Paris skyline
Looking southwest across Paris towards the Eiffel Tower from the dome of the Basilica du Sacré-Cœur. Paris, France.
Looking southwest across Paris towards the Eiffel Tower from the dome of the Basilica du Sacré-Cœur. Paris, France.
The pock-marked facade of the Pantheon. Its dome was the world’s largest for close to two thousand years.
Surrounded by such beautiful scenes, it isn’t too hard to imagine where the great Italian artists of the Renaissance may have gotten some of their inspiration from. The picturesque Tuscan town of San… Read More
An Evzone soldier stands guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, Greece. The Scots did not have a monopoly on going to war in skirts. The ceremonial uniform of the… Read More
One of the last masterpieces of classical Ottoman architecture, it is popularly known as the Blue Mosque, for the blue tiles on its inside walls.
Off the coast of Normandy in northern France. Surrounded by some of the fastest tides in Europe, the thousand year old abbey and fortified island is famous for holding out against the English… Read More
Credit to I. M. Pei for his daring design and credit to the French for accepting it. Completed in 1989.
The Pont du Gard, ancient Roman aqueduct: The picturesque village of Gordes: Oppède Le Vieux: The imposing Palais des Papes in Avignon:
Another typically cold winter day on Piccadilly, London.
Formally known as the Queen Elizabeth II Great Court. Designed by Foster & Partners and opened in 2001.
Built between five hundred to a thousand years ago, the monks and hermits of the Greek Orthodox Church sought ever more remote and difficult-to-reach places from where to pray and contemplate. Hence their… Read More
The view southwest across the Golden Horn, towards the magnificent Suleymaniye Mosque.
The Sufi dervishes of the Mevlevi order in Turkey are famous for their Sema, a ceremony in which they spin themselves into a trance-like state as a way of becoming closer to God.