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PMR-D11394 Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): statue of Sir Frederick Adam, second British High Commissioner, in front of the Palace of St. Michael and St. George. Keywords: architecture, Ionian Islands, lily pond, monument, neoclassical
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-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-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-D6583 Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Trinity College: the Campanile, designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, was completed in 1853. The flanking sculptures are by Thomas Kirk. Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, park , gardens, picturesque, capital city, architecture, Georgian
PMR271-08 Bahamas, Nassau: bust of the first Governor General of the Bahamas, Sir Milo B. Butler, in Rawson Square. Keywords: colourful, photogenic, street scene, park, monument, statue, gardens, shrubs
PMR208-08 Israel, Jerusalem: the windmill, built (1857) by, and dedicated to, Sir Moses Montefiore, a benefactor of the city and founder of the Yemin Moshe quarter. Keywords: historic, antiquity, tradition, culture, capital city, religious centre, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, walled city, fortifications, defence, cosmopolitan, picturesque
PMR182-09 England, Berkshire, Windsor Castle, the royal residence dating back to the 11th century: part of the east front and formal gardens laid out by Sir Jeffry Wyatville in the 1820s. Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, palace, Queen Elizabeth II, park, grounds
PMR-D2063 Edinburgh: the Forth Railway Cantilever Bridge, 2.5 km. long, opened in 1890, engineers: Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker. Keywords: historic, engineering feat, Firth of Forth, tourist attraction, national heritage
PMR-D1973 England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century. Here, the walled garden, planned by Gertrude Jekyll, a short distance from the castle. Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage
PMR-D1972 England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century. Here, the walled garden, planned by Gertrude Jekyll, a short distance from the castle. Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage
PMR-D1971 England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century. Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage
PMR-D1969 England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century. Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage
PMR-D1968 England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century. Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage
PMR-D1967 England, Northumberland, Holy Island, Lindisfarne Castle (National Trust), on its whinstone hill, Beblowe Hill, was founded in the 16th century but much modified by Sir Edwin Lutyens at the beginning of the 20th century. Keywords: architecture, fortifications, castle, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage
PMR-D1956 England, Cheshire: the 76-metre Lovell Radio telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory. Keywords: space exploration, antenna, parabolic, steel construction, satellites, technology, space communication, Sir Bernard Lovell, radio signals
PMR-D1884 England, Devon, Yelverton: Buckland Abbey (National Trust) was converted to a manor house by Sir Richard Grenville, and later lived in by Sir Francis Drake. Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation
PMR-D1883 England, Devon, Yelverton: Buckland Abbey (National Trust) was converted to a manor house by Sir Richard Grenville, and later lived in by Sir Francis Drake. This detached, 14th century building is known as "The Monks' Guest House" although its original purpose was probably agricultural. Keywords: architecture, conservation, preservation, estate, ancestral home, park, landscape garden, historic, culture, picturesque, heritage, manor house
PMR-D1882 England, Devon, Yelverton: Buckland Abbey (National Trust) was converted to a manor house by Sir Richard Grenville, and later lived in by Sir Francis Drake. Keywords: architecture, manor house, heritage, picturesque, culture, historic, landscape garden, park, ancestral home, estate, preservation, conservation
PMR527-09 Iraq: Ur, the oldest known large city, founded perhaps 6000 years ago, the Sumerian capital in its heyday, the third millennium BC, and according to the Bible, birthplace of Abraham as "Ur of the Chaldees": western corner of Ekhursag of Ur-Nammu, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934. Keywords: architecture, walls, foundations, Mesopotamia, ruined city, desert, historical, archeological, archeology, natural heritage
PMR520-01 Italy, Sicily, Agrigento: the remaining columns of the Temple of Hercules (6th century BC) re-erected by Sir Alexander Hardcastle in 1923. Keywords: archeological, architecture, Doric columns, Sicilia, excavations, archeology, historical, national heritage
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
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
PMR015K-20 Iraq: Ur, the oldest known large city, founded perhaps 6000 years ago, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934, was the Sumerian capital in its heyday, the third millennium BC, and according to the Bible, birthplace of Abraham as "Ur of the Chaldees": view of the ziggurat from the north-west. Keywords: Mesopotamia, Bible, first civilisation, archeology, excavations
PMR015K-19 Iraq: Ur, the oldest known large city, founded perhaps 6000 years ago, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934, was the Sumerian capital in its heyday, the third millennium BC, and according to the Bible, birthplace of Abraham as "Ur of the Chaldees": view of a reconstructed house, known as "Abraham's House". Keywords: Mesopotamia, excavations, archeology, first civilisation
PMR015K-18 Iraq: Ur, the oldest known large city, founded perhaps 6000 years ago, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934, was the Sumerian capital in its heyday, the third millennium BC, and according to the Bible, birthplace of Abraham as "Ur of the Chaldees": close-up of the original bitumen used as mortar between the stones of the buildings. Keywords: Mesopotamia, first civilisation, archeology, excavations
PMR015K-17 Iraq: Ur, the oldest known large city, founded perhaps 6000 years ago, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934, was the Sumerian capital in its heyday, the third millennium BC, and according to the Bible, birthplace of Abraham as "Ur of the Chaldees": close-up of the mark of the builder, stamped on a brick. Keywords: Mesopotamia, excavations, archeology, first civilisation
PMR370-12 Singapore: staue of Sir Stamford Raffles on North Boat Quay, where he is supposed to have first stepped ashore, with godowns and high-rise buildings behind. Keywords: historic, island, tropics, orient, picturesque, shopping-mecca, financial-centre, far east
PMR370-05 Singapore: staue of Sir Stamford Raffles on North Boat Quay, where he is supposed to have first stepped ashore. Keywords: historic, far east, financial-centre, shopping-mecca, picturesque, orient, tropics, island
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

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