Tag Archives: Architecture I was planning to photograph the Monument to the Discoveries using that beautiful sunset golden light earlier this October during my trip to Portugal, however, when I looked back, even more beautiful was the sunset itself behind the Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém). I immediately run back to setup up the equipment just in time […]   Oh the Louvre Museum. There is one place in Paris, France that I photographed many times already and I still have a lot of fun photographing over and over again: the Louvre Museum and its stunning glass pyramid. As one of the world’s largest museums and a historic monument, its pyramid was designed by the […]  The Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Mungo’s Cathedral, was built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards serving as the seat of the Bishop and later the Archbishop of Glasgow. It is located right in the heart of Scotland’s largest city and features beautiful stained glass windows. Beneath the […]  One of the highlights of my trip to Scotland last week, the Glenfinnan Viaduct is more than familiar to any Harry Potter enthusiast. Located on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Highland, Scotland, the railway 21-arched viaduct was built between July 1897 and October 1898, entirely of concrete, and it’s iconic horseshoe curve is now famous worldwide. The train conductor […]  Another amazing architectural jewel I found in Milan, The Chiesa di San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore was built in 1503 by Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono. It was finished fifteen years later by Cristoforo Solari, divided into two parts: one for the faithful and one for the nuns. Until 1794 the nuns were strongly forbidden to cross the dividing […] |
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