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PMR066-05 Germany, Upper Bavaria, Oberammergau: snow piled high in the streets with Gasthof zum Lowe on the left Keywords: alpine, picturesque, winter, cold, deep snow, snowdrift
PMR-D2812 Greece, Island of Rhodes: the massive walls of the mediaeval city, built by the Knights of St. John in the 14th century, up to 12 metres thick. The Bastion of St George, with piles of Ottoman cannonballs in the moat. Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, picturesque, historic, landscape, mediaeval, architecture, Byzantine, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, fortifications, defence
PMR-D2793 Greece, Island of Rhodes: the arcaded courtyard of the "New" Hospital, which now houses the Archeological Museum. A pile of Turkish cannonballs in the foreground. Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, picturesque, historic, mediaeval, architecture, Byzantine, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller
PMR-D0169 Brazil, Curitiba: bridge over the Rio Ribeira (?) near Curitiba. Keywords: road construction, piles, stilts, riverine, landscape
PMR-D3851 People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: a Miao village on the River Doliu, with traditional wooden houses, drying material, piled-up logs, cooking rice in a wok. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, street scene
PMR-D3850 People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: a Miao village on the River Doliu, with traditional wooden houses, drying rice, drying cotton, firewood in a pile. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, street scene
PMR-D3849 People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: a Miao village on the River Doliu, with traditional wooden houses, drying rice, firewood in a pile. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan, street scene
PMR124-08 Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. Close view showing the wooden log construction, thatched roofs and window. Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail
PMR124-10 Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail
PMR124-09 Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. A dug-out canoe lying between two houses with paddles hanging by the window. Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail
PMR124-07 Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. View of the later-period houses from the pile bridge. Note the smoke hole in the roof with own "rooflet". Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail
PMR124-06 Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. Older-period houses are constructed of wattle and daub, with no windows. Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail
PMR124-05 Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. The group of houses from an older period, protected by a stockade and lookout tower. Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway
PMR124-04 Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. A bridge on piles leading to the group of later-period houses. The clay oven visible next to nearest house. Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail
PMR136K-17 Mongolia, Arkhangai Aimag (Province): an "ovoo" (sharmanistic pile of stones and blue cloths as offerings) near the top of a pass. Travellers add a stone to the pile and walk round the ovoo three times to assure good fortune. Keywords: Mongol, sharmanism, religious monuments, Chinggis Khaan, Genghis Khan, steppe, Outer Mongolia
PMR136K-16 Mongolia, Arkhangai Aimag (Province): an "ovoo" (sharmanistic pile of stones and blue cloths as offerings) near the top of a pass. Travellers add a stone to the pile and walk round the ovoo three times to assure good fortune. Keywords: Mongol, sharmanism, religious monuments, Chinggis Khaan, Genghis Khan, steppe, Outer Mongolia
PMR123K-12 United Arab Emirates, Dubai: produce, unloaded from trading dhows, piled up on the quayside seemingly without security problems. Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, desert city, high rise buildings, Islam, Muslim, Arab, Arab state, air conditioning, lawn sprinklers
PMR101K-24 Argentina, Jujuy: dazzling white, lying at about 3400 metres a.s.l., the Salinas Grandes (salt lakes) reflect the clouds. In the background are piles of salt crystals, awaiting bagging and transportation. Keywords: picturesque, potassium, sodium, geological formations, Andes, altiplano, salt lakes, saline, salt flats
PMR096K-13 Cyprus, Troödhos: piled-up snow by the roadside and snow-covered trees near the town square, in the Troödhos Mountains in December 2008, with a threatening sky. Keywords: winter , winter wonderland, picturesque, snowy
PMR095K-03 Libya: Ghadames, a Tuareg town, population about 7000, lies approximately 500 miles south-west of Tripoli. It dates back probably to about 3000 BC, thriving in Roman, Byzantine and Arab times. The houses in the old town are all of baked mud, and many of the alleys are enclosed with vaulting as protection from the sun. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here: a stallholder with a large pile of melons in the modern vegetable market. Keywords: Maghreb, ancient town, historic town, Berber
PMR095K-02 Libya: Ghadames, a Tuareg town, population about 7000, lies approximately 500 miles south-west of Tripoli. It dates back probably to about 3000 BC, thriving in Roman, Byzantine and Arab times. The houses in the old town are all of baked mud, and many of the alleys are enclosed with vaulting as protection from the sun. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here: a stallholder with a large pile of melons in the modern vegetable market. Keywords: Maghreb, ancient town, historic town, Berber
PMR088K-30 Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik: the Belltower on Placa, as seen from the city walls over the Pile Gate. Keywords: picturesque, Yugoslavia, port, historic city, bastions, ramparts, impregnable, fortifications, fortress, national heritage, mediaeval
PMR088K-28 Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik: Big Onofrio's Fountain, designed by Onofrio della Casa in 1438, near Pile Gate. Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, national heritage, fortress, fortifications, impregnable, ramparts, bastions, historic city, port, Yugoslavia
PMR088K-27 Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik: Fort Minceta and the north-west city wall with the Pile Gate and some of the museum exhibits in the foreground. Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, national heritage, fortress, fortifications, impregnable, ramparts, bastions, historic city, port, Yugoslavia
PMR088K-10 Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik: Fort Minceta and the city walls from Pile Gate, with palm trees and Oleanders in bloom. Keywords: picturesque, Yugoslavia, port, historic city, bastions, ramparts, impregnable, fortifications, fortress, national heritage, mediaeval
PMR082K-33 Austria, Tyrol, Lermoos: pause for a picnic on a pile of newly-felled logs in the Wetterstein Mountains Keywords: alpine, mountain range, Alps, snow scene
PMR048K-33 Guatemala, San Pedro La Laguna: Lago de Atitlan/Lake Atitlan, lying high in the volcano belt near the Pacific coast, and surrounded by volcanoes, is regarded by many as the world's most beautiful lake. Here, a pile coffee bean husks, to be used as cattle fodder, in San Pedro La Laguna.
PMR024K-21 Singapore: Burning piles of "devil money" or "hell banknotes" for the newly deceased, an old Chinese custom. Keywords: traditions, Chinese traditions
PMR021K-27 Aftermath of opening Christmas presents: piles of gaudy wrapping paper, with Christmas tree behind. Keywords: Xmas, season of goodwill, parcels, tinsel, presents, decorations
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
PMR677-09 Mongolia, Dundgov: Baga Gazriin Chuluu, an area of granite outcrops in the Gobi Desert. An "ovoo" (pile of rocks as a religious offering) on the flat top of a holy mountain, with the usual blue cloths. Keywords: Mongol, Outer Mongolia, steppe, Genghis Khan, Chinggis Khaan, religious monuments, sharmanism
PMR633-01 Austria, Tyrol, Lermoos: a pile of felled timber in the snow, overshadowed by the Zugspitze mountain. Keywords: alpine, snow scene, alpine scenery, Alps, mountain range
PMR604-03 Malta, Marsaxlokk: fishing boat, piled high with gear, with the church in the background. Keywords: fishing boats, luzzi

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