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PMR119K-36
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: D-LZZF Zeppelin LZ N07-100 Airship (c/n 003) passing over Munich's Botanical Gardens.
Keywords: metropolis, mediaeval, capital of Bavaria, München, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage

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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

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

PMR144-02
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

PMR134-07
England, London: Oakdene Lodge, Anerley Park Road, SE 20, residential block, built 1976.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, suburban, dwellings, homes, flats, accommodation

PMR134-06
England, London: Oakdene Lodge, Anerley Park Road, SE 20, residential block, built 1976.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, capital city, suburban, dwellings, homes, flats, accommodation

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

PMR129-02
France, Cote d'Azur, Marseilles: view of the Old Port and Fort St. Jean, with the new port discernible in the distance, from the basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, rooftops, Mediterranean

PMR129-01
France, Cote d'Azur, Marseilles: view of the islands and the Chateau d'If, made famous by Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo, from the basilica of Notre Dame de la Garde.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, rooftops, Mediterranean

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

PMR064-10
South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town: view of Cape Town with port and Table Bay from the top of Table Mountain.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, harbour, port, coastline, overview, bird's eye view, freight-ships

PMR064-09
South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town: view north from the top of Table Mountain, across Table Bay, with Robben Island in the distance, Signal Hill top left, and the docks right centre
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, harbour, port, coastline, overview, bird's eye view, freight-ships

PMR064-07
South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town: view from Maclears Beacon on Table Mountain
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, coastal plain, fynbos

PMR064-01
South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town: view north from the top of Table Mountain, across Table Bay, with Robben Island in the distance, Signal Hill in the centre, and the docks right centre
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, harbour, port, coastline, overview, bird's eye view, freight-ships

PMR063-12
South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town: view north from the top of Table Mountain in the morning, overlooking the centre of the city and docks
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, coastline, settlements

PMR061-09
South Africa, Eastern Cape Province, Port Elizabeth: aerial view of the docks, yacht moorings and coast road
Keywords: panorama, bird's eye view, metropolis, city, industry, shipping, trade, oil storage

PMR057-09
South Africa, Natal, Durban: view of the coastal strip of the city, from the aircraft
Keywords: aerial view, metropolis, coast, beach

PMR050-02
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: view from the Stuttgart TV-Tower, looking east, with the River Neckar Valley in the distance
Keywords: panorama, aerial view, metropolis, urban spread

PMR050-01
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: view from the Stuttgart TV-Tower, looking south over the city with the railway station in the centre
Keywords: panorama, aerial view, metropolis, urban spread

PMR049-06
East Germany (GDR), Saxony, Dresden: the former Yenidze cigarette factory, designed by architect Martin Hammitszch in oriental style in 1907 for entrepreneur Hugo Zietz, who imported tobacco from Yenidze in Thrace. (1977)
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque, dome, minarets

PMR049-05
East Germany (GDR), Saxony, Dresden: courtyard and north pavilion of the Zwinger, a Baroque Palace built by Poppelmann between 1711 -28. Rebuilt after war damage 1945-64. (1977)
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR049-04
East Germany (GDR), Saxony, Dresden: Post Platz, with part of the Zwinger on the left, and new buildings on the right (1977)
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR049-03
East Germany (GDR), Saxony, Dresden: ruins of the former Residenz, bombed by the RAF on the night of 13.2.45. A rebuild is planned (1977)
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR049-02
East Germany (GDR), Saxony, Dresden: the Zwinger, a Baroque Palace built by Poppelmann between 1711 -28. Rebuilt after war damage 1945-64. (1977)
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

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-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-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-D6675
Northern Ireland, Belfast: recreational meadows in the Botanic Gardens also offer shady spots on hot days.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, park, leisure, open air, horticulture, relaxation, picnic

PMR-D6674
Northern Ireland, Belfast: the colourful rose garden in the Botanic Gardens.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, park, leisure, open air, recreation, horticulture, flowers, shrubs

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-D5407
Russia, Moscow: aerial view from the aircraft.
Keywords: city, metropolis, panorama, overview

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-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-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-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-D4690
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: some of the colourful murals depicting scenes from the life of Buddha in the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, historic, heritage, fresco

PMR-D4689
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: shrine of the Buddhist Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island)
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4688
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: pool with surfacing catfish in Koh Oknha Tey Commune, on Silk Island.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, nature, freshwater, fish

PMR-D4687
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: silk weaving on a wooden loom in Koh Oknha Tey Commune, on Silk Island.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, local, production, artisan, workshop, weaving

PMR-D4686
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: taking up silk thread from silkworm cocoons in Koh Oknha Tey Commune, on Silk Island.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, local, production, artisan, workshop, weaving

PMR-D4685
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Eastern or Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra) in Koh Oknha Tey Commune, on Silk Island.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, ornithology, birds, wildfowl, egrets

PMR-D4684
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: examples of typical stilt houses in Koh Oknha Tey Commune, on Silk Island.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dwellings, traditional , native

PMR-D4683
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: jackfruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit, in Koh Oknha Tey Commune, on Silk Island.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, botany, nature

PMR-D4682
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: flowers possessing a red juice which is used for dying silk in Koh Oknha Tey Commune, on Silk Island.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, botany, plants, nature, colourful

PMR-D4681
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: stilt houses on Koh Oknha Tey (Silk Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dwellings, traditional, native

PMR-D4680
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: ferryboat crossing to Koh Oknha Tey (Silk Island) from Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, transport, river

PMR-D4679
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: stilt houses on Koh Oknha Tey (Silk Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dwellings, traditional, native

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-D4677
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: howdah, and steps used for getting up to it, on display in the Royal Palace museum with other historic items.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4676
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: ornate royal palanquin preserved in the Royal Palace museum.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, transport

PMR-D4675
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: model of Angkor Wat temple complex, in the Silver Pagoda complex of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4674
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: episode in the Ramayana Saga (known as the Reamker in Cambodia), which is depicted in murals all round the walls of the Silver Pagoda complex.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, fresco, epic, Rama

PMR-D4673
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: belltower in the Silver Pagoda complex of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4672
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: episode in the Ramayana Saga (known as the Reamker in Cambodia), which is depicted in murals all round the walls of the Silver Pagoda complex.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, fresco, epic, Rama

PMR-D4671
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the Silver Pagoda from the adjoining gardens, in the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, historic, heritage

PMR-D4670
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: stupa or shrine of King Norodom and pavilion containing his equestrian statue with the Silver Pagoda in the background, in the grounds of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4669
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: equestrian statue of King Norodom on a roofed plinth, in the Silver Pagoda complex of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4668
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: stupa or shrine of King Norodom in the Silver Pagoda complex of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4667
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: flowers of Dark Red Meranti (Pentacme Siamensis) growing in the grounds of the Royal Palace. According to legend Buddha was born under a tree of this species in one of his reincarnations.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, botany, trees, shrubs

PMR-D4666
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: musiciams playing traditional Cambodian instruments in the grounds of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, music, drums, percussion, band

PMR-D4665
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: stupa or shrine of Princess Kantha Botha, daughter of King Sihanouk, in the Silver Pagoda complex of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4664
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Royal Palace: revered figure in the Silver Pagoda complex representing Madame Penh, from whom the city takes its name.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4663
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the Royal Palace: the Silver Pagoda, also known as the Pagoda of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Preah Keo), is paved with 5000-plus silver tiles, each weighing 1kg. Originally built under King Norodom in 1892, it resembles the Wat Phra Keo in Bangkok.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, architecture

PMR-D4662
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: episode in the Ramayana Saga (known as the Reamker in Cambodia), which is depicted in murals all round the walls of the Silver Pagoda complex.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, fresco, epic, Rama

PMR-D4661
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Preah Reach Damnak Chan in the Royal Palace grounds, in traditional Khmer style, is the administrative centre of the palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4660
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the face on the principal spire of the Throne Hall (Preah Tineang Tevea Vinichhay) of the Royal Palace, was inspired by the Bayon at Angkor.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4659
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the Throne Hall (Preah Tineang Tevea Vinichhay) of the Royal Palace, in traditional Khmer style, was inaugurated by King Sisowath in 1919.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4658
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: library building (Hor Samritvimean) in the grounds of the Royal Palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4657
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the King's quarters in the Royal Palace, are normally closed to visitots.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4656
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the Throne Hall of the Royal Palace, in traditional Khmer style, was inaugurated by King Sisowath in 1919. Figure of a Garuda supporting the roof.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4655
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the Throne Hall (Preah Tineang Tevea Vinichhay) of the Royal Palace, in traditional Khmer style, was inaugurated by King Sisowath in 1919.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4654
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the Throne Hall (Preah Tineang Tevea Vinichhay) of the Royal Palace, in traditional Khmer style, was inaugurated by King Sisowath in 1919.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, colourful, picturesque, architecture, historic, heritage

PMR-D4653
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the National Assembly Building, opened in 2007 and built in traditional Khmer style at a cost of US$30m.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, architecture, contrast

PMR-D4652
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: this traffic island is part of Samdech Hun Sen Park,
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4651
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Wat Langka, founded in 1442, one of the principal temples of the city, on Sihanouk Boulevard. The vihara was used as a storeroom during the Khmer Rouge rule.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4650
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Wat Langka, founded in 1442, one of the principal temples of the city, on Sihanouk Boulevard. View of the shrine.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4649
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Wat Phnom, founded in 1373, according to legend to house four statues of Buddha rescued from the Mekong River by Madame Penh. The main entrance is by the eastern stairway, guarded by nagas.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, temple

PMR-D4648
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Wat Phnom, founded in 1373, according to legend to house four statues of Buddha rescued from the Mekong River by Madame Penh. A monk in the grounds and bougainvillea blossom.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, temple, colourful, gardens

PMR-D4647
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Wat Phnom, founded in 1373, according to legend to house four statues of Buddha rescued from the Mekong River by Madame Penh. View of the interior of the vihara, with presiding figure of Buddha.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, temple

PMR-D4646
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Samdech Hun Sen Park, with the new Naga World Hotel and Entertainment Complex in the background.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, architecture

PMR-D4645
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the National Assembly Building, opened in 2007 and built in traditional Khmer style, is overshadowed by rising tower blocks
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, architecture, contrast

PMR-D4644
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Hotel Cambodiana, built in traditional style.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, architecture, accommodation

PMR-D4643
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". Memorial, surrounded by marble slabs inscribed with the names of the victims.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4642
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". Memorial, surrounded by marble slabs inscribed with the names of the victims.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4641
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". Historical photograph of the population being driven out of the city.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4640
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". The 2nd floor, where the rooms were divided into tiny individual cells, 1-metre wide.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4639
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". The courtyard contains 14 anonymous graves - bodies found after liberation.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4638
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". The courtyard contains 14 anonymous graves - bodies found after liberation.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4637
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the Independence Monument, built in 1958 in the form of a lotus-shaped stupa, in traditional Angkor style. Architect: Vann Polyvann.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, heritage, landmark, architecture

PMR-D4636
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: colourful pavilion on Sihanouk Boulevard houses a statue of Norodom Sihanouk.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, memorial

PMR-D4635
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: colourful Kinnara (half woman and half bird) in the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4634
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: colourful stupas in the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4633
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: colourful stupas in the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4632
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: colourful stupas in the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4631
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: colourful stupas in the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4630
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: colourful stupas in the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4629
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: colourful stupas in the Golden Temple on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis

PMR-D4628
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: standing figure of Buddha in a park on Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, monument, statue, plinth

PMR-D4627
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the waterfront across the Tonle Sap River, from Koh Dach (Mekong Island) with traditional boats, some acting as dwellings, moored in the foreground.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, skyline, panorama, waterway

PMR-D4626
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the latest high-rise blocks across the Tonle Sap River, from Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, skyline, panorama, waterway

PMR-D4625
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the waterfront and the Grand Waterfront Hotel across the Tonle Sap River, from Koh Dach (Mekong Island).
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, skyline, panorama, waterway, architecture

PMR-D4624
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the waterfront and Sisowath Quay across the Tonle Sap River, from Koh Dach (Mekong Island) with traditional boats moored in the foreground.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, skyline, panorama, waterway

PMR-D4623
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Wat Ounaloom, headquarters of the country's Buddhist religion, was founded in 1443. It has been successfully restored after the destruction wrought by the Khmer Rouge.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, temple, historic, heritage

PMR-D4622
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: riverfront promenade with palm trees and flags, and Sisowath Quay (Road) behind.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, street scene, picturesque

PMR-D4621
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the city from the roof of the Grand Waterfront Hotel, with the Tonle Sap River in the background.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, accommodation, panorama, rooftops

PMR-D4620
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: swimming pool on the roof of the Grand Waterfront Hotel, with view of the Tonle Sap River
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, accommodation, panorama, leisure

PMR-D4619
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Memorial Stupa at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center in the "Killing Fields" where about 17,000 men, women and children were bludgeoned to death by the Khmer Rouge regime.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, murder, genocide, inhumanity, cruelty

PMR-D4618
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: the Independence Monument, built in 1958 in the form of a lotus-shaped stupa, in traditional Angkor style. Architect: Vann Polyvann.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, heritage, landmark, architecture

PMR-D4617
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: approaching the Independence Monument on Norodom Boulevard.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, street scene, traffic

PMR-D4616
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. A valuable collection of standing Buddhas from different periods.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4615
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Head of Devata, sandstone, Angkorian period, Bayon style, late 12th to early 13th century?
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4614
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Figure opposite the entrance is a Garuda, sandstone, Angkorian period, Koh Ker style, first half of 10th century.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4613
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. The gallery surrounding the courtyard also houses interesting exhibits.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4612
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Carved sandstone fronton depicting the combat between Bhima and Duryodhana.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4611
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Wrestling Apes, sandstone, Angkorian period, Koh Ker style, first half of 10th century.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4610
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Standing figure, sandstone.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4609
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Buddha figure, sandstone, pre-Angkorian period, Phnom Da style, 6th century.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4608
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. View of the main hall with a collection of standing figures.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits, archeology, ancient

PMR-D4607
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Portrait of George Groslier, designer of the National Museum, founder of the School of Fine Arts, and curator and protector of Khmer art.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4606
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. View of the garden in the central courtyard with its graceful pavilion.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4605
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. View of the garden in the central courtyard with its graceful pavilion.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4604
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. View of the main hall with a collection of seated Buddhas.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4603
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: main entrance to the National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20 in traditional style.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, terracotta , architecture

PMR-D4602
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20, with flamboyant Flame-of-the-Forest tree.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, terracotta

PMR-D4601
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20, viewed from the adjoining park with its guardian figures.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, terracotta

PMR-D4600
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Chan Chaya Pavilion, entrance to the royal palace.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, architecture

PMR-D4599
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Chan Chaya Pavilion, entrance to the royal palace
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, architecture

PMR-D4598
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Wat Ounaloom, headquarters of the country's Buddhist religion, was founded in 1443. It has been successfully restored after the destruction wrought by the Khmer Rouge. Statue of mounted soldiers in the foreground.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, temple, colourful, monument, horses, equestrian, historic, heritage

PMR-D4597
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Wat Ounaloom, headquarters of the country's Buddhist religion, was founded in 1443. It has been successfully restored after the destruction wrought by the Khmer Rouge.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, temple, historic, heritage

PMR-D4596
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the promenade.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, architecture

PMR-D4595
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the promenade and Tonle Sap River shortly before the confluence with the Mekong.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, waterway

PMR-D4594
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: view of the Grand Waterfront Hotel from the promenade.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, architecture, picturesque, park

PMR-D4592
The Philippines, Manila: densely occupied suburbs.
Keywords: metropolis, capital city, houses, dwellings, accommodation, demography, aerial view, population

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-D1182
People's Republic of China, Xining: TV Tower.
Keywords: architecture, Buddhist, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, colourful

PMR-D1181
People's Republic of China, Xining: a game of Chinese checkers?
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, Buddhist

PMR-D1180
People's Republic of China, Xining: devout follower prostrating herself in the courtyard of Kumbum Monastery, where Tsongkapa is said to have been born.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, Buddhist

PMR-D1179
People's Republic of China, Xining: row of chedis at Kumbum Monastery, where Tsongkapa is said to have been born, not far from Xining.
Keywords: architecture, Buddhist, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, colourful

PMR-D1178
People's Republic of China, Xining: a revered chedi in Kumbum Monastery.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, Buddhist

PMR-D1177
People's Republic of China, Xining: view of Kumbum Monastery, with the roof of the Golden Tiled Temple visible.
Keywords: architecture, Buddhist, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, colourful

PMR-D1176
People's Republic of China, Xining: refrigerated figures, modelled out of yak's butter, in Kumbum Monastery. The largest figure represents Guan Yin, goddess of mercy, here interpreted as a man.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, Buddhist

PMR-D1175
People's Republic of China, Xining: courtyard and temple of Kumbum Buddhist Monastery, where Tsongkapa is alleged to have been born, a short distance from the city.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, Buddhist

PMR-D1174
People's Republic of China, Xining: entrance to Kumbum Buddhist Monastery, where Tsongkapa is alleged to have been born, a short distance from the city.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, Buddhist

PMR-D1173
People's Republic of China, Xining: a series of bridges over the canal.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1172
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: main thoroughfare, with skyscrapers of Pudong in the background.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1171
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: finished silk products in the showroom of the silk factory.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1170
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: retrieving silk thread from silkworm cocoons in a silk factory.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1169
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: flowers in a glass of tea, at tea tasting session.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1168
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: tea tasting on a roof terrace teahouse.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1167
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: skyscrapers of Pudong, over the roofs of Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1166
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: Huxinting Teahouse in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1165
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: vase-shaped double doorway in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1164
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: roofs with elephants and monkeys, in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1163
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: pavilion and colouring maple tree in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1162
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: dragon's head at the end of one of the "dragon walls", in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1161
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: feeding the goldfish in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1160
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: Dianchun Hall in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1159
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: mandarin figure in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1157
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River, from Pudong.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1156
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River, from Pudong. Illuminated boat passing in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1155
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River, from Pudong. Illuminated boat passing in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1154
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River, from Pudong. Illuminated boat passing in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1153
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River, from Pudong. Illuminated boat passing in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1152
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River, from Pudong.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1151
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River, from Pudong.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1150
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River, from Pudong.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1149
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: Jinmao Tower and the World Financial Center at night.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1148
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: closer look at some of the more colourful buildings on Pudong.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1146
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: skyscrapers of Pudong, with flowerbeds in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1145
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: closer view of the colourful skyscrapers of Pudong.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1144
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: skyscrapers of Pudong, with Oriental Pearl TV Tower, World Financial Centre, Jinmao Tower and Huangpu River, from the Bund.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1143
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: Westin Hotel.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life

PMR-D0996
Myanmar, Yangon: aerial view of the Aung Zeya Suspension Bridge over the Hlaing River.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0856
Myanmar, Yangon: Maha Wizaya Paya, built 1980 under General Ne Win, to celebrate the unification of Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0855
Myanmar, Yangon: Maha Wizaya Paya, built 1980 under General Ne Win, to celebrate the unification of Theravada Buddhism in Myanmar.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0854
Myanmar, Yangon: floating Shin Upagot Shrine on Lake Kandawgyi, floodlit at night, with reflections in water.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0853
Myanmar, Yangon: Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, reflected in Kandawgyi Lake, in the north of the city.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0852
Myanmar, Yangon: Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, on Kandawgyi Lake, in the north of the city.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0851
Myanmar, Yangon: floating Shin Upagot Shrine on Lake Kandawgyi.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0850
Myanmar, Yangon: floating Shin Upagot Shrine on Lake Kandawgyi, with a colourful pier-based shrine on the right.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0849
Myanmar, Yangon: floating Shin Upagot Shrine on Lake Kandawgyi.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0848
Myanmar, Yangon: the Customs House, on Strand Road, built in 1915.
Keywords: Buddhist, colonial style, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0847
Myanmar, Yangon: the legendary Strand Hotel, opened in 1896.
Keywords: Buddhist, colonial style, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0846
Myanmar, Yangon: the Law Courts on Strand Road.
Keywords: Buddhist, colonial style, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0845
Myanmar, Yangon: Dining Room in the former home of General Aung San (now the "House of Memories" Restaurant).
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0844
Myanmar, Yangon: personal shrine in the former home of General Aung San (now the "House of Memories" Restaurant).
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0843
Myanmar, Yangon: diesel locomotive in Yangon's main station.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples, railway

PMR-D0842
Myanmar, Yangon: inside a carriage of a local train on the city ring line.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0841
Myanmar, Yangon: close-up view of Shwedagon Paya from the Thripyitsaya Bistro on the 20th floor of the Sakura Tower.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0840
Myanmar, Yangon: close-up view of Sule Paya from the Thripyitsaya Bistro on the 20th floor of the Sakura Tower.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0839
Myanmar, Yangon: view of Sule Paya and Yangon River from the Thripyitsaya Bistro on the 20th floor of the Sakura Tower.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0838
Myanmar, Yangon: Bogyoke Aung San Road from the Thripyitsaya Bistro on the 20th floor of the Sakura Tower, with St. Mary's cathedral.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0837
Myanmar, Yangon: prayer column on the platform of Sule Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0836
Myanmar, Yangon: gilded carvings of a pavilion on the platform of the Sule Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0835
Myanmar, Yangon: the golden zedi of Sule Paya (46 metres high), from the platform. It probably dates back about 2 millennia.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0834
Myanmar, Yangon: reclining Buddha in one of the shrines on the platform of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0833
Myanmar, Yangon: gilded mythical figure holding two nagas, on a pole on the platform of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0832
Myanmar, Yangon: some of the hundreds of shrines on the platform of Shwedagon Paya, which covers 5 hectares.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0831
Myanmar, Yangon: followers annointing the figure at their own "planetary post" (birth day of the week = planet) on the platform of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR-D0830
Myanmar, Yangon: the 23-tonne Maha Ganda bell, cast in 1775-9, removed by the British but dropped in the Yangon River. Later recovered by the Burmese and displayed on the platform of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0829
Myanmar, Yangon: close-up of the enormous "hti" or umbrella on the top of the zedi of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0828
Myanmar, Yangon: Botataung Paya
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0797
Thailand, Bangkok: Jim Thompson's House, an assemblage of traditional Thai buildings, is now a museum housing his collection of ethnographical art.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0796
Thailand, Bangkok: Hippopotamus in the zoo in Dusit Park.
Keywords: metropolis, capital city, Siam, wild animals

PMR-D0795
Thailand, Bangkok: wild Monitor Lizard (Varanus spec.) in the moat surrounding Dusit Park.
Keywords: Buddhist, fauna, amphibians, wild animals, metropolis, capital city, Siam

PMR-D0794
Thailand, Bangkok: peacock monument at one corner of the moat surrounding Dusit Park, reflected in the water.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, Siam, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious

PMR-D0793
Thailand, Bangkok: peacock monument at one corner of the moat surrounding Dusit Park, reflected in the water.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, Siam, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious

PMR-D0792
Thailand, Bangkok: one side of the moat surrounding Dusit Park.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0791
Thailand, Bangkok: Rama VIII Suspension Bridge over the Chao Phraya River.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0790
Thailand, Bangkok: the Democracy Monument (stylised angels' wings) erected in 1932.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, Siam, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious

PMR-D0789
Thailand, Bangkok: view of Wat Saket, on the Golden Mount, from Wat Rajanadda.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0788
Thailand, Bangkok: Buddha figures in Wat Rajanadda.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0787
Thailand, Bangkok: unusual prangs on the roof of Wat Rajanadda, from the Golden Mount.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0786
Thailand, Bangkok: the shrine of Wat Saket Ratcha Wora Maha Wihan, built during the reigns of Rama III, IV and V, and completed in Carara marble in the early 20th century, stands atop the Golden Mount.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0785
Thailand, Bangkok: view of the city from Wat Rajanadda, with colourful temple roofs in the foreground.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0784
Thailand, Bangkok: Wat Rajanadda (mid 19th century) in unusual (Burmese?) style.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0783
Thailand, Bangkok: this birdman figure is the symbol of the Siam Bank.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0782
Thailand, Bangkok: a long line of tuk-tuks.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, Siam, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious

PMR-D0781
Thailand, Bangkok: line of prayer bells in Wat Saket on the Golden Mount.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0780
Thailand, Bangkok: view of the city from the Golden Mount.
Keywords: Buddhist, panorama, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0779
Thailand, Bangkok: the golden chedi of Wat Saket on the Golden Mount.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0778
Thailand, Bangkok: Buddha shrine in Wat Saket on the Golden Mount.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0320
Canada, Quebec City: "trompe l'oeil" historical scene on a blank wall in the Quartier Petit-Champlain.
Keywords: metropolis, street art, architecture, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR364-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Unterschleissheim: modern estate of mixed housing with green areas and children's playground in the northern suburbs of Munich.
Keywords: architecture, München, metropolis, property, residential, estate

PMR364-04
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Unterschleissheim: block of modern residential apartments, erected 1976, with swimming pool on the roof, in the northern suburbs of Munich.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, München, spring, blossom, property

PMR350-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the new Franz Josef Strauss Airport near Erding, taken on opening day, 17th May 1992. View of the control tower, and newly planted trees.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, München, modern, state-of-the-art, aviation

PMR350-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the new Franz Josef Strauss Airport near Erding, taken on opening day, 17th May 1992. View of the new terminal building (left) with car parks (right) and control tower.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, München, modern, state-of-the-art, aviation

PMR350-09
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the new Franz Josef Strauss Airport near Erding, taken on opening day, 17th May 1992. View of aircraft ramp and control tower from spectators' hill.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, München, modern, state-of-the-art, aviation

PMR350-08
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the new Franz Josef Strauss Airport near Erding, taken on opening day, 17th May 1992. View of hangars and freight terminal from spectators' hill.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, München, modern, state-of-the-art, aviation

PMR350-07
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: Riem Airport, with original traffic hall built in Hitler's day, 1938, taken on the day it closed: 16th May 1992.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, historic, München, nostalgic, aviation

PMR350-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: Riem Airport, with radar tower and airport buildings, taken on the day it closed: 16th May 1992.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, historic, München, nostalgic, aviation

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

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

PMR346-09
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

PMR346-03
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

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

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

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

PMR331-08
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

PMR331-04
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

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

PMR327-09
Finland, Helsinki: prize-quality vegetables on offer from stalls in Market Square.
Keywords: metropolis, colourful, capital city, Helsingfors, trading, local produce, home grown

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

PMR327-02
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

PMR326-09
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

PMR326-04
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

PMR326-02
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

PMR323-04
USSR, Leningrad: Palace Bridge over the River Neva to the Strelka on Vasilyevskiy Island, with the Zoological Museum on the left.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, historic, heritage, street scene, Rostral column, 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

PMR320-11
USSR, Moscow: part of the queue for MacDonalds in Pushkin Square (August 1990), with the first Coca Cola neon sign visible behind.
Keywords: metropolis, colourful, capital city, capitalism, Big Mac, hamburger, street scene

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

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

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

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

PMR313-05
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

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

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

PMR302-06
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PMR-D3988
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the French Concession, centre of night life, after dark.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, red light area

PMR-D3987
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: view from the top of the 420.metre-high Jin Mao Tower at night, with the lights of Pudong in the foreground and the floodlit Bund on the other side of the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3986
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: view from the top of the 420.metre-high Jin Mao Tower at night, with the illuminated Orient Pearl Tower in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3985
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: view from the top of the 420.metre-high Jin Mao Tower at night, with the lights of Pudong in the foreground and the floodlit Bund on the other side of the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3984
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: view from the top of the 420.metre-high Jin Mao Tower at night, with the lights of Pudong in the foreground and the floodlit Bund on the other side of the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3983
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: view from the top of the 420.metre-high Jin Mao Tower at night, with the lights of Pudong in the foreground and the floodlit Bund on the other side of the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3982
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the lights of Pudong at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3981
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: illuminated boat on the Huangpo River with the lights of Pudong in the background.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3980
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the lights of Pudong at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3979
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the lights of Pudong at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3978
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: strollers on the promenade at night with the floodlit Bund in the background.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, floodlit

PMR-D3977
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Bund at night, with the Bank of China building and green-domed former Cathay Hotel.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, floodlit

PMR-D3976
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the lights of Pudong at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3975
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: illuminated boat on the Huangpo River with the lights of Pudong in the background.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3974
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the lights of Pudong at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3973
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the lights of Pudong at night, with reflections in the Huangpo River.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers, neon

PMR-D3972
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: inviting hot snacks offered at a stall in Yuyuan Bazaar area.
Keywords: colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, food , delicious, tasty, temptation, appetite, smell good

PMR-D3971
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: pretty girl in fashionable red outfit in Yuyuan Gardens.
Keywords: colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, fashion, sunglasses, model, modern, young fashion

PMR-D3970
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: traditional buildings with wooden facades and Chinese roofs in Yuyuan Bazaar area.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, historic, heritage, shopping, tourist area

PMR-D3969
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: traditional buildings with wooden facades and Chinese roofs in Yuyuan Bazaar area.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, historic, heritage

PMR-D3967
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: mandarin figure in Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, statue, sculpture

PMR-D3966
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: boulder marking the entrance to Yuyuan Garden, originally laid out in 1577.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis

PMR-D3965
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: travelling at 301 k.p.h. in the Maglev train.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, speed, airport link

PMR-D1158
Peoples' Republic of China, Shanghai: modern residential blocks.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1147
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: allegorical statue based on the socialist painting "All the land is red", set off with colourful flower beds.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture, monument

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-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-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-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-D1623
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: Vase with Dragons and Sea Waves (Jingdezhen Ware, Qing Dynasty).
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1622
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: 100-deer Vase (Jingdezhen Ware, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong reign).
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1621
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: carved wooden table and screen (Qing Dynasty).
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1620
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: central hall and staircase.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1619
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: Chinese Bronze Age Cowrie Container with 8 yaks (Western Han, 206 BC).
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1618
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: Chinese Bronze Age Xi Zun (wine holder) shaped like an ox.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1617
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: Chinese Bronze Age bowl with miniature fish and water fowl figures.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1616
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: figures outside the entrance to Shanghai Museum.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1615
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: colourful flower arrangements in Huangpu Park, with the skyscrapers of Pudong in the background.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1614
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: colourful flower arrangements in Huangpu Park, with the skyscrapers of Pudong in the background.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1613
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: classical commercial buildings of the early 20th century on "the Bund", with flowerbeds in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1612
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: allegorical statue and flower gardens, with skyscrapers behind.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture, monument

PMR-D1611
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: closer view of the base of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower and surrounding buildings.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1610
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: skyscrapers of Pudong, with flowerbeds in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1609
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: bride in wedding dress.
Keywords: modern architecture, pretty girls, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1608
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: bride in wedding dress.
Keywords: modern architecture, pretty girls, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1607
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Pudong, from the Bund.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1606
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: closer view of the colourful skyscrapers of Pudong.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1605
Pearl TV Tower, World Financial Centre and Jinmao Tower. People's Republic of China, Shanghai: skyscrapers of Pudong, with Oriental Pearl TV Tower, World Financial Centre, Jinmao Tower and Huangpu River, from the Bund.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1604
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: skyscrapers of Pudong, with Oriental Pearl TV Tower, World Financial Centre, Jinmao Tower and Huangpu River, from the Bund.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1603
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: the Maglev train departing on its elevated track.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1602
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: front of the Maglev train in Shanghai terminal.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1601
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: Maglev train in the Shanghai terminal.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1600
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: travelling at 301 k.p.h. in the Maglev train.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

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

PMR194-05
Italy, Campania, Naples: Via Tribunali in the old Spacca Quarter.
Keywords: metropolis, historic, heritage, culture, street scene, architecture, Napoli

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

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

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

PMR173-12
U.S.A., New York: camping at New Yorker Trailer City, a green oasis in the metropolis.
Keywords: tent, Buick Regal

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

PMR157-03
U.S.A., California, Los Angeles: downtown skyscraper shapes, with the Westin Bonaventure Hotel (centre left).
Keywords: architecture, high-rise blocks, metropolis, tower blocks

PMR157-02
U.S.A., California, Los Angeles: downtown skyscraper shapes.
Keywords: architecture, high-rise blocks, metropolis, tower blocks

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

PMR-D2709
Iran, Teheran: bas-relief of Persian soldiers armed with spears and bows, from Persepolis, in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity

PMR-D2708
Iran, Teheran: bronze head of Darius the Great in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity

PMR-D2707
Iran, Teheran: trunk of Darius the Great found in Egypt, in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity, pre-history, sculpture, statue

PMR-D2706
Iran, Teheran, National Museum: the "Audience Scene", original centrepiece of the eastern staircase of the Apadana in Persepolis, found in the treasury, It shows the King enthroned with the crown prince behind him, and behind him a towel bearer and a weapon bearer. In front of the King stands a senior official with two guards behind him.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity, pre-history, bas-relief

PMR-D2705
Iran, Teheran: pottery storage chest from about 5000 BC in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity, pre-history

PMR-D2704
Iran, Teheran: pottery bowls with interesting designs from about 5000 BC in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity, pre-history

PMR-D2581
Iran, Teheran: the Azadi Tower (Liberty Tower) was designed by architect Hossein Amanat, a Baha'i, who was driven from the country on the fall of the Shah. It is built of white marble from the Isfahan region, and was inaugurated on 16th October 1971.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, monument, landmark

PMR-D2580
Iran, Teheran: the city has expanded rapidly in the north, right up to the foothills of the Alborz Mountains.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, panorama

PMR-D2579
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Shams-Al Emarat (Edifice of the Sun), the mirror hall uses glass & gilding to great effect.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation, sumptuous, mosaic, faience, tiling, arabesques

PMR-D2578
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Shams-Al Emarat (Edifice of the Sun), filigree, colourful glass screens with floral motifs.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation, sumptuous, mosaic, faience, tiling, arabesques

PMR-D2577
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Shams-Al Emarat, The end of the opulently decorated hall with much use of mirror glass.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation, sumptuous, mosaic, faience, tiling, arabesques

PMR-D2576
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Shams-Al Emarat, part of the opulently decorated hall, with mirrored stained glass windows.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation, sumptuous, mosaic, faience, tiling, arabesques

PMR-D2575
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Shams-Al Emarat, showing the uniformed bandsmen lined up under the terrace, on tiles.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation, sumptuous, mosaic, faience, tiling, arabesques

PMR-D2574
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Shams-Al Emarat (Edifice of the Sun), built 1865-7 combined European influences (including height) with Persian architecture.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation, sumptuous, mosaic, faience, tiling, arabesques

PMR-D2573
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. A brilliant arched panel of colourful faience arabesques.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation

PMR-D2572
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Entrance to Talar-e Ayaheh (Hall of Mirrors) which formerly housed the Peacock Throne.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation

PMR-D2571
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Khalvat-e Karim Khani (Karim Khan Nook) dates from 1759. Exquisite faience work.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation

PMR-D2570
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Khalvat-e Karim Khani (Karim Khan Nook) with marble tombstone of Nasser al-Din Shah.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation

PMR-D2569
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Khalvat-e Karim Khani (Karim Khan Nook) with sumptuously decorated throne room.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation

PMR-D2568
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. Marble Throne Verandah with the throne, carved from 65 pieces of yellow Yazd alabaster in 1806 for Fath Ali Shah Qajar.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation

PMR-D2567
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. The Ivan-e Takht-e Marmar (Marble Throne Verandah) with carved alabaster throne.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation

PMR-D2566
Iran, Teheran: Golestan Palace Complex has been the seat of the Shahs since Nasser al-Din (reigned 1848-96) developed a Safavid-era citadel. It consists of a number of buildings spaced around a rectangular park. Qajar and Pahlevi Shahs were crowned here. The Ivan-e Takht-e Marmar (Marble Throne Verandah) at the end of a refelecting pool.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, luxury, pomp, ostentation

PMR-D2565
Iran, Teheran: typical street scene with hoarding lauding a hero of the Iraq-Iran war.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, traffic lights, zebra crossing

PMR-D2564
Iran, Teheran: stone horse in bas-relief (from Persepolis?) standing outside the National Museum of Iran.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, sculpture, historic, antiquity

PMR-D2563
Iran, Teheran: the National Museum was designed by French architect André Godard and completed in 1928. The traditional iwan dominates the facade. Reflected in pool.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR-D2562
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa`d Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. The sitting room.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, furniture, furnishings, chandelier

PMR-D2561
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa`d Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. Statue of an archer in the grounds.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, sculpture, monument, stone figure

PMR-D2560
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa`d Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. The Green Palace was built at the end of the Qajar era and opulently remodelled by the Pahlevis.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR-D2559
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa'd Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. The White Palace was built between 1931 and 1937 and has 54 rooms, mostly devoted to the Shah's reign (1942-79). Facade and main entrance.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR-D2558
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa'd Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. The White Palace was built between 1931 and 1937 and has 54 rooms, mostly devoted to the Shah's reign (1942-79).
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR-D2557
Iran, Teheran: view over the city from the hills in the north.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR669-12
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: facade of the Asamkirche, St. Johann Nepomuk, built by the Asam Brothers, Cosmos Damian and Egid Quirian, between 1733-46 in Bavarian Rococo style.
Keywords: metropolis, capital of Bavaria, München, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR668-10
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Nauener Tor, the northern gate to the city, on the main street, the Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse. Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Nauener Tor, the northern gate to the city, on the main street, the Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse.
Keywords: East Germany, twin towers, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR128K-06
Canada, Quebec City: view of Chateau Frontenac and the city, with the St Laurence River ferry, from Lévis.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, French-speaking, picturesque, francophile

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-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-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

PMR145K-11
Myanmar, Yangon: floating Shin Upagot Shrine, reflected in Kandawgyi Lake.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR145K-10
Myanmar, Yangon: traffic on Sule Paya Road approaching the golden zedi.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR145K-09
Myanmar, Yangon: eye-catching clocktower on Sule Paya Road, with the zedi visible at the end.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR145K-08
Myanmar, Yangon: colonial architecture on Strand Road, with Sule Paya visible at the end of Sule Paya Road.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR145K-07
Myanmar, Yangon: railway station and sports stadium, seen from the Thripyitsaya Bistro on the 20th floor of Sakura Tower.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR145K-06
Myanmar, Yangon: Shwedagon Paya, seen from the Thripyitsaya Bistro on the 20th floor of Sakura Tower.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR145K-05
Myanmar, Yangon: the golden zedi of Sule Paya (46 metres high), from the platform. It probably dates back about 2 millennia.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR145K-04
Myanmar, Yangon: the golden zedi of Sule Paya which stands on a large traffic island in the city centre.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR145K-03
Myanmar, Yangon: City Hall, designed by Burmese architect U Tin and built 1926-36, since twice rebuilt.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR145K-02
Myanmar, Yangon: assorted shrines on the platform of Shwedagon Paya, with the previous golden "hti" (umbrella surmounting the spire of the zedi) second from the left.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR145K-01
Myanmar, Yangon: temple on the platform of Shwedagon Paya, modelled on Mahabodi in India, and showing colourful scenes from Buddha's life.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR144K-36
Myanmar, Yangon: a group of white and gold highly decorated prangs on the platform of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR144K-35
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: this small stupa has eight niches for the days of the week (Wednesday has am and pm), each with its corresponding animal (garuda, tiger, lion, elephant, naga, rat, mole).
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR144K-34
Myanmar, Yangon: colourful figure of a chinthe biting the tail of a naga, in a shrine on the platform of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR144K-33
Myanmar, Yangon: some of the hundreds of shrines on the platform of Shwedagon Paya, which covers 5 hectares.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR144K-32
Myanmar, Yangon: carved Buddha figure in a shrine on the platform of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR144K-31
Myanmar, Yangon: followers annointing the figure at their own "planetary post" (birth day of the week = planet) on the platform of Shwedagon Paya.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR144K-30
Myanmar, Yangon: a row of golden shrines on the platform of Shwedagon Paya, which was founded ca. 6-10 century.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR144K-29
Myanmar, Yangon: magnificent golden zedi of Shwedagon Paya (98 metres high), founded ca. 6-10 century, visible for miles around.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR144K-28
Thailand, Bangkok: attractive guides at Jim Thompson's House, a museum displaying his ethnological collections.
Keywords: Buddhist, pretty girls, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR144K-15
Thailand, Bangkok: dome of Ananda Samakhom Throne Hall, built in 1907 by Rama V, seen from Dusit Park lake.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR144K-13
Thailand, Bangkok: figure on the platform of Wat Saket on the "Golden Mount", an artificial hill.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR688-06
Myanmar, Yangon: floating Shin Upagot Shrine on Kandawgi Lake in the north of the city.
Keywords: Buddhist, golden, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR688-05
Myanmar, Yangon: Independence Obelisk (46 metres high) in peaceful Mahabandoola Garden, with Sule Paya in the background. The garden is named after General Maha Bandoola, who fought a number of battles against the British.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR688-04
Myanmar, Yangon: Independence Obelisk (46 metres high) in peaceful Mahabandoola Garden, with Sule Paya in the background. The garden is named after General Maha Bandoola, who fought a number of battles against the British.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR688-03
Myanmar, Yangon, Sule Paya: the shrine stands on a large traffic island in the middle of the city.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR688-01
Myanmar, Yangon, Sule Paya: the 46-metre-high golden zedi of the shrine, in which is said to be a hair of the Buddha.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma, Rangoon

PMR687-12
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: finely carved and gilded roof of a pavilion with the figure of a dancer in the centre.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR687-11
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: Chinese Merchants' Tazaung, displaying a variety of Buddha figures.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR687-10
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: this golden zedi houses a popular wonder-working Buddha figure.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR687-09
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: visitors to the paya among the multitude of shrines; the small stupa on the right has eight niches for the days of the week (Wednesday has am and pm), each with its corresponding animal (garuda, tiger, lion, elephant, naga, rat, mole).
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR687-08
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: finely-carved roof of one of the entrances to the platform.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR687-07
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: a gilded "tazaung" hall contains a revered Buddha shrine.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR687-06
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: gilded, intricately-carved Burmese-type roofs on a shrine, with the main zedi in the background.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR687-05
Myanmar, Yangon, Shwedagon Paya: some of the many shrines and prangs, some gilded, on the platform of the main zedi.
Keywords: Buddhist, Rangoon, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, temples

PMR687-04
Thailand, Bangkok: Victory Monument, erected in 1941 to commemorate the outcome of the brief Franco-Thai war. The obelisk represents 5 bayonets clasped together, and the 5 figures - the army, navy, air force, police, and civilian bureaucracy.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, Siam, capital city, metropolis, architecture, colourful, religious

PMR482-03
Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver: the harbour and skyline under low cloud, from Stanley Park.
Keywords: picturesque, moorings, boats, rain, high-rise buildings, metropolis, city, reflections

PMR480-11
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: Heritage Park Historical Village - log cabin of the Royal North West Mounted Police next to a wooden house with a green and white ornate veranda, tyoical of the early 20th century.
Keywords: metropolis, nostalgia, history , modern city, oil town

PMR480-10
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: Heritage Park Historical Village - Canadian Pacific Railways steam locomotive no. 2023 preserved with vintage coaches.
Keywords: metropolis, railroad, veteran, nostalgia, history , modern city, oil town

PMR480-09
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: Heritage Park Historical Village - bakery and other shops tyoical of the early 20th century, from the veranda of the hotel.
Keywords: metropolis, nostalgia, history , modern city, oil town

PMR479-11
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: view from the observation deck of Calgary Tower (formerly Husky Tower) showing Stampede Park, site of the famous Exhibition and Stampede every July, with the Saddledome, Big Four Building and Roundup Centre.
Keywords: metropolis, panorama, architecture, skyscrapers, high rise, modern city, oil town

PMR479-10
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: view from the observation deck of Calgary Tower (formerly Husky Tower), with Olympic Plaza (bottom left), Old City Hall. new Municipal Building, andbridges over the Bow River.
Keywords: metropolis, panorama, architecture, skyscrapers, high rise, modern city, oil town

PMR479-09
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: sculptures of horses near the entrance to the new glass Municipal Building.
Keywords: metropolis, bronze, artistic, art, City Hall, skyscrapers, high rise, modern city, oil town

PMR479-08
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: the original sandstone City Hall, dwarfed by its blue glass successor (behind).
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, colonial, skyscrapers, high rise, modern city, oil town

PMR479-07
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: "The Canada Tree", a sculpture composed of woods from each province and territory, on tour round the country.
Keywords: metropolis, artistic, art, modern city, oil town

PMR479-06
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: city skyline with Eau Claire Market, from Priince's Island.
Keywords: metropolis, relaxation, grassland, park, oil town, modern city, high rise, skyscrapers

PMR479-04
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: a green oasis in the city: Prince's Island Park provides space for relaxation.
Keywords: metropolis, nature, skyscrapers, high rise, modern city, oil town

PMR479-03
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: Canada Geese (Branta Canadensis) on the Bow River, with new tower blocks beyond the trees.
Keywords: metropolis, wildlife, water fowl, skyscrapers, high rise, modern city, oil town

PMR479-02
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: bridge over the Bow River to Prince's Island, with Eau Claire Market in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, reflections, skyscrapers, high rise, modern city, oil town

PMR479-01
Canada, Alberta, Calgary: Chinese Cultural Centre and Sun Life Plaza.
Keywords: metropolis, oil town, modern city, high rise, skyscrapers

PMR476-03
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Plaza Catalunya, with reflections in one of the pools, and sculpture.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, metropolis, street scene, pedestrian zone

PMR476-02
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: child feeding pigeons in Plaza Catalunya, with Canaletes Fountain in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, metropolis, street scene, pedestrian zone

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

PMR475-06
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

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

PMR467-07
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

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

PMR455-12
Hungary, Budapest: view of the River Danube and city from the Citadel, with Elizabeth Bridge in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, metropolis, capital city, national heritage

pmr451-03
Latvia, Riga: newly renovated buildings in the Old Town, with the restaurant "Pút Bé´jin" in the foreground.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR452-10
Lithuania, Vilnius: the neo-classical Cathedral of St. Stanislav, built in 1783 under the supervision of the young architect, Laurynas Stucka-Gucevicius, was used as a concert hall before Lithuania's independence.
Keywords: city, columns, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR452-09
Lithuania, Vilnius: statue of Prince Gediminas with his horse, traditionally regarded as the founder of Vilnius in 1323 after he had a dream of a "huge, iron wolf".
Keywords: city, bronze, sculpture, monument, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR451-04
Latvia, Riga: the National Opera House, previously the Deutsches Theater, opened in 1856 (architect: Ludwig Bonstedt).
Keywords: architecture, colourful, flowerbeds, national heritage, historic, picturesque, neo-classical, capital city, metropolis

PMR451-02
Latvia, Riga: statue to the "Red Latvian Marksmen". Behind (right) the Museum of Soviet Achievement awaits redevelopment.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR451-01
Latvia, Riga: the Latvian Academy of Science Building, completed in 1957, houses 13 research institutes.
Keywords: city, skyscraper, high-rise, national heritage, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR449-07
Estonia, Tallinn: entrance to Palmse, in the Lahemaa National Park: Palmse Manor House, built for the Governor-General Carl Magnus von der Pahlen in 1697, is now used as a hotel.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR449-06
Estonia, Tallinn: the stone-built Estonian Drama Theatre.
Keywords: city, repertory, stage, national heritage, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR449-05
Estonia, Tallinn: a corner of Townhall Square (Raekoja plats) with the old apothecary's shop on the left. This has been in business since 1422 and is thus one of the oldest in Europe.
Keywords: city, pharmacy, chemist, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR449-04
Estonia, Tallinn: a novel sculpture in the Tornide väljak ("Place of Towers") Park.
Keywords: city, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, art, artistic, striking

PMR449-03
Estonia, Tallinn: a terrace of houses on Kooli (Street) overlooked by the defence tower called "Loewenschede".
Keywords: city, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR449-02
Estonia, Tallinn: the "Three Sisters", three gable houses built in the 15th century by a rich merchant for his three daughters.
Keywords: city, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR449-01
Estonia, Tallinn: "Alexander Nevski" Russian Orthodox Cathedral, completed in 1900, on Cathedral Hill.
Keywords: city, Byzantine, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR448-12
Estonia, Tallinn: an old burgher house with storage space on the upper floors.
Keywords: city, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR448-11
Estonia, Tallinn: four of the remaining defence towers on the town wall. In the 17th century there were 50 such towers and each had a name.
Keywords: city, fortifications, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR448-10
Estonia, Tallinn: town wall with defence towers and wooden gallery.
Keywords: city, fortifications, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, historic, national heritage, mediaeval

PMR448-09
Estonia, Tallinn: Toompea Palace, seat of the Estonian Parliament.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR448-05
Latvia, Riga: National Parliament Building.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR448-04
Latvia, Riga: National Theatre.
Keywords: city, Art Deco, national heritage, historic, picturesque, neo-classical, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR448-03
Latvia, Riga: Church of Saints Peter and Paul.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, neo-classical, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR448-02
Latvia, Riga: city skyline, with the castle in the centre, from the Vansu Suspension Bridge.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, mediaeval, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR448-01
Latvia, Riga: view of the castle, built in 1350 by the Knights of theTeutonic Order, which now houses museums and the national art gallery.
Keywords: city, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, historic, national heritage

PMR447-12
Latvia, Riga: Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Christ, built in 1884, was used as a planetarium before independence.
Keywords: city, Byzantine, national heritage, historic, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-11
Latvia, Riga: statue of the seated Jánis Rainis, national poet, with the domes of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral behind.
Keywords: city, monument, sculpture, national heritage, historic, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-10
Latvia, Riga: the French Embassy on Raina bulvári.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-09
Latvia, Riga: the base of the Freedom Monument. The inscription, "Tévzemei un Brivibai", means "For Fatherland and Freedom".
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-08
Latvia, Riga: the old Powder Tower on Smilsu iela (street).
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, mediaeval, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-07
Latvia, Riga: view of the cathedral, the castle, St. Jacob's Church, the River Daugava and the docks, with Cathedral Square in the centre, from the tower of St. Peter's Church.
Keywords: city, panorama, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-06
Latvia, Riga: view of the cathedral, the castle and Vansu Suspension Bridge over the River Daugava, from the tower of St. Peter's Church.
Keywords: city, panorama, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-05
Latvia, Riga: view of the cathedral, the castle and Vansu Suspension Bridge over the River Daugava, from the tower of St. Peter's Church.
Keywords: city, panorama, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-04
Latvia, Riga: The "Bremer Musikanten", a modern sculpture presented to Riga by its patron city, Bremen, on the Skarnu iela (street).
Keywords: city, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, historic, national heritage, monument, bronze

PMR447-03
Latvia, Riga: two of the three burgher houses known as "The Three Brothers", dating from 15-18th centuries.
Keywords: city, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, historic, national heritage, mediaeval

PMR447-02
Latvia, Riga: newly restored buildings in the centre of the city.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR447-01
Latvia, Riga: tower of Riga Cathedral whose foundation stone was laid in 1211 by Bishop Albert of Bremen, the founder of the town.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR446-12
Latvia, Riga: superbly restored terrace on Torna iela (street), containing boutiques and offices.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR446-11
Latvia, Riga: the national freedom monument in the heart of the capital. The three stars held aloft by the figure symbolise the three provinces of Latvia.
Keywords: city, statue, national heritage, historic, picturesque, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR443-01
France, Paris: Fontaine des Mers in the Place de la Concorde, with the Obelisque de Louqsor behind.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-12
France, Paris: Obélisque de Louqsor in the Place de la Concorde, from the Temple of Ramses II in Luxor. Erected in 1836.
Keywords: capital city, obelisk, needle, hieroglyphics, historical, Egyptology, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-11
France, Paris: bronze statue of a child with conch on the Pont Alexandre III.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-10
France, Paris: a sightseeing boat on the Seine.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-09
France, Paris: Les Invalides from the Pont Alexandre III.
Keywords: capital city, Seine bridge, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-08
France, Paris: Church of L'Hotel national des Invalides with rainbow (built 1676, architect: J. Hardouin-Mansart).
Keywords: capital city, Baroque, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-07
France, Paris: Artist working in Monmartre with the dome of Sacré-Coeur Basilica behind.
Keywords: capital city, Bohemia, artists' quarter, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-06
France, Paris: a corner of Monmartre on the Rue Saint Rustique with display of posters.
Keywords: capital city, artists' quarter, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-05
France, Paris: Sacré-Coeur Basilica from the bottom of the approach.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-04
France, Paris: one of the cupolas of Sacré-Coeur Basilica and the watertower in Monmartre.
Keywords: capital city, panorama, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-03
France, Paris: view of the city and the Eiffel Tower from the dome of Sacré-Coeur Basilica.
Keywords: capital city, panorama, architecture, metropolis

PMR442-02
France, Paris: view of the city from the steps of Sacré-Coeur Basilica with its colourful street traders.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, architecture, paorama

PMR442-01
France, Paris: Sacré-Coeur Basilica in Monmartre.
Keywords: capital city, Catholic, architecture, metropolis

PMR436-05
Lithuania, Vilnius: St. Stanislaw's Cathedral stands on the site of numerous predecessors going back to pre Christian times. The present classical building was completed in 1783 by L. Stuoka-Gucevicius. In soviet times it was used as a concert hall. The cathedral belltower, 52 metres high, plus 5 metres below ground level which date back to 13th century. The lowest visible stories (round) are 14th century, part of the old city wall.
Keywords: city, architecture, metropolis, capital city, neo-classical

PMR436-04
Lithuania, Vilnius: St. Stanislaw's Cathedral stands on the site of numerous predecessors going back to pre Christian times. The present classical building was completed in 1783 by L. Stuoka-Gucevicius. In soviet times it was used as a concert hall. Oblique view, with the tower of the castle (Gediminas Tower) on its hill in the background.
Keywords: city, neo-classical, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR436-03
Lithuania, Vilnius: granite statue of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) who studied in Vilnius and regarded Lithuania as a second Fatherland.
Keywords: city, literature, monument, sculpture, stone figure, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR436-02
Lithuania, Vilnius: the Church of St. Anna, built in 1580, represents the peak of the Gothic style in Lithuania, "fascinating the eye with its flourishes".
Keywords: city, Christian, red brick, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR436-01
Lithuania, Vilnius: St. Stanislaw's Cathedral stands on the site of numerous predecessors going back to pre Christian times. The present classical building was completed in 1783 by L. Stuoka-Gucevicius. In soviet times it was used as a concert hall.
Keywords: city, architecture, metropolis, capital city, neo-classical

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

PMR535-01
Syria, Palmyra: street scene with traffic island and fountain and fortress Qalaat ibn Maan in the background.
Keywords: Islam, fortifications, defence, metropolis, town, Muslim

PMR525-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the tower of the Volksbad (swimming bath), with the towers of the Cathedral, the New Town Hall, St. Peter's Church, and the Church of the Holy Ghost, behind.
Keywords: München, skyline, winter sunshine, metropolis, traffic

PMR525-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: view of the Ludwigs-Brucke over the River Isar, with the tower of the Volksbad on the right, part of the Deutsches Museum on the left, and the German Patent Office and the European Patent Office in the background.
Keywords: München, winter sunshine, metropolis, traffic

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

PMR524-04
England, London: closer view of two of the gongolas of the "London Eye", erected for the millennium.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, big wheel, landmark

PMR524-03
England, London: the "London Eye", erected for the millennium. Side view, with crowds on the Embankment in front of County Hall.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, big wheel, landmark

PMR524-02
England, London: the "London Eye", erected for the millennium, from Westminster Bridge. County Hall on the right, lanterns in the foreground.
Keywords: capital city, architecture, metropolis, big wheel, landmark

PMR524-01
England, London: the "London Eye", erected for the millennium, from Westminster Bridge.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, big wheel, landmark

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

PMR521-09
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: Sunday flea market in the Piazza Marina.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, jumble sale, second hand, junk

PMR521-08
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: Sunday flea market in the Piazza Marina.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, jumble sale, second hand, junk

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

PMR521-06
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: panorama of the city and bay from Monreale.
Keywords: capital city, landscape, vista, metropolis

PMR521-05
Italy, Sicily, Palermo: the docks, overlooked by Monte Pellegrino, with angler in the foreground.
Keywords: capital city, port, cranes, ships, industry, commerce, trade, metropolis

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

PMR516-08
Italy, Campania, Salerno: the container port, with the city in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, harbour, commerce, industry, trade, corniche

PMR516-07
Italy, Campania, Naples: panorama from the terrace of the Monastery of St. Martin on the Vomero Hill, with Vesuvius in the background.
Keywords: volcano, historic, picturesque, metropolis, Napoli, smog

PMR516-06
Italy, Campania, Naples: a street in the old Spacca Quarter. The "Spacca-Napoli" has divided Naples since Roman times.
Keywords: architecture, street scene, historic, mediaeval, metropolis, Napoli

PMR129K-32
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: gilded glass lanterns and the facade of Nymphenburg Palace.
Keywords: metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, München, capital of Bavaria

PMR129K-27
Canada, Ontario, Niagara-on-the-Lake: the town centre with clock tower and colourful flower beds.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR129K-26
Canada, Ontario, Niagara-on-the-Lake: view towards the town centre and clock tower.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR129K-14
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: waterside houses on Ottawa River in Gatineau, Quebec Province.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-13
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive, since 1867 the official residence of the Governor-General of Canada.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-12
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: waterfall over the weir, near where the Rideau Canal leaves the Rideau River.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-11
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: "Reconciliation", a monument to Canada's peacekeepers (1992), with the twin spires of Notre-Dame Cathedral in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-10
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Buildings with library rotunda, reflected in the Ottawa River, with vivid autumn foliage in the foreground.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-09
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Buildings with library rotunda, reflected in Ottawa River, as seen from Gatineau, Quebec Province.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-08
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the National Gallery and Ottawa River through autumn foliage.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-07
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the Supreme Court of Canada on Wellington Street.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-06
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: bucolic scene - Victoria Island in the Ottawa River.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-05
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Black-capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus), killed after flying into the glass-walled Bank of Canada.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-04
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the Confederation Building, opened in 1931, provides accommodation for parliamentarians.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-03
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, built from local stone in 1927, flying the national flag.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-02
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: view to the east from Parliament Hill terrace, with Alexandra Bridge over the Ottawa River.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR129K-01
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: view to the west from Parliament Hill terrace, with Victoria Island and Portage Bridge over the Ottawa River.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR128K-36
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: statue of Sir George-Etienne Cartier on Parliament Hill, a work of the sculptor Philippe Hébert.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR128K-35
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Building, in the "Gothic revival" style, started in 1859, houses the Senate and Commons Chambers, with the central Peace Tower, which was not completed until 1927.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR128K-34
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Building, in the "Gothic revival" style, started in 1859, houses the Senate and Commons Chambers, with the central Peace Tower, which was not completed until 1927.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR128K-33
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: series of locks on the steeply descending Rideau Canal where it flows into the Ottawa River.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-32
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the Museum of Civilisation on the north side of the Ottawa River, in Gatineau, Quebec Province.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-31
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Buildings from Major's Hill Park, with autumn foliage.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-30
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the glass "domes" of the National Gallery, with colourful flower beds in Major's Hill Park in the foreground.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-29
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica and the National Gallery, with colourful flower beds in Major's Hill Park in the foreground.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR128K-28
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica and the National Gallery, with colourful flower beds in Major's Hill Park in the foreground.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR128K-27
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the skyline looking west, with Victoria Island and Portage Bridge over the Ottawa River.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-26
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the spires of Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, seem through trees in autumn foliage.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-25
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: statue and colourful flower beds in Major's Hill Park.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-24
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: view of Alexandra Bridge over the Ottawa River.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-23
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: series of locks on the steeply descending Rideau Canal, where it flows into the Ottawa River.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-22
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the neo-Gothic East Block of Parliament Buildings, started in 1859.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-21
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: National War Memorial in Cofederation Square, a granite cenotaph/triumphal arch.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-20
Canada, Quebec City: "trompe l'oeil" historical scene on a blank wall in the Quartier Petit-Champlain.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-19
Canada, Quebec City: Chateau Frontenac, with cruise-liner terminal on the St. Lawrence River, viewed from the Citadel.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-18
Canada, Quebec City: Chateau Frontenac from the Parc des Traversiers, near the ferry terminal, with preserved red and green buoys in the foreground.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, French-speaking, picturesque

PMR128K-17
Canada, Quebec City: Chateau Frontenac from the Parc des Traversiers, near the ferry terminal, with preserved buoy in the foreground.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, French-speaking, picturesque

PMR128K-16
Canada, Quebec City: Quartier Petit-Champlain, an old pedestrian street crammed with boutiques and restaurants.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, French-speaking, picturesque

PMR128K-15
Canada, Quebec City: Quartier Petit-Champlain, an old pedestrian street crammed with boutiques and restaurants.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, French-speaking, picturesque

PMR128K-14
Canada, Quebec City: autumn colours in Montmorency Park, with Chateau Frontenac behind.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-13
Canada, Quebec City: view from the ramparts, typical of the older houses are the exterior stairways which saved on heating expenses.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-12
Canada, Quebec City: Place d'Armes, previously known as the Grand Place and used for military parades.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-11
Canada, Quebec City: the lower town and cruise ship quay, from the ramparts.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-10
Canada, Quebec City: the Old City Hall from the Dufferin Terrace, with ornamental railings and autumn foliage.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-09
Canada, Quebec City: ornamental cast-iron railings on the Dufferin Terrace, with autumn foliage.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-08
Canada, Quebec City: Parc Montmorency, with cannons on the ramparts, and Quebec Seminary behind.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR128K-07
Canada, Quebec City: cruise liner, MSC Poesia, on a cruise from Japan, visiting for the day.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR127K-21
Canada, Quebec, Montreal: view from the Mount Royal Park lookout, with the Green Mountains in the distance.
Keywords: paorama, autumn in the city, metropolis

PMR127K-20
Canada, Quebec, Montreal: view from the Mount Royal Park lookout, with the Olympic Stadium in the distance.
Keywords: paorama, autumn in the city, metropolis

PMR127K-19
Canada, Quebec, Montreal: the 1976 Olympic Stadium, with its 175-metre inclined tower, the world's highest.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR127K-17
Canada, Ontario, Toronto: view from the CN Tower (553 metres) completed in 1976, the world's highest tower until 2007.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise buildings, panorama

PMR127K-08
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Baroque Film Museum, originally an orangery, then later, stables to the Prussian kings.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR127K-07
Germany, Berlin: the Neptune Fountain (1891) with the tower of the "Red Townhall", seat of the Bürgermeister of Berlin.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR127K-06
Germany, Berlin: tower of the Marienkirche and the 365-metre-high TV-Tower.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR127K-05
Germany, Berlin: the 207-metre-high viewing platform and revolving restaurant of the TV Tower.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR127K-04
Germany, Berlin: the Holocaust Memorial, opened in May 2005, comprises 2711 natural stone blocks, weighing up to 16 tonnes each.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR127K-03
Germany, Berlin: Dome of the Reichstag Building designed by Sir Norman Foster, with the original inscription "Dem Deutschen Volke" ("To the German People") over the entrance.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR127K-02
Germany, Berlin: frontal view of the Reichstag Building with its new dome designed by Sir Norman Foster.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR127K-01
Germany, Berlin: pleasure cruiser on the River Spree passing sunbathers taking advantage of the free deckchairs.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR126K-36
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: avenue of trees between the Orangery and the Belvedere in Sans Souci Park.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR126K-35
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Dragon House in Sans Souci Park, built in 1770 and once the home of the royal vintner, now houses a cafe.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-34
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Belvedere in Sans Souci Park, built 1770-72, was rebuilt after being burnt out in 1945.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-33
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: view of the Belvedere in Sans Souci Park, looking along a double tree-lined avenue, from the arch of the Orangery.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-32
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Orangery in Sans Souci Park, built 1851-62 to plans of L. Persius, with part of the flower gardens in the foreground.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-31
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Orangery in Sans Souci Park, built 1851-62 in the style of an Italian Renaissance Palace, with reflections in the pool.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-30
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: approach to the east facade of the Neues Palais in Sans Souci Park, showing some of the 428 sandstone figures lining the roof.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-29
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: east facade of the Neues Palais in Sans Souci Park, with 200 rooms plus a theatre. Statuary in the foreground.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-28
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: east facade of the Neues Palais in Sans Souci Park, built for Frederick the Great 1763-9, after the end of the seven-year-war.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-27
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the severely classical Charlottenhof Palace, built 1826-29 in Sans Souci Park, was once the home of Prince Frederick William IV and his wife.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR126K-26
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: colourful flower gardens of Charlottenhof Palace in Sans Souci Park.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-25
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: ornamental pool near the Roman Baths in Sans Souci Park.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-24
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: island retreat in the River Schafgraben, Sans Souci Park, with Roman figure on a column.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-23
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: part of the Roman Baths complex in Sans Souci Park, in the shape of an Italian mansion, reflected in its lake.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-22
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: a gilded squatting mandarin figure crowns the cupola of the Chinese Teahouse, typical of the 18th century fashion for Chinoiserie. Figure by J.G. Büring (1754-7).
Keywords: East Germany, Rococo, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-21
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: a gilded musician on the Chinese Teahouse, a Rococo work typical of the 18th century fashion for Chinoiserie.
Keywords: East Germany, Rococo, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-20
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: gilded figures on the Chinese Teahouse, a Rococo work typical of the 18th century fashion for Chinoiserie.
Keywords: East Germany, Rococo, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-19
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: sunlit glades in Sans Souci Park.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-18
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the New Orangery in Sans Souci Park, with formal staircase to the terrace, and bronze statue of an archer in the foreground.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-17
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Sicilian Gardens in Sans Souci Park.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-16
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the New Guestrooms and historic windmill in Sans Souci Park, from the par terre, with pool, fountain and statuary.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR126K-15
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the New Guestrooms (formerly the Orangery) in Sans Souci Park, were converted 1771-4. The historic windmill in the background.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR126K-14
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: historic windmill, a working replica of the original from 1790, in Sans Souci Park, is open to visitors.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR126K-13
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Sans Souci Palace, "a masterwork of Prussian Rococo", from the side, with statuary.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, Rococo

PMR126K-12
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: facade of Sans Souci Palace, "a masterwork of Prussian Rococo", built 1745 to plans of Frederick the Great. The stone carving was done by F.C. Glume.
Keywords: East Germany, Rococo, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR126K-11
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: closer view of the grapevine terraces with "cupboards" for the plants, in front of Sans Souci Palace.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-10
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Sans Souci Palace, "a masterwork of Prussian Rococo", with grapevine terraces and pool with fountain.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR126K-09
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Picture Gallery Pavilion in Sans Souci Park, with fountain and statuary in the foreground.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR126K-08
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: facades on Brandenburger Strasse.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-07
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Biergarten inside the Nauener Gate.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-06
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Nikolai Church (1830-37), another work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, with obelisk in the foreground.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR126K-05
Germany, Berlin, Lichtenberg: Friedrichsfelde Palace (under restoration) and colourful flower gardens with statuary.
Keywords: East Germany, garden, park, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR126K-02
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Sans Souci Palace with grapevine terraces and statuary on columns.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR126K-01
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Chinese House in Sans Souci Park, seen through the trees, with reflection in the River Schafgraben.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR125K-36
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Sans Souci Palace, planned by Frederick the Great in 1745, with fountain and vine terraces.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR125K-35
Germany, Berlin: the "French Cathedral" with ornate cast iron lamp cluster on Gendarmenmarkt.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-34
Germany, Berlin: Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) building on Friedrichstrasse
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-33
Germany, Berlin: bronze chariot pulled by two mythical beasts atop the Schauspielhaus in Gendarmenmarkt.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-32
Germany, Berlin: the Gendarmenmarkt, with Schauspielhaus, "French Cathedral" and portico of the "German Cathedral".
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-31
Germany, Berlin: classical portico of the Schauspielhaus (now a concert hall), another work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1821).
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-30
Germany, Berlin: the Friedrich Schiller Memorial in front of the Schauspielhaus in the Gendarmenmarkt.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-29
Germany, Berlin: facade of the Baroque Arsenal (Zeughaus) built 1695-1706, with roof figures by Guillaume Hulot.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-28
Germany, Berlin: the Arsenal (Zeughaus) from the bridge on Unter den Linden, with parapet decorated with sea horses.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-27
Germany, Berlin: the Marx-Engels Forum (Marx sitting), a bronze sculpture by Ludwig Engelhardt, was unveiled in 1986.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-26
Germany, Berlin: view of the "Scheunenviertel", before the war the Jewish mercantile quarter, now completely redeveloped.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-25
Germany, Berlin: view east from the observation deck of the TV Tower, with Karl-Marx-Allee and Frankfurt Gate in the former German Democratic Republic.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-24
Germany, Berlin: Alexanderplatz, from the observation deck of the TV Tower.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-23
Germany, Berlin: the Red Townhall, Nikolai Church, and the Mühlendamm (street) from the observation deck of the TV Tower.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-22
Germany, Berlin: the Cathedral, the Arsenal, the National Opera, St. Hedwig's Church and Unter den Linden, from the observation deck of the TV Tower.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-21
Germany, Berlin: view north-west from the observation deck of the TV Tower (203 metres).
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-20
Germany, Berlin: the Neptune Fountain" (1891) with the Marienkirche, Berlin's oldest church, behind.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-19
Germany, Berlin, Spandau: the Citadel, erected from 1560 on the site of a "water castle" for the defence of Berlin.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-18
Germany, Berlin: the base of the "cone of mirrors" through which light is reflected into the Plenary Chamber of the Bundestag.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-17
Germany, Berlin: the Brandenburg Gate, seen from the dome of the Reichstag Building.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-16
Germany, Berlin: the "cone of mirrors" in the dome of the Reichstag Building.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-15
Germany, Berlin: view of Jakob-Kaiser-Haus (Bundestag) from the roof of the Reichstag Building.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-14
Germany, Berlin: view from the roof of the Reichstag Building - River Spree and Friedrichstrasse Station with the TV Tower in the background.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-13
Germany, Berlin: the "German Cathedral" which shares Gendarmenmarkt with its twin, the "French Cathedral".
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-12
Germany, Berlin: the twin towers of the 14th century Gothic Nikolai Church, built on the site of a Romanesque basilica.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-11
Germany, Berlin: barrel-organ player (Dreh-orgel Spieler) in Prussian uniform with "Pickel-Helm".
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-10
Germany, Berlin: central facade of the Baroque Arsenal (Zeughaus), built 1695-1706, which now houses the Historical Museum.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-09
Germany, Berlin: the crossing of "Unter den Linden" and Friedrichstrasse.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-08
Germany, Berlin: Brandenburg Gate, from Pariser Platz, with fountain and flower gardens.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-07
Germany, Berlin: the Brandenburg Gate, from Pariser Platz, with a civil-rights-campaigner, a victim of Polish state confiscation.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-06
Germany, Berlin: quadriga driven by the goddess Victoria on the Brandenburg Gate, replaced after war damage in1958.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-05
Germany, Berlin: Bundestag - Paul-Löbe-Haus (left of the River Spree) is linked to Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus by a footbridge.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-04
Germany, Berlin: the new Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) opened in May 2006 by Angela Merkel, from the Alt-Moabit Bridge over the River Spree.
Keywords: East Germany, capital city, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR125K-03
Germany, Berlin: the new Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) opened in May 2006 by Angela Merkel, with the River Spree in the foreground.
Keywords: East Germany, capital city, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR125K-02
Germany, Berlin: the twin spires of the Nikolai Church and wrought-iron hotel sign in the "Nikolai Quarter".
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR125K-01
Germany, Berlin: tower of th Red Townhall (1861-69) flying the Berlin flag. The seat of the Bürgermeister and the Berlin Senate.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR119K-35
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: striking red and yellow hybrid tulips "Abu Hassan" in Munich's Botanical Gardens.
Keywords: metropolis, flower colour, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, München, capital of Bavaria, mediaeval

PMR119K-34
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: HQ Building with blooming Magnolia trees and beds of vivid tulips in Munich's Botanical Gardens.
Keywords: metropolis, flower colour, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, München, capital of Bavaria, mediaeval

PMR119K-33
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: massed tulips fill the spring beds with colour in Munich's Botanical Gardens.
Keywords: metropolis, flower colour, mediaeval, capital of Bavaria, München, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR119K-32
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: red and white hybrid Lily-Tulips "Ballade" contrast with blue bedding plants in Munich's Botanical Gardens.
Keywords: metropolis, flower colour, mediaeval, capital of Bavaria, München, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, spring flowers

PMR119K-31
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: Arabis, Alyssum and Aubretia vie with blossoming trees and spring bedding plants in Munich's Botanical Gardens.
Keywords: metropolis, flower colour, mediaeval, capital of Bavaria, München, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR118K-32
Jordan: Amman, built on the site of the Roman city of Philadelphia, was originally the Ammonite city of "Rabbath-Ammon" in the 13th century BC. The Roman Temple of Hercules (2nd century AD) on the Citadel (Jebel Al Qala'a).
Keywords: Muslim, archeological excavations, ruins, Islam, Islamic, capital city, metropolis, architecture, Roman architecture, Philadelphia

PMR118K-31
Jordan: Amman, built on the site of the Roman city of Philadelphia, was originally the Ammonite city of "Rabbath-Ammon" in the 13th century BC. Modern sculptures and a classical column on the Citadel, with the modern city behind.
Keywords: Muslim, archeological excavations, ruins, Islam, Islamic, capital city, metropolis, architecture, Roman architecture, Philadelphia

PMR118K-30
Jordan: Amman, built on the site of the Roman city of Philadelphia, was originally the Ammonite city of "Rabbath-Ammon" in the 13th century BC. Shops and the sprawl of the modern city of 2.5 million inhabitants, seen from the Citadel.
Keywords: Muslim, archeological excavations, ruins, Islam, Islamic, capital city, metropolis, architecture, Roman architecture, Philadelphia

PMR118K-29
Jordan: Amman, built on the site of the Roman city of Philadelphia. A huge Jordanian flag, seen from the Citadel. Amman was the Ammonite city of "Rabbath-Ammon" in the 13th century BC.
Keywords: Muslim, archeological excavations, ruins, Islam, Islamic, capital city, metropolis, architecture, Roman architecture, Philadelphia

PMR118K-28
Jordan: Amman, built on the site of the Roman city of Philadelphia. The Umayyad Palace, built on the Citadel Hill about 720 AD, showing the domed Audience Hall. Amman was the Ammonite city of "Rabbath-Ammon" in the 13th century BC.
Keywords: Muslim, Philadelphia, Roman architecture, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Islamic, Islam, ruins, archeological excavations

PMR118K-27
Jordan: Amman, built on the site of the Roman city of Philadelphia. The scant remains of the Temple of Hercules (2nd century AD) on the Citadel (Jebel Al Qala'a). Amman was the Ammonite city of "Rabbath-Ammon" in the 13th century BC.
Keywords: Muslim, Philadelphia, Roman architecture, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Islamic, Islam, ruins, archeological excavations

PMR118K-26
Jordan: Amman, built on the site of the Roman city of Philadelphia. View of the Roman Theatre and Hashemite Square (due for redevelopment), from the Citadel. Amman was the Ammonite city of "Rabbath-Ammon" in the 13th century BC.
Keywords: Muslim, Philadelphia, Roman architecture, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Islamic, Islam, ruins, archeological excavations

PMR118K-25
Jordan: Amman, built on the site of the Roman city of Philadelphia. The restored Roman Theatre, built about 150 AD, seats 6000 spectators. View from the Citadel. Amman was the Ammonite city of "Rabbath-Ammon" in the 13th century BC.
Keywords: Muslim, Philadelphia, Roman architecture, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Islamic, Islam, ruins, archeological excavations

PMR112K-30
Canada, Vancouver BC: Granville Street Bridge from Granville Island Market, with water taxi landing stage.
Keywords: modern architecture, steel girder bridge, picturesque, cityscape, panorama, metropolis

PMR112K-29
Canada, Vancouver BC: the geodesic dome of Science World, seen across False Creek, with the all-glass Plaza of Nations (left) from Expo '86.
Keywords: modern architecture, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, park

PMR112K-28
Canada, Vancouver BC: the geodesic dome of Science World (from Expo '86) with flowerbeds on False Creek.
Keywords: modern architecture, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, high-tec, technology, museum, exhibition

PMR112K-27
Canada, Vancouver BC: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden - the Jade Water Pavilion reflected in the water lily pool.
Keywords: metropolis, Chinese architecture, Chinese gateway, Chinese, western seaboard, panorama, picturesque, Confucius

PMR112K-26
Canada, Vancouver BC: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden - the "Ting" or pavilion forms the focal point of the garden.
Keywords: metropolis, Chinese architecture, Chinese gateway, Chinese, western seaboard, panorama, picturesque, Confucius, pagoda

PMR112K-25
Canada, Vancouver BC: Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden - the water lily pool.
Keywords: metropolis, Chinese architecture, Chinese gateway, Chinese, western seaboard, panorama, picturesque, Confucius

PMR112K-24
Canada, Vancouver BC: Andy Livingstone Park, with the "Beaux-Arts" style Sun Tower (82 metres high) behind.
Keywords: modern architecture, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, architecture, art-deco, art nouveau, picturesque

PMR112K-23
Canada, Vancouver BC: the entrance to Chinatown on Pender Street.
Keywords: metropolis, Chinese architecture, Chinese gateway, Chinese, western seaboard, cityscape, panorama

PMR112K-22
Canada, Vancouver BC: Vancouver Lookout from below, seen through a glass dome.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise buildings, metropolis, cityscape, western seaboard

PMR112K-21
Canada, Vancouver BC: view from Vancouver Lookout (177 metres) atop Harbour Centre Tower - view of Province House, Canada Place, Burrard Inlet and Stanley Park.
Keywords: modern architecture, western seaboard, cityscape, panorama, metropolis, high-rise buildings, skyscrapers

PMR112K-20
Canada, Vancouver BC: view from Vancouver Lookout (177 metres) atop Harbour Centre Tower - Canada Place served as the Canadian Pavilion at Expo '86.
Keywords: modern architecture, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, western seaboard

PMR112K-19
Canada, Vancouver BC: view from Vancouver Lookout (177 metres) atop Harbour Centre Tower - view of Burrard Inlet, Container Port, railway marshalling yard and North Vancouver.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise buildings, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, western seaboard, commerce, exports, imports, trade

PMR112K-18
Canada, Vancouver BC: view from Vancouver Lookout (177 metres) atop Harbour Centre Tower - view to the south-west, with new skyscraper rising on the left.
Keywords: modern architecture, western seaboard, cityscape, panorama, metropolis, high-rise buildings, skyscrapers

PMR112K-17
Canada, Vancouver BC: view from Vancouver Lookout (177 metres) atop Harbour Centre Tower - view of False Creek, site of Expo '86, and BC Place, the world's largest air-supported stadium.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise buildings, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, western seaboard

PMR112K-16
Canada, Vancouver BC: Canada Place, Convention Centre and Imax Theatre built for Expo '86 from the SeaBus ferry.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise buildings, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, western seaboard

PMR112K-15
Canada, Vancouver BC: view of the skyline from the SeaBus ferry, with the Harbour Centre and Canada Place.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise buildings, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, western seaboard

PMR112K-14
Canada, Vancouver BC: Burrard Inlet with the city skyline from North Vancouver.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise buildings, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, western seaboard

PMR112K-13
Canada, Vancouver BC: SeaBus ferry arriving at North Vancouver with the city skyline in the background.
Keywords: modern architecture, western seaboard, ferryboat, cityscape, panorama, metropolis

PMR112K-08
USA, Seattle WA: Space Needle (184 metres) and Colombia Center (328 metres), the tallest building in Washington State.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis, tower

PMR112K-07
USA, Seattle WA: closer view of the downtown skyscrapers and Space Needle from Kerry Park.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis, tower

PMR112K-06
USA, Seattle WA: view of the city and Space Needle from Kerry Park.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR112K-05
USA, Seattle WA: 1.5-mile monorail track from the Seattle Center to Wstlake Center, showing the Westin Hotel Towers.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR112K-04
USA, Seattle WA: view of the Space Needle, built for Seattle's World Fair in 1962, from below.
Keywords: metropolis, modern architecture, high-rise buildings, high-tec, tower

PMR112K-03
USA, Seattle WA: Pacific Science Center and Space Needle in the Seattle Center, constructed in 1962 for the World Fair.
Keywords: panorama, museum, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis, high-tec, technology

PMR112K-01
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle: downtown skyscrapers, docks and Mount Rainier (4392 metres) looming dimly in the distance.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR111K-36
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle: 1201 3rd Avenue, formerly Washington Mutual Tower, 235 metres high, with 55 storeys, was built 1986-88.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR111K-35
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle: closer shot of the downtown skyscrapers and the monorail on 5th Avenue.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR111K-34
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle: safety engineer with harness walking outside the viewing platform, with the city below.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis, dangerous jobs

PMR111K-33
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle: downtown skyscrapers to the south.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR111K-32
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle: profusion of small craft and houseboats on Union Lake.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR111K-31
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle: Ship Canal Bridge carries the Interstate 5 over Union Lake.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis, flyover bridge

PMR111K-30
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle: Union Lake and Broad Street.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR111K-27
USA, Seattle WA: the skyline from Elliott Bay, with Washington Mutual Tower (left) and the Colombia Center, the highest building in Washington State.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR111K-26
USA, Seattle WA: the docks, with giant cranes and the city skyline in the background..
Keywords: metropolis, import, export, maritime trade, trade, commerce

PMR111K-25
USA, Seattle WA: container ship being unloaded in the docks, with giant cranes.
Keywords: metropolis, import, export, maritime trade, trade, commerce

PMR111K-24
USA, Seattle WA: the skyline from Elliott Bay, with U.S. Coastguard vessel in the foreground.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR111K-23
USA, Seattle WA: the skyline from Elliott Bay, with the Edgewater Hotel.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR111K-22
USA, Seattle WA: the skyline from Elliott Bay, with Pier 59 and Seattle Aquarium.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR111K-21
USA, Seattle WA: the skyline from Elliott Bay, with Pier 57 and the Washington Mutual Tower.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR111K-20
USA, Seattle WA: Waterfall Park, where the United Parcel Service began operations in 1907.
Keywords: panorama, historic, restaurant, shady trees, metropolis

PMR111K-19
USA, Seattle WA: Smith Tower, Seattle's first skyscraper (1914) and the Colombia Center (328 metres high, with 76 storeys), the highest building in Washington State.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR111K-18
USA, Seattle WA: Arctic Building (1917) on Cherry Street originally had 25 walrus heads with original ivory tusks, but these had to be replaced with artificial ones after they began to fall out. Entrance to the Arctic Club Hotel.
Keywords: metropolis, modern architecture, high-rise buildings, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR111K-17
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, showing the view south with Interstate Highway 5 snaking through the city, King Street station and the two sports stadia.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR111K-16
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, showing the car ferry from Bainbridge arriving at the terminal.
Keywords: panorama, docking, car ferry, ferry boat, metropolis

PMR111K-15
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, showing the downtown skyscrapers, waterfront, harbour, ferry terminals, Seattle Aquarium, and Alaska Way flyover.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR111K-14
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, with view north, showing 4th Avenue, downtown skyscrapers, the Space Needle and Puget Sound.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings, architecture

PMR111K-13
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, showing the docks, container terminal, two sports stadia and Smith Tower, Seattle's first skyscraper (Smith Corona).
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR111K-12
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, showing Qwest Field (Seattle Seahawks' Stadium), built in 2000, with a capacity of 72,000 persons.
Keywords: panorama, baseball, sports stadia, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR111K-11
USA, Seattle WA: Arctic Building (1917) on Cherry Street originally had 25 walrus heads with original ivory tusks, but these had to be replaced with artificial ones after they began to fall out. Now Arctic Club Hotel.
Keywords: metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, high-rise buildings, modern architecture

PMR111K-10
USA, Seattle WA: Pioneer Building (1891), designed by Elmer Fisher, who was responsible for many of Seattle's early public buildings.
Keywords: metropolis, modern architecture, high-rise buildings, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR111K-09
USA, Seattle WA: bust of Chief Seattle, from whom the city took its name, in Pioneer Square.
Keywords: metropolis, bronze, statue, Indian Chief, personality, famous, historic

PMR111K-08
USA, Seattle WA: Seattle Center: Space Needle and International Fountain built for Seattle's World Fair in 1962.
Keywords: metropolis, modern architecture, tower, lookout platform, recreation park

PMR108K-34
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: restoration work on the Renaissance inner court of the Schloss, with the Hausmannsturm (tower) on the right.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR108K-25
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Frauenkirche, reconsecrated in 2005 after wartime destruction, towering over the newly rebuilt burgher houses.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR108K-24
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Frauenkirche, reconsecrated in 2005 after wartime destruction, showing parts of the original building in dark stone.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR108K-23
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: view from the dome of the Frauenkirche showing the Kunstakademie with golden figure of Fama/Nike and Carola Bridge over the Elbe.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, panorama, city panorama

PMR108K-22
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: view from the dome of the Frauenkirche showing the Taschenbergpalais and Augustus Bridge over the Elbe.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR108K-21
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Coselpalais (1765), one of the finest Baroque buildings in the city, now an exclusive restaurant.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR108K-20
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: a horse-drawn omnibus takes visitors on a tour of the city.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, vintage transport

PMR108K-19
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), a Baroque jewell, reconsecrated in 2005 after wartime destruction, dominates the Neumarkt.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, religious architecture

PMR108K-18
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: newly cleaned Renaissance gables of the Schloss (castle), former residence of the Saxon Electors.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR108K-17
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Semper Opera, built 1871-8 by Manfred Semper, with statue of King Johann in Theaterplatz, and colourful flower gardens and fountain in the foreground.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR108K-16
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: some of the Italian-influenced sculpture by Balthasar Permoser (1651-1752) in the grounds of the Zwinger, a Baroque masterpiece created by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann.
Keywords: East Germany, fountains, formal gardens, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR108K-15
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: Wallpavillon surmounted by the figure of Hercules carrying the world, in the Zwinger, a Baroque masterpiece created by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann.
Keywords: East Germany, fountains, formal gardens, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR108K-14
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: Kronentor (Crown Gate) sumounted by 4 golden eagles bearing the Polish crown, in the Zwinger, a Baroque masterpiece created by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann.
Keywords: East Germany, formal gardens, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR108K-13
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: grounds of the Zwinger, a Baroque masterpiece created by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, formal gardens, fountains

PMR108K-12
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: facade of the Semper Opera, built 1871-8 by Manfred Semper, with statue of King Johann in Theaterplatz.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR108K-11
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: equestrian statue of Saxon King Johann erected in 1889 by sculptor Johannes Schilling, with Semper Opera in the background.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, plastic arts, monument

PMR108K-10
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Brühlsche Terrasse with cruiseboat moorings, Cathedral and Semper Opera behind.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR108K-09
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: Saxon State Chancellery, formerly Ministry of the Interior, built 1900-04 on the River Elbe.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR108K-08
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: Saxon State Chancellery, formerly Ministry of the Interior, built 1900-04 on the River Elbe.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR084K-34
Czech Republic, Prague: statue of Bedrich Smetana on the Smetana Embankment, with St. Vitus' Cathedral in the background.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, musician, composer

PMR084K-33
Czech Republic, Prague: Hradcany, Prague Castle and St. Vitus' Cathedral from the Smetana Embankment of the River Vltava/Moldau.
Keywords: Czech capital, architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic

PMR084K-32
Czech Republic, Prague: Charles Bridge (Karluv most) and Hradcany from the Smetana Embankment.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR084K-31
Czech Republic, Prague: Charles Bridge and the River Vltava/Moldau from the Legii Bridge.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR084K-30
Czech Republic, Prague: east end of the Charles Bridge (Karluv most) with the dome of St. Francis' Church, from a cruise boat on the River Vltava/Moldau.
Keywords: Czech capital, architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic

PMR084K-29
Czech Republic, Prague: National Theatre/Opera House with the west part of the Legii most (bridge) and weir on the River Vltava/Moldau.
Keywords: Czech capital, architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic

PMR084K-28
Czech Republic, Prague: east end of the Charles Bridge (Karluv most) with the dome of St. Francis' Church, from a cruise boat on the River Vltava/Moldau.
Keywords: Czech capital, architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic

PMR084K-27
Czech Republic, Prague: west end of the Charles Bridge (Karluv most), viewed from a cruise boat on the River Vltava/Moldau.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR084K-26
Pause for a beer while planning which sight to see next.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, refreshment

PMR084K-25
Czech Republic, Prague: one of the winged figures on the Mánesuv most (bridge) over the River Vltava/Moldau.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture, statue

PMR084K-24
Czech Republic, Prague: View over the city from the castle terrace.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR084K-23
Czech Republic, Prague: view of the Charles Bridge (Karluv most) from the castle terrace.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR084K-22
Czech Republic, Prague: view over the city with the castle terrace in the foreground.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR084K-21
Czech Republic, Prague: Hradcany Square with the Archiepiscopal Palace on the left, facade by Jan Wirch 1763-4.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR084K-20
Czech Republic, Prague: Loretto Church (Loreta), built in 1626, contains the Casa Santa (House of Mary) in its courtyard.
Keywords: Czech capital, Catholic, architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic

PMR084K-18
Czech Republic, Prague: Hradcany and Prague Castle from the River Vltava/Moldau, with cruise boats in the foreground.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR084K-17
Czech Republic, Prague: Hradcany and Prague Castle from the River Vltava/Moldau.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR082K-28
England, London: View from the London Eye: Hungerford Bridge with part of the superstructure of the Millennium Wheel.
Keywords: metropolis, panorama, city

PMR082K-27
England, London: View from the London Eye: the Post Office Tower.
Keywords: metropolis, panorama, city

PMR082K-26
England, London: View from the London Eye: The River Thames with the Royal Festival Hall and National Theatre on the South Bank.
Keywords: metropolis, panorama, city

PMR082K-24
England, London: View from the London Eye: St. Paul's Cathedral and the City.
Keywords: metropolis, panorama, city

PMR082K-23
England, London: View from the London Eye: Hungerford Bridge, Charing Cross Station, the Post Office Tower and Centre Point.
Keywords: metropolis, panorama, city

PMR082K-22
England, London: View from the London Eye: pleasure craft on the River Thames, with Hungerford Bridge and Charing Cross station.
Keywords: metropolis, panorama, city

PMR082K-21
England, London: Viewing the city from a gondola of the London Eye.
Keywords: metropolis, tourist attraction, Millennium Wheel, Ferris Wheel, panorama, city, tourism

PMR0084K-19
Czech Republic, Prague: Loretto Church (Loreta), built in 1626, contains the Casa Santa (House of Mary) in its courtyard.
Keywords: Czech capital, Catholic, architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic

PMR432-12
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: rebuilt 5-storey gabled houses, overshadowed by the 78-metre-high tower of St. Mary's Cathedral.
Keywords: metropolis, city, cityscape, architecture, Gdansk

PMR432-11
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: popularly known as the "Milk Churn Gate", this structure was part of a 15th century defence system, badly damaged during WWII.
Keywords: metropolis, fortifications, historic, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-10
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: typical carved stone doorway and wall of a burgher house, which survived WWII. The raised stone forecourts were to avoid the effects of flooding.
Keywords: metropolis, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-09
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: sailing ship "Elida" from Aarhus, Denmark, moored at the end of the Long Quay.
Keywords: metropolis, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-08
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: the Giant Crane on Long Quay, now housing part of the Maritime Museum.
Keywords: metropolis, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-07
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: antique dealers display their wares on the steps of the gabled burgher houses, with St. Mary's Cathedral visible at the end of the street.
Keywords: metropolis, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-06
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: stall displaying a range of hand embroidered cloths.
Keywords: metropolis, mats, embroidery, textiles, souvenirs, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-05
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: tourists enjoy strolling along the Long Quay and inspecting the large range of souvenirs on offer.
Keywords: metropolis, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-03
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: the Green Gate (Brama Zielona) built by Hans Kramer in 1568 in Flemish Renaissance Style.
Keywords: metropolis, building, gables, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-02
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: gables of the Long Quay reflected in the waters of the River Motlawa.
Keywords: metropolis, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR432-01
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: Pleasure boat awaiting customers on the Long Quay, with the Giant-Crane-Gate in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, city, cityscape, architecture, Gdansk, tourism

PMR431-12
Poland, Slupsk/Stolp: the old, brick town gate is now put to use for commercial purposes.
Keywords: metropolis, city, cityscape, architecture, historic

PMR431-11
Poland, Slupsk/Stolp: a square and cinema in the style of the socialist period.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-10
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: Old Town Hall, built in 1450 but destroyed in the war and rebuilt in the original Gothic style, although one Baroque gable remains. Richly decorated with coloured tiles.
Keywords: metropolis, historic, brick, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-09
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: elaborately decorated Baroque "Brama Portowa" or "Harbour Gate", erected by the Prussians in 1725 to celebrate their acquisition of the city.
Keywords: metropolis, historic, monument, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-08
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: the Cathedral-Basilica of St. James, destroyed in the war and rebuilt to smaller dimensions. First consecrated in 1187.
Keywords: metropolis, brick, church, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-07
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: late Gothic/Renaissance family house of the rich banker and industrialist Loitz, built in 1547.
Keywords: metropolis, residence, mansion, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-06
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: new flyovers and underpasses with the docks as background. In the foreground the brick "Virgins' Tower", built in 1307, sole remnant of the mediaeval town's fortifications.
Keywords: metropolis, roads, highways, traffic, new and old, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-05
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: view of the River Oder and the docks, with the main road to Gdansk in the foreground.
Keywords: metropolis, highways, traffic, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-04
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: gables on one wing of the Castle of the Pommeranian Dukes, seen from the tower.
Keywords: metropolis, Renaissance, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-03
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: view from the tower of the Castle of the Pommeranian Dukes, showing the brick-Gothic Church of Sts. Peter and Paul and the Kings' Gate, in Zolnierza Polskiego Square, and the new PZM tower in the distance.
Keywords: metropolis, roads, traffic, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-02
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: cannons on the roof of the Castle of the Pommeranian Dukes, with the motorway bridge over the River Oder in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, artillery, historic, old and new, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR431-01
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: built when the city was German, the Baroque "Gate of Prussian Homage" is now called "Kings' Gate" by the Poles.
Keywords: metropolis, historic, monument, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR430-12
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: PZM shopping centre and office tower, landmark and highest building in Szczecin (1996).
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR430-11
Poland, Szczecin/Stettin: a tram in Grunwaldzki Square.
Keywords: metropolis, transport, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR424-10
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: pleasure cruisers moored at the jetty on the Elbe with the Brühlsche Terrace, Museum and Art Gallery behind.
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR424-09
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) is just beginning to rise again from the ruins of WWII (May 1996).
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR424-08
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: arcades in the equestrian courtyard of the castle.
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR424-07
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Fountain Courtyard in the Zwinger, with fine Baroque facade.
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR424-06
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: newly laid-out courtyard and fountains, inside the Zwinger, with the spire of the castle tower behind.
Keywords: city, Baroque, architecture, metropolis, Rococo, River Elbe, rebuilding

PMR424-05
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: newly laid-out courtyard and fountains, inside the Zwinger.
Keywords: city, Baroque, architecture, metropolis, Rococo, River Elbe, rebuilding

PMR424-04
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: Semper Opera House, with lake and fountain in the Zwinger Park.
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR424-03
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: windows of the rebuilt Zwinger reflected in the moat; it is regarded as one of the finest examples of Baroque architecture in Germany.
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR424-02
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: Schlossplatz (Castle Square) with the Hofkirche (Court Church) and castle and flower gardens in the foreground.
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR424-01
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the castle with its tower and spire, and part of the Hofkirche (Court Church) on the left.
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR420-12
Germany, Hamburg: sunset on the River Elbe.
Keywords: picturesque, port, harbour, city, metropolis, moorings

PMR420-11
Germany, Hamburg: view of the River Elbe and jetty, with museum-ship Rickmer Rickmers in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, sailing ship, port, harbour, city, metropolis, moorings

PMR420-10
Germany, Hamburg: the Bismarck Monument.
Keywords: metropolis, statue, port, harbour, city

PMR420-09
Germany, Hamburg: Law Courts Building, with allegorical statues in the foreground.
Keywords: metropolis, bronze figures, architecture, port, harbour, city

PMR420-08
Germany, Hamburg: Mercury statue in Sieveking-Platz, with Law Courts and TV Tower behind.
Keywords: metropolis, bronze figures, Hermes, monument, port, harbour, city

PMR420-07
Germany, Hamburg: TV Tower, 271.5 metres high, seen from the "Planten un Blomen" Park.
Keywords: metropolis, port, harbour, city

PMR420-06
Germany, Hamburg: swans on the Alster-fleet with the Jungfernstieg Bridge in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, port, harbour, city

PMR420-05
Germany, Hamburg: floating work platform for reinforcement work on the quayside, with ferry terminal clocktower in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, floating crane, civil engineering, construction, port, harbour, city, metropolis, moorings

PMR420-04
Germany, Hamburg: waterfront and ferry terminals at St. Pauli Landungsbrücken, with the dome of the old Elbe tunnel on the left.
Keywords: moorings, port, harbour, city, metropolis

pmr409-12
Germany, Hamburg: the jetty at St. Pauli with the old Elbe Tunnel entrance in the background.
Keywords: picturesque, moorings, metropolis, city, harbour, port

PMR404-01
Hungary, Budapest: bridge over the lake in the city park (Varosliget) with Millennium Monument (1896) in the centre of Millennium Square.
Keywords: Magyar, metropolis, capital city, cityscape, Danube, architecture, traffic

PMR403-09
Hungary, Budapest: view of Elizabeth Bridge and Danube Cruise Ships from the Citadel.
Keywords: Magyar, panorama, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR403-08
Hungary, Budapest: view of Elizabeth Bridge, River Danube and Parliament Buildings from the Citadel.
Keywords: Magyar, panorama, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-12
Hungary, Budapest: action figure, part of the Russian War Memorial in front of the Citadel, looking over the south of the city.
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-11
Hungary, Budapest: evening view of the Danube and city, with Elizabeth Bridge (nearest), Chain Bridge and Margaret Bridge, from the Citadel.
Keywords: Magyar, panorama, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-10
Hungary, Budapest: pedestrian area and underpass, with random stone seats, and railway station south facade behind.
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-09
Hungary, Budapest: the imposing facade of the main (east) railway station, built at the beginning of the last century.
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-08
Hungary, Budapest: Vadjahunyad Castle, copied from the original in Hunedoara (now in Romania) for the Millennium celebrations in 1896.
Keywords: Magyar, metropolis, capital city, cityscape, Danube, architecture

PMR402-07
Hungary, Budapest: cannons near the entrance to the War History Museum on the ramparts of the fortified old town (Buda).
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-06
Hungary, Budapest: view of the Danube and Chain Bridge with Parliament Buildings in the background, from the Royal Palace on Castle Hill.
Keywords: Magyar, panorama, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-05
Hungary, Budapest: traditional lace and hand-embroidered clothes on offer from a Hungarian girl with a hand-worked umbrella.
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-04
Hungary, Budapest: view of the Parliament Building and River Danube through the arches of the Fisherman's Bastion.
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-03
Hungary, Budapest: St. Matthew' Tower and St. Matthew's Church with waiting droschke carriages, a popular area for tourists.
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-02
Hungary, Budapest: recently reopened funicular railway connects with the old quarter in Buda.
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR402-01
Hungary, Budapest: Chain Bridge or "Lion" Bridge over the Danube with the dome of St. Stephen's Church rising above the city on the far side (Pest).
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR389-04
Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge at night: view of "The Rocks", Circular Quay and skyscrapers, from the bridge.
Keywords: architecture, landmark, metropolis, city, harbour, antipodes, modern architecture

PMR389-03
Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge at night: view from the north west, with south pylon and all the lights of south Sydney.
Keywords: architecture, landmark, metropolis, city, harbour, antipodes, modern architecture

PMR389-02
Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge at night: view from the north west, with north and south pylons and part of the lights of south Sydney.
Keywords: architecture, landmark, metropolis, city, harbour, antipodes, modern architecture

PMR388-09
Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge at night: partial view from the south west, with the lights of North Sydney.
Keywords: architecture, landmark, metropolis, city, harbour, antipodes, modern architecture

PMR388-08
Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge at night: view from the south west, with floodlit pylon.
Keywords: architecture, landmark, metropolis, city, harbour, antipodes, modern architecture

PMR388-07
Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge at night: view from the south east.
Keywords: architecture, landmark, metropolis, city, harbour, antipodes, modern architecture

PMR388-01
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: typical bungalow in the suburbs (Mount Gravatt).
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-12
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: the summit of Mount
Coot-tha offers spectacular views of Brisbane, and is a popular picnic spot.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-11
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: South Bank Parklands - diners on the terrace watch the driverless boats go by, drawn by underwater cables.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-10
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: South Bank Parklands - artificial beach and bathing pool, but real palm trees!
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-09
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: the Petrie Tableau in King George Square, commemorates John Petrie who became the first mayor of Brisbane.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-08
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: City Hall, once the tallest building in the city, is now surrounded by skyscrapers.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-07
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: the impressive Riverside Expressway, which becomes the South East Freeway (F3), with sternwheeler/floating restaurant moored in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, road construction, civil engineering, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-06
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: traffic on Victoria Bridge with the Brisbane skyline behind. A single arch of the previous bridge remains preserved, to the right of the present bridge.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-05
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: refreshment area of the new Performing Arts Centre, with pattern of playing water forming the facing wall.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-04
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: Bauhinia flowers in the roof garden of the new Museum and Art Gallery.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-03
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: Victoria Bridge and some of the new buildings, from the south bank.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-02
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: concrete piles of the Riverside Expressway, which runs along, and over, the Brisbane River.
Keywords: architecture, road construction, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR387-01
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: boats moored on Town Reach of Brisbane River, with the Story Bridge in the background.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR386-12
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: the botanic gardens, seen from the shade of a colossal old fig tree.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR671-01
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Buildings from south of the Ottawa River (Quebec Province), with vivid red shrub in the left foreground and reflections in the water.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR670-12
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Buildings from south of the Ottawa River (Quebec Province), with reflections in the water and autumn foliage.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR670-11
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Buildings from south of the Ottawa River (Quebec Province), with the circular Gothic library building nearest.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR670-10
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: frontal view of the Parliament Buildings and Peace Tower, in Gothic Revival style.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR670-09
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the equestrian statue of Queen Elizabeth II on Parliament Hill was sculpted by Jack Harman and unveiled in 1992.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR670-08
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the National Gallery, from Major's Hill Park with its colourful flowerbeds.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR670-07
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the National War Memorial in Confederation Square, a granite cenotaph/triumphal arch with bronze sculptures.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR670-06
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Buildings, begun in 1859, with the Peace Tower which was completed in 1927.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR670-05
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: Parliament Buildings on Parliament Hill with trees in autumn foliage.
Keywords: metropolis, cityscape, autumn, historic, national heritage, picturesque, capital city, architecture

PMR670-04
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, seen through the legs of a bronze sculpture of a giant spider, "Maman", by Louise Bourgeois, which cost $3.2 million in May 2005.
Keywords: metropolis, modern art, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR670-03
Canada, Quebec: Chateau Frontenac from the Parc des Traversiers, with preserved red and green buoys.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR670-02
Canada, Quebec: Parc Montmorency, with cannons on the ramparts, and Quebec Seminary in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, French-speaking, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR669-11
Germany, Bavaria, Munich: the Stadtmuseum in the historic "Zeughaus" (Arsenal), dating back to the fifteenth century, puts the city's history on display.
Keywords: metropolis, mediaeval, capital of Bavaria, München, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR669-10
Germany, Munich: originally the "Marstall" (stables), this edifice in Jakobsplatz was rebuilt after WWII to house the Film Museum which shows historic films in its own cinema.
Keywords: historic, mediaeval, architecture, capital of Bavaria, metropolis, national heritage, München, picturesque

PMR669-09
Germany, Berlin: the Reichstag Building with its new glass dome, redesigned by Sir Norman Foster, the home of the Bundestag (German Parliament) since 1909.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR669-08
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: Comun, one of two similar, as yet unrenovated, buildings facing the New Palace on the east side, formerly provided servants' accommodation, but now houses part of the university.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR669-07
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: view of the east facade of the huge New Palace, erected 1763-9 by Frederick the Great as a symbol of Prussian might after the end of the Seven-year-war. The building is 240 metres long, contains more than 200 rooms plus a theatre, and displays 428 over-life-size sandstone figures along the parapet. Statue on pedestal in the foreground.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR669-06
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the centre of the east facade of the huge New Palace, erected 1763-9 by Frederick the Great as a symbol of Prussian might after the end of the Seven-year-war. The building is 240 metres long, contains more than 200 rooms plus a theatre, and displays 428 over-life-size sandstone figures along the parapet. Note the extensive Rococo decoration on the cupola.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR669-05
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the east facade of the huge New Palace, erected 1763-9 by Frederick the Great as a symbol of Prussian might after the end of the Seven-year-war. The building is 240 metres long, contains more than 200 rooms plus a theatre, and displays 428 over-life-size sandstone figures along the parapet.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR669-04
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: centre of the west facade of the huge New Palace, erected 1763-9 by Frederick the Great as a symbol of Prussian might after the end of the Seven-year-war. The building is 240 metres long, contains more than 200 rooms plus a theatre, and displays 428 over-life-size sandstone figures along the parapet.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR669-03
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Chinese Teahouse in the park, an example of wild Rococo by J.G. Büring, built 1754-7, contains a collection of porcelain.
Keywords: East Germany, gilt figures, Chinoiserie, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR669-02
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the facade of the oval Marble Hall of Sans Souci Palace, with its finely sculptured figures providing support for the roof.
Keywords: East Germany, Rococo, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR669-01
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Sans Souci Palace, a masterpiece of the Rococo period, built for Friedrich II (Frederick the Great) from 1744, with its terraces of vines.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, statue

PMR668-12
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Baroque Brandenburg Gate marks the eastern end of Brandenburger Strasse.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR668-11
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: a row of typically gabled red-brick houses in the Dutch quarter.
Keywords: East Germany, Dutch gables, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque

PMR668-09
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the newly renovated classical Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas Church) (1837), another work of architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, stands in the Alter Markt, which was almost totally laid to waste during WWII.
Keywords: East Germany, Egyptian obelisk, Neo Classical architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR668-08
Germany, Berlin: the "French Cathedral", built 1701-5 for the Huguenots, in Gendarmenmarkt, with part of the Schauspielhaus (left) and the Friedrich Schiller memorial.
Keywords: East Germany, statues, Neo Classical architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR668-07
Germany, Berlin: the newly rebuilt classical Schauspielhaus (1821) in Gendarmenmarkt, now used as a concert hall, a work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, with the Friedrich Schiller memorial in front.
Keywords: East Germany, capital city, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, Neo Classical architecture, statues

PMR668-06
Germany, Berlin: the classical Schauspielhaus (1821) in Gendarmenmarkt, with the "French Cathedral", built 1701-5 for the Huguenots, and the Schiller memorial in the centre of the square.
Keywords: East Germany, statues, Neo Classical architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR668-05
Germany, Berlin: Marienkirche, the city's oldest existing church, built beteween 1270-1380, behind the Neptune Fountain, ornamented by four allegorical figures representing the rivers Elbe, Oder, Rhine and Weichsel.
Keywords: East Germany, statues, monument, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR668-04
Germany, Berlin: St. Hedwig's Cathedral (1747-73) built to emulate the Roman Pantheon.
Keywords: East Germany, Neo Classical architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR668-03
Germany, Berlin: the "German Cathedral" on the south side of Gendarmenmarkt, built 1701-8 for the Lutheran Church, has a counterpart, the "French Cathedral" on the north side of the square.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR668-02
Germany, Berlin: Humboldt University on Unter den Linden, with statue of its founder, Alexander von Humboldt.
Keywords: East Germany, Corinthian columns, Neo Classical architecture, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR668-01
Germany, Berlin: Brandenburg Gate, erected 1788-91, with its quadriga driven by the goddess Victoria, replaced after WWII.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, picturesque, capital city

PMR667-12
Germany, Berlin: main facade of (protestant) Berlin Cathedral, built 1894-1905, after plans of Julius Raschdorff to the order of Kaiser Wilhelm II; with fountain in the Lustgarten.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR667-11
Germany, Berlin: Berlin Cathedral, built 1894-1905, after plans of Julius Raschdorff to the order of Kaiser Wilhelm II, with statue of St. George and the Dragon and the enormous Granite Bowl, carved from one boulder in 1830.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR667-10
Germany, Saxony, Bautzen: the 1000-year-old city is the "capital" of the Slavic Oberlausitz Sorb people. Part of the old city wall and the Hofrichterhaus, with its unusual chimney in late Renaissance style.
Keywords: East Germany, mediaeval, Oberlausitz, Sorbs, picturesque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR667-09
Germany, Saxony, Bautzen: the 1000-year-old city is the "capital" of the Slavic Oberlausitz Sorb people. Entrance to the Cathedral Chapter (Domstift) with its colourful figures.
Keywords: East Germany, Oberlausitz, Sorbs, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR667-08
Germany, Saxony, Bautzen: the 1000-year-old city is the "capital" of the Slavic Oberlausitz Sorb people. Hauptmarkt Square, with the handsome, Baroque Rathaus (townhall) (1729-32) and the tower of St. Peter's Cathedral (Petridom), built in 1213-1497 behind.l
Keywords: East Germany, Oberlausitz, Sorbs, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR667-07
Germany, Saxony, Bautzen: the 1000-year-old city is the "capital" of the Slavic Oberlausitz Sorb people. The River Spree with the old, round Waterworks Tower and St. Michael's Church behind.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, Sorbs, Oberlausitz

PMR667-06
Germany, Saxony, Görlitz: facades on the Kloster-Platz, with the Ratsapotheke (court apothecary) (1550) with two different sun dials, on the corner.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR634-02
Czech Republic, Prague: view of the city and terrace of Hradcany Castle, with the River Vltava (Moldau) below.
Keywords: Czech capital, historic, national heritage, metropolis, architecture

PMR632-08
England, London: view of the River Thames, the Ministry of Defence, Charing Cross Station and Hungerford Railway Bridge, with Centre Point and the Post Office Tower in the distance, from the "London Eye".
Keywords: metropolis, millennium wheel, city, panorama

PMR632-07
England, London: view of the River Thames, the Royal Festival Hall, the National Theatre, St. Paul's Cathedral and the city, from the "London Eye".
Keywords: metropolis, millennium wheel, city, panorama

PMR660-04
Canada, Vancouver BC: Victory Square Park and the Cenotaph, unveiled in April 1924.
Keywords: modern architecture, cityscape, panorama, metropolis

PMR660-03
Canada, Vancouver BC: view from the Vancouver Lookout east with downtown skyscrapers, the highest still being built.
Keywords: modern architecture, cityscape, panorama, metropolis

PMR660-02
Canada, Vancouver BC: view from the Vancouver Lookout north-east, with downtown skyscrapers, Hastings Street and Stanley Park.
Keywords: modern architecture, cityscape, panorama, metropolis

PMR660-01
Canada, Vancouver BC: view from the Vancouver Lookout of downtown skyscrapers, Burrard Inlet and North Vancouver.
Keywords: modern architecture, cityscape, panorama, metropolis

PMR659-12
USA, Seattle WA: skyline with the Space Needle, from Kerry Park, Queen Anne Hill, with residence in the foreground.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR659-11
USA, Seattle WA: skyline with the Space Needle, from Kerry Park, Queen Anne Hill.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR659-08
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle showing the lights of the city and Container Port at dusk.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings, city lights

PMR659-07
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Space Needle showing the lights of the city at dusk.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings, city lights

PMR659-06
USA, Seattle WA: the Space Needle and International Fountain in the Seattle Center. built for Seattle's World Fair in 1962.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR659-05
USA, Seattle WA: the Space Needle and International Fountain in the Seattle Center. built for Seattle's World Fair in 1962.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR659-04
USA, Seattle WA: Pier 57 with the Washington Mutual Tower and other downtown skyscrapers from the harbour cruise ship.
Keywords: panorama, city skyline, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR659-03
USA, Seattle WA: Pioneer Square, with the tops of Smith Tower and the Columbia Center visible over the trees.
Keywords: metropolis, skyscrapers, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture

PMR659-02
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, showing the downtown skyscrapers, Washington Mutual Tower, the Space Needle, Queen Anne Hill and Lake Union.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR659-01
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, showing the Container Port, Duwamish River, Harbour Island, Vashon Island and Alaska Way.
Keywords: panorama, metropolis, modern architecture, cityscape, high-rise buildings

PMR658-12
USA, Seattle WA: view from the top of the Columbia Center (328 metres), the highest building in Washington State, showing the downtown skyscrapers, waterfront, Seattle Aquarium, Alaska Way, the Space Needle and Magnolia.
Keywords: panorama, high-rise buildings, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis

PMR657-03
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: view, from the top of the Hausmannsturm (tower), of Schlossplatz, with an old paddle-wheel steamer on the Elbe.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR657-02
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: view, from the top of the Hausmannsturm (tower), of the Semperoper and Theaterplatz, with statues of saints andapostles on the roof of the cathedral, and part of the Maria Bridge. In the distance the old Yenidze mosque-like tobacco factory, by the architect Martin Hammitzsch.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, opera house

PMR657-01
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: view, from the top of the Hausmannsturm (tower), of the Semperoper and Theaterplatz. In the distance the old Yenidze mosque-like tobacco factory, by the architect Martin Hammitzsch.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, opera house

PMR656-10
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: view from the dome of the Frauenkirche - the Kunstakademie (Academy of Arts) with, behind, the Carola Bridge and the Albert Bridge over the River Elbe, and on the far bank the Saxon State Chancellery, formerly Interior Ministry, built 1900-04.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR656-09
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), in all its glory, reconsecrated in 2005 after its wartime destruction, dominates the Neumarkt. The dark stones are survivors from the original building.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR656-08
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), reconsecrated in 2005 after its wartime destruction, with some of the newly built burgher houses.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR656-07
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Nymphenbad (Bath of the Nymphs), in the Zwinger, a Baroque masterpiece created by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann between 1710 and 1728 for August the Strong, shows Italian influence.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR656-06
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Wallpavillon, supported by Atlantans and surmounted by the figure of Hercules carrying the world. In the Zwinger, a Baroque masterpiece created by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann between 1710 and 1728 for August the Strong. Rebuilt after WWII.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR656-05
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Kronentor (Crown Gate), surmounted by 4 golden eagles bearing the Polish crown. In the Zwinger, a Baroque masterpiece created by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann between 1710 and 1728 for August the Strong. Rebuilt after WWII.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR656-04
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the grounds of the Zwinger, a Baroque masterpiece created by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann between 1710 and 1728 for August the Strong. Rebuilt after WWII.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR656-03
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: facade of the Semperoper (opera), built 1871-8 by Manfred Semper, with panther quadriga and statue of Dionysos over the portal.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis

PMR656-02
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: the Brühlsche Terrace with cruiseboat moorings and the Kunstakademie (Academy of Arts), castle and cathedral in the background.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

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