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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
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-D9066 Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia: " fin del mundo" (end of the world) - tourist feature on the promenade overlooking the Beagle Channel. Keywords: South America, Andes, Patagonia, Latin America, photo-feature
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-D6505 England, West Sussex, Wakehurst (National Trust/Royal Botanic Gardens): an artistically carved tree stump featuring a leaping fish by a woodland path. Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, wood-carving, diversion
PMR-D6504 England, West Sussex, Wakehurst (National Trust/Royal Botanic Gardens): giant mushrooms, artistically formed from rushes, by a woodland path. Keywords: picturesque, historic, heritage, colourful, mansion, country house, feature
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-D6055 Oman, Muscat: golden "coffee pot" feature, surrounded by flower beds, on a traffic island. Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, sultanate, picturesque, colourful
PMR-D4678 Cambodia, Phnom Penh: feature on a traffic island, seemingly based on the ancient stone carvings of Angkor Wat. Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, sculpture, art
PMR-D0244 Jordan: Petra, a Nabataean city, probably dating from 500-600 BC, later administered by the Romans, in part carved out of the rose-red sandstone rocks of the Wadi Araba. Famous as "the rose-red city, half as old as time", Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. Partially worked/ long ruined (?) feature in the cliffs on the path up to the "monastery". Keywords: archeology, rock tombcaves, archeological, excavations, geological, geology, ruins, colourful, strata, multicoloured, graining, Graeco-Roman architecture, Egyptian architecture
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
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
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
PMR307-06 Germany, West Berlin: modern marble fountain on Kurfürstendamm in front of the split-level Europa Shopping Centre. New Kaiser Wilhelm I memorial church behind. Keywords: architecture, art, monument, water-feature, playing water
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
PMR201-10 Israel, Negev Desert: "The Arches", a natural feature in the sandstone cliffs in the Timna Valley National Park. Keywords: desert, sandstone, geological, rock formations, barren, waterless, colourful, picturesque
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
PMR-D1651 People's Republic of China, Tibet, Lhasa: rock paintings by the kora of Drepung Monastery, with the mantra "om mani padme hum" ("Hail to the jewell in the lotus") featuring prominently. Keywords: architecture, religion, colourful, Asian, Buddhist, temples, picturesque, historical, heritage
PMR-D2397 Iran, Shiraz: Arg-e Karim Khan (Citadel) was built in the early Zand period, as part of Karim Khan's royal court. It has four corner towers featuring ornamental brickwork, the south-eastern one leaning outwards due to subsidence. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, religion, architecture, fortress, castle, fortifications
PMR-D2396 Iran, Shiraz: Arg-e Karim Khan (Citadel) was built in the early Zand period, as part of Karim Khan's royal court. It has four corner towers featuring ornamental brickwork, the south-eastern one leaning outwards due to subsidence. Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, religion, architecture, fortress, castle, fortifications
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-D2093 Oman, Muscat: a traditional dhow is a feature on one of the traffic roundabouts. Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, sultan, Middle East, Gulf State
PMR-D2092 Oman, Muscat: golden coffee pots are a feature on one of the traffic roundabouts Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, sultan, Middle East, Gulf State
PMR453-01 Poland, Stargard: the Gothic Town Hall acquired some Renaissance features during a rebuild in 1638, and the gable now displays terracotta filigree-work. Keywords: mediaeval, historic, picturesque, national heritage, architecture, decolourful
PMR520-03 Italy, Sicily, Agrigento: temple of Olympian Zeus; half of a capital is one of the few remaining recognisable features of the largest Greek Temple in the world, started in 480 BC but never finished. The new town in the background. Keywords: archeological, agave, Sicilia, excavations, archeology, historical, national heritage
PMR136K-33 Mongolia, Övörkhangai Aimag (Province), Kharkhorin, formerly Karakorum: a modern version of the "Silver Tree Fountain", a feature of ancient Karakorum, designed by a French sculptor, Guillaume Bouchier, in 1253. The four lion's heads were reputed to deliver mare's milk, whilst the golden spouts delivered wine, rice wine, bal (mead) and airag (fermented mare's milk) simultaneously. Keywords: Mongol, sharmanism, religious monuments, Chinggis Khaan, Genghis Khan, steppe, Outer Mongolia
PMR115K-21 Jordan: Petra is a historical city dating back to about 500-600 BC, founded by the Nabataeans, whose capital it was. Lying in the Wadi Musa, many of its temples and tombs were carved out of the sandstone rock in gorges and in cliff faces, and some have been well preserved from erosion. The architecture shows evidence of Egyptian, and later, Graeco-Roman influence, but the Nabataeans had their own, distinctive style. The city in the desert thrived due to a well thought-out system of water control. Petra was designated a World Heritage Site on 6th December 1985. This picture: The damaged "Corinthian" Tomb, one of the Royal Tombs, manifests Nabataian and Hellenic features. Keywords: rose red city, geology, archeological site, Egyptian architecture, Greek architecture, Roman architecture, rock tombs, natural caves, Nabataean capital
PMR053K-06 Spain, Old Castile, La Granja: Gardens of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso built by Philip V, the grandson of Louis XIV, on the model of Versailles, at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama. Here, a fountain featuring water nymphs.
PMR047K-20 Guatemala City: A relief map of the whole of Guatemala, constructed in 1905, with all features labelled. Prominent are the volcanoes rising from the Pacific coastal plain.
PMR047K-19 Guatemala City: A relief map of the whole of Guatemala, constructed in 1905, with all features labelled. Prominent are the volcanoes rising from the Pacific coastal plain.
PMR076K-31 Germany, Upper Bavaria: View of the gardens of Schloss Schleissheim Palace near Munich with canals, fountains, and formal flower beds, based on the gardens of Versailles. Keywords: spring, stroll, leisure, water features, park
PMR398-05 Linderhof, Upper Bavaria: Linderhof Palace, the only palace to be completed by King Ludwig II. Here, the Moorish Kiosk, one of the features in the park. The walls are faced with pressed zinc plaques with intricate relief mouldings, with a golden cupola as crown. The kiosk was acquired by Ludwig II in Bohemia in 1876. Keywords: royal palace, reflections, park, architecture, rococo, tourist attraction, arabesques, byzantine
PMR398-04 Linderhof, Upper Bavaria: Linderhof Palace, the only palace to be completed by King Ludwig II. Here, the Moorish Kiosk, one of the features in the park. The walls are faced with pressed zinc plaques with intricate relief mouldings, with a golden cupola as crown. The kiosk was acquired by Ludwig II in Bohemia in 1876. Keywords: royal palace, reflections, park, architecture, rococo, tourist attraction, arabesques, byzantine
PMR398-03 Linderhof, Upper Bavaria: Linderhof Palace, the only palace to be completed by King Ludwig II. Here, the Moorish Kiosk, one of the features in the park. The walls are faced with pressed zinc plaques with intricate relief mouldings, with a golden cupola as crown. The kiosk was acquired by Ludwig II in Bohemia in 1876. Keywords: royal palace, byzantine, arabesques, tourist attraction, rococo, architecture, park, reflections
PMR674-09 Mongolia, Övörkhangai Aimag (Province), Kharkhorin, formerly Karakorum: a modern interpretation of the "Silver Tree Fountain", a feature of ancient Karakorum, designed by a French sculptor, Guillaume Bouchier, in 1253. The four lion's heads were reputed to deliver mare's milk, whilst the golden spouts delivered wine, rice wine, bal (mead) and airag (fermented mare's milk) simultaneously. Keywords: Mongol, sharmanism, religious monuments, Chinggis Khaan, Genghis Khan, steppe, Outer Mongolia
PMR626-04 Spain, Lanzarote, Guatiza: Jardin de Cactus: a cactus garden created in an extinct volcano crater by Cesar Manrique in 1990, regarded as an artistic masterpiece, and the most visited attraction on Lanzarote. Some 10,000 cacti of about 1000 different species are on display, many in flower. Here: view of the garden with Euphorbias featuring prominently, and the historic windmill behind. Keywords: Canary Islands, botany, botanical gardens, larva
PMR642-10 Libya, Fezzan, Wadi Mathandous: some of the hundreds of prehistoric carvings on the wall of the wadi, thought to be over 12,000 years old. Giraffes feature prominently among the carvings proving that the desert must once have been savannah. Keywords: Maghreb, prehistoric art, Sahara Desert, sand dunes, sand-dune landscape, barren, Methkandoush

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