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[John King]

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Nice composition of form and colour, Mark.

 

[mpeterson]

Nice composition of form and colour, Mark.

Thanks so much, John!

 

[Panolyman]

I must have walked past this cottage hundreds of times in my youth and had never noticed the date on it, until I spotted it last week.

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[Irene McC]

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[Inphoto]

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[mike3996]

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[rayvonn]

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Zeiss Biogon ZM 21mm F2.8

 

[Charzes44]

The Guildhall, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, UK. Timber framed. Built around 1657.

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[MoonMind]

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The destination of today's little impromptu outing: Habsburg Castle, the place where the famous Habsburg family originated who went on to rule most of Europe and huge parts of the world: Austria (from where they tried to make a grab for central Switzerland but failed, leading to the conflict with the Swiss Confederation), later the whole Holy Roman Empire on and off as elected emperors; Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium - and the whole of the Spanish Empire when it was a thing. In fact, it was a Habsburg monarch, Philipp II, who sent out the Armada against the forces of Elisabeth I of England ... Considering what the family would later aspire to, this castle is mostly remarkable by its demure appearance and small size. But it's already extraordinarily well situated from a strategy standpoint: dominating two major thoroughfares (a river and a major route) as well as overlooking the landscape to both the south and north. It's ideally suited as a raider's base, that's for sure ...

M.

 

[rloewy]

My daughter's college this semester is located smack in the center of London next to the tower bridge where you can see the touristy combination of old and new...

 

[rloewy]

St. Pancras Renaissance hotel, London

 

[Inphoto]

Hungarian Parliament, Budapest

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[john m flores]

Chrysler Building by John Flores, on Flickr

 

[Inphoto]

Chicago

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[Irene McC]

Cape Dutch architecture, Groot Constantia wine estate established in 1685 - this is the entrance to their museum display

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