Belgium - Brugge
Pedro F - Belgium - 30.04.2012
Brugge
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Taiwan - Kaohsiung
Jerry - Taiwan - 26.04.2012
Subway Station in Taiwan
Kaohsiung MRT (The Dome of Light), Kaohsiung City, 達勇里
Beautiful art in Formosa Blvd Station of Kaohsiung's MRT subway system
Formosa Station (O5 Station/R10 Station) is located at interchange station for the Kaohsiung MRT Orange and Red lines, located at the junction of Zhong Zheng 3rd Street and Zhongshan 1st Street, designed by Japanese architect Shin Takamatsu. “Prayer" is the concept for its “conch shaped" entrances. Formosa Station is named after the Formosa Incident on December 10, 1979 that shocked the whole Taiwan society and greatly impacted the development of Taiwan's democracy movement. The impressive public art piece at this station is designed by Italian artist, Maestro Narcissus Quagliata who created by hand the dome of light that symbolizes the prayer theme.
Photo taken by Jerry
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
India - New Delhi
Pushkar Sabharwal - India - 25.04.2012
Qutub Minar, Delhi - India
Qutub Minar was constructed with red sandstone and marble, and is the tallest minaret in India, with a height of 72.5 meters, contains 379 stairs to reach the top, and the diameter of base is 14.3 meters whereas the last store is of 2.7 meters. The Construction was commenced by Qutb-ud-din Aibak in 1192 and completed by Iltutmish. Qutb-ud-din Aibak destroyed 27 Hindu and Jain temples and reused the building materials for construction of Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque and the Qutub Minar according to a Persian inscription still on the inner eastern gateway. It is surrounded by several other ancient and medieval structures and ruins, collectively known as Qutub complex. Tradition assigns the erection of the Pillar to Anang Pal, whose name it bears, with the date 1052 A.D.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
United Kingdom - Northampton
Garry Marlowe - United Kingdom - 25.04.2012
The Northampton
(1) The Postern Gate from Northampton Castle, demolished in 1662 after existing for almost 600 years.
(2) Queen Eleanor Cross, one of only 3 left from 12 erected bt Edward I to mark the route of his beloved queen's cortège to London in 1290.
(3) St. Thomas à Becket's Well, marking the legendary place where he drank at a spring on his flight to France in 1164.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Uzbekistan
Andro - Uzbekistan - 24.04.2012
Musician in national costume - Tyubeteyka - playing the dutare
A tubeteika or tübätäy is a Central Asian cap, today worn in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, as well as in Muslim-populated regions of Russia (mainly Tatars). The tubeteika is worn typically by the Turkic ethnic groups of the region. It bears some superficial resemblance to the yurt, another Central Asian cultural icon. The cap is called in Uzbek duppi or kalpoq and is considered an applied art form and an important part of the traditional folk costume.
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Rei Shi - Malaysia - 24.04.2012
Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur
Malay: Menara Petronas
They are are twin skyscrapers.
According to the CTBUH's official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101, but remain the tallest twin buildings ever built, surpassing the World Trade Center.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Mexico - Chichen Itza
Marco Rodríguez - Mexico - 23.04.2012
Chichen Itza
Una de las 7 maravillas del mundo, con su piramide de Kukulcan y el chac mool.
Chichen Itza (900-1200 A.D) was the last inhabited Mayan City, in the Peninsula of Yucatan. This place had influence from the Toltecs, a culture in central Mexico, in its religion and architecture, like the use of a ball game court, an observatory and the figure of Chac Mool.
At background, the Pyramid of Kukulcan (God of Wind, Quetzalcoatl for the Toltecs). It counts with 4 stairs and 365 steps.
During Spring's Equinox, the sunlight projected on its sides feigns the shadow of a snake going down until it fades in the ground.
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988
