterfowl.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D6496
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): the main facade of Petworth House from the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D6495
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): the end of the lake with reflections of trees. The grounds were landscaped by 'Capability' Brown.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, landscape

PMR-D6494
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): distant view of the main facade of Petworth House from the end of the lake. The grounds were landscaped by 'Capability' Brown.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D6493
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): the main facade of Petworth House from the lake, with geese in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D6491
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): the main facade of Petworth House, former home of the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland, from the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D6490
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): an Ionic rotunda is a feature of the Pleasure Grounds, landscaped by 'Capability Brown'.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house

PMR-D6489
England, West Sussex, Petworth (National Trust): a Doric temple is a feature of the Pleasure Grounds, landscaped by 'Capability Brown'.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, gardens

PMR-D6488
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. Part of the Great Hall from the courtyard; note the "XXL" dog kennel!
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, botanical, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6487
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. The Tudor-style west wing from the courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6486
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. The south facade, reflected in the waters of the moat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, country house, mediaeval, mansion

PMR-D6485
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. View of the house from the south-west, with stone bridge to the main entrance.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, botanical, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6484
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. Landscaped pleasure gardens to the north of the house.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6483
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. A rose terrace, recently introduced into the gardens near the herbacious border.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, botanical, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6482
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. A water lily flower on the south lake.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, botanical, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6481
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. The south facade reflected in the lake, which may once have been a mill pond.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6480
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. The south facade reflected in the lake, which may once have been a mill pond.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, botanical, mansion, country house, mediaeval, ragwort

PMR-D6479
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. The east facade with moat and stone bridge.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6478
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. Part of the east facade, reflected in the water of the moat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6477
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. Elizabethan-type chimneys on the south east corner, with the stone bridge over the moat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6476
England, Kent, Ightham Mote (National Trust): in a secluded part of rural Kent, the manor house dates back to about 1340 AD. The renovated south facade, reflected in the moat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, mediaeval

PMR-D6456
England, Sussex, Nymans Gardens (National Trust): a carved wooden frog acts as a way-marker on one of the woodland trails.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, landscape, artistic, trees

PMR-D6455
England, Sussex, Nymans Gardens (National Trust): herbacious border in the Wall Garden.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, botanical, flowers, shrubs, landscape

PMR-D6454
England, Sussex, Nymans Gardens (National Trust): herbacious borders in the Wall Garden through a clematis-bedecked archway.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, botanical, flowers, shrubs, landscape

PMR-D6451
England, Sussex, Nymans Gardens (National Trust): view of the house and ruins across the main lawn, with flower beds in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, botanical, mansion, country house

PMR-D6449
England, Sussex, Nymans Gardens (National Trust): herbacious border in the Wall Garden.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, botanical, flowers, shrubs, landscape

PMR-D6440
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: rose garden of Weikersheim Palace, former seat of the Hohenlohe family.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, castle, Schloss, flowers

PMR-D6439
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: St. George's Church, built 1419-25, with renaissance and baroque towers added later, viewed from the gateway of the renaissance palace, former seat of the Hohenlohe family.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6438
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim: Marktplatz (marketplace) with Milchlingsbrunnen (fountain) with the tower of St. John the Baptist's Minster showing over the Doppelhäuser ("twin buildings").
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, sanatorium, spa, health-resort, Teutonic Order

PMR-D6437
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim: Altes Rathaus (the old town hall), built in 1564 by Hochmeister Wolfgang Schutzbar.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, sanatorium, spa, health-resort, Teutonic Order

PMR-D6436
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim: Milchlingsbrunnen, a fountain with knight in armour looking towards the Bläser Tower of the Castle of the Knights of the Teutonic Order, from the marketplace.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, sanatorium, spa, health-resort, Teutonic Order

PMR-D6435
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim: Marktplatz (marketplace) with Milchlingsbrunnen (fountain) with the tower of St. John the Baptist's Minster showing over the Doppelhäuser ("twin buildings").
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, sanatorium, spa, health-resort, Teutonic Order

PMR-D6434
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim: the Bläserturm, at 49 metres, is the highest part of the Castle of the Knights of the Teutonic Order which dates back to the 11th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, sanatorium, spa, health-resort, Teutonic Order

PMR-D6433
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim: entrance to the Castle of the Knights of the Teutonic Order which dates back to the 11th century. The renaissance entrance gate and tower was built in 1626.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, sanatorium, spa, health-resort, Teutonic Order

PMR-D6432
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim: north-east wing of the courtyard of the Castle of the Knights of the Teutonic Order, currently occupied by the Finanzamt (Tax Department).
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, sanatorium, spa, health-resort, Teutonic Order

PMR-D6431
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Bad Mergentheim: a corner of the extensive Kur-Park for convalescent patients and health visitors.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, sanatorium, spa, health-resort, Teutonic Order

PMR-D6430
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: gardens of Brattenstein Castle, a seat of the lords of Hohenlohe until 1345. The courtyard is used every summer (since 1984) for open-air theatre performances.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6429
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: Zehntscheune (tithe store), part of Brattenstein Castle, a seat of the lords of Hohenlohe until 1345, forms part of the town wall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6428
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: part of the intact 470-metre-long north-western defence wall, with the spire of the Catholic parish church, St. Kilian.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6427
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: Neue Hundeheimer Tor-turm, a tower-gate which now stands inside the town wall, was built in the late 15th century to replace the old tower which still stands next to it.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6426
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: newly renovated Schweinehirtenturm ("Swineherd's Tower) has timber framework on the inner wall and a hip-roof.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6425
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: Schneckenturm ("Snail Tower") stands on the northernmost corner of the town wall and commands a view in three directions.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6424
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: Jakobsturm, one of the oldest of the original 14 defence towers, has been converted into holiday accommodation. From outside the town wall it retains its original appearance.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6423
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: marketplace with maypole and timber-frame houses
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6422
Germany, Bavaria, Unterfranken, Röttingen: newly renovated baroque Rathaus (town hall), built in 1750 on the site of the previous building. Over the doorway is the coat of arms of Prince-Bishop Karl Philipp von Greifenclau (1749-54).
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6421
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: Museumstrasse, looking towards the marketplace.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6420
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: the Goddess Minerva , atop a column of the fountain (1727), with the former Rathaus (town hall) and the Stiftskirche across the cobbled marketplace.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6419
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: Oberes Tor, the town's northern gate, the only surviving gate.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6418
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: colourful coat of arms on the fountain in the market place.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6416
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: the Herrgottskirche (Church of Our Lord) was built between 1384 and 1389 and is famous as the home of Tilman Riemenschneider's carved masterpiece depicting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, woodcarving, gothic, religious

PMR-D6415
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: the Virgin Mary's retable in the Herrgottskirche (Church of Our Lord), a masterpiece of woodcarving by Tilman Riemanschneider (1460-1531) depicting the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. The shrine is made of pinewood but the figures are carved in softer limewood.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, gothic, religious, famous, moving, compassion, expressive, artistic

PMR-D6414
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: the high altar in the Herrgottskirche (Church of Our Lord) bears a triptique of the crucifixion dating from the 15th century by an unknown hand.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, woodcarving, gothic, religious

PMR-D6413
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: the high altar in the Herrgottskirche (Church of Our Lord) bears a triptique of the crucifixion dating from the 15th century by an unknown hand.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, woodcarving, gothic, religious

PMR-D6412
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: south view of Lindleinturm (tower) with part of the town wall. The two heated rooms were used as a domestic dwelling until 1993 but it has now been turned into a museum.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6411
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: Lindleinturm (tower) the two heated rooms were used as a domestic dwelling until 1993 but it has now been turned into a museum.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6410
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: a picturesque old timber-frame house, with the tower of the Petruskirche (St. Peter's Church) behind.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6409
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: tower of the protestant Petruskirche (St. Peter's Church).
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6408
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: panorama view over the old town with a bush of white roses in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6407
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: "Romschlössle", a three-storey timber-frame mansion dating from 1593, formerly "Haus Weinsberg" now houses the Cultural Centre.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6406
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: fine timber-frame buildings in the old town.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6405
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: timber-frame building, now an Italian Bistro, built onto the Faulturm (tower) and the old town wall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6404
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: Faulturm (tower) one of the remaining defence towers with built-on timber-frame houses.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6403
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: the old pharmacy, a timber-frame building with a fine oriel on the Hauptstrasse (main street).
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6402
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Schillingsfürst: baroque castle of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, now a falconry centre and health resort.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6401
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: a timber-frame house in the old town.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6400
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Dreikönigskapelle (Three Kings Chapel) dates back to before 1378. Today it houses a memorial to victims of the NAZI regime.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6399
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Segringer Tor, the town's western gate, was destroyed by Swedish troops in 1648 and rebuilt in baroque style in 1655
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6398
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: tower of St. George's Minster from the Market Place. The red building on the left is the Weinmarkt, where visiting royalty used to be accommodated.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6397
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: wrought iron sign on Nördlingen Strasse with vine motif.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6396
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: wrought-iron sign on the Hotel Gasthaus Goldene Krone.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6395
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: fountain on Nördlinger Strasse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, cobblestones

PMR-D6394
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Nördlinger Tor, the town's southern gate, with the town mill (right) dating from 1378 and fortified, being outside the town wall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6393
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Nördlinger Tor, the town's southern gate (right centre), with the town mill (right) dating from 1378 and fortified, being outside the town wall. The round defence tower (Salwarten Turm) is part of the town wall. The allotments in the foreground are let to the socially needy.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6392
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Wörnitz Tor, the town's eastern gate and oldest of the four town gates.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6391
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Wörnitz Tor, the town's eastern gate and oldest of the four town gates.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6390
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Spitalanlage (hospice area), dating from 1280. The large timber-frame building is the former orphage.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6389
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: renaissance gable-houses on Dr. Martin-Luther Strasse. The one at the far end, painted red, is the "Weinmarkt", where visiting royalty used to be accommodated.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6388
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: the park warden's house, in the north-western corner of the town wall, on the Rothenburg Pool.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6387
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Rothenburger Tor, the town's north gate, dates from about 1390. The barbican in front of the tower was added in 16th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6386
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: cobbled streets and burgher houses in the old town, with one of the defence towers on the town wall in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6385
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: cobbled streets and burgher houses in the old town. All trading names must be written in "gothic" script.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6384
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: renaissance gable-houses on Dr. Martin-Luther Strasse. The one on the left, painted red, is the "Weinmarkt", where visiting royalty used to be accommodated.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6383
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: "Deutsches Haus" , a fine timber framed house in renaissance style, is the ancestral home of the Counts of Drechsel-Deufstetten.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6382
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: tables and benches for the consumption of beer and sausages fill the market square during the Volksfest.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, beer festival, revelry, celebration, open-air

PMR-D6381
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: west facade of the Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church) which owes its origin to Charlemagne according to legend.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6380
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: St. John's Church, sited alongside the Stiftskirche, is also protestant and is also romanesque in parts.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6379
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: the romanesque portal of the Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church) showing the Norman-style zig-zag decoration. !5th century frescoes are visible in the porch.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6378
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: west facade of the Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church) showing the romanesque portal.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6377
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: nave of the Stiftskirche (Collegiate Church), the older parts of which are romanesque style, with the large 15th century cross on the altar .
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, vaulting, gothic

PMR-D6376
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: tables and benches for the consumption of beer and sausages line the cobbled streets during the Volksfest.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, beer festival, revelry, celebration, open-air

PMR-D6375
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Feuchtwangen: the Goddess Minerva , atop a column of the fountain (1727), surveys the marketplace, filled with revellers enjoying the beer during the Volksfest.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, beer festival, revelry, celebration, open-air

PMR-D6374
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: gabled facades on the main street, Dr. Martin-Luther Strasse, with Rothenburg Gate in the distance.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6336
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: nave of St. George's Minster, a fine example of a gothic hall church, was built between 1448 and 1499 to plans of Nikolaus Eseler, who was active in this part of the country.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, vaulting, stone-carving

PMR-D6335
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: the carved stone font is contemporary with the building of St. George's Minster, in the 15th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, artistry

PMR-D6334
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: the gothic High Altar (with crucifixion scene 1490 AD) in St. George's Minster, is thought to be the work of a Bamberg master.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, woodcarving, art

PMR-D6333
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: the gothic St. Sebastian's altar (1520 AD) in St. George's Minster, was the goal of many pilgrims in the 17th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, woodcarving, art

PMR-D6332
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: the gothic Holy Trinity altar (1500 AD) in St. George's Minster, was the goal of many pilgrims in the 17th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, woodcarving, art

PMR-D6331
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: half-timbered houses in Lange Gasse, with guitar-maker's shop in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6330
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: town wall with Faulturm (defence tower) and Park-keeper's House, reflected in the Rothenburger Pool.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6329
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Nördlinger Tor, the southern town gate, dates from about 1400, and is crowned by a later step-gable.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6328
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Bäuerlinsturm, a defence tower on the eastern town wall dating from 16th century. Close-up of the living quarters with steeply hipped roof.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6327
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Bäuerlinsturm, a defence tower on the eastern town wall dating from 16th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6326
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: row of gabled facades in Nördlinger Strasse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6325
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: former "Golden Angel" Brewery, now a hotel, in Nördlinger Strasse, with the tower of St. George's Minster in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6324
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: view from the tower of St. George's Minster with St. Paul's protestant church, built 1840-3, in the centre. A number of defence towers on the town wall are visible.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, panorama

PMR-D6323
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: view from the tower of St. George's Minster with Rothenburg Gate Tower and yellow tower of the hospital church. Plastic jackdaws perch on the rail of the viewing gallery!
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, panorama

PMR-D6322
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: storks' nest with 4 young on a rooftop, under permanent watch from CCTV camera.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Cicconia cicconia, birds, ornithology

PMR-D6321
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: romanesque doorway with flanking lions in St. George's Minster. Apart from the tower, the minster is late gothic.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6320
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: gabled houses on the Market Place, adjoining the Minster.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6319
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: a horse-drawn carriage taking visitors through the Market Place.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, cobblestones

PMR-D6318
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: wrought iron sign on the Hotel Piazza on Segringer Strasse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6317
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: gabled houses lining Segringer Strasse, with the tower of the Minster in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, cobblestones

PMR-D6316
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: view of the town wall and defence tower ("Grüner Turm") from the Segringer Gate.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6315
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Segringer Tor, the western town gate, was destroyed by the Swedes in 1648 and rebuilt in baroque style in 1655.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, cobblestones

PMR-D6314
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Luis Hezelhof Hotel on Segringer Strasse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, cobblestones

PMR-D6313
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: Market Place and Lion Fountain with Wörnitz Tor, the eastern town gate, in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, cobblestones

PMR-D6312
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: timber-framed houses on the island in the River Wörnitz.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6311
Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: town wall with Faulturm (defence tower) and Park-keeper's House, reflected in the Rothenburger Pool.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6310
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Wallerstein: entrance to Wallerstein Castle and brewery.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, beer, tradition

PMR-D6309
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Wallerstein: Wallerstein Brewery, owned by the House of Oettingen-Wallerstein for generations, near the family castle.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, beer, tradition

PMR-D6308
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Wallerstein: view from Castle Rock, a rocky outcrop, with lilac blossom in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6307
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Wallerstein: view from Castle Rock, a rocky outcrop, with lilac blossom in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6306
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Wallerstein: Pest or Marian column, erected as thanksgiving for the passing of the plague. One of only three examples in Germany, (but frequently found in Austria).
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6304
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Deininger Gate from the top of "Daniel", the tower of St. Georges Church.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, panorama

PMR-D6303
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: Deininger Strasse and Gate from the top of "Daniel", the tower of St. Georges Church.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, panorama

PMR-D6302
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Löpsinger Gate, from the top of "Daniel", the tower of St. Georges Church.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6301
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: Rathaus (town hall) , from the top of "Daniel", the tower of St. Georges Church.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6300
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: view from "Daniel", the tower of St Georges Church, showing Schäffflesmarkt, Brettermarkt, Reimlinger Strasse and Gate, and, outside the wall, Augsburger Strasse. The line of the town wall is clearly to be seen.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, panorama

PMR-D6299
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: St. Georges Church, built 1427-1505 in late gothic style. View of the nave.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fan vaulting

PMR-D6298
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: St. Georges Church, built 1427-1505 in late gothic style. The carved stone pulpit (Augsburg 1499) shows the four evangelists and their symbols.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, artwork

PMR-D6297
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: St. Georges Church, built 1427-1505 in late gothic style. The side organ, mounted above a renaissance organ screen, was destroyed by fire in 1974, but has been partially rebuilt.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, music, musical instruments

PMR-D6296
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: cafe tables in the Market Place, with the Rathaus (town hall), the oldest stone building in the town, in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, geology

PMR-D6295
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: tower of St. Georges Church, known as "Daniel", 90 metres high, also used as watchtower, was manned day and night, against outbreaks of fire and enemy attack. Pink cherry blossom in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6294
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: tower of St. Georges Church, known as "Daniel", 90 metres high, also used as watchtower, was manned day and night, against outbreaks of fire and enemy attack. A fine view of the town may be had by climbing the 360 steps to the gallery near the top.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6293
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Berger Tor, dating from 1362, the western gate to the town, guarded the road from Ulm. View from the town wall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6292
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Berger Tor, dating from 1362, the western gate to the town, guarded the road from Ulm. View from the town wall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6291
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: tower of St. Georges Church, known as "Daniel", 90 metres high, also used as watchtower, was manned day and night, against outbreaks of fire and enemy attack. View from the defenders' gallery on the town wall, with cherry trees in blossom.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6290
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Feilturm or Schuldturm was a defence tower dating back to the 14th century. It may have been used as a prison.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6289
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the round Reissturm was a defence tower, first mentionned in 1406, but was remodelled in 1644. It is crowned with a "floating Welsh cupola".
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6288
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Reimlinger Tor, the southern town gate, is the oldest of the town's gates, dating from the early 14th century. It guarded the trade route to Augsburg. The town's coat of arms is emblazoned above the archway.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6287
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: Deininger Tor, the town's south-east gate acquired its present form in 1517. View from the defenders' gallery on the town wall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6286
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: a long stretch of the defenders' gallery on the town wall, with houses built onto the inner wall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6285
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Löpsinger Tor, the north-eastern town gate, dates originally from ca. 1388 but was rebuilt in 1592 in the style of the Deininger Gate. It guarded the trade route to Nuremberg.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6284
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: part of the defenders' gallery on the town wall near the Löpsinger Gate, with an unusual defence tower.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6283
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Löpsinger Tor, the north-eastern town gate, dates originally from ca. 1388 but was rebuilt in 1592 in the style of the Deininger Gate. It guarded the trade route to Nuremberg.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6282
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: defenders' gallery on the town wall, with the only "pointed defence tower". Nördlingen is the only German town with an unbroken town wall which one can circumambulate.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6281
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: house number 7, Weinmarkt, the former "Gasthaus Engel" with new baroque facade dated 1882.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6280
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: a row of fine gabled burgher houses, facing onto the Weinmarkt.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6279
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Rathaus (town hall), the oldest stone building in the town. The fine stone stairway was added in 1618 and is built with "suevite", a stone formed by sintering after meteoric impacts.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, geology

PMR-D6278
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Berger Tor, dating from 1362, the western gate to the town, guarded the road from Ulm.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6277
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: tower of St. Georges Church, known as "Daniel", 90 metres high, also used as watchtower, was manned day and night, against outbreaks of fire and enemy attack.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6276
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: the Hafenmarkt (former pottery market). The building with yellow window frames is the "Klösterle" named after a Barefoot Monastery, first mentioned in 1243.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6275
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: a row of gabled facades on Löpsinger Strasse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6274
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: Deininger Tor, the town's south-east gate acquired its present form in 1517. View from Deininger Strasse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6273
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: gabled houses on Schrannenstrasse, with the old Schranne (cornstore)(red building) at the end.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6272
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Nördlingen: Baldinger Tor (1376), the northern town gate and most modest of the five gates.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6271
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: Nördlinger Gate, with the 400-year-old St. Barbara's Church up the hill.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6270
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: gabled facades with the galleried town hall (Rathaus) on the right.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6269
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the town well, dressed with Easter eggs.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6268
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the coat of arms of Silesia in the cobbled main street.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6267
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: peaceful scene with reflections in the River Wörnitz.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6266
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: peaceful scene with reflections in the River Wörnitz.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6265
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the weir on the River Wörnitz with the 400-year-old St. Barbara's Church in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6264
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: view of the village from the stone bridge with reflections in the River Wörnitz.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6263
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the old stone bridge over the River Wörnitz.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6262
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View from the ramparts, with the River Wörnitz and the old town of Harburg with its original stone bridge.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6261
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View from the ramparts, with the River Wörnitz and the old town of Harburg with its original stone bridge.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6260
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View from the ramparts, with the River Wörnitz, the town of Harburg, and the main road which tunnels through the hill below.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6259
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View from the south-west. View over the defenders' gallery of the surrounding countryside.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6258
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. The stucco figure of Pax (peace) faces the figure of Mars (war) at opposite ends of the great hall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6257
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. The stucco figure of Mars (war) faces the figure of Pax (peace) at opposite ends of the great hall.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6256
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View of the Burgvogtei (admin), eintrance to the inner courtyard with portcullis, White Tower, defenders' gallery and wellhouse, with herb garden in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6255
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View of the defenders' gallery, former bakery with its own tower and wellhouse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6254
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View of the portcullis, White Tower, defenders' gallery and wellhouse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6253
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. A closer view of the defenders' gallery.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6252
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. The Burgvogtei (administration) on the left, with the chapel and Palas (living quarters) on the far side of the courtyard. The open-air restaurant is in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6251
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View of the herb garden, the keep and Kastenhaus (grain store) from the defenders' gallery.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6250
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View of the White Tower and the gatekeeper's house, from the herb garden.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6249
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View of the inner gate with its portcullis, the defenders' gallery, the White Tower and the present-day restaurant.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6248
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View from the ramparts, with the River Wörnitz, the town of Harburg, and the main road which tunnels through the hill below.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6247
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. The herb garden, in the inner courtyard.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6246
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. "Rote Stallung", the former stables.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6245
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View of the keep/watchtower, the oldest part of the fortress, with a bastion in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6244
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View of the inner courtyard with wellhouse in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6243
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View from the south-west.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6242
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View from the south-west.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6241
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Harburg: the castle of Harburg, dating back to before 1150, is one of the largest and best-preserved in southern Germany. View from the south-west.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, fortress, fortification, defence

PMR-D6240
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: the carillon on the town hall gable was acquired in 1986 to celebrate the building's 750-year anniversary.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, glockenspiel, bells, finials

PMR-D6239
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: view of the former Benedictine Monastery, dating back to the 11th century. It acquired its present appearance in 1747. Note the stork's nest on the right hand end of the roof.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6238
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: reflections of the Riedl Gate in the waters of the River Wörnitz arm.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6237
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: view of the Färbeltorl , one of 18 towers originally built into the town wall, is now used for exhibitions.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6236
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: wine bar on the Kronengasse.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6235
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: the Rathaus (town hall) dates from 1236 but acquired its present appearance, with step-gable and finials after reconstruction in 1853.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6234
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: view of the bottom half of Reichsstrasse, with the
Rathaus (town hall) , dating from 1236, at the end.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6233
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: the eagle fountain (Reichsstadtbrunnen) at the top of Reichsstrasse was erected in 1977 to commemorate the town's 1000-year jubilee.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, munoment

PMR-D6232
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: the eagle fountain (Reichsstadtbrunnen) at the top of Reichsstrasse was erected in 1977 to commemorate the town's 1000-year jubilee.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, munoment

PMR-D6231
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: renaissance oriel at the top of Reichsstrasse, with the tower of the 15th century parish church on the right and the "Tanzhaus" further down the street.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6230
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: facades on the main street, Reichsstrasse. The highest step-gable is the "Tanzhaus" which houses a 600-seat theatre and restaurant.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6229
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: Rieder Tor, the sole remaining town gate of the original four, acquired its present form in 1811. It is home to the town museum.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6228
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: path alongside the town wall and the arm of the River Wörnitz with the Färbertorl, a mediaeval defence tower, in the distance.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6227
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: Rieder Tor, the sole remaining town gate, with bridge over the River Wörnitz to Ried Island.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6226
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Friedberg: the castle, dating from 1257, but largely rebuilt in 16th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Swabia

PMR-D6225
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Friedberg: the castle, dating from 1257, but largely rebuilt in 16th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Swabia

PMR-D6224
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Friedberg: the main square with Madonna fountain commemorating the Plague (1600).
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Swabia

PMR-D6223
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Friedberg: Rathaus (town hall) built ca. 1680 by a disciple of Elias Holl in baroque style.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Swabia

PMR-D6222
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Friedberg: tower of the parish church, St. Jakob, built 1871-2.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Swabia

PMR-D6204
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Augsburg: the former Benedictine Abbey of St Ulrich and St. Afra dating from the 10th century (this building ca. 1500) at the end of Maximilianstrasse, with some fine burgher house facades.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6203
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Augsburg: the former Benedictine Abbey of St Ulrich and St. Afra dating from the 10th century (this building ca. 1500) at the end of Maximilianstrasse, with some fine burgher house facades and the bronze renaissance Hercules fountain.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6202
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Augsburg: renaissance bronze statue of Mercury, one of three commissioned for the 1500th anniversary of the cit's foundation.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, monument

PMR-D6201
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia Augsburg: the Perlachturm, originally built as a watchtower in the 10th century, is 70 metres high and has a viewing platform near the top.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6200
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Augsburg: the historic Rathaus (town hall) built by Elias Holl between 1615 and 1624 in renaissance style.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6199
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Augsburg: barrel organ player.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, culture, hurdy gurdy, street music

PMR-D6198
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Augsburg: statue of Hans Jakob Fugger, an influential financier and philanthropist (1516-75).
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, monuments

PMR-D6197
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Mering: open-air cafe near the market square and a baroque burgher house.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6196
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Mering: the market square, with St. Michael's church in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6195
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Mering: parish church of St Michael's, dating from 1789.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6194
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: the weir on the River Lech, backed by a row of gabled houses and overlooked by the former Jesuit grammar school and church.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6193
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: the weir on the River Lech backed by a row of gabled houses and overlooked by the former Jesuit grammar school and church.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6192
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: Mutterturm, built of tuff stone as an atelier by Hubert von Herkomer in 1844.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6191
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: Mutterturm, built of tuff stone as an atelier by Hubert von Herkomer in 1844.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6190
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: Sandauertor, the northern gateway to the town, rebuilt in renaissance style after the 30-Years War.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6189
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: Sandauertor, the northern gateway to the town, rebuilt in renaissance style after the 30-Years War, with adjacent facades.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6188
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: the former Jesuit grammar school (yellow building) is now the town museum. Behind, the Church of the Holy Cross, of the former Jesuit college.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6187
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: part of the old town wall, with one of the defence towers.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6186
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: footpath alongside the town wall, with new spring foliage on the trees.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6185
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: part of the old town wall, with spring daffodils in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6184
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: Bayertor, the later east gate to the town, built in 1425, with painted facade.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6183
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: part of the old town wall with one of the crenellated defence towers.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6182
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: Schmalzturm or Schöner Turm, the original east gate to the town, rebuilt in the 15th century.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6181
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: main square with the town hall facade, Madonna fountain (Joseph Streiter, 1783), and clocktower of the parish church.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6180
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: historic Rathaus (town hall) with a baroque facade with stucco-work by Dominikus Zimmernann (1719).
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6179
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: parish church, built in 15th century in gothic style, the interior later converted to baroque.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6178
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: open air cafe with the former salt warehouse behind. Salt was a principal source of the town's wealth.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse

PMR-D6177
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: part of the old town with footbridge over the millstream.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse

PMR-D6176
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: the weir on the River Lech, built in 14th century to provide a mill stream.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse

PMR-D6122
England, West Sussex, Shoreham: Lancing College Chapel was completed in 1875 in neo-Gothic style on the orders of the Revd. Nathaniel Woodard, founder of the college. Architects were R.Herbert Carpenter and William Slater. The south-west window commemorating Father Trevor Huddleston, designed and made by Mel Howse
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stained glass

PMR-D6121
England, West Sussex, Shoreham: Lancing College Chapel was completed in 1875 in neo-Gothic style on the orders of the Revd. Nathaniel Woodard, founder of the college. Architects were R.Herbert Carpenter and William Slater. View of the nave, looking east.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, flying buttresses

PMR-D6120
England, West Sussex, Shoreham: Lancing College Chapel was completed in 1875 in neo-Gothic style on the orders of the Revd. Nathaniel Woodard, founder of the college. Architects were R.Herbert Carpenter and William Slater.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, flying buttresses

PMR-D6119
England, West Sussex, Shoreham: Lancing College Chapel was completed in 1875 in neo-Gothic style on the orders of the Revd. Nathaniel Woodard, founder of the college. Architects were R.Herbert Carpenter and William Slater.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, flying buttresses

PMR-D6118
England, West Sussex, Shoreham: Lancing College Chapel was completed in 1875 in neo-Gothic style on the orders of the Revd. Nathaniel Woodard, founder of the college. Architects were R.Herbert Carpenter and William Slater.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, flying buttresses

PMR-D6097
England, West Sussex, Shoreham: estuary of the River Adur, with St. Nicolas' Church, dating back to Anglo-Saxon origins. On the left is the footbridge spanning the river.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Norman, boats, harbour, port, fishing

PMR-D6096
England, West Sussex, Shoreham: estuary of the River Adur at low tide, with sailing boats on the mud flats.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Norman, boats, harbour, port, fishing, reflections

PMR-D6095
England, West Sussex, Shoreham: estuary of the River Adur, with St. Nicolas' Church, dating back to Anglo-Saxon origins.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Norman, boats, harbour, port, fishing

PMR-D6094
England, West Sussex, Bramber: the Parish Church was built by William de Broase in 1073 as part of his castle residences and defences. To the left stands the ruin of the gatehouse of Bramber Castle, built abiut the same time.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Norman

PMR-D6093
England, West Sussex, Bramber: the ruined gatehouse tower of a Norman Motte-and-Bailey Castle built by William de Broase about 1070 as part of his castle residences and defences
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Norman

PMR-D6092
England, West Sussex, Bramber: the Parish Church was built by William de Broase in 1073 as part of his castle residences and defences
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Norman

PMR-D6091
England, West Sussex, Midhurst: old timber frame houses.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D6089
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: the Abbey Hotel.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D6088
England, Worcestershire, Croome: fireplace by Robert Adam in the saloon of Croome Court (National Trust).
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, design, classical, sculpture

PMR-D6087
England, Worcestershire, Croome: the church, in the grounds of Croome Court (National Trust) was erected 1763 to complete the landscape envisaged by "Capability" Brown.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, countryside, meadow, shrubbery

PMR-D6086
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: the old town gate, with the Abbey Hotel on the right.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D6085
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: Great Malvern Priory was founded in 1085 by a monk named Aldred. The original Norman building was converted to Perpendicular Gothic style by 1460. After the Reformation it was bought by the people of Malvern for 20 pounds as their parish church. View from the south, where the cloisters formerly stood.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Benedictine

PMR-D6084
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: Great Malvern Priory was founded in 1085 by a monk named Aldred. The original Norman building was converted to Perpendicular Gothic style by 1460. After the Reformation it was bought by the people of Malvern for 20 pounds as their parish church. The font, which has an early Norman bowl.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Benedictine

PMR-D6083
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: Great Malvern Priory was founded in 1085 by a monk named Aldred. The original Norman building was converted to Perpendicular Gothic style by 1460. After the Reformation it was bought by the people of Malvern for 20 pounds as their parish church. West window, given by Richard of Gloucester ca. 1480.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Benedictine

PMR-D6082
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: Great Malvern Priory was founded in 1085 by a monk named Aldred. The original Norman building was converted to Perpendicular Gothic style by 1460. After the Reformation it was bought by the people of Malvern for 20 pounds as their parish church. The magnificent 15th century East Window.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Benedictine, stained glass

PMR-D6081
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: Great Malvern Priory was founded in 1085 by a monk named Aldred. The original Norman building was converted to Perpendicular Gothic style by 1460. After the Reformation it was bought by the people of Malvern for 20 pounds as their parish church. The nave, looking east.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Benedictine

PMR-D6080
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: the old town gate, adjacent to the priory.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D6079
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: Great Malvern Priory was founded in 1085 by a monk named Aldred. The original Norman building was converted to Perpendicular Gothic style by 1460. After the Reformation it was bought by the people of Malvern for 20 pounds as their parish church. View from the south, where the cloisters formerly stood.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Benedictine

PMR-D6078
England, Worcestershire, Malvern: Great Malvern Priory was founded in 1085 by a monk named Aldred. The original Norman building was converted to Perpendicular Gothic style by 1460. After the Reformation it was bought by the people of Malvern for 20 pounds as their parish church. View from the south-west.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Benedictine

PMR-D6054
Oman, Muscat: the auditorium of the Royal Opera House, inaugurated in 2011. The building takes its motifs from Islamic, Mughal, Oriental and European art.
Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, balance, proportion, symmetry, elegance, artistic, culture, concerts , music

PMR-D6053
Oman, Muscat: the main staircase in the foyer of the Royal Opera House, inaugurated in 2011. The building takes its motifs from Islamic, Mughal, Oriental and European art.
Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, balance, proportion, symmetry, elegance, artistic, culture, concerts , music

PMR-D6052
Oman, Muscat: part of the main prayer hall of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. The walls are clad in off-white Bianco P and dark grey Bardiglio marble. The inner architecture shows many influences, including, here, that of Cordoba in southern Spain.
Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, balance, proportion, symmetry, elegance, artistic, culture

PMR-D6051
Oman, Muscat: part of the main prayer hall of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. The walls are clad in off-white Bianco P and dark grey Bardiglio marble. The inner architecture shows many influences, including, here, that of Cordoba in southern Spain.
Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, balance, proportion, symmetry, elegance, artistic, culture

PMR-D6049
Oman, Muscat: polychrome floral panels in the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque.
Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, faience, culture, artistic, colourful

PMR-D5743
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. Plants and palm trees in the well-tended gardens, with the keep in the background.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5742
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. The keep, flying the Turkish flag.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5741
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. View of the fortifications from the keep.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5740
Turkey, Marmoris: three of the fleet of "Bahriyeli" sailing boats at their home berths.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5739
Turkey, Marmoris: viiew of the main jetty, with assorted pleasure craft offering sea trips, from the castle walls.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5738
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. View along the defence walls, with a display of wine amphorae under the red roof.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5737
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
View of the keep and castle gardens from the walls.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5736
Turkey, Marmoris: view of the yachts, moored on the quayside, from the castle walls.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, culture

PMR-D5735
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. Gardens in the enclosed courtyard.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5734
Turkey, Marmoris: yachts and pleasure cruise boats moored on the quayside, with the town rising behind.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, culture

PMR-D5733
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
Red fishing boat, moored on the quayside, in the foreground.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5677
Greece, Island of Milos: ruins of an early Bronze Age settlement at Phylakopi, near the ancient town of Apollonia (today: Pollonia) which was in use from the 3rd millennium BC until ca. 1200 BC. Ceramic finds show evidence of Minoan, and later Mycenaean, influence. Part of the well-preserved, 2-metre-thick southern defensive wall.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, heritage, Cyclades, Venus de Milo, excavations, archeology, culture

PMR-D5676
Greece, Island of Milos: ruins of an early Bronze Age settlement at Phylakopi, near the ancient town of Apollonia (today: Pollonia) which was in use from the 3rd millennium BC until ca. 1200 BC. Ceramic finds show evidence of Minoan, and later Mycenaean, influence. Part of the well-preserved, 2-metre-thick southern defensive wall.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, heritage, Cyclades, Venus de Milo, excavations, archeology, culture

PMR-D5675
Greece, Island of Milos: ruins of an early Bronze Age settlement at Phylakopi, near the ancient town of Apollonia (today: Pollonia) which was in use from the 3rd millennium BC until ca. 1200 BC. Ceramic finds show evidence of Minoan, and later Mycenaean, influence.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, heritage, Cyclades, Venus de Milo, excavations, archeology, culture

PMR-D5674
Greece, Island of Milos: ruins of an early Bronze Age settlement at Phylakopi, near the ancient town of Apollonia (today: Pollonia) which was in use from the 3rd millennium BC until ca. 1200 BC. Ceramic finds show evidence of Minoan, and later Mycenaean, influence.
Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, heritage, Cyclades, Venus de Milo, excavations, archeology, culture

PMR-D5458
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5457
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5456
Switzerland, Zurich: part of the Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum), built in 1898 in historic style by Gustav Gull.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5455
Switzerland, Zurich: monument to Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, business leader and railway pioneer standing in front of the railway station.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, statue, memorial

PMR-D5454
Switzerland, Zurich: cast iron monument brought from Paris in 1893, standing in the Bahnhofstrasse.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5453
Switzerland, Zurich: monument to Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss pedagogue, 1746-1827, on the Bahnhofstrasse.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, statue, memorial

PMR-D5452
Switzerland, Zurich: a typical street in the Lindenhof quarter, not far from the site of the original Roman fortress.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5451
Switzerland, Zurich: the Liebfrauenkirche with its belltower, built 1892-4 in the style of an early Christian basilika, in the Niederdorf quarter of the city.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic

PMR-D5450
Switzerland, Zurich: view of the River Limmat and its bridges, from the Lindenhof hill.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5449
Switzerland, Zurich: Hotel "Haus der Kindli" in Linderhof quarter dates from 1474 and is one of the oldest in Switzerland.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5448
Switzerland, Zurich: St. Peterhofstatt in the Lindenhof quarter.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5447
Switzerland, Zurich: riverside facade of the Hotel Storchen.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic

PMR-D5446
Switzerland, Zurich: oriel window of the Cafe Orsini, on Münsterhof Square.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5445
Switzerland, Zurich: house facades on Münsterhof Square.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5444
Switzerland, Zurich: house facades on Münsterhof Square.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5443
Switzerland, Zurich: vaulted Gothic arcades of the Fraumünster.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5442
Switzerland, Zurich: view of the Opera House from Lake Zurich.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5441
Switzerland, Zurich: cruise boat terminal on Bürkliplatz, with the Quaibrücke, the first bridge over the River Limmat and the Grossmünster in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic

PMR-D5440
Switzerland, Zurich: view of Lake Zurich and the Alps from Bürkliplatz
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, yachts, boats

PMR-D5439
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum, in the former Wesendonck Villa with its Richard Wagner associations, houses a large collection of non-European art.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic

PMR-D5438
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum: Shiva Nataraja, the dancing Shiva, a bronze temple ornament from Tamil Nadu, India.. Chola dynasty, 12th century.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, art, Buddhist

PMR-D5437
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum: "the temptation of Buddha by Mara's dauchters", a stone carving from Pakistan. 2nd-4th century.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, art, Buddhist

PMR-D5436
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum, in the former Wesendonck Villa with its Richard Wagner associations, houses a large collection of non-European art.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic

PMR-D5435
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum, Osiris Exhibition: colossal statue of a queen as Isis, from the Ptolemaic period (305-30 BC), possibly the reign of Ptolomy II. Pink granite. Retrieved from the seabed off Alexandria.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, Egptology, archeology, sculpture

PMR-D5434
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum, Osiris Exhibition: colossal statue of a king from the Ptolemaic period (305-30 BC), possibly Ptolomy II. Pink granite. Retrieved from the seabed off Alexandria.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, Egptology, archeology, sculpture

PMR-D5433
Switzerland, Zurich: footbridge over the River Limmat, with an impressive row of river facades, and the towers of the Grossmünster in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5432
Switzerland, Zurich: the Grossmünster, started in Romanesque style about 1100, stands on the site of an older church, said to have been founded by Charlemagne.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval, Protestant

PMR-D5431
Switzerland, Zurich: Bellevue Platz, with boats on the River Limmat, from Bürkliplatz.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5430
Switzerland, Zurich: view of the Münsterbrücke over the River Limmat, with medieval facades.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5429
Switzerland, Zurich: flags on the twin towers of the Grossmünster,
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5428
Switzerland, Zurich: the twin towers of the Grossmünster, across the River Limmat, from Bürkliplatz.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5427
Switzerland, Zurich: the twin towers of the Grossmünster, across the River Limmat, from Bürkliplatz, with moored boats in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, colourful

PMR-D5426
Switzerland, Zurich: the twin towers of the Grossmünster, across the River Limmat, from Bürkliplatz.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5425
Switzerland, Zurich: Bellevue Platz and Quaibrücke, the last bridge over the River Limmat.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5424
Switzerland, Zurich: the paddle steamer "Stadt Zürich" on Lake Zurich.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, boat, ship, sidewheeler, veteran

PMR-D5423
Switzerland, Zurich: Bürkliplatz, with view of the Opera House across the lake.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, statue

PMR-D5422
Switzerland, Zurich: the paddle steamer "Stadt Zürich" on Lake Zurich.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, boat, ship, sidewheeler, veteran

PMR-D5421
Switzerland, Zurich: impressive architecture in the city centre.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, mediaeval

PMR-D5420
Switzerland, Zurich: carved stone figures ornamenting a "Jugendstil" (Art Deco) building in Bahnhofstrasse.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5419
Switzerland, Zurich West: "Puls 5", a former assembly hall of the ship-building industry, has been converted for the use of local residents, with shops and restaurants and other amenities.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, urban development, redevelopment, spatial re-use, Schiffsbau

PMR-D5406
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: the Persian god Mithra/Mitra under Zoroastrianism had the attributes of the sun and light and was associated with justice and truth.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5405
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: the reclining Buddha dates back to ca. 6th century AD, and was discovered in the 1960s in the ruins of a temple. It is 12.8 metres long, weighs 5 tonnes, made of terracotta, and represents "Buddha in Nirvana".
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5404
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: the reclining Buddha dates back to ca. 6th century AD, and was discovered in the 1960s in the ruins of a temple. It is 12.8 metres long, weighs 5 tonnes, made of terracotta, and represents "Buddha in Nirvana".
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5403
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: figure of a mounted horseman king, dating from 7th century.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5402
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: stone idol or Balbal from Obi Kiik, dating from 6-7th century AD. Balbals were usually buried with the dead in graves.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5394
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: private banqueting room awaiting guests in a city-centre restaurant.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful, sumptuous, opulent, plushy, upholstery, richly-furnished

PMR-D5393
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: main entrance to the bazaar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful, trade

PMR-D5392
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: colourful dresses find favour with Uighur women: part of the textile section of the bazaar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D5391
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: colourful dresses find favour with Uighur women: part of the textile section of the bazaar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D5390
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: part of the spacious bazaar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, architecture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D5389
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: part of the spacious bazaar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, architecture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful, trade, shops

PMR-D5388
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: covered part of the inner courtyard of the Id Kah Mosque, built in 1442, central to Uighar Muslims. It is the largest in China, and can hold 20,000 worshippers.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, architecture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D5387
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: covered part of the inner courtyard of the Id Kah Mosque, built in 1442, central to Uighar Muslims. It is the largest in China, and can hold 20,000 worshippers.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, architecture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D5386
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: detail of the carpets used in the covered part of the inner courtyard of the Id Kah Mosque, built in 1442, central to Uighar Muslims. It is the largest in China, and can hold 20,000 worshippers.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, architecture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D5385
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: a traditional Uighur house, with balcony and carved verandah. The flowering bush in the foreground is a pincushion tree or Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin), indiginous to this area.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, architecture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful, botany, bloom

PMR-D5384
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: the proprietor of a shop selling stringed instruments tuning one of them.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, music, trade, practice, workshop

PMR-D5383
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: a modern house built in the traditional Uighur style, housing a coppersmith's shop.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, architecture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful, artisan, trader

PMR-D5382
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: a modern house built in the traditional Uighur style, like many others in this street.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, architecture, historic, heritage, Uighur, picturesque, colourful

PMR-D5380
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: rows of copper kettles and brass teapots in a metalware shop.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, trade, manufacture, hollow-ware

PMR-D5379
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar: Chinese ravioli, filled cases of pasta in tomato sauce.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, food, inviting, delicious, tasty, appetizing

PMR-D5378
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Urumqi: modern hotels.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture

PMR-D5377
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Urumqi: children playing on public swings.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, street scene, playtime

PMR-D5376
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Urumqi: aerial view from the aircraft.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, panorama

PMR-D5354
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: Hotel Uzbekistan.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5353
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: figures of a pair of mating storks crown the dome of the Palace of International Forums (2009).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, monument, sculpture

PMR-D5352
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: the equestrian statue of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine) in Amir Timur Square, with the Palace of International Forums (2009) in the background.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, monument, sculpture, memorial

PMR-D5351
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: the equestrian statue of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine) in Amir Timur Square, with the Palace of International Forums (2009) in the background.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, monument, sculpture, memorial

PMR-D5350
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: row of bicycles for hire.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, Muslim, colourful, Sunni Islam, mobility

PMR-D5349
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: local artists display their paintings in the park.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, art, pictures

PMR-D5348
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: local artists display their paintings in the park.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, art, pictures

PMR-D5347
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: local artists display their paintings in the park.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, art, pictures

PMR-D5346
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: Hall of Congress, adjoining Independence Park (Mustaqillik Maydoni).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5345
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: pool with three fountains, with part of the Independence Arch on the left, in Mustaqillik Maydoni.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5344
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: Parliament Building, with fountain in Independence Park (Mustaqillik Maydoni).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5343
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: columned arch marking the start of Mustaqillik Maydoni or Independence Square, surmounted by figures of storks.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, monument, landmark

PMR-D5342
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: columned arch marking the start of Mustaqillik Maydoni or Independence Square, surmounted by figures of storks.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, monument, landmark

PMR-D5341
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: eternal flame and figure of a woman grieving for her children who fell fighting for their country in war.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, memorial, tribute

PMR-D5340
Uzbekistan, Tashkent: memorial pavilion for the the victims of the earthquake on 26th April 1966.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5339
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city: Turkiston Hotel.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5338
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: part of the Khazrati Imam Architectural Complex.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5337
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: highly ornate green-tiled Mihrab.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5336
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: carved wooden frieze and pillar-capital, part of the Khazrati Imam Architectural Complex.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5335
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: Khazrati Imam Mosque, built in 2007, across the square from Barak-Khan Madrasa.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5334
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: facade and iwan of the Barak-Khan Madrasa, built in late 15th/early 16th centuries. It faces the Khazrati-Imami Mosque (2007) across the square.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5333
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: the dome of the Kaffai Shashi Mosque stannds on a handsome drum with polychrome floral ornamentation.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5332
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: Tilla-Sheikh Mosque ("Golden Sheikh Mosque"), built 1856-7.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5331
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: Khazrat Imami Mosque, built in 2007, with the smaller Tilla Sheikh Mosque (1856-7) in front, across the square from Barak-Khan Madrasa.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5330
Uzbekistan, Tashkent, capital city, Khast-Imam Complex: Khazrati Imam Mosque, built in 2007, across the square from Barak-Khan Madrasa.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5329
Uzbekistan, Jizzakh Province: following the old Silk Road along the Serashan Valley, now equipped with new bridges.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, Sunni Islam, river, landscape, parched

PMR-D5328
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Shakh-i-Zinda necropolis, showing the facade and iwan of the street entrance, with the domes of the mausoleums ascending the hill behind.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5327
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: one of the fluted domes of the Bibi Khanum mosque, resting on a drum with large epigraphic ornamentation. (Similar to the domes of the Sher Dor madrasa).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5326
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: selling spice from a sack in the bazaar.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, heritage, Muslim, colourful, Sunni Islam, trade

PMR-D5325
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: buying fruit in the bazaar.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, heritage, Muslim, colourful, Sunni Islam, market, trade

PMR-D5324
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: mobile stalls offering fresh cakes of local bread in the bazaar.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, heritage, Muslim, colourful, Sunni Islam, trade, market

PMR-D5323
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: choosing a melon in the bazaar.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, heritage, Muslim, colourful, Sunni Islam, market, fruit, trade

PMR-D5322
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: a busy scene at the bus station, adjoining the bazaar.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, transport, street scene

PMR-D5321
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: cakes of the local bread being sold outside the bazaar, with the bus station in the background.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5320
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: a "sculpture" made of snuff-tobacco on a stall in the bazaar.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5319
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the huge Bibi Khanum mosque, completed by Timur (Tamerlaine) in 1404 in honour of his wife. It was one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world, but soon began to crumble, and was finally ruined by an earthquake in 1887. It is in a state of ongoing reconstruction. Parade Portal, pishtak/iwan, dome and a minaret.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5318
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the huge Bibi Khanum mosque, completed by Timur (Tamerlaine) in 1404 in honour of his wife. It was one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world, but soon began to crumble, and was finally ruined by an earthquake in 1887. It is in a state of reconstruction. The 35-metre-high Parade Portal leading to the courtyard.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5317
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: small classical building with columned portico, possibly a (film-) theatre, not far from the university.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5316
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the statue of Ali-shir Nava'i (1441-1501), a poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic and painter who wrote in the Turkic language, stands in a well-maintained park with flower beds and seats for strollers.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, monument, memorial, sculpture

PMR-D5315
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: statue of Ali-shir Nava'i (1441-1501), a poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic and painter who wrote in the Turkic language.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, monument, memorial, sculpture

PMR-D5314
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: one of the local compact buses.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, traffic, transport, bus-service

PMR-D5313
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: spacious, tree-lined University Boulevard.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, town-planning, traffic, landscaping

PMR-D5312
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Alexis, built in 1912. Architect: A. Smirnova.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, icons, worship

PMR-D5311
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Alexis, built in 1912. Architect: A. Smirnova.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, icons, worship

PMR-D5310
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Alexis, built in 1912. Architect: A. Smirnova.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, icons, worship

PMR-D5309
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: iconostasis of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Alexis, built in 1912. Architect: A. Smirnova.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, icons, worship

PMR-D5308
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: a typical pedestrians-only road, lined by shops.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5307
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: portrait of Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, also grandson of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine), in the museum on the site of his former observatory.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, knowledge, genius, inventor

PMR-D5306
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: model of the former observatory of Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, which contained his giant sextant. Exhibit in the Ulugh Beg Museum.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, knowledge, genius, inventor

PMR-D5305
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the site of the former observatory of Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, also grandson of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine), now containns only the rails of his giant sextant.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, knowledge, genius, inventor

PMR-D5304
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the modern museum describing the achievements off Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, also grandson of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine), on the site of his former observatory.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5303
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, the Ulugh Beg Observatory: these curved rails are all that remains of the giant sextant, three stories high, built by Ulugh Beg around 1437. With its aid he was able to calculate the exact length of a year, to within one minute.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, inventor, genius, knowledge

PMR-D5302
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: statue of Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, also grandson of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine), outside his former observatory.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5301
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Tilya-Kari Medrasa and Mosque, built 1646-60, stands at the far (west) side of Registan Square.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5300
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Registan square, wth its 3 madrasas: Ulugh Beg Madrasa (1417-1420) (left)
Tilya-Kori Madrasa (1646-1660) (centre), and
Sher-Dor Madrasa (1619-1636) (right)
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5299
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: approach road to the huge Bibi Khanum mosque, showing two of the eight planned minarets.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5298
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the huge Bibi Khanum mosque, completed by Timur (Tamerlaine) in 1404 in honour of his wife. It was one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world, but soon began to crumble, and was finally ruined by an earthquake in 1887. It is in a state of ongoing reconstruction. View of one of three cupolas and side entrance.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5297
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: detail of ornament over the iwan of the huge Bibi Khanum mosque, completed by Timur (Tamerlaine) in 1404 in honour of his wife. It was one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world, but soon began to crumble, and was finally ruined by an earthquake in 1887. It is in a state of ongoing reconstruction.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5296
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: facade and iwan of the huge Bibi Khanum mosque, completed by Timur (Tamerlaine) in 1404 in honour of his wife. It was one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world, but soon began to crumble, and was finally ruined by an earthquake in 1887. It is in a state of ongoing reconstruction.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5295
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: facade and iwan of the huge Bibi Khanum mosque, completed by Timur (Tamerlaine) in 1404 in honour of his wife. It was one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world, but soon began to crumble, and was finally ruined by an earthquake in 1887. It is in a state of ongoing reconstruction.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5293
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: turquoise domes of the Sher Dor madrasa and the Tilya Kari madrasa..
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5292
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: one of the fluted domes of the Sher Dor madrasa, built 1619-36, resting on a drum with large epigraphic ornamentation.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5291
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: part of the Sher Dor madrasa and the Tilya Kari madrasa from the gardens adjoining the Registan.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5290
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: facade and iwan of the Sher Dor ("lion-bearing") madrasa, built in 1619-36 by order of Amir Yalangtush Bakhodur. The lions over the iwan (resembling rather tigers) are hunting deer and are an unusual example of animals being portrayed in Islamic art.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5289
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: colourful iwan with "stalactites" and bands of calligraphy in the Ulugh Beg madrasa, built 1417-20.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5288
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: Turquoise tiled dome of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa rests on a drum with polychrome geometrical ornamentation and a band of calligraphy.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5287
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: mosque with carved wooden pillars and roof in Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5286
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: carved wooden door panel with floral motif in the Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5285
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: view of the south-east (entrance) side of the tree-shaded courtyard of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60, from the iwan on the opposite side.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5284
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: facade and iwan on the south-east side of the inner courtyard of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5283
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: facade and iwan on the north-west side of the inner courtyard of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60, from the shade of the trees in the centre of the courtyard.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5282
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: extensive gilding of the mihrab and "stalactites" in the iwan of the interior of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5281
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: extensive gilding of the inner walls of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5280
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: pattern of the inner dome of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5279
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: facade and iwan on the north-west side of the inner courtyard of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5278
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: facade, iwan and dome of the mosque on the west side of the courtyard of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5277
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60. Detail of the geometrical ornamentation over the iwan.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5276
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: facade and broad iwan of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60. The two-storied alcoves continue through the iwan. The dome is visible on the left.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5275
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60, with two iwans. Detail of the geometrical ornamentation over the iwans.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5274
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: two-storied courtyard ofTilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60, with two iwans. The galleries contained dormitories for the students..
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5273
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: detail of the dome and geometrical ornamentation on the side tower of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5272
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: detail of the geometrical and epigraphical ornamentation on the capital of one of the columns of Ulugh Beg madrasa, built 1417-20.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5271
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: Ulugh Beg madrasa, built 1417-20. The facade over the iwan is decorated with star-shaped. geometrical patterns. (detail)
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5270
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: facade and broad iwan of Tilya-Kori ("gilded") madrasa, built 1646-60. The two-storied alcoves continue through the iwan.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5269
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: facade and iwan of Ulugh Beg madrasa, built 1417-20, with flanking columns. The facade over the iwan is decorated with star-shaped. geometrical patterns. Ulugh Beg himself used to give lectures here.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5268
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Registan: turquoise single dome of Tilya-Kori madrasa, asymetrically placed, with part of the two-storey facade, richly decorated with polychrome tiling.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5267
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Registan square, wth its 3 madrasas: Ulugh Beg Madrasa (1417-1420) (left)
Tilya-Kori Madrasa (1646-1660) (centre), and
Sher-Dor Madrasa (1619-1636) (right)
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5266
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: fountain in the green centre of the city, with Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine), in the background.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5265
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. View of the outer facade and iwan, heavy with "stalactites".
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5264
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. View of facade, iwan and cupola, from an archway opposite.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5263
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. View of the facade and iwan, with cupola and twin columns.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5262
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. The single, fluted cupola, 15 metres broad x 12.5 metres high, sits atop a drum with geometric and epigraphic ornamentation on polychrome tiling. Two, spirally-decorated columns stand either side.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5261
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. The single, fluted cupola, 15 metres broad x 12.5 metres high, sits atop a drum with geometric and epigraphic ornamentation on polychrome tiling. Two, spirally-decorated columns stand either side.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5260
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. The single, fluted cupola, 15 metres broad x 12.5 metres high, sits atop a drum with geometric and epigraphic ornamentation on polychrome tiling.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5259
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. The single, fluted cupola, 15 metres broad x 12.5 metres high, sits atop a drum with geometric and epigraphic ornamentation on polychrome tiling.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5258
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. The sarcophogus on the right is that of Timur. The jade slab covering it was broken in two when it was temporarily abducted by Persian invaders.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5257
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. The interior walls are covered with onyx slabs, with " stalactites" in the alcoves.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5256
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum. Pattern of the dome.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5255
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: Gur-i Amir, the mausoleum of Timur (Tamerlaine) who was buried here in 1405. It was later used as a family mausoleum.
Portrait of Amir Timur (137 1405) in the porch.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, majolica, faience, glazed, ornamentation, intricate

PMR-D5254
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: a fine statue of the seated Amir Temur (Tamerlaine) in the city centre, at the end of University Boulevard.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, monument, memorial, sculpture

PMR-D5253
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): the open graveyard at the top of the hill.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5252
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): beautiful turquoise tiled dome with bands of polychrome decoration below.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5251
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): view of the domes of the necropolis from the open graveyard at the top of the hill.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5250
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): pilgrims visiting the necropolis, and one of the arched crossings.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5249
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): facade and iwan of mausoleum of Shodi Mulk Oko, built 1372 in honour of Temur/Tamerlaine's sister Turkon oko and her daughter.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5248
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): mausoleum of Shirin Beka Oka, built by Timur/Tamerlaine for his sister who died in 1385. Details of wall decoration and "stalactites".
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5247
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): mausoleum of Shirin Beka Oka, built by Timur/Tamerlaine for his sister who died in 1385. Details of dome design.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5246
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): facade of mausoleum of Shirin Beka Oka, built by Timur/Tamerlaine for his sister who died in 1385.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5245
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): roof of mausoleum of Shodi Mulk Oko, built 1372 in honour of Temur/Tamerlaine's sister Turkon oko and her daughter.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5244
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): view of mausoleums looking north.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5243
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): facade and iwan of the Usto Ali Nesefi mausoleum (14th century), built by architect Ali from Nasaf, has unusual elegant geometric form. (detail)
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5242
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): facade and iwan of the Usto Ali Nesefi mausoleum (14th century), built by architect Ali from Nasaf, has unusual elegant geometric form. (detail)
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5241
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): facade and iwan of the Usto Ali Nesefi mausoleum (14th century), built by architect Ali from Nasaf, has unusual elegant geometric form.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5240
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): facade and iwan of the Khodja Ahmad mausoleum (14th century), has finest glazed terracotta work in the northern section.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5239
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): view of the "street of mausoleums" through an arch.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5238
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): Kusam ibn Abbas complex - intricate patterns on the walls of the mausoleum.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5237
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): Kusam ibn Abbas complex - domed roof of the mausoleum with chandelier.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5236
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): Kusam ibn Abbas complex - domed roof of the mausoleum with chandelier.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5235
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the Shah-i-Zinda ("Living King") necropolis contains about 28 mausoleums and mosques, dating from 11th to 18th centuries, but most were built during the reign of Timur (Tamerlane): Kusam ibn Abbas complex - Koranic script in the mausoleum.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, tiles, faience, glazed, polychrome, ornamentation, decoration, arabesques

PMR-D5234
Uzbekistan, Province Bukhara, Maklikrabot: sparse remains of the former fortified caravanserai, which probably fell victim to Genghis Khan in the 14th century.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, aqueduct, canal, reservoir

PMR-D5233
Uzbekistan, Province Bukhara, Maklikrabot: Malik Sardoba, a 14th century water cistern fed by the River Serafschan to supply the former fortified caravanserai and Rabat Malik Palace.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, aqueduct, canal, reservoir

PMR-D5232
Uzbekistan, Province Bukhara, Maklikrabot: Malik Sardoba, a 14th century water cistern fed by the River Serafschan to supply the former fortified caravanserai and Rabat Malik Palace. View inside the cistern.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, aqueduct, canal, reservoir

PMR-D5231
Uzbekistan, Province Bukhara, Maklikrabot: Malik Sardoba, a 14th century water cistern fed by the River Serafschan to supply the former fortified caravanserai and Rabat Malik Palace.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, aqueduct, canal, reservoir

PMR-D5230
Uzbekistan, Province Bukhara, Maklikrabot: Malik Sardoba, a 14th century water cistern fed by the River Serafschan to supply the former fortified caravanserai and Rabat Malik Palace. The information kiosk is in the form of a traditionally-shaped blue-lacquered jug.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, aqueduct, canal, reservoir

PMR-D5229
Uzbekistan, Province Bukhara, Maklikrabot: monumental iwan records the site of the former fortified caravanserai, which probably fell victim to Genghis Khan in the 14th century.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, aqueduct, canal, reservoir

PMR-D5228
Uzbekistan, Province Bukhara: Uzbek cyclist with young son, cycling past one of the numerous cottonfields.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, cycle-trip

PMR-D5227
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: panorama view over Khiva from the watchtower of the Kohna Ark. Prominent are the green dome of the Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum and the Islam Khoja minaret and mosque.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5226
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: view of the fortified wall of Ichan Kala from the watch tower in the Kohna Ark, looking north.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, crenellation

PMR-D5225
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the Mukhamed Rakhim-kahn Medrasa, with the minaret of the Juma Mosque behind, seen from the watchtower of the Kohna Ark.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5224
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: view of the fortified wall of Ichan Kala from the watch tower in the Kohna Ark, looking south.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, crenellation

PMR-D5223
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: facade and iwan of Kutlug Murad Inak madrasa, also known as Alla-Kuli Kahn madrasa (mid 19th century), which was once one of the biggest schools in Khiva.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5222
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: a defence turret on the fortified wall of the Kohna Ark.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5221
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the Eastern Gate (Polvon Darvoza - Stronman's Gate) to Ichan Kala, the old town.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5220
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the "winter" courtyard in the Tosh Khauni (Kohna Ark), where the Amir had his yurt on the raised stone platform, with gallery and large panels of ornate blue tiles.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5219
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: colourful decorated roof adjoining a courtyard in the Tosh Khauni ( Kohna Ark).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5218
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: corner of the "winter" courtyard of the Tosh Khauni (Kohna Ark), where the Amir had his yurt, with gallery and large panels of ornate blue tiles.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5217
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: a corner of a courtyard in the Tosh Khauni (Kohna Ark), with gallery and panels of ornate blue tiled decoration.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5216
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: gallery in the central courtyard of the Tosh Khauni (Kohna Ark), from where the Amir would watch special presentations.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5215
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the Amir's sumptuous bedroom in the Tosh Khauli (Kohna Ark).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5214
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: one of the large courtyards in the Tosh Khauli (Kohna Ark) where the Amir would watch special presentations.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5213
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: interior of the Juma Mosque (Friday Mosque) with its 203 wooden pillars, some of them dating back to the 10th century. The central garden, open to the elements, with two of the original wooden pillars.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5212
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: interior of the Juma Mosque (Friday Mosque) with its 203 wooden pillars, some of them dating back to the 10th century.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5211
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: dome of the Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum with graves of dignitaries in the foreground, in the.Itchan Kala (inner town).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5210
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: ornate blue tiled niche in the Kohna Ark.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5209
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: museum attendant in the Kohna Ark, posing with one of the exhibits.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5208
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: a group of young Uzbek children in the Kohna Ark, posing for a photograph.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5207
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: entry gate to the Kohna Ark with twin green-domed towers.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5206
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: ancient carved wooden door leading onto the courtyard in the Kohna Ark.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5205
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: intricate decoration with arabesques in turquoise-blue on the wall of the reception hall of the mosque in the Kohna Ark.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5204
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: colourful roof of the reception hall of the mosque in the Kohna Ark.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5203
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: traditional Uzbek puppets on a souvenir stall.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5202
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: colourful plan of the city on tiles.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5201
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: teenage Uzbek girls being photographed by a friend.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5200
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: diagram of "The Silk Road Project" by the authorities.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5199
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: typical housing in a residential quarter of the Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5198
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: typical modern housing in the Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5197
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: Muslim graves perched on the outside of the city walls due to lack of space. Natural gas pipeline in the foreground.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5196
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: gate in the Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5195
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: Muslim graves within the city walls.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5194
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: Islam Khoja madrasa, built 1908-10 stands in the Ark and now houses the Museum of Applied Arts.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5193
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the colourful Islam Khoja minaret stands 44.6 metres high. It was completed in 1908.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5192
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the colourful Islam Khoja minaret stands 44.6 metres high. It was completed in 1908.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5191
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: street near the Ark in Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5190
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: streets in Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5189
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: streets in Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5188
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: gateway in Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5187
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: view through Northern Gate (Buhoro Darvoza - Bukhara Gate), with its twin green tiled domes.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5186
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the mighty, fortified city wall and bastions of the Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, defence, castellations, crenelations

PMR-D5185
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the mighty, fortified city wall and bastions of the Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, defence, castellations, crenelations

PMR-D5184
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: local transport is provided by trolley buses.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, ecology, electric

PMR-D5183
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: an old minaret in Ichan Kala, with the Kalta Minar in the background.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5182
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the colourful Kalta Minar or "Short Minaret" was planned to be 79.5 metres high, but only reached 29.4 metres before it was abandoned in 1852. It belongs to the adjacent Mohammed Amin Khan medrasa.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5181
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the mighty, fortified city wall and bastions of the Ichan Kala.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, defence, castellations, crenelations

PMR-D5180
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the Western Gate (Ota-Darvoza - Father's Gate), with its twin towers, has been recently renovated, like much of the town.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5179
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: Muhammad Ibn Muso Al Xorazmiy 783-850 AD, mathematician and astronomer, to whom we owe the terms algebra and algorithm. He was probably a native of Khiva.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, monument, statue, memorial

PMR-D5178
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: the green dome of the Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum and the colourful, 45-metre-high Islam Khoja minaret, built in 1908, in the.Itchan Kala (inner town).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5177
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: souvenir stall in the old quarter. Bags with traditional designs are sought after.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, trade, selling

PMR-D5176
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: standard pattern housing lines the roads in large numbers.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, dwellings, homes

PMR-D5175
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: the Nodir Divan Begi Khanaka (a lodging house for itinerant Suffs), built in 1620, on the west side of the Lab-i Hauz pool.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5174
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: reflections of the Nodir Divan Begi Khanaka (1620) in the Lab-i Hauz pool, early morning.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5173
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: entrance to a small bazaar near the Lab-i Hauz pool.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5172
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Modarixon madrasa, otherwise known as Modari Khan madrasa, was built in 1567 AD.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5171
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Ismail Samani Mausoleum, built between 892 and 943, is one of the finest examples of Persian architecture to have survived from the Samanid dynasty.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5170
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Ismail Samani Mausoleum, built between 892 and 943, is one of the finest examples of Persian architecture to have survived from the Samanid dynasty.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5168
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: memorial complex of Imam Al-Bukhari.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5167
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Chashma Ayub Mausoleum, built during the reign of Timur in the 14th century on the site of a spring allegedly created by the biblical character Job.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5166
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: west gate of the Ark, the fortified residence of the emir, leading to the Registan, or main square.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5165
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: the mighty defensive walls of the Ark, the fortified residence of the emir.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5164
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: a carpet shop displaying its wares, with the Kalyan Minaret in the background.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5163
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: the magnificent blue tiled dome of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque, with bands of polychrome, patterned tiling and scripts from the Koran, dating from 1514.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5162
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Kalyan Minaret, built in 1127, is the centrepiece of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, 45.6 metres high, and decorated with 14 bands of floral and geometric patterns. Also known as "the Tower of Death" since criminals were executed by being pushed from the top.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, Kalan , Kaylon, UNESCO

PMR-D5161
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: ornate polychrome-tiled Mihrab alcove of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque, completed in 1514.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5160
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: facade and iwan of the madrasa in the courtyard of Po-i-Kalyan Mosque complex, with flanking blue tiled domes of the Mir-i-Arab madrasa behind.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5159
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Kalyan Minaret, built in 1127, is the centrepiece of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, 45.6 metres high, and decorated with 14 bands of floral and geometric patterns. Also known as "the Tower of Death" since criminals were executed by being pushed from the top.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, Kalan , Kaylon, UNESCO

PMR-D5158
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: facade and iwan of the madrasa in the courtyard of Po-i-Kalyan Mosque complex, with the Kalyan Tower adjacent.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5157
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: facade and iwan of the Mir-i Arab medrasa in the Po-i-Kalyan complex with its flanking blue tiled domes. Construction is credited to Sheikh Abdullah Yamani of Yemen in 1535-6.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5156
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: multiple domes of the Telpaq Furushon bazaar.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5155
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: the Lab-i Hauz pool, one of the few remaining in Bukhara, surrounded by bars and restaurants, is the centre of evening activities.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5154
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: the Nodir Divan-Begi madrasa, built in 1622, on the east side of the Lab-i Hauz pool.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5153
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: facade and iwan of Nodir Divan-Begi madrasa (part of the Lab-i Hauz complex) with depictions of 2 phoenix birds, 2 misshapen white deer and a "man-in-the-sun" face.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5152
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: bronze statue of Nasruddin Hodja on his mule in front of the Nodir Divan-Begi madrasa.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5151
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: the Lab-i Hauz pool, one of the few remaining in Bukhara, surrounded by bars and restaurants, is the centre of evening activities.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5150
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: multiple domes of the Telpaq Furushon bazaar.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5149
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: traditional metalwork products of the region, made by hand: scissors, daggers and bronze vases.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, artisans, knives, bazaar, selling, display

PMR-D5148
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: entrance to the Telpaq Furushon bazaar, with its multiple small domes, grouped around the large central dome.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5147
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: facade and iwan of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque, completed in 1514 and surmounted by a large blue tiled dome. View through archway on the opposite side of the courtyard.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5146
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: facade and iwan of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque, completed in 1514 and surmounted by a large blue tiled dome. In the courtyard stands the ablutions kiosk.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5145
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: upper part of the facade and iwan of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque, completed in 1514 and surmounted by a large blue tiled dome, photographed through an arch on the opposite side of the courtyard.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5144
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: facade and iwan on the east side of the courtyard of Po-i-Kalyan Mosque.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5143
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: facade and iwan of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque, completed in 1514 and surmounted by a large blue tiled dome. In the courtyard stands the ablutions kiosk.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5142
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: courtyard of the Po-i-Kalyan Mosque, completed in 1514 and surmounted by a large blue tiled dome.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5141
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Kalyan Minaret, built in 1127, is the centrepiece of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, 45.6 metres high, and decorated with 14 bands of floral and geometric patterns. Also known as "the Tower of Death" since criminals were executed by being pushed from the top.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, Kalan , Kaylon, UNESCO

PMR-D5140
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Kalyan Mosque, facade and iwan of the Main Entrance Pishtaq. from the main courtyard.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5139
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Kalyan Minaret, built in 1127, is the centrepiece of the Po-i-Kalyan complex, 45.6 metres high, and decorated with 14 bands of floral and geometric patterns. Also known as "the Tower of Death" since criminals were executed by being pushed from the top.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, Kalan , Kaylon, UNESCO

PMR-D5138
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: dignitaries with costumed youngsters preparing to take part in a ceremony in front of the Ark
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, resplendent

PMR-D5137
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: dignitaries preparing to take part in a ceremony in front of the Ark
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, resplendent

PMR-D5136
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: costumed youngsters preparing to take part in a ceremony in front of the Ark
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO, resplendent

PMR-D5135
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: west gate of the Ark, the fortified residence of the emir, leading to the Registan, or main square.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5134
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: west gate of the Ark, the fortified residence of the emir, leading to the Registan, or main square.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5133
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: detail of the capitals of the carved wooden columns and the ornamentation on the facade of the Bolo Hauz Mosque, built in 1712. The wooden columns were added in 1917.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5132
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Bolo Hauz Mosque, built in 1712. The carved wooden columns were added in 1917.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5131
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Bolo Hauz (pool) and Bolo Hauz Mosque, built in 1712. The carved wooden columns were added in 1917.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5130
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Ismail Samani Mausoleum, built between 892 and 943, is one of the finest examples of Persian architecture to have survived from the Samanid dynasty.
Details of the interior dome-supporting architecture.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5129
Uzbekistan, Bukhara: Ismail Samani Mausoleum, built between 892 and 943, is one of the finest examples of Persian architecture to have survived from the Samanid dynasty.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5128
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: all that remains of an ancient settlement is the circular protective wall.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, relict

PMR-D5127
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: the hollow trunk of a plane tree 950 years old under government protection has been used as a school during the October Revolution, as a village administration office, as a library for a cavalry regiment and latterly as a village shop. The present caretaker is an Uzbek woman with a drinks and souvenirs stall.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, curiosity, attraction, wonder

PMR-D5126
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: the hollow trunk of a plane tree 950 years old under government protection has been used as a school during the October Revolution, as a village administration office, as a library for a cavalry regiment and latterly as a village shop.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, curiosity, attraction

PMR-D5125
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: landscape en route to Termiz - sandstone mountain ranges and red earth with a sparse covering of vegetation. Along this route passed Alexander the Great with his armies, over 2000 years ago.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, heritage, geology, topography, scenic, desolate

PMR-D5124
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: landscape en route to Termiz - sandstone mountain ranges and red earth with a sparse covering of vegetation. A small settlement in the lee of a rocky sandstone outcrop.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, heritage, geology, topography, scenic, desolate

PMR-D5123
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: landscape en route to Termiz - sandstone mountain ranges and red earth with a sparse covering of vegetation. A herd of goats makes its way along the river valley.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, heritage, geology, topography, scenic, desolate, livestock

PMR-D5122
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: landscape en route to Termiz - sandstone mountain ranges and red earth with a sparse covering of vegetation.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, culture, heritage, geology, topography, scenic, desolate

PMR-D5121
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: roadside monument with alloy mast, to international friendship.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D5120
Uzbekistan, Surkhandarya Province: roadside monument with alloy mast, to international friendship.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D5118
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: statue of Abuali Ibri Sina, Persian polymath, known in the west as Avicenna, on a traffic island on Avenue Somoni near the National Medical Centre.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, monument

PMR-D5117
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: State Circus Rotunda.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5116
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: statue in the public gardens, with fountains.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5115
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: public gardens with fountain and monument.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5114
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: flowers of the Persian Silk Tree or Pink Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin), a common indiginous tree of the region.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, botany, flowers, colourful

PMR-D5113
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: State Theatre of the Drama Academy of Abulqosim Lohuti, on Rudaki Avenue.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5112
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Rudaki Avenue, the tree-lined main thoroughfare of the city.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5111
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: a pair of Laughing, or Palm Doves (Streptopelia senegalensis).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, birds, ornithology, pigeons

PMR-D5110
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: main entrance to the Botanical Gardens, in traditional Uzbek style.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5109
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Persian Silk Tree or Pink Silk Tree (Albizia julibrissin), a common indiginous tree of the region.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, botany, flowers, colourful

PMR-D5108
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: main entrance to the Botanical Gardens, in traditional Uzbek style, with a bed of Cannas in the foreground.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5107
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis).
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, birds, ornithology, starlings

PMR-D5106
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: a fine display of Yuccas in the Botanical Gardens.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, horticulture, flowers, blooms, plants

PMR-D5105
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: part of the "Green Bazaar" , selling fruit and vegetables.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5104
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: part of the "Green Bazaar" , selling fruit and vegetables.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5103
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Teahouse Rochat/Rohat/Roxat on Rudaki Avenue, was built in the soviet era (1958) and was decorated in traditional style by Uzbek masters. The largest and best-known teahouse in the capital.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, restaurant, spacious

PMR-D5102
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Teahouse Rochat/Rohat/Roxat on Rudaki Avenue, was built in the soviet era (1958) and was decorated in traditional style by Uzbek masters. The largest and best-known teahouse in the capital.
Terrace overlooking the main road.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, restaurant, spacious

PMR-D5101
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Teahouse Rochat/Rohat/Roxat on Rudaki Avenue, was built in the soviet era (1958) and was decorated in traditional style by Uzbek masters. The largest and best-known teahouse in the capital.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, restaurant, spacious

PMR-D5100
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Teahouse Rochat/Rohat/Roxat on Rudaki Avenue, was built in the soviet era (1958) and was decorated in traditional style by Uzbek masters. The largest and best-known teahouse in the capital.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, restaurant

PMR-D5099
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Teahouse Rochat/Rohat/Roxat on Rudaki Avenue, was built in the soviet era (1958) and was decorated in traditional style by Uzbek masters. The largest and best-known teahouse in the capital.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, restaurant

PMR-D5098
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Teahouse Rochat/Rohat/Roxat on Rudaki Avenue, was built in the soviet era (1958) and was decorated in traditional style by Uzbek masters. The largest and best-known teahouse in the capital.
Part of the colourful, carved wood ceiling.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, restaurant

PMR-D5097
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Teahouse Rochat/Rohat/Roxat on Rudaki Avenue, was built in the soviet era (1958) and was decorated in traditional style by Uzbek masters. The largest and best-known teahouse in the capital.
Part of the colourful, carved wood ceiling.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, restaurant

PMR-D5096
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Teahouse Rochat/Rohat/Roxat on Rudaki Avenue, was built in the soviet era (1958) and was decorated in traditional style by Uzbek masters. The largest and best-known teahouse in the capital.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, restaurant

PMR-D5095
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: colonial-style mansion belonging to Teahouse Rochat.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5094
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Finance Department of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, ministry, treasury

PMR-D5093
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Opera and Ballet Theatre, built in 1946 in typical USSR style. Quotations from the president flank the facade.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, music, drama, stage

PMR-D5092
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Ferdowski National Library Building, founded in 1933 is now occupied by the Accounts Chamber of the Republic of Tajikistan, the state auditor.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5091
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: twin office towers, which are the highest in the city.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5090
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: Parliament Building.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5089
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: the handsome gateway and entrance to Rudaki Park.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5088
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: monument to Abu 'Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad al- Rudaki, better known as "Rudaki", a Persian poet who lived from 858 to 941 AD and is regarded as the initiator of classical Persian poetry. He was blind in his later years. His statue replaced that of Lenin in 2007.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, literature, poems

PMR-D5087
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: the "Palace of Nations", palace of the president, Emomali Rahmon, from Rudaki Park.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5086
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: monument to Abu 'Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad al- Rudaki, better known as "Rudaki", a Persian poet who lived from 858 to 941 AD and is regarded as the initiator of classical Persian poetry. He was blind in his later years. His statue replaced that of Lenin in 2007.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, literature, poems

PMR-D5085
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: monument to Abu 'Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad al- Rudaki, better known as "Rudaki", a Persian poet who lived from 858 to 941 AD and is regarded as the initiator of classical Persian poetry. He was blind in his later years. His statue replaced that of Lenin in 2007.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, literature, poems

PMR-D5084
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: monument to Abu 'Abd Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad al- Rudaki, better known as "Rudaki", a Persian poet who lived from 858 to 941 AD and is regarded as the initiator of classical Persian poetry. He was blind in his later years. His statue replaced that of Lenin in 2007.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene, literature, poems

PMR-D5083
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: the state emblem, on the Gerb Monument in Rudaki Park.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5082
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: the Gerb Monument in Rudaki Park bearing the state emblem.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5081
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: the Gerb Monument in Rudaki Park bearing the state emblem.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5080
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: monument of Amir Ismail Somoni in Rudaki Park which was erected in 1999. The currency (somoni) takes its name from him.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5079
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city: monument of Amir Ismail Somoni in Rudaki Park which was erected in 1999. The currency (somoni) takes its name from him.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, street scene

PMR-D5007
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: rows of shops in the spacious bazaar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D5006
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a street vendor of shish kebab.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D5005
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: entrance to the large bazaar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

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PMR-D5003
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: Uighur women with child, in a street of Old Kashgar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe

$PMR-D5002 People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: courtyard of a house in Old Kashgar, which has shrunk to a fraction of its previous size due to new development by the authorities. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe$

$PMR-D5001 People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: view of Old Kashgar, which has shrunk to a fraction of its previous size due to new development by the authorities. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe$

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PMR-D4999
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: an Uighur woman with young child in Old Kashgar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe

$PMR-D4998 People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a street in Old Kashgar, which has shrunk to a fraction of its previous size due to new development by the authorities. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe$

$PMR-D4997 People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a street in Old Kashgar, which has shrunk to a fraction of its previous size due to new development by the authorities. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe$

$PMR-D4996 People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a street in Old Kashgar, which has shrunk to a fraction of its previous size due to new development by the authorities. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe$

$PMR-D4995 People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a street in Old Kashgar, which has shrunk to a fraction of its previous size due to new development by the authorities. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe$

$PMR-D4994 People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a street in Old Kashgar, which has shrunk to a fraction of its previous size due to new development by the authorities. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, adobe$

PMR-D4993
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: an antiques shop in Old Kashgar, with proprietor.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4992
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: an antiques shop in Old Kashgar.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4989
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the Abakh Hoja Mausoleum, one of China's most important Islamic shrines, was built ca. 1640 as the tomb of Muhammad Yusuf, but also used by his more famous son, Abakh Hoja plus 72 later family members.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, Muslim, Islam, architecture, minarets, glazed-tiles

PMR-D4988
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the Abakh Hoja Mausoleum, one of China's most important Islamic shrines, was built ca. 1640 as the tomb of Muhammad Yusuf, but also used my his more famous son, Abakh Hoja plus 72 later family members.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, Muslim, Islam, architecture, minarets, glazed-tiles

PMR-D4987
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the Abakh Hoja Mausoleum, one of China's most important Islamic shrines, was built ca. 1640 as the tomb of Muhammad Yusuf, but also used my his more famous son, Abakh Hoja plus 72 later family members.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, Muslim, Islam, architecture, minarets, glazed-tiles

PMR-D4986
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the minaret of the mosque, near to the Abakh Hoja Mausoleum, is richly decorated with floral and geometric patterns.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4985
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the 18-metres-high statue of Mao Zedong, one of the few remaining in China., stands in People's Place.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, monument, Mao tse Tung, Communism

PMR-D4984
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: red flowers dominate People's Park with its traditional foot bridges.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4983
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: red flowers dominate People's Park, where the statue of Mao Zedong still stands.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, monument

PMR-D4982
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: red flowers dominate People's Park, where the statue of Mao Zedong still stands.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4981
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the fashionable centre of the city, with the Sultan Hotel.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4980
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the fashionable centre of the city, with the Sultan Hotel. A bubble car parked in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4979
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: mosque, adjoining the main square.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4978
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: view of the spacious main square with the Id Kah mosque on the far side and Wustanbowie (Millennium Old Street) behind, where numerous shops selling local handicrafts are to be found.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4977
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: the most popular mode of transport is (electric) scooter or moped.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4976
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a modern shopping centre adjoining the main square.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, architecture

PMR-D4975
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a camel waiting for custom in the main square.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4974
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: colouful carriages drawn by horses or camels take visitors on a tour of the city.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4973
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a colourful horse-drawn carriage takes visitors on a tour of the city.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4972
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a colourful horse-drawn carriage takes visitors on a tour of the city, with a camel "parked" in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4971
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a colourful horse-drawn carriage takes visitors on a tour of the city.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4970
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: bronze representation of a camel train on the ancient "Silk Road" in the main square.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, sculpture

PMR-D4969
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: bronze representation of a camel train on the ancient "Silk Road" in the main square. The Id Kah mosque in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan, sculpture

PMR-D4968
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: Id Kah mosque, dating back to 1442 but frequently renovated, can accommodate 20,000 worshippers. The spiritual centre of the muslim Uighars.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan

PMR-D4922
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: striking sandstone gorge to the west of Kuqa.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, geology, landscape, scenery, rock-formations, erosion

PMR-D4921
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: striking sandstone gorge to the west of Kuqa.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, geology, landscape, scenery, rock-formations, erosion

PMR-D4920
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: striking sandstone gorge to the west of Kuqa.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, geology, landscape, scenery, rock-formations, erosion

PMR-D4919
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Uighur shops.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, architecture, tradition

PMR-D4918
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Uighur shop selling traditional food.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage

PMR-D4917
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: entrance to a typical Uighur house. These are being progressively demolished by the authorities and replaced with "modern" housing.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, architecture, tradition

PMR-D4916
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: courtyard of a typical Uighur house.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, architecture, tradition

PMR-D4915
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: entrance to a typical Uighur house.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, architecture, tradition

PMR-D4914
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Subashi Buddhist ruins, the site of an active Buddhist community from the 3rd century until destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage site.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, UNESCO

PMR-D4913
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Subashi Buddhist ruins, the site of an active Buddhist community from the 3rd century until destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage site.
View of the eastern complex, on the other side of the Kuqa River.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, UNESCO

PMR-D4912
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Subashi Buddhist ruins, the site of an active Buddhist community from the 3rd century until destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage site.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, UNESCO

PMR-D4911
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Subashi Buddhist ruins, the site of an active Buddhist community from the 3rd century until destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage site.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, UNESCO

PMR-D4910
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Subashi Buddhist ruins, the site of an active Buddhist community from the 3rd century until destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage site.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, UNESCO

PMR-D4909
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Subashi Buddhist ruins, the site of an active Buddhist community from the 3rd century until destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage site.
View of the eastern complex, on the other side of the Kuqa River.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, UNESCO

PMR-D4908
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Subashi Buddhist ruins, the site of an active Buddhist community from the 3rd century until destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage site.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, UNESCO

PMR-D4906
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kuqa: Subashi Buddhist ruins, the site of an active Buddhist community from the 3rd century until destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in the 13th century. UNESCO World Heritage site.
Inscribed stone marking the entrance to the site.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, UNESCO

PMR-D4902
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: modern shopping centre, built in traditional Uighur style.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, architecture, Turfan

PMR-D4901
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: typical house in the city, in the Uighur style, with a ventilated room on the roof for drying grapes.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, culture, heritage, architecture, Turfan, raisins, sultanas

PMR-D4900
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. Southern Buddhist Temple, a cave-temple, is an imposing earthen mound, 20 metres long.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4899
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. Southern Buddhist Temple, a cave-temple, is an imposing earthen mound, 20 metres long.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4896
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. Northwest Buddhist Temple, built in the 5th century and restored during the 9th-10th centuries.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4895
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4894
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4893
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4892
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4891
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4890
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4889
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4888
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4887
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4886
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. Bust of a successful general.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan, statue, soldier

PMR-D4885
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Jiaohe ruined city stands on a high plateau between two deep river valleys. It was capital of Jushi kingdom from 108 BC to 450 AD, later destroyed by the forces of Genghis Khan in 13th century. The population was ca. 7000 in the Tang dynasty. The Disney-style facade of the entry hall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Turfan

PMR-D4884
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the Emin minaret adjoins the Uyghur mosque in Turpan. Built in 1777 , it is 44 metres high, the highest minaret in China. The geometrical and floral patterns on the sun-dried bricks are typical Uighur work.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, tower, Turfan

PMR-D4883
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the Emin minaret adjoins the Uyghur mosque in Turpan. Built in 1777 , it is 44 metres high, the highest minaret in China. The geometrical and floral patterns on the sun-dried bricks are typical Uyghur work.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, tower, Turfan

PMR-D4882
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the "Karez" irrigation system consists of a series of underground canals, 60-70 cm wide, connected to the surface by wells. At its peak there were 5272 km. of canals, with 177,367 wells in Xinjiang. Part of the system still in operation, protected by an armoured glass sheet.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, water-conservation, Turfan, aqueduct

PMR-D4881
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the "Karez" irrigation system consists of a series of underground canals, 60-70 cm wide, connected to the surface by wells. At its peak there were 5272 km. of canals, with 177,367 wells in Xinjiang. A cut-away model of a canal in the museum.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, water-conservation, Turfan, aqueduct

PMR-D4880
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the "Karez" irrigation system consists of a series of underground canals, 60-70 cm wide, connected to the surface by wells. At its peak there were 5272 km. of canals, with 177,367 wells in Xinjiang. A plaque in the museum illustrating the initiation of the system.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, water-conservation, Turfan, aqueduct

PMR-D4879
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the "Karez" irrigation system consists of a series of underground canals, 60-70 cm wide, connected to the surface by wells. At its peak there were 5272 km. of canals, with 177,367 wells in Xinjiang. Here, in a museum, a model demonstrates how to descend to the water.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, water-conservation, Turfan, aqueduct

PMR-D4878
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan:
Traditional Chinese anthropomorphic figures at the Astana Cemetery, where graves in underground chambers, with well-preserved frescos, date back to 4th to 8th centuries AD. The cemetery belonged to Gaochang city.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture

PMR-D4877
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan:
Allegorical figures on a high pedestal, at the Astana Cemetery, where graves in underground chambers, with well-preserved frescos, date back to 4th to 8th centuries AD. The cemetery belonged to Gaochang city.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture

PMR-D4876
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan:
Modern viewing platform, with traditional Chinese anthropomorphic figures at the Astana Cemetery, where graves in underground chambers, with well-preserved frescos, date back to 4th to 8th centuries AD. The cemetery belonged to Gaochang city.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture

PMR-D4875
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Statue of Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who visited in 602-4 AD, whilst walking to India.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, monument

PMR-D4874
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Electric bus for visitors, with city walls in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4873
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4872
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Reconstructed Buddhist stupa. The alcoves probably contained figures of Buddha.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4871
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
"Main storage building".
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4870
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Interior of "main storage building" showing transmission of square base to circular tower.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4869
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Part of the city wall, with modern buttresses.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4868
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4867
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Remains of the inner city wall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4866
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4865
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4864
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
General view of the ruins.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4863
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Pagoda-like structure.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4862
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Part of the mighty city walls.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4861
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Partially reconstructed building adjoining the pagoda-like structure.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered

PMR-D4860
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Gaochang ruined city (Uighur name: Qocho), an oasis city on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, dating back to 1st century BC, destroyed and abandoned in 14th century AD.
Statue of Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who visited in 602-4 AD, whilst walking to India.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, monument

PMR-D4859C
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Bezeklik Caves, in the valley of the Flaming Mountains, on the edge of the Taklmakan Desert, were occupied by Buddhist monks from the 5th to 14th centuries, when they fell victim to Genghis Khan's hordes. The best murals were removed to museums in the early 20th century
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Uighur

PMR-D4859B
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Bezeklik Caves, in the valley of the Flaming Mountains, on the edge of the Taklmakan Desert, were occupied by Buddhist monks from the 5th to 14th centuries, when they fell victim to Genghis Khan's hordes. The best murals were removed to museums in the early 20th century
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Uighur

PMR-D4859A
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Bezeklik Caves, in the valley of the Flaming Mountains, on the edge of the Taklmakan Desert, were occupied by Buddhist monks from the 5th to 14th centuries, when they fell victim to Genghis Khan's hordes. The best murals were removed to museums in the early 20th century
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Uighur

PMR-D4794
Germany, Bavaria: Originally a Celtic colony (Radasbona) and then later a Roman settlement (Castra Regina), Regensburg boasts a wealth of historic buildings. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006. Mediaeval burgher houses in the Obere Bachgasse.
Keywords: Gothic, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, picturesque

PMR-D4793
Germany, Bavaria: Originally a Celtic colony (Radasbona) and then later a Roman settlement (Castra Regina), Regensburg boasts a wealth of historic buildings. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006. A mediaeval street, Hinter der Grieb, with the. patrician tower-house " Löblturm" (13th c.) and cathedral tower in the distance.
Keywords: Gothic, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, picturesque

PMR-D4792
Germany, Bavaria: Originally a Celtic colony (Radasbona) and then later a Roman settlement (Castra Regina), Regensburg boasts a wealth of historic buildings. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site 2006. The Goliath House was built in the late 13th century for the Thundorfer family. Melchior Bocksberger painted the fresco in 1573.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, culture, David and Goliath, traditional, tower-house

PMR-D4791
Germany, Bavaria: Originally a Celtic colony (Radasbona) and then later a Roman settlement (Castra Regina), Regensburg boasts a wealth of historic buildings. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006. Old burgher houses on the bank of the River Danube, facades reflected in the water.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, culture, picturesque, reflections

PMR-D4790
Germany, Bavaria: Originally a Celtic colony (Radasbona) and then later a Roman settlement (Castra Regina), Regensburg boasts a wealth of historic buildings. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006. Colourful old burgher houses on Stadtamhof, on the far side of the River Danube, with the cathedral in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, culture, picturesque

PMR-D4789
Germany, Bavaria: Originally a Celtic colony (Radasbona) and then later a Roman settlement (Castra Regina), Regensburg boasts a wealth of historic buildings. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006. Colourful old burgher houses on Stadtamhof, on the far side of the River Danube.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, culture, picturesque

PMR-D4788
Germany, Bavaria: Originally a Celtic colony (Radasbona) and then later a Roman settlement (Castra Regina), Regensburg boasts a wealth of historic buildings. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2006. The facade and towers of St. Peter's Cathedral were completed in the 19th century although the building was begun in 1250.
Keywords: Gothic, architecture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, culture

PMR-D4784
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Finale.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4783
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Finale.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4782
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4781
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4780
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4779
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4778
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Battle between Rama and Ravana.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4777
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4776
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Demon.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4775
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Hanuman.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4774
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Fisher dance.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4773
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Fisher dance.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4772
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Fisher dance.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4771
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Fisher dance.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4770
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4769
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4768
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4767
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4766
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4765
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4764
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4763
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4762
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4761
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4760
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4759
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4758
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4729
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. Chinese screen with inlaid mother-of-pearl.
Keywords: gardens, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4728
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. Personal bathroom.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4727
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. Family bedroom.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4726
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. Bronze bust of Imelda with family photographs.
Keywords: gardens, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4725
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. A drawing room.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4724
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. Main staircase with display cabinets of oriental carved ivory.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4723
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. Ballroom.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4722
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. Visitor's bedroom suite with twin beds.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4721
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied. One of many visitor's bedrooms, mostly equipped with dioramas.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4720
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Santo Nino Shrine and Heritage Center was initiated by Imelda Romualdez Marcos as a mansion, equipped with every luxury, but never occupied.
Keywords: gardens, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture, ostentatious, palace, extravagant, ornamentation, decoration

PMR-D4718
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Leyte Park Hotel, twilight view of hotel gardens and Panalaron Bay.
Keywords: leisure, resort, holiday, seaview, gardens, picturesque, culture, sunset

PMR-D4717
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Leyte Park Hotel, view of the innovative architecture from above.
Keywords: colourful, sunshine, leisure, resort, holiday, seaview, gardens, picturesque, culture

PMR-D4715
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: interior of Catholic Church on Paterno Street.
Keywords: heritage, culture, congregation, worship, mass, sermon

PMR-D4714
The Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Leyte, Tacloban: Leyte Park Hotel, swimming pool and bar, with neighbouring islands on the horizon.
Keywords: colourful, sunshine, leisure, resort, holiday, seaview, gardens, picturesque, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D4712
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: street scene, with colourful tuk-tuks and tricycles.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, Visayas

PMR-D4711
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: distant view of neighbouring islands, with stilt houses and outrigger boat in the foreground.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, Visayas

PMR-D4710
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: typical houses and shops on the quayside, with boats moored to the jetty.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, heritage, tradition, culture, Visayas

PMR-D4709
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: fishing boats with outriggers, with stilt houses facing on to the main road, Del Rosario Street behind.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, Visayas

PMR-D4708
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: street scene, with colourful tuk-tuks and tricycles.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, Visayas

PMR-D4707
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: traditional fishing boats with outriggers moored along the jetty.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, heritage, tradition, culture, quayside, watercraft, Visayas

PMR-D4706
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: traditional fishing boats with outriggers moored along the jetty.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, heritage, tradition, culture, quayside, watercraft, Visayas

PMR-D4705
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: traditional fishing boats with outriggers moored along the jetty.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, heritage, tradition, culture, quayside, watercraft, Visayas

PMR-D4704
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: traditional fishing boats with outriggers moored along the jetty.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, heritage, tradition, culture, quayside, watercraft, Visayas

PMR-D4703
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: view of the obelisk in Samar Provincial Capital Park, with the Municipal Hall in the background.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, gardens, architecture, tricycle, Visayas

PMR-D4702
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: view of Samar Provincial Capital Park, with the Municipal Hall in the background.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, gardens, architecture, tricycle, flag, Visayas

PMR-D4701
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: the obelist commemmorates. 1) arrival of the Jesuit missionaries 1596, 2) Augustin Sumoroy rebellion, 1649, 3) declaration of Samar as Independent Province by Queen Isabella of Spain, 1841, 4) Balangiga encounter, 1901.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, gardens, architecture, tricycle, Visayas

PMR-D4700
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: view of the obelisk in Samar Provincial Capital Park, with the Municipal Hall in the background.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, gardens, architecture, tricycle, Visayas

PMR-D4699
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: view of the obelisk in Samar Provincial Capital Park, with the Municipal Hall in the background.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, gardens, architecture, tricycle, Visayas

PMR-D4698
The Philippines, Samar Island, Catbalogan: view of the obelisk in Samar Provincial Capital Park, with the Municipal Hall in the background.
Keywords: Samar Island, colourful, jungle, sunshine, picturesque, historic, heritage, tradition, culture, gardens, architecture, tricycle, Visayas

PMR-D4693
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: nobles supporting a golden naga which guards the entry steps to the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4692
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: facade of the Buddhist Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4691
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: monkeys supporting a golden naga which guards the entry steps to the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, culture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4257
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: Schloss and Park Fantaisie, created by Duchess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie in mid 18th century. Now the home of the Museum of German Garden Culture in 17th-18th centuries. View of the rear facade.
Keywords: Upper Franconia, architecture, historic, heritage, horticulture, garden art

PMR-D4253
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: Schloss and Park Fantaisie, created by Duchess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie in mid 18th century. Now the home of the Museum of German Garden Culture in 17th-18th centuries. View of the facade with fountain and formal flower beds.
Keywords: Upper Franconia, architecture, historic, heritage, horticulture, garden art

PMR-D4212
England, Sussex, Littlehampton: waterfront on the River Arun estuary, with yacht moorings.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, port, harbour, boats, jetty, quay, promenade

PMR-D4210
Turkey, Mugia Province, Milas: an arched Roman gate, originally part of the town wall, reveals a carved "double axe" ("labrys") on the keystone, which was the symbol of Zeus.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4209
Turkey, Mugia Province, Milas: an arched Roman gate, originally part of the town wall, reveals a carved "double axe" ("labrys") on the keystone on the town-side, which was the symbol of Zeus.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4208
Turkey, Mugia Province, Euromos: a well preserved Roman Temple of Zeus dating from the 2nd century AD has 16 standing Corinthian columns with architraves.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4207
Turkey, Mugia Province, Euromos: a well preserved Roman Temple of Zeus dating from the 2nd century AD has 16 standing Corinthian columns with architraves. Each column was sponsored by a different donor whose name was recorded on a tablet.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4206
Turkey, Mugia Province, Euromos: a well preserved Roman Temple of Zeus dating from the 2nd century AD has 16 standing Corinthian columns with architraves.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4204
Turkey, Mugia Province, Labranda: Although dating back to the Carians in the 7th century BC, most remaining buildings were erected by Persian satrap, Mausolos, in 4th century BC.
A wide stairway, part of the Sacred Way, leading from the Propylaeum.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic, Labraunda

PMR-D4203
Turkey, Mugia Province, Labranda: Although dating back to the Carians in the 7th century BC, most remaining buildings were erected by Persian satrap, Mausolos, in 4th century BC.
Retaining wall to the north of the Propylaeum.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic, Labraunda

PMR-D4202
Turkey, Mugia Province, Labranda: Although dating back to the Carians in the 7th century BC, most remaining buildings were erected by Persian satrap, Mausolos, in 4th century BC.
The best preserved building, the Andron (mens' chamber) of Idreius.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic, Labraunda

PMR-D4201
Turkey, Mugia Province, Labranda: Although dating back to the Carians in the 7th century BC, most remaining buildings were erected by Persian satrap, Mausolos, in 4th century BC.
The ruins of the Temple of Zeus, with the Andron of Idreius to the right.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic, Labraunda

PMR-D4200
Turkey, Mugia Province, Labranda: Although dating back to the Carians in the 7th century BC, most remaining buildings were erected by Persian satrap, Mausolos, in 4th century BC.
Partly preserved building at the east end of the North Stoa.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic, Labraunda

PMR-D4199
Turkey, Mugia Province, Labranda: Although dating back to the Carians in the 7th century BC, most remaining buildings were erected by Persian satrap, Mausolos, in 4th century BC.
View to the south-east of the site where the Propylaeum (entrance) is situated.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic, Labraunda

PMR-D4198
Turkey, Mugia Province, Labranda: Although dating back to the Carians in the 7th century BC, most remaining buildings were erected by Persian satrap, Mausolos, in 4th century BC.
View of the west of the site, with Temple of Zeus and the Andron of Idrieus.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, heritage, Hellenic, Labraunda

PMR-D4181
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum). The "Italian Tower" (left), the "French Tower" (right), and the "English Tower" (centre).
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4180
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum).
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4179
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): Greenpeace ship "Rainbow Warrior" in the harbour.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, culture, Petronium, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4178
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum). The "English Tower" on the left.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4177
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): architectural site of the tomb of Mausolos (=Mausoleum) built in 353 BC, a wonder of the ancient world.
Keywords: culture, Petronium, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising, excavation, ruin, masonry, historic, heritage

PMR-D4176
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): postulated model of the tomb of Mausolos (=Mausoleum) built in 353 BC, a wonder of the ancient world.
Keywords: culture, Petronium, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising, mock-up, impression, architecture

PMR-D4175
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): architectural site of the tomb of Mausolos (=Mausoleum) built in 353 BC, a wonder of the ancient world.
Keywords: culture, Petronium, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising, excavation, ruin, masonry, historic, heritage

PMR-D4174
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): the German Tower in St. Peter's Castle, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum).
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4172
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): Greek family gravestone, displayed in the castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum).
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4171
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): view of the harbour yacht basin, with all berths occupied, from the walls of St. Peter's Castle.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, pleasure craft, culture, Petronium, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4170
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): view of the town and harbour from the walls of St Peter's Castle, with mosque in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, culture, Petronium, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising, fortifications, defence

PMR-D4169
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): the Spanish or Snake Tower in St. Peter's Castle, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum).
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4168
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): view of the waterfront and town from the castle of St. Peter.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, culture, Petronium, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4166
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum). View from the harbour.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4164
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): view from the harbour.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, culture, Petronium, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4163
Turkey, Province of Mugla, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum).
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium, defence, Aegean, Bahriyeli C, marine, cruising

PMR-D4158
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.
Aerial view of the site.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4157
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.
Damaged figure of a lion.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4156
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.
Mythical sea creatures on a panel at the base of one of the columns.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4155
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.
Two re-erected Ionic columns with architrave.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4154
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.
Two re-erected Ionic columns with architrave.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4153
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.
Many such Medusa-heads originally adorned the architrave.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

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

PMR-D4151
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 Pronaos with double row of columns which were completed. Remains of a round well in front of the temple.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4150
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.
Carved base of a column with carved panels of fantasies.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4149
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.
Carved base of a column with modified "Greek Key" pattern.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4148
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.
Carved column head with fantasies.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4147
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.
Carved column head with a pair of Griffins.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4146
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 (the Branchidae) may go back to 1000 BC, rivalling Delphi.
Part of the Adyton (interior), originally planted with laurels, and reserved to the priests.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4145
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(the Branchidae) may go back to 1000 BC, rivalling Delphi.
The drums of a complete fallen column.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4144
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 (the Branchidae) may go back to 1000 BC, rivalling Delphi.
Steps leading up to the Stylobate. with two re-erected columns on the long side.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4143
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 (the Branchidae) may go back to 1000 BC, rivalling Delphi.
Steps leading up to the Stylobate. with two re-erected columns on the long side.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, Roman, Greek, architecture, Aegean, sailing ship, Bahriyeli C, cruising, heritage, Hellenic

PMR-D4091
Germany, Bavaria, Kulmbach: Plassenburg Fortress, seat of the Franconian Hohenzollerns for 450 years, dominates the town.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, fortificationss, defence

PMR-D4090
Germany, Bavaria, Kulmbach: giant beer casks in front of the Baroque Rathaus (Town Hall) during the beer festival.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D4089
Germany, Bavaria, Wonsees: an unusual cleft through the cliff, part of the Sanspareil park of bizarre rock formations, about 20 km from Bayreuth. Another brainchild of Markgravin Wilhelmina at the end of the 18th century.
Keywords: picturesque, park, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, fantastic, tuff-stone, unusual, grotto, Franconia

PMR-D4088
Germany, Bavaria, Wonsees: "Vulcan's Cave", part of the Sanspareil park of bizarre rock formations, about 20 km from Bayreuth. Another brainchild of Markgravin Wilhelmina at the end of the 18th century.
Keywords: picturesque, park, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, fantastic, tuff-stone, unusual, grotto, Franconia

PMR-D4087
Germany, Bavaria, Wonsees: a natural gateway through the cliff, part of the Sanspareil park of bizarre rock formations, about 20 km from Bayreuth. Another brainchild of Markgravin Wilhelmina at the end of the 18th century.
Keywords: picturesque, park, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, fantastic, tuff-stone, unusual, grotto, Franconia

PMR-D4086
Germany, Bavaria, Wonsees: an unusual cleft in the cliff, part of the Sanspareil park of bizarre rock formations, about 20 km from Bayreuth. Another brainchild of Markgravin Wilhelmina at the end of the 18th century.
Keywords: picturesque, park, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, fantastic, tuff-stone, unusual, grotto, Franconia

PMR-D4085
Germany, Bavaria, Wonsees: a "ruined" open air theatre, viewed from the "Calypso Grotto", part of the Sanspareil park of bizarre rock formations, about 20 km from Bayreuth. Another brainchild of Markgravin Wilhelmina at the end of the 18th century.
Keywords: picturesque, park, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, fantastic, tuff-stone, unusual, grotto, Franconia

PMR-D4084
Germany, Bavaria, Wonsees: a "ruined" open air theatre, part of the Sanspareil park of bizarre rock formations, about 20 km from Bayreuth. Another brainchild of Markgravin Wilhelmina at the end of the 18th century.
Keywords: picturesque, park, architecture, historic, heritage, culture, fantastic, tuff-stone, unusual, grotto, Franconia

PMR-D4074
Germany, Bavaria, Wonsees: the Oriental Building and its formal gardens, part of the Sanspareil park of bizarre rock formations, about 20 km from Bayreuth. Another brainchild of Markgravin Wilhelmina at the end of the 18th century.
Keywords: picturesque, flowers, colourful, park, architecture, historic, heritage, culture

PMR-D4066
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: maypole in the market place.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, culture, mediaeval, village, cobblestones

PMR-D2770
Netherlands, Amsterdam: a row of stately 17th century merchants houses dwarfed by a more modern edifice.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2769
Netherlands, Amsterdam: a fine display of old Delft and contemporary pottery in a shop window in Nieuwe Spiegelstraat in the antiques quarter.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, ceramics

PMR-D2768
Netherlands, Amsterdam: small boats moored under a row of trees in autumn foliage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, canal

PMR-D2767
Netherlands, Amsterdam: colourful facades reflected in the waters of a canal.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2766
Netherlands, Amsterdam: autumn foliage and handsome facades reflected in the canal water - view from Nieuwe Spiegelstraat.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2765
Netherlands, Amsterdam: autumn foliage and handsome facades reflected in the canal water - view from Nieuwe Spiegelstraat.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2764
Netherlands, Amsterdam: an example of Art Deco architecture, an eclectic mixture of styles.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, Art Nouveau, Jugendstil

PMR-D2763
Netherlands, Amsterdam: "Saturnus", one of the traditional carved stone tablets over the door of an old burgher house.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2762
Netherlands, Amsterdam: the tower of the Westerkerk (1631) at 85m is the highest in Amsterdam. It was designed in Renaissance style by Hendrick de Keyser. Autumn foliage in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2761
Netherlands, Amsterdam: this canal is crossed by five successive bridges.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2760
Netherlands, Amsterdam: Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge), a traditional Dutch lifting bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, engineering

PMR-D2759
Netherlands, Amsterdam: a succession of bridges over the canal.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2758
Netherlands, Amsterdam: colourful houseboats moored on the Brouwersgracht (canal).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, floating homes

PMR-D2757
Netherlands, Amsterdam: autumn foliage reflected in the canal.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2756
Netherlands, Amsterdam: handsome office buildings on Weterings Schans, overlooking the Singelgracht (canal) with the flower-bedecked bridge in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2755
Netherlands, Amsterdam: handsome office buildings on Weterings Schans, overlooking the Singelgracht (canal) from the flower-bedecked bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2754
Netherlands, Amsterdam: handsome office buildings on Weterings Schans, overlooking the Singelgracht, with a passing canal cruiser in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2753
Netherlands, Amsterdam: handsome office buildings on Weterings Schans, overlooking the Singelgracht (canal) from the flower-bedecked bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2752
Netherlands, Amsterdam: handsome office buildings on Weterings Schans, overlooking the Singelgracht (canal).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2751
Netherlands, Amsterdam: the Gothic/Renaissance Revival facade of the Rijksmuseum, designed by Pierre Cuypers, which opened its doord on 13th July 1885. In 2013 it reopened after a ten-year-long reconstruction and medernisation.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, art gallery, paintings, Rembrandt, visual arts

PMR-D2750
Netherlands, Amsterdam: the impressive Gothic/Renaissance Revival facade of Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station, designed by Pierre Cuypers (who also designed the Rijksmuseum) and opened in 1889.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D2749
Netherlands, Amsterdam: the impressive Gothic/Renaissance Revival facade of Amsterdam Centraal Railway Station, designed by Pierre Cuypers (who also designed the Rijksmuseum) and opened in 1889.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland

PMR-D1085
Qatar, Doha: Islamic Cultural Centre Building.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D0319
Canada, Quebec City: bronze statue of a dancer.
Keywords: culture, art, dancing figure, contemporary art

PMR-D0297
Germany, Berlin: Interior of the newly restored Staatstheater (State Theatre) in Gendarmenmarkt Square, now an impressive concert hall.
Keywords: culture, luxurious, auditorium, decor, music performance

PMR365-12
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the "Amtsgericht" or County Court building with elaborate crest on the frieze and ornate window mouldings.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval, Baroque

PMR365-11
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the castle, which dates back to 1025 or even earlier, was constantly extended, and now comprises an inner courtyard and 5 outer courtyards, straggling along a ridge for 1051 metres, making it the longest castle in the world. The Christopher Gate to the castle, in the fifth courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-10
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the castle, which dates back to 1025 or even earlier, was constantly extended, and now comprises an inner courtyard and 5 outer courtyards, straggling along a ridge for 1051 metres, making it the longest castle in the world. Clocktower with sundial, and wellhouse, in the fifth courtyard of the castle.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-09
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: facades of the entire main street with the River Salzach and the bridge to Austria behind. As seen from the castle.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-08
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: rooftops and colourful facades of the centre of the town, seen from the castle. The Rathaus (Town Hall) is the pale green building on the right.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, mediaeval

PMR365-07
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the tower of St. Jacob's Parish Church and the town centre. The farther side of the River Salzach belongs to Austria, the customs post being at the end of the bridge. View from the roof of the "Palas" in the castle.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-06
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the castle, which dates back to 1025 or even earlier, was constantly extended, and now comprises an inner courtyard and 5 outer courtyards, straggling along a ridge for 1051 metres, making it the longest castle in the world. Lake Wöhr, which occupies the former course of the River Salzach, from the roof of the Palas.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-05
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the castle, which dates back to 1025 or even earlier, was constantly extended, and now comprises an inner courtyard and 5 outer courtyards, straggling along a ridge for 1051 metres, making it the longest castle in the world. Eggenberg Tower and curtain wall spanning Lake Wöhr, from the roof of the "Palas".
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-04
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the castle, which dates back to 1025 or even earlier, was constantly extended, and now comprises an inner courtyard and 5 outer courtyards, straggling along a ridge for 1051 metres, making it the longest castle in the world. View along the castle ridge from the roof of the "Palas" or Duke's Quarters.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-03
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the castle, which dates back to 1025 or even earlier, was constantly extended, and now comprises an inner courtyard and 5 outer courtyards, straggling along a ridge for 1051 metres, making it the longest castle in the world. The first and principal courtyard, with the "Kemnate" or living quarters on the left.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-02
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: the castle, which dates back to 1025 or even earlier, was constantly extended, and now comprises an inner courtyard and 5 outer courtyards, straggling along a ridge for 1051 metres, making it the longest castle in the world. Stephan's Tower and the main entrance.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables, fortifications, defence, mediaeval

PMR365-01
Germany, Bavaria, Burghausen: colourful facades on the main square, with the castle stretching along its ridge above and behind.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, gables

PMR364-10
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim: facade and clocktower of the Old Schleissheim Palace, built for Herzog Wilhelm V in 1598, and later extended.
Keywords: architecture, Schleißheimer Schloß, Schloss Schleissheim, Renaissance, culture , historic, heritage

PMR363-07
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Eichstätt: view of the town in "Franconian Switzerland" from a nearby elevation, showing its many handsome Baroque buildings.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, gables

PMR349-12
India, Gwalior: view of the cliff on which Gwalior Fort stands, dominating the town below.
Keywords: culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, defence, geology

PMR349-11
India, Gwalior: the larger of a pair of Sasbahu Temples, dating from the 9th-11th centuries.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, ancient, masonry, Hindu, Jain

PMR349-10
India: a local family outside their mud-walled, thatched house in a small country village on the road from Agra to Gwalior.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, imposing, gables, timber-frame, half timbered, wattle and daub, München, capital city

PMR349-07
India, Agra: Fatehpur Sikri was to become the new capital of the Moghul Empire as ordained by Emperor Akbar. It was completed in 1570 but suddenly abandoned in 1586. However the Jami Masjid Mosque is in daily use; here, the white marble tomb of Shaikh Salim Chisti surrounded by marble lattice screens. It has a reputation of helping childless women.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, UNESCO, inlaid marble

PMR349-06
India, Agra: Fatehpur Sikri was to become the new capital of the Moghul Empire as ordained by Emperor Akbar. It was completed in 1570 but suddenly abandoned in 1586. Ankh Micholi Pavilion, whose roof is supported by unusual struts carved to resemble monsters. Panch Mahal in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, UNESCO

PMR349-05
India, Agra: Fatehpur Sikri was to become the new capital of the Moghul Empire as ordained by Emperor Akbar. It was completed in 1570 but suddenly abandoned in 1586. The five-storey Panch Mahal, reflected in one of the ornamental pools.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, UNESCO

PMR349-04
India, Agra: suburban street scene.
Keywords: culture, daily life, typical, tri-shaw, everyday scene

PMR349-03
India, Agra: the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum built on the orders of the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan between 1631 and 1653 for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. By evening light.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, majestic, graceful, symmetrical, masterwork, famous, UNESCO, reflections, light-effects

PMR349-02
India, Agra: the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum built on the orders of the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan between 1631 and 1653 for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Late afternoon - oblique view.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, majestic, graceful, symmetrical, masterwork, famous, UNESCO, light-effects

PMR349-01
India, Agra, one of the twin red sandstone mosques which flank the white marble Taj Mahal.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, symmetrical

PMR348-12
India, Agra: the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum built on the orders of the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan between 1631 and 1653 for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. By early afternoon light.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, majestic, graceful, symmetrical, masterwork, famous, UNESCO, reflections, light-effects

PMR348-11
India, Agra: the Taj Mahal, a mausoleum built on the orders of the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan between 1631 and 1653 for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. By early afternoon light.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, majestic, graceful, symmetrical, masterwork, famous, UNESCO, reflections, light-effects

PMR348-09
India, Agra, Sikandra: tomb of Moghul Emperor Akbar, completed in 1613. Architecturally a combination of Hindu and Muslim styles, it is built with red sandstone inlaid wwith white marble. A Little Egret on the grass in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, symmetry

PMR348-08
India, Agra: a bearded, turbanned Sikh, with the temple in the background.
Keywords: culture, traditional dress, religion, heritage, colourful

PMR348-07
India, Agra: barefoot Sikhs in the temple precinct.
Keywords: culture, traditional dress, religion, heritage

PMR348-06
India, Agra: Itimad-ud-daulah, the tomb of Persian, Mirza Ghiyas Beg, built 1622-1628 by Nur Jahan, was the first all-marble Moghul building, and the first to use extensive 'pietra dura' inlay work. It is regarded as a forerunner of the Taj Mahal.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, imposing, culture, symmetry

PMR348-05
India, Agra: 17th century gateway arch leading to the Itimad-ud-daulah. Built of red sandstone and finely inlaid with white marble.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, symmetry

PMR348-04
India, Agra, brightly painted ceremonial arch marking the entrance to the exposition/festival grounds.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, symmetry

PMR347-12
India, Agra, the Red Fort, built by the Moghuls, but probably dating back before the 10th century: The massive walls are decorated with fine carvings and the marble columns of the belvedere are inlaid with semi-precious stones.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, UNESCO

PMR347-11
India, Agra, the Red Fort, built by the Moghuls, but probably dating back before the 10th century: This white marble belvedere on the walls of the Red Fort offers extensive views of the Yamuna River.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing

PMR347-10
India, Agra, the Red Fort, built by the Moghuls, but probably dating back before the 10th century: The massive walls are decorated with fine carvings.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, UNESCO

PMR347-06
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Inside the City Palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur: the richly decorated Peacock Door and Balcony.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, artistic, ornate

PMR347-05
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Inside the City Palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur: an ornate marble archway flanked by marble elephants. Two of the smartly dressed retainers in the background.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage

PMR347-04
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Inside the City Palace of the Maharaja of Jaipur: an ornate marble archway flanked by marble elephants.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR347-03
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Traditional brightly-coloured puppets.
Keywords: culture, colourful, heritage, costume, dress, dolls, souvenirs

PMR347-02
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Behind the upper facade of the Palace of the Winds, where ladies of the royal household could watch life on the street unobserved.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, imposing, gables, timber-frame, half timbered, wattle and daub, München, capital city

PMR347-01
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". View of the main street from the top of the Palace of the Winds.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, panorama, Rotelbus

PMR346-12
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: the inner courtyard of the Palace of the Winds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage

PMR346-11
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Elephant rides.
Keywords: culture, colourful, heritage, Pachyderm, tourists

PMR346-10
India, Rajasthan, Amber/Amer: a seller of herbs and spices in a courtyard of the Fortress-Palace makes an attractive display of his wares.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, trader, stall

PMR346-09
India, Rajasthan, Amber/Amer: tourist bazaar in a courtyard of the Fortress-Palace.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, imposing, gables, timber-frame, half timbered, wattle and daub, München, capital city

PMR346-08
India, Rajasthan, Amber/Amer: Hall of Victory in the Fortress-Palace makes extensive use of inlaid mother-of-pearl and pieces of mirror glass.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, decoration, ornamentation

PMR346-07
India, Rajasthan, Amber/Amer: carved stone lattice window in the Fortress-Palace based on a honeycomb pattern.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, artistic, filigree

PMR346-06
India, Rajasthan, Amber/Amer: part of the gardens in the Fortress-Palace.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR346-05
India, Rajasthan, Amber/Amer: tourists are transported up the hill to the Fortress-Palace by elephants, frequently decorated in bright colours.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, tradition, Pachyderm

PMR346-04
India, Rajasthan, Amber/Amer: Amber Fort overlooks the old city, predecessor of the modern city of Jaipur, which was founded by Maharaja Jai Singh II in 1727.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, reflections, palace, fortifications, defence

PMR346-03
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Facade of the Palace of the Winds (Hawa Mahal), built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawaj Pratap Singh, "a stunning example of Rajput artistry". Ladies of the royal household could watch the street unobserved from here.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, capital city

PMR346-02
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Facade of the Palace of the Winds (Hawa Mahal), built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawaj Pratap Singh, "a stunning example of Rajput artistry". Ladies of the royal household could watch the street unobserved from here.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, capital city

PMR346-01a
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Jal Mahal Water Palace reflected in the waters of its lake, in the late rays of the sun.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city

PMR346-01
India, Rajasthan, Jaipur: capital city of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, and is known as "the pink city of India". Jal Mahal Water Palace reflected in the waters of its lake, in the late rays of the sun.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city

PMR345-12
India, New Delhi: Qutab Minar Complex, fine examples of early Afghan architecture. The victory tower is 73 metres high, has fine carvings on the base, and was started in 1193 after the defeat of the last Hindu kingdom in Delhi. On the right is the tomb of Imam Zamim.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, capital city

PMR345-11
India, New Delhi: Gandhi Memorial, simple but impressive.
Keywords: culture, historic, heritage, imposing, capital city, monument, statues, bronze

PMR345-10
India, New Delhi: Gandhi Memorial, simple but impressive.
Keywords: culture, historic, heritage, imposing, capital city, monument, statues, bronze

PMR345-09
India, New Delhi: Laxmi Narayan Mandir, a Hindu Temple built in 1938 by the industrialist Birla, dedicated to Vishnu and his consort, Laxmi.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, garish

PMR345-08
India, New Delhi: Laxmi Narayan Mandir, a Hindu Temple built in 1938 by the industrialist Birla, dedicated to Vishnu and his consort, Laxmi.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, garish

PMR345-07
India, New Delhi: the golden dome of the Bangla Sahib Gurdwara Temple, with Sikh family on the busy forecourt.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city

PMR345-06
India, New Delhi: the large pool with surrounding portico for pre-worship ablutions, adjoining Bangla Sahib Gurdwara Sikh Temple.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, capital city, reflections, tradition

PMR345-05
India, New Delhi: late afternoon light on the gardens of Humayun's Tomb, with sacred cows among the palm trees.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, park, vegetation

PMR345-04
India, New Delhi: tomb of Moghul Emperor Humayan (1530-1556) built by his wife, Haji Begum, is regarded as an architectural forerunner of the Taj Mahal.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, dome, symmetry

PMR345-03
India, New Delhi: a dazzling array of saris (Hindu), salwars with kameez (Sikh) and churidhars (Sikh) worn by visitors to the Bahai House of Worship at Bahapur.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, heritage, capital city, traditional, dress

PMR345-02
India, New Delhi: Bahai House of Worship at Bahapur, built 1980-86 in the form of a lotus blossom with nine petals.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, heritage, imposing, capital city, graceful, symmetry

PMR344-12
India, New Delhi: Jami Masjid Mosque, built 1644-1658 by the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan, is the largest mosque in India with a capacity of 25,000 worshippers.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, Islam, Muslim, minarets, domes

PMR344-11
India, New Delhi: inside the Red Fort (Lal Qila), built 1638-1648 by the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan: gardens, with rows of columnar Ashoka trees.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, capital city, heritage

PMR344-10
India, New Delhi: inside the Red Fort (Lal Qila), built 1638-1648 by the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan: part of the richly carved marble courtyard of the Pearl Mosque.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, Islam, Muslim, domes

PMR344-09
India, New Delhi: inside the Red Fort (Lal Qila), built 1638-1648 by the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan: inlaid semi-precious stones on the pillars of the Diwan-i-khas (Hall of Private Audiences) with the domes of the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, Islam, Muslim

PMR344-08
India, New Delhi: inside the Red Fort (Lal Qila), built 1638-1648 by the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan: gateway pavilion, seen from a typical arched colonnade.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city

PMR344-01
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: old warehouses on the banks of the River Rhine.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, gables, Köln

PMR343-12
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Old Town Hall, part 14th century Gothic, with portal from the Renaissance period.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, heritage, imposing, wattle and daub, gables, Köln

PMR343-11
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Renaissance portal of the Old Town Hall.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, gables, Köln

PMR343-10
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: floodlit gabled houses and open air restaurants on the Frankenwerft, with Gross St. Martin and the ghostly towers of the cathedral in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Köln

PMR343-09
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: evening on the Rhine quays, with floodlit gables, Gross St. Martin and cathedral. The brightly-lit restaurant ships are reflected in the waters of the Rhine.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Köln, illuminated, night lights

PMR343-08
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: evening on the Rhine quays, with floodlit gables, Gross St. Martin, TV-Tower and cathedral.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Köln, illuminated, night lights

PMR343-07
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Gothic 15th century tower of the Old Town Hall seen from th Old Market Place (Alter Markt).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Köln, monument

PMR343-06
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: facade of the Gothic south transept of the cathedral, with a forest of flying buttresses.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, imposing, Köln

PMR343-05
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: tall, narrow, gabled, burgher houses (rebuilt after the war) overlooked by the apses of Gross St. Martin, on the Frankenwerft in the pedestrian zone. The open air restaurants come to life in the evenings.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Köln

PMR343-04
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: tall, narrow, gabled, burgher houses (rebuilt after the war) and modern fountain on the Frankenwerft in the pedestrian zone.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Köln

PMR343-01
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne: Hahnentor, formerly the main entrance gate to the city from the west.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Köln, castellations

PMR342-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Lindau: the harbour, with a lake steamer entering between the famous Bavarian lion and lighthouse.
Keywords: picturesque, island, Swabia, Bodensee, Lake Constance, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture

PMR342-10
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Lindau: Hauptstrasse, now a pedestrian precinct, is lined by tall mediaeval burgher houses.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, island, Swabia, Bodensee, Lake Constance, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture

PMR342-09
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Lindau: the former church of St. Peter (11th century), now a war memorial, contains original frescoes by Hans Holbein.
Keywords: island, Swabia, Bodensee, Lake Constance, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, work of art, paintings

PMR342-05
Switzerland, Berne: figure on the cathedral tower portraying the builder of the cathedral.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, stonework, stone carving, sculpture

PMR342-04
Switzerland, Berne: figure on the cathedral tower portraying the cathedral architect.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, stonework, stone carving, sculpture

PMR342-03
Switzerland, Berne: tympanum of the main portal of Berne Cathedral showing the Last Judgement and containing 234 figures, sculpted by Master Erhard Küng.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Gothic, stonework, stone carving, masterpiece

PMR338-03
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Markus Tower and Röder Gate. With colourful wrought iron trader's sign.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, imposing, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse

PMR338-02
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Hafengasse and Röder Gate. With colourful wrought iron traders' signs.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse

PMR338-01
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Rothenburg ob der Tauber: the Old Forge and Blacksmith.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse

PMR334-10
England, Norfolk, Norwich: the cathedral was built in Norman style, the foundation stone being laid in 1096. The Gothic cloisters seen from the south east.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, ancient, monument, heritage

PMR334-09
England, Norfolk, Norwich: the cathedral was built in Norman style, the foundation stone being laid in 1096. View of the tower, south transept and part of the nave, from the cloisters.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, ancient, monument, heritage

PMR334-08
England, Norfolk, Norwich: the cathedral was built in Norman style, the foundation stone being laid in 1096. View of the spire and facade of the south transept.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, ancient, monument, heritage

PMR334-07
England, Norfolk, Norwich: the cathedral was built in Norman style, the foundation stone being laid in 1096. View of the spire, the second highest in England.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, ancient, monument, heritage

PMR334-04
England, Norfolk, Norwich: founded at the time of the Norman Conquest, Norwich Castle retains only the much-renovated highly ornamented keep, which is now home to the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Bath stone, ancient, monument

PMR333-04
Denmark, Copenhagen, Tivoli Gardens at night: boating pool with pagoda and weeping willow tree.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, illuminations, lights, bright, reflections, entertainment, attraction, spectacle

PMR332-12
Denmark, Copenhagen, Tivoli Gardens at night: pools with fountains in front of an illuminated pavilion.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, illuminations, lights, bright, reflections, entertainment, attraction, spectacle

PMR332-11
Denmark, Copenhagen, Tivoli Gardens at night: the Oriental Pavilion and Gardens.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, illuminations, lights, bright, reflections, entertainment, attraction, spectacle

PMR332-10
Denmark, Copenhagen: sailing boats moored in the picturesque Nyhavn (Gammel Strand), with the brightly coloured 17th century burgher houses lining the waterfront. In the foreground sightseeing boats returning after touring the harbour.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, attraction, entertainment

PMR332-09
Denmark, Copenhagen: sailing boats moored in the picturesque Nyhavn (Gammel Strand), with the brightly coloured 17th century burgher houses lining the waterfront.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, attraction, entertainment

PMR332-08
Denmark, Helsingor (Elsinore): statue of Hercules and the Hydra on the waterfront.
Keywords: culture, myth, legend, Greek, monument, sculpture, Heracles

PMR332-07
Denmark, Helsingor (Elsinore): Kronborg Fortress, built in the 1630s on the site of the original "Krogen" Fortress from 1420, showing moat and curtain walls.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, imposing

PMR332-06
Denmark, Helsingor (Elsinore): inner courtyard of Kronborg Fortress, built in the 1630s on the site of the original "Krogen" Fortress from 1420.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, imposing

PMR332-02
Sweden, Vadstena: typical wooden houses line the main street.
Keywords: architecture, culture, traditional, colourful, street scene

PMR332-01
Sweden, Vadstena: Radhuset, the oldest town hall in Sweden (1400); the square tower was added at the end of the 15th century. It now serves as a bistro.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR331-12
Sweden, Vadstena: Renaissance castle with moat, begun by Gustav Vasa in 1545, has four massive corner towers, and a central tower which contains the chapel.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, fortifications, defence, red-brick

PMR331-11
Sweden, Vadstena: Renaissance castle with moat, begun by Gustav Vasa in 1545, has four massive corner towers, and a central tower which contains the chapel.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, fortifications, defence, red-brick, reflections

PMR331-10
Sweden, Stockholm: Royal Dramatiska Theatre, an "art nouveau" palace built 1901-8, has four stages.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, heritage, capital city, drama, art deco

PMR331-09
Sweden, Stockholm: full-rigged sailing ship "af Chapman" built in 1887 by the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company, moored off Skepps Island, is used as a youth hostel. Her original name was "Dunboyne" then "G.D. Kennedy" and she made several trips round the world as a training ship until 1934.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, capital city, 3-master, veteran, vintage

PMR331-08
Sweden, Stockholm: Stall Bridge and the entrance to Parliament Building on Helgeand Island.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, street scene

PMR331-07
Sweden, Stockholm: Changing of the guard in the West Court of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, equestrians, soldiers, uniform, mounted guards, cannon, ceremony

PMR331-06
Sweden, Stockholm: Changing of the guard in the West Court of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, equestrians, soldiers, uniform, mounted guards, ceremony

PMR331-05
Sweden, Stockholm: relief of the Palace Guard in front of the south entrance to the Royal Palace.
Keywords: culture, historic, heritage, capital city, colourful, uniform, soldiers, cobblestones

PMR331-04
Sweden, Stockholm: Prince Regent's Palace, Gustav Adolf Square, and the Opera House, with reflections in Norrström.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, capital city

PMR331-03
Sweden, Stockholm: Stadshuset from the Klara Mälar-Strand, starting point for pleasure cruising trips.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, capital city, quayside, jetty

PMR331-02
Sweden, Stockholm: view of the old city (Riddarsholmen and Gamla Stan) from the 100-metre-high tower of the Stadshuset, showing: Ropyal Palace (left), Storkyrkan (cathedral), Riddarhuset (Knights' House), Riddarholmskyrkan (Knight Island Church), and Wrangel Palace etc.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, capital city, panorama, aerial view, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, cloudscape

PMR331-01
Sweden, Stockholm: view of the modern city from the 100-metre-high tower of the Stadshuset, showing: Centralbron flyover, railway station (left), church of St. Clare, and new tower block developments.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, capital city, panorama, aerial view, traffic, elevated roads

PMR330-12
Sweden, Stockholm: view from the south entrance to the Royal Palace, showing the National Museum and, in the distance, impressive frontages on the Strandvägen across the water.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, boats, street scene, ferryboat, moorings

PMR330-11
Sweden, Stockholm: statue of St. George and the Dragon (?) and fountain on Köpman-brinken in Gamla Stan (the old quarter).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city

PMR330-10
Sweden, Stockholm: Stortorget (market place), where the Danish King Christian II had 80 members of the Swedish aristocracy executed in 1520 and the whole square ran red; stock exchange building, and the tower of Storkyrkan (cathedral).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, street scene, trade sign

PMR330-09
Sweden, Stockholm: the Royal Palace, completed 1770 to plans of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, containing 500+ rooms, only a handful of which are open to the public. South entrance, with a triumphal arch motiv, dedicated to Charles XII.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city

PMR330-08
Sweden, Stockholm: Strömgatan, with Prince Regent's Palace in the foreground, and Rosenbad Palace extreme left.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, colourful, heritage, capital city

PMR330-07
Sweden, Stockholm: statue of a male figure in the Ström parterre garden on Helgeands Island, with the Opera House in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, colourful, heritage, imposing, capital city, drama, stage, music, acting

PMR330-06
Sweden, Stockholm: the New Opera House, a Baroque building from 1898, stands on the site of the Old Opera House. Side view from Helgeands Island.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, colourful, heritage, imposing, capital city, statue, drama, stage, music, acting

PMR330-05
Sweden, Stockholm: St. Jacob's Church, completed in 1643, received a new tower after the fire of 1723. Until 1968 it was painted yellow.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, capital city

PMR330-04
Sweden, Stockholm: equestrian statue of Gustav II Adolf in Gustav Adolf Square with Prince Regent's Palace (built 1783-94) in the background, now the home of the foreign ministry.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, monument

PMR330-03
Sweden, Stockholm: the Royal Palace, completed 1770 to plans of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, containing 500+ rooms, only a handful of which are open to the public.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city

PMR330-02
Sweden, Stockholm: Stall Bridge and entrance arch to the Riksdagshuset (Parliament Building) on Helgeands Island, built 1894-1906 to plans of architect Aron Johansson. On the left, the classical Kanslihuset (Chancellery), built 1922-36.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city

PMR330-01
Sweden, Stockholm: Rosenbad Palace, built to the design of architect Ferdinand Boberg in 1902-4, and now providing offices for the prime minister.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, heritage, capital city, reflections

PMR329-12
Sweden, Stockholm: Riddarholmskyrkan (Church on Knights' Island), completed ca.1300 for the Franciscans, but much altered since. It contains the tombs of the Bernadotte family, as well as many field marshalls.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, capital city

PMR329-11
Sweden, Stockholm: Wrangel Palace, built in 1630, but later rebuilt for Field Marshal Wrangel (1670). It was the royal family residence from 1697 to 1754, but presently serves as council chambers.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, monument

PMR329-10
Sweden, Stockholm: Stadshuset (City Hall), the symbol of Stockholm, built 1911-23 and richly furnished in contemporary style. The belltower is 100 metres high.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, heritage, imposing, capital city

PMR329-09
Sweden, Stockholm: Stadshuset (City Hall) in early morning sunshine, with flowers on the quayside in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city

PMR329-08
Sweden, Stockholm: the facade of the Riddarhuset (Knights' House), a Classical/Baroque palace built between 1641 and 1674.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, capital city

PMR329-07
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. Granite-faced office block on the north bank of the River Aurajoki, with returning fishing boat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, imposing, watercraft, moorings

PMR329-06
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. The red-painted house is the Qwensel House, the oldest wooden building in the town, now home to a pharmacy museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, watercraft, moorings, boats

PMR329-05
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. Turku Art Museum, built with local granite.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, imposing

PMR329-04
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. fruit and flower market in the Market Square, with the green dome of the Orthodox Church in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, gladioli, tiger lilies

PMR329-03
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. Turku Castle dates back to 1280, but has been expanded a number of times. View of the inner courtyard. It now houses the town's historical museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, red-brick, cobblestones

PMR328-09
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. Samppalinna windmill, adjacent to the summer theatre arena on a hill above the south bank.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage

PMR328-08
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Turku Cathedral, parts of which go back to early 13th century, was the national cathedral until 1812, when Helsinki became capital instead of Turku, Finland's oldest town.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, cannas

PMR328-06
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. The town has grown up around the River Aurajoki. The modern theatre lies on the south bank.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, watercraft, boats, moorings, stage, drama, plays

PMR328-05
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. Turku Castle dates back to 1280, but has been expanded a number of times. It now houses the town's historical museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, red-brick

PMR328-04
Finland, Helsinki: harbour scene, backed by buildings on Pohjoisranta - the Northern Shore.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, colourful, heritage, capital city, Helsingfors, boats, moorings

PMR328-03
Finland, Helsinki: Uspenski Cathedral, the Orthodox cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary, completed in 1868.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, capital city, Helsingfors

PMR328-02
Finland, Helsinki: the cathedral, completed in 1852 to designs of C.L. Engel, stands in Senate Square. Oblique view showing the classical facades, each with six Corinthian columns.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, capital city, Helsingfors

PMR328-01
Finland, Helsinki: the cathedral, completed in 1852 to designs of C.L. Engel, stands in Senate Square. The monument is dedicated to Tsar Alexander II and was created by sculptor Walter Runeberg in 1894.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, capital city, Helsingfors, statue

PMR327-12
Finland, Helsinki: view of the harbour and dome of the cathedral, with bowsprit and anchor of a sailing boat in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, Helsingfors

PMR327-11
Finland, Helsinki: the Presidential Palace, built in 1818 as a private residence and converted in 1843 by C.L. Engel. A new palace was under construction in 1990.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, Helsingfors

PMR327-08
Finland, Helsinki: home grown vegetables and flowers on sale from a boat moored near Market Square.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, colourful, capital city, Helsingfors, trading

PMR327-07
Finland, Helsinki: the cathedral, completed in 1852 to designs of C.L. Engel, stands in Senate Square. The monument is dedicated to Tsar Alexander II and was created by sculptor Walter Runeberg in 1894.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, imposing, capital city, Helsingfors, statue

PMR327-06
Finland, Helsinki: breakfast in the open air, outside the old market hall, with the cathedral visible in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, heritage, capital city, Helsingfors, restaurant, eating

PMR327-05
Finland, Helsinki: harbour scene with sailing ship/houseboat and Uspenski Cathedral in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, Helsingfors

PMR327-04
Finland, Porvoo (in Swedish: Borga): wooden houses bordering the River Borga, with the roof of the cathedral visible on the hill behind. The town, Finland's second oldest, was founded in 1364 by Magnus Eriksson.
Keywords: culture, historic, heritage, dwellings, riverine, landscape

PMR327-03
Finland, Porvoo (in Swedish: Borga): the simple cathedral dates back to 1418. The town, Finland's second oldest, was founded in 1364 by Magnus Eriksson.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, mediaeval

PMR327-02
USSR, Leningrad: the Winter Canal, between the Hermitage Theatre (left) and the Old Hermitage (right).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, motorboat, arches

PMR327-01
USSR, Leningrad: part of the south west facade of the Winter Palace. Designed mainly by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, it was the seat of the Tsars from the early 18th century. The Hermitage Museum is now housed in part of the complex.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, Baroque, Rococo, St. Petersburg

PMR326-12
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: wooden "Matryoshka" dolls on offer in the park.
Keywords: culture, colourful, souvenirs, wooden dolls, toys, traditional, market, stall, St. Petersburg, gardens, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-11
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the small Marly Palace, built to accommodate guests, viewed from the top of the Marly Cascade, or Golden Hill Cascade, which is adorned with statues of mythological figures. The fountain is one of the "Ménager" (i.e. economic - they are "hollow") Fountains.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, fountains, waterplay, statues, gardens, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-10
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the small Marly Palace, built to accommodate guests, viewed from the top of the Marly Cascade, or Golden Hill Cascade, which is adorned with statues of mythological figures.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, fountains, waterplay, statues, gardens, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-09
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the moated Hermitage, where guests and the laid table were together raised on a lift to the upper storey, where they could dine in privacy.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, St. Petersburg, Baroque, park, gardens, grounds

PMR326-08
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the Adam Fountain with its twin conservatories.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, garden, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-07
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the Fir Tree Fountains spray the unwary visitor.
Keywords: culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, waterplay, gardens, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-06
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: 505 water jets combine to create the Pyramid Fountain.
Keywords: culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, waterplay, garden, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-05
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the Orangery with its gardens and gilded Triton fountain.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-04
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the Palace Church in the East Pavilion has a golden cupola surmounted by a cross.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg, Baroque, Peterhof

PMR326-03
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the two Roman Fountains in the parterre which are based on originals in St. Peter's Square, Rome. Colourful flowerbeds in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, heritage, St. Petersburg, garden, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-02
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: view of the twin Roman Fountains from the Chessboard Cascade stairway, with statues in the foreground depicting antique gods.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, colourful, heritage, St. Petersburg, gardens, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR326-01
USSR, Leningrad, Petrodvorets: the Sun Fountain in the park revolves under its own power.
Keywords: metropolis, culture, historic, St. Petersburg, waterplay, garden, park, grounds, Peterhof

PMR325-12
USSR, Leningrad: view of the West Pavilion of the Great Palace of Petrodvorets with costumed court lady posing in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, St. Petersburg, Baroque, period dress, pretty girl, model, Peterhof

PMR325-11
USSR, Leningrad: view of the West Pavilion of the Great Palace of Petrodvorets surmounted by the double eagle, with the Fountain of Spring and Summer.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg, Baroque, Peterhof

PMR325-10
USSR, Leningrad: view of the Great Palace of Petrodvorets from the Upper Park, with the Dolphin Fountain in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg, Peterhof

PMR325-09
USSR, Leningrad: view of the Great Palace of Petrodvorets from the Upper Park, with statues in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg, Peterhof

PMR325-08
USSR, Leningrad: Neva panorama (from left): Academy of Sciences, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (formerly the Kunstkamera), Zoological Museum, the Exchange and a Rostral Column on the Strelka, seen from the Hermitage Hydrofoil landing platform.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, St. Petersburg, Baroque

PMR325-07
USSR, Leningrad: Cathedral of the Resurrection in Smolny Convent, begun in 1748 by Elizabeth I but only finished in the 1830s. Another of Rastrelli's creations, today (1990) it houses an exhibition devoted to the city of Leningrad.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg, impressive

PMR324-07
USSR, Leningrad: Peter and Paul Fortress, with the golden spire of the cathedral reflected in the waters of the Kronverk Canal.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg, fortifications, defence

PMR324-06
USSR, Leningrad: Cruiser "Aurora", now a museum ship, sided with the Bolsheviks in 1917 and actively promoted the revolution. From here came the signal to storm the Winter Palace.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, warship, navy, marine, steamship, veteran

PMR324-05
USSR, Leningrad: the Armenian Church on Nevsky Prospekt, built by Velten between 1771-80. Presently in use as a storeroom (1990).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg, Classical

PMR324-04
USSR, Leningrad: buildings on Nevsky Prospekt, viewed from the gardens of Kazan Cathedral. No. 28, on the right, built in 1912-14, now the "House of Books" formerly belonged to the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg

PMR324-03
USSR, Leningrad: central tower of the Admiralty Buildings, one of the first projects of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg (1704-5) and the hub and emblem of the city.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg

PMR324-02
USSR, Leningrad: central tower of the Admiralty Buildings, one of the first projects of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg (1704-5) and the hub and emblem of the city.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg

PMR324-01
USSR, Leningrad: Peter the Great Monument "The Bronze Horseman" in the Square of the Decembrists, dedicated by Catherine the Great on 07.08.1782, the centenary of his accession.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, equestrian, statue, St. Petersburg

PMR323-12
USSR, Leningrad: St. Isaac's Cathedral, the world's 3rd largest domed church (after St. Peter's, Rome and St. Paul's, London). Built between 1818 and 1858 to a design of Auguste Ricard de Montferrand of red granite and grey marble.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, Classical, St. Petersburg

PMR323-11
USSR, Leningrad: Nicholas I Monument, designed by Montferrand, the architect of St. Isaac's Cathedral, and unveiled in 1859. The allegorical figures have features of the Tsar's wife and daughters who commissioned the work.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, equestrian, statue, St. Petersburg

PMR323-10
USSR, Leningrad: Nicholas I Monument in Isaac Square with the gilded dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral providing an impressive background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Orthodox, equestrian, statue, St. Petersburg

PMR323-09
USSR, Leningrad: view of the Alexander Column and Winter Palace from the twin arches of the General Staff Headquarters.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Baroque, St. Petersburg

PMR323-08
USSR, Leningrad: corner of Palace Square where the Guards Headquarters (1837-43) adjoins the Winter Palace.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Baroque, Rococo, St. Petersburg

PMR323-07
USSR, Leningrad: main entrance of the Winter Palace on Palace Square. Designed mainly by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, it was the seat of the Tsars from the early 18th century. The Hermitage Museum is now housed in part of the complex.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, Baroque, Rococo, St. Petersburg

PMR323-06
USSR, Leningrad: Alexander Column in Palace Square with the Winter Palace behind. 47.5 metres high and cut from a single block of granite, in 1829-34, it commemorates the Russian victory over Napoleon.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, monument, imposing, St. Petersburg

PMR323-05
USSR, Leningrad: Academy of Sciences and Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (formerly the Kunstkamera) on University Quay, seen from the far bank of the River Neva.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Baroque, panorama, imposing, St- Petersburg

PMR323-03
USSR, Leningrad: Museum of Anthropology aand Ethnography, formerly the Kunstkamera, on University Quay overlooking the River Neva. The further building is the classical Academy of Sciences.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Baroque, imposing, St. Petersburg

PMR323-02
USSR, Leningrad: Rostral Columns, formerly lighthouses, on the Strelka, decorated with ships' prows and based on Roman originals (rostrum = prow).
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, monument, sculpture, street scene, St. Petersburg

PMR323-01
USSR, Leningrad: Peter and Paul Fortress: the mausoleum in the foreground is connected to the cathedral (behind) by a passageway.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, Baroque, St. Petersburg

PMR322-12
USSR, Leningrad: returning pleasure boat on the River Neva, with late afternoon sun illuminating the golden spire of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, boat, river-cruiser, tourism, sightseeing, St. Petersburg

PMR322-11
USSR, Leningrad: north west facade of the Winter Palace, 250 metres long, overlooking the River Neva Designed mainly by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, it was the seat of the Tsars from the early 18th century.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, Baroque, Rococo, Hermitage, St. Petersburg

PMR322-10
USSR, Leningrad: tourists can view the city in comfort by horse-drawn stagecoach, here passing through Palace Square, with the Alexander column in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, monument, city-tour, St. Petersburg

PMR322-09
USSR, Leningrad: General Staff Headquarters on Palace Square, facing the Winter Palace, built by Carlo Rossi between 1819 and 1829.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, crescent, arches, monument, chariot, horse-drawn, imposing, St. Petersburg

PMR322-08
USSR, Leningrad: Strogonov Palace, built in 1752-54 by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, stands on the Moyka River. The Strogonovs were one of Russia's leading families and patrons of the arts.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Baroque, noble, imposing, St. Petersburg

PMR322-07
USSR, Leningrad: Nevsky Prospekt, with the "Art Nouveau" Comedy Theatre, No. 56, in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, Art Deco, Jugendstil, street scene, traffic, St. Petersburg

PMR322-06
USSR, Leningrad: Matryoshka dolls are displayed everywhere, in all sizes and colours, even one with the features of President Gorbachov.
Keywords: metropolis, culture, colourful, souvenirs, wooden dolls, toys, traditional, market, stall, St. Petersburg

PMR322-05
USSR, Leningrad: tourist souvenirs are on offer on all sides of Pushkin Square.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, colourful, matryoshka dolls, market, stalls, traditional, toys, St. Petersburg

PMR322-04
USSR, Leningrad: Pushkin Theatre (formerly Alexandra Theatre) built in 1828-32 by Carlo Rossi, in Pushkin Square. Side view.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, drama, acting, thespians, stage, plays, St. Petersburg

PMR322-03
USSR, Leningrad: Pushkin Monument on the "Square of the Arts", with the Russian Museum in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, author, playrwright, dramatist, statue, St. Petersburg

PMR322-01
USSR, Leningrad: Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, built between 1712-33, contains the tombs of the Tsars. The golden spire is 122 metres high, by decree the highest building in Leningrad.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, St. Petersburg

PMR321-12
USSR, Leningrad: shooting a film (peasants ' revolt?) in the Peter and Paul Fortress, with horse-drawn carriages. On the right is Peter the Great's Boathouse, built in 1762-66, where he learnt the art of navigation.
Keywords: culture, historic, colourful, heritage, monument, St. Petersburg, acting, film scene

PMR321-11
USSR, Leningrad: shooting a film (peasants ' revolt?) in the Peter and Paul Fortress, using smoke canisters. On the right is Peter the Great's Boathouse, built in1762-66, where he learnt the art of navigation.
Keywords: culture, historic, colourful, heritage, monument, St. Petersburg, acting, film scene

PMR321-10
USSR, Novgorod: plan of the Kremlin with its buildings on a signboard.
Keywords: culture, historic, heritage, map, guide, orienteerung, diagram

PMR321-09
USSR, Novgorod: Spasski Tower (15th century) at the southern end of the Kremlin wall, and Knyashi Tower (left).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, fortifications, defence

PMR321-08
USSR, Novgorod: Victory Monument commemorating the liberation from the Nazis in 1944.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, statue, equestrian, horseman, allegorical

PMR321-07
USSR, Novgorod: view of the Kremlin walls and beach, from the Victory Monument.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, fortifications, defence

PMR321-06
USSR, Novgorod: bridge over the River Volkhov, with Kremlin walls, domes and belltower of St. Sophia's Cathedral, built in 1045-50 by Kiev architects.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, landscape, skyline

PMR321-05
USSR, Novgorod: distant view of the Kremlin walls and the domes of St. Sophia from the far side of the River Volkhov, with a colourful flowerbed in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR321-04
USSR, Novgorod: (left) Yaroslav Princes' Court (11th century) and (right) St. Procop's Church (1529).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR321-03
USSR, Novgorod: Kremlin wall with defence towers and Pokrov Church. The tower in the foreground is the Kokui Tower, built in the 17th century.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, monument, capital city, fortifications, defence

PMR321-02
USSR, Novgorod: Pokrov Church (14th century) with the Kremlin walls behind. At the moment it is home to the restaurant "Detinets".
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR321-01
USSR, Novgorod: monument erected to commemorate the Russian Millennium in 1862, designed by M. Mieschin. The domes of St. Sophia's Cathedral are visible in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, artistic, art

PMR320-12
USSR, Novgorod: monument erected to commemorate the Russian Millennium in 1862, designed by M. Mieschin.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, artistic, art

PMR320-10
USSR, Moscow: Novodevichiy Convent - the Chapel, built in 1911 by Vladimir Pokrovsky as a Burial Vault for the Prokhorov Family.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, monument, capital city, tomb, grave, UNESCO

PMR320-09
USSR, Moscow: Novodevichiy Convent - Dormition (Uspenskaya) Refectory Church, built 1685-7.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, Orthodox, UNESCO

PMR320-08
USSR, Moscow: Novodevichiy Convent - Our Lady of Smolensk, Smolensky Cathedral, the first building to arise in the convent, in 1525.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, capital city, Orthodox, UNESCO

PMR320-07
USSR, Moscow: Novodevichiy Convent - the Belltower, completed in 1690.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Orthodox, UNESCO

PMR320-06
USSR, Moscow: Novodevichiy Convent - the Transfiguration Gate Church, the northern entrance to the convent, built in 1687.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, capital city, Orthodox, UNESCO

PMR320-05
USSR, Moscow: Cathedral of Pokrov (St. Basil the Blessed) in Red Square, built 1555-60 for Ivan the Terrible. View from the west.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, monument, capital city, Pokrovsky, UNESCO, Byzantine

PMR320-04
USSR, Moscow: facade of GUM department store, 250 metres long, looking onto Red Square. Built 1888-93.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, monument, capital city, street scene

PMR320-03
USSR, Moscow: Cathedral of Pokrov (St. Basil the Blessed) in Red Square, built 1555-60 for Ivan the Terrible. View from the south.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, monument, capital city, Pokrovsky, UNESCO, Byzantine

PMR320-02
USSR, Moscow: Senate Building in the Kremlin, seat of the Soviet Council of Ministers (government), built in 1787 for Catherine the Great.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR320-01
USSR, Moscow: Tsar's Bell (Tsarsky Kolokol), the largest in the world, weighing 201.9 tonnes, cast in 1733-35 by Ivan Motorin but broken before it could be hung. It stands within the Kremlin walls.
Keywords: metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, monument, capital city, bronze, foundry, casting

PMR319-12
USSR, Moscow: view of the Kremlin and River Volga from Kamenny Bridge, showing the Kremlin walls and Water Tower.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, monument, capital city, skyline

PMR319-10
USSR, Moscow: Cathedral of the Assumption, built 1475-79 by Aristotle Fioravanti of Bologna.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, monument, capital city, church, Orthodox

PMR319-09
USSR, Moscow: Belltower of Ivan the Great, 81 metres high, built in the early 16th century.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, monument, capital city, golden dome

PMR319-08
USSR, Moscow: Church of the Deposition of the Robe, built 1484-86, within the Kremlin walls.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, monument, capital city, Orthodox

PMR319-07
USSR, Moscow: seated Lenin memorial (W. Pintschuk, 1967) in the Kremlin, surrounded by bright red salvias.
Keywords: metropolis, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, statue

PMR319-06
USSR, Moscow: Praesidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in the Kremlin, built 1932-4.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, neo-Classical

PMR319-05
USSR, Moscow: Cathedral of the Annunciation (1484-89) within the Kremlin walls.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, golden, domes, Orthodox

PMR319-04
USSR, Moscow: Cathedral of the Annunciation (1484-89) within the Kremlin walls.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, golden, domes, Orthodox

PMR319-02
USSR, Smolensk: Cathedral of the Assumption, begun in 1677 but only completed in the 18th century.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Chritian, religion, church, domes

PMR319-01
USSR, Smolensk: statue of Colonel Michail Ilarionovich Koutouzov who turned Napoleon's forces back at Smolensk in 1812. Cathedral of the Assumption in the background.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, monument, memorial

PMR318-12
USSR, Smolensk: Cathedral of the Assumption, begun in 1677 but only completed in the 18th century.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Chritian, religion, church, domes

PMR318-11
Poland, Cracow: entrance gate to the Wawel Fortress in Sandomierska Tower. The portcullis is lowered at night. In the background is the Senatorska Tower.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, fortifications, defence

PMR318-10
Poland, Cracow: Wawel bastion from the east - Stradom
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR318-09
Poland, Cracow: view of the Main Square showing the Town Hall Tower and the south end of the Cloth Hall.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, street scene

PMR318-08
Poland, Cracow: monument to the poet Adam Mickiewicz, the original destroyed by the Nazis, but replaced in 1955. The Cloth Hall in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, statue, memorial, street scene

PMR318-07
Poland, Cracow: the Cloth Hall, a mediaeval trading centre dating back to the early 14th century now contains tourist boutiques. View of the 100-metre-long frontage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR318-06
Poland, Cracow: people's march crossing the Main Square to the accompanyment of amplified protest songs, with the Cloth Hall in the background. A contingent from Wadowice with a banner displaying the Pope's portrait.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, procession, demonstration, movement, festival, celebration, holiday, happy

PMR318-05
Poland, Cracow: people's march crossing the Main Square to the accompanyment of amplified protest songs, with the Cloth Hall in the background. The banner celebrates 80 years of Kocnany.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, procession, demonstration, movement, festival, celebration, holiday, happy

PMR318-04
Poland, Cracow: people's march crossing the Main Square to the accompanyment of amplified protest songs, with the Cloth Hall in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, procession, demonstration, movement, festival, celebration, holiday, happy

PMR318-03
Poland, Cracow: a troupe of schoolgirl dancers in traditional costumes performing modern dance routines on a raised stage in the main square, in front of the Cloth Hall.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, heritage, festival, celebration

PMR318-02
Poland, Cracow: a troupe of schoolgirl dancers in traditional costumes performing modern dance routines on a raised stage in the main square, in front of the Cloth Hall.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, heritage, festival, celebration

PMR317-10
Poland, Cracow: the Grunwald Monument, donated in 1910 by Ignacy Paderewski, commemorates the 500th anniversary of the victory over the Teutonic Order.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, equestrian, horse-rider, statues, battle

PMR317-09
Poland, Cracow: the local artists display their work against the town wall, on both sides of the Florianska Gate.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, paintings, art display, artistic

PMR317-08
Poland, Cracow: Florianska Gate and Furriers' Tower, built in 1300-07, showing the Baroque bas-relief of St. Florian.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, town wall

PMR317-07
Poland, Cracow: St. Mary's Church, a Gothic basilica dating from the 14th century. The towers were added about 1478. From the taller one a bugle call sounds every hour, formerly the "all clear" signal from the watchman. In the foreground is the monument to the poet Adam Mickiewicz.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, statue, memorial, street scene

PMR317-06
Poland, Cracow: the Main Square (Rynek Glowny) with the disparate twin towers of St. Mary's Church, and monument to the poet Adam Mickiewicz.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR317-05
Poland, Cracow: the Cloth Hall, a mediaeval trading centre dating back to the early 14th century now contains tourist boutiques. View of the south end.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR317-04
Poland, Cracow: Town Hall Tower, completed in 1383, stands alone in the market place, the town hall having been demolished in 1820.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR317-03
Poland, Cracow: the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill (Wawel Cathedral), completed in 1364 in Gothic style, but displays many later additions in a variety of styles. It contains the tombs of the Polish kings and queens. The golden dome denotes Sigismund's Chapel.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR317-02
Poland, Cracow, Wawel Cathedral: Sigismund's Chapel with gilded dome, and its twin, the royal chapel of the Vasas.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR317-01
Poland, Cracow: graceful arcades surround the inner court of Wawel Castle on four sides.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR316-12
Poland, Cracow: the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill (Wawel Cathedral), completed in 1364 in Gothic style, but displays many later additions in a variety of styles. It contains the tombs of the Polish kings and queens. In the foreground, a display of bronze cannons outside the museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR316-11
Poland, Cracow: this bronze dragon, outside the "Dragon's Cave" at the foot of the Wawel Hill, really breathes fire.
Keywords: metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, legend

PMR316-10
Poland, Cracow: Thieves' Tower, part of the mediaeval defence system of the Wawel Fortress.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, medieval, heritage

PMR316-06
Czechoslovakia, Brno: Mahenovo Divadlo (the city theatre) on the east side of the city, a handsome classical building.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Slovakia, Brünn, Moravia, opera

PMR316-05
Czechoslovakia, Brno: market place (25th June Square) with view along Radnicka Street, and the old town hall.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Slovakia, Brünn, Moravia, street scene

PMR316-04
Czechoslovakia, Brno: market place (25th June Square) with the tower of the old town hall.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Slovakia, Brünn, Moravia, street scene

PMR316-03
Czechoslovakia, Brno: fountain in the market square (25th June Square) by J.B. Fischer von Erlach (1690-96), with local growers' stall in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Slovakia, Brünn, Moravia

PMR316-02
Czechoslovakia, Brno: tower of the old town hall and symbol of Brno, with carved Gothic figures above the doorway.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Slovakia, Brünn, Moravia

PMR316-01
Czechoslovakia, Brno: selling lottery tickets in Liberty Square. St. Jacob's Church in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Slovakia, Brünn, Moravia

PMR315-12
Czechoslovakia, Brno: the Virgin's Column stands in a corner of Liberty Square.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Slovakia, street scene, Brünn, Moravia

PMR315-11
Czechoslovakia, Brno: rich Gothic ornamentation above the main portal of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Slovakia, stone carving, Brünn, Moravia

PMR315-10
Czechoslovakia, Brno: the Church of Saints Peter and Paul overlooks the town from its position on the bastions.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Slovakia, Brünn, Moravia

PMR315-09
Czechoslovakia, Brno: Atlantes in Liberty Square make dwarfs of the shoppers beneath.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, Slovakia, street scene, Brünn, Moravia

PMR315-08
Czechoslovakia, Brno: Liberty Square, in the centre of the town, with St. Jacob's Church tower.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, Slovakia, heritage, Brünn, Moravia

PMR315-07
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Neuburg an der Donau: facade of the Hofkirche (early 17th century Baroque) and the Fountain of the Virgin.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage

PMR315-06
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: Residenzplatz, with facade of the south wing of the Prince-Bishops' Palace, and base of the Virgin's Column with its fountains.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR315-05
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: former administrative building of the Prince-Bishops (right), with (centre) gable of the courthouse of the cathedral chapter, and the twin towers of the cathedral itself.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Baroque

PMR315-04
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: Willibaldsburg (St. Willibald's Castle), built in 1353 - the Gemmingen Building seen from the west in the valley.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, fortifications, defence

PMR315-03
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: the spacious courtyard of the Rebdorf Monastery with the church towers in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR315-02
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: Willibaldsburg (St. Willibald's Castle), built in 1353 - view of the Gemmingen Building with north tower.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, fortifications, defence

PMR315-01
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: view from St. Willibald's Castle with Rebdorf Monastery and Grammar School in the centre.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, landscape, panorama, farmland

PMR314-12
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: Residenzplatz, with facade of the south wing of the Prince-Bishops' Palace, fountains with cherubs, and the Virgin's Column.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR314-11
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: view from St. Willibald's Castle with Rebdorf Monastery and Grammar School in the centre.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, landscape, panorama, farmland

PMR314-10
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: oriel window on the corner of Luitpold Strasse, with the Baroque Church of the Guardian Angel (1620) in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage

PMR314-09
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: St. Willibald's Fountain in the Market Place.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Renaissance

PMR314-08
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: the River Altmühl, seen from the town's bridge, with the church of St. Walburg Benedictine Convent in the distance.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, reflections, horse-chestnut tree, wooded

PMR314-07
Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Eichstätt: approach to the town by the bridge over the River Altmühl, with the Baroque west front of the cathedral behind.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR314-06
Switzerland, Basel: the Kunstmuseum, one of the world's most important art galleries, contains German and Flemish masters and many impressionists.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, collection, paintings, masterpieces, Holbein

PMR314-05
Switzerland, Basel: main entrance of the Münster (cathedral), with carvings in the red sandstone and handsome wooden doors. Begun in the 12th century, the building is partly Romanesque and partly Gothic. The gravestone of Erasmus is to be seen in the north aisle.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Christian, religion

PMR314-04
Switzerland, Basel: the famous Romanesque portal known as the St. Gall in the Münster (cathedral) Begun in the 12th century, the building is partly Romanesque and partly Gothic. The gravestone of Erasmus is to be seen in the north aisle.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Christian, religion

PMR314-03
Switzerland, Basel: Münster (cathedral), south west facade. Begun in the 12th century, the building is partly Romanesque and partly Gothic. The gravestone of Erasmus is to be seen in the north aisle.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Christian, religion

PMR314-02
Switzerland, Basel: St. Alban's Gate-Tower, dating back to 1230.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Gothic

PMR314-01
Switzerland, Basel: surviving part of the city's fortified wall in St. Alban-Tal (Valley)..
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, fortifications, defence

PMR313-12
Switzerland, Basel: Barfüsser Platz and Barfüsser Church, the former Franciscan Church, which now houses the Historical Museum where many of the city's treasures are to be seen.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR313-11
Switzerland, Basel: Andreas Platz manages to preserve its original appearance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage

PMR313-10
Switzerland, Basel: Market Place, with some of the varied facades, and tower of the city hall.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR313-09
Switzerland, Basel: City Hall (Rathaus), completed in about 1501 and renovated in 1901, with its colourful facade. The police post, surmounted by a colourful balcony from the time of the renovation.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Renaissance

PMR313-08
Switzerland, Basel: City Hall (Rathaus), completed in about 1501 and renovated in 1901, has a frescoed facade and gilded clock with painted and gilded figures.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Renaissance

PMR313-07
Switzerland, Basel: City Hall (Rathaus), completed in about 1501 and renovated in 1901, with its colourful facade.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, Renaissance

PMR313-06
Switzerland, Basel: blue flowers of Molltkia petraea and an array of cacti in the university botanical garden with the university buildings in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, colourful, horticulture

PMR313-05
Switzerland, Basel: newly renovated Baroque palace on Bernoulli Strasse near the Botanical Gardens.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, cobblestones

PMR313-04
Switzerland, Basel: mediaeval housing in the Peters Gasse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage

PMR313-03
Switzerland, Basel: old houses in the Peters Gasse, with St. Peters church tower behind.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR313-02
Switzerland, Basel: tethered ferry boat arriving from the north bank of the River Rhine, with the city's fireboat, ever ready for action.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, quayside, ferry crossing

PMR313-01
Switzerland, Basel: Hotel Euler, sporting a pink ribbon to celebrate its 125th anniversary.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, colourful, gift-wrapping

PMR312-12
Switzerland, Basel: Barfüsser Platz, with Restaurant "zum braunen Hutz" (with sgraffiti).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR312-11
Switzerland, Basel: pleasure boat berthed at the quay in front of the tourist office building.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, boat, motor cruiser

PMR312-10
Switzerland, Basel: the stone Middle Bridge on the site of the first stone bridge over the River Rhine, built in 1225. Flag in the foreground bears Basel's armorial symbol: a bishop's crosier
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR312-09
Switzerland, Basel: old patrician houses backing on to the Rhine; view from Oberer Rheinweg.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR312-08
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: view of the town, its vineyards and surrounding hills from above.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, medieval, countryside, landscape

PMR312-07
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: fountain, with the Banque Agricole and old houses with traditional arched doorways.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, heritage, cobblestones

PMR312-06
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: entrance to the Restaurant "au Petit Gourmet" with its handsome wrought iron sign.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR312-05
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: outside the town wall.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones, fortifications, defence

PMR312-04
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: red tablecloths distinguish the outdoor tables of the Hotel du Dolder.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones, diners

PMR312-03
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: fountain by the north gate with view down the main street.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR312-02
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: part of the town square and half timbered buildings at the top of the main street.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR312-01
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: one of the side alleys with glimpse of the church tower.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR311-12
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: Hotel/Restaurant "Le Sarment d'Or" in a side street.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, heritage, cobblestones

PMR311-11
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: diners in the main square, surrounded by historic, half timbered houses.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR311-10
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: open air restaurant in a leafy, secluded courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, heritage, dining

PMR311-09
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: view of the north gatetower, the Dolder, with cafe tables on the street.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR311-08
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: courtyard off the main street.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR311-07
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: wine house "Hugel" on the main street.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR311-06
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: main street with one of mny wine houses.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones, medieval

PMR311-05
France, Alsace, Riquewihr, a well preserved mediaeval village on the edge of the Vosges: half timbered houses near the south gate.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, medieval, timber-frame, lathe and plaster, heritage, cobblestones

PMR311-04
Switzerland, Basel: artist painting the cathedral, with the Middle Bridge over the River Rhine in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, artistic, painter

PMR311-03
Switzerland, Basel: view of the stone Middle Bridge over the River Rhine from the promenade "Oberer Rheinweg".
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR311-02
Switzerland, Basel: view of the cathedral from the Wettstein Bridge over the River Rhine.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR310-02
Germany, East Berlin: the rotating Universal Clock in Alexander Platz.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, technology, novelty, scientific, time

PMR310-01
Germany, East Berlin: crowds on Unter den Linden on May Day 1990 showing (left to right): Zeughaus (Arsenal)(1706), Cathedral, TV Tower and Staatsrat (GDR Parliament Building).
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, sightseers

PMR309-06
Germany, West Berlin: Charlottenburg Palace, completed in 1710. One of the Greek warrior figures on the main gate.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, Baroque, statue, sculpture

PMR309-05
Germany, West Berlin: Charlottenburg Palace, completed in 1710. Mausoleum in the park, built in 1810 by H. Gentz, containing the Prussian royal tombs.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, grave, burialplace, memorial

PMR309-03
Germany, West Berlin: Charlottenburg Palace, completed in 1710 reflected in the lake in the park.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, Baroque

PMR309-02
Germany, West Berlin: Charlottenburg Palace, completed in 1710. View from the formal gardens.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, Baroque

PMR309-01
Germany, West Berlin: Charlottenburg Palace, completed in 1710. View through the main gate showing the equestrian statue of the Great Elector in the Court of Honour.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, Baroque

PMR308-10
Germany, West Berlin: Siegessäule (Victory Column), 67 metres high, commemorating the campaigns of 1864, 66 and 70.. 285 steps lead to the gilded figure on the top.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful

PMR308-09
Germany, West Berlin: Siegessäule (Victory Column), 67 metres high, commemorating the campaigns of 1864, 66 and 70.. 285 steps lead to the gilded figure on the top.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful

PMR308-08
Germany, East Berlin: facade and tower of "Das rote Rathaus" (the red town hall), a red brick building built between 1861 and 1870, with the Neptunbrunnen, one of Berlin's oldest and finest fountains, in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, water feature, Neptune

PMR308-07
Germany, East Berlin: "Das rote Rathaus" (the red town hall), a red brick building built between 1861 and 1870, with fountains, seen from the base of the TV Tower.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, water feature

PMR308-06
Germany, East Berlin: the protestant cathedral (the Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church) (1905) with statuary on the Spree bridge in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, religion

PMR308-05
Germany, East Berlin: the protestant cathedral (the Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church) (1905) with equestrian figure on the steps of the National Gallery in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, religion

PMR308-04
Germany, East Berlin: part of the Staatsrat (East German Parliament) building, now demolished, with the TV Tower in the background.
Keywords: architecture, monument, culture, GDR

PMR308-03
Germany, East Berlin: protestant cathedral (1905) and bridge over the River Spree, with reflections in the water.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque

PMR308-02
Germany, East Berlin: the TV Tower, as seen from the Museum Island in the River Spree.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque

PMR308-01
Germany, West Berlin: pieces of the Berlin Wall being offered to tourists for DM 5 to DM 10 per piece, in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
Keywords: culture, historic, colourful, souvenirs, fragments

PMR307-09
Germany, West Berlin: the colourful Aquarium Building, part of Berlin Zoo.
Keywords: architecture, culture, zoological, fishes, sealife, marine life

PMR307-08
Germany, West Berlin: entrance gate to Berlin Zoo with its famous elephant supporters.
Keywords: monument, artistic, colourful, culture, gateway, exotic

PMR307-07
Germany, West Berlin: view of the old (ruined) and new (glass) Kaiser Wilhelm I Memorial Church.
Keywords: architecture, monument, culture, heritage, historic, contrast

PMR307-04
Italy, Tuscany, Florence: Fountain of Neptune (1576) in the Piazza della Signoria.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, monument, sculpture

PMR307-03
Italy, Tuscany, Florence: Fountain of Neptune (1576) in the Piazza della Signoria.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, monument, sculpture

PMR307-02
Italy, Tuscany, Florence: Ponte Vecchio and other bridges over the River Arno as seen from the Galleria degli Uffizi. The corridor on the right crosses the Ponte Vecchio over the shops and links the Uffizi with the Palazzo Pitti.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR307-01
Italy, Tuscany, Island of Elba: view of the fortress and lighthouse in Portoferraio, the capital, from the upper town. Hydrofoil leaving the bay in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, port, harbour, jetty, quay, water craft, moorings, fishing boats, panorama, vista

PMR306-12
Italy, Tuscany, Island of Elba, Porto Azzurro: fisherman mending his nets on the quayside with cat for company.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, port, harbour, jetty, quay, water craft, moorings, fishing boats

PMR306-11
Italy, Tuscany, Island of Elba, Porto Azzurro: boats moored in the harbour with barren hills in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, port, harbour, jetty, quay, water craft, moorings, fishing boats

PMR306-10
Italy, Tuscany, Island of Elba: as the road descends into Porto Azzurro there is a good view of the harbour.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, port, harbour, jetty, quay, water craft, moorings, fishing boats

PMR306-06
Italy, Tuscany, Massa Marittima: view of the cathedral apse and the well preserved belltower from below.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR306-05
Italy, Tuscany, Massa Marittima: the cathedral, seen over the rooftops from the upper town.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR306-04
Italy, Tuscany, Massa Marittima: the cathedral with belltower, designed by Enrico da Campione in Pisan Romanesque style.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR306-03
Italy, Tuscany, Massa Marittima: Piazza Garibaldi with the Romanesque Palazzo Pretorio (Law Courts) built in the 13th century.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR306-02
Italy, Tuscany, Sienna: Piazza del Campo and the Palazzo Pubblico with its 88-metre-high tower, the Torre del Mangia, built between 1288 and 1309.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR306-01
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: distant view of the town of prominent towers with vineyards and olive trees in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR305-12
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: popular resting place for tourists are the steps around the cistern in the Piazza della Cisterna.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR305-11
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: a typical side street, with solidly built dwellings.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR305-10
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: view of the remaining towers from "La Rocca", with flowering cherry tree in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR305-09
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: typical skyline, with some of the ancient towers.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR305-08
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: ancient houses in the Via San Giovanni.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR305-07
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: part of the cathedral steps with two of the famous towers in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR305-06
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: a corner of the Piazza del Duomo, from the steps of the cathedral.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR305-05
Italy, Tuscany, San Gimignano, famous for its fortified, soaring "Towers of Nobility" built in the Middle Ages during the struggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: Piazza della Cisterna with its cistern/well, towers and palaces.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic, Romanesque

PMR303-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Ingolstadt: the unequal (unfinished) towers of the Gothic minster, the Basilica of Our Lady, begun in the year 1425.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, church, red-brick

PMR303-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Ingolstadt: the Gothic Kreuztor (1385), gateway to the town, with the towers of the minster in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR302-10
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: view of the confluence of the Rivers Mosel (right) and Rhine (left), with the "Deutsches Eck" on the tongue of land between them, where once stood a gigantic equestrian statue of Wilhelm I. Seen from the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, barge

PMR302-09
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: all four towers of the Romanesque Basilica of St. Castor (Stiftskirche S. Kastor) from the south east.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR302-08
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: the twin west towers of the Basilica of St. Castor, erected in 1208. The Treaty of Verdun was drawn up in a predecessor basilica in 843 AD.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval

PMR302-07
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: British George VI postbox in the Casinostrasse near the Rathaus, in use and regularly emptied.
Keywords: culture, historic, colourful, letter box, postbox, mail box, red

PMR302-06
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: part of the Rathaus (Town Hall), the 17th century former Jesuit College.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR302-05
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: former Prussian Government Building, erected in 1905 in neo-Romanesque style, now houses the Ministry of Defence Technology.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR302-04
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: facade of the Electoral Palace, erected 1778-86 by Clement Wenceslaus, the last elector of Trier, and now home to a museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR302-03
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: bronze figures of market trader and policeman in the pedestrian zone.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, national heritage, statue, monument

PMR302-02
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: colourful oriel on Löhrstrasse in the pedestrian zone of the old town.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR302-01
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: handsome facades in the square 'Am Plan', with the twin towers of the Church of Our Lady in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR300-10
Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Stein-am-Rhein: half-timbered houses in a side street.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR300-09
Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Stein-am-Rhein: half-timbered house between two houses with oriel windows.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR300-08
Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Stein-am-Rhein: promenade and church tower from the Rhine bridge.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, Gothic, step gables

PMR300-06
Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Stein-am-Rhein: promenade and river frontages, with with Höhenklingen Castle atop the hill in the background.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, waterfront, wooded

PMR300-04
Switzerland, Schaffhausen, Stein-am-Rhein: frescoes on the facades of the Hotel Adler and Haus zum weissen Adler in the Rathausplatz (main square).
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, burger-house.

PMR224-04
Greece, Delphi: Apollo's Temple, erected between 370 and 330 BC, where the Omphalos stone (the centre of the Greek world) and the Pythia oracle were to be found. View from above, showing part of the amphitheatre and view of the valley.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations

PMR224-03
Greece, Delphi: Apollo's Temple, erected between 370 and 330 BC, where the Omphalos stone (the centre of the Greek world) and the Pythia oracle were to be found. View of part of the temple with the valley in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations

PMR206-11
Israel, Jerusalem: the Western (Wailing) Wall :
the lower 7 stone courses (19 more are below ground level!) are from the time of Herod (20 BC); the next 4 courses are from Roman times, and the top part was added at the time of the British mandate. At present it stands 18 metres high.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR299-12
Germany, Bavaria, Ansbach: the surviving towers of St. Gumbertus' Church after the church hall was rebuilt in the Baroque style in 1736. The Margrave George Frederick fountain is at lower centre of the picture.
Keywords: architecture, culture, hitoric, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, street scene

PMR299-08
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the cathedral, St. Georgsdom, set on a rocky spur, is a classic example of Transitional Gothic architecture which was prevalent in Germany between 1210 and 1250, and externally appears to be pure Romanesque. Here: early morning view from the east, showing the old castle which shares the same hill, with reflections.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, church, religion

PMR299-07
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the cathedral, St. Georgsdom, set on a rocky spur, is a classic example of Transitional Gothic architecture which was prevalent in Germany between 1210 and 1250, and externally appears to be pure Romanesque. Here: early morning view from the east, showing the old castle which shares the same hill, with reflections.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, church, religion

PMR299-05
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the old stone bridge over the River Lahn with its tower dating from 1543, reflected in the water.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval

PMR299-04
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the cathedral, St. Georgsdom, set on a rocky spur, is a classic example of Transitional Gothic architecture which was prevalent in Germany between 1210 and 1250, and externally appears to be pure Romanesque. Here: view of the colourful main entrance with its carvings.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, church, religion

PMR299-02
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the old stone bridge over the River Lahn with its tower dating from 1543, reflected in the water.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval

PMR298-12
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: Market place and Böhmergasse with sandstone fountain representing a figure drinking wine from a barrel held above his head.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster, street scene, oriel

PMR298-11
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: carved hobgoblins on a half timbered facade.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster, grotesques, imps

PMR298-10
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the cathedral, St. Georgsdom, set on a rocky spur, is a classic example of Transitional Gothic architecture which was prevalent in Germany between 1210 and 1250, and externally appears to be pure Romanesque. Here: view of the typical Romanesque blind arcaded apse at the east end.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, church, religion

PMR298-09
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: typical half-timbered houses on the Kolpingstrasse, with the mitre-roofed towers of the cathedral rising above the rooftops.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster, street scene, church, religion

PMR298-08
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the facades of these half-timbered houses lean at an alarming angle. Street cafés spread on to the road.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster, street scene

PMR298-07
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: half-timbered gables and oriels in the old quarter, with Hotel zum goldenen Hirsch (Golden Stag Hotel) in the centre.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster, street scene

PMR298-06
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the old Fish Market, surrounded by picturesque facades.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster, street scene

PMR298-04
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: the cathedral, St. Georgsdom, set on a rocky spur, is a classic example of Transitional Gothic architecture which was prevalent in Germany between 1210 and 1250, and externally appears to be pure Romanesque.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, church, religion

PMR298-03
German, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: this diminutive tower is all that remains of one of the town's mediaeval gates.
Keywords: architecture, culture, hostoric, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval

PMR298-01
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: row of half-timbered houses in a mews.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR297-12
Germany, Hessen, Limburg an der Lahn: picturesque facade of the Wirtschaft (Inn) zum Fegerer.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, timber frame, half timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR297-11
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments. View across the River Main.
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-06
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments.
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-05
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments.
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-04
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments. Here: the vine-covered terrace leading to the gardens.
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-03
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments. Here: view of the inner court with the keep, the only part remaining of the original mediaeval castle (1337).
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-02
Germany, Bavaria, Ansbach in Franconia: the asymetrical Gothic towers of St. Johannis, the Lutheran Parish Church, built in the 15th century. In the foreground is the Margrave George Frederick Fountain sporting a gilded knight.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, street scene

PMR297-01
Germany, Bavaria, Ansbach in Franconia: former town gate with clocktower, the Herrieder Gate, a "trademark" of Ansbach.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, street scene

PMR294-12
Yugoslavia, Zagreb: The National Theatre and Opera House, opened in 1895 by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, culture, music, performing arts

PMR294-11
Turkey, Edirne: Selim Mosque, built 1569-75 by the architect Sinan in the reign of Selim II.
View of the courtyard and ablutions fountain.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, minarets, architecture, Mohammed, culture, historic, heritage

PMR294-10
Turkey, Edirne: Selim Mosque, built 1569-75 by the architect Sinan in the reign of Selim II.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, minarets, architecture, Mohammed, culture, historic, heritage

PMR294-09
Turkey, Edirne: Selim Mosque, built 1569-75 by the architect Sinan in the reign of Selim II.
Frontal view.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, minarets, architecture, Mohammed, culture, historic, heritage

PMR294-08
Turkey, Ankara: the new guard marching down the parade to the Atatürk Mausoleum. Flanking the parade, Egyptian style, are neo-Hittite figures of lions.
Keywords: architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, heritage, memorial, artistic, military, platoon

PMR294-07
Turkey, Ankara: "Anitkabir", the temple-like mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Pasa (Atatürk), designed by architects Professors Emin Onat and Ahmet Orhan Arda, and completed in 1953. Showing the marble reliefs in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, heritage, memorial, artistic

PMR294-06
Turkey, Ankara: figures at the end of the parade leading to the Atatürk Mausoleum.
Keywords: street scene, traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, statues

PMR294-05
Turkey, Ankara: Turks on the Atatürk Boulevard with the Cumhuriyet (National) Monument behind.
Keywords: street scene, traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage

PMR294-04
Turkey, Ankara: Hatti Monument on the Atatürk Boulevard. The stylised figure of a stag is an ancient Hittite symbol of unknown meaning, but ubiquitous.
Keywords: picturesque, street scene, traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage

PMR294-03
Turkey, Ankara: fountains and pool in the Abdi Ipekci Park, adjoining Atatürk Boulevard.
Keywords: picturesque, street scene, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture

PMR290-10
Turkey, Myra: Lycian tombs carved into the cliff, dating back to the 4th century BC, later used as living quarters by Byzantines. Adjacent to the ancient town where St. Nicholas was bishop and now lies buried.
Keywords: ancient, historic, heritage, antiquity, archeology, architecture, culture, necropolis

PMR290-09
Turkey, Myra: Lycian tombs carved into the cliff, dating back to the 4th century BC, later used as living quarters by Byzantines. Adjacent to the ancient town where St. Nicholas was bishop and now lies buried.
Keywords: ancient, historic, heritage, antiquity, archeology, architecture, culture, necropolis

PMR289-07
Turkey, Hierapolis: source of the mineral spring which now issues forth from a number of culverts into the swimming pool.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, masonry, ruin, archeology, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, architecture, bathing, cool, refreshing, oleander

PMR289-06
Turkey, Hierapolis: crystal-clear waters of the swimming pool in Pamukkale, fed by the mineral spring, and featuring architectural fragments from the Roman edifice.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, masonry, ruin, archeology, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, architecture, bathing, cool, refreshing, oleander

PMR289-05
Turkey, Hierapolis: crystal-clear waters of the swimming pool in Pamukkale, fed by the mineral spring, and featuring architectural fragments from the Roman edifice.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, masonry, ruin, archeology, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, architecture, bathing, cool, refreshing, oleander

PMR289-04
Turkey, Hierapolis: main street and the Gate of Domitian (end of 1st century AD).
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, architecture

PMR289-03
Turkey, Hierapolis: sarcophagi in the extensive Roman Necropolis showing one of the burial chambers with a sarcophagus on the roof.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, architecture

PMR289-02
Turkey, Hierapolis: part of the extensive Roman Necropolis with Roman Baths in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, architecture

PMR288-09
Turkey, Hierapolis: evidence of earthquake activity may be seen in the 9" displacement of this stone water conduit.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, architecture

PMR288-08
Turkey, Hierapolis: built during Hadrian's rule the amphitheatre had seats for 15-20,000 spectators. Above the stage are two excellently preserved series of reliefs, of Apollo and Artemis.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, architecture

PMR287-12
Turkey, Denizli, Pamukkale ("Cotton Castle"): hot water springs deposit calcium carbonate on the travertine terraces, and the spectacular results have been visited by tourists for centuries. The "Red Spring", which bubbles out of the rock into this pool, before flowing away. At a steady 35 degrees C., it is too hot to bathe in.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, picturesque, UNESCO, world heritage, colourful, geology, remarkable, fantastic, sedimentary, Hierapolis

PMR287-11
Turkey, Aphrodisias: stoa of the palaestra adjoining the Baths of Hadrian (?)
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR287-10
Turkey, Aphrodisias: view of the stage of the amphitheatre and the surrounding countryside. The "piazza" behind the stage was laid out at the end of the 4th century AD.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR287-09
Turkey, Aphrodisias: the well-preservd stage of the amphitheatre, converted in the 2nd century AD for fights between gladiators and wild animals.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR287-08
Turkey, Aphrodisias: an impressive row of Ionic columns marks the southern stoa of the agora. Still being excavated (1989).
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR287-07
Turkey, Aphrodisias: the Odeon, built in the 2nd century AD, was formerly roofed over. The stage is presently flooded (and full of frogs providing a rousing chorus!)
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR287-05
Turkey, Aphrodisias: view of the stadium from one of the tunnel entrances.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR287-04
Turkey, Aphrodisias: the huge stadium, 228 metres long, probably the best preserved of any from the ancient world.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR286-12
Turkey, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum). View of the promenade and moored boats.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium

PMR286-11
Turkey, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum). View from the far side of the harbour.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium

PMR286-10
Turkey, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): children on the jetty, fisherman, yacht moorings, and the mosque.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, yachts, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, minaret

PMR286-09
Turkey, Bodrum (formerly Halikarnassos): castle of St. Peter, built by crusading knights of the Order of St. John in 1402, using stones from the tomb of Mausolus (=mausoleum). View from the far side of the harbour.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, quay, jetty, yachts, pleasure craft, fortifications, historic, culture, Petronium

PMR286-07
Turkey, Didyma: the huge Temple of Apollo, measuring 120 metres long by 60 metres wide, was begun in the 3rd century BC, worked on for 300 years, but never completed. The Oracle of Didyma probably goes back as far as 1000 BC and rivalled that of Delphi in influence and was older.
General view of the temple.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR286-06
Turkey, Didyma: the huge Temple of Apollo, measuring 120 metres long by 60 metres wide, was begun in the 3rd century BC, worked on for 300 years, but never completed. The Oracle of Didyma probably goes back as far as 1000 BC and rivalled that of Delphi in influence and was older.
Capital, from one of the Ionic columns.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR286-05
Turkey, Didyma: the huge Temple of Apollo, measuring 120 metres long by 60 metres wide, was begun in the 3rd century BC, worked on for 300 years, but never completed. The Oracle of Didyma probably goes back as far as 1000 BC and rivalled that of Delphi in influence and was older. Griffin, one of many adorning the frieze of the Adyton, or main hall.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR286-04
Turkey, Didyma: the huge Temple of Apollo, measuring 120 metres long by 60 metres wide, was begun in the 3rd century BC, worked on for 300 years, but never completed. The Oracle of Didyma probably goes back as far as 1000 BC and rivalled that of Delphi in influence and was older. Interior: in the foreground once stood a small building, 10 metres high, where the Oracle was situated.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR286-03
Turkey, Didyma: the huge Temple of Apollo, measuring 120 metres long by 60 metres wide, was begun in the 3rd century BC, worked on for 300 years, but never completed. The Oracle of Didyma probably goes back as far as 1000 BC and rivalled that of Delphi in influence and was older. Impressive carvings on the bases of the massive columns.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR286-02
Turkey, Didyma: the huge Temple of Apollo, measuring 120 metres long by 60 metres wide, was begun in the 3rd century BC, worked on for 300 years, but never completed. The Oracle of Didyma probably goes back as far as 1000 BC and rivalled that of Delphi in influence and was older. One of a number of heads of Medusa, which occupied places of honour on the entablature.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR286-01
Turkey, Miletus: recently restored Ionic stoa, built 41-54 AD in the time of Emperor Claudius (flooded).
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek

PMR285-12
Turkey, Miletus: behind the columns of a stoa, the remains of a monument to commemorate a sea battle stand on the edge of the former harbour.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek

PMR285-11
Turkey, Miletus: Roman amphitheatre, dating from the 2nd century AD, had seating for 25,000 spectators. Twin columns mark the position of the emperor's box.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek, architecture

PMR285-10
Turkey, Priene: view of the agora with the Temple of Zeus on the left. The plain beyond was an arm of the sea in Greek and Roman times.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek

PMR285-09
Turkey, Priene: one of the seats of honour, almost on the stage of the Greek amphitheatre (4th century BC)..
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek

PMR285-08
Turkey, Priene: Temple of Athena, begun in the 4th century BC, was one of the finest examples of Ionian architecture in Asia Minor.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, Greek

PMR285-02
Turkey, Ephesus: ruins of the East Gymnasium.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR285-01
Turkey, Ephesus: a well-preserved pair of caryatids.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR284-12
Turkey, Ephesus: Via Couretes, named after the Council of Priests.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR284-11
Turkey, Ephesus: Temple of Hadrian (130 AD) reconstructed with original parts.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR284-10
Turkey, Ephesus: view of the amphitheatre from the Via Arcadia.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR284-09
Turkey, Ephesus: Via Arcadia, 500-metre-long marble paved ceremonial way, which was lit after dark, leading to the (former)harbour. View from the amphitheatre.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR284-08
Turkey, Ephesus: the large amphitheatre, seating 25,000, was rebuilt on a number of occasions, but only finished in Trajan's time.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR284-06
Turkey, Izmir (Smyrna): row of Corinthian columns in the Greek agora, rebuilt by the Romans in the time of Marcus Aurelius. View with one of the entry arches in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR284-05
Turkey, Izmir (Smyrna): row of Corinthian columns in the Greek agora, rebuilt by the Romans in the time of Marcus Aurelius.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR284-04
Turkey, Izmir: the clocktower in Konak Square, the centre of the city.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage, street scene

PMR284-03
Turkey, Izmir: equestrian statue of Kemal Atatürk on the Cumhuriyet Meydani.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage, monument, hero

PMR284-02
Turkey, Izmir: one of many vast new estates of houses and blocks of apartments spreading over the hillside on the outskirts of Izmir. All units finished but unoccupied (1989).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, demography, population growth, expansion, accommodation, dwellings, housing

PMR284-01
Turkey, Izmir: one of many vast new estates of houses and blocks of apartments spreading over the hillside on the outskirts of Izmir. All units finished but unoccupied (1989). Curious goat in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, demography, population growth, expansion, accommodation, dwellings, housing

PMR283-12
Turkey, Pergamon: typical painted horse-drawn cart in Bergama.
Keywords: culture, art, picturesque, national heritage, traditional

PMR283-11
Turkey, Pergamon: old Turkish bridge, with the Roman city wall visible on the hillside beyond.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR283-10
Turkey, Pergamon: monumental Temple of the Egyptian Divinities ("Red Hall") probably built by Hadrian in the 2nd century AD, View of the interior: the low stone walls are the remains of a Byzantine church built inside the temple. On the podium stood a colossal figure of a god, enabled to "speak" by means of a secret passage to the head.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman, oracle

PMR283-09
Turkey, Pergamon: Via Tecta, the 1-kilometre-long approach road to the Asklepieion, with the Acropolis on a hill in the background. The original, ancient, paving stones are still mostly in place.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR283-08
Turkey, Pergamon: Via Tecta, the 1-kilometre-long approach road to the Asklepieion, with the Acropolis on a hill in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR283-06
Turkey, Pergamon: the Asklepieion: ruins of the 2-storey circular treatment centre, connected by a subterranean passage with the sacred spring.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR283-05
Turkey, Pergamon: the Asklepieion: remaining Ionic columns of the northern stoa, reflected in a pool.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR283-04
Turkey, Pergamon: the Asklepieion: devoted to natural cures, this ancient "sanatorium" had its own small theatre, seating about 3,500 spectators.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR283-03
Turkey, Pergamon: the Asklepieion: the sacred spring of the Romans still has its uses.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR283-02
Turkey, Pergamon: monumental Temple of the Egyptian Divinities ("Red Hall") probably built by Hadrian in the 2nd century AD, formerly completely sheathed in marble.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR282-12
Turkey, Pergamon: foundations of the Great Altar, dedicated to Zeus and Athena, built by Eumenes II to commemorate his victory over the Gauls (190 BC). The altar (35 x 33 metres) was excavated between 1878 and 1886 and now forms the centrepiece of the Pergamon Museum on the Museum Island in Berlin.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR282-11
Turkey, Pergamon: remaining wall of the ancient library, built by Eumenes II, which once held 200,000 scrolls. Transferred to Egypt in 41 BC after the burning of the library at Alexandria.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR282-10
Turkey, Pergamon: amphitheatre seating 10,000, with the Temple of Dionysus in the right foreground, formerly lined with Doric columns.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR282-09
Turkey, Pergamon: partial view of the amphitheatre with the modern town of Bergama below.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR282-08
Turkey, Pergamon: view of the re-erected columns and pediment of the northern stoa of the Temple of Trajan, built in the 2nd century AD.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR282-07
Turkey, Pergamon: columns of the northern stoa of the Temple of Trajan, built in the 2nd century AD, with columns of the eastern stoa in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR282-06
Turkey, Pergamon: columns of the northern stoa of the Temple of Trajan, built in the 2nd century AD.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Roman

PMR282-03
Turkey, Gülpinar: recently discovered (1989) Temple of Apollo - unsorted fragments of ceiling, capitals, aand Latin inscriptions.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR282-02
Turkey, Gülpinar: recently discovered (1989) Temple of Apollo with the young, self-appointed guide.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR281-11
Turkey, Troy: the site consists of 9 cities (Troy I - Troy IX), built one upon the other, the oldest dating from 3200 BC. Modern version of the wooden horse standing outside the entrance to the site.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Truva

PMR281-10
Turkey, Troy: the site consists of 9 cities (Troy I - Troy IX), built one upon the other, the oldest dating from 3200 BC. Sanctuary belonging to Troy VIII close to the west gate (since walled up) where the 'wooden horse' would have been dragged into the city.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Truva

PMR281-09
Turkey, Troy: the site consists of 9 cities (Troy I - Troy IX), built one upon the other, the oldest dating from 3200 BC. City wall belonging to Troy VI (1900-1200 BC).
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Truva

PMR281-08
Turkey, Troy: the site consists of 9 cities (Troy I - Troy IX), built one upon the other, the oldest dating from 3200 BC. Fragments of columns, with the remains of the small Roman theatre in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage, Truva

PMR280-12
England, Norfolk, King's Lynn: Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), built 1482 by the Bedingfeld family who still live there. The mellow brick of the south facade reflected in the waters of the moat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR280-11
England, Norfolk, King's Lynn: Oxburgh Hall (National Trust), built 1482 by the Bedingfeld family who still live there. View of the main gate with flanking towers and bridge over the moat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR280-07
England, Cambridgeshire, Ely Cathedral: view of the unique octagon tower and lantern from the top of the West Tower. Built after the collapse of the original Norman tower in 1322, the lantern is of timber construction, coated with lead, and weighs about 400 tons.
Keywords: architecture, Gothic, Romanesque, mediaeval, medieval, Church of England, stone carving, culture, artistic, masonry

PMR280-06
England, Suffolk, Framlingham: the church tower, from the village square.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, telephone kiosk, pillar box, street scene

PMR280-05
England, Suffolk, Framlingham: Framlingham College, originally founded as the Albert Memorial College in 1864. View from Framlingham Castle across the lake.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, architecture, countryside

PMR280-04
England, Suffolk, Framlingham: Saxstead Windmill in late December sunshine, seen from the nearby crossroads.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, grain milling, wind power, signpost, countryside

PMR280-03
England, Suffolk, Framlingham: Saxstead Windmill in late December sunshine.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, grain milling, wind power

PMR279-04
England, Norfolk: south facade of Blickling Hall, a National Trust property, built in 1628, seen from the end of the main drive, by the entrance gate, showing the east and west wings.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR279-03
England, Norfolk: south facade of Blickling Hall, a National Trust property, built in 1628.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR279-01
Hungary, Veszprem: distant view of the Bishops' Palace and Old Town, perched on its rocky outcrop.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR278-12
Hungary, Veszprem: entrance to the Bishops' Palace, built in Baroque style by Austrian architect, Jakob Fellner.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR278-11
Hungary, Veszprem: St Benedict Hill - view from the Bishops' Palace, which stands on a rocky cliff in the middle of the old town.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, cliff, outcrop, rocky

PMR278-10
Hungary, Szekesfehervar: ruins of the royal basilica of Stephan I (1001-1038), the first king of Hungary.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR278-09
Hungary, Szekesfehervar: a fine oriel window on the facade of the Hiemer House.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, Baroque

PMR278-07
Hungary, Szekesfehervar: main square (Szabadsag ter), dominated by the Episcopal Palace (right).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, Baroque

PMR278-06
Hungary, Budapest: Danube cruisers moored by the Ujpesti Rakpart, as seen from the Arpad Bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, capital city, boats, ships, tourism, promenade

PMR278-05
Hungary, Budapest: statue of Lajos Kossuth, leader of the rebellion against the Habsburgs 1848-9, in Kossuth Lajos Square.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, capital city, monument, hero, rebel

PMR278-04
Hungary, Budapest: Baroque fountain with allegorical figures and display of cannas in Vörösmarty Square.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, capital city, statues

PMR278-03
Hungary, Budapest: cooling fountain in Vörösmarty Square.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, capital city, street scene, family, children, drinking

PMR278-02
Hungary, Budapest: equestrian statue of Ferenc Rakoczi, leader of the rebellion against the Habsburgs 1703-1711, with part of the parliament building behind.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, capital city, monument, hero

PMR278-01
Hungary, Budapest: main entrance to the parliament building, built 1885-1905 in New Gothic style.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, capital city

PMR277-12
Hungary, Szentendre: typical cobbled street and shop selling local costumes. The village is traditionally home to an artists' colony.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR277-11
Hungary, Szentendre: fund-raising fete and historical play in the grounds of the parish church (which dates back to 15th century) on castle hill.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR276-12
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: mirror-image of St. Mark's Square, Venice, as seen from the Molo, even down to the patches of plaster flaking from the walls.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR276-11
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: "Sankt-Georgsplatz", the German Showcase, with backdrop inspired by Eltz Castle on the Mosel and Stahleck Castle on the Rhine.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR276-10
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: the Chinese marketplace includes facades borrowed from an elegant home, a school house, a city gate and shopfronts reflecting European overtones.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR276-09
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: the circular Temple of Heaven is a half scale replica of the one in the Summer Palace in Peking, and contains a film theatre with a 360-degree-screen.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR276-08
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: the gateway to the China Showcase is based on the main gate to the Summer Palace.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-12
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center:
general view of the Moroccan Showcase, with traditional mud walls and the tower of the Koutoubia Mosque.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-11
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: the historic gate of Fez, Bab Boujouloud and the Nejjarine Fountain.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-10
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: "The Brass Bazaar" has the authentic look of a Moroccan metalworker's shop in a soukh.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-09
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: a group of musicians from Morocco providing lively accompaniment for traditional dancing in front of the historic gate of Fez, Bab Boujouloud.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-08
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: a typical 19th century French building with rolling mansard roofs and elegant ironwork. Home to a boulevard cafe along both fronts.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-07
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: French buildings reflecting the style of architecture of the "Belle Epoque" 1870-1910.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-06
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: waterbus dropping passengers at the Moroccan Showcase, dominated by the tower of the Koutoubia Mosque, a copy of the original in Tangier.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-05
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: replica of a vintage bus leaving the French Showcase. In the background is a one-tenth scale model of the Eiffel Tower built from original plans.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-04
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: a four-storey half timbered building, as may be seen in Chester, houses the shop of the Welsh Tourist Board.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-03
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: "The Tea Room", an English thatched cottage (complete with peasant girl!).
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-02
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: Tudor architecture reminiscent of Hampton Court and an old village cross help to provide an authentic picture of England.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR275-01
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: Indian culture in Canada is represented by this typical wooden building and totem pole, while to the left stands a replica of an early trading post.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-12
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: flamingos by the pool which surrounds the Odyssey Restaurant.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-11
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: flamingos by the pool which surrounds the Odyssey Restaurant, with the top of the Mayan pyramid visible above the trees.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-10
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: flamingos by the pool which surrounds the Odyssey Restaurant.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-09
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: this reconstruction of a pre-Colombian Mayan pyramid houses the Mexican Showcase.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-08
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: exact copy of a wooden Viking Stavkirke in Oslo's open air historical museum.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-07
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: "Sankt-Georgsplatz" surrounded by German mediaeval buildings based on originals in Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-06
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: a German in Lederhosen answers visitors' questions after a musical performance.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-05
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: scaled reproduction of the campanile in St. Mark's Square, with part of the Doge's Palace, and columns of St. Mark and St. Theodore on the molo.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-04
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: reconstructed vintage double-decker buses provide a regular service round the lake. In the background, "The American Adventure", a 108,000-square-foot Georgian-style building.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-03
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: moored gondolas. Only the giant geodesic sphere in the background betrays the fact that we are not in Venice.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-02
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: Japanese Pagoda, modelled on an 8th century structure in Japan. The building behind was inspired by Gosho Imperial Palace in Kyoto.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR274-01
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: Japanese Torii Gate (complete with barnacles!) based in the one in Hiroshima.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR273-12
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: Butchart Gardens, intended to give an impression of the west coast of Canada.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR273-11
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: l'Hotel du Canada in French Chateau style houses a gift boutique.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR273-10
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: rugged scenery and waterfalls illustrate the Canada Showcase.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR273-09
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: the giant geodesic sphere reflected in one of the lakes in the EPCOT Center.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR273-08
U.S.A., Florida: St. Augustine, an historic town founded by the Spanish in 1565. St. George Street in the old quarter, showing a typical wooden balcony
Keywords: national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, traditional, pedestrian zone, shopping area

PMR273-07
U.S.A., Florida: St. Augustine, an historic town founded by the Spanish in 1565. St. George Street in the old quarter.
Keywords: national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, traditional, pedestrian zone, shopping area

PMR273-06
U.S.A., Florida: St. Augustine, an historic town founded by the Spanish in 1565. Flagler College, formerly the Ponce de Leon Hotel, built by millionaire Henry Morrison Flagler in 1888. An old cannon in the foreground.
Keywords: national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, park, gardens, grounds, traditional

PMR273-05
U.S.A., Florida: St. Augustine, an historic town founded by the Spanish in 1565. Fountain in the gardens in front of the County Courthouse.
Keywords: national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, park, grounds, traditional, palm trees, reflections

PMR273-04
U.S.A., Florida: St. Augustine, an historic town founded by the Spanish in 1565. View of the City Hall, home of the Lightner Museum.
Keywords: national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, park, gardens, grounds, traditional

PMR273-03
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: "Main Street USA", reconstructions of classical American buildings, with the minarets of "Cinderella Castle" in the background.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR272-12
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Disney World - EPCOT Center: pyramids of "Journey into Imagination", with ornamental lake and monorail train.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR272-11
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Disney World - EPCOT Center: the geodesic sphere, "Spaceship Earth", with monorail train in the foreground.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR272-10
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Disney World - EPCOT Center: the geodesic sphere, "Spaceship Earth", with monorail train in the foreground.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR272-09
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Disney World - EPCOT Center: a line of elephants as topiary figures, near the entrance.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR272-08
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Disney World - EPCOT Center: topiary figures with hula-hoop of begonias, near the entrance.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation

PMR272-01
Bahamas, Nassau: gateway and approach steps to Government House and statue of Columbus. Residence of the Duke of Windsor when Governor General during the war.
Keywords: colourful, architecture, monument, historic, culture, national heritage, colonial style

PMR269-05
U.S.A., Florida, Miami, Opa-Locka City Hall.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, culture, administration

PMR265-03
U.S.A., Florida, Miami: Vizcaya, a villa in the 16th century Italian Renaissance style, built 1914-16 for millionaire James Deering. View of the walled Secret Garden, with grotto, intended as a private place for the family.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, residence

PMR265-02
U.S.A., Florida, Miami: Vizcaya, a villa in the 16th century Italian Renaissance style, built 1914-16 for millionaire James Deering. View of the south terrace and gardens, with a fountain in the form of a sarcophagus.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, residence, park, grounds

PMR265-01
U.S.A., Florida, Miami: Vizcaya, a villa in the 16th century Italian Renaissance style, built 1914-16 for millionaire James Deering. View of the shell pool and four twisting, vine-encircled columns surmounted by peacocks. Italian Baroque fountain behind in the style of Vignola.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, residence, park, gardens, grounds

PMR264-12
U.S.A., Florida, Miami: Vizcaya, a villa in the 16th century Italian Renaissance style, built 1914-16 for millionaire James Deering. View of the villa from the south east garden, with terrace and Bougainvilleas.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, residence

PMR264-11
U.S.A., Florida, Miami: Vizcaya, a villa in the 16th century Italian Renaissance style, built 1914-16 for millionaire James Deering.
Here: the "Great Stone Barge", a strip of land, built up into the likeness of a boat.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, residence

PMR264-09
U.S.A., Florida, Miami: Vizcaya, a villa in the 16th century Italian Renaissance style, built 1914-16 for millionaire James Deering. Currently in residence: a pair of Muscovy ducks.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, residence, waterfowl, ornithology

PMR264-08
U.S.A., Florida, Miami: Vizcaya, a villa in the 16th century Italian Renaissance style, built 1914-16 for millionaire James Deering.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, residence

PMR264-01
Luxemburg: viaduct spanning the Parc de la Petrusse in the centre of the town.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, verdant

PMR263-10
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: the dwarf gallery on the eastern apse of the cathedral (11th century), seen from the cloister garden. The robe of Christ is preserved in the adjoining Baroque chapel.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz, Romanesque

PMR263-09
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: exposed Roman hypocaust used for heating the floors at St. Barbara's Roman Baths.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR263-08
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: the Roman amphitheatre, built about 100 AD, could accommodate over 25,000 spectators.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, classical, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR263-06
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Bernkastel: one of the many narrow, overhung alleys leading to the market square.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR263-05
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Bernkastel: hotel with elaborate carved and coloured timbers in the local style.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR263-04
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Bernkastel: the half-timbered Hotel zum Posthof on the Burgstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR263-03
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Bernkastel: picturesque quarter of wine-houses and wine bars, with crucifix statue in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR263-02
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Bernkastel: half-timbered houses on the Burgstrasse, with steep vine-covered slopes behind.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR263-01
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Bernkastel: the tiny market square, hemmed in by tall half-timbered houses, with St. Michael's fountain (1606) in the centre.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR262-12
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Bernkastel: a curious little half timbered wine-house near the market square.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR262-05
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: pleasure steamer on th River Mosel at Trier, with the red cliffs behind.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, colourful, Rheinland-Pfalz, tourism, river-cruisers

PMR262-04
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: current (1988) excavations of a third Roman baths complex in the centre of the city.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz, archeological, excavations, ruin

PMR262-03
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: one of the old cranes on the former quayside.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz, industry, shipping, cargo-handling

PMR262-02
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: view along the River Mosel, with the Kaiser Wilhelm Bridge in the foreground, and the Roman Bridge in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rheinland-Pfalz, panorama

PMR262-01
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: view of the town from the cliffs on the far side of the River Mosel, with the cablecar crossing the river. Easily visible are the cathedral, the basilica and the tower of St. Gangolf's.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rheinland-Pfalz, panorama

PMR261-12
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: part of the early Romanesque facade of the cathedral (11th century).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz, UNESCO

PMR261-11
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: one of the lovely Gothic cloisters of the cathedral.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR261-10
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: a variety of architectural styles can be seen from the cloister garden of the cathedral. The core is Roman from the time of Constantine.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz, UNESCO

PMR261-09
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: view of the Hauptmarkt through the wrought iron gate of St.Gangolf's Church.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR261-08
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: "Steipe", a 15th century councillors' banqueting house (centre), bears the fanciful inscription in Latin: "Trier lived for 1300 years before Rome even came into being".
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR261-07
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: market day in the Hauptmarkt, with the Red House and the Tower of St- Gangolf prominent.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR261-06
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: some of the 6 kilometres of underground passages for heating and water circulation.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz, hypocaust

PMR261-05
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: Imperial Roman Baths (4th century), the largest outside Rome. These walls (partially rebuilt) formed the apse of the caldarium.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR261-03
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: view of the Electoral Palace from the gardens, with the red-brick basilica (aula palatina) of the palace of Constantine the Great, behind.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz, classical

PMR261-02
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: pool, statuary and colourful flowerbeds in the gardens of the Electoral Palace.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR261-01
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: Electoral Palace, the Baroque south wing dating from 1756-61, by Johannes Seiz.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR260-12
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: arch surmounted by a crucifix, which formerly marked the boundary of the episcopal quarter. Part of the cathedral is visible at the end of the street.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR260-10
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: stone carving of a Roman wine boat, dating from the third century AD, unearthed in Neumagen. The earliest evidence of wine-growing in Germany.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR260-09
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: the Red House (1684), a fine Renaissance building in the Hauptmarkt.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR260-08
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: St. Peter's Fountain (1595) in the Hauptmarkt, carved by Hans Rupprecht Hoffmann who was responsible for many fine carvings in the cathedral and churches.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz, masterpiece

PMR260-07
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: St. Peter's Fountain (1595) in the Hauptmarkt, carved by Hans Rupprecht Hoffmann who was responsible for many fine carvings in the cathedral and churches.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR260-06
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: Hauptmarkt (Central Market) with the tower of the Gothic church of St. Gangolf (14-15th century).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, Rheinland-Pfalz

PMR260-05
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: Porta Nigra, the Roman city gate built in 2nd century AD, View from inside the city wall.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz, masonry, ancient, UNESCO

PMR260-04
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: courtyard of the Simeonstift, surrounded by 11th century two-storey cloisters.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Rheinland-Pfalz, Romanesque

PMR260-03
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: Porta Nigra, the Roman city gate built in 2nd century AD, showing the apse and dwarf gallery added in 11th century when it was converted to a church. The top storey of the left-hand tower was removed at this time.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz, masonry, ancient, UNESCO

PMR260-02
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Trier: Porta Nigra, the Roman city gate built in 2nd century AD, showing the apse and dwarf gallery added in 11th century when it was converted to a church. The top storey of the left-hand tower was removed at this time.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, classical, Roman, Rheinland-Pfalz, masonry, ancient, UNESCO

PMR259-02
Austria, Tyrol: Stift Stams, a Cistercian Abbey in the upper Inn Valley, founded in 1284. View of the abbey through the gateway arch, with the snow-capped Mieminger Mountains as a backdrop.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, architecture, Baroque, culture, national heritage, Catholic, religionj

PMR259-01
Austria, Tyrol: Stift Stams, a Cistercian Abbey in the upper Inn Valley, founded in 1284. Main facade, with the snow-capped Mieminger Mountains as a backdrop.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, architecture, Baroque, culture, national heritage, Catholic, religionj

PMR255-10
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Palais de l'Europe, home of the European Parliament since July 1979.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR255-09
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Cour du Corbeau, courtyard of an inn, virtually unchanged since the 16th century.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR255-08
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: half-timbered houses in the Place du Corbeau and Quai des Bateliers.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR255-07
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: statue of Gutenberg (inventor of printing) in the Place Gutenberg, overlooked by the cathedral tower.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, monument, sculpture

PMR255-06
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Protestant Seminary and School on the River Ill.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, Christian, religion, Baroque

PMR255-05
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: pleasure cruiser about to enter the locks on the River Ill, with half timbered water frontages as a backdrop.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR255-03
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Place Benjamin Zix and the Tanners' Quarter.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR255-02
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Place Kléber.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, street scene

PMR255-01
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: monument to General Leclerc, liberator of the town after World War II, with the Opera House (Boudhors 1895-21) in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, neo.Classical

PMR254-12
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Wine House "Horologe Astronomique" on Rue de la Rape adjoining Palace Square.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR254-11
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Romanesque south entrance to the cathedral; built between 1176 and 1439 in Romanesque-Gothic styles from local sandstone. At 142 metres, it was the highest building in the world until 1874. Original carvings 1230-40: "Death of Mary" in left tympanum, and "Crowning" in right tympanum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, masterpiece, stone carving, tracery, symmetry

PMR254-10
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Renaissance-style "Kammerzell House" with its magificent carved woodwork (1467-1589) in the Cathedral Place.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR254-09
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Gothic windows and flying buttresses on the south side of the cathedral, built between 1176 and 1439 in Romanesque-Gothic styles from local sandstone. At 142 metres, it was the highest building in the world until 1874.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, masterpiece, stone carving, tracery, symmetry

PMR254-08
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: main facade of the Rohan Palace, designed by the Paris court architect Robert de Cotte for the Cardinal-Prince-Bishop Armand-Gaston de Rohjan-Soubise in 1742. It now houses the Art Gallery, Museum of Decorative Arts, and the Archeological Museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, reflections

PMR254-07
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: the Tanners' Quarter, with the famous Tanners' House in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR254-06
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: splendid half-timbered Renaissance-style house.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR254-05
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: half-timbered houses fronting onto the Canal de Navigation in Petite France and mirrored in the water.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR254-04
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: half-timbered houses fronting onto the Canal de Navigation in Petite France.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR254-03
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: tense moment in a game of "canoe water polo" on the "Spitzmühle" Canal, with a 14th century tower in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, water sport

PMR254-02
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Rue des Moulins, looking south esat.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster, cobbled street

PMR254-01
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Restaurant du Pont St. Martin and Rue des Moulins.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR253-12
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: river frontage of the Restaurant du Pont St. Martin with a fine display of geraniums.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR253-11
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: half-timbered buildings of the Tanners' District reflected in the waters of the River Ill.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR253-10
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: The Tanners' House (1572) in Petite France.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR253-09
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Quai de la Petite France and river frontages.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, lreflections

PMR253-08
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: 15th century Vauban Rampart over the River Ill completed the ring of fortifications round the city. It now serves as a viewing terrace offering a fine panorama.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, reflections

PMR253-07
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: Pont M. Luther, with "Petite France" beyond.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, bridge, reflections

PMR253-06
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: the Historical Museum, with reflections in the River Ill.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR253-05
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: the Old Customs House (1356) and Pont du Corbeau., mirrored in the waters or the River Ill.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, Gothic style, bridge

PMR253-04
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: view over the city to the south east from the base of the tower of the cathedral (above the belfry), with Rohan Palace in the foreground, then river frontages of Quai des Bateliers, church of St. Madelaine, Esplanade, and the new University buildings in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, panorama

PMR253-03
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: view over the city from the base of the tower of the cathedral (above the belfry).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR253-02
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: west facade of the cathedral, built between 1176 and 1439 in Romanesque-Gothic styles from local sandstone. At 142 metres, it was the highest building in the world until 1874. Some details: over the arch: King Solomon on the Lion Throne; surmounted by the Virgin and Child and head of God the Father.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, masterpiece, stone carving, tracery, symmetry

PMR253-01
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: west facade of the cathedral from the Rue Merciere.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval, stone carving, rose window

PMR252-12
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: 15th century Vauban Rampart over the River Ill completed the ring of fortifications round the city. It now serves as a viewing terrace offering a fine panorama.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, reflections

PMR252-11
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: the 14th and 15th century towers and Ponts Couverts, gateway to "Petite France".
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, cathedral, reflections, calm

PMR252-01
Italy, Lazio, Cassino: famous for its Abbey, the scene of a major battle in World War II, with major loss of life on both sides (alone 1,100 Poles fell in the battle of Monte Cassino). The Abbey was completely demolished during the war, but subsequently rebuilt on modern lines. The approach to the Polish War Cemetery, lined with golden cypruses.
Keywords: historic, Benedictine, Catholic, war history, onslought, tragedy, culture, war cemetery, memorial, architecture, hilltop-site

PMR251-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: view of the south facade of Blaubeuren Monastery, with oriel in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: gatehouse and entry arch to the monastery grounds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-09
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: the "Blautopf" (Blue Pool), subterranean source of the River Blau, with the Old Hammer Mill and reflections of the church.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-08
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: the "Blautopf" (Blue Pool), subterranean source of the River Blau. View from the wood above and behind the pool.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-07
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: the "Blautopf" (Blue Pool), subterranean source of the River Blau.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: the old hammer mill, with mill race and water wheel, with the weir on the River Blau in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-05
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: the south-east corner of the museum with stream.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-04
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: the local museum, in the grounds of the monastery, of half-timbered construction.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-03
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: view of the monastery and church from the east. Now in use as as a Protestant Seminary.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-02
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: south facade of the former Benedictine Monastery, built between 1466 and 1510.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-01
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: half-timbered facade of Matthäus Alber Haus in Klosterstrasse, built in 1602.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR250-12
Italy, Lazio, Cassino: famous for its Abbey, the scene of a major battle in World War II, with major loss of life on both sides (alone 1,100 Poles fell in the battle of Monte Cassino). The Abbey was completely demolished during the war, but subsequently rebuilt on modern lines. Grave of Gen. Wladislaw Anders, with approach, lined with golden cypruses, behind.
Keywords: historic, Benedictine, Catholic, war history, onslought, tragedy, culture, war cemetery, memorial, architecture, hilltop-site

PMR250-11
Italy, Lazio, Cassino: famous for its Abbey, the scene of a major battle in World War II, with major loss of life on both sides (alone 1,100 Poles fell in the battle of Monte Cassino). The Abbey was completely demolished during the war, but subsequently rebuilt on modern lines.The Abbey, viewed from the Polish War Cemetery, with shadow of th Polish flag!
Keywords: historic, Benedictine, Catholic, war history, onslought, tragedy, culture, war cemetery, memorial, architecture, hilltop-site

PMR250-10
Italy, Lazio, Cassino: famous for its Abbey, the scene of a major battle in World War II, with major loss of life on both sides (alone 1,100 Poles fell in the battle of Monte Cassino). The Abbey was completely demolished during the war, but subsequently rebuilt on modern lines. The remarkable view from the "Loggia del Paradiso".
Keywords: historic, Benedictine, Catholic, war history, onslought, tragedy, culture, war cemetery, memorial, architecture, hilltop-site

PMR250-09
Italy, Lazio, Cassino: famous for its Abbey, the scene of a major battle in World War II, with major loss of life on both sides. The Abbey was completely demolished during the war, but subsequently rebuilt on modern lines. Steps leading up to the "Loggia del Paradiso" and the basilica, with statue of St. Benedict (left) and St. Scholastica (right).
Keywords: historic, Benedictine, Catholic, war history, onslought, tragedy, culture, war cemetery, memorial, architecture, hilltop-site

PMR250-08
Italy, Lazio, Cassino: famous for its Abbey, the scene of a major battle in World War II, with major loss of life on both sides (alone 1,100 Poles fell in the battle of Monte Cassino). The Abbey was completely demolished during the war, but subsequently rebuilt on modern lines. Commanding position occupied by the Abbey over the surrounding countryside.
Keywords: historic, Benedictine, Catholic, war history, onslought, tragedy, culture, war cemetery, memorial, architecture, hilltop-site

PMR250-07
Italy, Lazio, Cassino: famous for its Abbey, the scene of a major battle in World War II, with major loss of life on both sides (alone 1,100 Poles fell in the battle of Monte Cassino). The Abbey was completely demolished during the war, but subsequently rebuilt on modern lines. View of the town and its valley from the Abbey.
Keywords: historic, Benedictine, Catholic, war history, onslought, tragedy, culture, war cemetery, memorial, architecture, hilltop-site

PMR248-06
Italy, Marche, Urbino: the Duomo (Cathedral) dates back to 1021 but was destroyed in an earthquake in1789 and rebuilt in neo-Classical style in 1801.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, culture, national heritage, church, Catholic

PMR248-05
Republic of San Marino (population ca. 32,000): policewoman holding up the traffic for pedestrians coming out of the San Francisco Gate.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, tourism, defence

PMR248-04
Republic of San Marino (population ca. 32,000): Ristorante Titano and a typical steep, narrow street.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, tourism, defence

PMR248-03
Republic of San Marino (population ca. 32,000): the castellated Town Hall and Statue of Liberty, with the Righi restaurant in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, tourism, defence

PMR248-01
Republic of San Marino (population ca. 32,000): view of the entrance to the Guaita Fortress, with the castellated Town Hall, and hills to the west.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, tourism, defence

PMR247-10
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Oberammergau: elegant barrel organ with monkey and small dog.
Keywords: picturesque, music, street-musician, amusement, entertainer, hurdy-gurdy, traditional, culture

PMR245-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: top-hatted barrel-organ player in the Auer Dult market.
Keywords: München, picturesque, music, street-musician, amusement, entertainer, hurdy-gurdy, traditional, culture

PMR242-06
Germany, Bavaria, Hof: market square and St. Michael's Church (1380-86). Hof is in the Franconian Forest near the old East German border.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR242-05
Germany, Bavaria, Hof: Rathaus (Town Hall), built 1563-6 by Nikolaus Hofmann from Halle. Hof is in the Franconian Forest near the old East German border.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR242-04
Germany, Bavaria, Marktredwitz: historic Rathaus (Town Hall) with maypole in the Fichtelgebirge (mountains).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Oberfranken

PMR242-03
Germany, Bavaria, Marktredwitz: historic Rathaus (Town Hall) in the Fichtelgebirge (mountains).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, Oberfranken

PMR242-02
Germany, Franconia, Auerbach: historic Rathaus (Town Hall) in "Swiss Franconia".
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR239-12
Germany, Bremen: view of the working windmill from the Herdentorsteinweg Bridge with reflections in the water.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR239-11
Germany, Bremen: a working windmill surrounded by colourful flower beds and parkland in the centre of the city.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, gardens, landscape

PMR239-10
Germany, Bremen: the Gewerbehaus, a handsome stone building in the Renaissance style.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR239-09
Germany, Bremen: view of the Market Place and Gothic Rathaus (Town Hall) from the corner of the Cathedral of St. Petri.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR239-08
Germany, Bremen: gilded figure with sword over the entrance to Böttcherstrasse, an alley built in the "Jugendstil" (Art-Deco) between 1923 and 1933 by the industrialist Roselius.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR239-07
Germany, Bremen: the 30-foot-high statue of Roland with Gothic canopy, dating from 1400, which dominates the old Market Place.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, monument

PMR232-03
Greece: the fishing village of Parga, on the west coast, just south of Corfu.
Keywords: culture, architecture, picturesque, colourful, bay, jetty

PMR231-12
Greece, Olympia: Exedra of Herodes Attikus with twin fountains (right), and the few remaining columns of the Temple of Hera (behind).
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, Olympic Games

PMR231-11
Greece, Olympia: the original Olympic Stadium, where the first games were held, in (or before) 776 BC. Only the Hellanodikai, or judges, had seats, on the podium centre right. 30-40,000 spectators found places on the grass. The track is 600 (Greek) feet long.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, Olympic Games

PMR231-10
Greece, Olympia: remains of the Bouleuterion or Olympic Senate Building, with Judas tree in full blossom.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, Olympic Games

PMR231-08
Greece, Olympia: row of columns on one side of the square Palaestra, the training area for boxing, wrestling, jumping, etc., ...
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, O...

PMR231-03
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. Courtyard of the Pantanassia Monastery, which is still active (1986).
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR231-02
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. Metropolis Church with Judas tree, yellow spurge and Asphodel in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument, colourful, wind flowers, spring

PMR231-01
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. View of the Great Hall, on the first floor of the Palace of the Despots.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR230-09
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. Ruins of the Palace of the Despots, the rulers of Byzantine Mistra, with the snow-capped Taygetos Mountains behind.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR230-08
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. View over the Metropolis Church (ca. 1330) with adjoining museum and Bishop's Palace.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR230-07
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. Monemvasia Gate on the left, with a view over Metropolis Church, the main church in Mistra, dating from about 1330.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR230-06
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. yzantine Church of Agii Theodori, erected in1296 on the pattern of Dafni; the oldest church in Mistra.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR230-05
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. View over the Byzantine Church of Afendiko, built in 1310, the largest church in Mistra.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR230-04
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. View of the Byzantine Church of Agii Theodori with Judas tree in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR230-02
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR229-12
Greece, Tiryns: possibly older than Mycenae, the acropolis at Tiryns is built from massive stones: remains of the main gate to the acropolis (compare with the lion gate at Mycenae).
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR229-11
Greece, Tiryns: possibly older than Mycenae, the acropolis at Tiryns is built from massive stones: a vaulted gallery along the eastern casemates.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR229-10
Greece, Tiryns: possibly older than Mycenae, the acropolis at Tiryns is built from massive stones: a vaulted gallery along the southern casemates.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR229-06
Greece, Epidauros: the colossal amphitheatre, seating 14,000 spectators, was built at the beginning of the 3rd century BC. It possesses remarkable acoustics - a coin dropped at the centre can be clearly heard throughout the amphitheatre.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR229-03
Greece, Mycenae: the famous Lion Gate, entrance to the Acropolis, dating back to 1350-30 BC, seen from the approach, The carving of the lions in Cretan work.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR229-02
Greece, Mycenae: six royal tombs, arranged in a circle,were excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 and yielded many valuable artefacts.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR229-01
Greece, Mycenae: the famous Lion Gate, entrance to the Acropolis, dating back to 1350-30 BC, seen from above. The carving of the lions in Cretan work.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR228-10
Greece, Mycenae: entrance to the so-called Tomb of Agamemnon, a beehive-shaped chamber 13.2 metres high and 14.5 metres wide and dating back to about 1330 BC, in the Bronze Age.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR228-09
Greece, Old Corinth: view of the Agora and Temple of Apollo from the west, with the Gulf of Corinth in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR228-08
Greece, Old Corinth: overgrown basins of the Peirene Springs, with the Temple of Apollo on the hill in the background
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR228-06
Greece, Old Corinth: Temple of Apollo, one of the earliest temples known, dating from 550-525 BC.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR228-04
Greece, Corinth Canal, 6343 metres long and 23 metres wide, begun by Nero in 67 BC, but completed only in 1893.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, waterway

PMR228-03
Greece, Eleusis Museum: Greek sarcophagus with finely carved hunting scene.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR228-02
Greece, Cape Sounion: sunset over the sea, seen from the Temple of Poseidon (Neptune).
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, seascape, dusk, dramatic, calm, peaceful

PMR228-01
Greece, Cape Sounion: Temple of Poseidon (Neptune), completed about 440 BC, by the same builder as the Temple of Hephaistos.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR227-06
Greece, Athens: the National Archeological Museum, the world's leading nuseum for Greek antiquities.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR227-04
Greece, Athens: Keramikos Graveyard: this dog guards the grave of Lysimachides of Acharnae. More modest gravestones in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

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

PMR227-02
Greece, Athens: remains of the courtyard of the Roman Agora, with the Propylaeum on the far side.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR227-01
Greece, Athens: Tower of the Winds, in the Roman Agora, decorated with figures representing the winds from 8 compass points. Built in the 1st century BC to contain an ingenious water clock designed by Andronikus Kyrrhestes.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR226-12
Greece, Athens: Grand Metropolis Church, prime church of the Greek Orthodox religion, completed in 1855. To its right, its predecessor, the Small Metropolis Church, diminutive by comparison, a beautifully ornamented Byzantine church dating from the 12th century.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR226-11
Greece, Athens: Stoa of Attalus, reconstructed by American archeologists between 1949 and 1953. The original was a foundation of King Attalus II of Pergamon, completed in 138 BC.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR226-10
Greece, Athens: west front of the Temple of Hephaistos (Vulcan), also called Theseion, completed in 444 BC, standing in the Greek Agora.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR226-08
Greece, Athens: view of the Acropolis from the north-west with flowering shrubs and Judas tree in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR226-07
Greece, Athens: view of the Greek Agora site, with the Stoa of Attalus, with Lykabettos Hill in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR226-06
Greece, Athens: statue of the Emperor Hadrian wearing ornate cuirass, in the Greek Agora.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR226-05
Greece, Athens: Temple of Hephaistos (Vulcan), also called Theseion, completed in 444 BC, standing in the Greek Agora.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR226-01
Greece, Athens: Byzanine Church of the Apostles, built in 11th century on the site of a Roman Nympheum.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-12
Greece, Athens: students selling artefacts in front of the university, which lies between the Academy of Science and National Library.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-10
Greece, Athens: some of the figures adorning the Academy of Science on Panepistimiou (street) designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-08
Greece, Athens: statue of Ionnis Andreou Varvakis (1745-1825), a Greek hero, in the National Gardens.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-07
Greece, Athens: Zappeion, the exhibition centre, with Judas tree in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-06
Greece, Athens: Olympieion. a temple of Zeus, begun in 175 BC by Antiochos IV of Syria and completed by Hadrian in 132 AD. In the distance: the Acropolis, from the south east.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-05
Greece, Athens: Acropolis and Parthenon from the Philopappos Monument, with the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the nearest corner. The Hill of Lykabettos in the distance.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-04
Greece, Athens: Acropolis and Parthenon from the Philopappos Monument, with the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the nearest corner.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-03
Greece, Athens: Theatre of Dionysos from the Acropolis. It dates back to the 6th century BC but was rebuilt many times. It provided seating for about 17,000 spectators.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-02
Greece, Athens: west front of the Parthenon. It was built between 447 and 432 BC by Phydias.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR225-01
Greece, Athens: view of the Parthenon from the Propylaeum. It was built between 447 and 432 BC by Phydias.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR224-10
Greece, Delphi: Marmaria or Sanctuary of Athena: the three remaining columns of the circular Tholos, dating from the early 4th century BC.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations

PMR224-09
Greece, Delphi: Marmaria or Sanctuary of Athena: the three remaining columns of the circular Tholos, dating from the early 4th century BC.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations

PMR224-08
Greece, Delphi: Treasure House of the Athenians, built about 480 BC, commemorates the Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon in 490 BC.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations

PMR224-07
Greece, Delphi: view of the site from the highest point, with the Temple of Apollo, Treasure House of the Athenians, and in the distance, the Gymnasion and Marmaria.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations

PMR224-06
Greece, Delphi: the Stadium, where the Delphi Games took place. 177.55 metres long, accommodating 7000 spectators, with 17 or 18 running tracks. View of the seating, starting line, and remains of the Roman Triumphal Arch.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, sport, athletics, competition

PMR224-05
Greece, Delphi: the Stadium, where the Delphi Games took place. 177.55 metres long, accommodating 7000 spectators, with 17 or 18 running tracks.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, sport, athletics, competition

PMR224-02
Greece, Delphi: Apollo's Temple, erected between 370 and 330 BC, where the Omphalos stone (the centre of the Greek world) and the Pythia oracle were to be found.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations

PMR224-01
Greece, Delphi Museum: the famous statue of the Charioteer, commissioned by a Sicillian prince, Polyzalos, to mark his success in the chariot races of 478 or 474 BC.
Keywords: historic, sculptures, statues, figures, antiquity, culture, art, masterpiece, Greek, plastics

PMR223-12
Greece, Delphi Museum: statues of the brothers Kleobis and Biton, who drew the wagon of their mother, a priestess of Athena, from Argos.
Keywords: historic, sculptures, statues, figures, antiquity, culture, art, masterpiece, Greek, plastics

PMR223-11
Greece, Delphi Museum: winged sphinx from the Naxier column, dating from the first half of the sixth century BC.
Keywords: historic, sculptures, statues, figures, antiquity, culture, art, masterpiece, Greek, plastics

PMR223-09
Greece, Thessaloniki: a common sight - the wayside shrines come in all shapes and sizes.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, religion, tradition, venerated

PMR223-06
Greece, Thessaloniki: the promenade, with the historic White Tower in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR223-04
Greece, Thessaloniki: Basilica of St. Demetrios, rebuilt 1926-48 aftrer a fire, using the original masonry.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, church, religion

PMR223-03
Greece, Thessaloniki: the Arch of Galerius, erected in 303 AD to commemorate the victory of the Roman Emperor over the Persians.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, ruin, monument, Graeco-Roman, masonry

PMR222-09
Austria, Styria: Lake Leopoldstein, looking west, with the Erzberg Mountains in the distance.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, mediaeval, medieval, culture, colourful, industrial, mining, architecture

PMR222-06
Austria, Styria, Eisenerz: picturesque square in the mining town, with Mount Pfaffenstein towering in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, mediaeval, medieval, culture, colourful, industrial, mining, architecture

PMR222-04
Austria, Styria, Leoben: Rathaus (Town Hall) in the main square.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, mediaeval, medieval, culture, colourful, architecture, Baroque

PMR222-03
Austria, Styria, Leoben: the toll tower (1280) and the church of St. Francis Xavier (1660-5) behind the bridge over the River Mur.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, mediaeval, medieval, culture, colourful, architecture

PMR222-02
Austria, Tyrol: the tiny Thiersee (Lake Thier), almost on the German border, in autumn colours.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, culture, national heritage, colourful, reflections

PMR222-01
Austria, Tyrol, Kufstein: view of the town and fortress with the Kaiser mountains in the background, with autumn foliage in the foreground.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, historic, culture, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, defence, fortifications, border-town

PMR221-12
Austria, Tyrol, Kufstein: Auracher Löchl, showing the arched bridge with frescoes.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, historic, culture, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, defence, fortifications, border-town

PMR221-11
Austria, Tyrol, Kufstein: Auracher Löchl, a picturesque corner of old Kufstein.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, historic, culture, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, defence, fortifications, border-town

PMR221-10
Austria, Tyrol, Kufstein: the fortress yard and "Peacock Gate", overlooked by the Emperor's Tower.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, historic, culture, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, defence, fortifications, border-town

PMR221-09
Austria, Tyrol, Kufstein: the Kaiserturm (Emperor's Tower), central strongpoint of the fortress, built in 1522.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, historic, culture, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, defence, fortifications, border-town

PMR221-08
Austria, Tyrol, Kufstein: casemates of the fortress, and view along the Inn valley towards Innsbruck.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, historic, culture, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, defence, fortifications, border-town

PMR221-07
Austria, Tyrol, Kufstein: view of the river, the railway station, and part of the town, from the fortress.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, historic, culture, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, defence, fortifications, border-town

PMR221-06
Austria, Tyrol, Kufstein: River Inn promenade with the fortress in the background.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, Alps, historic, culture, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, defence, fortifications, border-town

PMR217-07
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Ammerang: the open air museum of farm houses: part of a four-sided complex of farm buildings, including the farmhouse, dating from the 18th century. The dove cote was dded about 1930.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, architecture, culture, music, concert

PMR217-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Ammerang: the open air museum of farm houses: the "bee house", built in 1889, contains numerous built-in bee hives. It was in use up until 1972.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, architecture, culture, music, concert

PMR217-05
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Ammerang: Renaissance courtyard in Schloss Amerang, the oldest surviving courtyard surrounded by three storeys ofarched galleries, and a popular venue for concerts.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, architecture, culture, music, concert, palace, castle

PMR212-07
Czechoslovakia, Prague: the Old Jewish Cemetery contains about 12,000 gravestones, the oldest dated 1439.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, capital city, culture, picturesque, UNESCO, burial ground

PMR212-06
Czechoslovakia, Prague: Church of St. James, dating from 1232: stucco relief over the main portal by the Italian, Ottavio Mosto.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, capital city, culture, picturesque, UNESCO

PMR212-05
Czechoslovakia, Prague: Town Hall, dating from the 14th century. Expansion resulted in the progressive take-over of adjoining houses until the whole row was incorporated. The famous horologe in the base of the tower dates from early 15th century.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, capital city, culture, picturesque, UNESCO

PMR212-04
Czechoslovakia, Prague: Old Town Square, the centre of old Prague, with the John Huss memorial (1915) and the Baroque Church of St. Nicholas, built to plans of Ignaz Dienzenhofer in 1732-35.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, capital city, culture, picturesque, cobblestones, UNESCO

PMR212-03
Czechoslovakia, Prague: Powder Tower, dating from 1475, once one of the city's principal gates, now badly in need of cleaning, stands at the entrance to the Place of the Republic.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, capital city, culture, picturesque, tram, UNESCO

PMR212-02
Czechoslovakia, Prague: modern sculpture of a woman in the new (1985) pedestrian precinct adjoining the theatre.
Keywords: national heritage, metropolis, architecture, capital city, culture, picturesque, monument, statue, UNESCO

PMR212-01
Czechoslovakia, Prague: National Theatre, architect Josef Zitek, completed in 1881, now fully renovated, inside and out, confronted by a modern all-glass facade.
Keywords: historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, capital city, culture, picturesque, opera house, UNESCO

PMR210-07
Israel, Jerusalem: the magnificent Dome of the Rock, built on the site of the third Jewish temple by Kalif Abd el-Malik between 687 and 691 AD, remains basically as it was built. The cladding is marble below and Persian faience tiles above. Chapel of Ascension (under restoration) in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Muslim, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque, architecture, colourful, perfection

PMR210-06
Israel, Jerusalem: El-Aqsa Mosque shares the temple hill with the Dome of the Rock. Its 7 aisles can accommodate 5000 worshippers. It was built between 705 and 715 AD by Kalid Al-Walid, but rebuilt in 1035 after an earthquake.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR210-05
Israel, Jerusalem: fountain for ablutions before entering the Dome of the Rock.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque, mosque

PMR210-03
Israel, Jerusalem: entrance to the holy ground on which the Dome of the Rock is built, is through this arched portal.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque, mosque

PMR210-02
Israel, Jerusalem: the magnificent Dome of the Rock, built on the site of the third Jewish temple by Kalif Abd el-Malik between 687 and 691 AD, remains basically as it was built. The cladding is marble below and Persian faience tiles above.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Muslim, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque, architecture, colourful, perfection, mosque

PMR210-01
Israel, Jerusalem: the magnificent Dome of the Rock, built on the site of the third Jewish temple by Kalif Abd el-Malik between 687 and 691 AD, remains basically as it was built. The cladding is marble below and Persian faience tiles above.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Muslim, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque, architecture, colourful, perfection, mosque

PMR209-12
Israel, Jerusalem: the Western (Wailing) Wall in late afternoon with the Mount of Olives in the background. Men approach the wall on the left, women on the right.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR209-11
Israel, Jerusalem: the Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the old city from the north-west.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR209-10
Israel, Jerusalem: view of the Mount of Olives and Dome of the Rock, from the tower of the Church of the Redeemer.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR209-08
Israel, Herodion: a hilltop fortress near Bethlehem built by Herod the Great in 39 BC as a retreat and mausoleum. View from a distance - the excavations are hidden in the concave hilltop.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, fortifications, defence, picturesque, archeology, ruin, excavations

PMR209-06
Israel, Herodion: a hilltop fortress near Bethlehem built by Herod the Great in 39 BC as a retreat and mausoleum. View of the Hills of Judea from the top, with many newly planted olive trees in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, fortifications, defence, picturesque, archeology, ruin, excavations, landscape

PMR209-04
Israel, Herodion: a hilltop fortress near Bethlehem built by Herod the Great in 39 BC as a retreat and mausoleum. In the foreground is the Great Hall of the palace, with the baths complex behind.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, fortifications, defence, picturesque, archeology, ruin, excavations

PMR208-08
Israel, Jerusalem: the windmill, built (1857) by, and dedicated to, Sir Moses Montefiore, a benefactor of the city and founder of the Yemin Moshe quarter.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR208-07
Israel, Jerusalem: Mount Zion and the Church of the Dormition outside the walls of the old city, seen from Yemin Moshe.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR208-06
Israel, Jerusalem: the Church of All Nations and the Russian Church of Mary Magdalene, built in 1888 for Tsar Alexander III. In the foreground is Qidron Valley.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR208-04
Israel, Jerusalem: thousand-year-old olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane are said to be seedlings of the trees which grew there in Christ's time.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR208-01
Israel, Jerusalem: newly completed (1985) housing on Mount Scopus, overlooking the old city.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-12
Israel, Jerusalem: Church of the Assumption, by the Garden of Gethsemane. The Virgin Mary lies buried 20 metres below the church.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-10
Israel, Jerusalem: Jewish graves on the Mount of Olives, a much sought-after site: according to Jewish belief the resurrection will start here.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-09
Israel, Jerusalem: a camel with owner on the Mount of Olives, with the old city, Dome of the Rock and El Aqsa Mosque in the background.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-08
Israel, Jerusalem: view of the old city with surrounding wall, from the Mount of Olives, with a Jewish graveyard in the foreground and Mount Zion at top left.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-07
Israel, Jerusalem: Russian-Orthodox entry arch (1869) to the Muristan (old city). The silver dome belongs to the tiny Church of St. John the Baptist, the oldest church in the city.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-06
Israel, Jerusalem: bazaar in the Muristan (old city), with the belltower of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, dedicated by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1898.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-05
Israel, Jerusalem: family grave of Herod the Great. Herod himself was buried in Herodion however.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-04
Israel, Jerusalem: Zion Gate, still scarred from the fighting around the Jewish quarter in 1948.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-03
Israel, Jerusalem: view inside the Citadel, originally a palace of Herod the Great; later the palace of Pontius Pilate, garrison of the Roman X Legion, etc.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-02
Israel, Jerusalem: the city wall on the west side, with the Citadel and David's Tower, Present-day city wall and gates were built by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1537-41.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR207-01
Israel, Jerusalem: Church of the Dormition (built 1898) on Mount Zion marks the spot where the Virgin Mary died. A Christian graveyard in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-10
Israel, Jerusalem: the Western (Wailing) Wall, with the Dome of the Rock behind, and Israeli flags in the foreground.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-09
Israel, Jerusalem: Jews, mostly schoolchildren, assembling in the square before the Western (Wailing) Wall, on the evening before the Sabbath.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-08
Israel, Jerusalem: Jaffa Gate, the main entrance to the city.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-07
Israel, Jerusalem: Israeli schoolgirls on the way to the Western Wall on the Sabath evening, singing patriotic songs. All dressed in blue and white.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-06
Israel, Jerusalem: soukh in the old city, with brassware stall.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-05
Israel, Jerusalem: Muslim graveyard outside the city wall on the north-east side, seen from the ramparts.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-04
Israel, Jerusalem: view of the Christian quarter and Dome of the Rock from the ramparts above the New Gate.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-03
Israel, Jerusalem: City Wall from the ramparts, looking south, past the Jaffa Gate; Mount Zion in the distance.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-02
Israel, Jerusalem: City Wall Promenade: view from the ramparts near the Jaffa Gate.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR206-01
Israel, Jerusalem: approaching the city, with the fortified walls and the Dome of the Rock already visible.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque

PMR205-07
Israel, Negev Desert, Khirbet Qumran: ruins of the settlement of the strict Jewish sect, (probably) the Essenes, close to the caves. Occupied between 800 BC and 66 AD, but first excavated in 1951. The long room on the left may be where the Dead Sea Scrolls were written.
Keywords: desert, historic, culture, archeology

PMR104K-03
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

Frontal view of a monumental monolith of a priest, 7 metres high, from the classical period of the civilisation, in the central area of Kalasasaya. He holds two ritual containers ("kero") which held libations for the gods.
Keywords: High Andes, archeological site, historical site, archeology, excavations, Tiahuanacu

PMR104K-02
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

A monumental monolith featuring a priest, 7 metres high, with symbols inscribed on arms and shoulders from the classical period of the civilisation, in the central area of Kalasasaya.
Keywords: High Andes, archeological site, historical site, archeology, excavations, Tiahuanacu

PMR104K-01
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

The famous Puerta del Sol or Sun Gate, carved from a single block of Andesite, 2 metres high and 4 metres wide, cracked by lightning and held together with metal clamps. The central relief is Viracocha, God of Creation, head surrounded by rays of the sun.
Keywords: High Andes, Tiahuanacu, excavations, archeology, historical site, archeological site

PMR-D4037
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Brown-breasted Bulbuls (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) in the bougainvillea trees in Green Lake Park.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, picturesque, metropolitan, flowering trees, colourful, wild birds, ornithology

PMR-D4036
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: view of the city from the revolving restaurant of the Jin Jiang Hotel, with Beijing Road (right).
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, metropolitan, panorama, urban, architecture, skyscrapers, multi-storey, construction, Han

PMR-D4035
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: view of the city from the revolving restaurant of the Jin Jiang Hotel.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, metropolitan, panorama, urban, architecture, skyscrapers, multi-storey, construction

PMR-D4034
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: night view of the city from the revolving restaurant of the Jin Jiang Hotel.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, picturesque, metropolitan, panorama, urban, lights, illumination, architecture, skyscrapers, multi-storey

PMR-D4033
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: illuminated "Drum Tower" after dark.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, heritage, traditional, historic, culture

PMR-D4032
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: "Son et Lumiere" spectacle "Impressions" after dark, incorporating dozens of girls wearing lighted costumes, with the "dragon's tooth" landscape as a backdrop.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, reflections, show, attraction, tourist, display, illuminations, heritage, culture

PMR-D4016
People's Republic of China, Hunan Province, Yongzhou City: red ladies' drummer band serenading the guests of the Fanceden Hotel with patriotic songs.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, national heritage, culture, sculpture, Mao Tse Tung, red book, socialist

PMR-D4015
People's Republic of China, Hunan Province, Yongzhou City: red statue of Mao Zedong in the foyer of the Fanceden Hotel.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, national heritage, culture, sculpture, Mao Tse Tung, red book, socialist

PMR-D4014
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: large residence with a semi-circular fountain pool containing figures of the 12 Chinese year names: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig,
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, culture, sculpture, calendar, zodiac, architecture

PMR-D4013
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: a corner of the production facilities with kiln chimney at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4012
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: the old firing kiln, since replaced with an electric one at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4011
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: large ceramic vase illustrated with flowers and birds motif in the showroom at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4010
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: large ceramic vase illustrated with deer motif in the showroom at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4009
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: ceramic plates with animal motifs (tiger, rabbit) in the showroom at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4008
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: painting the exquisite illustrations on a plate at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert, artist, painter

PMR-D4007
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: ceramic jars with animal motifs identified by artist's name in the showroom at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4006
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: painting the exquisite illustrations on a vase at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert, artist, painter

PMR-D4005
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: making ceramic rice bowls "sing" to test the quality at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4004
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: finishing hand-formed ceramic bowls at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4003
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: finishing hand-formed ceramic bowls at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4002
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: forming ceramic bowls on a potter's wheel at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, tourist attraction, ceramic factory, craft, artistic, craftsman, skilled, veteran, expert

PMR-D4001
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: "Son of the Revolution" statue outside the entrance to Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, photogenic, culture, tourist attraction, sculpture, leader, peasant

PMR-D3959
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: young lady in traditional costume in the Jin Jang Hotel.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, colourful

PMR-D3958
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: young man being photographed in (hired) traditional dress, in Green Lake Park.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, colourful, costume

PMR-D3957
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: bougainvillea blossom and other ornamental foliage in Green Lake Park.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, flowering trees, botany, colourful, flora

PMR-D3956
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. A colourful shrine to a Chinese martial figure.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre

PMR-D3955
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. A gilded figure of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, with 1000 arms.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre, colourful

PMR-D3954
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. A grotto of fantastic shapes, at the end of the temple lake.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre

PMR-D3953
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. The statue of Sakyamuni, a present from the King of Thailand.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre

PMR-D3952
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. The colourful and highly decorated wooden building has been restored many times in its history.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre

PMR-D3951
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. Water pavilion in the temple lake, reached by stone bridges.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre, reflections

PMR-D3950
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. Reflections in the temple lake, with the wooded hillside beyond.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre

PMR-D3949
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. Water pavilion in the temple lake, reached by stone bridges.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre, reflections

PMR-D3948
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre

PMR-D3947
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: Yuantong Buddhist Temple is the largest in the city and dates back over 1000 years. The impressive entrance to the grounds.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, religious centre

PMR-D3946
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: good quality fresh fruit can be bought from roadside vendors.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, trade, enterprise

PMR-D3945
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: one of the surviving historic wooden buildings in the old quarter.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, street scene, shops, trade, colourful, bargains

PMR-D3944
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: kittens for sale in the Plant and Animal Market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, pets, appealing, cute, miaou!

PMR-D3943
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: kittens for sale in the Plant and Animal Market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, pets, appealing, cute

PMR-D3942
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: unknown memorial monument in an enclosure near the market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene

PMR-D3941
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: baby tortoises for sale in the Plant and Animal Market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, pets, appealing

PMR-D3940
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: puppies for sale in the Plant and Animal Market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, pets, appealing, cute

PMR-D3939
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: hedgehogs for sale in the Plant and Animal Market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, pets, appealing, cute

PMR-D3938
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: a colourful pedestrian street near the market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene

PMR-D3937
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: selection of succulents in the Plant and Animal Market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, historic, street scene

PMR-D3936
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: a busy pedestrian precinct near the market.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, colourful

PMR-D3935
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: some older buildings in a quiet street.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene

PMR-D3934
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: memorial to part of the old city, long since demolished.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, monument

PMR-D3933
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: view along the Panlong River with some of the high-rise buildings in the centre.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene

PMR-D3932
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: caged birds for sale on the street.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene, pets, songbirds

PMR-D3931
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: some of the high-rise buildings in the modern centre of the city which has more than 3 million citizens.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene

PMR-D3930
People's Republic of China, Yunnan Province, Kunming: some of the high-rise buildings in the modern centre of the city which has more than 3 million citizens.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, metropolitan, architecture, historic, street scene

PMR-D3928
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall. View from downriver, looking towards the waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3927
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3926
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall. View from the tunnel which runs behind the waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3925
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3924
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3923
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3922
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3921
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3920
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun: Huangguoshu Falls, 77.8 metres high, 81 metres wide, China's biggest waterfall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, heritage, picturesque, Kam, sightseeing, attraction

PMR-D3919
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the garden of bonsai trees and bizarre stone shapes.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, botany

PMR-D3918
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
A lake with fountain and water lilies.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3917
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
A lake with fountains adjoining the viewing terrace.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3916
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
A lake with fountains and water lilies with densely wooded hills behind.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3915
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
A pretty young Chinese visitor.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3914
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Two pretty girls in colourful Dong or Hmong costumes act as guides.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre, traditional, dress

PMR-D3913
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Two pretty girls in colourful Dong or Hmong costumes act as guides.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre, traditional, dress

PMR-D3912
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Two pretty girls in colourful Dong or Hmong costumes act as guides.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre, traditional, dress

PMR-D3911
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3910
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year. Here, the name plates are clearly visible.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3909
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3908
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3907
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3906
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3905
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Anshun, Tianxing Qiao Scenic Zone: the "Potted Landscape" on the Sancha River is an eroded karst area through which a path of 365 stepping stones zig-zags, each stone marked with a day of the year.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, landscape, formations, rocks, stone, bizarre

PMR-D3904
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Leishan: giant gongs in the town park.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, architecture

PMR-D3903
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Leishan: modern housing overlooking the town park.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, picturesque, Kam, architecture, homes , dwellings

PMR-D3902
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Leishan: a handsome modern "Wind and Rain" ("Fengyu") covered wooden bridge spans the river.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, woodworkers, skills, architecture, carpenters

PMR-D3901
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Leishan: a handsome modern "Wind and Rain" ("Fengyu") covered wooden bridge spans the river.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, woodworkers, skills, architecture, carpenters

PMR-D3900
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province: cultivated terraces by the road on the approach to the Leigong Shan Pass (1913 metres).
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, agriculture, grain, altitude

PMR-D3899
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province: rice terraces by the road on the approach to the Leigong Shan Pass (1913 metres).
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, agriculture, grain, altitude

PMR-D3898
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: a shoemaker plying his trade on the pavement.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, artisan, cobbler, enterprise, trade, business

PMR-D3897
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: local woman conveying hens in a pair of baskets on a pole.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, livestock, poultry, chickens

PMR-D3896
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: colourful local costumes displayed for sale in the store.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, clothes, frocks, dresses, fashion, models, souvenirs

PMR-D3895
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: feeding time for a pair of cows in a back yard.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, carpentry, livestock, farming

PMR-D3894
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: bundles of drying rice on a bridge-rail, with the historic wooden houses in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3893
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the historic wooden houses on the main street back onto the river whose water level is retained by weirs.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, reflections

PMR-D3892
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: view of the "Drum Tower" and square from the top floor of the hotel.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3891
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: drying the black, hammered cloth and various carpets on a bridge on the outskirts of the village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3890
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: one of the "Wind and Rain" covered bridges over the river, with the "Drum Tower" in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3889
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: colourful dragons adorn the front of the "Drum Tower".
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3888
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the "Drum Tower", reflected in the pool.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3887
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: a weir raises the level of the river to provide reflections of the wooden buildings.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3886
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the pedestrian boardwalk follows the stream into the centre of the village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3885
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: view of the old wooden buildings from a bridge over the stream.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3884
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: one of the youngest members of the Dong community.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, child, boy, toddler

PMR-D3883
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: view of the old wooden buildings from a bridge over the stream.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3882
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: a local artisan, weaving a basket.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, handicrafts, basketry, skills

PMR-D3881
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: large racks of drying rice form one side of the square, with the "Drum Tower" visible in the background. With the stage, or podium, in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, harvest, grain

PMR-D3880
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: large racks of drying rice form one side of the square, with the "Drum Tower" visible in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, harvest, grain

PMR-D3879
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: woman washing beansprouts in a bowl.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, food

PMR-D3878
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the traditional black cloth being hammered to produce a gloss. After many hours of hammering and washing, the value increases accordingly.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, artisan, textiles, clothing

PMR-D3877
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the "Drum Tower" reflected in the town pool, with rice drying in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3876
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: young woman washing clothes by the river.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, laundry, washday

PMR-D3875
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the historic wooden houses on the main street back onto the river whose water level is retained by weirs.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, reflections

PMR-D3874
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the historic wooden houses on the main street back onto the river.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, reflections

PMR-D3873
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the historic wooden houses on the main street back onto the river, where they are mirrored in the water.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, reflections

PMR-D3872
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the historic wooden houses on the main street back onto the river.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, reflections

PMR-D3871
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the historic wooden houses on the main street back onto the river whose water level is retained by weirs.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, reflections

PMR-D3870
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: historic wooden houses on the main street, with wooded hills behind.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, colourful

PMR-D3869
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: historic wooden houses on the main street, with wooded hills behind.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, colourful

PMR-D3868
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: hanging out lengths of black, hammered cloth to dry.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, Kam, artisan

PMR-D3866
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: handsome traditional buildings at the entrance to the village, with wooded hills as a backdrop.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, pagodas

PMR-D3865
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: the main road flies past the village on a lofty viaduct.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, bridge, engineering, construction

PMR-D3864
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Conjiang: an ancient fig tree (Ficus microcarpa), its branches supported with struts, near the hotel.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, Kam, botany, flora, dendrology

PMR-D3863
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: colourfully-dressed Miao woman with baskets on a carrying-pole.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3862
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: typical wooden grain stores, mounted on stilts.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, woodworkers

PMR-D3861
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: red peppers drying in the sun, behind, the rolling countryside disappearing into the mist.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, landscape, colourful

PMR-D3860
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: typical wooden houses, clustered on a steep hill.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, woodworkers

PMR-D3859
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: the rice harvest drying on high racks.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3858
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: one of the village hunters, dressed in black, hammered cloth.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3857
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: one of the village hunters, dressed in black, hammered cloth, with his ancient muzzle-loading gun.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3856
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: young Miao girl with colourful dress.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3855
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: typical wooden building on the village square, with drying rice and cotton.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3854
People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Basha/Biasha Miao Village: pretty Miao girl wearing the traditional black, hammered cloth jacket.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3853
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: a Miao village on the River Doliu, with traditional wooden houses in a terrace, drying clothes,
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, street scene

PMR-D3852
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: a Miao village on the River Doliu, with traditional wooden houses, two women washing onions.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, street scene

PMR-D3851
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: a Miao village on the River Doliu, with traditional wooden houses, drying material, piled-up logs, cooking rice in a wok.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, street scene

PMR-D3850
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: a Miao village on the River Doliu, with traditional wooden houses, drying rice, drying cotton, firewood in a pile.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, street scene

PMR-D3849
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: a Miao village on the River Doliu, with traditional wooden houses, drying rice, firewood in a pile.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, street scene

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-D3847
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: the local people are avid players of board games.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, Kam, gaming, chequers, squatting

PMR-D3846
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: the "Drum Tower" traditionally serves as an assembly hall in Dong villages, where the citizens are summoned by a beaten drum.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3845
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: closer view of the intricate patterns formed by inlaid pebble-work in the town square.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, palm trees

PMR-D3844
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: upward view inside the "Drum Tower" gives an idea of the woodwork skills of the Dong constructors.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan

PMR-D3843
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: intricate patterns formed by inlaid pebble-work in the town square. Drying rice on frames in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, palm trees

PMR-D3842
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: late afternoon view of the town square with rice-drying stands on the far side.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, dragon, palm trees

PMR-D3840
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: bundles of rice, drying in the sun, on the front of a house in the Dong village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3839
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: the newer houses in the Dong village are brick-built. Reflections in the river.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3838
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional multi-storey wooden houses in the Dong village, with stream and signpost in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3837
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: harvesting rice in the fields of the Dong village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam, crop, grain

PMR-D3836
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: view of the Dong village, with its traditional wooden houses and two "Drum Towers".
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3835
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: the Chengyang Wind and Rain ("Fengyu") Bridge, built by Dong woodworkers in 1912, stands on three stone piers and is 64.4 metres long..
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Yongji, Panlong, Kam

PMR-D3834
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: cultivated fields in the middle of the Dong village, with the roof of a wayside pavilion in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3833
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: cotton, drying on the pavement.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, Kam, raw materials

PMR-D3832
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional multi-storey wooden house with restaurant on the ground floor, in the Dong village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3831
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: ricefields, with, behind, the Chengyang Wind and Rain ("Fengyu") Bridge, built by Dong woodworkers in 1912, stands on three stone piers and is 64.4 metres long.. It has 5 pavilions and 19 verandas.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Yongji, Panlong, Kam

PMR-D3830
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: Cheng Yang International Hotel, of traditional wooden construction.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3829
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional multi-storey wooden houses in the Dong village, with the "Drum Tower" or assembly hall, in the background at the foot of the hill terraces, and rice field in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3828
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: the village square, in use for drying rice.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3827
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: cultivated land in the centre of the Dong village is heavily cropped.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3825
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: a tourist group crossing the river, with the "Drum Tower" or assembly hall, on the right.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3824
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional multi-storey wooden houses in the Dong village reflected in the river, with the "Drum Tower" or assembly hall, in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3823
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: the Chengyang Wind and Rain ("Fengyu") Bridge, built by Dong woodworkers in 1912, stands on three stone piers and is 64.4 metres long.. It has 5 pavilions and 19 verandas.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Yongji, Panlong, Kam

PMR-D3822
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: the Chengyang Wind and Rain ("Fengyu") Bridge, built by Dong woodworkers in 1912, stands on three stone piers and is 64.4 metres long.. It has 5 pavilions and 19 verandas.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Yongji, Panlong, Kam

PMR-D3821
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: the Chengyang Wind and Rain ("Fengyu") Bridge, built by Dong woodworkers in 1912, stands on three stone piers and is 64.4 metres long..
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Yongji, Panlong, Kam

PMR-D3820
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional multi-storey wooden houses in the Dong village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3819
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: the village square, in use for drying grain, with the "Drum Tower" or assembly hall at the rear.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3818
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: Dong (Kam) housewives and mothers passing the time of day.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, women, villagers, village life

PMR-D3817
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional wooden houses in the Dong village, with rice field in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, crop, cultivation, Kam

PMR-D3816
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional multi-storey wooden houses in the Dong village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3813
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: the Chengyang Wind and Rain ("Fengyu") Bridge, built by Dong woodworkers in 1912, stands on three stone piers and is 64.4 metres long.. The waterwheel in the foreground supplies the irregation system.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Yongji, Panlong, Kam

PMR-D3812
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional women's costume in the Dong village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, colourful, Kam

PMR-D3811
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang County, Maan: traditional wooden houses on the outskirts of the Dong village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, carpentry, Kam

PMR-D3810
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: a modern "Wind and Rain" bridge built by the Dong people and completed in 2010. It is 398 metres long and 18 metres wide with two carriageways. The seven towers display the traditional woodworking skills of the Dong people.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, span, reflections

PMR-D3809
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: a modern "Wind and Rain" bridge built by the Dong people and completed in 2010. It is 398 metres long and 18 metres wide with two carriageways. The seven towers display the traditional woodworking skills of the Dong people.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, span, reflections

PMR-D3808
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: a modern "Wind and Rain" bridge built by the Dong people and completed in 2010. It is 398 metres long and 18 metres wide with two carriageways. The seven towers display the traditional woodworking skills of the Dong people.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, span, reflections

PMR-D3807
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: a modern "Wind and Rain" bridge built by the Dong people and completed in 2010. It is 398 metres long and 18 metres wide with two carriageways. The seven towers display the traditional woodworking skills of the Dong people.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, span, reflections

PMR-D3806
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: waterside houses reflected in the River Rong in early-morning mist.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, reflections

PMR-D3805
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Sanjiang: a modern "Wind and Rain" bridge built by the Dong people and completed in 2010. It is 398 metres long and 18 metres wide with two carriageways. The seven towers display the traditional woodworking skills of the Dong people.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, span, reflections

PMR-D3804
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Dazhai: wooden houses of the Yao people, who are traditional woodworkers.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, heritage, architecture, dwellings, homes

PMR-D3803
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Dazhai: in this village the Yao women let their hair grow to its full length, but keep it coiled up during the day.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, hairstyles, coiffure

PMR-D3802
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Dazhai: in this village the Yao women let their hair grow to its full length, but keep it coiled up during the day.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, hairstyles, coiffure

PMR-D3801
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Dazhai: in this village the Yao women let their hair grow to its full length, but keep it coiled up during the day.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, hairstyles, coiffure

PMR-D3800
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Dazhai: in this village the Yao women let their hair grow to its full length, but keep it coiled up during the day.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, extraordinary, culture, minority, hairstyles, coiffure

PMR-D3694
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: symbol-covered stone column near the top of the Yao Mountain, at 903 metres, the highest in Guilin, reached by chair-lift.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, culture, sculpture, metalwork

PMR-D3693
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: red prayer ribbons cover the trees near the top of the Yao Mountain, at 903 metres, the highest in Guilin, reached by chair-lift.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, culture, colourful

PMR-D3692
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: figures representing the 12 Chinese year names: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig, with prayer ribbons in the trees, on the Yao Mountain, at 903 metres, the highest in Guilin, reached by chair-lift.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, culture, sculpture, calendar, zodiac

PMR-D3691
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: figures representing the 12 Chinese year names: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig, on the Yao Mountain, at 903 metres, the highest in Guilin, reached by chair-lift.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, culture, sculpture, calendar, zodiac

PMR-D3690
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: bronze relief near the top of the Yao Mountain, at 903 metres, the highest in Guilin, reached by chair-lift.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, culture, sculpture, metalwork

PMR-D3689
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: Tang Dynasty figures near the top of the Yao Mountain, at 903 metres, the highest in Guilin, reached by chair-lift.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, culture, Buddhist, temple, statue

PMR-D3687
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: Tang Dynasty figure near the top of the Yao Mountain, at 903 metres, the highest in Guilin, reached by chair-lift.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, culture, Buddhist, temple, statue

PMR-D3686
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: Tang Dynasty figures near the top of the Yao Mountain, at 903 metres, the highest in Guilin, reached by chair-lift.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, culture, Buddhist, temple, statue

PMR-D3668
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: pagoda near the entrance to Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, photogenic, culture, tourist attraction

PMR-D3667
People's Republic of China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen: a large ceramic dragon in the pond near the entrance to Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the country's largest producer of fine china.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, photogenic, culture, tourist attraction, mythical beast

PMR-D3666
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: panoramic view of the village with every available square metre of land under cultivation.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3665
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: panoramic view of the village with every available square metre of land under cultivation.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3664
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: student from the art school at work.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3663
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: student from the art school at work.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3662
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: student from the art school at work.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3661
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: students from the art school at work.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3660
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: tray of drying red peppers.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3659
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: amusing clay masks hanging over a shop window.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3658
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Xidi was founded in 1047 by descendents of the last Tang emperor and still has many of its "Huizhou" style historic buildings: tableau celebrating a panda centenary near the entrance to the village.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic, architecture

PMR-D3657
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: reflections in Moon Pond with orange Chinese lanterns in profusion.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3656
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: courtyard with gardens adjoining a traditional house.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3655
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: beautifully carved stone lights in a garden wall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3654
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: reflections in the pond in the historic centre.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3653
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: typical street with channel for running water system.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3652
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: historic meeting hall with original furnishings.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3651
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: intricately carved and coloured wooden doors.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3650
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: intricate wooden carving showing scenes of everyday activities (closer view).
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3649
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: intricate wooden carving showing scenes of everyday activities.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3648
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: courtyard at thr rear of a meeting hall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3647
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: historic meeting hall.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3646
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: reflections in Moon Pond with orange Chinese lanterns in profusion.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3645
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: reflections in Moon Pond with orange Chinese lanterns in profusion.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3644
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: colourful seeds and spices on sale in the marketplace.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3643
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: the old schoolroom has been preserved.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3642
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: reflections in Moon Pond with orange Chinese lanterns in profusion.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3641
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: reflections of the bridge (which appears in the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") in Moon Pond.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3640
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: reflections of the bridge (which appears in the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") in Moon Pond.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3639
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the village of Hongcun dates from the Song Dynasty and was founded by members of the Wang clan: reflections in Moon Pond with orange Chinese lanterns in profusion.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, tourist attraction, historic

PMR-D3638
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: ancient stone bridge of traditional form.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture

PMR-D3635
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3634
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3633
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3632
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3631
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3630
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3629
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3628
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3627
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3626
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3625
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Huangshan Pine (Pinus hwangshanensis) growing out of the rock face, probably centuries old.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction, tree, dendrology, flora

PMR-D3624
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3623
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3622
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3621
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3620
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Rock formation resembling one of the local monkeys, the Tibetan Macaques.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3619
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Huangshan Pine (Pinus hwangshanensis) reputed to be 400 years old.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction, dendrology, flora, tree

PMR-D3618
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: We We, Chinese guide in the Huangshan Mountains.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3617
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3616
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Local porters carry the provisions for the hotels up the stone steps.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3615
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3614
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Belvedere, with TV antenna mast and Brightness Top in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3613
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3612
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. In the distance is the Taiping Cablecar from Red Cloud Station.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3611
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Xihai Reservoir with the Chinese flag in the distance.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3610
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3609
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3608
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Huangshan Pine (Pinus hwangshanensis) in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3607
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Huangshan Pine (Pinus hwangshanensis) in the foreground.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3605
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3604
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3603
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3602
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. Xihai Reservoir with the Chinese flag in the distance.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3601
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3600
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3599
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3598
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3597
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3596
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. "Brightness Top" Meteorological Station (1840 metres) with TV antenna in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3595
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3594
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3593
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3592
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture. A giant Chinese flag on the mountainside.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3591
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3590
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3589
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3588
People's Republic of China, Anhui Province: the breathtaking scenery provided by the Huangshan granite peaks ("Yellow Mountains") with their Huangshan Pine trees, has a unique beauty which generations of artists have tried to capture.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, photogenic, culture, UNESCO site, rock formations, landscape, tranquility, idyllic, fantastic, lush, geology, artistic, tourist attraction

PMR-D3552
People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou: a picturesque waterway, off the Kaiser Canal, decorated with orange lanterns.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, national heritage, bridges, Venice of the East

PMR-D3551
People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou: a picturesque waterway, off the Kaiser Canal, decorated with orange lanterns.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, national heritage, bridges, barges

PMR-D3550
People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou: a picturesque waterway, off the Kaiser Canal, decorated with orange lanterns.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, national heritage, bridges, barges

PMR-D3549
People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou: a picturesque waterway, off the Kaiser Canal, decorated with orange lanterns.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, national heritage, bridges, Venice of the East

PMR-D3548
People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou: a picturesque waterway, off the Kaiser Canal, decorated with orange lanterns.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, national heritage, bridges, Venice of the East

PMR-D3547
People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Province, Suzhou: a picturesque waterway, off the Kaiser Canal, decorated with orange lanterns.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, culture, historic, national heritage, bridges, Venice of the East

PMR-D3534
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events. View from the Great Hall, with equestrian statues of Kaiser Friedrich I Barbarossa and Kaiser Wilhelm I der Große, and spires of the Market Church.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3533
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events. View from the Great Hall, of the equestrian statue of Kaiser Friedrich I Barbarossa with the twin spires of the Market Church in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3532
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events. View from the terrace, with equestrian statues of Kaiser Friedrich I Barbarossa and Kaiser Wilhelm I der Große in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3531
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events. Droschke on the approach.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3530
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Kaiserpfalz, an 11th century Romanesque palace, extensively restored in the 19th century, contains fine wall paintings of German historical events.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3529
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: timber-framed houses, the nearest one with traditional slate cladding on the facade, in a street of cobblestones in the old quarter.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3528
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: narrow cobbled street, An der Gose, with terraces of timber-frames houses on both sides.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3527
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: terrace of timber-framed houses in the Peterstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3526
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: terrace of timber-framed houses in the Peterstrasse, with the tower of the Frankenberger Church in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3525
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: terrace of timber-framed houses in the Peterstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3524
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: terrace of timber-framed houses in the Kettenstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3523
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: terrace of timber-framed houses in the Kettenstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3522
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: terrace of timber-framed houses in the Kettenstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3521
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: terrace of timber-framed houses in the Kettenstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3520
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: semi-detached timber-frame houses, one with ornate slate-cladding, a local tradition.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3519
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: timber-framed Hotel Goldener Stern in the Bäringerstrasse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3518
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: colourfully decorated facade of a building in the old quarter with the date 1606.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3517
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: colourfully decorated timber-frame houses in the old quarter.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3516
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Gothic Rathaus (Town Hall) dates from 1450 and faces the Marktplatz with its five arcades. On the second floor are lavishly furnished council chambers.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3515
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: Baroque figures of various emperors adorn the facade of the Kaiserworth (1494), originally the guildhouse of the tailors and cloth-traders.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3514
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: street-cafe in the Marktplatz with the arcades of the 15th century Rathaus (Town Hall) on the left.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3513
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: decorated facade of a timber-framed house, Markt 10.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3512
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: timber-framed building which was formerly the Registry Office, originally part of a monastery. To the right the remains of the Rosentor, one of the four orignal town gates.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3511
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: twin towers of Romanesque Market Church of St. Cosmos and St. Damien, completed in 1150 and later extended.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3510
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: the Schuhhof, the oldest square in Goslar, where the shoemakers had their shops and guildhouse.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3509
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: fountain, surmounted by a golden eagle with outstretched wings (the heraldic symbol of Goslar) in the centre of the Marktplatz.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3508
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: view of the Heilig Kreuzkirche (Church of the Holy Cross) from the tower of St. Andreas, at 114.35 metres, the highest in Lower Saxony.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3507
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: view of the Gothic church of St. Lamberti (1474) from the tower of St. Andreas, at 114.35 metres, the highest in Lower Saxony.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3506
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: view of the Marktplatz from the tower of St. Andreas, at 114.35 metres, the highest in Lower Saxony.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3505
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the fountain in the Marktplatz, surmounted by a watch-guard, is also a post-war reconstruction.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3504
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Rokokohaus (1757) with stucco-work facade sandwiched between the timber-framed Stadtschänke (1666) and the Wollenwebergildehaus (Wool-weavers' Guildhouse) (ca. 1600) on the Marktplatz. All rebuilt after wartime destruction.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3503
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Gothic Rathaus (Town Hall) in the Marktplatz, dating from 1268-90 but frequently modernised and extended.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3502
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St. Godehard (1133-1172), one of the few remaining Romanesque churches which has retained its original appearance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3501
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Wernerscheshaus (1606), one of the best examples of timber-frame building which escaped war-damage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3500
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the nave of St. Godehard (1133-1172), one of the few remaining Romanesque church interiors which has retained its original appearance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3499
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: ornate facade of a timber-frame house dated 1548.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3498
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: timber-frame houses in Kesslerstrasse which largely escaped war-damage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3497
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: memorial to the synagog on Lappenberg Hill which was burnt down on the night of 9/10th November 1938.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3496
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: timber-frame houses in Kesslerstrasse which largely escaped war-damage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3495
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: timber-frame houses in Knollenstrasse which largely escaped war-damage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3494
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Kehrwiederturm ("Return-again-tower"), dating from the 15th century, is the sole remaining tower of the original town's defences.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3493
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Kehrwiederturm ("Return-again-tower"), dating from the 15th century, is the sole remaining tower of the original town's defences.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3492
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: timber-frame houses in Kesslerstrasse which largely escaped war-damage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3491
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: timber-frame houses in Kesslerstrasse which largely escaped war-damage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3490
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: timber-frame houses in Kesslerstrasse which largely escaped war-damage.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3489
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Bible scene (Adam and Eve) on one of the twin bronze Bernward doors (1015), which were each cast in one piece.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3488
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Bible scene on one of the twin bronze Bernward doors (1015), which were each cast in one piece.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3487
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Bible scene on one of the twin bronze Bernward doors (1015), which were each cast in one piece.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3486
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. The twin bronze Bernward doors (1015), 4.72 m. high, were each cast in one piece.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3485
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Top of the bronze Column of Christ (1020) showing scenes from his life, after Trajan's Column in Rome.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3484
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Rebuilt after total destruction during the war. The nave, with the bronze font in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3483
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Legend says that the "1000-year Rose Bush" was the cause of the building of the first cathedral in 9th century .
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3482
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Rebuilt after total destruction during the war. Cloisters, with the "1000-year Rose Bush" on the left.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3481
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Rebuilt after total destruction during the war. Statue of the Virgin and Child (ca. 1260).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3480
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Rebuilt after total destruction during the war. Bronze christening font of Wilbernus, ca. 1225.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3479
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Rebuilt after total destruction during the war. View of the south transept and tower over the crossing.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3478
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Rebuilt after total destruction during the war. View of the west tower and south chapel windows.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3477
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Romanesque Cathedral, dating back to 872, with extensions from the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, contains bronze doors and column of Christ which are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. Rebuilt after total destruction during the war.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3476
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St Michael's Church, (Romanesque 1010-1033), rebuilt after war destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. Eastern side of the ceiling frescos dating from the early 13th century and depicting Christ's family tree with Mary (top) as the "new Eve".
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3475
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St Michael's Church, (Romanesque 1010-1033), rebuilt after war destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. Western side of the ceiling frescos dating from the early 13th century and depicting Christ's family tree from Adam and Eve (bottom) onwards.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3474
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St Michael's Church, (Romanesque 1010-1033), rebuilt after war destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. 14th century grave cover of Bernward, 13th Bishop of Hildesheim, founder of the church, after receiving a splinter of the True Cross from Emperor Otto III on 15th January 993.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3473
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St Michael's Church, (Romanesque 1010-1033), rebuilt after war destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. Altar of St. Mary (1520) depicts her between St John the Evengelist & John the Baptist. In foreground 14th century grave cover of Bernward, 13th Bishop of Hildesheim, founder of the church.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3472
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St Michael's Church, (Romanesque 1010-1033), rebuilt after war destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. View of thje nave from the west. The renowned ceiling frescos depict Christ's family tree going back to Adam and Eve.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3471
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St Michael's Church, (Romanesque 1010-1033), rebuilt after war destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. View of the Romanesque galleries on the north side of the east transept.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3470
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St Michael's Church, (Romanesque 1010-1033), rebuilt after war destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3469
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: St Michael's Church, (Romanesque 1010-1033), rebuilt after war destruction, is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1985. Closer view of the west transept and towers.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3468
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Renaissance Oriel dating from 1591 on the 14th century Tempelhaus in the Marktplatz, completely reconstructed after war destruction.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3467
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Gothic Knochenhaueramtshaus with Renaissance decoration (1529) and the smaller Bäckeramtshaus (1825) nearer the camera, both in the Marktplatz which was totally destroyed in the war.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3466
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the 14th century Tempelhaus in the Marktplatz, with its Renaissance Oriel dating from 1591, completely reconstructed after war destruction.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3465
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: the Wedekindhaus in the Marktplatz, dating from 1598, but completely rebuilt after war destruction.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR-D3464
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the Green Citadel designed by architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser and completed in 2005.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR-D3463
Germany, Saxony, Colditz: the castle (Schloss Colditz) seen from the town below. The site has been built on since the 11th century, but the present building was erected in 1577-91.
Keywords: historic, World War II, prison camps, NAZI Germany, architecture, culture, national heritage

PMR-D3444
Germany, Lower Saxony, Goslar: Marketplace.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3436
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the Rathaus (Town Hall) was built in Renaissance style in 1698 and replaced an earlier building, destroyed in the 30-years war. It occupies the south side of the market place.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3435
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: figure of the knight "Roland" in front of the Town Hall.
Keywords: mediaeval, culture, historic, national heritage, statue, monument

PMR-D3434
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: bronze statue of Otto von Guericke (1802-86), scientist, inventor and politician, whose experiments with vacuums resulted in the famous "Magdeburg Hemispheres".
Keywords: culture, historic, national heritage, science, electrostatic repulsion, monument, memorial

PMR-D3433
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Johanniskirche (St. John's Church) dates back to the 10th century, but has been destroyed four times and each time rebuilt. The church took on its present form in the late 17th century but was again destroyed by enemy action in 1944/5. Rebuilt in 1980s, the building is now used as a concert hall.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3432
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the Magdeburger Reiter (Rider) (1240), the first equestrian statue north of the Alps.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, monument, horse-rider

PMR-D3431
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the Magdeburger Reiter (Rider) (1240), the first equestrian statue north of the Alps.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, monument, horse-rider

PMR-D3430
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Romanesque Gothic nave of the Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen (Monastery of Our Lady), dating from 12-13th century. The monastery itself was founded by Augustinian monks in 1015.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving, vaulting

PMR-D3429
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: cloisters of the Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen (Monastery of Our Lady), dating from 1129-1200, showing the Romanesque column capitals in more detail.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3428
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: Romanesque cloisters of the Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen (Monastery of Our Lady), dating from 1129-1200, with the Tonsure Chapel protruding into the courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3427
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Two of the five "foolish virgins" (New Testament parable) in the Paradise Porch, dating from about 1250.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3426
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Figure of Emperor Otto the Great, dating from about 1310, high on the west facade.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3425
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. A horizontal, carved stone gargoyle of a kneeling man near the cloisters.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving, sculpture, water-spout

PMR-D3424
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. East wing of the Romanesque cloisters
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3423
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Gothic South Transept, with the "Tonsure Chapel" at its foot.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3422
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The high Gothic nave, looking east, with the porphyry font, which probably goes back to the Ottonian cathedral, in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3421
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The Miracle-working "black" Madonna and Child dating from about 1280, in the south aisle.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3420
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The five "foolish virgins" (New Testament parable) in the Paradise Porch, dating from about 1250.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3419
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The five "wise virgins" (New Testament parable) in the Paradise Porch, dating from about 1250.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3418
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Two of the five "wise virgins" (New Testament parable) in the Paradise Porch, dating from about 1250.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3417
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The Magdeburg Monument, carved by Ernst Barlach in 1929 for this site.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving, wood carving

PMR-D3416
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The last resting place of Emperor Otto I who died in 973, in the sanctuary.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3415
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Reclining bronze memorial to Archbishop Friedrich von Wettin who died in 1152, in the ambulatory.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3414
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Bronze memorial to Archbishop Wichmann von Seeburg who died in 1192, in the ambulatory.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3413
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Figure of St. Catherine, one of the cathedral's patrons, dating from about 1250.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3412
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Figure of "black" St. Maurice, one of the cathedral's patrons, dating from about 1250.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3411
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Carved oak misericords in the choir stalls, probably dating from the 14th century.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving, wood carving

PMR-D3410
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Noah's Ark and the flood, depicted on the pulpit.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3409
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Figures of Adam and Eve on the pulpit.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3408
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Figure of the Apostle Paul, supporting the pulpit.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3407
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. Statue of Empess Edith, wife of Otto I (?) in the west portal.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3406
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The magnificent Gothic west portal (echoes of Strasbourg?) surmounted by the figure of Emperor Otto I.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3405
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: modern buildings on the west side of the Domplatz, with fountains in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3404
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was this cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. View across the Domplatz (Cathedral Square).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3403
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: facade of the Baroque Landtag (1724, rebuilt after war damage), seat of government of Saxony-Anhalt, with its rich decoration.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3402
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: view of the Baroque Landtag (1724), seat of government of Saxony-Anhalt, with fountains in the Domplatz.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3401
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was the cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The east end of the choir, with ambulatory, apse and dwarf gallery, has a powerful effect.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3400
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the first Gothic building on German territory was this cathedral, which began as Romanesque in 1209. A fortification stood on the site already in 805. The towers were completed in 1520.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, stone carving

PMR-D3399
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: the west towers of the Romanesque Church of Our Lady, dating from the 11th century, currently undergoing restoration.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3398
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: innovative modern apartment block near the Church of Our Lady, with modern bronze figures in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, block of flats, unusual, striking

PMR-D3397
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: this part of the 11th-century Monastery of Our Lady is home to the Museum of Modern Art.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3396
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: part of the Green Citadel designed by architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser and completed in 2005.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR-D3395
Germany, Saxony, Leipzig: facades on theTröndlinring, with the Continental Reformed Church on the right.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, modern

PMR-D3394
Germany, Saxony, Leipzig: the Mendebrunnen (fountain) in Augustusplatz, dating from the 1880s, the only survivor from pre-war times. Behind, the rebuilt Augusteum and Paulinum, home of the university.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, modern, monument, obelisk

PMR-D3393
Germany, Saxony, Leipzig: the Mendebrunnen (fountain) in Augustusplatz, dating from the 1880s, the only survivor from pre-war times. Behind, the rebuilt Opera House.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, modern, monument, obelisk

PMR-D3392
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Gothic nave of the church of St. Afra, which was originally founded in the 11th century.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno, sacral, Catholic

PMR-D3391
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the carved wooden altar of the church of St. Afra, which was originally founded in the 11th century. The altar was carved in 1653 by Valentin Otte and painted by Johann Richter.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno, sacral, Catholic

PMR-D3390
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: cathedral towers, soaring over the rooftops of the lower town.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3389
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: cathedral towers, soaring over the rooftops of the lower town.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3388
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: Market Place, with Rathaus (Town Hall) and neo-Renaissance facade of the Hirschhaus.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3387
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: Schlossberg, with Amtsstufen (steps) up to the Domplatz (Cathedral Square).
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3386
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: Renaissance facades on the Market Place
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3385
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: cathedral towers, soaring over the rooftops of the lower town.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3384
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: cathedral towers, soaring over the rooftops of the lower town.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3383
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: pitched roofs of the mediaeval houses on the Burgstrasse from the top of a cathedral tower.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3382
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Albrechtsburg and Domplatz (Cathedral Square) from the top of a cathedral tower.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3381
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: view of the mediaeval streets of the lower town and the River Elbe from the top of a cathedral tower.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno, panorama

PMR-D3380
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: a ruminative stone figure as a gorgoyle looks down from a tower of the cathedral.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno, statue, stone-carving

PMR-D3379
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: an eagle as a gargoyle overlooks the River Elbe from a tower of the cathedral.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3378
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Albrechtsburg, former home of the House of Wettin, was built between 1472 and 1525 in Late Gothic style. It housed the famous porcelain factory from 1710 to 1865 but is now home to an extensive museum.
Here: the spiral staircase, adorning the facade, is regarded as a model of its kind.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3377
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: Gothic symmetry in the interior of the cathedral.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno, vaulting, nave, altar

PMR-D3376
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: view of the east bank of the River Elbe with the two bridges, from the tower of the cathedral.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3375
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Cathedral, begun in 1260 but much altered, is known for its pure Gothic style.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3374
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: view of the "Burgberg" with Albrechtsburg and Cathedral from the lower town.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3373
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: view of the "Burgberg" with Albrechtsburg and Cathedral from the River Elbe, with reflections in the water.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3372
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: view of the "Burgberg" with Albrechtsburg and Cathedral from the River Elbe.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3371
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Town Hall (Rathaus), a fine Late-Gothic building on the Market Place.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3370
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Schlossbrücke, Mitteltor (bridge and Middle Gate) was originally mediaeval but was rebuilt in 1875.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3369
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the former Bisop's Palace on the "Burgberg".
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno, Gothic

PMR-D3368
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Albrechtsburg, former home of the House of Wettin, was built between 1472 and 1525 in Late Gothic style. It housed the famous porcelain factory from 1710 to 1865 but is now home to an extensive museum.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D2989
Netherlands, Volondam: some of the gabled facades housing souvenir shops and boutiques facing the harbour of this popular resort.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, colourful, port, photogenic

PMR-D2988
Netherlands, Volondam: private moorings stretch along the jetty of the harbour, backed by the picturesque gables of the promenade.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, colourful, port, boats, yachts, photogenic, reflections, resort

PMR-D2987
Netherlands, Volondam: larger yachts moored in the harbour near the centre of the town.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, colourful, port, boats, yachts, photogenic, reflections, resort

PMR-D2986
Netherlands, Volondam: private moorings stretch along the jetty of the harbour, backed by the picturesque gables of the promenade.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage, Holland, colourful, port, boats, yachts, photogenic, reflections, resort

PMR-D2985
Netherlands, Amsterdam, Zaandam: the pedestrian shopping precinct reflected in the water of the canal.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, Holland, reflections, town-planning

PMR-D2922
Bahrain, Manama: Isa Cultural Centre on Al Fatih Highway.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, Sheikh

PMR-D2903
Bahrain, Manama: modern sculpture outside the Art Centre and Cultural Hall.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, Sheikh, bronze, figure

PMR-D1388
People's Republic of China, Tibet: dating from 1268, Sakya Monastery is surrounded by high defence walls with towers at each corner. Sakya was the capital of Tibet from 1268 to 1354, thanks to an alliance with the Mongol Khans. View of the northern monastery buildings, largely reduced to ruins during the Cultural Revolution, hitherto one of the largest monasteries in Tibet.
Keywords: architecture, religion, colourful, Asian, Buddhist, temples, picturesque, historical, heritage

PMR-D1376
People's Republic of China, Tibet, Shigatse: the Dzong was formerly the residence of the kings of Tsang, but was largely destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, historical, picturesque, temples, Buddhist, Asian, colourful, religion

PMR189-12
Italy, Campania, Amalfi: the first Maritime Republic in Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire, Amalfi possessed one of the largest fleets of the area in the 11th century. Hotel Excelsior, overlooking Amalfi Harbour.
Keywords: picturesque, terraced, steep, rocky, historic, architecture, heritage, culture

PMR196-11
Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt am Main: 15th century Gothic tower of the cathedral, where emperors of the Holy Roman Empire were crowned up to 1806.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, Hessen

PMR196-09
Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt am Main: pavement cafe in Romerberg Square, in front of the Romerberg, a group of reconstructed 15th century burghers' houses, formerly the town hall and coronation palace.
Keywords: picturesque, street scene, cobblestones, traditional, architecture, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, Hessen, timber-frame, Römerberg

PMR196-08
Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt am Main: the law courts, built in the late 19th century.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, Hessen, colourful

PMR194-11
Italy, Campania, Herculaneum: the ancient Roman town, buried by pyroclastic flows during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The part of the Decumanus Maximus (main street) which has already been excavated, seen from present day ground level.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street, Ercolano

PMR194-09
Italy, Campania, Herculaneum: the ancient Roman town, buried by pyroclastic flows during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Decumanus Maximus (main street) with stone drinking trough. Some partly demolished modern houses can be seen at the present ground level.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street, Ercolano

PMR194-08
Italy, Campania, Herculaneum: the ancient Roman town, buried by pyroclastic flows during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The "Wooden Trellis House" (Casa a Graticcio) has two storeys, with portico and loggia, divided into apartments. It was built using the cheapest construction methods.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street, Ercolano

PMR194-07
Italy, Campania, Herculaneum: the ancient Roman town, buried by pyroclastic flows during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. A street (Cardine IV) which formerly led straight on to a promenade overlooking the sea, now several miles away. Unlike Pmpeii, the streets have underground sewers.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street, Ercolano

PMR194-05
Italy, Campania, Naples: Via Tribunali in the old Spacca Quarter.
Keywords: metropolis, historic, heritage, culture, street scene, architecture, Napoli

PMR193-03
Italy, Campania, Salerno: entrance to the Cathedral of St. Matthew, consecrated in 1085. The 11th century bronze doors were cast in Constantinople. Most of the columns were taken from Paestum.
Keywords: heritage, architecture, historic, culture, masonry, monument, Romanesque

PMR193-02
Italy, Campania, Paestum: an ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia, Greek name Poseidonia, founded about 600 BC. The Greek Temple of Ceres, in reality probably dedicated to Athena, built about 500 BC. It was used as a Christian church after 313 AD.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, columns

PMR193-01
Italy, Campania, Paestum: an ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia, Greek name Poseidonia, founded about 600 BC. The Greek Temple of Hera (Juno) or "Basilica", built in about 550 BC, the oldest temple in Paestum.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, columns

PMR192-12
Italy, Campania, Paestum: an ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia, Greek name Poseidonia, founded about 600 BC. The Greek Temple of Poseidon, built in 448 BC, shortly before the Parthenon.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, columns

PMR192-11
Italy, Campania, Pompeii: the ancient Roman town , buried by ash and pumice during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. the Large Palaestra, or gymnasium, with swimming pool in the centre, measuring 35 x 22 metres.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street

PMR192-10
Italy, Campania, Pompeii: the ancient Roman town , buried by ash and pumice during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Amphitheatre, built in 80 BC.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street

PMR192-09
Italy, Campania, Pompeii: the ancient Roman town , buried by ash and pumice during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. "House of Loreius Tibertinus", a priest of the goddess Isis: fresco of Pyramus and Thisbe in the triclinium (dining room).
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street

PMR192-08
Italy, Campania, Pompeii: the ancient Roman town , buried by ash and pumice during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Via dell'Abbondanza, "House of Trebius Valens" with second storey, and the Schola Armaturarum" (reroofed), probably the centre of a military association.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street

PMR192-07
Italy, Campania, Pompeii: the ancient Roman town , buried by ash and pumice during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. "House of Obelius Firmus" dating from the Samnite age. Visible are the four large columns of the atrium, the impluvium, and the smaller columns surrounding the peristyle to the rear.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street

PMR192-06
Italy, Campania, Pompeii: the ancient Roman town , buried by ash and pumice during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Via Nola, the limit of the present excavations: on the left cultivated fields still cover a section of the town.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street

PMR192-04
Italy, Campania, Pompeii: the ancient Roman town , buried by ash and pumice during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. Porta Marina - the single track of the gate widens immediately into a double track road.
Keywords: heritage, ruins, archeology, architecture, historic, UNESCO, culture, classical, excavations, masonry, monument, inundation, Roman life, Roman house, Roman street

PMR190-01
Italy, Campania, Maiori: view of the coast, over the domes of a Byzantine-style church, from the terrace of the Villa Rufolo in Ravello, with an umbrella pine in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, steep, historic, architecture, heritage, culture, terraces

PMR189-11
Italy, Campania, Amalfi: the first Maritime Republic in Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire, Amalfi possessed one of the largest fleets of the area in the 11th century. Capo Atrani and Capo d'Orso from the heights of the Pogerola road.
Keywords: picturesque, terraced, steep, rocky, historic, architecture, heritage, culture

PMR189-10
Italy, Campania, Amalfi: the first Maritime Republic in Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire, Amalfi possessed one of the largest fleets of the area in the 11th century. The former Via Genova (now renamed) with a fishmonger's "fresco" on ceramic tiles.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, architecture, heritage, culture, street scene, cliffs, rocky, narrow

PMR189-09
Italy, Campania, Amalfi: Piazza Duomo, with fountain and ceramics shops, overlooked by the cathedral bell tower in Romanesque style with Scilian-Arab summit.
Keywords: picturesque, steep, beach, rocky, historic, architecture, heritage, culture

PMR189-08
Italy, Campania, Amalfi: the first Maritime Republic in Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire, Amalfi possessed one of the largest fleets of the area in the 11th century. Wedding party ascending the steps of the Cathedral of St. Andrew, dating from the 11th century, but largely rebuilt in the 19th century.
Keywords: picturesque, terraced, steep, historic, architecture, heritage, culture, Romanesque

PMR189-06
Italy, Campania, Amalfi: the first Maritime Republic in Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire, Amalfi possessed one of the largest fleets of the area in the 11th century. View of the harbour and fishing boats
Keywords: picturesque, terraced, steep, rocky, historic, heritage, culture, quay, jetty

PMR187-07
Hungary, Budapest: a cruiser on the River Danube passing the House of Parliament.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, sightseeing, boat, steamer

PMR187-06
Hungary, Budapest: Kiraly Furdo (King's Baths), erected in the 16th century by Turkish Pasha Szokoli Mustafa, and still in use.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, Ottoman, hammam

PMR187-02
Hungary, Budapest: Szabadsay-hid (Freedom Bridge) over the River Danube, with the Russian war memorial on the hilltop beyond.
Keywords: architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, engineering, construction

PMR187-01
Hungary, Esztergom: the Basilica, the largest church in Hungary, built between 1822 and 1869 by architects Packh, Luhnel and Hild. The building is over 100 metres high , with a 30-metre-wide cupola, and contains one of the largest altar paintings in the world.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic , heritage, neo-classical, columns, dome

PMR186-12
Hungary, Esztergom: the ancient fortress shares its hill with the basilica. The remaining part of the town wall in the foreground has been repaired with a variety of different materials.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, historic , heritage, defence, fortifications

PMR186-11
Hungary, Esztergom: the huge basilica dominates the town with its classical cupola, 71-metres high. It is the largsest church in Hungary and was built between 1822 and 1869. View from a tributary of the River Danube.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, historic , heritage

PMR186-10
Hungary, Esztergom: view of the River Danube and part of the town from the 71-metre cupola of the basilica. It is the largsest church in Hungary and was built between 1822 and 1869. In the distance is the bridge which used to link the town with Czechoslovakia, destroyed in WWII and never rebuilt.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, historic , heritage, panorama

PMR186-09
Hungary, Esztergom: view of the River Danube and part of the town from the 71-metre cupola of the basilica. It is the largsest church in Hungary and was built between 1822 and 1869.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic , heritage, panorama, rooftops, dome

PMR186-08
Hungary, Budapest: the excavated remains of the Roman town of Aquincum, capital of the Roman province of Pannonia Inferior in the 2nd/3rd century AD. In the background stands the museum.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, ruins, archeology, excavations

PMR186-07
Hungary, Budapest: the excavated remains of the Roman town of Aquincum, capital of the Roman province of Pannonia Inferior in the 2nd/3rd century AD.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, ruins, archeology, excavations

PMR186-06
Hungary, Budapest: the House of Parliament, built by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, was influenced by the Houses of Parliament in Westminster.
Keywords: picturesque, traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, neo-Gothic, Danube, reflections

PMR186-05
Hungary, Budapest: view of the River Danube, Margaret Island, Margaret Bridge and the House of Parliament, from the Fishermen's Bastion, Buda.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, panorama

PMR186-04
Hungary, Budapest: row of preserved houses in the old quarter, Buda, which was for long a part of the Ottoman Empire.
Keywords: picturesque, street scene, cobblestones, traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, colourful

PMR186-03
Hungary, Budapest: St. Matthew's Church, rebuilt in the late 19th century by Frigyes Schulek. St. Matthew's Tower, in the foreground, was erected on the orders of King Mattheus Corvinus.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, stone carving, neo-Gothic

PMR186-02
Hungary, Budapest: Holy Trinity Monument, erected at the time of the plague in 1713, with St. Matthew's Church behind, rebuilt in the late 19th century by Frigyes Schulek.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, stone carving

PMR186-01
Hungary, Budapest: little stone hussar on the Fishermen's Bastion.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, sculpture, statue, stone carving

PMR185-12
Hungary, Budapest: Fishermen's Bastion (architect: Frigyes Schulek, 1902) with the coloured tiled roof of St. Matthew's Church (1470) in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, white marble, towers

PMR185-10
Hungary, Budapest: equestrian statue of Stephen I, first king of Hungary, with the Fishermen's Bastion behind, also in white marble.
Keywords: picturesque, traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage

PMR185-09
Hungary, Budapest: Baroque style buildings of the Szechenyi Mineral Baths, at 76 degrees C., one of the hottest natural springs in Europe.
Keywords: picturesque, traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, spa town

PMR185-08
Hungary, Budapest: Vajdahunyad Castle, copied from the original in Hunedoara (now in Romania) for the millenary celebrations. Also incorporated are a Romanesque Chapel, Gothic Fortifications, and a Renaissance Wing etc. Altogether 21 historic Hungarian buildings are in part reproduced.. View from the south-west.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, picturesque, reflections

PMR185-07
Hungary, Budapest: Vajdahunyad Castle, copied from the original in Hunedoara (now in Romania) for the millenary celebrations. Also incorporated are a Romanesque Chapel, Gothic Fortifications, and a Renaissance Wing etc. Altogether 21 historic Hungarian buildings are in part reproduced.. View from the south-east.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, picturesque, reflections

PMR185-06
Hungary, Budapest: the Museum of Agriculture, standing on the same island as Vajdahunyad Castle.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage

PMR185-05
Hungary, Budapest: entrance to the Romanesque Chapel in Vajdahunyad Castle which was reproduced for the Hungarian millennary celebrations. The original is in Hunedoara, now in Romania.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, stone carving

PMR185-04
Hungary, Budapest: the Millenary Monument, surmounted by the Archangel Gabriel, erected to commemorate the settling of the Magyar Tribes in Hungary in 896 AD. The Millenary Square is paved with geometrical patterns and is used for official ceremonies.
Keywords: architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, column, pillars

PMR185-03
Hungary, Budapest: the Millenary Monument, erected to commemorate the settling of the Magyar Tribes in Hungary in 896 AD. The figures round the base represent the seven original Tribal Chiefs, led by the Paramount Chief, Arpad.
Keywords: architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, statue, sculpture

PMR185-02
Hungary, Budapest: bridge over the lake in the city park (Varosliget) with Millenary Monument in the background and reflections in the water.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage

PMR185-01
Hungary, Budapest: bridge over the lake in the city park (Varosliget) with Millenary Monument in the background.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage

PMR183-07
Austria, Vienna: the Gothic church belonging to Neuburg Monastery (consecrated in 1136) of St Augustine. The interior has been converted to Baroque style.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture

PMR183-06
Austria, Vienna: autumn colours in the gardens near the entrance to Neuburg Monastery.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture

PMR182-09
England, Berkshire, Windsor Castle, the royal residence dating back to the 11th century: part of the east front and formal gardens laid out by Sir Jeffry Wyatville in the 1820s.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, palace, Queen Elizabeth II, park, grounds

PMR182-08
England, Berkshire, Windsor Castle, the royal residence dating back to the 11th century: King Edward III Tower, seen from the Moat Path.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, palace, Queen Elizabeth II

PMR182-07
England, Berkshire, Windsor Castle, the royal residence dating back to the 11th century: The State Apartments in the Upper Ward, dating from Charles II's time (1670-80).
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, palace, Queen Elizabeth II, park, grounds

PMR182-06
England, Berkshire, Windsor Castle, the royal residence dating back to the 11th century: the Lower Ward - Tudor timber-frame buildings with St. George's Chapel and the Round Tower.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, palace, Queen Elizabeth II, park, grounds

PMR182-05
England, Berkshire, Windsor Castle, the royal residence dating back to the 11th century: Castle Hill and the statue of Queen Victoria.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, palace, Queen Elizabeth II, park, grounds

PMR176-12
U.S.A., Washington D.C.: the floodlit Capitol Building at night.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, capital, dome

PMR176-11
U.S.A., Washington D.C.: the floodlit Capitol Building at night, with reflecting pool.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, capital, dome

PMR176-10
U.S.A., Washington D.C.: Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, and site of his tomb.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, mansion, country house, capital

PMR176-09
U.S.A., Washington D.C.: the Lincoln Memorial; its 36 columns represent thw 36 states of the union at the time of his assassination in 1865.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, neo-classical, capital

PMR176-08
U.S.A., Washington D.C.: Vietnam War Memorial, unfinished in 1983, records the names of all the fallen, on black marble slabs.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, capital

PMR174-12
U.S.A., New York: the "Great White Way" - Times Square and Broadway at night, with the Topless Bar.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, illumination, lights, neon, bright

PMR174-11
U.S.A., New York: the "Great White Way" - Times Square and Broadway at night, with Howard Johnsons Restaurant on the left.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, illumination, lights, neon, bright

PMR174-10
U.S.A., New York: the "Great White Way" - Times Square and Broadway at night.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, illumination, lights, neon, bright

PMr174-09
U.S.A., New York: Lower Plaza, at the end of the Channel Gardens, in front of the RCA Building in the Rockefeller Center, with gilded statue of Prometheus stealing the sacred fire for mankind.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, sculpture, restaurant, eating, open air

PMR174-08
U.S.A., New York: Central Park, seen from the top of the RCA Building in the Rockefeller Center (850 feet high, 70 storeys). Visible are the Sheep Meadow, Central Park Lake and the Receiving Reservoir. The black and white building is "9 West 57th Street", with Barclays Bank on the ground floor.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR174-07
U.S.A., New York: Roman Catholic Cathedral of New York, St. Patrick's, completed in 1906 in neo-Gothic style, modelled on Cologne Cathedral. View from the top of the RCA Building.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR174-06
U.S.A., New York: view from the top of the RCA Building in the Rockefeller Center (850 feet high, 70 storeys), with the Empire State Building in the middle distance and the World Trade Center in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR174-05
U.S.A., New York: Roman Catholic Cathedral of New York, St. Patrick's, completed in 1906 in neo-Gothic style, modelled on Cologne Cathedral. View along Fifth Avenue with Olympic Tower and Corning Glass Building.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR174-04
U.S.A., New York: Roman Catholic Cathedral of New York, St. Patrick's, completed in 1906 in neo-Gothic style, modelled on Cologne Cathedral. View from the Rockefeller Center.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR174-03
U.S.A., New York: United Nations General Assembly Building, from United Nations Plaza, with flags of all nations in alphabetical order.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR174-02
U.S.A., New York: United Nations General Assembly Building, from the gardens by the East River.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR174-01
U.S.A., New York: United Nations Secretariat Building, with sculpture "swords into ploughshares" presented by the USSR, in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, monument, statue, bronze figure

PMR173-09
U.S.A., New York: late sunset view from the top of the Empire State Building (1472 feet high, 102 storeys) across the Hudson River to New Jersey.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR173-08
U.S.A., New York: early sunset view from the top of the Empire State Building (1472 feet high, 102 storeys) across the Hudson River to New Jersey.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR173-07
U.S.A., New York: south-west view from the top of the Empire State Building (1472 feet high, 102 storeys), with Fifth Avenue, the World Trade Center, and the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR173-06
U.S.A., New York: north-east view from the top of the Empire State Building (1472 feet high, 102 storeys), with Panam, Chrysler, and United Nations Buildings, and Queensboro Bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR173-05
U.S.A., New York: south-east view from the top of the Empire State Building (1472 feet high, 102 storeys) across the East River and Williamsburg Bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR173-04
U.S.A., New York: view from the top of the Empire State Building (1472 feet high, 102 storeys), with Fifth Avenue (right), George Washington Bridge (top left), Central Park (top centre) and Rockefeller Center.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR173-03
U.S.A., New York: the aircraft carrier "Intrepid", moored on the Hudson River, is now a naval museum. Among the aircraft displayed on deck are Grumman Albatross, North American Fury, Lockheed Neptune.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, carrier-borne, aviation, fighter, amphibian

PMR173-02
U.S.A., New York: the aircraft carrier "Intrepid", moored on the Hudson River, is now a naval museum. Among the aircraft displayed on deck are Grumman Albatross, North American Fury, Lockheed Neptune.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, carrier-borne, aviation, fighter, amphibian

PMR173-01
U.S.A., New York: Riverside Park, from the Hudson River, with Grant's Tomb (left) and Riverside Church.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR172-12
U.S.A., New York: United Nations Secretariat Building (skyscraper), Conference Building (foreground), and the General Assembly Building (right), from the East River. Chrysler Building in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR172-11
U.S.A., New York: United Nations Buildings from the East River.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR172-10
U.S.A., New York: Brooklyn Bridge (celebrating its centenary in 1983) from the East River, with the World Trade Center behind.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR172-09
U.S.A., New York: Manhattan skyline from the East River, with South Street Museum of Historic Ships. Behind are the World Trade Center and Chase Manhattan Bank Building (end on).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR172-07
U.S.A., New York: night view over the East River, with Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges from the top of the World Trade Center (1350 feet high, 110 storeys.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR172-05
U.S.A., New York: roof view from the top of the World Trade Center (1350 feet high, 110 storeys, with the twin tower in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR172-04
U.S.A., New York: evening view of Manhattan Island to the north-west from the top of the World Trade Center (1350 feet high, 110 storeys. Nearest is the Woolworth Building, completed in 1913 and the world's highest building until 1931.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR172-02
U.S.A., New York: evening view of Manhattan Island from the top of the World Trade Center (1350 feet high, 110 storeys. Empire State Building at top centre.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama, bird's-eye view, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR171-12
U.S.A., New York: the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island was designed by Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi and was erected by Gustave Eiffel in 1886. It is 151 feet high and weighs 225 tons. View from the rear.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, bronze figure, liberty symbol, landmark

PMR171-11
U.S.A., New York: the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island was designed by Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi and was erected by Gustave Eiffel in 1886. It is 151 feet high and weighs 225 tons.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, bronze figure, liberty symbol, landmark

PMR171-10
U.S.A., New York: the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island was designed by Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi and was erected by Gustave Eiffel in 1886. It is 151 feet high and weighs 225 tons. View from the approaching ferry.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, bronze figure, liberty symbol, landmark

PMR171-09a
U.S.A., New York: Manhattan Island and the twin towers of the World Trade Center, from the Liberty Island ferry. The fireboat is moored opposite the Firefighting Control Center.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR171-09
U.S.A., New York: Manhattan Island and the twin towers of the World Trade Center, from the Liberty Island ferry. The fireboat is moored opposite the Firefighting Control Center.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR171-07
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the western half of Oakland Bay Bridge, and San Francisco skyline with the Transamerica Pyramid, seen from Yerba Buena Island.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, shore

PMR171-06
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the eastern half of Oakland Bay Bridge, in San Francisco Bay, seen from Yerba Buena Island, with yacht moorings in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR171-05
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: view to the north from Twin Peaks over the San Francisco Peninsula, with the green mound of Buena Vista Park in the centre, the end of Golden Gate Park on the left, and Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama

PMR171-04
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: view to the north-east from Twin Peaks over the San Francisco Peninsula, across the bay to Oakland. Market Street divides the city into two grid systems of street planning.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama

PMR171-03
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: typical modern housing near West Harbor. Houses are built on to each other, due to the scarcity of land, but each is a different size and style.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, dwellings, homes, frontages

PMR171-02
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: typical modern housing near West Harbor. Houses are built on to each other, due to the scarcity of land, but each is a different size and style.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, dwellings, homes, frontages

PMR171-01
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Palace of Fine Arts, containing the "Exploratorium" museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, neo-classical, columns, caryatids, reflections

PMR170-10
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: city skyline, seen from the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR170-09
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the three-masted, full-rigged sailing ship "Balclutha", built in 1886 in Scotland, formerly used on the Cape Horn to Europe run, is now open to the public as a museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, Star of Alaska, Pacific Queen

PMR170-08
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: one of the many buskers and entertainers to be encountered on Fisherman's Wharf.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, clown

PMR170-07
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: World War II submarine, open to visitors as a museum with a modern frigate behind; Alcatraz Island visible in San Francisco Bay.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, warships

PMR170-06
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the fishing boat basin at Fisherman's Wharf, with tourist attractions on the quay behind, overlooked by tower blocks on the hill in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, moorings

PMR170-05
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the fishing boat basin at Fisherman's Wharf, seen from the Embarcadero.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, moorings

PMR170-04
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the fishing boat basin at Fisherman's Wharf; the boat in the foreground resembles a floating junk shop.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, moorings

PMR170-03
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: a cable car, converted to run on rubber-tyred wheels, conducts tourists on sightseeing tours from Fisherman's Wharf.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, public transport

PMR170-02
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: policemen in Portsmouth Square, leisure-time gathering place for Chinese.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, park

PMR170-01
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Transamerica Pyramid Building, 260 metres high, seen from the base.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR169-12
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: view from the top of the Transamerica Pyramid, 260 metres high, with Columbus Avenue and Montgomery Street forming a 'V', Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower, and Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama

PMR169-11
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: flea market, with the towering blocks of the Embarcadero Center behind.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR169-10
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: an out-of-service cable car displayed as a tourist attraction in the Embarcadero Center.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, public transport

PMR169-09
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the old and the new - the modern city seen over the rooftops of renovated Victorian houses.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, dwellings, traditional

PMR169-08
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: bowling in Golden Gate Park, created out of sand dunes.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, sport, bowls, crown green

PMR169-07
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, created out of sand dunes - here the pathway leads under a red, wooden bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR169-06
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, created out of sand dunes - the lake, waterfall and pagodas, backed by eucalyptus trees, introduced from Australia.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, reflections

PMR169-05
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, created out of sand dunes - a semi-circular bridge over the water.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR169-04
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: city skyline, seen from the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, surf, rocks, tide

PMR169-03
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, opened in 1937, until 1964 the longest suspension bridge in the world. View from the roof of the fort.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, engineering, link, artery

PMR169-02
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, opened in 1937, until 1964 the longest suspension bridge in the world. View inside the 19th century fort, built to deter the English from entering San Francisco Bay.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, engineering, link, artery, defence, fortifications

PMR169-01
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, opened in 1937, until 1964 the longest suspension bridge in the world. View from Fort Point.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, engineering, link, artery

PMR168-12
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, opened in 1937, until 1964 the longest suspension bridge in the world. View from Fort Point. The bridge was built incorporating a special span, to clear the historic fort.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, engineering, link, artery

PMR168-10
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Chinatown, home of 65,000 Chinese, sliced through by California Street. Oakland Bay Bridge is just visible between the tower blocks.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, street scene

PMR168-09
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Chinatown, home of 65,000 Chinese - Grant Avenue crossing, with Transamerica Pyramid building in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, street scene

PMR168-08
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: cablecar tracks on Hyde Street (alas, no cablecar!), Norwegian Seamen's Mission with Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR168-07
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Lombard Street, "the crookedest street in the world".
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, hairpin bends, serpentine, curves

PMR168-06
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Lombard Street, with Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower. Yerba Buena Island in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, panorama

PMR168-05
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Aquatic Park, with Alcatraz Island just beyond the end of the jetty.
Keywords: metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city

PMR168-04
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: view along South Van Ness Avenue with a number of traditional houses typical of Old San Francisco.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, dwellings

PMR168-03
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: renovated Victorian house with wooden stairway to entrance, typical of Old San Francisco, on South Van Ness Avenue.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, dwelling

PMR168-02
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, opened in 1937, until 1964 the longest suspension bridge in the world. View from the beach on the seaward side, with flower covered bank in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, engineering, link, artery

PMR168-01
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Golden Gate Suspension Bridge, opened in 1937, until 1964 the longest suspension bridge in the world. View from the beach on the seaward side.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, engineering, link, artery

PMR157-06
U.S.A., California, Los Angeles: bronze sculpture "Dance Floor" by Robert Graham, with Los Angeles City Hall in the background.
Keywords: art, culture, exhibit

PMR155-10
England, London: Cruiser "Belfast" on the River Thames, with Tower Bridge in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, capital city, culture, historic, national heritage, warship, naval museum

PMR155-09
England, London: St. Paul's Cathedral - south front.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Christopher Wren

PMR155-08
England, London: St. Paul's Cathedral from the south-west.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Christopher Wren

PMR155-07
England, London: Houses of Parliament, seen from the Albert Embankment.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, neo-Gothic, Big Ben

PMR155-06
England, London: Houses of Parliament, with reflections in the River Thames. England, London: Houses of Parliament, with reflections in the River Thames.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, neo-Gothic, Big Ben

PMR150-05
Switzerland, Lucerne: the "other" roofed wooden bridge in the town - the Mill Bridge.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, architecture

PMR150-04
Switzerland, Lucerne: Rathaus (Town Hall) with its clocktower, across the water from the steps of the Jesuit Church.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, architecture, reflections, swans, waterfowl

PMR150-03
Switzerland, Lucerne: the fine Renaissance fountain in the Weinmarkt (Wine Market Square).
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, monument, sculpture, carving, figures

PMR150-02
Switzerland, Lucerne: a "busker" with his alpenhorn in the Weinmarkt (Wine Market Square).
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, architecture, frescos, musical instruments, traditional, horn, cobblestones, blowing

PMR150-01
Switzerland, Lucerne: enjoying the sun on the Rathaus Quay, with the the wooden Chapel Bridge and Water Tower dating from the early 14th century, in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, architecture, reflections, relaxing, resting

PMR149-11
Switzerland, Lucerne: the wooden Chapel Bridge and Water Tower dating from the early 14th century, has become the symbol of Lucerne.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, architecture, reflections

PMR149-09
Switzerland, Lucerne: "The Old Swiss House", an attractive, timber-framed building.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, culture, architecture

PMR149-08
Switzerland, Lucerne: Cathedral of St. Leger (Hofkirche) with twin Gothic towers and Renaissance facade.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, architecture, mediaeval, church

PMR149-07
Switzerland, Lucerne: the Lion Monument: the dying lion commemorates the Swiss Guards of Louis XVI who fell at the storming of the Tuilleries in Paris on 10th August 1792.
Keywords: historic, culture, memorial, den, cliffs, sculpture

PMR146-12
Bulgaria, Nessebar: standing on a peninsula on the Black Sea coast, the ancient town has a long history. Typical fishermen's cottages (left), with part of the Church of Archangels Michael and Gabriel, dating from 13.14th century, in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Nesebar, UNESCO

PMR146-11
Bulgaria, Nessebar: standing on a peninsula on the Black Sea coast, the ancient town has a long history. Church of Ivan Krastitel (John the Baptist), dating from the 11-12th century, and presently housing a museum.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Nesebar, UNESCO

PMR146-10
Bulgaria, Nessebar: standing on a peninsula on the Black Sea coast, the ancient town has a long history. Highly ornamented ruin of a 13-14th century Byzantine church.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Nesebar, UNESCO

PMR146-08
Bulgaria, Ahtopol: typical peasant's horse-drawn wagon with loop joining the shafts
Keywords: heritage, culture, carriage, foal, driving

PMR146-06
Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo: capital of the second Bulgarian Empire 1185-1396 (when the Turks arrived): The present-day town rises in picturesque terraces from the River Yantra which loops three times through the town.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, heritage, culture, City of the Tsars, reflections

PMR146-05
Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo: capital of the second Bulgarian Empire 1185-1396 (when the Turks arrived): The present-day town rises in picturesque terraces from the River Yantra which loops three times through the town.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, heritage, culture, City of the Tsars, reflections

PMR146-04
Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo: capital of the second Bulgarian Empire 1185-1396 (when the Turks arrived): the mighty fortification walls with guard towers. The 13th century Balduin Tower (top left) is being restored. The remains of 22 churches have been uncovered up to the present.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, archeology, excavations, ancient, mediaeval, ruins, City of the Tsars

PMR146-03
Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo: capital of the second Bulgarian Empire 1185-1396 (when the Turks arrived): the mighty fortification walls with guard towers. The remains of 22 churches have been uncovered up to the present.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, archeology, excavations, ancient, mediaeval, ruins, City of the Tsars

PMR146-02
Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo: capital of the second Bulgarian Empire 1185-1396 (when the Turks arrived): recently uncovered remains of the patrician quarter of the town on the Tsarevets Hill.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, archeology, excavations, ancient, mediaeval, ruins, City of the Tsars

PMR146-01
Bulgaria, Stara Zagora, Shipka: Shipka Memorial Church, built 1885-1902 in Russian style, and dedicated to the Russians who fell in battle whilst freeing Bulgaria from the Turks.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, colourful, Christian , Orthodox

PMR140-03
Italy, Rome: the Via Appia Antica in 1982, with the grooves of Roman chariot wheels clearly visible.
Keywords: historic, heritage, archeology, classical, ruins, culture, capital city, paving, antiquity, artery

PMR-D2678
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian

PMR-D2677
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well preserved carving on the exterior portraying the story of Jonah and the whale.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2676
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: view of some of the rich carvings on the exterior.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2675
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well preserved carving on the exterior portraying Adam and Eve.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2674
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well preserved carving on the exterior portraying a number of saints.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2673
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well preserved carving on the exterior portraying pairs of geese and rams.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2672
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well preserved carving on the exterior portraying hunting scenes with wild animals.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2671
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well preserved carving on the exterior portraying George and the Dragon.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2670
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: the entry portal.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian

PMR-D2669
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: remaining frescoes in the interior of the nave and dome.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2668
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: remaining frescoes in the interior of the nave and dome.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2667
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well-preserved colourful frescoes.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

PMR-D2666
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. Closer view of the Palace from the old cemetary.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2665
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. Old cemetary of the former settlement of Eski Beyazit, with the Palace in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs, graves, burial, tombstones

PMR-D2663
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles.
Closer view of the ornate main entrance gate, the upper arch filled with "muqarnas".
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2660
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View from the palace of the 1578 AD Ottoman mosque, and a farmer's dwelling.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2659
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View from the palace of a small. modern mosque.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2658
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles.
The mosque, seen from the inner courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2657
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. The largest room in the Haremlik is the salon, with glass roof and colonnades.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2656
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View across the plain, over modern Dogubayazit towards Mount Ararat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2655
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2654
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2653
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View across the plain, over modern Dogubayazit towards Mount Ararat.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2652
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View from the palace of the ruined Urartian fortress, rock tombs, & 16th century Ottoman mosque.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2651
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles.
The marvellously decorated portal to the Haremlik.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2650
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles.
The mosque, seen from the inner courtyard.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2649
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View through an arch of the mosque and minaret (part of the palace).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2648
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles.
The ornate main entrance gate.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2647
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View from the palace of the ruins of a fortress from Urartian era, perhaps 800 BC or older.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2646
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View of the palace (elevation 2200m.) , backed by rugged cliffs, from below.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2645
Turkey, Dogubayazit, Anatolia: Ishak Pasha Palace was begun in 1685 by Cholak Abdi Pasha and completed in 1784 by his son, a Kurdish chieftain, also named Ishak. The architecture is a mixture of Seljuk, Ottoman, Georgian, Persian and Armenian styles. View of the palace (elevation 2200m.) , backed by rugged cliffs, from below.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, photogenic, minaret, landscape, cliffs

PMR-D2327
Turkey, Anatolia: Güzelzu ruined fortress in north-eastern Anatolia.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, fortifications, castle, ruin

PMR-D2326
Turkey, Anatolia: a well-preserved 14th century grave tower built by Curds/Yazids near to Lake Van.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving

PMR-D2325
Turkey, Anatolia: a well-preserved 14th century grave tower built by Curds/Yazids near to Lake Van.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving

PMR-D2323
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian

PMR-D2322
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian

PMR-D2321
Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: a boat approaches the quay.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian

PMR-D2318
Turkey, Anatolia: a well-preserved Ottoman bridge with 7 spans, not far from Erzurum.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, river, crossing, brick-built

PMR-D2316
Turkey, Anatolia: a well-preserved Ottoman bridge with 7 spans, not far from Erzurum.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, river, crossing, brick-built

PMR-D2315
Turkey, Anatolia: a well-preserved Ottoman bridge with 7 spans, not far from Erzurum.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, river, crossing, brick-built

PMR-D2314
Turkey, Anatolia: a well-preserved Ottoman bridge with 7 spans, not far from Erzurum.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, river, crossing, brick-built

PMR475-08
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic: view from the roof of the Joan Miró Museum, the Fundació Miró, with pool in the foreground.
Keywords: culture, creation, artistic, modern art, work of art, display

PMR-D2306
Laos, Luang Prabang: aerial view of the old town on a peninsula between the Nam Khan and the Mekong River.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2299
Laos, Luang Prabang: the Haw Tai Pha Sai-nyaat (Red Chapel) houses an unusual reclining Buddha which is said to date from 1569. It stands in the grounds of Wat Xieng Thong.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2301
Laos, Luang Prabang: 25 kilometres upstream, where the Nam Ou flows into the Mekong, the Pak Ou Caves overlook the river and house a collection of gilded Buddhas (no lighting!)
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2300
Laos, Luang Prabang: the Nam Khan River at its confluence with the Mekong.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2298
Laos, Luang Prabang: The side wall of the Haw Tai Pha Sai-nyaat (La Chapelle Rouge) is covered with mirror-shard mosaics depicting scenes of everyday life. It stands in the grounds of Wat Xieng Thong and dates from the 1950s.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2297
Laos, Luang Prabang: this "Tree of Life" on the rear wall of the Sim of Wat Xieng Thong was created in 1957 out of glass mosaics to celebrate the 2500th year of the birth of Buddha.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2296
Laos, Luang Prabang: the Haw Tai Pha Sai-nyaat chapel in the grounds of Wat Xieng Thong was dubbed "La Chapelle Rouge" (the Red Chapel) by the French.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2295
Laos, Luang Prabang: finely carved and gilded door of the Hóhng Kép Mien building housing the funeral carriage of Lao royalty.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2294
Laos, Luang Prabang: finely carved and gilded door of the Hóhng Kép Mien building housing the funeral carriage of Lao royalty.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2293
Laos, Luang Prabang: the ceremonial carriage used to carry the funeral urns of Lao royalty has five nagas as figureheads. It is housed in a special building, the Hóhng Kép Mien.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2292
Laos, Luang Prabang: the Buddha and shrine of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, built in 1821 to replace a 1796 original.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2291
Laos, Luang Prabang: the carved and gilded doors of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham (1821) illustrate in detail the local way of life and the Ramayana.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2290
Laos, Luang Prabang: the carved and gilded doors of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham (1821) illustrate in detail the local way of life and the Ramayana.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2289
Laos, Luang Prabang: the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre has an extensive display of local arts and crafts including these traditional woven Hmong skirts.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong, costume

PMR-D2288
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Pa Huak contains some unique murals, dating from 1860, showing visiting Chinese diplomats arriving on the Mekong River.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2287
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Pa Huak contains some unique murals, dating from 1860, showing visiting Chinese diplomats arriving by horse caravan.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2240
The Philippines, Angeles: the ubiquitous Jeepney, originally a modified ex-military Jeep, is the backbone of urban transport in many Filipino cities. This splendid version, with horses on the bonnet, is used in the Nayong Pilipino culture park.
Keywords: Tourist resort, colourful, taxi, minibus, customised, vehicles, Jeep

PMR-D2239
The Philippines, Angeles: a group of traditional wooden guesthouses, rebuilt in Nayong Pilipino cultural centre.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, hut, home, thatched roof, wooden houses

PMR-D2238
The Philippines, Angeles: handmade bows and arrows, quivers and other artefacts made in the Aeta Village at Nayong Pilipino.
Keywords: culture, historic, national heritage, handicraft, woodworking, bamboo, cottage industry

PMR-D2237
The Philippines, Angeles: a group of thatched huts in the Aeta Village at Nayong Pilipino.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, hut, home, thatched roof, wooden houses

PMR-D2236
The Philippines, Angeles: a group of dwellings in the Ifugao Village at Nayong Pilipino.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, hut, home, thatched roof, wooden houses, stilt homes

PMR-D2235
The Philippines, Angeles: a group of dwellings in the Ifugao Village at Nayong Pilipino.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, hut, home, thatched roof, wooden houses, stilt homes

PMR-D2234
The Philippines, Angeles: a group of dwellings in the Kalinga Village at Nayong Pilipino with typical crops in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, hut, home, thatched roof, wooden houses

PMR-D2233
The Philippines, Angeles: a guide at Nayong Pilipino in typical dress of Kalinga Province.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, costume, colourful, fashion

PMR-D2203
Laos, Luang Prabang: Saynamkhan River View Hotel, dating from French colonial times.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2202
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Haw Pha Bang Buddhist Temple, newly built to house the historic Pha Bang, an 83 cm-tall gold-alloy Buddha, after which the whole city is named. It arrived in 1512, was twice carried off to Thailand, but was returned by Rama IV in 1867.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2201
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Haw Pha Bang Buddhist Temple, newly built to house the historic Pha Bang, an 83 cm-tall gold-alloy Buddha, after which the whole city is named. It arrived in 1512, was twice carried off to Thailand, but was returned by Rama IV in 1867. View of the richly decorated door and portico, with Nagas lining the steps.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2200
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Haw Pha Bang Buddhist Temple, newly built to house the historic Pha Bang, an 83 cm-tall gold-alloy Buddha, after which the whole city is named. It arrived in 1512, was twice carried off to Thailand, but was returned by Rama IV in 1867.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2199
Laos, Luang Prabang: built in 1904, the former Royal Palace (Ho Kham) is now a museum displaying the royal furniture and accoutrements.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2198
Laos, Luang Prabang: built in 1904, the former Royal Palace (Ho Kham) is now a museum displaying the royal furniture and accoutrements. The last to live there was King Sisavang Vong (ruled 1905-59 whose statue stands in the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2197
Laos, Luang Prabang: built in 1904, the former Royal Palace (Ho Kham) is now a museum displaying the royal furniture and accoutrements. The approach is through an avenue of Palmyra Palms.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2196
Laos, Luang Prabang: built in 1904, the former Royal Palace (Ho Kham) is now a museum displaying the royal furniture and accoutrements.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2195
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, one of the most impressive temples in the city, was inaugurated in 1788 and housed the golden Pra Bang Buddha until 1947.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2194
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, one of the most impressive temples in the city, was inaugurated in 1788 and housed the golden Pra Bang Buddha until 1947.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2193
Laos, Luang Prabang: Sisavangvong Road, the main street of the old town.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2192
Laos, Luang Prabang: Hmong children in colourful traditional dress in a hill village near Luang Prabang.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2191
Laos, Luang Prabang: palm-thatched houses of the Hmong hill people in a village near Luang Prabang.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2182
Laos, Luang Prabang: Asian Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus) in the Tat Kuang Si Bear Rescue Centre, about 30 km. from Luang Prabang. In April 2014 they had 23 bears in care.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2181
Laos, Luang Prabang: Asian Black Bear(Ursus thibetanus) in the Tat Kuang Si Bear Rescue Centre, about 30 km. from Luang Prabang. In April 2014 they had 23 bears in care.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2180
Laos, Luang Prabang: river craft on the Mekong.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2179
Laos, Luang Prabang: spectacular wooded hills on the Mekong River, approaching the Buddha Caves.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2178
Laos, Luang Prabang: moored river craft on the Mekong River outside the Buddha Caves.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2177
Laos, Luang Prabang: spectacular wooded hills on the Mekong River, approaching the Buddha Caves.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2176
Laos, Luang Prabang: spectacular wooded hills on the Mekong River, approaching the Buddha Caves.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2175
Laos, Luang Prabang: spectacular wooded hills on the Mekong River, approaching the Buddha Caves.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2174
Laos, Luang Prabang: spectacular wooded hills on the Mekong River, approaching the Buddha Caves.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2173
Laos, Luang Prabang: water buffalo with calf on the bank of the Mekong River.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2172
Laos, Luang Prabang: river craft on the Mekong.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2171
Laos, Luang Prabang: temple in the trees overlooking the Mekong, surrounded by Flamboyant trees (Delonix regia).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2170
Laos, Luang Prabang: river craft on the Mekong.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2169
Laos, Luang Prabang: view upstream of the Nam Khan River with mountainous background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2168
Laos, Luang Prabang: the seasonal bamboo bridge across the Nam Khan River which flows into the Mekong after a few hundred metres.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2167
Laos, Luang Prabang: the seasonal bamboo bridge across the Nam Khan River which flows into the Mekong after a few hundred metres.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2166
Laos, Luang Prabang: the Morning Food Market Street.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2165
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Pa Huak with facade showing Buddha riding Airavata, the three-headed elephant from Hindu mythology which featured on the Lao flag before 1975.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2164
Laos, Luang Prabang: view of sandbanks in the Mekong River from Phu Si hill, with Flamboyant tree (Delonix regia).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2163
Laos, Luang Prabang: gilded Buddha teaching novices near Wat Thammothayalan on Phu Si hill.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2162
Laos, Luang Prabang: gilded Buddhas near Wat Thammothayalan on Phu Si hill, with reclining Buddha in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2161
Laos, Luang Prabang: gilded Buddhas near Wat Thammothayalan on Phu Si hill.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2160
Laos, Luang Prabang: the steps (329) up Phu Si hill with a Flamboyant tree (Flame of the Forest tree) (Delonix regia).
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2159
Laos, Luang Prabang: view of Sisvangvong Road and the old town from Phu Si hill, with the Mekong River on the left and a Flamboyant tree in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2158
Laos, Luang Prabang: view across the Mekong River from Phu Si hill, with the old town in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2157
Laos, Luang Prabang: view of Sisvangvong Road and the old town from Phu Si hill, with the Mekong River on the left and a Flamboyant tree in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2156
Laos, Luang Prabang: Wat Haw Pha Bang Buddhist Temple, newly built to house the historic Pha Bang, an 83 cm-tall gold-alloy Buddha, after which the whole city is named. It arrived in 1512, was twice carried off to Thailand, but was returned by Rama IV in 1867.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2155
Laos, Luang Prabang: Sisavangvong Road, the main street of the old town.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2154
Laos, Luang Prabang: Saynamkhan River View Hotel, dating from French colonial times.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2153
The Philippines, Manila: monument to Dr. José Rizal in Rizal Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2152
The Philippines, Manila: monument to Dr. José Rizal in Rizal Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2151
The Philippines, Manila: some of the crosses marking 17,000 graves in the American Cemetery and Memorial.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2150
The Philippines, Manila: some of the crosses marking 17,000 graves in the American Cemetery and Memorial.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2149
The Philippines, Manila: high-rise buildings nearing completion in Forbestown, seen from the American Cemetary and Memorial Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2148
The Philippines, Manila: some of the crosses marking 17,000 graves in the American Cemetery and Memorial.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2147
The Philippines, Manila: American Cemetery and Memorial - in the central tower is a devotional chapel and on the walls of the hemispheres are inscribed the names of 36,286 servicemen with no known grave.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2146
The Philippines, Manila: the cloisters of San Agustin Church, the oldest in the Philippines.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2145
The Philippines, Manila: the interior of Manila Cathedral, destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in 1951.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2144
The Philippines, Manila: traditional horse-drawn carriage in Fort Santiago Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2143
The Philippines, Manila: statue of Dr José Rizal, the leading freedom fighter against the Spanish, executed nearby in 1896.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2142
The Philippines, Manila: inside "Intra Muros", the walled enclave of the colonial Spanish, with police in historical costumes.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2141
The Philippines, Manila: neo-classical gateway to Fort Santiago, dating from Spanish colonial times, but reconstructed after war damage. The tableau with the horseman is believed original.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2140
The Philippines, Manila: neo-classical gateway to Fort Santiago, dating from Spanish colonial times, but reconstructed after war damage, with reflection in canal.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2139
The Philippines, Manila: traditional horse-drawn carriage in Fort Santiago Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2138
The Philippines, Manila: seated bronze statues of Philippine notables in Fort Santiago Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2137
The Philippines, Manila: the giant flagpole and Philippine flag in Rizal Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2136
The Philippines, Manila: monument to Dr. José Rizal in Rizal Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Rizal

PMR-D2073
England, Kent, Westerham: late afternoon shadows in the parkland at Chartwell (National Trust), the former home of Winston and Clementine Churchill.
Keywords: conservation, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation

PMR-D2072
Kent: the lower lake in Chartwell Gardens, with the Weald of Kent beyond.
Keywords: manor house, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D2071
Kent: the entrance front of Chartwell House (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D2070
England, Kent, Westerham: Chartwell (National Trust), the former home of Winston and Clementine Churchill.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D2069
The Weald of Kent, from Chartwell Gardens.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D2066
England, Kent, Westerham: Chartwell (National Trust), the former home of Winston and Clementine Churchill.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D2046
Scotland, Edinburgh: Greyfriars Kirk.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2045
Scotland, Edinburgh: Greyfriars Churchyard.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2044
Scotland, Edinburgh: the grave of Greyfriars Bobby in Greyfriars Churchyard.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2043
Edinburgh: entrance to Greyfriars Churchyard, with monument to Greyfriars Bobby.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2042
Edinburgh: grave of John Gray, where Greyfriars Bobby lay, daily, for 14 years.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2041
Edinburgh: Greyfriars Churchyard.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2040
Scotland, Edinburgh: statue of William Chambers of Glenormiston, Lord Provost of the city.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2039
Scotland, Edinburgh: Calton Hill, with the Obelisk, Dugald Stewart Monument, classical National Monument. Nelson's Monument, and ministry building.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2038
Scotland, Edinburgh: Nelson's Monument on Calton Hill. A basket on the mast used to be dropped precisely at the one-o'clock gunshot, to enable ships' crews to set their chronometers.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2037
Scotland, Edinburgh: Dugald Stewart Monument on Calton Hill, with the castle and Balmoral Hotel in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2036
Edinburgh: view from Calton Hill, with the Castle, Balmoral Hotel and Scott Monument.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2035
Scotland, Edinburgh: view from Calton Hill, with St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral below.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2034
Scotland, Edinburgh: the gates of Holyrood House.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2033
Scotland, Edinburgh: "Dynamic Earth" building and the new Scottish Parliament, from a bluff in Holyrood Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2031
Scotland, Edinburgh: the new Scottish Parliament building, architect Enric Miralles, opened in 2004.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2030
Edinburgh: Holyrood House from Holyrood Park.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2029
Edinburgh: Calton Hill from Holyrood Park, with Nelson's Monument, City Observatory, National Monument and Firth of Forth.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2028
Scotland, Edinburgh: view from Holyrood Park, with "Dynamic Earth" Interactive Centre, the New Scottish Parliament, Holyrood House, and the Firth of Forth.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2027
Scotland, Edinburgh: Canongate Tolbooth with clock dated 1884.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2026
Scotland, Edinburgh: Nelson's Monument, supposed to resemble a telescope, on Calton Hill.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2025
Scotland, Edinburgh: obelisk (1844) in the Old Calton Burial Ground commemorating the exiled revolutionary Thomas Muir, and art-deco ministry building.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2024
Edinburgh: statue of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch in front of St. Giles Cathedral.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2023
Scotland, Edinburgh: memorial to David Hume, philosopher, poet and historian (1558-1629).
Keywords: architecture, monument, statue, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D2022
Scotland, Edinburgh: Deacon Brodie's Tavern on the Royal Mile, with the former HQ of the Bank of Scotland behind.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2021
Scotland, Edinburgh: statue of Alexander restraining Bucephalus in the courtyard of the neo-classical City Chambers.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2020
Edinburgh: memorial to the King's Own Scottish Borderers on North Bridge, with Nelson Monument in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2019
Edinburgh Castle: view from the terrace with Argyle Battery and One O'Clock Gun.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2018
Edinburgh Castle: giant siege gun "Mons Meg" from 1457.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2017
Edinburgh Castle: firing a flintlock!
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2016
Scotland, Edinburgh: loading a flintlock in Edinburgh Castle.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2015
Edinburgh: view from the Castle Terrace with One O'Clock Gun.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2014
Scotland, Edinburgh: view from Castle Hill, with Waverley Station, North Bridge, the Scott Monument, Balmoral Hotel and Calton Hill.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D2013
Edinburgh: view from Castle Hill, with green dome of the former HQ of the Bank of Scotland.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2012
Edinburgh: view from Castle Hill, with Waverley Station, the Scott Monument, Balmoral Hotel and Calton Hill.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D2011
Edinburgh: Princes Street Gardens with the Firth of Forth Estuary behind.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D2010
Edinburgh: the Mound, with the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2009
Edinburgh: Ramsay Garden, former home of poet, Allan Ramsay (1686-1758).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2008
Edinburgh: colourful shop on Victoria Street.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2007
Edinburgh: George IV Bridge.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2006
Scotland, Edinburgh: memorial to Greyfriars Bobby (1856-72).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2005
Scotland, Edinburgh: the Grassmarket, with the Covenanters' Memorial, where the gibbet formerly stood.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2004
Scotland, Edinburgh: the castle, from the Grassmarket.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D2003
Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D2002
Edinburgh: pipe band passing the City Chambers on the Royal Mile.
Keywords: architecture, bagpipes, parade, procession, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D2001
Edinburgh: Calton Hill, with the Nelson Monument and the unfinished classical National Monument.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR-D1999
Northumberland: Warkworth Castle - fortified entry tower and moat.
Keywords: architecture, defence, fortifications, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1998
Northumberland: Warkworth Castle.
Keywords: architecture, defence, fortifications, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1997
Northumberland: old stone bridge and town gate at Warkworth.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1996
Northumberland: old stone bridge over the River Croquet at Warkworth.
Keywords: architecture, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1995
Northumberland: Church and Cenotaph at Warkworth.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1994
Northumberland: Warkworth Castle (12th century).
Keywords: architecture, defence, fortifications, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1993
England, Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall, built in the 2nd century AD.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1992
England, Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall, built in the 2nd century AD, at one of the crossing points.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1991
Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1990
Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1989
England, Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall, built in the 2nd century AD.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1988
England, Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall, built in the 2nd century AD.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1987
England, Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall, built in the 2nd century AD. Crag Lough in the background.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1986
England, Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall, built in the 2nd century AD.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1985
Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1984
Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1983
Northumberland: ruins of Roman Housesteads Fort (NT)(AD 122) - granary floor supports.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1982
England, Northumberland: ruins of Roman Housesteads Fort
(National Trust), founded about 122 AD and one of 16 forts adjoining Hadrian's Wall.
Keywords: heritage, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1981
Northumberland: Hadrian's Wall at Housesteads Fort (NT).
Keywords: architecture, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1980
Northumberland: ruins of Roman Housesteads Fort (AD 122) (NT) - the latrines.
Keywords: architecture, defence, fortifications , archeology, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1979
Northumberland: ruins of Lindisfarne Priory (AD 635).
Keywords: architecture, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1978
Northumberland: ruins of Lindisfarne Priory (AD 635).
Keywords: architecture, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1977
Northumberland: Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island, founded by St. Aidan in 635 AD.
Keywords: architecture, preservation, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1976
Northumberland: Lindisfarne Castle (NT).
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1975
Northumberland: Lindisfarne Castle (NT).
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1974
Northumberland: Lindisfarne Castle (NT).
Keywords: architecture, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation, castle, fortifications

PMR-D1973
England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century.
Here, the walled garden, planned by Gertrude Jekyll, a short distance from the castle.
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1972
England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century.
Here, the walled garden, planned by Gertrude Jekyll, a short distance from the castle.
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1971
England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century.
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1970
Northumberland: Lindidfarne Castle (NT).
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1969
England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century.
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1968
England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century.
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1967
England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century.
Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1966
England, Northumberland: Bamburgh Castle. Its predecessor, Din Guarie, may have been the British capital from 420 to 547 AD.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1961
Northumberland: Bamburgh Castle from the sand dunes.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1959
Northumberland: Bamburgh Castle from the beach.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1958
England, Northumberland: Bamburgh Castle. Its predecessor, Din Guarie, may have been the British capital from 420 to 547 AD.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1957
England, Northumberland: Alnwick Castle, dating back to 1096.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1955
England, Staffordshire, Biddulph Grange (National Trust), with a remarkable garden created by the owner, James Bateman, in the 19th century.
Here, the Dahlia Walk, protected by a buttressed yew hedge.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1954
England, Staffordshire, Biddulph Grange (National Trust), with a remarkable garden created by the owner, James Bateman, in the 19th century.
Here, the Wellingtonia Avenue.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1952
Staffordshire: gilded water buffalo overlooking the China Garden at Biddulph Grange (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1951
England, Staffordshire, Biddulph Grange (National Trust), with a remarkable garden created by the owner, James Bateman, in the 19th century.
Here, part of the China Garden.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1950
Staffordshire: Biddulph Grange (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1949
Cheshire: Little Moreton Hall (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1948
England, Cheshire, Congleton: Little Moreton Hall (National Trust), a 16th century Elizabethan timber framed manor house, former home of the Moreton family. Painted panelling from about 1580, recently discovered under the panelling in the Parlour.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1947
Cheshire: Little Moreton Hall (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1946
Cheshire: Little Moreton Hall (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1945
England, Cheshire, Congleton: Little Moreton Hall (National Trust), a 16th century Elizabethan timber framed manor house, former home of the Moreton family.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1944
England, Cheshire, Congleton: Little Moreton Hall (National Trust), a 16th century Elizabethan timber framed manor house, former home of the Moreton family.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1943
England, Cheshire, Congleton: Little Moreton Hall (National Trust), a 16th century Elizabethan timber framed manor house, former home of the Moreton family.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1942
Cheshire: Little Moreton Hall (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1941
England, Cheshire, Congleton: Little Moreton Hall (National Trust), a 16th century Elizabethan timber framed manor house, former home of the Moreton family. The Long Gallery was added in the late 16th century, after the house had been completed.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1940
Cheshire: Little Moreton Hall (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1939
Cheshire: staircase and landing by Samuel Wyatt (1780s) in Tatton House.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1938
England, Cheshire, Tatton House and Park (National Trust), the former home of the Egerton family. The Italian Garden and part of the surrounding parkland which stretches over more than 1000 acres.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1937
Cheshire: view of the Italian Garden from the Amber Bedroom of Tatton House (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1930
England, Cheshire, Dunham Massey (National Trust), an 18th century manor house in 300-acres of parkland. Fallow deer (Dama dama) grazing in the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1929
England, Cheshire, Dunham Massey (National Trust), an 18th century manor house in 300-acres of parkland. Fallow deer (Dama dama) grazing in the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1928
England, Cheshire, Dunham Massey (National Trust), an 18th century manor house in 300-acres of parkland.
The Old Mill (1616) in the grounds, was last used as a saw mill.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1927
Cheshire: Fallow Deer near the " African" sun dial, at Dunham Massey (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1926
England, Cheshire, Dunham Massey (National Trust), an 18th century manor house in 300-acres of parkland. Fallow deer near the Coach House, with its distinguished cupola.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1914
Shropshire: the first Iron Bridge (1779), spanning the Ironbridge Gorge.
Keywords: architecture, industrial revolution, span, engineering, construction, culture, historic

PMR-D1913
England, Shropshire, Ironbridge: the first iron bridge, built in 1779, spanning the Ironbridge Gorge.
Keywords: architecture, industrial revolution, historic, culture, construction, engineering, span

PMR-D1912
Shropshire: the first Iron Bridge (1779) spanning the Ironbridge Gorge.
Keywords: architecture, industrial revolution, historic, culture, construction, engineering, span

PMR-D1911
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the Clifton Maybank frontispiece was added to the west front by Edward Phelips in the 1780s.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1910
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the Column Garden, with Doric columns and clipped yew hedge.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1909
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the house from the south east, with croquet lawn and "Wobbley Hedge".
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1908
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the western approach to the house, looking towards the gate.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1907
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the walled east court, with the avenue of limes in the background.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1906
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the house from the south east, with sweet chestnut tree in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1905
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the east front, with the two garden pavilions.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1904
Somerset: south-facing herbacious border in the East Court of Montacute House (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1903
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the fountain in the north garden.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1902
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the "Wobbley Hedge".
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1901
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the house from the north east, with topiary work.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1900
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the east front with ballustraded wall of the east court.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1899
Somerset: fountain in the North Garden of Montacute House (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1898
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the house from the south east, with croquet lawn and "Wobbley Hedge".
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1897
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: the house from the south east, with croquet lawn and "Wobbley Hedge".
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1896
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: entrance to the east court.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1895
England, Somerset, Montacute House (National Trust), former home of the Phelips family: two of the "Nine Worthies" (Joshua and David) on the east front of the house.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1894
Somerset: Montacute House (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1893
Cornwall: the Parterre Garden of Lanhydrock (NT).
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1892
England, Cornwall, Lanhydrock (National Trust), the former home of the Robartes family: view of the house from the west, upper garden, with view of the countryside.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1891
England, Cornwall, Lanhydrock (National Trust), the former home of the Robartes family: the main entrance in the east front.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1890
England, Cornwall, Lanhydrock (National Trust), the former home of the Robartes family: formal gardens and topiary.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1889
England, Cornwall, Lanhydrock (National Trust), the former home of the Robartes family: formal gardens and east front.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1888
England, Cornwall, Lanhydrock (National Trust), the former home of the Robartes family: formal gardens and east front.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1887
England, Cornwall, Lanhydrock (National Trust), the former home of the Robartes family: formal gardens and east front.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1886
England, Cornwall, Lanhydrock (National Trust), the former home of the Robartes family: the gatehouse, built as a hunting lodge in 1651.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1885
England, Cornwall, Lanhydrock (National Trust), the former home of the Robartes family: the gatehouse and east front.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1884
England, Devon, Yelverton: Buckland Abbey (National Trust) was converted to a manor house by Sir Richard Grenville, and later lived in by Sir Francis Drake.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1883
England, Devon, Yelverton: Buckland Abbey (National Trust) was converted to a manor house by Sir Richard Grenville, and later lived in by Sir Francis Drake. This detached, 14th century building is known as "The Monks' Guest House" although its original purpose was probably agricultural.
Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1882
England, Devon, Yelverton: Buckland Abbey (National Trust) was converted to a manor house by Sir Richard Grenville, and later lived in by Sir Francis Drake.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1881
Cornwall: Castle on St. Michael's Mount.
Keywords: heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, estate

PMR-D1880
England, Cornwall, St. Michael's Mount (National Trust): visitors crossing to the island on the almost fully exposed causeway.
Keywords: heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, estate

PMR-D1879
England, Cornwall, St. Michael's Mount (National Trust): visitors negotiating the still-submerged causeway, with Marazion in the background.
Keywords: heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, estate

PMR-D1878
England, Cornwall, St. Michael's Mount (National Trust): the castle gardens, with Agapanthus flowers.
Keywords: heritage, estate, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1877
Cornwall: gardens at St. Michael's Mount.
Keywords: heritage, estate, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1876
Cornwall: the harbour at St. Michael's Mount with Marazion on the mainland.
Keywords: heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, estate

PMR-D1875
England, Cornwall, St. Michael's Mount (National Trust): the harbour, seen from the castle.
Keywords: heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, estate

PMR-D-2032
Edinburgh: view from Holyrood Park, with Balmoral Hotel, North Bridge, Waverley Station and the Firth of Forth.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D1833
Cheshire: 12-foot figure of Mr Darcy in the lake at Lyme Park to celebrate the bicentenary of Pride and Prejudice.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation, neo classical, Jane Austen

PMR-D1832
Cheshire: the Rose Garden at Lyme Park (NT).
Keywords: conservation, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation

PMR-D1831
England, Cheshire: Strolling on the Orangery Terrace at Lyme Park, House and Garden (National Trust), the home of the Legh family for 550 years.
Keywords: architecture, period costumes, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1830
Cheshire: the Orangery Terrace at Lyme Park (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation, neo classical

PMR-D1829
Cheshire: the Orangery Terrace at Lyme Park (NT)
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation, neo classical

PMR-D1828
Cheshire: the Orangery Terrace at Lyme Park (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation, neo classical

PMR-D1827
Cheshire: the Dutch Garden at Lyme Park.
Keywords: manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1826
Cheshire: 12-foot figure of Mr Darcy in the lake at Lyme Park (NT) celebrating bicentenary of Pride and Prejudice.
Keywords: architecture, Jane Austen, neo classical, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1825
Cheshire: picnic in costume, Lyme Park (NT).
Keywords: architecture, neo classical, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1824
Cheshire: Lyme Park House (NT).
Keywords: architecture, neo classical, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1823
Cheshire: Lyme Park House (NT).
Keywords: architecture, neo classical, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1822
Cheshire: Little Moreton Hall (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation

PMR-D1820
West Midlands: Wightwick Manor (NT).
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1819
West Midlands: Wightwick Manor (NT).
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1818
Cornwall: cannons at St. Mawes Castle.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1817
Cornwall: view from St. Mawes Castle.
Keywords: historic, gardens, park, heritage, picturesque, culture

PMR-D1816
Cornwall: gardens of St. Mawes Castle.
Keywords: historic, gardens, park, heritage, picturesque, culture

PMR-D1815
Cornwall: view from St. Mawes Castle.
Keywords: historic, gardens, park, heritage, picturesque, culture

PMR-D1814
Cornwall: sunshine on liquor bottles.
Keywords: historic, alcohol, drinking, heritage, picturesque, culture

PMR-D1813
England, Cornwall: St. Mawes Castle.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1812
Cornwall: the Water Tower (1820s) in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate

PMR-D1811
Corwall: arboretum in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: estate, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home

PMR-D1810
Cornwall: hydrangeas in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: estate, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home

PMR-D1809
Cornwall: Tiger Lilies (Lilium lancifolium) in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: estate, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home

PMR-D1808
Cornwall: Tiger Lilies (Lilium lancifolium) in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate

PMR-D1807
Cornwall: herbacious border in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: manor house, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1806
Cornwall: herbacious border in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate

PMR-D1805
Cornwall: herbacious border in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: estate, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home

PMR-D1804
Cornwall: the manor house in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1803
Cornwall: the manor house in Trelissick Gardens (NT).
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1802
Cornwall: castle gardens of St. Michael's Mount.
Keywords: heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, estate

PMR-D1801
Cornwall: cannons on the castle battlements of St. Michael's Mount.
Keywords: estate, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home

PMR-D1800
Cornwall: castle gardens of St. Michael's Mount.
Keywords: heritage, estate, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1799
Cornwall: the harbour at Marazion, from St. Michael's Mount.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate

PMR-D1798
Cornwall: Marazion, from the battlements of the castle on St. Michael's Mount.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage

PMR-D1797
Cornwall: harbour at St. Michael's Mount with Marazion in the background.
Keywords: heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, estate

PMR-D1788
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): St. Peter's Church.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1787
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): cottages in Stourhead village.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1786
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): the Palladian Stone Bridge.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1785
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): the Pantheon.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1784
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): the Temple of Flora.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1783
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): the lake, from the Pantheon.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1782
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): the River God in the Grotto.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate

PMR-D1781
England, Wiltshire, Stourhead: Stourhead Landscape Garden: the Nymph of the Grotto (National Trust).
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1780
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): the Temple of Apollo.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate

PMR-D1779
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): the Temple of Apollo.
Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate

PMR-D1778
Stourhead Landscape Garden (NT): the Pantheon.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1763
Devon: Knightshayes (NT) - house from the south terrace.
Keywords: architecture, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1762
Devon: Knightshayes (NT) - view from the South Garden.
Keywords: architecture, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1761
Devon: Knightshayes (NT) - waterlily pool.
Keywords: architecture, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house

PMR-D1760
Devon: Knightshayes (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, manor, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1759
Devon: Knightshayes (NT).
Keywords: architecture, manor house, manor, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1758
Devon: Knightshayes (NT).
Keywords: architecture, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor, manor house

PMR-D1757
Devon: Knightshayes (NT).
Keywords: architecture, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor, manor house

PMR-D1756
England, Devon, Plymouth: the figure of King William III overlooks the entrance to Plymouth Docks.
Keywords: historic, royal, colourful, statue, picturesque, culture

PMR-D1755
Dorset: Sherborne Abbey.
Keywords: architecture, church, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1754
Dorset: Sherborne Abbey.
Keywords: architecture, church, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D1753
Somerset: Tintinhull House and Gardens (NT).
Keywords: historic, botanical, botany, flowering plants, garden plants, picturesque, culture

PMR-D1752
Somerset: Tintinhull Gardens (NT).
Keywords: historic, botanical, botany, flowering plants, garden plants, picturesque, culture

PMR-D1751
England, Devon, Exmouth: A La Ronde, a dwelling of unusual circular design (National Trust): reflected view of the eight doorways leading from the central hall.
Keywords: architecture, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1750
Exmouth: A La Ronde (NT)
Keywords: architecture, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1749
Exmouth: A La Ronde (NT)
Keywords: architecture, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1748
Exmouth: bridge over harbour basin channel.
Keywords: architecture, boats, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1747
Exmouth: the harbour basin.
Keywords: architecture, boats, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1746
Exmouth: the Esplanade, late afternoon.
Keywords: culture, bathers, silver sea, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1745
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1744
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1743
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1742
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1741
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1740
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1739
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1738
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1737
Exmouth: launching the lifeboat.
Keywords: culture, unsinkable, life-saving, R.N.L.I., holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1736
Exmouth: Sandy Bay.
Keywords: culture, picturesque, seaside town, holiday resort, beach, holidays, bathing, sand

PMR-D1735
Exmouth: beach huts on Queens Drive.
Keywords: culture, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque

PMR-D1734
Exmouth: gardens on Queens Drive.
Keywords: historic, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque, culture

PMR-D1733
Exmouth: Louisa Terrace from Queens Drive.
Keywords: architecture, historic, culture, picturesque, seaside town, holiday resort

PMR-D1732
Exmouth: Strand, from traffic island.
Keywords: architecture, holiday resort, seaside town, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR-D1731
Exmouth: the war memorial.
Keywords: holiday resort, historic, culture, picturesque, seaside town

PMR146K-26
Qatar, Doha: Qatar Islamic Cultural Centre Building.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR479-01
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: Chinese Cultural Centre and Sun Life Plaza.
Keywords: metropolis, oil town, modern city, high rise, skyscrapers

PMR476-04
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: the symbol of the city - a female figure on a horse, holding aloft a model galleon - stands in the Plaza Catalunya.
Keywords: national heritage, historic, culture, sculpture, monument

PMR476-01
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: typical scene on the tree-shaded Ramblas, the bustling heart of the city.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, metropolis, pedestrians, street scene

PMR475-12
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: dragon and umbrella, trade signs on the Casa Bruno Quadros on the Ramblas for businesses long since closed or moved on.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR475-11
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: artists with their wares on the Ramblas, with memorial to author Francesc Soler in the background.
Keywords: architecture, monument, paintings, street scene, picturesque, culture

PMR475-09
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic, Olympic Esplanade: laid out for the 1992 Olympic Games, the Esplanada has as its centrepiece the Anell Olimpic (Olympic Ring) sculpture.
Keywords: culture, spectacle, creation, modern art, work of art

PMR475-07
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic: one of the fantastic sculptures of Joan Miró on the roof of his museum, the Fundació Miró.
Keywords: culture, creation, artistic, modern art, work of art, display

PMR475-06
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic, Jardins de Joan Maragall, part of the King's Residence, Palauet Albéniz: view of the Palau Nacional with sculpture and fountain.
Keywords: national heritage, gardens, park, architecture, culture, picturesque, metropolis

PMR475-05
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic, Jardins de Joan Maragall, part of the King's Residence, Palauet Albéniz: central fountain, with Palau Nacional in the background.
Keywords: national heritage, gardens, park, culture, picturesque, metropolis

PMR475-04
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic, Jardins de Joan Maragall, part of the King's Residence, Palauet Albéniz: partial view of the Pulau Nacional, with ornamental lanterns and Judas tree.
Keywords: national heritage, gardens, park, culture, picturesque, metropolis

PMR475-03
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic, Jardins de Joan Maragall, part of the King's Residence, Palauet Albéniz: shaded walk with ornate seats, monopteros in the background.
Keywords: national heritage, gardens, metropolis, picturesque, culture, park

PMR475-02
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic, Jardins de Joan Maragall, part of the King's Residence, Palauet Albéniz: view of the Palau Nacional, with newly-laid marble surround to the open-air theatre.
Keywords: national heritage, gardens, metropolis, picturesque, culture, architecture, historic

PMR475-01
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic, Jardins de Joan Maragall, part of the King's Residence, Palauet Albéniz: fountain and sculptures among trim flowerbeds, with the Palau Nacional in the background.
Keywords: national heritage, gardens, park, culture, picturesque, metropolis

PMR474-12
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: view of Placa d' Espanya and Mount Tibidabo from the terrace of the National Art Gallery of Catalonia (Palau Nacional), with exhibition halls in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR474-11
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Placa d'Espanya, with central fountain by Josep M. Jujol (1929) and "Placa de Toros" arena in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR474-10
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: a strikingly decorated administrative building in the Carrer de Lleida.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR474-01
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Ajuntament, the historic Town Hall in the Placa de Sant Jaume, parts of which date back to the 14th century.
Keywords: architecture, Neo-classical, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR473-12
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Zoological Museum, built originally by Lluís Doménech i Montaner as a restaurant for the 1888 World Exhibition.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR473-11
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: "Arc de Triomf", erected in 1888 for the World Exhibition, by Josep Vilaseca.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR473-10
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Parc Guell, planned and executed by Antoni Gaudí at the beginning of the 20th century:
The stairway leading up to the promenade deck, with the "Hall of One Hundred Columns" at the top of the steps and fountains in the middle.
Keywords: artistic, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR473-09
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Parc Guell, planned and executed by Antoni Gaudí at the beginning of the 20th century:
A giant, mosaic lizard in the centre of the stairway, also acts as a fountain.
Keywords: artistic, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR473-08
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Parc Guell, planned and executed by Antoni Gaudí at the beginning of the 20th century:
Inclined columns of the grotto-like gallery under the promenade.
Keywords: artistic, national heritage, culture

PMR473-07
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Parc Guell, planned and executed by Antoni Gaudí at the beginning of the 20th century:
The rainwater catchment channels lead water through concealed pipes to irregate the park.
Keywords: artistic, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR473-06
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Parc Guell, planned and executed by Antoni Gaudí at the beginning of the 20th century:
A serpentine, endless bench, formed from a mosaic of broken tiles, on the roof of the "Hall of One Hundred Columns". The local inhabitants, as well as the tourists, use the bench to relax.
Keywords: artistic, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR473-05
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Parc Guell, planned and executed by Antoni Gaudí at the beginning of the 20th century:
A serpentine, endless bench, formed from a mosaic of broken tiles, on the roof of the "Hall of One Hundred Columns".
Keywords: artistic, colourful, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR473-04
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Parc Guell, planned and executed by Antoni Gaudí at the beginning of the 20th century: a striking wrought-iron fence, with gallery and raised promenade behind.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, artistic, iron-working

PMR473-03
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia, being built since 1882 to plans of Antoni Gaudí:
Details of the carved figures on the east (Nativity) facade.
Keywords: architecture, artistic, church, cathedral, stone-carving, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR473-02
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia, being built since 1882 to plans of Antoni Gaudí:
Newly completed columns and roof of the nave.
Keywords: architecture, cathedral, church, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR472-10
France, Provence, Arles: facade and porch of the church of St. Trophime, built from 1080 onwards, a masterpiece of Provencal Romanesque architecture. The stone was taken from the old Roman Theatre.
Keywords: picturesque, national heritage, architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval

PMR472-09
France, Provence, Arles: belltower of the church of St. Trophime with part of the cloisters, dating partly from the12th century and partly from the 14th century (south and west). The stone was taken from the old Roman Theatre.
Keywords: picturesque, Romanesque, national heritage, architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval

PMR472-08
France, Provence, Arles: a corner of the cloisters of the church of St. Trophime, famous for the carvings of Biblical scenes, built from 1080 onwards, a masterpiece of Provencal Romanesque architecture. The stone was taken from the old Roman Theatre.
Keywords: picturesque, national heritage, architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval

PMR472-07
France, Provence, Arles: porch of the church of St. Trophime, built from 1080 onwards, a masterpiece of Provencal Romanesque architecture. The stone was taken from the old Roman Theatre.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, historic, culture, architecture, national heritage

PMR472-05
France, Provence, Arles: the Roman arena, built in 75 AD, has a capacity of 20,000 spectators, and is now used for bullfights.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, culture, architecture, national heritage

PMR472-04
France, Provence, Avignon: Pont Saint Bénézet was the only stone bridge over the Rhone whenit was built in 1177.
Keywords: mediaeval, historic, culture, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR472-03
France, Provence, Avignon: Musée du Petit Palais with flowering Judas tree in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, culture, architecture, national heritage

PMR472-02
France, Provence, Avignon: Place du Palais, with the Musée du Petit Palais at the far end.
Keywords: national heritage, culture, historic, architecture

PMR471-12
France, Provence, Avignon: main facade of the Opera House.
Keywords: mediaeval, culture, picturesque, national heritage, architecture, reflections, theatre, drama centre, Neo-classical

PMR470-11
Romania, Wallachia, Curtea de Arges: facade of the lovely Bishopric Church, built 1512-17 by masterbuilder Manole for Neagoe Basarab on the site of the old metropolitan church of 1359. One of the most visited churches in Romania. Late afternoon shot, highlighting the Byzantine influence.
Keywords: national heritage, Byzantine, architecture, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR470-10
Romania, Wallachia, Curtea de Arges: facade of the lovely Bishopric Church, built 1512-17 by masterbuilder Manole for Neagoe Basarab on the site of the old metropolitan church of 1359. One of the most visited churches in Romania. The present-day red-brick monastery is visible in the background.
Keywords: national heritage, Byzantine, architecture, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR470-09
Romania, Wallachia, Curtea de Arges: facade of the lovely Bishopric Church, built 1512-17 by masterbuilder Manole for Neagoe Basarab on the site of the old metropolitan church of 1359. One of the most visited churches in Romania.
Keywords: national heritage, Byzantine, architecture, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR470-08
Romania, Wallachia, Curtea de Arges: modern statue of King Basarab I who ruled Wallachia 1310-52 from this capital, and founded the Princely Church which contains some of the oldest and finest frescoes in Romania.
Keywords: national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, mediaeval, bronze, sculpture, monument, memorial

PMR469-01
Romania. Transylvania, Sibiu: the Brukenthal Museum, dating from1790, opened to the public in 1817 and is thus one of Europe's oldest. The building, in Austrian Baroque style, was the Palace of Samuel von Brukenthal, Habsburg governor of Transylvania.
Keywords: Saxon Land, art collection, culture, Hermannstadt, architecture, national heritage, picturesque, Siebenbürgen

PMR467-12
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: details of the wood-carving on a wooden gate in the Village and Folk Art Museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, Dacia, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR467-11
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: old wooden dwelling house with carved and roofed wooden gate in the Village and Folk Art Museum.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Bucuresti, capital city, Dacia, metropolis

PMR467-10
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Ceausescu's "Palace of the People", reputed to be the largest building in the world after the Pentagon, contains over 7000 rooms and several assembly halls. It was built to house both houses of parliament, all principal government ministries, conference centres, as well as the president's own suite. Only the best craftmen were allowed to work on the project. The cost so far (1998) amounts to US$3.3 billion. Front view from the big fountain in the Boulevardul Unirii, approximately one kilometre away..
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Bucuresti, capital city, metrolpolis, Dacia

PMR467-09
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Ceausescu's "Palace of the People", reputed to be the largest building in the world after the Pentagon, contains over 7000 rooms and several assembly halls. It was built to house both houses of parliament, all principal government ministries, conference centres, as well as the president's own suite. Only the best craftmen were allowed to work on the project. The cost so far (1998) amounts to US$3.3 billion. Front view from the Boulevardul Unirii, with one of the fountains playing.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Bucuresti, capital city, metrolpolis, Dacia

PMR467-08
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Ceausescu's "Palace of the People", reputed to be the largest building in the world after the Pentagon, contains over 7000 rooms and several assembly halls. It was built to house both houses of parliament, all principal government ministries, conference centres, as well as the president's own suite. Only the best craftmen were allowed to work on the project. The cost so far (1998) amounts to US$3.3 billion. Front view from the Boulevardul Unirii.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Bucuresti, capital city, metrolpolis, Dacia

PMR467-07
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Central Library of the University on the Piata Gh. Gheorghiu Dej, which was burnt out during the 1989 uprising.
Keywords: architecture, literature, Neo-classical, metropolis, Dacia, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR467-06
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: the Athenaeum, currently being renovated, houses the delightful, circular concert hall of the State Philharmonic Orchestra.
Keywords: architecture, music, metropolis, Dacia, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR467-05
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Central Library of the University on the Piata Gh. Gheorghiu Dej, which was burnt out during the 1989 uprising.
Keywords: architecture, literature, Neo-classical, metropolis, Dacia, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR467-04
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: the little "Odeon Theatre" with fountains and reflecting pool.
Keywords: architecture, drama centre, metropolis, Dacia, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR467-03
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: a potential customer studies the books on offer at one of the second-hand-book sellers on the pavement near the university.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Bucuresti, capital city, Dacia, metropolis, free enterprise, literature

PMR467-02
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: second-hand-book sellers on the pavement near the university.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Bucuresti, capital city, Dacia, metropolis, free enterprise, literature

PMR467-01
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: the University, built 1857-69 to plans of architect Alexandru Orascu. Traces of bullet holes on the facade after the 1989 uprising, have been removed.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, education, Neo-classical, Dacia, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR466-12
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: the new Bancorex glass rotunda, reflected in the canalised waters of the River Dambovita.
Keywords: architecture, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti, picturesque, culture

PMR466-11
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Bulevardi Unirii, the approach to the palace, is three kilometres long and lined with luxury apartments and shops. The previous buildings were razed to create the necessary space. The fountains are not working.
Keywords: architecture, boulevard, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti, culture

PMR466-10
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Ceausescu's "Palace of the People", reputed to be the largest building in the world after the Pentagon, contains over 7000 rooms and several assembly halls. It was built to house both houses of parliament, all principal government ministries, conference centres, as well as the president's own suite. Only the best craftmen were allowed to work on the project. The cost so far (1998) amounts to US$3.3 billion. Side view.
Keywords: architecture, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR466-09
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Triumphal Arch, inspired by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, built in 1935-6 in honour of the Romanian soldiers who fell in the First World War.
Keywords: architecture, cenotaph, memorial, monument, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR466-08
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: the World Trade Centre building.
Keywords: architecture, skyscraper, high-rise, culture, Bucuresti, capital city, metrolpolis, Dacia

PMR466-07
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: the circular Central Exhibition Pavilion, venue for the Spring and Autumn Trade Fairs.
Keywords: architecture, modern, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti, culture

PMR466-06
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: "Casa de Scinteia", later "Casa Pressi Libere", a soviet-style building from 1970, source of most Romanian new publications, now being used as the Commodity Exchange.
Keywords: architecture, press office, media centre, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, national heritage

PMR466-05
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: astronomical monument displaying the signs of the zodiac, surrounded by the inscribed names of Romanian towns.
Keywords: culture, scientific, model, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti

PMR466-04
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: the National Theatre, completed in 1973, has three auditoria.
Keywords: architecture, opera house, stage, drama centre, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, national heritage

PMR466-03
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: Palace of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Piata Victoriei.
Keywords: architecture, foreign office, government, modern, Dacia, metrolpolis, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, national heritage

PMR466-02
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

The new "Lucea Farul" Theatre.
Keywords: architecture, stage, drama centre, culture

PMR466-01
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

Evening shot of the Palace of Culture, built 1890-1926 in neo-Gothic style, originally an administrative building but now housing four museums.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR465-12
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

Strada Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), the main thoroughfare of Iasi.
Keywords: architecture, road, traffic, street scene

PMR465-11
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

One of the new "mini shopping centres" comprising numbers of small, glass- fronted units.
Keywords: architecture, private enterprise, retail trade, shops

PMR465-10
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

East front of the Orthodox Cathedral ( Mitropolia Moldovei), building of which began in 1833, with completion only in 1886, seat of the Metropolitan.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, Orthodox, Christian, Neo-classical

PMR465-09
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

Gheorghe Asachi Primary School, named after the first Romanian school teacher, whose statue stands in front of the school.
Keywords: architecture, pedagogues, education, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR465-08
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

St. Nicholas' Princely Church, founded by Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) in 1491-2, but demolished and rebuilt by French architect Lecomte de Noüy 1888-1904. Each blind window contains a colourful fresco.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Christian, Orthodox, picturesque, mediaeval

PMR465-07
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

White marble memorial cross, with St. Nicholas' Princely Church in the background.
Keywords: architecture, Orthodox, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR465-06
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

Equestrian statue of Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) in front of the Palace of Culture.
Keywords: national heritage, memorial, monument, sculpture, culture, historic

PMR465-05
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

The Palace of Culture, built 1890-1926 in neo-Gothic style, was originally an administrative building but now houses four museums.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR465-04
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

Dosoftei House, dating from the late 17th century, formerly housed the printing press which brought out the works of Metropolitan Dosoftei.
Keywords: architecture, Neo-classical, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR465-03
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

St. Nicholas' Princely Church, founded by Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) in 1491-2, but demolished and rebuilt by French architect Lecomte de Noüy 1888-1904.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Christian, Orthodox, picturesque, mediaeval

PMR465-02
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

New bust of Mihail Eminescu (1850-89), one of Romania's greatest poets, standing in the grounds of the Church of the Three Hierarchs.
Keywords: national heritage, celebrated, famous, author, monument, sculpture, statue, culture, historic

PMR465-01
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

Church of the Three Hierarchs, built in 1635-9 by Vasile Lupu, has been destroyed several times but always faithfully rebuilt, surviving the rest of the monastery. Detail of the intricate geometric ornamentation, mainly of oriental origin, which covers all the facades. This was gilded in the original church.
Keywords: architecture, Orthodox, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR464-12
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

Church of the Three Hierarchs, built in 1635-9 by Vasile Lupu, has been destroyed several times but always faithfully rebuilt, surviving the rest of the monastery. It is covered with fine, filligree carving.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Christian, Orthodox

PMR464-11
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

The enormous Orthodox Cathedral ( Mitropolia Moldovei), built between 1833 and 1886, seat of the Metropolitan.
Keywords: architecture, Neo-classical, Christian, Orthodox

PMR464-10
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

The National Theatre, built in 1894-6 to the design of Viennese architects Helmer and Fellner, with the statue of author and founder Vasile Alecsandri (1821-90) in front.
Keywords: architecture, culture, opera house, Neo-classical, drama centre, monument

PMR514-10
Italy, Campania, Pompeii: reproduction of the bronze "Dancing Faun" figure in the house where it was found.
Keywords: volcano , culture, artistic, sculpture, Roman ruins, buried city, eruption

PMR514-07
Italy, Campania, Pozzuoli: the Roman amphitheatre of Flavius, one of the largest in Italy, could accommodate 40,000 spectators. Begun under Nero and completed by Vespasian (69-79 AD).
Keywords: archeology, architecture, columns , culture, historic, Roman ruins, excavations, archeological

PMR514-06
Italy, Campania, Pozzuoli: the Roman "Temple of Serapsis", actually a former colonnaded market surrounded by shops, with a small, circular temple ("tholos") in the centre.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, columns , culture, historic, Roman ruins, excavations, archeological

PMR513-11
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: equestrian statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi in the Largo Cairoli, with Castello Sforzesco behind.
Keywords: architecture, monument, sculpture, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR513-10
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: details of the stone carving on the roof of the cathedral, showing ornamentation on a flying buttress.
Keywords: architecture, sculptures, metropolis, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR513-09
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: on the roof of the magnificent Gothic cathedral, begun in 1386 but only completed in 1809 on the orders of Napoleon. On the central tower reigns the golden Madonna, 108.5 metres abovve the ground.
Keywords: architecture, pinnacles, carving, stone work, church, metropolis, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR513-08
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: Galleria Vittorio Emenuele II and part of the Piazza del Duomo, from the roof of the cathedral, with the tower of Castello Sforzesco in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, metropolis

PMR513-07
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II from the roof of the cathedral, with some of the pinnacles and stone figures of the latter in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, statues, carving, stone work, church, metropolis, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR513-06
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: on the roof of the magnificent Gothic cathedral, begun in 1386 but only completed in 1809 on the orders of Napoleon. On the central tower reigns the golden Madonna, 108.5 metres abovve the ground.
Keywords: architecture, pinnacles, carving, stone work, church, metropolis, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR513-05
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: detail of the carving on the facade of the magnificent Gothic cathedral, begun in 1386 but only completed in 1809 on the orders of Napoleon. Also visible are the magnificent bronze doors.
Keywords: architecture, carving, stone work, church, metropolis, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR513-04
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: facade of the magnificent Gothic cathedral, begun in 1386 but only completed in 1809 on the orders of Napoleon, Golden in the late afternoon sun.
Keywords: architecture, carving, stone work, church, metropolis, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR513-03
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: built in 1386, demolished by a lightning strike on the arsenal in 1521, the main tower of Castello Sforzesco lay in ruins until the rebuilding in 1880.
Keywords: architecture, portcullis, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR513-02
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: the water lily pool in the park behind Castello Sforzesco, built under Galeazzo Visconti in 1386.
Keywords: architecture, reflections, national heritage, historic, culture, metropolis, mediaeval

PMR513-01
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: main courtyard and circular defence tower of Castello Sforzesco, built under Galeazzo Visconti in 1386.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, metropolis, mediaeval

PMR512-12
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: some of the 135 pinnacles, each with its figure, which adorn the magnificent Gothic cathedral, begun in 1386 but only completed in 1809 on the orders of Napoleon. Surmounting all is the golden figure of the Madonna.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Christian, picturesque, metropolis, church, stone work, carving

PMR512-11
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: Piazza del Duomo and Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, from the cathedral.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Christian, metropolis, street scene, square

PMR512-10
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: facade of the magnificent Gothic cathedral, begun in 1386 but only completed in 1809 on the orders of Napoleon.
Keywords: architecture, carving, stone work, church, metropolis, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR512-09
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II in the Piazza del Duomo, a popular resting place for foot-weary tourists and pigeons.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, sculpture, monument, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR512-08
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: facade of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II from the Piazza del Duomo.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR512-07
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II connects Piazza del Duomo with Piazza della Scala. The floor mosaic was laid in 1965 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the building.
Keywords: architecture, indoor shopping, shopping arcade, gallery , metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR512-06
Italy, Lombardy, Milan: world-famous La Scala Opera House, completed in 1778, stands in the Piazza della Scala.
Keywords: architecture, music, stage, theatre, metropolis, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR511-12
Italy, South Tyrol, Bolzano: the Neptune fountain in a corner of the Obstmarkt (fruit market) was cast in bronze by a local artisan in 1745.
Keywords: alpine, culture, artistic, statue, sculpture, Bozen

PMR459-12
Hungary, Debrecen: Déri Museum and gardens, contains many works of art collected by industrialist Frigyes Déri, and "Ecce Homo" by Mihály Munkácsy.
Keywords: national heritage, historical, architecture, culture

PMR458-03
Slovakia, Bratislava: Slovakia's National Theatre, built according to plans of Viennese architects in 1884-6. The Ganymede Fountain, in front of the theatre, is the work of V.O. Tilgner.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, capital city, Pressburg, architecture, national heritage

PMR455-05
Hungary, Szeged: Palace of Culture, which houses the Ferenc Móra Museum and city library.
Keywords: national heritage, heritage, historical, neo-classical, architecture

PMR455-04
Hungary, Szeged: Palace of Culture, which houses the Ferenc Móra Museum and city library.
Keywords: national heritage, heritage, historical, neo-classical, architecture

PMR446-10
Lithuania, Salociai: windmill and typical wood-carvings at the roadside, close to the Latvian border.
Keywords: picturesque, handwork, folk culture, folk art, wooden figures, sculptures, tradition, historic

PMR446-08
Lithuania, Trakai: typical wooden houses of the people of the Jewish Karaite sect who were brought here over 600 years ago from the Crimea to act as palace guards for Prince Vytautas, and still maintain their language and culture.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, tradition, historic, mediaeval

PMR537-02
Syria, Damascus: panoramic view of the modern city (2001) from Jabal Qasiyun (Mount Qasioun) (1151 metres) where one can eat in a restaurant whilst enjoying the view.
Keywords: architecture, panorama, metropolis, historical, capital city, culture, picturesque, Islam, Muslim

PMR537-01
Syria, Damascus: new mosque in the old quarter, with slim minaret and green and gold script from the Koran round the outsde walls.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, Muslim, Islam, picturesque, culture, capital city, historical, metropolis

PMR536-12
Syria, Damascus: the popular Hamadiye Soukh ends in the propylon of a former Jupiter Temple from Roman times.
Keywords: architecture, ancient, historic, Muslim, Islam, picturesque, culture, capital city, historical, metropolis

PMR536-11
Syria, Damascus: typical street in the old quarter of the city, showing the usual enclosed wooden balcony.
Keywords: architecture, alley, street scene, Muslim, Islam, picturesque, culture, capital city, historical, metropolis

PMR536-10
Syria, Damascus: courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque (built 705-15 AD) from the eastern arcade, showing the inlaid marble floor.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, artistic, national heritage, Muslim, Islam, picturesque, culture, capital city, historical, metropolis

PMR536-09
Syria, Damascus: courtyard of the Umayyad Mosque (built 705-15 AD) with roofed fountain for ablutions in the centre, flanked by two columns, Al-Sa'at (clock) and Al-Mal (money).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, historical, capital city, culture, picturesque, Islam, Muslim, national heritage, artistic

PMR536-08
Syria, Damascus: the famous former treasury (Kubbat al-khazina) of the Umayyad Mosque (built 705-15 AD), standing on 8 antique columns in the courtyard, and dating from 788 AD (the mosaics have been much restored). Behind, the AL-Arous (Brides') Minaret, from the 11th century.
Keywords: architecture, artistic, national heritage, Muslim, Islam, picturesque, culture, capital city, historical, metropolis

PMR536-07
Syria, Damascus: a typical alley in the old quarter of the city.
Keywords: architecture, Muslim, Islam, picturesque, culture, capital city, historical, metropolis

PMR536-06
Syria, Damascus: Al Nawfara Coffee Shop, a popular place for a drink in the old quarter, near the east entrance to the Umayyad Mosque.
Keywords: architecture, Muslim, Islam, picturesque, culture, capital city, historical, metropolis

PMR534-09
Iraq, Baghdad: Abbasid Palace, believed to have been built under Caliph Al-Nasser Lidinillah (1179-1225). Some scholars believe it to have been the Sharabiya School, mentioned by historians. Extensively restored after Ottoman use. View from the gardens at the back of the building.
Keywords: architecture, cupola, dome, national heritage, historic, culture, Mesopotamia, Muslim, Islam

PMR534-08
Iraq, Baghdad: main gate of the Abbasid Palace, believed to have been built under Caliph Al-Nasser Lidinillah (1179-1225). Some scholars believe it to have been the Sharabiya School, mentioned by historians. Extensively restored after Ottoman use.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Mesopotamia, Muslim, Islam

PMR533-10
Iraq, Hatra: a great Arab city, founded in the 3rd century BC after the fall of the Assyrian empire in 612 BC and Babylon in 539 BC. The buildings combine elements of Hellenistic/Roman and Syrian architecture:
view from the roof of theTemple of the Sun, showing the wall of the temple compound and one of the western gates. The area beyond was the residential quarter (waiting to be excavated).
Keywords: architecture, Mesopotamia, ruined city, desert, historical, archeological, archeology, natural heritage, culture

PMR533-08
Iraq, Hatra: a great Arab city, founded in the 3rd century BC after the fall of the Assyrian empire in 612 BC and Babylon in 539 BC. The buildings combine elements of Hellenistic/Roman and Syrian architecture:
stone busts decorate the arches of the largest "evans".
Keywords: architecture, culture, artistic, stone carving, natural heritage, archeology, archeological, historical, desert, ruined city, Mesopotamia

PMR533-05
Iraq, Hatra: a great Arab city, founded in the 3rd century BC after the fall of the Assyrian empire in 612 BC and Babylon in 539 BC. The buildings combine elements of Hellenistic/Roman and Syrian architecture:
sculptures of camels adorned the most important gates.
Keywords: architecture, culture, artistic, stone carving, natural heritage, archeology, archeological, historical, desert, ruined city, Mesopotamia

PMR532-07
Iraq, Mosul: Mar Mathi (St. Matthew's) Monastery, on the summit of Mount Maqloub, part of the mountains of Kurdistan. The Syrian Orthodox monastery was founded in the 4th century. View of the arcaded galleries with monks' cells surrounding the courtyard.
Keywords: Mesopotamia, culture, architecture, Christian, natural heritage

PMR524-10
England, London: the Houses of Parliament with Big Ben floodlit, from the south bank, with light reflections in the River Thames.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR524-09
England, London: the Houses of Parliament with Big Ben floodlit, from the south bank, with light reflections in the River Thames.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR524-08
England, London: St. Paul's Cathedral floodlit, with Blackfriars Bridge, from the south bank, with light reflections in the River Thames.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR524-07
England, London: St. Paul's Cathedral floodlit at dusk, from the south bank, with light reflections in the River Thames.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR524-06
England, London: River Thames with Blackfriars railway bridge and station, from Blackfriars road bridge, with St. Paul's Cathedral in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR524-05
England, London: River Thames and city skyline from Waterloo Bridge with pleasure cruiser and floating jetty in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque, capital city, metropolis

PMR521-11
Italy, Sicily, Cefalu: Piazza Garibaldi, overlooked by the fortress on the Rocca di Cefalu.
Keywords: architecture, defence, fortifications, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR521-10
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: Porta felice and the Fontana del Cavallo Marino in Piazza Santo Spirito.
Keywords: architecture, Baroque, sculpture, fountain, metropolis, capital city, culture, national heritage

PMR521-07
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: gallery above the Porta Nuova, built as a triumphal arch to celebrate the capture of Tunis by Charles V in 1535.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR521-04
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: monument to Philip V in the Piazza Vittoria.
Keywords: national heritage, sculpture, statue, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, culture, historic

PMR521-03
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: Gothic porch of the cathedral, added in the 15th century; the Baroque dome is a more recent addition, from 1781-1801.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, mediaeval, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR521-01
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: east facade of the cathedral, which is pure Norman style from the late 12th century.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, mediaeval, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR520-12
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: the Cathedral, Santa Maria dell' Assunta, built in 1185 in Sicilian Norman style with a Gothic west front added in the 14th-15th centuries. On the left is the statue of Santa Rosalia, patroness of Palermo.
Keywords: architecture, saint, sculpture, monument, metropolis, capital city, mediaeval, picturesque, Christian, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR520-11
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: Quattro Canti (Piazza Vigliena): one of the four opposing facades (west), showing the four seasons, four kings of Sicily and the four patronesses of the city quarters, measured from this point. (summer, Philip II, Santa Ninfa of Seralcadio/Capo district). Laid out 1608-20 by Giulio Lasso in Baroque style.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR104K-10
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

Reconstructed base and steps of the Akapana man-made pyramid.
Keywords: High Andes, Tiahuanacu, excavations, archeology, historical site, archeological site

PMR104K-09
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

View of the entire Kalasasaya area from the top of the Akapana Pyramid.
Keywords: High Andes, Tiahuanacu, excavations, archeology, historical site, archeological site

PMR104K-08
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

The walls of the Kalasasaya, incorporating standing stones at regular intervals. (partially reconstructed)
Keywords: High Andes, Tiahuanacu, excavations, archeology, historical site, archeological site

PMR104K-07
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

Cornerstone of the rectangular walls of the Kalasasaya. (partially reconstructed)
Keywords: High Andes, Tiahuanacu, excavations, archeology, historical site, archeological site

PMR104K-06
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

The inside walls of the semi-subterranean temple are studded with 175 carved stone heads, all different.
Keywords: High Andes, archeological site, historical site, archeology, excavations, Tiahuanacu

PMR104K-05
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

At the equinoxes the sun's rays shone through the main entrance to the Kalasasaya, on to the priest monolith. In the foreground the semi-subterranean temple.
Keywords: High Andes, Tiahuanacu, excavations, archeology, historical site, archeological site

PMR104K-04
Bolivia, Tiwanaku or Tiahuanaco: Ruins of the capital city of a great civilisation, dating back to 1500 BC, but becoming a centre of culture only about 300 BC. After about 400 AD the empire expanded to take in large parts of present-day Peru, Bolivia and Chile on the west coast. Their success was based on highly effective agricultural innovation. In about 1000 AD the civilisation was virtually wiped out by continuing drought, the remnants being incorporated into the Inca empire around 1450 AD. These people had no written language and their name is unknown.

One of the remarkable walls of the "Temple of Standing Stones" or "Kalasasaya". (partially reconstructed)
Keywords: High Andes, Tiahuanacu, excavations, archeology, historical site, archeological site

PMR102K-15
Chile, Parinacota, Arica: Founded by the Spanish in 1541, the city is surrounded by the Atacama Desert, enjoys minimal rainfall, and is known as "the city of eternal spring, where the sun shines every day". Until 1880 it was part of Peru. La Aduana (customs house) also designed by Gustave Eiffel, now houses the Cultural Centre.
Keywords: Pacific Coast, architecture, public buildings

PMR098K-29
Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): "El Cabildo" , built in 1844, was the seat of the Executive until 1894 and then of the National Congress of Paraguay until 2003. It now houses the Cultural Centre of the Republic. Here reflected in the pool in Plaza de la Independencia.
Keywords: capital city, architecture

PMR098K-24
Paraguay, Asunción (full name: Nuestra Senora Santa Maria de la Asunción): "El Cabildo" , built in 1844, was the seat of the Executive until 1894 and then of the National Congress of Paraguay until 2003. It now houses the Cultural Centre of the Republic.
Keywords: capital city, architecture

PMR089K-24
Albania, Tirana: Sheshi Skenderbej (Skanderbeg Square) with the Skanderbeg (Gjeerhi Kastrioti) equestrian statue. Skanderbeg (1405-1468) is the national hero of Albania, having driven out the Ottoman occupiers for a period of 20 years. In the background is the Et'hem Beu Mosque and the Palace of Culture. Flowerbeds in the foreground.
Keywords: Shqiperia, minaret, mosque, architecture, capital city

PMR080K-02
Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem: Sidi Oqba Mosque, founded in 672, the oldest in North Africa and model for later mosques throughout the Maghreb. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. View of the columns and capitals in the portico, mostly borrowed from Roman buildings.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Mohammedan, Maghreb, historic, heritage, picturesque

PMR080K-01
Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem: Sidi Oqba Mosque, founded in 672, the oldest in North Africa and model for later mosques throughout the Maghreb. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. View of the courtyard, portico and minaret.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Mohammedan, Maghreb, historic, heritage, picturesque

PMR079K-36
Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem: Sidi Oqba Mosque, founded in 672, the oldest in North Africa and model for later mosques throughout the Maghreb. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. Here: doorway to the minaret, incorporating borrowed Roman stonework.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Mohammedan, Maghreb, historic, heritage, picturesque

PMR050K-20
Cyprus, Nicosia/Lefkosia: the Archbishop Makarios Cultural Centre, dominated by the eponymous stone figure.

PMR023K-30
Malaysia, Malacca/Melaka: Wooden replica of a Sultanate Palace which houses the Malacca Cultural Museum.
Keywords: oldest town in Malaysia

PMR014K-33
Italy, Sicily, Agrigento: one of the traditional, ornately decorated Sicilian carts.
Keywords: heritage, Greek civilisation, culture, historic

PMR014K-32
Italy, Sicily: Agrigento, the birthplace of the Greek philosopher, Empedocles, and dramatist Pirandello (1867-1936): Doric Temple of Concord, built between 450 and 440 BC, from below the old city wall.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, historic, pretzels, Greek temples, culture, Greek civilisation

PMR014K-31
Italy, Sicily, Agrigento: view of the town from the valley.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, historic, pretzels, Greek temples, culture, Greek civilisation

PMR011K-23
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: Participants in the Oktoberfest Procession in national costumes waiting in front of Münchener Rathaus (Town Hall).
Keywords: national dress, traditional costumes, culture, heritage

PMR075K-04
Spain, Lanzarote, Arrecife: Castillo de San Jose, restored by César Manrique, now houses the Cultural Centre of Arrecife.
Keywords: Canary Islands, fortifications, castle, leisure, holidays, sunshine

PMR068K-06
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: a Renaissance facade with the figure of Neptune from the Neptune Fountain in the Market Place.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR068K-05
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the "Römisches Haus" , erected 1892-7 for Duke Carl August, is furnished in Roman style.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR068K-04
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: Goethe's "Garden House", his home from 1776-1782 and favourite writing spot.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR068K-03
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the Renaissance facade of the Lucas Cranach House (1549) on the Market Place.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR068K-02
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: Marktplatz (Market Place) with some fine Renaissance facades.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR068K-01
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the modern part of the Schloss Museum contains a fine collection of German old masters.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR067K-36
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: a Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) shopfront on the Schlossgasse.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR067K-35
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the statue of writer Johann Gottfried Herder (1776-1803) before the St. Peter and Paul's Church where he regularly preached the sermon.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR067K-34
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: beautifully restored Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) house in Graben (street).
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR067K-33
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: renovated houses in the old centre of the town.
Keywords: German heritage, German architecture, European city of culture 1999, Thuringia

PMR067K-32
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the famous statue of friends Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich Schiller who lived here.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR067K-31
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: Marktplatz (Market Place) with Rathaus (Town Hall) (c.1500, but remodelled in the 19th century) and Neptune Fountain in the foreground.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR059K-31
Romania, Moldavia: The new Socio-Cultural Centre recently built under the auspices of the monastery of Neamt, offering holiday appartments for needy people and conference facilities in rural surroundings.

PMR631-09
Tunisia, Dougga: the old Roman city of Thugga, the best preserved in north Africa, probably built on the site of an existing Numidian city about 105 BC. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. The Forum (Marketplace), laid out between 14 and 37 AD, was surrounded on three sides by a columned portico. In the foreground a commemorative tablet by the entrance.
Keywords: architecture, archeology, ruined city, historic, heritage, Maghreb

PMR631-08
Tunisia, Dougga: the old Roman city of Thugga, the best preserved in north Africa, probably built on the site of an existing Numidian city about 105 BC. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. The well preserved Capitol, Temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, built 166-7 AD. In the Tympanum is a relief showing an eagle raising the fugure of a man.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, historic, ruined city

PMR631-07
Tunisia, Dougga: the old Roman city of Thugga, the best preserved in north Africa, probably built on the site of an existing Numidian city about 105 BC. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. Here: a pair of Dolmen graves from pre-Roman times.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage

PMR631-06
Tunisia, Dougga: the old Roman city of Thugga, the best preserved in north Africa, probably built on the site of an existing Numidian city about 105 BC. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. The sparse remains of a Minerva Temple, built between 138 and 161 AD. Beyond, the cultivated plains, with olive groves.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, historic, ruined city

PMR631-05
Tunisia: Dougga: the old Roman city of Thugga, the best preserved in north Africa, probably built on the site of an existing Numidian city about 105 BC. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site. View of the Juno Caelestis Temple, founded between 222 and 235 AD by Julius Gabinius, and half surrounded by a crescent-shaped wall.
Keywords: architecture, ruined city, historic, heritage, Maghreb

PMR630-02
Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem: courtyard and minaret of Sidi Oqba Mosque, dating from the eighth century, the oldest in north Africa, and model for later mosques throughout the Mahgreb. The minaret, 35 metres high, built in 724-8, the oldest part of the mosque, was formerly a watch tower. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
Keywords: Muslim, Mohamed, historic, heritage, Islam, architecture, Maghreb

PMR630-01
Tunisia: Kairouan, the fourth holiest place in Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem: courtyard and minaret of Sidi Oqba Mosque, dating from the eighth century, the oldest in north Africa, and model for later mosques throughout the Mahgreb. View through an arch. UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
Keywords: Muslim, Maghreb, architecture, Islam, heritage, historic, Mohamed

PMR629-08
Germany, Hessen, Lorsch: the Carolingian "Torhalle" or "King's Hall" (ca. 800 AD) is the only complete building which remains of the great abbey, founded in 774. The facade is decorated with sandstone marquetry in red and white, and the column capitals are probably Roman (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site)
Keywords: architecture, heritage, historic

PMR627-11
Spain, Lanzarote, Arrecife: Castillo de San Jose, modernised by Cesar Manrique, is home to the island's cultural centre where paintings by local artists are on display.
Keywords: castle, volcanic garden, fortification, fortress, Canary Islands

PMR621-03
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the equestrian statue of the Grand Duke Carl August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1757-1828) in the Platz der Demokratie, with the columns of the Franz Liszt Music School in the background.
Keywords: German heritage, German architecture, European city of culture 1999

PMR621-02
Germany, Thuringa, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the tower and south entrance to the Stadtschloss, parts of which date back to the 15th century.
Keywords: German heritage, German architecture, European city of culture 1999

PMR621-01
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the Lucas Cranach House in the Market Place, built in 1549 in Renaissance style, where the artist spent the last year of his life (1553).
Keywords: German heritage, German architecture, European city of culture 1999, gables

PMR620-12
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: Russian Orthodox Church in the historic town cemetery, built 1859-62 for Grand Duchess Maria Pavlova, daughter-in-law of Archduke Carl August.
Keywords: German heritage, German architecture, European city of culture 1999

PMR620-11
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: Goethe's "Gartenhaus" in Ilm Park, his favourite retreat, where he lived and wrote from 1776 to 1782.
Keywords: German heritage, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR620-10
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: south entrance and oldest part of the Stadtschloss, which now contains the town's art gallery with a fine collection of German old masters (Cranach, Dürer, Friedrich Dürck).
Keywords: German heritage, belltower, clocktower, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR620-09
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the Parish Church of Saints Peter and Paul, built 1498-1500 as Gothic but converted to Baroque 1735-45, where the poet and critic, Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803) used to preach.
Keywords: German heritage, Christian, Religious Building, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR620-08
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: Theaterplatz, with the German National Theatre, the famous statue of Goethe and Schiller, and colourful flowerbeds in the foreground.
Keywords: German heritage, German architecture, European city of culture 1999

PMR620-07
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the well known statue of the authors and friends, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller, stands before the German National Theatre in Theaterplatz.
Keywords: German heritage, German architecture, European city of culture 1999

PMR620-06
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lukas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the residence of Friedrich von Schiller, the famous author, who lived here from 1802 until his death in 1805.
Keywords: German heritage, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR610-11
Romania, N. Dobruja: Constanta, founded about 500 BC, was known in Greek and Roman times as "Tomis" or "Tomi". It is now Romania's chief port on the Black Sea, and a number of tourist resorts have been developed on the adjacent fine beaches. Here: the Ovid Theatre (Oleg Danovski National Theatre of Opera and Ballet).
Keywords: Romanian architecture, theatre architecture, cultural centre, stage presentations

PMR595-01
Mexico City: Palacio de las Bellas Artes (Cultural Centre), designed in 1901 by architect Adamo Boari, has a magnificent Art-Deco interior in coloured marble. Home of the Ballet Folklorico. View from the top of the Torre/Tower Latinoamericana.
Keywords: architecture, Jugendstil, art nouveau, art-deco

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