January 2015 Photo Contest: A Monumental World (page 5 of 20)

I’m sorry, but Machu Picchu has already been submitted by another contestant. You can post a different photo instead. 😉

Hello!

Well, looks like I missed the start of the contest... so I’ll go off the beaten path to find something else, but still well-known.

Photo #1 – The Cocteau Museum in Menton, designed by architect Rudy Ricciotti. Locally, this museum is kind of seen as an eyesore by the seaside. Personally, I like it.



(http://museecocteaumenton.fr/fr/page/le-projet-architectural)

Photo #2 - The canopy at Quai de la Fraternité in Marseille (architect: Norman Foster) A sort of UFO landed at the end of the Vieux Port, an oasis where you can wait in the shade, gazing up at the mirror ceiling or simply enjoying the show of passersby or street performers.

Photo #3 - Golden Gate Bridge seen from above, with a distant view of San Francisco, California, October 2010

😉Good evening,

Happy New Year to everyone!

Photo No. 1

BUDAPEST (Hungary)

The imposing Hungarian Parliament building, constructed on the banks of the Danube. A storm and rain accompanied this nighttime cruise

Capucine

🙂

Photo No. 2

Château de La Ferté (Berry, France)

While out for a walk, I discovered this little gem just a few kilometers from my place.

This château was built in the 17th century by the architect François Mansart, cousin of the other Mansart. It was constructed for the château in the town of Reuilly (36) and for the outbuildings in the town of Lazenay (18). The Théols, a small stream that runs through the moat, marks the "border"!!!!

Photo No. 2



Paris. Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou. For short, we call it "Beaubourg."

Dolma

Following the cancellation of my previous Photo No. 2, here’s my new Photo No. 2: the Tongariki site on Easter Island.

Photo no2: The Louvre Pyramid I’m not super happy with this photo because the alignment should’ve been done with the grid too. If anyone has a better one, I’ll move mine to the "off" section.

Photo No. 2: The Brooklyn Bridge in New York, with the World Trade Center in the background. (Slide from 1998, obviously scanned...)

😉Hi there,

Photo No. 3

A collage of photos of Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia.

Here’s what this monumental complex (central photo), built by the Roman Emperor Diocletian between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD on the shores of the Adriatic, looks like today. Now, it forms the historic heart of the city of Split. Various parts of the palace are restored or currently being restored.

The peristyle, The palace cellars (I didn’t see any... good bottles!!!) but the Emperor’s bust, coins bearing his likeness, The well-restored walls and the different gates providing access to the city (the South Gate and the Bronze Gate), the Temple.



Hope I’m not off-topic!

Capucine

Montages are allowed. So you're not off-topic. 😉

Photo #2: Naqsh-e Rostam, Zoroastrian tombs (6th century BC), Iran

Photo #3: The Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Happy New Year everyone, To dream of new destinations, here’s photo #1: Matsumoto Castle in the Japanese Alps, under the snow (though you can’t tell!)

Photo #2 is a noria in Hama, taken in Syria in 2000. It was obviously scanned. Hoping we can return to this magnificent country one day.

And the 3rd photo shows the Sinheungsa Buddhist temple in the stunning Seoraksan National Park in South Korea.

🙂Photo 1 The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world's tallest tower, taken through a glass window

Photo No. 1.

Every evening in Hong Kong: The musical fairy tale and illuminations of the harbor buildings.

Here, the Bank of China. (Slow exposure and zooming, no trickery)

Nilsou.

Photo #1: the Leaning Tower of Pisa seen from my kitchen. What is UNESCO doing?! 😮