Egyptian Avenue

 

Egyptian Avenue is the name of this section of the Highgate Cemetery.  Highgate Cemetery was opened in 1839 and was privately run. By 1970 it had fallen on hard times and nature and vandals had left their mark.  There are two sides to the cemetery which is now operated by an all volunteer group who work to preserve this place.  This side of the cemetery, the more historic area, is open for small tour groups by appointment only.  It's well worth the effort to tour this atmospheric place with its Victorian charm.  

London England

Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis

 

This magnificent cathedral was completed in 1914 in a Neo-Byzantine Romanesque Revival style.  It was designated a Basilica in 1997 by Pope John Paul II.  The inside of the church contains one of the largest mosaic installations in the Western Hemisphere.  

St. Louis Missouri 

Caryatids

 

The caryatids located on the south facade of the St. Pancras New Church in London.  The church was built  in Greek Revival style between 1819 and 1822.

London England

Cathedral

 

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi lit up at night. 

Santa Fe New Mexico

Urban Lights

 

Urban Lights is a large scale art installation created by Chris Burden.  It is located at the Wilshire Blvd. entrance to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  It's composed of restored historic street lights dating from the 1920's to the 1930's.  Most of them lit the streets of southern California at one time.

Los Angeles, California

The Royal Exchange

 

The Royal Exchange was founded in the 16th Century by Sir Thomas Gresham to act as a center of commerce for the City of London.

London England

Tending His Flock

 

Paternoster is a bronze sculpture created by Elisabeth Frink and installed near St. Paul's Cathedral in Paternoster Square.  It depicts a shepherd tending his flock of sheep.

London England

The Hollywood Bowl

 

The Hollywood Bowl amphitheater.  It was named one of the 10 best live music venues by Rolling Stone Magazine in 2018.

Los Angeles California

Evita!

 

The tomb of the Duarte Family where Eva Peron is interred in the Recoleta Cemetery.  It's probably the most popular stop when exploring this cemetery.  

Buenos Aires Argentina

Italian Ceramics

 

One of many of the beautiful ceramics shops found in Florence.  

Florence Italy

The Pediment Sculptures

 

The front of the British Museum is photographed by many who visit this monumental establishment but, I wonder how many take a close look at the statues on the pediment.  They were created by Sir Richard Westmacott.  The museum was constructed between 1823 and 1847 and during that time Westmacott was working on the stautes until 1851.  The whole array of statues shows the Progress of Civilization.

In the Center is the allegorical statue of Civilization flanked on the left by Painting and on the right by Mathematics.    To the left of Painting we see Sculpture and Architecture and Farmer hunched over a hoe and wearing fleece.

On the right side next to Mathematics we see Dramatic Arts and Music and Poetry.  These ladies and gentlemen have a lot to tell us while we are waiting in the line to enter the museum.

London England

Mission Inn

 

The clock tower overlooking the Spanish Wing of the Mission Inn Hotel and Spa.

Riverside California

Temple Fountain

 

Temple Fountain located at the Honorable Society of Middle Temple.  It's a lovely place to rest after a long wander around Middle Temple.

"Brilliantly the Temple Fountain sparkled in the sun, 

and laughingly its liquid music played and merrily 

the idle drops of water danced and danced, 

and peeping out in sport among the trees plunged 

lightly down to hide themselves."

A quote from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens

Old Palace Yard

 

The Old Palace Yard is adjacent to the Palace of Westminster (Parliament Buildings).  The space was known as a site of executions most notably of Sir Walter Raleigh and Guy Fawkes.  

The statue is of Richard I who ruled from 1189 to 1199.  The statue of Richard Coeur de Lion was created by Baron Marochetti and first displayed at the Great Exhibition in 1851.  It was moved to the Old Palace Yard afterward in 1860.  

The Rosewood

 

The Rosewood Hotel.  An elegant and pricey place to stay but beautiful to admire. 

London England

Bush House

 

Bush House was conceived as a major new trade center by the American industrialist Irving T Bush.  He commissioned, designed and funded the building with construction starting in 1925 and completed in 1935.  By 1929, it was already considered the most expensive building in London.

The statues at the top were designed by the female American artist Malvina Hoffman. The statues symbolize Anglo-American friendship and the building bears the inscription "To the friendship of English Speaking Peoples."

London England

Historic Church

 

The historic Church of Saints Peter & Paul in the village of Agliate, near Milan Italy.

Agliate Italy

The Old Mission

 

Mission Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara California

Mountain Village

 A mountain stream flowing through the village of Canazei in the Dolomites of northern Italy.  

Canazei Italy