Thursday, May 31, 2012

William Tecumseh Sherman

William Tecumseh Sherman by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan, New York

William Tecumseh Sherman by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Grand Army Plaza
New York, September 2008

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Ni dieu, ni maître, ni croquettes

Ni dieu, ni maître, ni croquettes, Neither god, nor master, nor croquettes, stencil, Quai de la Marne, Paris

“Ni dieu, ni maître, ni croquettes” (Neither god, nor master, nor croquettes)
Quai de la Marne
Quartier de la Villette, 19e arrondissement
Paris, July 2011

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Hydrochronometer

Hydrochronometer by Giambattista Embriaco, Villa Borghese gardens, Rome

Hydrochronometer by Giambattista Embriaco
Villa Borghese gardens
Rome, September 2010

+S.P.Q.R.+
Idrocronometro
ideato e costruito
nel 1867 da
Padre Domenicano
Giambattista Embriaco
(+S.P.Q.R.+
Hydrochronometer
designed and made
in 1867 by the
Dominican friar
Giambattista Embriaco)

Monday, May 28, 2012

Neptunbrunnen

Neptunbrunnen, Neptune fountain by Reinhold Begas, Rathausstraße, Berlin

Neptunbrunnen (Neptune fountain) by Reinhold Begas, 1891
Seen from the Fernsehturm
Rathausstraße
Berlin, September 2011

See also: Fernsehturm Berlin - The Rhine - The Oder - The Elbe - The Vistula

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Saint Catherine the Great Martyr

Russian Orthodox church of Saint Catherine the Great Martyr, Villa Abamelek, Rome

Russian Orthodox church of Saint Catherine the Great Martyr
Villa Abamelek
Via Aurelia Antica
Rome. May 2010

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir

Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir, Simone-de-Beauvoir Footbridge, seen from quai François Mauriac, Paris

Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir (Simone-de-Beauvoir Footbridge)
Seen from quai François Mauriac
Quartier de la Gare, 13th arrondissement
Paris, July 2008

Friday, May 25, 2012

Marcus Aurelius

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Palazzo dei Conservatori, Musei Capitolini, Capitoline Museums, Rome

Detail of the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 175 CE
Marcus Aurelius Exedra
Palazzo dei Conservatori
Musei Capitolini (Capitoline Museums)
Rome, May 2012