Square Georges-Cain

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Square Georges-Cain, Le Marais
3rd arrondissement, Quartier des Archives
Paris, July 2014

Sculpture n° 4 – 65

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Scultura n° 4 – 65 (Sculpture n° 4 – 65) by Marcello Guasti, 1965
Museo Novecento
Piazza Santa Maria Novella
Florence, December 2017

Stephansdom

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Stephansdom (St. Stephen's Cathedral)
Stephansplatz
Vienna, September 2017

London, Chatham and Dover Railway

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Badge of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway
from the first Blackfriars Railway Bridge
London, September 2016

“The London, Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) was a railway company in south-eastern England created on 1 August 1859, when the East Kent Railway was given Parliamentary approval to change its name. Its lines ran through London and northern and eastern Kent to form a significant part of the Greater London commuter network. The company existed until 31 December 1922 when its assets were merged with those of other companies to form the Southern Railway as a result of the grouping determined by the Railways Act 1921. The railway was always in a difficult financial situation and went bankrupt in 1867, but was able to continue to operate. Many of the difficulties were caused by the severe competition and duplication of services with the South Eastern Railway (SER). However, in 1898 the LCDR agreed with the SER to share the operation of the two railways, work them as a single system (as the South Eastern and Chatham Railway) and pool receipts: but it was not a full amalgamation. The SER and LCDR remained separate companies with separate shareholders until both becoming constituents of the Southern Railway on 1 January 1923.” (London, Chatham and Dover Railway, Wikipedia)

Inside the Duomo

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Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta, 1348
(Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption)

Duomo di Siena (Siena Cathedral)
Piazza del Duomo
Siena, April 2017

“In the interior the pictorial effect of the black and white marble stripes on the walls and columns strikes the eye. Black and white are the colours of the civic coat of arms of Siena. The capitals of the columns in the west bays of the nave are sculpted with allegorical busts and animals. The horizontal molding around the nave and the presbytery contains 172 plaster busts of popes dating from the 15th and 16th centuries starting with St. Peter and ending with Lucius III. The spandrels of the round arches below this cornice exhibit the busts of 36 emperors. The vaulted roof is decorated in blue with golden stars, replacing frescoes on the ceiling, while the formerets (half ribs) and the tiercerons (secondary ribs) are adorned with richly elaborated motifs.” (Siena Cathedral, Wikipedia)

Bálna Budapest

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Bálna Budapest by Kas Oosterhuis, 2013
Fővám tér
Budapest, September 2017

“The Bálna (Whale) is a large-scale, glass-fronted building basking on the bank of the Danube near the Great Market Hall. Its terrace is a popular spot to tipple and chat on summer nights, with craft beer on offer from the Jónás Kézművés Sörház. By day, it’s worth popping into the New Budapest Gallery, one of the largest of its kind in town, with 760 square metres of exhibition space. It focuses primarily on contemporary art, with exhibitions on avant-garde works in the 20th century.” (Bálna Budapest, We Love Budapest)

Monument to the Heroes of 1809

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Monument to the Heroes of 1809 by Josep Llimona, 1941
Plaça Garriga i Bachs
Barcelona, March 2017

“During the Peninsula War (1807 – 1814) Barcelona was occupied by Napoleon’s army and converted into a military stronghold. On the 12th of May 1809, an estimated 8,000 citizens attempted to overthrow the French troops. The uprising was quickly quashed and the organizers were rounded up and captured. On June 2nd, eighteen conspirators were tried by a military court. Five of the accused were found guilty and executed in front of Barcelona’s Citadel. As the executions took place, three men rang the bells of Barcelona Cathedral hoping to provoke a second revolt. French soldiers blockaded the cathedral where the rebels held out for three days before being taken prisoner and finally executed.” (Monument to the Heroes of 1809, BarcelonaLowDown)

Dante’s stone

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Dante’s stone Piazza delle Pallottole Florence, December 2017

Passerelle BZ/12

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Passerelle BZ/12 (BZ/12 Footbridge), 1992
Jardin de Reuilly-Paul-Pernin
Quartier de Picpus, 12th arrondissement
Paris, July 2014

Marienkirche and Fernsehturm

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Marienkirche (St. Mary's Church)
Berliner Fernsehturm (Berlin Television Tower)
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
Berlin, September 2011

“The architecture of the building is now largely composed of comparatively modern restoration work which took place in the late 19th century and in the post-war period. The church was originally a Roman Catholic church, but has been a Lutheran Protestant church since the Reformation in 1539. While keeping this confession the parish was part of the Prussian Union of churches from 1817 to 1948, an umbrella church body combining parishes maintaining mostly the Lutheran, but also some the Calvinist and few the United Protestant confession.” (St. Mary's Church, Wikipedia)

“The Berliner Fernsehturm or Fernsehturm Berlin (Berlin Television Tower) is a television tower in central Berlin, Germany. Located in the Marien quarter (Marienviertel), close to Alexanderplatz in the locality and district of Mitte, the tower was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). It was intended to be both a symbol of Communist power and of the city. It remains a landmark today, visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin. With its height of 368 metres (including antenna) it is the tallest structure in Germany, and the third-tallest structure in the European Union. When built it was the fourth-tallest freestanding structure in the world after the Ostankino Tower, the Empire State Building and 875 North Michigan Avenue, then known as The John Hancock Center.” (Fernsehturm Berlin, Wikipedia)

San Romano Bell Tower

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Bell tower of the deconsacrated church of San Romano
Piazza San Romano
Lucca, October 2017

“San Romano is a deconsecrated Roman Catholic Church located on Piazza San Romano in the center of Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy. It stands adjacent to the Ducal Palace of Lucca. The church was erected by the Dominican order in the second half of the 13th century with bricks from the razed Augusta fortress. Inside is the tomb of San Romano, built in 1490 by Matteo Civitali. The church once held altarpieces by Fra Bartolomeo. The elegantly decorated interior nave is presently used as an auditorium.” (San Romano, Wikipedia)

Tanečníci

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“Tanečníci” (Dancers) by Michal Gabriel, 2007
Klášter sv. Anežky České (Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia)
U Milosrdných, Staré Město (Old Town)
Prague, September 2017

“The National Gallery became the owner of the Convent of st Agnes in 1963 and the final phase of renovation followed. Since 1978, the convent is a national cultural heritage landmark and a gallery. Initially, Bohemian art of 19th and early 20th century was exhibited but today, a permanent exhibition of Medieval Arts of Bohemia and Central Europe is displayed. The cloister is used for temporary exhibitions.” (Convent of Saint Agnes in Prague, Wikipedia)

RAF Biplane

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RAF Biplane
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road, Southwark
London, January 2008

Corner of Via dello Sprone

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Corner of Via dello Sprone and Via Toscanella
Seen from Piazza della Passera
Florence, December 2017

Stará radnica

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Stará radnica (Old Town Hall)
Hlavné námestie, Staré Mesto (Old Town)
Bratislava, September 2017

Drama of the Desert

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“Un drame au désert” (Drama of the Desert) by Georges Gardet, 1891
Parc Montsouris
Quartier du Parc-de-Montsouris, 14th arrondissement
Paris, July 2009

“Georges Gardet (1863–1939) was a French sculptor and animalier. The son of a sculptor, Gardet attended the École des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Aimé Millet and Emmanuel Fremiet (another noted animalier). Gardet's wife Madeleine was the sister of painter and decorator Jean Francis Auburtin, who collaborated with Gardet on work for the Parisian Exposition Universelle (1900).” (Wikipedia)

Capitoline Wolf in Siena

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Lupa Capitolina (Capitoline Wolf)
Palazzo Pubblico (Town Hall)
Piazza del Campo
Siena, April 2017

Triumphwagen des Marc Anton

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Triumphwagen des Marc Anton (Triumphal wagon of Mark Antony) by Arthur Strasser, 1900
Friedrichstraße / Getreidemarkt
Vienna, September 2017

Details of the Arc de Triomf

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Details of the Arc de Triomf
Passeig de Lluís Companys
Barcelona, March 2017

“The Arc de Triomf or Arco de Triunfo in Spanish, is a triumphal arch in the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It was built by architect Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas as the main access gate for the 1888 Barcelona World Fair. The arch crosses over the wide central promenade of the Passeig de Lluís Companys, leading to the Ciutadella Park that now occupies the site of the world fair. It is located at the northern end of the promenade, facing the Passeig de Sant Joan.” (Arc de Triomf, Wikipedia)

Trattoria Ponte Vecchio

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Trattoria Ponte Vecchio
Lungarno degli Archibusieri
Florence, December 2017

Georg Solti

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Sculpture dedicated to Georg Solti, by Párkányi Raab Péter, 2013
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Liszt Ferenc tér
Budapest, September 2017

“A modernist sculpture unveiled in 2013 at the front of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, designed by Párkányi Raab Péter (1967-) to honour György Solti (1912–1997). Solti was an alumnus of the Academy, emigrated from Hungary in 1939 and become famous as an orchestral and operatic conductor, knighted by the Queen of England. He was a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, died in France.” (Sir Georg Solti sculpture, TrekEarth)

Atkinsons

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Atkinsons Building
Burlington Gardens
London, September 2016

“In 1926, the architect Vincent Harris built the Atkinsons Building, at 2–4 Burlington Gardens, London, now a Grade II listed building on the corner with Old Bond Street and Burlington Gardens. It was built in the Gothic Revival style and includes Arts and Crafts detailing. The Atkinsons Building is now occupied by a Salvatore Ferragamo women's fashion store.” (Atkinsons of London, Wikipedia)

Nicola Pisano

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Statue of Nicola Pisano by Salvino Salvini, 1864
Santa Maria del Carmine
Corso Italia
Pisa, May 2013

“Nicola Pisano (also called Niccolò Pisano, Nicola de Apulia or Nicola Pisanus; c. 1220/1225 – c. 1284) was an Italian sculptor whose work is noted for its classical Roman sculptural style. Pisano is sometimes considered to be the founder of modern sculpture.” (Nicola Pisano, Wikipedia)

Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne

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Tomb of Amedeo Modigliani and Jeanne Hébuterne
Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, (Père Lachaise Cemetery)
Quartier du Père-Lachaise, 20th arrondissement
Paris, July 2014

“In 1920, after not hearing from him for several days, his neighbor checked on the family and found Modigliani in bed delirious and holding onto Hébuterne who was nearly nine months pregnant. They summoned a doctor, but little could be done: Modigliani was dying of the then-incurable disease tubercular meningitis. Modigliani died on January 24, 1920. There was an enormous funeral, attended by many from the artistic communities in Montmartre and Montparnasse. Hébuterne was taken to her parents' home, where, inconsolable, threw herself out of a fifth-floor window two days after his death, killing herself and her unborn child. Modigliani was interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Hébuterne was buried at the Cimetière de Bagneux near Paris, and it was not until 1930 that her embittered family allowed her body to be moved to rest beside Modigliani. A single tombstone honors them both. His epitaph reads: ‘Struck down by Death at the moment of glory’. Hers reads: ‘Devoted companion to the extreme sacrifice’.” (Amedeo Modigliani, Wikipedia)

Quartier 206

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Quartier 206 by Henry N. Cobb, 1997
Friedrichstraße
Berlin, September 2011

Rinascente

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Rinascente department store
Piazza della Repubblica
Florence, January 2018

Sax Player

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Street musician
Staroměstské náměstí (Old Town Square)
Staré Město (Old Town)
Prague, September 2017

“Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí or colloquially Staromák) is a historic square in the Old Town quarter of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. It is located between Wenceslas Square and the Charles Bridge.” (Old Town Square, Wikipedia)

Sion Hall

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Sion Hall, former Sion College
Victoria Embankment
London, September 2016

“The College was badly damaged in the Great Fire of London. In 1884 the almshouses were abolished, and the almsfolk became out-pensioners. It was subsequently found possible to extend their numbers from the original number of two men and two women to 40 in all, and to increase the pension. In 1886 Sion College was moved to new buildings at 56 Victoria Embankment, between Carmelite Street and John Carpenter Street. It became principally known for its theological library which served as a lending library to members of the college, and was accessible to the public. A governing body appointed by the members to administer the foundation includes a president, two deans and four assistants. In 1996, the college disposed of its large Victorian premises on the banks of the River Thames. The building has been converted into offices. The library was closed June 1996, with the manuscripts, pamphlets, and pre-1850 printed books going to Lambeth Palace Library, and newer books to The Maughan Library, King's College London. Its activities now take place in a variety of locations.” (Sion College, Wikipedia)

Capitoline Wolf in Pisa

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Lupa Capitolina (Capitoline Wolf)
Piazza dei Miracoli
Pisa, April 2010

Morový stĺp

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Morový stĺp (Plague Pillar or Holy Trinity Column), 1713
Rybné námestie, Staré Mesto
Bratislava, September 2017