Mercado Central

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Mercado Central (Central Market)
Plaza del Mercado
Valencia, September 2022

“If you love food, then you will enjoy the fresh produce, their colour and flavour, and if you value richness, variety and quality in the kitchen, then the Central Market in Valencia is a paradise you cannot miss out on. It is an essential place to visit in the city, with an enormous collection of modernist architecture containing fresh produce from the Valencia orchard and all the flavour and aromas from the Mediterranean. Don't doubt about it, visit Central Market. Your senses will thank you!It is the largest market with fresh produce in Europe and it stands out for its rich and varied cuisine. It is located in one of the most emblematic modernist buildings in the city. It is 8,000 m2 and full of decorative references to the orchard and gardens in Valencia. Its structure, formed by iron columns, remind us of the Eiffel Tower; tile and stained glass make it an attractive architecture that is a must to see. When you visit it, you will not only love what you see, but also the colours, aromas, smells...it is full of Mediterranean life. It is a place where you can buy traditional products, yet it is also a space where more and more tourists visit. This Valencia agora has more than 1200 stalls with fresh fruit and vegetables, especially oranges, tomatoes and beans. Meat, cheese, spices, nuts, spices fish, seafood are just some of the other products on offer, yet it is the live eels that seem to catch everyone's attention. If you do not want to buy anything, but you want to taste the food, you can stop at the Central Bar, the Central Market's traditional bar at the hands of chef Ricard Camarena, where you can have tapas, assorted dishes and sandwiches. Whether you want to buy products or enjoy the cuisine, the Central Market is a magical place.” (Central Market, Visit Valencia)

Eagle Point

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Eagle Point, 2015
City Road
Hoxton, Shoreditch
London, May 2023

“The Eagle is a 27-storey mixed-use building near Old Street roundabout in London EC1. The 27-storey building comprises 276 art deco inspired apartments, including 206 for private sale. A total of 70 affordable flats are managed by Family Mosaic. The building includes 6,312 sq m of commercial space, 36 parking spaces and a public square. With a GDV of £160m, the scheme commenced on site in Summer 2013 with the first apartments to launch in Spring 2014 and practical completion in Summer 2015. The Eagle was completed in December 2015. Mount Anvil bought the stalled development site in September 2012 from the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), in a co-investment with Area Property Partners and Morgan Stanley.” (The Eagle, Buildington)

Piazza delle Vettovaglie

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Marble fountain (17th Century)
Piazza delle Vettovaglie
Pisa, June 2023

Convento de la Purísima Concepción

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Convento de la Purísima Concepción
Plaza Capuchinas
Toledo, September 2022

“The Convento de la Purísima Concepción, also called Convento de Capuchinas, is a convent located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The buildings are late 17th century although the institution developed from an earlier Augustinian community.[1] The chapel was completed by 1671, the year in which it was consecrated; and by 1677, the year when the convent's patron Cardinal Don Pascual de Aragón died, the works of the conventual dependencies were practically finished.” (Convento de la Purísima Concepción, Wikipedia)

Connectivity Matters

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“Connectivity Matters” by Hunto & Mister Thoms, 2018
King John Court
Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch
London, May 2023

“Italian street artist Hunto, who is known for his abstract Picasso-esque portraits, has collaborated with fellow Italian street artist Mister Thoms (THOMS) on a new mural on the sides of a building in Shoreditch near Great Eastern Street. The new work is called ‘Connectivity Matters’, and THOMS uses his style of interlocking items and figures to represent connection while Hunto uses a cluster of his figures appearing to interact (which is his typical style as his figures always interact in some manner). This collaboration has just been finished.” (Hunto and MisterThomas Collaborate on Connectivity Matters Mural, Jenikya's Blog)

San Sisto

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Church of San Sisto
Piazza Buonamici
Pisa, June 2023

“San Sisto is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. It was consecrated in 1133 but previously it had been already used as the seat of the most important notary act of the Pisan commune. It was built in a Pisane-Romanesque style in stone. The façade is divided in three parts divided by pilaster strips, with a mullioned window and arches in the upper part which continues on the whole exterior. Notable is the typical local decoration with Islamic ceramic basins from the 10th-11th centuries (copies; the original are in the Museum of St. Matthew in the city). The interior has a nave and two aisles, divided by columns with ancient Roman capitals, with hut-shaped ceiling. It houses also an Arabic tombstone, the copy of a 14th-century ‘Madonna with Child’ and the rudder of a Pisane galley (13th-14th centuries).” (San Sisto, Wikipedia)

Torre Mahou

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Edificio Alfredo Mahou (Alfredo Mahou Building), 1990
Plaza Manuel Gómez Moreno
Madrid, September 2022

“Edificio Alfredo Mahou (Alfredo Mahou Building), also known as Torre Mahou (Mahou Tower) is a skyscraper in the AZCA Complex, Madrid, Spain. It is the 17th tallest building in Madrid, at 85 metres. It has 29 floors and its facade is crystal blue and purple. Was completed in 1990, the building houses offices and various companies.” (Torre Mahou, Wikipedia)

Fish & Chips

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Fish & Chips
Battersea Power Station
Nine Elms, Battersea, Wandsworth
London, May 2023

Piazza San Luca

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Marble fountain
(Originally in Piazza della Fontina)
Piazza San Luca
Pisa, June 2023

Capilla de San Bartolomé

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Capilla de San Bartolomé (Chapel of San Bartolomé)
Calle Averroes
Córdoba, September 2022

“The Chapel of San Bartolomé (Capilla de San Bartolomé) is a funerary chapel in the historic centre of Córdoba, Spain. It is dated between 1390 and 1410. Richly decorated, it is one of the city's finest examples of Mudéjar art. Located on the Calle Averroes in today's Faculty of Arts building, the relatively unknown chapel is one of the city's most notable monuments. With the development of the Alcázar Viejo district in 1391 and the later expulsion of the Jews from La Judería, the parish of San Bartolomé was established while a church of the same name was constructed between 1399 and 1410. The little building continued to operate as a parish church until the 17th century, possibly awaiting completion of a larger church. Restored in 1953 and 2006, the chapel is a fine example of ancient Mudéjar art.” (San Bartolomé, Wikipedia)

Western Pumping Station

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Grosvenor Bridge and Western Pumping Station
Grosvenor Road, Chelsea
London, May 2023

“In 1825 Lord Grosvenor built a canal on the site of the channel dug by the waterworks to carry goods to and from Belgravia, which was then being developed. In the mid 19th century the Metropolis Water Act prohibited the extraction of water for household purposes from the tidal Thames and the company moved to Surbiton in 1856. The vacated site was used by the railway companies to build lines into west London and London Victoria Station was built on the site of the Grosvenor Canal basin which originally contained coal, stone, and timber wharfs. A remaining waterworks building, known as the Western Pumping Station still remains beside the site of the canal and its chimney is something of a landmark in the area. However, the chimney now acts as a ventilation shaft for sewers rather than its original purpose of being the chimney for boilers.” (The Grosvenor Canal, London's Lost Rivers)

Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri

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Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri
Piazza dei Cavalieri
Pisa, June 2023

“Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri is a church in central Pisa located on Piazza dei Cavalieri (Knight's Square). Construction began on 17 April 1565 in order to build a church for the Order of Knights of St Stephan, founded by the Grand Duke Cosimo de' Medici to fight Saracen piracy in the Mediterranean. The project with designs and oversight by Giorgio Vasari and David Fortini was to build a church on the site of an older church called San Sebastiano alle Fabbriche Maggiori, which dated at least to 1074. The new church on the site was consecrated by 21 December 1569. The facade, in white marble was designed by Don Giovanni de' Medici, illegitimate son of Cosimo I, with the help of Alessandro Pieroni; their designs were chosen over Vasari’s original plan. An inscription commemorates completion during the reign of Ferdinando I de' Medici. The bell-tower, also designed by Vasari, was completed by 1572 by Giovanni Fancelli. The main altar designs were by Pier Francesco Silvani. Many alterations and additions were proposed and made over the next two centuries, including plans by Gherardo Mechini, Paolo Guidotti, Ranieri Gherardi, Torpè Donati, Alessandro Gherardesca, Florido Galli, Niccolò Matas, and Pasquale Poccianti. The final reconstruction in 1859, completed after the suppression of the order, creates the clearer interior systematization of columns we see today.” (Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri, Wikipedia)

Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo

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Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo
Calle Américo Vespucio,
Seville, September 2022

“The Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art (C.A.A.C., as for its Spanish acronym) was created in February 1990 with the intention of providing the Autonomous Region with an appropriate institution for the research, preservation, promotion and dissemination of contemporary art. Subsequently, artworks began to be gathered in order to take the first steps towards building up a permanent collection of contemporary art. In 1997, the Monastery of La Cartuja became the headquarters of the Centre, which was a decisive step in its evolution. This decree led to the amendment of its Articles of Association and the conversion of the C.A.A.C. into an autonomous body - dependent on the Ministry of Culture - which would take over the management of the personnel and the collections of the former Cartuja Monument Centre and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Seville. At the beginning, one of the main purposes of the Andalusian Centre for Contemporary Art has been to undertake a programme of activities which, for clear educational reasons, seeks to promote the study and encouragement of international contemporary artistic creation in its most varied expressions. Temporary exhibitions, seminars, workshops, concerts, meetings, recitals, cinema cycles, conferences... have been the communication tools used to achieve this aim. The cultural offer of the Centre is complemented by a visit to the monument itself, which houses an important artistic and archaeological heritage, resulting from its long history.” (Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art, Turismo Sevilla)

Pico House and Wilshire House

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Pico House and Wilshire House by Frank Gehry
Prospect Wy, Nine Elms
London, May 2023

“Rippled white facades punctured by large windows define the Prospect Place housing development that Pritzker Architecture Award-winning architect Frank Gehry has completed at Battersea Power Station in London. The scheme, which is the first housing project realised by the Canadian-American architect in the UK, contains two buildings with a total of over 300 homes. Gehry designed Prospect Place with his eponymous studio Gehry Partners as part of the regeneration of the iconic Giles Gilbert Scott-designed Battersea Power Station on the banks of the River Thames. Alongside the residences, it also comprises a mix of retail units and a private garden named Prospect Park.” (Prospect Place, Dezeen)

Piazza San Francesco

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Old fountain (ca 1627)
Piazza San Francesco
Pisa, June 2023

L'Umbracle

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L'Umbracle by Santiago Calatrava, 2001
Avinguda del Professor López Piñero
Valencia, September 2022

“L'Umbracle (part of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (City of Arts and Sciences) complex in Valencia, Spain, is a sculpture garden and landscaped walk with plant species indigenous to Valencia (such as rockrose, lentisca, romero, honeysuckle, bougainvillea and palm trees). It harbors in its interior The Walk of the Sculptures, an outdoor art gallery with sculptures from contemporary artists (Miquel from Navarre, Francesc Abbot, Yoko Ono and others). The Umbracle is a space that is a home to numerous sculptures surrounded by nature. It was designed by Santiago Calatrava as an entrance along the south-western edge to the City of Arts and Sciences and as a cover over its car park. L'Umbracle was completed in 2001. It is 320 m long and 60 m wide, located on the southern side of the complex. It has 55 fixed arches and 54 floating arches that stand 18 m high. The arches are parabolic. The plants in the garden were carefully picked to change colour with the seasons. The garden consists of 99 palm trees, 78 small palm trees, and 62 bitter orange trees. There are 42 varieties of shrubs from the Region of Valencia including cistuses, mastics, buddleia, pampas grass, and plumbagos. Honeysuckle and hanging bougainvillea are two of the 450 climbing plants in the Umbracle. It also has 5,500 ground cover plants such as lotus, Spanish Flags, and fig-marigolds. There are over a hundred aromatic plants including rosemary and lavender.” (L'Umbracle, Wikipedia)

Turbine Hall A

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Turbine Hall A
Battersea Power Station
Electric Boulevard
Nine Elms, Battersea, Wandsworth
London, May 2023

“Works were completed and nearly forty years after the lights were switched off, Battersea Power Station opened its doors to the public on Friday 14 October 2022, marking the first time the public were able to explore the iconic building and the first tranche of shops, bars, restaurants and leisure venues. Electric Boulevard, a new pedestrianised high street, that runs between Gehry Partners' Prospect Place and Foster + Partners' Battersea Roof Gardens to the riverside neighbourhood's Zone 1 London Underground Station, opened the same day. As well as 254 apartments inside the power station itself, the 42-acre site also contains apartment buildings designed by US architect Frank Gehry and by Foster + Partners. The first residents had moved in to the power station in May 2021.” (Battersea Power Station, Wikipedia)

Sant'Andrea Forisportam

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Deconsecrated church of Sant'Andrea Forisportam
Via del Cuore
Pisa, June 2023

“Sant'Andrea Forisportam is a church building, now deconsecrated, in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. A church on the site is documented as early as 1104, the name deriving from its location outside a gate of the walls of medieval Pisa. The church served as a parish church until 1839, under the jurisdiction of the church of San Pietro in Vinculis. In that year, it was deconsecrated and used as a fish-market. In 1847, it became the chapter of the 'Union of the Sacred Heart of Holy Mary for the Conversion of the Sinful. The church was heavily damaged during World War II, and restored and reopened to the public in 1948. It is no longer consecrated, and is now instead used for the theatrical performances of Teatro Sant'Andrea. Its simple structure consists of a central nave with two lesser flanking ones. The font is a copy of the original Islamic ceramic from the 11th century (now in National Museum of San Matteo, Pisa). The capitals on the internal columns were derived from ancient Roman originals.” (Sant'Andrea Forisportam, Wikipedia)

Iglesia de San Ildefonso

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Church of San Ildefonso
Plaza Padre Juan de Mariana
Toledo, September 2022

“The Church of San Ildefonso (Iglesia de San Ildefonso) is a Baroque style church located in the historic center of the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is also known as the Jesuit church and is consecrated to Saint Ildefonso of Toledo, patron of the city and Father of the Church. Its construction took more than 100 years. Work began in 1629 on lands acquired by the Jesuits of Toledo in 1569. The location hosted the houses of Juan Hurtado de Mendoza Rojas y Guzmán, count of Orgaz.[1] It was the birthplace of Saint Ildefonsus. ” (Church of San Ildefonso, Wikipedia)

Modern Marriage

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“Modern Marriage” by Simon Fujiwara, 2014
Embassy Gardens
Nine Elms, Vauxhall
London, May 2023

“Modern Marriage takes the form of a large Romanesque foot with a wedding ring embedded into the sole. Described as a reflective piece, it is in keeping with the often highly autobiographical and emotive nature of Fujiwara’s work.” (Modern Marriage, Simon Fujiwara (2014), Nine Elms on the South Bank)

Piazzetta Tongiorgi

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Fountain (18th Century)
Piazzetta Tongiorgi
Pisa, June 2023

El beso multicolor

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“El beso multicolor” (The Multicolour Kiss) by Okuda San Miguel, 2021
Calle de Eugenio Caxes
Madrid, September 2022

“One of the most iconic examples of Madrid street art is the mural by Okuda located near the Plaza Río 2 shopping center, created to coincide with the famous Madrid Pride festivities. Okuda San Miguel, who is known for his use of vibrant colors and geometric patterns, has once again brought their signature style to life with this breathtaking piece. The mural features two women from different cultural backgrounds embracing in a passionate kiss, a powerful image that speaks to the diversity and inclusivity of the city. The artist’s intention was to capture the essence of Madrid’s multiculturalism and the importance of free love and acceptance in today’s society. The mural is located on the side of a building, and its sheer size and vivid colors make it impossible to miss. It is one of the most impressive examples of Madrid street art and has become a popular destination for street art enthusiasts and tourists alike, who come to admire the intricacy and beauty of the mural.” (Madrid Street Art, Madrid Traveling)

Mary Poppins

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Mary Poppins by 3D Eye, 2020
Scenes in the Square
Leicester Square
London, May 2023

“The Scenes in the Square project celebrated the history of film in London’s historic Leicester Square, boosting exposure and highlighting their long and notable relationship. 3D Eye sculpted and installed iconic film stars such as Mr Bean, Laurel and Hardy, Gene Kelly, Bugs Bunny, Paddington, Big Red Dog, The Iron Throne and Harry Potter. Each sculpture was sculpted in clay, cast in fibreglass with structural steel armature then given a metallic bronze finish. A hugely popular success that brought to life well loved characters from our past.” (Scenes in the Square, 3D Eye)

Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara

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Former building of the Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara
(Now Banca Desio)
Viale Stazione
Massa, April 2022


“Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara S.p.A. was an Italian saving bank based in Carrara, Tuscany. The bank was absorbed by the parent company Banca Carige in 2015.” (Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara, Wikipedia)

Conservatorio Rafael Orozco

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Conservatorio Superior de Música Rafael Orozco
Calle Ángel de Saavedra
Córdoba, September 2022

“The Rafael Orozco Superior Conservatory of Music in Córdoba is one of the oldest in Spain and one of the first to obtain official recognition of its teachings from the State. Originating from the Music section of the Provincial School of Fine Arts that existed in Córdoba in the last third of the 19th century, the Córdoba Conservatory was created in 1902 by the Provincial Council, its founder and first director being the illustrious Córdoba composer Cipriano Martínez Rücker . In 1922, the Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts decreed the incorporation of the center into the State, giving official validity to the teachings provided; a consideration that no other Andalusian conservatory had, and only those in Madrid and Valencia, in the rest of Spain.” (Conservatorio Superior de Música Rafael Orozco de Córdoba, Study in Spain)

Laurel and Hardy

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Laurel and Hardy by 3D Eye, 2020
Scenes in the Square
Leicester Square
London, May 2023

“The Scenes in the Square project celebrated the history of film in London’s historic Leicester Square, boosting exposure and highlighting their long and notable relationship. 3D Eye sculpted and installed iconic film stars such as Mr Bean, Laurel and Hardy, Gene Kelly, Bugs Bunny, Paddington, Big Red Dog, The Iron Throne and Harry Potter. Each sculpture was sculpted in clay, cast in fibreglass with structural steel armature then given a metallic bronze finish. A hugely popular success that brought to life well loved characters from our past.” (Scenes in the Square, 3D Eye)

Malaspina Castle

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Malaspina Castle
Via del Forte
Massa, April 2022

“The Malaspina Castle is located in Massa, Italy. It crowns the top of a rocky hill and dominates the wide underlying plain and part of the Tyrrhenian coast. From the 17th century the main purpose of the castle was military and it served as a prison until 1946. The castle was subsequently restored and reopened to the public. The first record of a castle here dates back to 1164. In 1269 because of political discords with local inhabitants it was leveled to the ground by the army of the nearby city of Lucca. The castle became the seat of the marquises of Massa. It was visited by Dante Alighieri, who supposedly envisioned the descending circles of Hell, that inspired the corresponding part of his Divine Comedy. According to legend, Dante saw the great funnel-shaped cave lying below, surrounded by a series of ledges with the slopes converging to the stream.” (Malaspina Castle, Wikipedia)

JRC Seville

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC-Seville)
Calle Inca Garcilaso
Seville, September 2022

“Established in 1994 with a small group of researchers, the Seville site is now the second largest site of the JRC. It hosts around 400 staff, including economists, engineers, computer and social scientists.” (JRC Seville, JRC Digital Media Hub)

Rainy day

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Met Police officers wearing custodian helmets
Trafalgar Square, City of Westminster
London, May 2023

“The custodian helmet is a type of helmet worn predominantly by male police officers in the United Kingdom, within England and Wales, and certain other places around the world. First used by the Metropolitan Police in London in 1863, the BBC labelled the custodian helmet a "symbol of British law enforcement". They are worn by male constables and sergeants on foot patrol. A cultural icon, it has featured in films, TV series and other media involving British police.” (Custodian helmet, Wikipedia)