Egypt – Pyramids of Giza أهرامات الجيزة

Egypt – Pyramids of Giza أهرامات الجيزة

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Egypt 2010, Africa – Pyramid of Khafre + Pyramid of Cheops Khufu

The Giza Necropolis (Arabic: جيزة يسروبوليس‎) is an archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments includes the three pyramid complexes known as the Great Pyramids, the massive sculpture known as the Great Sphinx, several cemeteries, a workers’ village and an industrial complex. It is located some 9 km (5 mi) inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some 25 km (15 mi) southwest of Cairo city centre. The pyramids, which have always loomed large as emblems of ancient Egypt in the Western imagination,were popularised in Hellenistic times, when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is by far the oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence.

Bern – Bundesplatz / Maman

Bern – Bundesplatz / Maman

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Bern 2011, Switzerland – Bundesplatz / Louise Bourgeois MaMan

Maman is a sculpture by the artist Louise Bourgeois. The sculpture, which resembles a spider, is over 30ft high, with a sac containing marble eggs.

In the late 1990s, Bourgeois began using the spider as a central image in her art. Maman, which stands more than nine metres high, is a steel and marble sculpture from which an edition of six bronzes were subsequently cast. It first made an appearance as part of Bourgeois’ commission for The Unilever Series for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2000. It is the largest Spider sculpture ever made by Bourgeois.

The sculpture alludes to the strength of her mother, with metaphors of spinning, weaving, nurture and protection

Milan – Duomo / Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle

Milan – Duomo / Galleria Vittorio Emanuelle

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Milan 2011, Italy – A view of the Piazza del Duomo, the city’s main and most central square, surrounded by several palaces and important buildings, such as Milan Cathedral, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

Heidelberg – Castle and the Old Bridge

Heidelberg – Castle and the Old Bridge

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Heidelberg 2011, Germany – The Heidelberg Castle and the Old Bridge

Manila – University of Santo Tomas

Manila – University of Santo Tomas

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The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines (colloquially UST or “Ustê”. Filipino: Unibersidad ng Santo Tomas), is a private Roman Catholic university run by the Order of Preachers in Manila. Founded on April 28, 1611 by archbishop of Manila Miguel de Benavides, it has the oldest extant university charter in the Philippines and in Asia and is one of the world’s largest Catholic universities in terms of enrollment found on one campus. UST is also the largest university in the city of Manila. As a Pontifical University in Asia, UST is the only university to have been visited by two popes three times: once by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 28, 1970, and twice by Pope John Paul II on Feb. 18, 1981 and January 13, 1995.
The University is composed of several autonomous faculties, colleges, schools and institutes, each conferring undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate degrees, and the basic education units. Several degrees have been accredited by the Commission on Higher Education as Centers of Excellence and Centers of Development.

Lanarca – Lordos Beach Hotel

Lanarca – Lordos Beach Hotel

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will call again, sorry len
good night
luv let

Famagusta – Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque

Famagusta – Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque

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The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque originally known as the Saint Nicolas Cathedral and later as the Ayasofya (Saint Sophia) Mosque of Magusa, is the largest medieval building in Famagusta, North Cyprus. Built between 1298 and c.1400 it was consecrated as a Christian cathedral in 1328. The cathedral was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman Empire captured Famagusta in 1571 and remains a mosque to this day.

Egypt – Muhammad Hosni Mubarak

Egypt – Muhammad Hosni Mubarak

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Egypt – Africa – محمد حسني مبارك / Muhammad Husni Mubarak Billboard

Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak (Arabic: محمد حسني مبارك‎ Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak; commonly known as Hosni Mubarak; Arabic: حسني مبارك‎; (born 4 May 1928) is the fourth and current President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. He was appointed Vice President in 1975, and assumed the Presidency on 14 October 1981, following the assassination of President Anwar El-Sadat. He is the longest-serving Egyptian ruler since Muhammad Ali Pasha. Before he entered politics Mubarak was a career officer in the Egyptian Air Force, serving as its commander from 1972 to 1975.
Mubarak is currently struggling to retain power due to a popular uprising.

Santo Domingo – Catedral de Santa María la Menor

Santo Domingo – Catedral de Santa María la Menor

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Santo Domingo 2010, Dominican Republic – Catedral de Santa María la Menor

The Cathedral of Santa María la Menor is the oldest cathedral in the Americas, begun in 1514 and completed in 1540. Fronted with a golden-tinted coral limestone façade, the church combines elements of both Gothic and Baroque with some lavish plateresque styles as exemplified by the high altar chiseled out of silver. The treasury has an excellent art collection of ancient woodcarvings, furnishings, funerary monuments, silver, and jewelry. Some historians believe that the remains which used to rest in the cathedral, before being removed to the Colombus Lighthouse, are those of famed navigator Christopher Columbus.

Santo Domingo – Alcázar de Colón

Santo Domingo – Alcázar de Colón

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Santo Domingo 2010, Dominican Republic – Alcázar de Colón + Plaza de la Hispanidad / Part of the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo World Heritage Site.
The palace is an impressive construction of coralline blocks that once housed some fifty rooms and a number of gardens and courtyards, although what remains today is about half the size it once was. It was built under Diego Colón, the son of Christopher Columbus; when he became Viceroy of La Española and the Indies in 1509, he ordered the construction of a family home and governor’s mansion between 1510 and 1512.