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PMR069-10 Italy, Venice: ornate wrought-iron railings overlooking the lagoon and Isola San Giorgio Keywords: Venezia, architecture, historic, heritage, palace, UNESCO
PMR-D12262 Coot (Eurasian) (Fulica atra) in Nymphenburg Park, Munich. Keywords: avifauna, crakes, nature, ornithology, rails, wild birds
PMR-D6323 Germany, Bavaria, Mittelfranken, Dinkelsbühl: view from the tower of St. George's Minster with Rothenburg Gate Tower and yellow tower of the hospital church. Plastic jackdaws perch on the rail of the viewing gallery! Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, panorama
PMR-D5305 Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the site of the former observatory of Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, also grandson of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine), now containns only the rails of his giant sextant. Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, knowledge, genius, inventor
PMR-D5303 Uzbekistan, Samarkand, the Ulugh Beg Observatory: these curved rails are all that remains of the giant sextant, three stories high, built by Ulugh Beg around 1437. With its aid he was able to calculate the exact length of a year, to within one minute. Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, inventor, genius, knowledge
PMR-D4458 Thailand, Phuket Island: Grey-headed Swamp Hen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) in the zoo. Keywords: picturesque, Siam, orient, far east, colourful, birds, waterfowl, crakes, rails, ornithology
PMR-D4457 Thailand, Phuket Island: Grey-headed Swamp Hen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) in the zoo. Keywords: picturesque, Siam, orient, far east, colourful, birds, waterfowl, crakes, rails, ornithology
PMR-D4456 Thailand, Phuket Island: Grey-headed Swamp Hen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) in the zoo. Keywords: picturesque, Siam, orient, far east, colourful, birds, waterfowl, crakes, rails, ornithology
PMR-D4455 Thailand, Phuket Island: Grey-headed Swamp Hen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) in the zoo. Keywords: picturesque, Siam, orient, far east, colourful, birds, waterfowl, crakes, rails, ornithology
PMR-D0665 Germany, Upper Bavaria, Haag an der Amper: veteran steam 2-4-0 tank locomotive 70083 operating return trips to Freising for the day. Keywords: steam engine, vintage, rails, railway, loco
PMR-D3894 People's Republic of China, Guizhou Province, Zhaoxing Dong Village: bundles of drying rice on a bridge-rail, with the historic wooden houses in the background. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Asian, culture, minority, heritage, picturesque, architecture, Kam, carpentry, artisan
PMR127-05 France, Ile de France, Chateau de Versailles: the palace was built between 1644 and 1710, largely by Louis XIV, "le Roi Soleil" (Sun King) for the use of the Bourbon royal family, and was lavishly furnished. The gilded main gate at the entrance. Keywords: architecture, national heritage, picturesque, magnificence, splendour, pomp, historic, luxury, Baroque, wrought ironwork, railings
PMR453-10 Germany, Thüringen, Meiningen: centre of the steam and diesel locomotive building industry in the former GDR: a class 52 steam locomotive, no. 8163, built by the Skoda Works in 1943, now withdrawn from service. Keywords: railway-centre, rail-depot
PMR453-09 Germany, Thüringen, Meiningen: centre of the steam and diesel locomotive building industry in the former GDR: a class 232 diesel locomotive on the turntable, built in 1973 at the October Revolution Locomotive Works, Voroshilovgrad, USSR. Keywords: railway-centre, rail-depot
PMR453-08 Germany, Thüringen, Meiningen: centre of the steam and diesel locomotive building industry in the former GDR: a class 213 diesel locomotive, no. 338, built in1965-6 by Maschinenbau Kiel GmbH. Keywords: railway-centre, rail-depot
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
PMR111K-06 Canada, British Colombia, Vancouver Island, Qualicum Beach: flowerbeds near the tiny railway station. Keywords: architecture, picturesque, wooden dwelling, suburbia, railroad, rail transport, railroad halt
PMR023K-25 Malaysia, Selangar, Kuala Lumpur: Observation Tower and Petronas Twin Towers with flowerbeds and Light Rail Transit (LRT) train on elevated track in the centre of Kuala Lumpur.
PMR592-04 Mexico: Puebla, a large industrial city, capital of the province of the same name, was founded by the Spanish on a "green field" site in 1531. Noted for its painted tiles and VW cars. One of the cathedral towers with angelic figures on the wrought iron railings. The cathedral, built 1588-1649, is the second largest in Mexico.

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