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PMR-D13230
Germany, Berlin, Gatow: 93+51 Mil MI-8S helicopter (c/n 105104) preserved in the Luftwaffen Museum.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, helicopter, military, rotorcraft

PMR-D13229
Germany, Berlin, Gatow: XN730 English Electric Lightning F.2A (c/n 95107) (ex RAF) preserved in the Luftwaffen Museum.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, fighter, military

PMR-D13228
Germany, Berlin, Gatow: 52+09 Antonov AN-26SM (c/n 11402) preserved in the Luftwaffen Museum.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, military

PMR-D13227
Germany, Berlin, Gatow: 16+06 HFB 320 Hansa (c/n 1048) preserved in the Luftwaffen Museum.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, ECM-trainer, military

PMR-D13212
Germany, Berlin, Schonefeld: NC16512 Waco YKS-6 (c/n 4504) of the Deutsches Museum at the Internationale Luftfahrt Ausstellung (ILA1998).
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, biplane

PMR-D13123
Germany, Bavaria, Oberschleissheim: D-FWJM Antonov AN-2T (c/n 1G166-38) of the Deutsches Museum at the 1995 Fly-in.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, biplane, veteran, vintage

PMR-D13050
New Zealand, Manawatu, Bulls: "NZ3547" Douglas C-47A Dakota (c/n 20051) formerly of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, now acting as gate guard for the Ohakea RNZAF Museum. (Ex 43-15585, N65393, ZK-BYF)
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation

PMR-D13039
Germany, Bavaria, Oberschleissheim: D-FABE North American (CCF) T-6J Texan (c/n CCF4-499) at the celebratory opening of the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft on 13th September 1992.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, warbird

PMR-D13038
Germany, Bavaria, Oberschleissheim: D-FOFM Antonov An-2T (c/n 12802) at the celebratory opening of the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft on 13th September 1992.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, biplane

PMR-D13037
Germany, Bavaria, Oberschleissheim: N8389H Beech L.18 (C-45G) (c/n AF-393) at the celebratory opening of the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft on 13th September 1992.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, warbird

PMR-D13036
Germany, Bavaria, Oberschleissheim: D-EIWJ Yakovlev Yak-50 (c/n 801704) at the celebratory opening of the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft on 13th September 1992.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, lightplane

PMR-D13035
Germany, Bavaria, Oberschleissheim: F-BMJU Morane-Saulnier MS.733 Alcyon (c/n 189) at the celebratory opening of the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft on 13th September 1992.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, balloon, lightplane

PMR-D13034
Germany, Bavaria, Oberschleissheim: LX-HBT Cameron DP.90 Airship (Ex G-BPSM) at the celebratory opening of the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft on 13th September 1992. In the background are the historic WWI Control Tower and Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, balloon

PMR-D11117
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: N3480V Cessna 195 (c/n 7180) in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, lightplane, veteran, vintage

PMR-D11116
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: 50+64 Transall C-160D (c/n 101) formerly of LTG-61 of the German Air Force in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, military, veteran, warbirds

PMR-D11115
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-MXRM Reuter UL-Arco (c/n 1) motorised glider in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, ultralight, veteran, vintage

PMR-D11114
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-KORL Raab Motorraab (c/n 14) motorised glider in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, ultralight, veteran, vintage

PMR-D11113
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-MTMH Silence Twister (c/n 001) in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, ultralight

PMR-D11112
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: DDR-WQV Yakovlev YAK-50 (c/n 781206) in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, trainer, veteran, vintage

PMR-D11111
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-ECUX Focke-Wulf FW.44J Stieglitz (c/n 91) in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, lightplane, veteran, vintage

PMR-D11110
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-EOSM Udet U.12A Flamingo replica (c/n 1785) , marked as "D1202" in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, lightplane, veteran, vintage

PMR-D11109
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-EBMX Klemm L.25A VI (c/n 84) in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, lightplane, veteran, vintage

PMR-D11108
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-EJKB Lancair IV (c/n 020) in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, lightplane

PMR-D11107
Germany, Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-EDMH Mueller DDMH-22 Doppeldecker (c/n 1951) in Deutsches Museum Flugwerft.
Keywords: aeroplane, air transport, aircraft, airplane, aviation, veteran, vintage

PMR-D10193
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hannover: D-CATD Dornier Do.24ATT (c/n 5345) rebuilt in the Flugwerft Oberschleissheim of the Deutsches Museum, at the Internationale Luftfahrt Ausstellung (ILA1984).
Keywords: aircraft, seaplane, amphibian, aeroplane, airplane, aviation, air transport

PMR-D10117
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: G-AGTO Auster J/1 Autocrat (c/n 1822) at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, lightplane, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane

PMR-D10116
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: 6316 Amiot AAC.1 Toucan (Junkers JU-52/3M) (c/n 255) in the colours of the Deutsche Luftwaffe as "IZ+NK" at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, warbird, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, airliner

PMR-D10115
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: G-BHDK Boeing TB-29A Superfortress (c/n 11225) in the colours of the USAF as "44-61748" at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, bomber, warbird, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane

PMR-D10114
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: G-BEDF Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress (c/n 8693) in the colours of the USAF as "44-85784 Sally B" at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, bomber, warbird, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane

PMR-D10113
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: 51-7899 Convair VT-29B (c/n 311) in the colours of the USAF at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane

PMR-D10112
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: XR222 British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2 (c/n XO.4) at the Imperial War Museum. (Project cancelled by the British Government)
Keywords: aircraft, experimental, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane

PMR-D10111
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: WF425 Vickers Varsity T.1 (c/n 568) in RAF colours at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, meteorological flight, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane

PMR-D10110
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: XH892 Gloster Javelin FAW.9R (c/n AW.6620) in RAF colours at the Imperial War Museum. Later became 7982M.
Keywords: aircraft, warbird, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane

PMR-D10109
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: G-JUDI North American AT-6D Harvard III (c/n 88-14722) in RAF colours as FX301 at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, warbird, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane

PMR-D10108
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: G-APDB De Havilland DH.106 Comet 4 (c/n 6403) in the livery of Dan Air at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, airliner

PMR-D10107
England, Cambridgeshire, Duxford: G-AOVT Bristol 175 Britannia 312 (c/n 13427) in the livery of Monarch Airlines at the Imperial War Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, airliner

PMR-D9466
Germany, Bavaria, Erding: D-1065 Schneider DFS 108-49 Grunau Baby IIa of the Deutsches Museum at Erding Open Day 1978.
Keywords: aircraft, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, glider, sailplane, veteran, vintage

PMR-D9465
Germany, Bavaria, Erding: D-8273 Fauvel AV.36CR (c/n 213) of the Deutsches Museum at Erding Open Day 1978.
Keywords: aircraft, vintage, veteran, sailplane, glider, aeroplane, airplane, aviation, air transport

PMR-D9428
Germany, Bavaria, Penzing: D-366 Junkers F.13fc (c/n 2018) of the Deutsches Museum at Landsberg am Lech airport.
Keywords: aircraft, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, vintage, veteran

PMR119K-01
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim: D-FWJM Antonov AN-2T (c/n 1G166-38) of the Deutsches Museum at Schleissheim airport.
Keywords: aviation, airline, civil aviation, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aeroplane, biplane

PMR113K-19
USA, Oregon Tillamook: Tillamook Air Museum - N551D (44-14826), Commonwealth Aircraft CA-17 Mustang Mk,20 (c/n 1364).
Keywords: historical, history, aviation, aeroplane, airplane, aircraft, museum, veteran, vintage

PMR113K-18
USA, Oregon Tillamook: Tillamook Air Museum - N9112H, Stinson V77 Reliant (c/n 77-311).
Keywords: historical, history, aviation, aeroplane, airplane, aircraft, museum, veteran, vintage

PMR113K-17
USA, Oregon Tillamook: Tillamook Air Museum - N60905 (41-20966), Ryan PT-22 Recruit.
Keywords: historical, vintage, veteran, museum, aircraft, airplane, aeroplane, aviation, history

PMR113K-16
USA, Oregon Tillamook: Tillamook Air Museum - N422AU, Aero Spacelines 377MG Mini Guppy (c/n 15937) in front of the 192-foot-high wooden balloon hangar, constructed by the US Navy in 1942. The building is the largest clear-span wooden construction in the world. It is 1072 feet long and the doors each weigh 30 tons.
Keywords: historical, history, aviation, aeroplane, airplane, aircraft, museum, veteran, vintage

PMR112K-11
USA, Seattle WA: Museum of Flight - 58-6970, Boeing VC-137B (c/n 17925) "Air Force One", the former presidential aircraft.
Keywords: museum, aviation, aeroplanes, airplanes, flying, history of flight, airlines, air transport

PMR112K-10
USA, Washington, Seattle: Museum of Flight - Lockheed M-21 Blackbird stealth bomber.
Keywords: museum, aviation, aeroplanes, airplanes, flying, history of flight, airlines, air transport

PMR112K-09
USA, Washington, Seattle: Museum of Flight NC224M, Boeing Model 80A-1 (1928) (c/n 1082) in the livery of United Airlines.
Keywords: museum, aviation, aeroplanes, airplanes, flying, history of flight, airlines, air transport

PMR110K-36
Canada, British Colombia, Vancouver Island: Comox Air Force Museum - 18790 preserved Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck 5D (c/n 690).

PMR110K-35
Canada, British Colombia, Vancouver Island: Comox Air Force Museum - N6797 preserved Piasecki HH-21B Workhorse (c(n B.116).
Keywords: aviation, air sea rescue aircraft, historic aircraft, helicopter, aircraft, airplane, aeroplane, RCAF

PMR110K-34
Canada, British Colombia, Vancouver Island: Comox Air Force Museum - 10712 preserved Canadair CL-28 Argus 1 (c/n 3).
Keywords: aviation, historic aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, search aircraft, aircraft, airplane, aeroplane, RCAF

PMR110K-33
Canada, British Colombia, Vancouver Island: Comox Air Force Museum - 101057 preserved McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo (c/n 607), gate guard on pedestal.
Keywords: aviation, aircraft, fighter plane, airplane, aeroplane, RCAF

PMR059K-04
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Summer fly-in, Schleissheim aerodrome, 9th -10th July 2005: 164585 EADS/Rockwell/Boeing X-31 Vector (exhibited in the Deutsches Museum).
Keywords: aircraft, airplane, aeroplane, airliner, aviation

PMR058K-31
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim: This veteran ex-Spanish Dornier Do-24 seaplane is awaiting restoration by the Deutches Museum.
Keywords: aircraft, airplane, aeroplane, aviation

PMR034K-23
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-ECIC Klemm KL-35D-160 (c/n 2013) (ex SE-BHU).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-22
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-EJVC Christen Pitts S.2B (c/n 5141).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-21
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-ILIT de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide (c/n 6879) (ex G-AMAI).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-20
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: G-AFEL Monocoupe 90A (c/n A.782).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-19
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-EGTY Morane-Saulnier MS.505 Criquet (c/n 73) (Fieseler Storch).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-18
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-MREI Platzer Kiebitz B.2 (lapwing) (c/n 039).
Keywords: aeroplane, air show, fly-in, aviation, airplane, airliner, aircraft

PMR034K-17
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: HB-SUT Gardan GY-201 Minicab (c/n 212/1).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-16
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-FYAK Yakovlev YAK-11 (c/n 170103) (ex OK-IIA)
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-15
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: N69H Beech D.18S Staggerwing "Big Red" (c/n 4896).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-14
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-KAQA Fournier RF-4D (c/n 4038)
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-13
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: NC16512 Waco YKS-6 (c/n 4504).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: N2361 Stolp SA-300 Starduster Too (c/n MRD).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-IOIO Messerschmitt Bf.108B Taifun (c/n 2064).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-10
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: N662DB CCF Harvard IV (c/n CCF-4-71).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-09
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: SP-YDK Bücker-Tatra Bü.131 Jungmann (c/n 112).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-08
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-ETHC de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth (c/n 82018).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-07
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: D-GHBN Aero 45 (c/n 51159).
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: LY-DIA Yakovlev YAK-52.
Keywords: aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, aviation, fly-in, air show

PMR034K-05
Germany, Upper Bavaria: Schleissheim Air Display, 18th May 2003, celebrating 100 years of flight and the centenary of the Deutsches Museum: SE-BWM Focke-Wulf FW.44J Stieglitz (goldfinch) (c/n 655).
Keywords: aeroplane, air show, fly-in, aviation, airplane, airliner, aircraft

PMR008K-17
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: "442" Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-17 of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR008K-16
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: "002" IAR.93 Orao of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR008K-15
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: "01" IAR.828 agricultural aircraft of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR008K-14
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: "52" Yakovlev YAK-23 fighter, of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR008K-13
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: "1" Romanian built IAR.80 fighter(replica) of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR008K-12
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: "1" Romanian built IAR.80 fighter(replica) of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR008K-10
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: "66" Lavochkin LA-9 fighter of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR008K-09
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: YR-ACR Aero 45 (c/n 4938) of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR008K-08
Romania, Bucharest, Baneasa Aircraft Museum: "1" Romanian built IAR.80 fighter(replica) of Romania Muzeul Aviatiei.
Keywords: veteran, vintage, aircraft, aviation

PMR-D0296
Germany, Berlin, Technical Museum: N951CA Douglas C-47B (Dakota) (c/n 16954/34214) on the roof, over the museum entrance. (Ex 45-0951, T.3-54, G-BLFL)
Keywords: aeroplane, airplane, aircraft, aviation, sport planes, light aircraft, vintage, veteran

PMR-D3218
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim - Fly-in (Flugtag) 4-5th July 2015.
Amateur design, assembled secretly by an East Berlin family for an attempt to fly over the Berlin wall. The aircraft was discovered before the first flight and the family arrested. Part of the Deutsches Museum collection.
Keywords: aircraft, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, air show, fly-in, Flugtag, Oberschleissheim, historic, escape

PMR-D3175
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim - Fly-in (Flugtag) 4-5th July 2015.
D.8273 (c/n 213) Fauvel AV-36CR Flying Wing of the Deutsches Museum collection.
Keywords: aircraft, veteran, vintage, historic, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, air show, fly-in, Flugtag, Oberschleissheim, glider

PMR-D3174
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim - Fly-in (Flugtag) 4-5th July 2015.
D-8129 Hütter H.17A (Schempp-Hirth) of the Deutsches Museum collection.
Keywords: aircraft, veteran, vintage, historic, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, air show, fly-in, Flugtag, Oberschleissheim, glider

PMR-D3173
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim - Fly-in (Flugtag) 4-5th July 2015.
DDR-WQV (c/n 781206) Yakovlev YAK-50 of the Deutsches Museum collection.
Keywords: aircraft, veteran, vintage, historic, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, air show, fly-in, Flugtag, Oberschleissheim

PMR-D3172
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim - Fly-in (Flugtag) 4-5th July 2015.
D-EFWC (c/n 151) MBB 223M-4 Flamingo with Porsche engine. Deutsches Museum collection.
Keywords: aircraft, veteran, vintage, historic, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, air show, fly-in, Flugtag, Oberschleissheim

PMR-D3171
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim - Fly-in (Flugtag) 4-5th July 2015.
NC16512 (c/n 4504) Waco YKS-6 of the Deutsches Museum collection.
Keywords: aircraft, veteran, vintage, historic, air transport, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, air show, fly-in, Flugtag, Oberschleissheim

PMR-D0295
Focke-Wulf FW.44J Stieglitz in Technical Museum, Berlin
Keywords: aeroplane, veteran, vintage, light aircraft, sport planes, aviation, aircraft, airplane

PMR-D0294
F-PCDA Klemm L.25B (c/n 138) in Technical Museum, Berlin
Keywords: aeroplane, veteran, vintage, light aircraft, sport planes, aviation, aircraft, airplane

PMR-D0293
D-IBAO Halberstadt CL.IV (c/n 4205) in Technical Museum, Berlin
Keywords: aeroplane, airplane, aircraft, aviation, sport planes, light aircraft, vintage, veteran

PMR-D0292
D-EDOD Klemm KL.35D (c/n 1917) in Technical Museum, Berlin
Keywords: aeroplane, veteran, vintage, light aircraft, sport planes, aviation, aircraft, airplane

PMR119K-23
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim: part of the aircraft collection of the Deutsches Museum in the historic hangar, built 1912-19.
Keywords: Zeppelin, aerial view, balloon, dirigible, civil aviation, aircraft, lighter-than-air-flight, airship, aviation

Travel (600 files)

PMR104-07
Egypt, Aswan: steps leading to the museum on Elephantine Island, with a woman washing clothes in the foreground.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR103-03
Egypt, Aswan: feluccas moored on the Nile; the "far bank" is Elephantine Island with the museum just discernible.
Keywords: historical, architecture, culture, sailing boat, picturesque

PMR101-07
Egypt, Cairo: group of young school children on a visit to Cairo Museum.
Keywords: culture, education

PMR101-06
Egypt, Cairo: entrance to Cairo Museum, with a group of visiting school children and sphinx.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR101-05
Egypt, Cairo: palm trees enhance the approach to Cairo Museum.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR101-04
Egypt, Cairo: entrance to Cairo Museum, with a group of visiting school children.
Keywords: Egyptology, archeology, antiquity, historical, hieroglyphics, architecture, culture

PMR099-08
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: Olympia Park, site of the 1972 Olympic Games: view to the north-east with the North Ring Road and BMW Tower and Museum from the top of the Olympia Tower.
Keywords: München, architecture, picturesque, panorama, ring road

PMR099-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: Olympia Park, site of the 1972 Olympic Games: view of the underpass on the North Ring Road, with the BMW Tower and Museum in the background; from the Olympia Park Bridge.
Keywords: München, architecture, urban motorway, traffic flow

PMR090-08
Austria, Vienna: Museum of Fine Arts in Maria-Theresien-Platz.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, art gallery

PMR090-07
Austria, Vienna: Maria Theresia Monument in Maria-Theresien-Platz. Behind is the facade and dome of the Museum of Fine Arts.
Keywords: capital, city, architecture, historic, national heritage, metropolis, culture, memorial, art gallery

PMR086-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the Lenbach Villa (Florentine Renaissance style, 1887) now houses a a display of 20th century art (Kandinsky, Klee, Macke, Franz Marc, Gabriele Munter etc.)
Keywords: München, architecture, Blauer Reiter, garden, museum, art gallery

PMR080-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: fountain in the Hofgarten, with temple (1615) and dome of the old Army Museum in the backlground
Keywords: München, architecture, picturesque, Court gardens, flowerbeds, colourful

PMR080-05
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: ruin of the pre-war Army Museum (1978) (now rebuilt as the home of the Stadtskanzlerei)
Keywords: München, architecture, historic, neo-classical, dome, cupola

PMR062-11
South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town: Groot Constantia Manor House, one of the finest examples of Cape Dutch architecture, dating from 1685, and centre of the oldest wine estate in South Africa - the former outhouses and barns now serve as restaurant and administrative quarters (1977)
Keywords: residence, viticulture, historic, heritage, Dutch gables, tradition, museum

PMR062-10
South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town: Groot Constantia Manor House, one of the finest examples of Cape Dutch architecture, dating from 1685, and centre of the oldest wine estate in South Africa -entrance with vivid bougainvillea bush in the foreground
Keywords: residence, viticulture, historic, heritage, Dutch gables, tradition, museum

PMR062-08
South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town: Groot Constantia Manor House, one of the finest examples of Cape Dutch architecture, dating from 1685, and centre of the oldest wine estate in South Africa
Keywords: residence, viticulture, historic, heritage, Dutch gables, tradition, museum

PMR-D12261
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the former stable block in the north wing of Nymphenburg Palace, now the home of the museum "Mensch und Natur" ("Mankind and Nature").
Keywords: architecture, baroque, magnificence, München, pomp, Schloss Nymphenburg, splendour, Wittelsbach Family

PMR-D11879
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peenemünde on the Island of Usedom: view of the peninsula with moored museum-ship.
Keywords: boats, exhibition, historic, veteran, vintage, warship

PMR-D11873
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peenemünde on the Island of Usedom: the former coal-fired power station of the German Army Rocket Research Establishment during WWII which is now a historical museum with V-1 and V-2 rockets on display.
Keywords: architecture, Hitler, NAZI, warfare, Werner von Braun

PMR-D11842
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the shoal fish of the North Atlantic are displayed in this huge tank in the Ozeaneum Museum. It has an area of 300 square metres and an acryl screen 10 metres x 5 metres x 30 cm thick, and holds 2.6 million litres of water.
Keywords: attraction, culture, fauna, Hanseatic League, heritage, marine life, picturesque, spectacle, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11841
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the shoal fish of the North Atlantic are displayed in this huge tank in the Ozeaneum Museum. It has an area of 300 square metres and an acryl screen 10 metres x 5 metres x 30 cm thick, and holds 2.6 million litres of water.
Keywords: attraction, culture, fauna, Hanseatic League, heritage, marine life, picturesque, spectacle, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11840
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the shoal fish of the North Atlantic are displayed in this huge tank in the Ozeaneum Museum. It has an area of 300 square metres and an acryl screen 10 metres x 5 metres x 30 cm thick, and holds 2.6 million litres of water.
Keywords: attraction, culture, fauna, Hanseatic League, heritage, marine life, picturesque, spectacle, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11839
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the "Osel Mantis", a one-man deep sea engineering submersible, as seen in the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only". On display in the Ozeaneum Museum.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11838
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): the "Osel Mantis", a one-man deep sea engineering submersible, as seen in the James Bond film "For Your Eyes Only". On display in the Ozeaneum Museum.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11837
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): Humboldt's penguins on the roof of the Ozeaneum Museum, with the rooftops of Stralsund in the background.
Keywords: architecture, birds, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, ornithology, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11824
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): view of the historic buildings on the harbour island, with the new Ozeaneum Museum in the centre, all reflected in the waters of the Strelasund.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, mediaeval, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11822
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Stralsund (Hansa Town): view of the futuristic Ozeaneum Museum which opened its doors in July 2008, with historic brick-built trade warehouses on the right.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, culture, Hanseatic League, heritage, picturesque, UNESCO World Heritage

PMR-D11796
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peenemünde on the Island of Usedom: historic boats, preserved on the quayside as museums, with the old NAZI power station in the background.
Keywords: colourful, heritage, marine, veteran, vintage

PMR-D11795
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peenemünde on the Island of Usedom: fishing boats, moored or on land, along with a museum-warship on the peninsula.
Keywords: colourful, jetty, marine, picturesque, quayside

PMR-D11794
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peenemünde on the Island of Usedom: the former coal-fired power station of the German Army Rocket Research Establishment during WWII which is now a historical museum with V-1 and V-2 rockets on display.
Keywords: architecture, Hitler, NAZI, warfare, Werner von Braun

PMR-D11790
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Peenemünde on the Island of Usedom: ex-Soviet submarine U461 of the NATO reporting class "Juliett", built in the early 1960s. Diesel-powered, and capable of launching four nuclear cruise missiles, it is now a museum.
Keywords: maritime, navy, Russian, threat, U-boat

PMR-D11495
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kanoni: Mon Repos, a villa built for Frederick Adam in 1820 later became the property of the Greek Royal Family and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born here in 1921. It has been refurnished in the original style and is open to the public as the Museum of Paleopolis.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11494
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kanoni: Mon Repos, a villa built for Frederick Adam in 1820 later became the property of the Greek Royal Family and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born here in 1921. It has been refurnished in the original style and is open to the public as the Museum of Paleopolis.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, Ionian Islands

PMR-D11489
Greece, Island of Corfu, Kerkyra (Corfu town): Platia Iroon Kypriakon Agoniston, a square popularly known as "Platia Ioniki". The handsome classical Alpha Bank Building (1846) hosts the Banknote Museum (Greek issues). Corfiot politician Georgios Theotoki is honoured with a statue in the centre.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, Ionian Islands, monument, sculpture

PMR-D11232
Greece, Island of Kastellorizo, Megisti: closer view of the headland, with houses crowding the waterfront and the mosque which is home to an interesting local museum.
Keywords: colourful, heritage, minaret, picturesque, resort

PMR-D11216
Greece, Island of Kastellorizo, Megisti: the headland, crowned by the ruins of a 14th century Crusader fortress. The mosque is home to an interesting local museum. View from the terrace of the Hotel Megisti.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, heritage, historic, picturesque, resort

PMR-D11215
Greece, Island of Kastellorizo, Megisti: the headland, crowned by the ruins of a 14th century Crusader fortress. The mosque is home to an interesting local museum. View from the terrace of the Hotel Megisti.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, heritage, historic, picturesque, resort

PMR-D11214
Greece, Island of Kastellorizo, Megisti: the headland, crowned by the ruins of a 14th century Crusader fortress. The mosque is home to an interesting local museum.
Keywords: architecture, colourful, heritage, historic, picturesque, resort

PMR-D11122
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Baroque clocktower on the entry-gate of the Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded") of the Wittelsbach dynasty. It is now home to the Army Museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque, red apples

PMR-D11121
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Baroque entry-gate and clocktower of the Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded") of the Wittelsbach dynasty. It is now home to the Army Museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11120
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded") of the Wittelsbach dynasty. It is now home to the Army Museum. View from the moat.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11119
Germany, Bavaria, Ingolstadt: Neues Schloss (New Castle) started in 1418 by Duke Ludwig VII ("the Bearded") of the Wittelsbach dynasty. It is now home to the Army Museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, Gothic, heritage, historic, picturesque

PMR-D11007
Germany, Lower Bavaria, Bad Gögging: the surviving entry portal of the Romanesque church of St Andreas, still standing adjacent to the new church.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, exhibit, mediaeval, museum, stone carving

PMR-D11006
Germany, Lower Bavaria, Bad Gögging: half-excavated Roman thermal bath, 56m. long x 30m. wide, from first century AD, partly under the parish church of St: Andreas. Unique in Bavaria.
Keywords: archeology, architecture, culture, exhibit, museum, ruins

PMR-D10706
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Mittermayerhof, the oldest farmhouse in the collection, dating back to 1525. Of all-wood construction, including the wellhouse.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10705
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Wagnerhaeusl, a farmhouse built in 1810 using an existing building, occupied for over 150 years by a cartwright and wheelwright business.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10704
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Haeuslmannhof, a traditional farmhouse from the Chiemgau region of Bavaria, built in 1751.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10703
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
waterwheel in action.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10702
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Wooden gallery on the upper storey of the Bernoederhof, a large farmhouse with ancillary buildings arranged in a square format, built in 1725.
Keywords: historic, country life, dwellings, tradition, heritage, picturesque, architecture, culture

PMR-D10701
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum:
Central courtyard and dovecote of the Bernoederhof, a large farmhouse with ancillary buildings arranged in a square format, built in 1725.
Keywords: historic, country life, dwellings, tradition, heritage, picturesque, architecture, culture

PMR-D10700
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Amerang: the open air museum of historical farm buildings, part of the Glentleiten Museum: the painted wooden Beehouse, built in 1889, has space for about 100 bee colonies.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10692
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau: the open air museum of historical farm buildings and water mills at Glentleiten:
traditional farmhouse from Oberteisendorf near Berchtesgaden.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10691
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau: the open air museum of historical farm buildings and water mills at Glentleiten:
a flock of sheep used for cropping amid colouring autumn foliage.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life

PMR-D10690
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau: the open air museum of historical farm buildings and water mills at Glentleiten: the reservoir which supplies the water wheels through a system of sluices, surrounded by autumn foliage.
Keywords: historic, country life, dwellings, tradition, heritage, picturesque, architecture, culture

PMR-D10689
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau: the open air museum of historical farm buildings and water mills at Glentleiten: the pottery, in an historic wooden building, offers products made on the traditional potter's wheel.
Keywords: historic, culture, architecture, picturesque, heritage, tradition, dwellings, country life, artisan

PMR015-14
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the Rich Chapel in the Residenzmuseum, meticulously restored after complete destruction in WWII - scagliola work on walls and floor, side altar with monstrances, and ornate organ.
Keywords: Residence Museum, Wittelsbach, palace, heritage, culture, artistry

PMR015-13
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the Rich Chapel in the Residenzmuseum, meticulously restored, after complete destruction in WWII - ceiling cupola with gold stucco-work on a blue ground.
Keywords: Residence Museum, Wittelsbach, palace, heritage, culture, artistry

PMR015-12
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the Rich Chapel in the Residenzmuseum, meticulously restored, after complete destruction in WWII - scagliola work on the walls.
Keywords: Residence Museum, palace, Wittelsbach, culture, heritage, artistry

PMR-D10491
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: the cloisters of the former Convent of Santo Andre, now part of the Carlos Machado Museum.
Keywords: religious, fountain, bell tower, sombre, architecture

PMR-D10490
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: interior of the Baroque church of the former Jesuit College (Igreja do Colegio), dating from the early 17th century. It is now part of the Carlos Machado Museum and contains a collection of sacred art. The tiled panels in the chancel are 5 metres high and depict Eucharistic allegories framed by Baroque ornamentation,
Keywords: religious, azulejos, shrine, altar, decoration, ornamentation, architecture

PMR-D10489
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: interior of the Baroque church of the former Jesuit College (Igreja do Colegio), dating from the early 17th century. It is now part of the Carlos Machado Museum and contains a collection of sacred art. The tiled panels in the chancel are 5 metres high and depict Eucharistic allegories framed by Baroque ornamentation,
Keywords: religious, azulejos, shrine, altar, decoration, ornamentation, architecture

PMR-D10488
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: interior of the Baroque church of the former Jesuit College (Igreja do Colegio), dating from the early 17th century. It is now part of the Carlos Machado Museum and contains a collection of sacred art. The magnificent carved cedar-wood altarpiece is the greatest wooden monument in Portugal.
Keywords: religious, intricate, shrine, altar, decoration, ornamentation, architecture

PMR-D10487
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: interior of the Baroque church of the former Jesuit College (Igreja do Colegio), dating from the early 17th century. It is now part of the Carlos Machado Museum and contains a collection of sacred art.
Keywords: religious, shrine, altar, decoration, ornamentation, architecture

PMR-D10486
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: one of the intricate coloured patterns used in religious festivals, displayed in the Carlos Machado Museum. It is composed of chopped flowers, coloured wood-shavings or coloured gravel stones.
Keywords: religious, striking, tradition, colourful, decoration, ornamentation

PMR-D10485
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: interior of the 16th century church of the Convent of Santo Andre, now part of the Carlos Machado Museum.
Keywords: religious, shrine, altar, decoration, ornamentation, architecture

PMR-D9948
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: the 16th century fortress, Sao Bras, built to defend the port, is now home to an extensive military museum.
Keywords: architecture, harbour, defence, fortifications, national heritage, picturesque, historic

PMR-D9909
Portugal, Azores Islands, Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgada: the 16th century fortress, Sao Bras, built to defend the port, is now home to an extensive military museum.
Keywords: architecture, harbour, defence, fortifications, national heritage, picturesque, historic

PMR-D9102
Argentina, Buenos Aires: the sailing ship ARA Presidente Sarmiento was built in 1898 as a training ship for the Argentinian Navy (Armada). She retired from seagoing service in 1938, but continued to sail Argentine rivers until 1961, since when she has been a stationary museum, moored in Puerto Madero.
Keywords: South America, capital city, Latin America, maritime, historic, heritage, veteran, vintage

PMR-D9064
Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia: erected in 1896 by the prisoners themselves, and eventually comprising 380 cells, the prison was in use until 1947. It now houses the Maritime Museum, as well as the museum of the renovated prison itself. Bronze figures showing the former daily life of the convicts.
Keywords: South America, convicts, jail, gaol, penitentiary, penal, Latin America, Patagonia, Andes

PMR-D9063
Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia: erected in 1896 by the prisoners themselves, and eventually comprising 380 cells, the prison was in use until 1947. It now houses the Maritime Museum, as well as the museum of the renovated prison itself.
Keywords: South America, convicts, jail, gaol, penitentiary, penal, Latin America, Patagonia, Andes

PMR-D9015
Chile, Punta Arenas: diorama in the Museum Regional Salesian, illustrating the way of life of the Ona indigenous people.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia, customs, traditions, clothing

PMR-D9014
Chile, Punta Arenas: diorama in the Museum Regional Salesian, illustrating the way of life of the Tahuelque indigenous people.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia, customs, traditions, clothing

PMR-D9013
Chile, Punta Arenas: diorama in the Museum Regional Salesian, illustrating the way of life of the Yamana indigenous people.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, Andes, Patagonia, customs, traditions, clothing

PMR-D8609
Chile. Santiago: Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago in Plaza de Armas, completed in 1807 as the Royal Court of Justice, now houses the National History Museum.
Keywords: South America, Latin America, architecture, culture, Baroque style

PMR-D8607
Chile. Santiago: Plaza de Armas, with Palacio de la Real Audiencia de Santiago (right), completed in 1807 as the Royal Court of Justice, which now houses the National History Museum, and the cathedral facade on the far side of the square.
Keywords: South America, Baroque style, culture, architecture, Latin America

PMR-D8306
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
Keywords: port, culture, crenellations, fortress, historic, heritage, colourful, picturesque, boats, yachts, marina, holiday resort, harbour

PMR-D8296
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: the Ducal Museum, in Neo-Renaissance style, built in the 19th century, is a trust of the Friedenstein Palace, and has displays of Egyptian art, Greek and Roman art and Renaissance paintings.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture

PMR-D8295
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: north front of Friedenstein Palace (Schloss) built in 1656 in Baroque style by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. It is now home to several museums.
Keywords: architecture, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8288
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: courtyard and west pavilion and wing of Friedenstein Palace (Schloss) built in 1656 in Baroque style by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. It is now home to several museums.
Keywords: architecture, medieval, mediaeval, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR-D8287
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: west pavilion and wing of Friedenstein Palace (Schloss) built in 1656 in Baroque style by Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha. It is now home to several museums.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR-D8087
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. General view of the Old Town, comprising urban buildings mainly from Oslo.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8086
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A turf-roofed barn from Natadal, Nedre, Flatdal, Telemark (1762).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8085
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A farmhouse from Gulsvik, Fla, Hallingdal (ca. 1750).
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8084
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Two storehouses from Troym, Helmedal (left) (1650-1700), and Holshagen, Hol (right) (1650), both from Hallingdal.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8083
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. General view of some farm outhouses.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8082
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A two.storey farmhouse from Akershus, Ostlandet (18th century).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8081
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Turf-roofed wooden house from Jaeren, Rogaland (1820-60).
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8080
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A slate-roofed woodshed from Bakka, Halandsdal, Sunnhordland (ca.1800).
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8079
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A tenant-farmer's house from Husmannsplass (19th century).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8078
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A turf-roofed farm outhouse.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8077
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A stall from Gronneflata, Uvdal, Numedal (1750-1800)
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8076
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A 'loft' storehouse from Brottveit Valle, Setesdal (1650-1700).
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8075
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. An open hearth farmhouse from Amlid Valle, Setesdal (1650-1700).
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8074
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. A farmhouse from Porsanger in Finnmark in the far north now houses an exhibition about Finnmark and the people who live there.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8073
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, one of only 28 survivors in the country. Ornate wooden carvings adorn the roof.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8072
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, one of only 28 survivors in the country.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8071
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, one of only 28 survivors in the country.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8070
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, containing valuable paintings from 1652.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8069
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, containing valuable paintings from 1652, including "the last supper", seen here.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8068
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, containing valuable paintings from 1652, including "the last supper", seen here.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8067
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Pride of the collection is this genuine Stave Church from around 1200, one of only 28 survivors in the country. Guides in period costume provide help.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, capital city, historical, farming, agriculture, timber

PMR-D8066
Norway, Oslo: Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum) was founded in 1881 and is regarded as the world's oldest open air museum. It has a collection of over 150 typical Norwegian buildings, some dating back to the 13th century. Visitors can tour the extensive site by period coach.
Keywords: picturesque, timber, agriculture, farming, historical, capital city, Scandinavia, architecture

PMR-D8030
Sweden, Gothenburg: some of the vessels preserved in the Maritime Museum, including the lightship (built in 1915), and fireboat, "Flodsprutan II" (built in 1931).
Keywords: Scandinavia, historic, shipping, service vessels

PMR-D8020
Sweden, Gothenburg: the German Church or Christinae Church (Kyrka Tyskan) opened in 1748 and used by the German residents, with Ethnographical Museum in the foreground. View from the Hamnkanalen.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia

PMR-D8014
Sweden, Gothenburg: Skanskakrapan building with the destroyer "Smaland", preserved in the Maritime Museum.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia, warship

PMR-D8009
Sweden, Gothenburg: the German Church or Christinae Church (Kyrka Tyskan) opened in 1748 and used by the German residents, with Ethnographical Museum in the foreground. View from the Hamnkanalen.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Scandinavia

PMR-D7950
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tauberbischofsheim: Kurmainzisches Schloss (Castle) dates back to the late 13th century and is now home to the Tauber-Franconia Countryside Museum.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, Tauber Valley, heritage, mediaeval

PMR-D7923
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the mediaeval Gänsturm now houses the town museum.
Keywords: picturesque, Tauber Valley, sculptures, carvings, statues, architecture, Romantische Strasse, Romantic Road, culture

PMR-D7922
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Weikersheim: the stone figure of an angel surmounts the fountain in the Market Square, while a group of bronze burghers confers before the local museum.
Keywords: picturesque, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture, statues, sculptures, Tauber Valley

PMR-D7548
Morocco, Marakech: Majorelle Garden, created by Jacques Majorelle, starting in 1923. It was bought by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé in the 1980s and replanned. The predominant shade of blue was patented by Majorelle and bears his name. Part of the extensive collection of cacti, with the museum/cafe, painted in "Majorelle Blue", in the background.
Keywords: Africa, Marakesh, Islam, Muslim, Maghreb, culture, botanical, artistic, colourful

PMR-D7399
Morocco: Volubilis Museum, some of the 900 sandstone steles deposited by the faithfull in "Temple B", on the left bank of Wadi Fertassa. These are mostly low reliefs and engravings depicting worshippers making offerings in a religious act.
Keywords: Africa, Maghreb, excavations, stone-carving, culture, historic, classical architecture, national heritage, Roman architecture, archeological site, UNESCO

PMR-D6891
Germany, Saxony, Leipzig: two bronze mechanical figures strike the hours on three bells (two smaller, inside the largest) on the roof of the 12-storey Krochhochhaus, the first high-rise building in Leipzig, dating from 1927, built by Martin Samuel Kroch for his bank. Based on the "Torre dell'Orologio" in Venice. The block houses the Museum of Egyptology.
Keywords: historic, heritage, architecture, astrological, carillon, Omnia Vincit Labor

PMR-D6758
Ireland, County Mayo, Cong: the cottage, which was used in the filming of John Ford's 1952 film "The Quiet Man" , has been turned into a museum.
Keywords: cinema, movie, film director, memorial, monument, historic, oscar-winning, house

PMR-D6562
Ireland, Leinster, Dublin: Dublinia, a museum devoted to the history of the city, particularly Viking and Meiaeval. It is housed in the Synod Hall of Christ Church Cathedral.
Keywords: historic, heritage, monument, culture, capital city, architecture

PMR-D6513
England, Merseyside, Liverpool: the Museum of Liverpool on the Pier Head opened its doors in 2011.
Keywords: heritage, architecture, culture, design

PMR-D6412
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: south view of Lindleinturm (tower) with part of the town wall. The two heated rooms were used as a domestic dwelling until 1993 but it has now been turned into a museum.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6411
Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Creglingen: Lindleinturm (tower) the two heated rooms were used as a domestic dwelling until 1993 but it has now been turned into a museum.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6229
Germany, Bavaria, Swabia, Donauwörth: Rieder Tor, the sole remaining town gate of the original four, acquired its present form in 1811. It is home to the town museum.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6188
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Landsberg am Lech: the former Jesuit grammar school (yellow building) is now the town museum. Behind, the Church of the Holy Cross, of the former Jesuit college.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, culture, Romantic Road, Romantische Strasse, architecture

PMR-D6070
Oman, Taqah: view of the Museum of the Frankincense Land, with a group of Frankincense trees (Boswellia sacra) in the foreground.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, sultanate, park, gardens, bush, botanical, botany, architecture

PMR-D6069
Oman, Taqah: view of the Museum of the Frankincense Land, with a canal boat at the landing stage in the foreground.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, sultanate, park, gardens

PMR-D6066
Oman, Taqah: courtyard of the Museum of the Frankincense Land, with a tree (Boswellia sacra) in the centre.
Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, sultanate, architecture

PMR-D6057
Oman, Muscat: model of a "Falaj" or ancient water distribution system in the grounds of the Bait Al Zubair Museum.
Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, aflaj

PMR-D6056
Oman, Muscat: model of a "Falaj" or ancient water distribution system in the grounds of the Bait Al Zubair Museum.
Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, aflaj

PMR-D5743
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. Plants and palm trees in the well-tended gardens, with the keep in the background.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5742
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. The keep, flying the Turkish flag.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5741
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. View of the fortifications from the keep.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5738
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. View along the defence walls, with a display of wine amphorae under the red roof.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5737
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
View of the keep and castle gardens from the walls.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5735
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum. Gardens in the enclosed courtyard.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5733
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
Red fishing boat, moored on the quayside, in the foreground.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5458
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5457
Turkey, Marmoris: the castle, built in 1522, in the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, stands on the site of age-old defensive installations. It now houses an ethnographical museum.
Keywords: port, harbour, holiday resort, marina, yachts, boats, picturesque, colourful, heritage, historic, fortress, crenellations, culture

PMR-D5456
Switzerland, Zurich: part of the Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum), built in 1898 in historic style by Gustav Gull.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene

PMR-D5439
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum, in the former Wesendonck Villa with its Richard Wagner associations, houses a large collection of non-European art.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic

PMR-D5438
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum: Shiva Nataraja, the dancing Shiva, a bronze temple ornament from Tamil Nadu, India.. Chola dynasty, 12th century.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, art, Buddhist

PMR-D5437
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum: "the temptation of Buddha by Mara's dauchters", a stone carving from Pakistan. 2nd-4th century.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, street scene, art, Buddhist

PMR-D5436
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum, in the former Wesendonck Villa with its Richard Wagner associations, houses a large collection of non-European art.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic

PMR-D5435
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum, Osiris Exhibition: colossal statue of a queen as Isis, from the Ptolemaic period (305-30 BC), possibly the reign of Ptolomy II. Pink granite. Retrieved from the seabed off Alexandria.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, Egptology, archeology, sculpture

PMR-D5434
Switzerland, Zurich: Rietberg Museum, Osiris Exhibition: colossal statue of a king from the Ptolemaic period (305-30 BC), possibly Ptolomy II. Pink granite. Retrieved from the seabed off Alexandria.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, culture, financial centre, heritage, historic, Egptology, archeology, sculpture

PMR-D5406
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: the Persian god Mithra/Mitra under Zoroastrianism had the attributes of the sun and light and was associated with justice and truth.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5405
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: the reclining Buddha dates back to ca. 6th century AD, and was discovered in the 1960s in the ruins of a temple. It is 12.8 metres long, weighs 5 tonnes, made of terracotta, and represents "Buddha in Nirvana".
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5404
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: the reclining Buddha dates back to ca. 6th century AD, and was discovered in the 1960s in the ruins of a temple. It is 12.8 metres long, weighs 5 tonnes, made of terracotta, and represents "Buddha in Nirvana".
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5403
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: figure of a mounted horseman king, dating from 7th century.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5402
Tajikistan, Dushanbe, capital city, National Museum: stone idol or Balbal from Obi Kiik, dating from 6-7th century AD. Balbals were usually buried with the dead in graves.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, statue, figure, antique, exhibit

PMR-D5307
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: portrait of Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, also grandson of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine), in the museum on the site of his former observatory.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, knowledge, genius, inventor

PMR-D5306
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: model of the former observatory of Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, which contained his giant sextant. Exhibit in the Ulugh Beg Museum.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, knowledge, genius, inventor

PMR-D5304
Uzbekistan, Samarkand: the modern museum describing the achievements off Amir Ulugh Beg, astronomer, mathematician, theologian and poet, also grandson of Amir Timur (Tamerlaine), on the site of his former observatory.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam

PMR-D5209
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: museum attendant in the Kohna Ark, posing with one of the exhibits.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D5194
Uzbekistan, Province Khorezm, Khiva, a walled, desert city founded about the beginning of the millennium: Islam Khoja madrasa, built 1908-10 stands in the Ark and now houses the Museum of Applied Arts.
Keywords: Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, architecture, culture, historic, heritage, Muslim, colourful, artistic, Sunni Islam, UNESCO

PMR-D4881
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the "Karez" irrigation system consists of a series of underground canals, 60-70 cm wide, connected to the surface by wells. At its peak there were 5272 km. of canals, with 177,367 wells in Xinjiang. A cut-away model of a canal in the museum.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, water-conservation, Turfan, aqueduct

PMR-D4880
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the "Karez" irrigation system consists of a series of underground canals, 60-70 cm wide, connected to the surface by wells. At its peak there were 5272 km. of canals, with 177,367 wells in Xinjiang. A plaque in the museum illustrating the initiation of the system.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, water-conservation, Turfan, aqueduct

PMR-D4879
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: the "Karez" irrigation system consists of a series of underground canals, 60-70 cm wide, connected to the surface by wells. At its peak there were 5272 km. of canals, with 177,367 wells in Xinjiang. Here, in a museum, a model demonstrates how to descend to the water.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, water-conservation, Turfan, aqueduct

PMR-D4859C
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Bezeklik Caves, in the valley of the Flaming Mountains, on the edge of the Taklmakan Desert, were occupied by Buddhist monks from the 5th to 14th centuries, when they fell victim to Genghis Khan's hordes. The best murals were removed to museums in the early 20th century
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Uighur

PMR-D4859B
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Bezeklik Caves, in the valley of the Flaming Mountains, on the edge of the Taklmakan Desert, were occupied by Buddhist monks from the 5th to 14th centuries, when they fell victim to Genghis Khan's hordes. The best murals were removed to museums in the early 20th century
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Uighur

PMR-D4859A
People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Turpan: Bezeklik Caves, in the valley of the Flaming Mountains, on the edge of the Taklmakan Desert, were occupied by Buddhist monks from the 5th to 14th centuries, when they fell victim to Genghis Khan's hordes. The best murals were removed to museums in the early 20th century
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, archeology, ancient, historical, antiquity, culture, heritage, architecture, adobe, erosion, weathered, Uighur

PMR-D4784
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Finale.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4783
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Finale.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4782
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4781
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4780
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4779
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4778
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Battle between Rama and Ravana.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4777
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4776
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Demon.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4775
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Hanuman.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4774
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Fisher dance.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4773
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Fisher dance.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4772
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Fisher dance.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4771
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances. Fisher dance.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4770
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4769
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4768
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4767
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4766
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4765
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4764
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4763
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4762
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4761
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4760
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4759
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4758
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Traditional Dance Show in the National Museum including a variety of classical and folk dances.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, dancers, girls, graceful, beautiful, attractive, culture, elegant, symmetry, rythm, fluent, colouful, refinement, taste, controlled, balanced, ornate, Apsara

PMR-D4677
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: howdah, and steps used for getting up to it, on display in the Royal Palace museum with other historic items.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage

PMR-D4676
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: ornate royal palanquin preserved in the Royal Palace museum.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, transport

PMR-D4643
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". Memorial, surrounded by marble slabs inscribed with the names of the victims.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4642
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". Memorial, surrounded by marble slabs inscribed with the names of the victims.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4641
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". Historical photograph of the population being driven out of the city.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4640
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". The 2nd floor, where the rooms were divided into tiny individual cells, 1-metre wide.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4639
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". The courtyard contains 14 anonymous graves - bodies found after liberation.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4638
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, formerly Svey Prey High School which was taken over by the Khmer Rouge regime and used as Security Prison 21. More than 17,000 people were held here for torture and later murdered in the "killing fields". The courtyard contains 14 anonymous graves - bodies found after liberation.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, Pol Pot, inhumanity, cruelty, victims, barbarity

PMR-D4616
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. A valuable collection of standing Buddhas from different periods.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4615
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Head of Devata, sandstone, Angkorian period, Bayon style, late 12th to early 13th century?
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4614
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Figure opposite the entrance is a Garuda, sandstone, Angkorian period, Koh Ker style, first half of 10th century.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4613
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. The gallery surrounding the courtyard also houses interesting exhibits.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4612
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Carved sandstone fronton depicting the combat between Bhima and Duryodhana.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4611
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Wrestling Apes, sandstone, Angkorian period, Koh Ker style, first half of 10th century.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4610
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Standing figure, sandstone.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4609
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Buddha figure, sandstone, pre-Angkorian period, Phnom Da style, 6th century.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4608
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. View of the main hall with a collection of standing figures.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits, archeology, ancient

PMR-D4607
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. Portrait of George Groslier, designer of the National Museum, founder of the School of Fine Arts, and curator and protector of Khmer art.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4606
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. View of the garden in the central courtyard with its graceful pavilion.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4605
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. View of the garden in the central courtyard with its graceful pavilion.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4604
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20. View of the main hall with a collection of seated Buddhas.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, traditional, Khmer art, historic, heritage, exhibits

PMR-D4603
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: main entrance to the National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20 in traditional style.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, terracotta , architecture

PMR-D4602
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20, with flamboyant Flame-of-the-Forest tree.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, terracotta

PMR-D4601
Cambodia, Phnom Penh: National Museum of Cambodia, built 1917-20, viewed from the adjoining park with its guardian figures.
Keywords: capital city, Khmer, kingdom, Indo-China, orient, Buddhist, metropolis, picturesque, colourful, terracotta

PMR-D4454
Thailand, Phuket Island, Phuket City: historic cast-iron letter box in the Post Office Museum.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, Siam, orient, far east, colourful, mailbox, postbox, pillar box

PMR-D4453
Thailand, Phuket Island, Phuket City: historic cast-iron letter box in the Post Office Museum.
Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, Siam, orient, far east, colourful, mailbox, postbox, pillar box

PMR-D4257
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: Schloss and Park Fantaisie, created by Duchess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie in mid 18th century. Now the home of the Museum of German Garden Culture in 17th-18th centuries. View of the rear facade.
Keywords: Upper Franconia, architecture, historic, heritage, horticulture, garden art

PMR-D4253
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: Schloss and Park Fantaisie, created by Duchess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie in mid 18th century. Now the home of the Museum of German Garden Culture in 17th-18th centuries. View of the facade with fountain and formal flower beds.
Keywords: Upper Franconia, architecture, historic, heritage, horticulture, garden art

PMR-D4251
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: marble figure of "Lohengrin" in the Richard Wagner Museum.
Keywords: Upper Franconia, opera, classical music, statue, sculpture, character

PMR-D4250
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: marble bust of Richard Wagner (1813-1883) in the Richard Wagner Museum.
Keywords: Upper Franconia, opera, classical music, statue, sculpture, composer

PMR-D4249
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: marble figure of "Tristan" in the Richard Wagner Museum.
Keywords: Upper Franconia, opera, classical music, statue, sculpture, character

PMR-D2801
Greece, Island of Rhodes: mosaic floor with representation of Bellerophon, mounted on Pegasus, about to strike Chimaira, the awesome fabulous beast (3rd century BC) from the ancient city of Rhodos (natural pebbles of white, grey and black). In the Architectural Museum.
Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, historic, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller

PMR-D2800
Greece, Island of Rhodes: mosaic floor with representation of a centaur returning from hunting (3rd century BC) from the ancient city of Rhodos (natural pebbles of white, grey and black). In the Architectural Museum.
Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, historic, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller

PMR-D2799
Greece, Island of Rhodes: pre-Christian mosaic floors from a villa, in the Archeological Museum.
Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, historic, architecture, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller

PMR-D2798
Greece, Island of Rhodes: headless marble statue of Aphrodite, the "Venus Pudica" from ca. 400 BC, in the Archeological Museum.
Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, historic, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller, art, sculpture

PMR-D2797
Greece, Island of Rhodes: head of a statue of Zeus from the Hellenic period, in the Archeological Museum.
Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, historic, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller, art, sculpture

PMR-D2796
Greece, Island of Rhodes: marble statue of the Kneeling Aphrodite from ca. 100 BC, in the Archeological Museum.
Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, historic, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller, art, sculpture

PMR-D2794
Greece, Island of Rhodes: the arcaded courtyard of the "New" Hospital, which now houses the Archeological Museum.
Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, picturesque, historic, mediaeval, architecture, Byzantine, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller

PMR-D2793
Greece, Island of Rhodes: the arcaded courtyard of the "New" Hospital, which now houses the Archeological Museum. A pile of Turkish cannonballs in the foreground.
Keywords: Mediterranean, island, holiday resort, picturesque, historic, mediaeval, architecture, Byzantine, Rhodos, Rodos, UNESCO, Knights of St. John, Crusaders, Knights Hospitaller

PMR-D1114
Qatar, Doha: palm-lined approach to the Museum of Islamic Art, with fountain in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1113
Qatar, Doha: entrance to the Museum of Islamic Art.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1112
Qatar, Doha: view across the landscaped grounds of the Museum Park, with new developments beyond.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1111
Qatar, Doha: inside the Museum of Islamic Art, showing the stairway.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1110
Qatar, Doha: inside the Museum of Islamic Art.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1109
Qatar, Doha: the Museum of Islamic Art.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1108
Qatar, Doha: view across the bay from the cafe in Museum Park.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1107
Qatar, Doha: cafe in Museum Park, overlooking the bay.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1106
Qatar, Doha: view across the bay from the cafe in Museum Park.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D1082
Qatar, Doha: Dhow Harbour with the Museum of Islamic Art behind.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR-D0797
Thailand, Bangkok: Jim Thompson's House, an assemblage of traditional Thai buildings, is now a museum housing his collection of ethnographical art.
Keywords: Buddhist, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR-D0688
Germany, Bavaria, Tuchersfeld in "Franconian Switzerland": bizarre limestone rock formations tower over the local half-timbered museum.
Keywords: mediaeval, geological, geology, Franconia, extraordinary, Fränkische Schweiz, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR-D0686
Germany, Bavaria, Tuchersfeld in "Franconian Switzerland": bizarre limestone rock formations tower over the local half-timbered museum.
Keywords: mediaeval, geological, geology, Franconia, extraordinary, Fränkische Schweiz, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR-D0397
Greece, Island of Samos: colossal statue of a kouros from the Heraion , ca. 600 BC, in the Archeological Museum.
Keywords: archeology, pre-Christian, excavations, ancient, sculpture, nude, Hellenic, Greek Islands, Dodecanese

PMR-D0383
Germany, Bavaria, Bayreuth: "Haus Wahnfried", Richard Wagner's home on the edge of the palace gardens, now houses a museum dedicated to his memory.
Keywords: music, memorial, gardens, architecture, great composer, opera, classical music

PMR-D0298
Germany, Berlin: Bauhaus Archive and Design Museum of Walter Gropius. View from south-west.
Keywords: Bauhaus School, architecture, art, functional, artefacts

PMR-D0289
Germany, Berlin, Pergammon Museum: ceramic tiles depicting the Royal Bodyguards from Darius Palace at Susa (Persian 521-486 BC).
Keywords: archeological, Iran, archeology, unique

PMR-D0288
Germany, Berlin, Pergammon Museum: model of the Ceremonial Way to the Ishtar Gate in Babylon.
Keywords: archeological, archeology, King Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon, unique

PMR-D0287
Germany, Berlin, Neues Museum (New Museum): unfinished carved head of a princess from the Amarna period (Egyptian, XVIII Dynasty).
Keywords: Egyptology, Egyptian art, Egyptian artefacts, unique, archeological, archeology

PMR-D0286
Germany, Berlin, Pergammon Museum: the original Ishtar Gate, the eighth gate to inner Babylon, built to the orders of King Nebuchadnezzar in about 575 BC. A copy stands in its place in present-day Iraq.
Keywords: archeological, archeology, King Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon, unique

PMR-D0285
Germany, Berlin, Neues Museum (New Museum): carved bust of King Amenemhat (Egyptian, XXII Dynasty, 1840 BC, granite).
Keywords: Egyptology, Egyptian art, Egyptian artefacts, unique, archeological, archeology

PMR-D0284
Germany, Berlin, Neues Museum (New Museum): bust of Homer (copy of marble bust in Naples Museum 1875 by Gaetano Rosse, of Hellenic origin.).
Keywords: Egyptology, Egyptian art, Egyptian artefacts, unique, archeological, archeology

PMR-D0283
Germany, Berlin, Neues Museum (New Museum): Egyptian mummy mask of woman with bracelets in the form of snakes (1st century AD, Kartonage).
Keywords: Egyptology, Egyptian art, Egyptian artefacts, unique, archeological, archeology

PMR-D0282
Germany, Berlin, Neues Museum (New Museum): Egyptian mummy mask of Pasyg (Aischines), (Greek, 1st century AD).
Keywords: Egyptology, Egyptian art, Egyptian artefacts, unique, archeological, archeology

PMR-D0281
Germany, Berlin, Neues Museum (New Museum): relief from Cult Chamber of Amenhotep and wife Renenutet (Egyptian, XVIII Dynasty).
Keywords: Egyptology, Egyptian art, Egyptian artefacts, unique, archeological, archeology

PMR-D0280
Germany, Berlin, Neues Museum (New Museum): two of the original frescoes, saved from the pre-war museum: Island of Philae; and the Temple of Ramses II, Abu Simbel (before it was flooded).
Keywords: Egyptology, Egyptian art, Egyptian artefacts, unique, archeological, archeology

PMR-D0279
Germany, Berlin, Neues Museum (New Museum): sculptured head of King Amasis (Egyptian, XXVI Dynasty, 550 BC, siltstone)
Keywords: Egyptology, Egyptian art, Egyptian artefacts, unique, archeological, archeology

PMR-D0204
Bolivia, La Paz: courtyard of the Museo Nacional de Arte.
Keywords: architecture, art gallery, museums

PMR-D0144
England, Wiltshire, Bath: part of a carved stone Roman temple pediment with Gorgon's head preserved in the museum of the Roman Baths.
Keywords: architecture, historic, Roman ruins, spa, mineral baths, mineral springs, heritage, bathing

PMR-D0117
Libya: Ghadames, a Tuareg town, population about 7000, lies approximately 500 miles south-west of Tripoli. It dates back probably to about 3000 BC, thriving in Roman, Byzantine and Arab times. The houses in the old town are all of baked mud, and many of the alleys are enclosed with vaulting as protection from the sun. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here: intricate wall decorations round window and cupboard in a "museum house".
Keywords: Maghreb, oasis town, ancient town, historic town, Berber

PMR-D0116
Libya: Ghadames, a Tuareg town, population about 7000, lies approximately 500 miles south-west of Tripoli. It dates back probably to about 3000 BC, thriving in Roman, Byzantine and Arab times. The houses in the old town are all of baked mud, and many of the alleys are enclosed with vaulting as protection from the sun. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here: brightly painted cupboards and artefacts adorn the walls of a former living room of a "museum house". Exit to the roof on the left.
Keywords: Maghreb, oasis town, Berber, historic town, ancient town

PMR-D0115
Libya: Ghadames, a Tuareg town, population about 7000, lies approximately 500 miles south-west of Tripoli. It dates back probably to about 3000 BC, thriving in Roman, Byzantine and Arab times. The houses in the old town are all of baked mud, and many of the alleys are enclosed with vaulting as protection from the sun. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here: pictures and copperware adorn the walls of a former living room of a "museum house".
Keywords: Maghreb, oasis town, Berber, historic town, ancient town

PMR-D0114
Libya: Ghadames, a Tuareg town, population about 7000, lies approximately 500 miles south-west of Tripoli. It dates back probably to about 3000 BC, thriving in Roman, Byzantine and Arab times. The houses in the old town are all of baked mud, and many of the alleys are enclosed with vaulting as protection from the sun. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here: artefacts adorn the walls of a former living room of a "museum house".
Keywords: Maghreb, ancient town, historic town, Berber

PMR-D0113
Libya: Ghadames, a Tuareg town, population about 7000, lies approximately 500 miles south-west of Tripoli. It dates back probably to about 3000 BC, thriving in Roman, Byzantine and Arab times. The houses in the old town are all of baked mud, and many of the alleys are enclosed with vaulting as protection from the sun. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Here: brightly painted cupboards and wall decorations in the former living room of a "museum house".
Keywords: Maghreb, Berber, historic town, ancient town, oasis town

PMR-D0105
Macedonia, Bitola: Tragic Mask (2nd century) in museum at Heraclea Lyncestis, a town founded by Philip II of Macedon in 4th century BC, which later flourished under the Romans due to its position on the Via Egnatia.
Keywords: archeology, historic, Graeco-Roman, Greek, Roman, excavations

PMR-D0099
Croatia, Solin: reconstruction of a room in a Roman villa in the ancient city of Salona, by the site museum. Salona is now within the municipal boundaries of Split.
Keywords: archeology, decor, excavations, historic

PMR334-04
England, Norfolk, Norwich: founded at the time of the Norman Conquest, Norwich Castle retains only the much-renovated highly ornamented keep, which is now home to the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.
Keywords: architecture, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, Bath stone, ancient, monument

PMR330-12
Sweden, Stockholm: view from the south entrance to the Royal Palace, showing the National Museum and, in the distance, impressive frontages on the Strandvägen across the water.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, culture, historic, heritage, capital city, boats, street scene, ferryboat, moorings

PMR329-06
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. The red-painted house is the Qwensel House, the oldest wooden building in the town, now home to a pharmacy museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, watercraft, moorings, boats

PMR329-05
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. Turku Art Museum, built with local granite.
Keywords: architecture, culture, heritage, imposing

PMR329-03
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. Turku Castle dates back to 1280, but has been expanded a number of times. View of the inner courtyard. It now houses the town's historical museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, red-brick, cobblestones

PMR328-05
Finland, Turku (in Swedish: Abo): Finland's oldest town, and capital city until Helsinki took its place in 1812. Turku Castle dates back to 1280, but has been expanded a number of times. It now houses the town's historical museum.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, mediaeval, medieval, heritage, red-brick

PMR327-01
USSR, Leningrad: part of the south west facade of the Winter Palace. Designed mainly by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, it was the seat of the Tsars from the early 18th century. The Hermitage Museum is now housed in part of the complex.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, Baroque, Rococo, St. Petersburg

PMR325-08
USSR, Leningrad: Neva panorama (from left): Academy of Sciences, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (formerly the Kunstkamera), Zoological Museum, the Exchange and a Rostral Column on the Strelka, seen from the Hermitage Hydrofoil landing platform.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, St. Petersburg, Baroque

PMR324-06
USSR, Leningrad: Cruiser "Aurora", now a museum ship, sided with the Bolsheviks in 1917 and actively promoted the revolution. From here came the signal to storm the Winter Palace.
Keywords: metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, St. Petersburg, warship, navy, marine, steamship, veteran

PMR323-07
USSR, Leningrad: main entrance of the Winter Palace on Palace Square. Designed mainly by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, it was the seat of the Tsars from the early 18th century. The Hermitage Museum is now housed in part of the complex.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, heritage, imposing, Baroque, Rococo, St. Petersburg

PMR323-05
USSR, Leningrad: Academy of Sciences and Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (formerly the Kunstkamera) on University Quay, seen from the far bank of the River Neva.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Baroque, panorama, imposing, St- Petersburg

PMR323-04
USSR, Leningrad: Palace Bridge over the River Neva to the Strelka on Vasilyevskiy Island, with the Zoological Museum on the left.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, historic, heritage, street scene, Rostral column, St. Petersburg

PMR323-03
USSR, Leningrad: Museum of Anthropology aand Ethnography, formerly the Kunstkamera, on University Quay overlooking the River Neva. The further building is the classical Academy of Sciences.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, Baroque, imposing, St. Petersburg

PMR322-03
USSR, Leningrad: Pushkin Monument on the "Square of the Arts", with the Russian Museum in the background.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, author, playrwright, dramatist, statue, St. Petersburg

PMR316-12
Poland, Cracow: the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill (Wawel Cathedral), completed in 1364 in Gothic style, but displays many later additions in a variety of styles. It contains the tombs of the Polish kings and queens. In the foreground, a display of bronze cannons outside the museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, heritage

PMR313-12
Switzerland, Basel: Barfüsser Platz and Barfüsser Church, the former Franciscan Church, which now houses the Historical Museum where many of the city's treasures are to be seen.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage

PMR308-02
Germany, East Berlin: the TV Tower, as seen from the Museum Island in the River Spree.
Keywords: architecture, monument, artistic, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque

PMR302-04
Germany, Rhineland Palatinate, Koblenz: facade of the Electoral Palace, erected 1778-86 by Clement Wenceslaus, the last elector of Trier, and now home to a museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful

PMR297-11
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments. View across the River Main.
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-06
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments.
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-05
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments.
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-04
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments. Here: the vine-covered terrace leading to the gardens.
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR297-03
Germany, Bavaria, Aschaffenburg in the Spessart: Schloss Johannisburg; built of red sandstone between 1605 and 1614 on the site of a mediaeval fortress for the Archbishops of Mainz, the castle now houses the state art gallery and municipal museum in addition to the richly furnished state apartments. Here: view of the inner court with the keep, the only part remaining of the original mediaeval castle (1337).
Keywords: palace, architecture, Renaissance, culture, historic, heritage, picturesque, colourful, mediaeval, medieval

PMR294-02
Turkey, Cappadocia, Göreme Valley, an area of bizarre volcanic rock formations, tunnelled out for dwellings since 1000 BC at least.
General view of Göreme Open Air Museum where numerous churches are to be seen, some with elaborate vaulting, and others with well preserved frescos from the Middle Ages.
Keywords: UNESCO, world heritage, geology, colourful, picturesque, spectacular, barren, parched, erosion, phenomenon, landscape, fantastic, troglodytes, caves

PMR294-01
Turkey, Cappadocia, Göreme Valley, an area of bizarre volcanic rock formations, tunnelled out for dwellings since 1000 BC at least.
This stone pyramid in Göreme Open Air Museum was formerly a "convent" for Armenian Christian nuns who were persecuted by the Muslims in the 9th century. It contains a large refectory as well as living quarters.
Keywords: UNESCO, world heritage, geology, colourful, picturesque, spectacular, barren, parched, erosion, phenomenon, landscape, fantastic, troglodytes, caves

PMR282-12
Turkey, Pergamon: foundations of the Great Altar, dedicated to Zeus and Athena, built by Eumenes II to commemorate his victory over the Gauls (190 BC). The altar (35 x 33 metres) was excavated between 1878 and 1886 and now forms the centrepiece of the Pergamon Museum on the Museum Island in Berlin.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, picturesque, national heritage

PMR274-08
U.S.A., Florida, Orlando, Walt Disney World: World Showcase in the EPCOT Center: exact copy of a wooden Viking Stavkirke in Oslo's open air historical museum.
Keywords: colourful, picturesque, culture, geographical, educational, new-technology, human achievement, innovation, recreation

PMR273-04
U.S.A., Florida: St. Augustine, an historic town founded by the Spanish in 1565. View of the City Hall, home of the Lightner Museum.
Keywords: national heritage, architecture, culture, picturesque, park, gardens, grounds, traditional

PMR266-04
U.S.A., Florida, Key West: the lighthouse with naval gun from the Marine Museum.
Keywords: historic, picturesque, colourful, heritage

PMR254-08
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: main facade of the Rohan Palace, designed by the Paris court architect Robert de Cotte for the Cardinal-Prince-Bishop Armand-Gaston de Rohjan-Soubise in 1742. It now houses the Art Gallery, Museum of Decorative Arts, and the Archeological Museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, reflections

PMR253-06
France, Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg: the Historical Museum, with reflections in the River Ill.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, medieval

PMR251-05
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: the south-east corner of the museum with stream.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR251-04
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Blaubeuren: the local museum, in the grounds of the monastery, of half-timbered construction.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage, colourful, mediaeval, medieval, timber-frame, half-timbered, lathe and plaster

PMR237-11
Romania, Transylvania: Bran Castle, traditional home of Bram Stoker's Count Dracula stories, was built in 1377 to command the trade route and now contains an extensive museum.
Keywords: fortifications, defence, mediaeval, architecture, rustical, rural, landscape, countryside, picturesque, vampires, Vlad the Impaler

PMR237-06
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania. Here: the imposing entrance and Pirgul Belltower.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque

PMR237-05
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania. Here: the Baptistry, outside the main gate.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque

PMR237-04
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania. Here: a young Orthodox monk.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque

PMR237-02
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque

PMR237-01
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania. Here: three young novitiates.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque

PMR236-12
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania. Here: a sounding iron, beaten rythmically to call to prayers.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque

PMR236-11
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania. A 2-storey wing containing the monks' cells.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque

PMR236-10
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania. Here: the Pirgul Belltower, the oldest surviving building.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque, oxen cart

PMR236-09
Romania, Moldavia, Neamt Monastery: the church in the grounds was built by Stephen the Great in 1497 on the site of an older one. A repository for learning for centuries, with a valuable library, printing shop, museum and hundreds of sheep and cattle. The largest and oldest monastery in Romania.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, picturesque

PMR234-08
Romania, Moldavia, Vatra Moldovitei: bust of Petru Rares, who founded Mondovita Monastery in 1532, with the entrance to the museum in the background.
Keywords: frescoes, fortifications, defence, colourful, painted monastery, mediaeval, architecture, Orthodox, Christian, rustical, rural, landscape, countryside, farmland, picturesque, statue, monument, sculpture

PMR230-08
Greece: Mistra, a Byzantine town founded by the Franks in 1249, straggles up the hillside to the protecting fortress on the peak. View over the Metropolis Church (ca. 1330) with adjoining museum and Bishop's Palace.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, heritage, monument

PMR228-03
Greece, Eleusis Museum: Greek sarcophagus with finely carved hunting scene.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument

PMR227-06
Greece, Athens: the National Archeological Museum, the world's leading nuseum for Greek antiquities.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

PMR224-01
Greece, Delphi Museum: the famous statue of the Charioteer, commissioned by a Sicillian prince, Polyzalos, to mark his success in the chariot races of 478 or 474 BC.
Keywords: historic, sculptures, statues, figures, antiquity, culture, art, masterpiece, Greek, plastics

PMR223-12
Greece, Delphi Museum: statues of the brothers Kleobis and Biton, who drew the wagon of their mother, a priestess of Athena, from Argos.
Keywords: historic, sculptures, statues, figures, antiquity, culture, art, masterpiece, Greek, plastics

PMR223-11
Greece, Delphi Museum: winged sphinx from the Naxier column, dating from the first half of the sixth century BC.
Keywords: historic, sculptures, statues, figures, antiquity, culture, art, masterpiece, Greek, plastics

PMR217-07
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Ammerang: the open air museum of farm houses: part of a four-sided complex of farm buildings, including the farmhouse, dating from the 18th century. The dove cote was dded about 1930.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, architecture, culture, music, concert

PMR217-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Ammerang: the open air museum of farm houses: the "bee house", built in 1889, contains numerous built-in bee hives. It was in use up until 1972.
Keywords: picturesque, colourful, historic, heritage, mediaeval, architecture, culture, music, concert

PMR212-12
France, Paris: spectacular entrance to the Musee de l'Air at Le Bourget.
Keywords: aviation, aeroplane, airplane, aeronautical, museum, collection, aircraft, Fouga, Magister

PMR203-04
Israel, Negev Desert: Makhtesh Ramon, a 35-kilometre-long wall of a crater, 500 metres deep, caused by erosion, breached by a road at Mizpe Ramon. Now part of the Ramon National Park. Late afternoon view from the observatory and museum.
Keywords: desert, sandstone, geological, rock formations, barren, waterless, colourful, picturesque

PMR-D4031
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: a model showing off a sea pearl necklace in the South China Pearl Museum.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, jewellery, necklet, string of pearls, valuable, expensive, pretty girls

PMR-D4030
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: a model showing off a sea pearl necklace in the South China Pearl Museum.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, jewellery, necklet, string of pearls, valuable, expensive, pretty girls

PMR-D3676
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: the Ling Canal., near Guilin, was built in 214 BC, the world's first canal to link two river valleys (Yangtze and Pearl River) across the land contours. A park and museum provide views and technical details. Dual colour hibiscus bush in the park.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, photogenic, waterways, historic, UNESCO, botanical, flowering tree, Lingqu

PMR-D3675
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: the Ling Canal., near Guilin, was built in 214 BC, the world's first canal to link two river valleys (Yangtze and Pearl River) across the land contours. A park and museum provide views and technical details. Punt, used to show visitors around, with the weir in the background.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, photogenic, waterways, historic, UNESCO, boat, Lingqu

PMR-D3674
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: the Ling Canal., near Guilin, was built in 214 BC, the world's first canal to link two river valleys (Yangtze and Pearl River) across the land contours. A park and museum provide views and technical details. Punts are used to show visitors round.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, photogenic, waterways, historic, UNESCO, boat, Lingqu

PMR-D3673
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: the Ling Canal., near Guilin, was built in 214 BC, the world's first canal to link two river valleys (Yangtze and Pearl River) across the land contours. A park and museum provide views and technical details. The original weir, to maintain the water level.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, photogenic, waterways, historic, UNESCO, Lingqu

PMR-D3671
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: the Ling Canal., near Guilin, was built in 214 BC, the world's first canal to link two river valleys (Yangtze and Pearl River) across the land contours. A park and museum provide views and technical details. Punt, on a leafy backwater in the park.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, photogenic, waterways, historic, UNESCO, boat, Lingqu

PMR-D3669
People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province: the Ling Canal., near Guilin, was built in 214 BC, the world's first canal to link two river valleys (Yangtze and Pearl River) across the land contours. A park and museum provide views and technical details.
One of a pair of horsemen guarding the entrance to the park.
Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, picturesque, national heritage, ancient, photogenic, waterways, historic, UNESCO, Lingqu

PMR-D3570
People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Province, Wuzhen, a historic village with wooden buildings dating from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, made prosperous by its former silk trade: tableau illustrating the stunted feet of a girl, victim of the former "foot binding" custom, in the local museum.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, national heritage, Venice of the East, ancient, superstition, tradition, barbaric

PMR-D3569
People's Republic of China, Jiangsu Province, Wuzhen, a historic village with wooden buildings dating from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, made prosperous by its former silk trade: tableau illustrating the former "foot binding" custom to stunt the growth of the feet of adolescent girls, in the local museum.
Keywords: architecture, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, national heritage, Venice of the East, ancient, superstition, tradition, barbaric

PMR-D3461
Germany, Saxony, Colditz Castle: the former prisoners' courtyard, now part of the museum relating to prisoners of OFLAG IV-C.
Keywords: historic, World War II, prison camps, NAZI Germany

PMR-D3397
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg: this part of the 11th-century Monastery of Our Lady is home to the Museum of Modern Art.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, mediaeval, picturesque, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR-D3378
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Albrechtsburg, former home of the House of Wettin, was built between 1472 and 1525 in Late Gothic style. It housed the famous porcelain factory from 1710 to 1865 but is now home to an extensive museum.
Here: the spiral staircase, adorning the facade, is regarded as a model of its kind.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3368
Germany, Saxony, Meissen, founded by King Henry I in 929: the Albrechtsburg, former home of the House of Wettin, was built between 1472 and 1525 in Late Gothic style. It housed the famous porcelain factory from 1710 to 1865 but is now home to an extensive museum.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, ancient, architecture, mediaeval, culture, tradition, Misnia, Misno

PMR-D3078
Bahrain, Muharraq: a newly renovated tradional burgher house now containing the Busaad Art Museum, based on the works of talented local artist, Ebrahim Busaad.
Keywords: oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, Sheikh, dwelling, architecture, artistic

PMR-D2917
Bahrain, Manama: newly restored Qalat al-Bahrain Fortress, also known as the Portuguese Fortress, built in 6th century AD when the area was the centre of the Dilmun civilization. However recent archeological excavations reveal that the site has been occupied since 2300 BC at least. The modern museum stands in the background.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, Sheikh, historic, ruins, ancient, antiquity

PMR-D1623
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: Vase with Dragons and Sea Waves (Jingdezhen Ware, Qing Dynasty).
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1622
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: 100-deer Vase (Jingdezhen Ware, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong reign).
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1621
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: carved wooden table and screen (Qing Dynasty).
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1620
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: central hall and staircase.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1619
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: Chinese Bronze Age Cowrie Container with 8 yaks (Western Han, 206 BC).
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR-D1618
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: Chinese Bronze Age Xi Zun (wine holder) shaped like an ox.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1617
People's Republic of China, Shanghai Museum: Chinese Bronze Age bowl with miniature fish and water fowl figures.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, high-rise blocks, metropolis, municipality, Asian, Han, Middle Kingdom, night life, colourful, architecture

PMR-D1616
People's Republic of China, Shanghai: figures outside the entrance to Shanghai Museum.
Keywords: modern architecture, architecture, colourful, night life, Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, municipality, metropolis, high-rise blocks, skyscrapers

PMR124-08
Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. Close view showing the wooden log construction, thatched roofs and window.
Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail

PMR186-08
Hungary, Budapest: the excavated remains of the Roman town of Aquincum, capital of the Roman province of Pannonia Inferior in the 2nd/3rd century AD. In the background stands the museum.
Keywords: capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage, ruins, archeology, excavations

PMR185-06
Hungary, Budapest: the Museum of Agriculture, standing on the same island as Vajdahunyad Castle.
Keywords: traditional, architecture, capital city, metropolis, culture, historic , heritage

PMR173-03
U.S.A., New York: the aircraft carrier "Intrepid", moored on the Hudson River, is now a naval museum. Among the aircraft displayed on deck are Grumman Albatross, North American Fury, Lockheed Neptune.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, carrier-borne, aviation, fighter, amphibian

PMR173-02
U.S.A., New York: the aircraft carrier "Intrepid", moored on the Hudson River, is now a naval museum. Among the aircraft displayed on deck are Grumman Albatross, North American Fury, Lockheed Neptune.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, carrier-borne, aviation, fighter, amphibian

PMR172-09
U.S.A., New York: Manhattan skyline from the East River, with South Street Museum of Historic Ships. Behind are the World Trade Center and Chase Manhattan Bank Building (end on).
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, skyscrapers, tower blocks, high-rise

PMR171-01
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: Palace of Fine Arts, containing the "Exploratorium" museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, neo-classical, columns, caryatids, reflections

PMR170-09
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: the three-masted, full-rigged sailing ship "Balclutha", built in 1886 in Scotland, formerly used on the Cape Horn to Europe run, is now open to the public as a museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, Star of Alaska, Pacific Queen

PMR170-07
U.S.A., California, San Francisco: World War II submarine, open to visitors as a museum with a modern frigate behind; Alcatraz Island visible in San Francisco Bay.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, heritage, picturesque, historical, culture, coastal city, warships

PMR157-04
U.S.A., California, Los Angeles: rose gardens with pergola in Exposition Park, in front of the Museum of Science and Industry.
Keywords: park, colourful, flowers, flowerbeds, peaceful

PMR155-10
England, London: Cruiser "Belfast" on the River Thames, with Tower Bridge in the background.
Keywords: metropolis, capital city, culture, historic, national heritage, warship, naval museum

PMR154-07
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau Open Air Ethnological Museum: dwelling house from Kochel dated 1775, but probably rebuilt from older materials.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, dwellings, homes, houses, traditional, historic, geraniums

PMR154-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau Open Air Ethnological Museum: 17th century weaver's house from Hofen, as occupied in the 19th century. Contains looms and related equipment still in regular use.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, dwellings, homes, houses, traditional, historic, Höfen

PMR154-05
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau Open Air Ethnological Museum: 16th/17th century dwelling house from Tyrlbrunn, as occupied in the 18th century. Formerly part of a four-sided court. View of the courtyard pump and kitchen garden, planted with herbs regularly grown since at least the 9th century.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, dwellings, homes, houses, traditional, historic

PMR154-04
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau Open Air Ethnological Museum: 16th/17th century dwelling house with carved wooden dovecote, from Tyrlbrunn, as occupied in the 18th century. Formerly part of a four-sided court.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, dwellings, homes, houses, traditional, historic

PMR154-03
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Murnau Open Air Ethnological Museum: 16th century dwelling house from Heretsham, as lived in in 18-19th century. Formerly part of a four-sided court. The roof is of wood shingles.
Keywords: alpine, picturesque, dwellings, homes, houses, traditional, historic, wooden

PMR148-11
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: handsome Renaissance-style building, with the citadel tower in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, Saxons, Schäßburg, cobblestones, Siebenburgen

PMR148-10
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: a row of Turkish houses and cobbled street with customary central gutter.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, Saxons, Schäßburg, cobblestones, Siebenburgen

PMR148-09
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: fortifications around the outer main gate to the old town.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, defence, fortifications, Saxons, Schäßburg, Siebenburgen, cobblestones

PMR148-08
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: the local tavern, overlooked by the castle.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, Saxons, Schäßburg, Siebenburgen, cobblestones

PMR148-06
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: the main square of the old town at midday, with the castle in the background.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, Saxons, Schäßburg, cobblestones, Siebenburgen

PMR148-05
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: an unusual old house with wooden granary (?) over the second storey.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, Saxons, Schäßburg, cobblestones, Siebenburgen

PMR148-04
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: a quiet back street with distant view of the castle.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, Saxons, Schäßburg, cobblestones, Siebenburgen

PMR148-03
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: a colourful row of old houses with typical round-arch entrances.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, Saxons, Schäßburg, cobblestones, Siebenburgen

PMR148-02
Romania, Transylvania, Sighisoara (Schassburg): a living museum-town of the middle ages: a street in the old town, approaching the massive 12th-century fortified citadel.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, historical, heritage, mediaeval, UNESCO, defence, fortifications, Saxons, Schäßburg

PMR146-11
Bulgaria, Nessebar: standing on a peninsula on the Black Sea coast, the ancient town has a long history. Church of Ivan Krastitel (John the Baptist), dating from the 11-12th century, and presently housing a museum.
Keywords: architecture, heritage, culture, historic, Nesebar, UNESCO

PMR145-04
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: Hissar Kapiya (Eastern Gate) of the Roman fortifications of the town. On the right, the Georgiadi House (1848), presently the home of the Museum of National Liberation Movements
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, heritage, culture, historic, picturesque, Ottoman, Trimontium, cobblestones

PMR139-10
Italy, Rome: the Vatican Gardens and Vatican Museum with the Court of the Pigna, from the top of the dome of the Papal Basilica of St. Peter.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, Pope, Christian, Catholic, panorama

PMR139-08
Italy, Rome: the Court of the Pigna (pine cone) inside the Vatican Museum.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, palace, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city

PMR139-07
Italy, Rome: base of the Column of Antoninus in the Vatican Museum,originally erected in 161 AD in Montecitorio. In the stone carving are portrayed the Apotheosis of Antonius and Faustina, and funeral tournaments.
Keywords: architecture, historic, heritage, archeology, classical, monument, masonry, culture, capital city, plinth

PMR133-10
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: the Deutsches Museum on an island in the River Isar, with the Maximilianeum (Bavarian Parliament Building) in the distance.
Keywords: München, architecture, towers, picturesque, historic

PMR124-10
Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt.
Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail

PMR124-09
Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. A dug-out canoe lying between two houses with paddles hanging by the window.
Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail

PMR124-07
Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. View of the later-period houses from the pile bridge. Note the smoke hole in the roof with own "rooflet".
Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail

PMR124-06
Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. Older-period houses are constructed of wattle and daub, with no windows.
Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail

PMR124-05
Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. The group of houses from an older period, protected by a stockade and lookout tower.
Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway

PMR124-04
Germany, Baden Wurttemberg, Unteruhldingen: Pfahlbau Museum displays reconstructed Neolithic and Bronze Age houses built on piles over the Lake Constance. It was burnt down in 1976 but has been completely rebuilt. A bridge on piles leading to the group of later-period houses. The clay oven visible next to nearest house.
Keywords: picturesque, Swabia, Bodensee, heritage, architecture, prehistoric, thatched, wooden house, causeway, walkway, pier, handrail

PMR122-04
Upper Austria, Kremsmunster: founded in the 8th century by Tassilo III, Duke of Bavaria, the Benedictine Abbey has been a centre of culture for centuries. The Observatory or Mathematical Tower, "the oldest skyscraper in Europe", built 1748-58, now houses the Natural History Museum.
Keywords: picturesque, architecture, Baroque, heritage, Kremsmünster

PMR113-12
Republic of San Marino: founded on 3rd September 301 AD, San Marino claims to be the oldest sovereign state still extant. The highest tower of the Guaita Fortress which dates from the 11th century, but much modified. It houses a museum of cannons and field guns. The fortress stands on Mount Titano (756 metres)
Keywords: enclave, micro-state, UNESCO, picturesque, historic, architecture, mediaeval, battlements, crenellations, fortifications

PMR113-11
Republic of San Marino: founded on 3rd September 301 AD, San Marino claims to be the oldest sovereign state still extant. The Guaita Fortress, dating from the 11th century, but much modified. It houses a museum of cannons and field guns. The fortress stands on Mount Titano (756 metres).
Keywords: enclave, micro-state, UNESCO, picturesque, historic, architecture, mediaeval, battlements, crenellations, fortifications

PMR-D2709
Iran, Teheran: bas-relief of Persian soldiers armed with spears and bows, from Persepolis, in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity

PMR-D2708
Iran, Teheran: bronze head of Darius the Great in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity

PMR-D2707
Iran, Teheran: trunk of Darius the Great found in Egypt, in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity, pre-history, sculpture, statue

PMR-D2706
Iran, Teheran, National Museum: the "Audience Scene", original centrepiece of the eastern staircase of the Apadana in Persepolis, found in the treasury, It shows the King enthroned with the crown prince behind him, and behind him a towel bearer and a weapon bearer. In front of the King stands a senior official with two guards behind him.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity, pre-history, bas-relief

PMR-D2705
Iran, Teheran: pottery storage chest from about 5000 BC in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity, pre-history

PMR-D2704
Iran, Teheran: pottery bowls with interesting designs from about 5000 BC in the National Museum of Iran,
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, exhibits, artefacts, antiquity, pre-history

PMR-D2564
Iran, Teheran: stone horse in bas-relief (from Persepolis?) standing outside the National Museum of Iran.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, sculpture, historic, antiquity

PMR-D2563
Iran, Teheran: the National Museum was designed by French architect André Godard and completed in 1928. The traditional iwan dominates the facade. Reflected in pool.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR-D2562
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa`d Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. The sitting room.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, furniture, furnishings, chandelier

PMR-D2561
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa`d Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. Statue of an archer in the grounds.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city, sculpture, monument, stone figure

PMR-D2560
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa`d Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. The Green Palace was built at the end of the Qajar era and opulently remodelled by the Pahlevis.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR-D2559
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa'd Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. The White Palace was built between 1931 and 1937 and has 54 rooms, mostly devoted to the Shah's reign (1942-79). Facade and main entrance.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR-D2558
Iran, Teheran: Shah Reza Pahlevi's Summer Residence (Sa'd Abad Museum) in the cooler northern city outskirts. The White Palace was built between 1931 and 1937 and has 54 rooms, mostly devoted to the Shah's reign (1942-79).
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion, architecture, metropolis, capital city

PMR-D2351
Iran, Kermanshah: Rotel Setra bus with trailer parked near the war memorial museum and mosque.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, Rolling Hotel, omnibus, tour-bus

PMR-D2350
Iran, Kermanshah: captured enemy tanks from the Iran-Iraq War at the at the memorial museum and mosque.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, war-damage

PMR-D2349
Iran, Kermanshah: captured enemy vehicles from the Iran-Iraq War at the at the memorial museum and mosque.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, war-damage, trucks, transport

PMR-D2335
Iran, Sanandaj: a room facing the courtyard in the Asef Mansion, a Qajar building which is now a museum of Kurdish life.
Keywords: Persia, Islam, Shi-ite, Muslim, mosque, religion

PMR475-08
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic: view from the roof of the Joan Miró Museum, the Fundació Miró, with pool in the foreground.
Keywords: culture, creation, artistic, modern art, work of art, display

PMR-D2199
Laos, Luang Prabang: built in 1904, the former Royal Palace (Ho Kham) is now a museum displaying the royal furniture and accoutrements.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2198
Laos, Luang Prabang: built in 1904, the former Royal Palace (Ho Kham) is now a museum displaying the royal furniture and accoutrements. The last to live there was King Sisavang Vong (ruled 1905-59 whose statue stands in the grounds.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2197
Laos, Luang Prabang: built in 1904, the former Royal Palace (Ho Kham) is now a museum displaying the royal furniture and accoutrements. The approach is through an avenue of Palmyra Palms.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2196
Laos, Luang Prabang: built in 1904, the former Royal Palace (Ho Kham) is now a museum displaying the royal furniture and accoutrements.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, colourful, Lao people, temples, Buddhist, relaxed city, ex-Kingdom, culture, former capital, French colonial, Mekong

PMR-D2125
Oman, Muscat: Bait Al Zubair (House of Al Zubair), a private museum displaying the Zubair family's collection of Omani artefacts, spanning a number of centuries. Portrait of Sultan Qaboos near the entrance.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, sultan, Middle East, Gulf State

PMR-D2123
Oman, Muscat: colourful goats in the grounds of the Bait Al Zubair Museum.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, sultan, Middle East, Gulf State

PMR-D2122
Oman, Muscat: colourful goats in the grounds of the Bait Al Zubair Museum.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, sultan, Middle East, Gulf State

PMR-D2121
Oman, Muscat: model of a "Falaj" or ancient water distribution system in the grounds of the Bait Al Zubair Museum.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, sultan, Middle East, Gulf State

PMR-D2120
Oman, Muscat: model of a "Falaj" or ancient water distribution system in the grounds of the Bait Al Zubair Museum.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, sultan, Middle East, Gulf State

PMR-D2119
Oman, Muscat: the restored Muscat Gate now contains a museum of local history.
Keywords: modern architecture, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, sultan, Middle East, Gulf State

PMR-D1835
Edinburgh: the Natural History Hall at the National Museum of Scotland.
Keywords: taxidermy, exhibition, exhibits, anthropology, educational, skeletons, mammals

PMR-D1834
Edinburgh: "Wylam Dilly", steam locomotive built about 1820, in National Museum of Scotland.
Keywords: railway, train, machine, mechanical, technology, steam power, vintage, historic

PMR-D1730
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich, State Museum of Egyptian Art: head of priest (26th Dynasty, 550 BC).
Keywords: München, Egyptology, archeology, sculpture, statue, history, antiquity, portraits

PMR-D1729
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich, State Museum of Egyptian Art: figures of seated priest, Neye, with his mother, Mutnofret (19th Dynasty, 1250 BC).
Keywords: Egyptology, Muenchen, portraits, antiquity, married couple, history, statue, sculpture, archeology

PMR-D1728
New Egyptian Museum, Munich: Man's head (4th Dynasty, 2550 BC).
Keywords: portraits, antiquity, history, statue, sculpture, archeology, Egyptology, Muenchen

PMR-D1727
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich, State Museum of Egyptian Art: figures of Sabu with his wife, Meretites (son, Iseb, is missing) (5th Dynasty, 2400 BC).
Keywords: München, portraits, antiquity, married couple, history, statue, sculpture, archeology, Egyptology

PMR-D1726
New Egyptian Museum, Munich: Sibe and his wife (19th Dynasty - 1220 BC).
Keywords: München, portraits, antiquity, married couple, history, statue, sculpture, archeology, Egyptology

PMR147K-11
Qatar, Doha: fountain and palm-lined approach to the Museum of Islamic Art.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR147K-10
Qatar, Doha: the Museum of Islamic Art with the fountain in MIA Park and palm-lined lagoon.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR147K-09
Qatar, Doha: retired dhows belonging to the Museum of Islamic Art.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR147K-04
Qatar, Doha: the Museum of Islamic Art, from the palm-lined lagoon promenade of MIA Park.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR146K-22
Qatar, Doha: the Museum of Islamic Art, with dhows in the foreground.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, oil wealth, emirate, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, air conditioning, luxurious, ultra-modern

PMR146K-02
Myanmar, Bagan: the modern Archeological Museum, from Shwegugyi Pahto.
Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples

PMR144K-28
Thailand, Bangkok: attractive guides at Jim Thompson's House, a museum displaying his ethnological collections.
Keywords: Buddhist, pretty girls, religious, colourful, architecture, metropolis, capital city, Siam, picturesque, temples

PMR485-04
Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck: old sailing ships moored in the "museum harbour" with red brick facades of burgher houses "An der Untertrave"
Keywords: mediaeval, preserved, veteran, sails, boats, red brick, reflections, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR485-01
Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Lubeck: Holstentor, with its famous twin towers, was built between 1464 and 1478, and now houses the local history museum. Roses in the foreground.
Keywords: mediaeval, red brick, defence, fortifications, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR478-05
Canada, Alberta: geological trail near the Royal Tyrrell Prehistoric Museum. A prolific source of prehistoric remains.
Keywords: nature, fossils, dinosaurs, geology, picturesque, countryside

PMR475-07
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona, Montjuic: one of the fantastic sculptures of Joan Miró on the roof of his museum, the Fundació Miró.
Keywords: culture, creation, artistic, modern art, work of art, display

PMR473-12
Spain, Catelonia, Barcelona: Zoological Museum, built originally by Lluís Doménech i Montaner as a restaurant for the 1888 World Exhibition.
Keywords: architecture, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR469-01
Romania. Transylvania, Sibiu: the Brukenthal Museum, dating from1790, opened to the public in 1817 and is thus one of Europe's oldest. The building, in Austrian Baroque style, was the Palace of Samuel von Brukenthal, Habsburg governor of Transylvania.
Keywords: Saxon Land, art collection, culture, Hermannstadt, architecture, national heritage, picturesque, Siebenbürgen

PMR467-12
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: details of the wood-carving on a wooden gate in the Village and Folk Art Museum.
Keywords: architecture, metropolis, Dacia, capital city, Bucuresti, culture, historic, national heritage

PMR467-11
Romania, Wallachia, Bucharest: old wooden dwelling house with carved and roofed wooden gate in the Village and Folk Art Museum.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, Bucuresti, capital city, Dacia, metropolis

PMR466-01
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

Evening shot of the Palace of Culture, built 1890-1926 in neo-Gothic style, originally an administrative building but now housing four museums.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR465-05
Romania, Moldavia, Iasi (pronounced "Yash"): the capital of Moldavia and of Romania from 1859-62, and third largest city of Romania, is a rich cultural centre.

The Palace of Culture, built 1890-1926 in neo-Gothic style, was originally an administrative building but now houses four museums.
Keywords: architecture, national heritage, historic, culture, picturesque

PMR512-01
Italy, South Tyrol, Bolzano: the Natural Science Museum.
Keywords: alpine, street scene, architecture, picturesque, Bozen

PMR505-09
Cyprus (North), Salamis: tracing its origins back to the 12th century BC, Salamis was by far the most famous and important ancient city of Cyprus. It was settled early by people from Mycenae, as may be seen from the burial customs. Greeks, Romans and Byzantines came and went, leaving much of archeological interest. Around the 7th century AD the city was abandoned after a series of Arab attacks and the silting-up of the harbour. Here: the Monastery of Apóstolos Varnávas, dating back to the 5th century AD but rebuilt in 1756, the former goal of Orthodox pilgrims is now used as an archeological museum.
Keywords: archeology, ancient civilisation, church, belltower

PMR500-01
Cyprus (North), Güzelyurt/Morfóu: Church of Ayios Mámas, where the purported tomb of Mámas formerly attracted many pilgrims and visitors. It now houses a collection of ikons.
Keywords: Güzelyurt, ikon museum, Byzantine architecture

PMR459-12
Hungary, Debrecen: Déri Museum and gardens, contains many works of art collected by industrialist Frigyes Déri, and "Ecce Homo" by Mihály Munkácsy.
Keywords: national heritage, historical, architecture, culture

PMR457-08
Slovakia, Bratislava: the "Good Shepherd" ("U dobrého pastiera"), a carefully restored Rococo building, is home to a museum of clocks and watches.
Keywords: picturesque, capital city, Pressburg, architecture, national heritage

PMR457-07
Slovakia, Bratislava: the "Good Shepherd" ("U dobrého pastiera"), a carefully restored Rococo building, is home to a museum of clocks and watches.
Keywords: picturesque, capital city, Pressburg, architecture, national heritage

PMR457-01
Slovakia, Bratislava: Renaissance arcades in the inner court of the Old Town Hall (Stará radnica), dating in part from 13/14th century. It now houses the City Museum.
Keywords: mediaeval, capital city, Pressburg, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR455-05
Hungary, Szeged: Palace of Culture, which houses the Ferenc Móra Museum and city library.
Keywords: national heritage, heritage, historical, neo-classical, architecture

PMR455-04
Hungary, Szeged: Palace of Culture, which houses the Ferenc Móra Museum and city library.
Keywords: national heritage, heritage, historical, neo-classical, architecture

PMR453-03
Poland, Stargard: towers belonging to the town's fortifications built in the late 15th century, now used as a museum.
Keywords: mediaeval, historic, defence, fortifications, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR452-03
Lithuania, Neringa Peninsula: the Ethnographical Museum in a traditional thatched, wooden building.
Keywords: picturesque, Courland Spit, fishing, village, colourful, heritage, tradition

PMR451-02
Latvia, Riga: statue to the "Red Latvian Marksmen". Behind (right) the Museum of Soviet Achievement awaits redevelopment.
Keywords: city, national heritage, historic, capital city, metropolis, architecture

PMR450-06
Estonia, Narva: the tower "Langer Hermann" in Hermann's Fortress stands eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russian fortress Ivangorod, on the opposite side of the River Narva. It now houses a number of museums.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, fortifications, defence

PMR450-02
Estonia, Narva: the tower "Langer Hermann" in Hermann's Fortress stands eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russian fortress Ivangorod, on the opposite side of the River Narva. It now houses a number of museums.
Keywords: picturesque, historic, national heritage, mediaeval, fortifications, defence

PMR450-01
Estonia, Tallinn: the Estonian Open Air Museum: farm building from Rusi, South Estonia (end of 19th century).
Keywords: picturesque, old implements, handwork, living conditions, country life, wooden buildings, village life, national heritage, historic

PMR449-12
Estonia, Tallinn: the Estonian Open Air Museum: two windmills from: Saaremaa (1871-6) and Sutlepa, West Estonia (1748).
Keywords: picturesque, old implements, handwork, living conditions, country life, wooden buildings, village life, national heritage, historic

PMR449-11
Estonia, Tallinn: the Estonian Open Air Museum: tenant-farm building from the island of Hiiumaa (second half of the 19th century).
Keywords: picturesque, old implements, handwork, living conditions, country life, wooden buildings, village life, national heritage, historic

PMR449-10
Estonia, Tallinn: the Estonian Open Air Museum: North Estonian farm building from Kutsari (late 19th century) with contemporary crops in the garden.
Keywords: picturesque, old implements, handwork, living conditions, country life, wooden buildings, village life, national heritage, historic

PMR449-09
Estonia, Tallinn: the Estonian Open Air Museum: West Estonian tenant-farm building from the second half of the 19th century, with traditional well in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, old implements, handwork, living conditions, country life, wooden buildings, village life, national heritage, historic

PMR449-08
Estonia, Tallinn: the Estonian Open Air Museum: West Estonian farm building from mid 18th century, with traditional well in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, old implements, handwork, living conditions, country life, wooden buildings, village life, national heritage, historic

PMR448-01
Latvia, Riga: view of the castle, built in 1350 by the Knights of theTeutonic Order, which now houses museums and the national art gallery.
Keywords: city, architecture, metropolis, capital city, picturesque, historic, national heritage

PMR439-02
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: tower of the Deutsches Museum on its island in the River Isar with the Maximilianeum (Bavarian Parliament) on the skyline.
Keywords: München, autumn foliage, fall, autumn colour

PMR439-01
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: tower of the Deutsches Museum, with part of its marine collection, seen through autumn foliage on the River Isar.
Keywords: München, fall, autumn colour

PMR435-12
Lithuania, Kaunas: the Garrison Church, built in neo Byzantine style for the town garrison of the Tzar in 1895 (side view). It now houses a museum of sculpture.
Keywords: pedestrian zone, photogenic, architecture

PMR435-11
Lithuania, Kaunas: the Garrison Church, built in neo Byzantine style for the town garrison of the Tzar in 1895. It now houses a museum of sculpture.
Keywords: pedestrian zone, photogenic, architecture

PMR539-08
Slovakia, Zilina: Budatin Castle now houses the town's museum.
Keywords: defence, Sillein, historic, mediaeval, picturesque, national heritage, architecture, fortifications

PMR433-12
Poland, Hela: the old Gothic church now accommodates the Fishing Museum.
Keywords: holiday resort, red-brick, architecture, Hel, sunshine, picturesque, seaside

PMR433-02
Poland, Gdansk: the Maritime Museum with its collection of boats, including "Soldek", the first freighter built in the modern shipyard.
Keywords: mediaeval, Danzig, reflections, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR529-12
Iraq, Babylon ("Bab El" = "Gate of the Gods"): probably dating from the third millennium BC, capital of southern Mesopotamia under Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC), later the greatest city of its day under Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC):
Processional Way (original) leading under the Ishtar Gate, which would have been BASED on this structure (original is now in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin).
Keywords: architecture, archeological, archeology, natural heritage, Islam, Muslim, Mesopotamia

PMR529-02
Iraq, Babylon ("Bab El" = "Gate of the Gods"): probably dating from the third millennium BC, capital of southern Mesopotamia under Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC), later the greatest city of its day under Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC):
loose reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate (the original is in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin).
Keywords: architecture, natural heritage, colourful, Islam, Muslim, Mesopotamia

PMR525-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: view of the Ludwigs-Brucke over the River Isar, with the tower of the Volksbad on the right, part of the Deutsches Museum on the left, and the German Patent Office and the European Patent Office in the background.
Keywords: München, winter sunshine, metropolis, traffic

PMR516-03
Italy, Campania, Flegrean Fields (Campi Flegri): the Castle of Baia, seen from the harbour, now houses an archeological museum.
Keywords: landscape, fishing boats, colourful, volcanic, picturesque

PMR142K-06
Germany, Bavaria, Nuremberg: the impressive Renaissance facade of the Fembohaus, now the home of the City Museum.
Keywords: Nürnberg, defence, fortifications, autumn colours, architecture, national heritage, picturesque, mediaeval

PMR142K-03
Germany, Bavaria, Lauf an der Pegnitz: the Industry Museum, reflected in the River Pegnitz, was formerley the home of Dietz & Pfriem, a leading manufacturer of engine valves, and displays their workshops and machinery.
Keywords: mediaeval, autumn colours, reflections, architecture, national heritage, picturesque

PMR138K-01
Mongolia, Dundgov Aimag (Province): Ongiin Khiid (Monastery), actually consists of two Buddhist monasteries, both laid waste by the Communists in the 1930s. Most of the buildings were built of mud bricks which have largely weathered away. A small group of monks began rebuilding a temple in 2004 and is dependent on donations for further restorations.
This picture: a surviving marble stupa, with the rebuilt temple and a museum/shop ger in the background.
Keywords: Mongol, Buddhism, Buddhist, Outer Mongolia, steppe, Genghis Khan, Chinggis Khaan, religious monuments, sharmanism

PMR135K-31
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar: the National Museum of Mongolian History.
Keywords: Mongol, architecture, Chinggis Khaan, Genghis Khan, statue, monument, capital, Outer Mongolia

PMR131K-20
United Arab Emirates, Dubai: Al Fahidi Fort, built in 1787, the oldest building in Dubai and now housing a museum, is home to dozens of nesting Pallid Swifts.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, desert city, high rise buildings, Islam, Muslim, Arab, Arab state, air conditioning, lawn sprinklers

PMR128K-32
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa: the Museum of Civilisation on the north side of the Ottawa River, in Gatineau, Quebec Province.
Keywords: metropolis, architecture, capital city, picturesque, national heritage, historic, autumn, cityscape

PMR127K-08
Germany, Brandenburg, Potsdam: the Baroque Film Museum, originally an orangery, then later, stables to the Prussian kings.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque

PMR125K-10
Germany, Berlin: central facade of the Baroque Arsenal (Zeughaus), built 1695-1706, which now houses the Historical Museum.
Keywords: East Germany, metropolis, national heritage, historic, architecture, Baroque, picturesque, capital city

PMR124K-36
Germany, Thuringia, Gotha: outer facade of the west wing of Friedenstein Palace which now houses a museum.
Keywords: East Germany, picturesque, Baroque, architecture, historic, national heritage

PMR123K-09
United Arab Emirates, Dubai: Al Fahidi Fort, built in 1878, is the oldest extant building in Dubai, and now houses the Dubai Museum.
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, desert city, high rise buildings, Islam, Muslim, Arab, Arab state, air conditioning, lawn sprinklers

PMR123K-08
United Arab Emirates, Dubai: traditional arab dhow, preserved on a plinth near Al Fahidi Fort (Dubai Museum).
Keywords: modern architecture, skyscrapers, desert city, high rise buildings, Islam, Muslim, Arab, Arab state, air conditioning, lawn sprinklers

PMR119K-22
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Schleissheim: view from Zeppelin
LZ N07-100 Airship (D-LZZF) of Schleissheim aerodrome with historic control tower and hangars housing the aircraft collection of the Deutsches Museum.
Keywords: Zeppelin, aerial view, balloon, dirigible, civil aviation, aircraft, lighter-than-air-flight, airship, aviation

PMR118K-23
Jordan: Umm Qais, in the north of the country, dates back to the 7th century BC, and was formerly called "Gadara" (cf. the "Gadarene Swine" of the Bible). Courtyard in Beit Russan, a former Ottoman residence, now a museum with a fine sarcophagus on display.
Keywords: Roman architecture, Gadara, ruined city, excavations, archeology, classical architecture, national heritage, archeological site

PMR114K-08
Cyprus, Palea Paphos (Old Paphos): the 13th century Lusignian manor "La Cavocle". A reconstructed wing, intended for a museum, and part of the courtyard.
Keywords: archeological excavations, Lusignian, architecture, mediaeval

PMR112K-28
Canada, Vancouver BC: the geodesic dome of Science World (from Expo '86) with flowerbeds on False Creek.
Keywords: modern architecture, metropolis, panorama, cityscape, high-tec, technology, museum, exhibition

PMR112K-03
USA, Seattle WA: Pacific Science Center and Space Needle in the Seattle Center, constructed in 1962 for the World Fair.
Keywords: panorama, museum, cityscape, modern architecture, metropolis, high-tec, technology

PMR109K-25
France, Périgord: Le Thot Museum displays some of the present-day animals depicted in the Lascaux Caves.
Keywords: Dordogne, picturesque, national heritage, architecture, Neanderthal, stone-age man, cave dwellings, historic, mediaeval, Cro-Magnon

PMR103K-21
Bolivia, Nuestra Senora de La Paz, at 3660 metres, the highest capital city in the world. Palacio de los Condes de Arana (1775) now houses the Museo Nacional de Arte.
Keywords: High Andes, architecture, street scene, museum, art gallery, palace

PMR102K-06
Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. A wooden wagon full of ore nodules, the usual means of transport inside the works.
Keywords: ghost town, mining industry, workers' town, pampinos, saltpeter

PMR102K-05
Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Some of the giant steel pans where the ore was heated with water to obtain saltpetre crystals (later replaced with more modern processes).
Keywords: ghost town, mining industry, workers' town, pampinos, saltpeter

PMR102K-04
Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. The main square in the former workers' town, with clocktower (left) and church (right).
Keywords: ghost town, saltpeter, pampinos, workers' town, mining industry

PMR102K-03
Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. An 0-4-0 saddletank steam locomotive in honourable retirement.
Keywords: ghost town, mining industry, workers' town, pampinos, saltpeter

PMR102K-02
Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. A row of workers' houses, now empty.
Keywords: ghost town, mining industry, workers' town, pampinos, saltpeter

PMR099K-29
Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán: Museo de la Industria Azucarera (Sugar Industry Museum), formerly the home of Bishop Colombres in the 18th century, traces the development of the local sugar industry. A retired steam locomotive and (behind) a steam engine in the grounds.
Keywords: sugar cane, cane crushing

PMR099K-28
Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán: Museo de la Industria Azucarera (Sugar Industry Museum), formerly the home of Bishop Colombres in the 18th century, traces the development of the local sugar industry. Juice from the sugar cane was formerly extracted in a mill, worked by oxen.
Keywords: sugar cane, cane crushing

PMR099K-27
Argentina, San Miguel de Tucumán: Museo de la Industria Azucarera (Sugar Industry Museum), formerly the home of Bishop Colombres in the 18th century, traces the development of the local sugar industry. View of the mansion and outhouses.
Keywords: sugar cane, cane crushing

PMR094K-14
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich, Nymphenburg Palace: the north wing contains the popular museum "Mensch und Natur" (Man and Nature). Here reflected in a canal with Canada Geese.
Keywords: ecological museum, architecture, parkland

PMR093K-09
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Bernried: football exhibit at the Buch Museum of modern art.
Keywords: artistic, contemporary art

PMR090K-17
Albania: Kruja, site of Skanderbeg's fortress, from where he resisted the might of the Ottoman army from 1443 to 1468. The Skanderbeg Museum, within the fortress walls, designed by the daughter and son-in.law of Enver Hoxha.
Keywords: Shqiperia, Kruje, fortifications, ruined fortress, citadel

PMR089K-28
Albania, Tirana: the Pyramid, formerly a museum devoted to Enver Hoxha's life, designed by his daughter and son-in-law. In the foreground the "Bell of Peace", cast from bullet cases collected by schoolchildren.
Keywords: Shqiperia, modern architecture, architecture, capital city

PMR089K-26
Albania, Tirana: National Historical Museum in Sheshi Skenderbej (Skanderbeg Square), with flower gardens and pool in the foreground..
Keywords: Shqiperia, mosaic, modern architecture, capital city

PMR089K-25
Albania, Tirana: "The Albanians", a mosaic on the facade of the National Historical Museum in Sheshi Skenderbej (Skanderbeg Square).
Keywords: Shqiperia, capital city, architecture, socialism, social activism, revolutionaries, proletariat, people's struggle

PMR088K-27
Croatia, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik: Fort Minceta and the north-west city wall with the Pile Gate and some of the museum exhibits in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, mediaeval, national heritage, fortress, fortifications, impregnable, ramparts, bastions, historic city, port, Yugoslavia

PMR086K-09
Germany, Lower Saxony, Hamelin: an example of "Weser Renaissance" architecture, with carved and brightly painted decorations on the timber frames, the "Stiftsherrenhaus" built in 1558 which now houses the town museum. In front is a large pavement café.
Keywords: historic town, mediaeval, picturesque, national heritage, Niedersachsen, Hameln, pied piper of Hamelin, rat catcher, legends, Renaissance architecture, timber framed buildings, half timbered houses

PMR086K-01
Germany, Thuringia, Eisenach: the Baroque Stadtschloss (Palace) was built in the mid 18th century for Duke Ernst August, but now houses a museum.
Keywords: historic town, picturesque, national heritage, architecture

PMR081K-11
Tunisia, Sousse: The Kasbah (859 AD) now houses the Archeological Museum with a fine collection of Roman mosaics.
Keywords: Islamic, picturesque, Muslim, Mohamed, heritage, historic, Maghreb

PMR079K-02
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: "Haus zum Römischen Kaiser", built in the Renaissance style in 1653-64 (but rebuilt after WWII), now hosts part of the Gutenberg Museum. Here: the entrance, surmounted by an armoured figure.
Keywords: historic town, architecture, Rhineland Palatinate, national heritage, picturesque, mediaeval

PMR079K-01
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: "Haus zum Römischen Kaiser", built in the Renaissance style in 1653-64 (but rebuilt after WWII), now hosts part of the Gutenberg Museum.
Keywords: historic town, mediaeval, picturesque, national heritage, Rhineland Palatinate, architecture

PMR052K-15
Spain, Galicia, La Coruna: Castillo de San Anton from across the harbour. It now houses the Archeological Museum.

PMR050K-21
Cyprus, Nicosia/Lefkosia: Folk Art Museum, part of the surviving wing of a 14th century Benedictine monastery.

PMR047K-15
Honduras, Tegucigalpa: The former Presidential Palace, now housing a museum, overlooks the Rio Choluteca (view from above Puente Mallol).

PMR047K-14
Honduras, Tegucigalpa: The former Presidential Palace, now housing a museum, overlooks the Rio Choluteca.

PMR024K-09
Malaysia, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur: Ethnographic tableau in the National Museum Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
Keywords: ethnography, traditional costumes, heritage

PMR023K-30
Malaysia, Malacca/Melaka: Wooden replica of a Sultanate Palace which houses the Malacca Cultural Museum.
Keywords: oldest town in Malaysia

PMR023K-02
Viet Nam, Saigon: Museum of Vietnamese History with pagoda-style roof in the zoo park.
Keywords: Vietnam

PMR022K-34
Viet Nam, My Tho: Shrine in the Mekong Delta, with museum and animal collection (zoo?).
Keywords: Vietnam

PMR018K-14
Slovakia, Zilina: Budatin Castle, now the local museum.
Keywords: architecture, oriel

PMR016K-27
Iraq, Ninevah: although about 6000 years old, it was the beginning of the 6th century BC before the city was chosen as the third capital of Assyria, after Ashur and Nimrud, by Sennacherib. Here, part of the remaining city wall, 12 kilometres long. Most of the movable items are to be found in the world's museums.
Keywords: Mesopotamia, archeology, excavations

PMR012K-24
Cyprus (North), Guzelyurt: Ancient fertility goddess wearing rows of bulls' testicles in the Archeological Museum at Güzelyurt = Morfou.
Keywords: fertility rites, pagan

PMR005K-17
USA, New York: South Street Seaport: Museum of Historic Ships.

PMR005K-16
USA, New York: South Street Seaport: Museum of Historic Ships.

PMR005K-15
USA, New York: South Street Seaport: Museum of Historic Ships.

PMR043K-34
Russia, Karelia: Open air museum on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea: traditional self-contained wooden farmhouse, the former property of the family Ozhevnev, over 100 years old. The farm animals occupied the ground floor in winter, and enough provisions were stored to last out the winter when completely snowed in. In the foreground the "Banya" or sauna.

PMR043K-33
Russia, Karelia: Open air museum on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea: the "summer" church (1714), the belltower (1874), and the "winter" church (1764), all built without the use of nails.
Keywords: wooden churches, Russian Orthodox churches

PMR043K-31
Russia, Karelia: Open air museum on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea: one of the cruise ships, Leonard Krassin, at the jetty, with typical reeds in the foreground.

PMR043K-29
Russia, Karelia: Open air museum on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea: the wooden "Banya" or sauna was part of every village in Karelia in the past.

PMR043K-28
Russia, Karelia: Open air museum on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea: a Karelian guide explains the details in fluent English.
Keywords: Young Karelian woman

PMR043K-27
Russia, Karelia: Open air museum on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea: a wooden windmill (brought in from elsewhere) and a typical wooden fence.

PMR043K-26
Russia, Karelia: Open air museum on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea: the belltower (1874), the "summer" church (1714), and the "winter" church (1764), all built entirely of wood, without the use of nails.
Keywords: wooden churches, Russian Orthodox churches

PMR043K-25
Russia, Karelia: Open air museum on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea: the "summer" church, the "winter" church, and a wooden dwelling house.

PMR041K-20
Moldova, Chisinau/ Kisinev: National History Museum.

PMR041K-18
Moldova, Chisinau/ Kisinev: Pushkin's cottage, where the poet spent 3 months in exile in the 1820s, is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Keywords: Russian poet and author

PMR040K-06
Romania, Maramures, Baia Mare: Notice board with plan and history of the open air ethnological museum.

PMR035K-18
Namibia, Keetmanshoop: Former church of the Rhine Mission, now a museum of local history, amid cacti and palm trees.
Keywords: architecture, religious architecture

PMR035K-17
Namibia, Keetmanshoop: Former church of the Rhine Mission, now a museum of local history.
Keywords: architecture, religious architecture

PMR030K-10
USA, Hawaii, Pearl Harbor: U.S. Navy World War Two submarine, "Bowfin" moored at Pearl Harbor and open to the public as a museum.
Keywords: fighting ships, naval museums, marine exhibits

PMR074K-13
Spain, Lanzarote: "Monumento al Campesino" ("Monument to the Farmers"), planned and designed by César Manrique. Here: a spiral stairway leads down into a volcanic crater which provides access to the domed restaurant. Above: the museum of farmers' and craftsmens' implements.
Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine

PMR073K-09
Spain, Lanzarote: "Jameos del Agua", a collapsed section of the enormous volcanic "tube" starting on Monte Corona, which has been landscaped with gardens and swimming pool, is one of the island's chief attractions. Here: the swimming pool, viewed from the museum.
Keywords: Canary Islands, volcanic, leisure, holidays, sunshine

PMR068K-01
Germany, Thuringia, Weimar: First mentioned in 975, Weimar reached its cultural zenith in the 18th century under Duchess Anna Amalia, when both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Friedrich von Schiller among other writers, settled and worked here. Painters Lucas Cranach and Arnold Böcklin were also active here, as was composer Franz Liszt. Usually regarded as the home of German culture. Here: the modern part of the Schloss Museum contains a fine collection of German old masters.
Keywords: German heritage, Thuringia, European city of culture 1999, German architecture

PMR064K-23
Bulgaria, Sofia: Ethnographical Museum and Art Gallery.

PMR063K-34
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: The Dimiter Georgiadi House is currently the home of the History Museum.

PMR063K-33
Bulgaria, Plovdiv: Kuyumjioghlu House, now the home of the Ethnological Museum, was built for Haji Georgi Hajiiski in 1847.

PMR063K-01
Bulgaria: Veliko Tarnovo, the first capital of Bulgaria from 1187. The site was previously used by the Thracians and then the Romans before the Bulgarians came, and is virtually surrounded by a loop of the River Yantra. Here, statue outside the entrance to to the museum of Arts.

PMR062K-36
Bulgaria: Veliko Tarnovo, the first capital of Bulgaria from 1187. The site was previously used by the Thracians and then the Romans before the Bulgarians came, and is virtually surrounded by a loop of the River Yantra. Here, view of the town from Borouna, the Museum of Arts, with red flowering tree in the foreground.

PMR062K-35
Bulgaria: Veliko Tarnovo, the first capital of Bulgaria from 1187. The site was previously used by the Thracians and then the Romans before the Bulgarians came, and is virtually surrounded by a loop of the River Yantra. Here, view of the town from Borouna, the Museum of Arts.

PMR062K-04
Bulgaria: Veliko Tarnovo, the first capital of Bulgaria from 1187. The site was previously used by the Thracians and then the Romans before the Bulgarians came, and is virtually surrounded by a loop of the River Yantra. Here, first sight of the town, with the Museum of Arts (right) and surrounding terraces of houses.

PMR061K-08
Romania, Northern Dobruja, Constanta: View of the History and Archeological Museum and Piata Ovidiu (Ovid Square), formerly the Greek agora, from the minaret of the Mahmudiye mosque.

PMR061K-06
Romania, Northern Dobruja, Constanta: The History and Archeological Museum, and some of the collection of Roman sarcophagi displayed in the open air.

PMR061K-03
Romania, Northern Dobruja, Constanta: A private piano recital in the Art Museum.

PMR058K-11
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: Nymphenburg Palace, north wing, containing the museum "Mensch und Natur" (Man and Nature), with reflections in the canal. The summer palace of the Wittelsbach electors.

PMR432-08
Poland, Gdansk/Danzig: the Giant Crane on Long Quay, now housing part of the Maritime Museum.
Keywords: metropolis, Gdansk, architecture, cityscape, city

PMR424-10
Germany, Saxony, Dresden: pleasure cruisers moored at the jetty on the Elbe with the Brühlsche Terrace, Museum and Art Gallery behind.
Keywords: city, rebuilding, River Elbe, Rococo, metropolis, architecture, Baroque

PMR420-11
Germany, Hamburg: view of the River Elbe and jetty, with museum-ship Rickmer Rickmers in the foreground.
Keywords: picturesque, sailing ship, port, harbour, city, metropolis, moorings

PMR419-09
Germany, Lower Saxony, Stade: the "Schwedenspeicher", an old brick granary from Swedish times (1705), now houses a museum.
Keywords: picturesque, heritage, historic, timber frame houses, half-timbered houses, architecture

PMR418-06
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: newly completed wings of the former Army Museum which was ruined during the war, apart from the central tract. Now the home of the Bavarian State Chancellery. Here reflected in the waters of the new ornamental canal.
Keywords: gardens, München, architecture, historic, dome

PMR418-04
Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: newly completed wings of the former Army Museum which was ruined during the war, apart from the central tract. Now the home of the Bavarian State Chancellery.
Keywords: gardens, München, architecture, historic, dome

PMR417-05
Slovakia, Kezmarok (formerly Kesmark): Old Market Place (Stare Trh) with the town's museum and town hall tower in the distance.
Keywords: historic, Kesmark, heritage, Czechoslovakia

PMR402-07
Hungary, Budapest: cannons near the entrance to the War History Museum on the ramparts of the fortified old town (Buda).
Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis

PMR390-10
New Zealand: North Island, Rotorua: Government Gardens, dominated by the ostentatious Tudor Towers, built in 1907 as a bath-house, and now converted to a museum and restaurant. Flower beds, with croquet game in progress.
Keywords: antipodes, architecture, picturesque, landscape, Maori

PMR390-02
New Zealand, North Island, Kerikeri: "Old Stone Store and Museum" (1833) built as a mission storehouse, with daffodils on the lawn.
Keywords: antipodes, architecture, picturesque, landscape, Maori

PMR387-04
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: Bauhinia flowers in the roof garden of the new Museum and Art Gallery.
Keywords: architecture, port, Brisbane River, metropolis, city

PMR372-11
Australia, Sydney: view from Sydney Tower: Hyde Park and the Australian Museum in the foreground; Centennial Park and Football Stadium in the distance.
Keywords: architecture, harbour, antipodes, Oz, modern architecture

PMR372-06
Australia, Sydney: view of Darling Harbour with veteran ferry boat belonging to the National Maritime Museum in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, harbour, antipodes, Oz, modern architecture

PMR370-08
Singapore: National Museum, built in 1887, with an unusual group of characters sitting on the bench.
Keywords: historic, far east, financial-centre, shopping-mecca, picturesque, orient, tropics, island

PMR562-7
Australia, Queensland, Longreach: Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, opened by the Queen in 1988, is a museum cum exhibition celebrating the outback; with Bougainvillea flowers in the foreground.
Keywords: architecture, modern architecture

PMR562-6
Australia, Queensland, Longreach: Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, opened by the Queen in 1988, is a museum cum exhibition celebrating the outback.
Keywords: architecture, modern architecture

PMR551-7
Malaysia, Malacca/Melaka: Replica of the Portuguese galleon "Flor de la Mer" which sank in the Straits of Malacca, laden with treasure. (Maritime Museum).
Keywords: ship, sailing ship, historic ship, boat

PMR551-11
Malaysia, Malacca/Melaka: Malaysia Youth Museum,. formerly the Dutch post office.
Keywords: architecture, colonial architecture, Dutch gables, historic buildings

PMR544-7
Bran Castle, built shortly after 1377 to protect trade routes and levy tolls, now exclusively associated with the "Count Dracula" stories of Bram Stoker which were perhaps based on Vlad Tepes ("Vlad the Impaler") the bloodthirsty Prince of Wallachia (born 1431), although the latter did not live in Transylvania. Here: the open air museum of traditional Romanian farmhouses in the grounds of the castle; beehives in the foreground.
Keywords: Count Dracula, Transylvania, Vampire, Gothic Horror Stories, Bram Stoker, Blood-sucking, Gothic Castle, Spooky, Eerie, Frightening, Bloddthirsty, ghoulish, demonic, devilish, weird, vampirish

PMR679-06
Russia, Siberia, Listvyanka on Lake Baikal, Tal'tsi Open Air Museum: the outdoor market for local handicrafts and souvenirs with the new Hotel Mayak in the background.
Keywords: historic, original settlement, colourful, national heritage, picturesque

PMR679-03
Russia, Siberia, Listvyanka on Lake Baikal, Tal'tsi Open Air Museum: "Volosnoye Pravlenye" ("District Administration") Building, built of wooden logs, relocated from an early settlement.
Keywords: historic, typical dwellings, original settlement, colourful, national heritage, picturesque

PMR679-02
Russia, Siberia, Listvyanka on Lake Baikal, Tal'tsi Open Air Museum: a row of re-erected wooden houses, typical dwellings of farmers and land workers of the 18th/19th century.
Keywords: historic, typical dwellings, original settlement, colourful, national heritage, picturesque

PMR679-01
Russia, Siberia, Listvyanka on Lake Baikal, Tal'tsi Open Air Museum: 19th century wooden church with dome, from an early settlement.
Keywords: historic, church, typical dwellings, original settlement, colourful, national heritage, picturesque

PMR678-12
Russia, Siberia, Listvyanka on Lake Baikal, Tal'tsi Open Air Museum: view of Lake Baikal from the museum grounds.
Keywords: historic, typical dwellings, original settlement, colourful, national heritage, picturesque

PMR678-11
Russia, Siberia, Listvyanka on Lake Baikal, Tal'tsi Open Air Museum: part of a wooden farmhouse from the late 18th/early 19th century from an early settlement.
Keywords: historic, typical dwellings, original settlement, colourful, national heritage, picturesque

PMR678-10
Russia, Siberia, Listvyanka on Lake Baikal, Tal'tsi Open Air Museum: 18th century wooden church with part of the schoolhouse from early settlements.
Keywords: historic, typical dwellings, original settlement, colourful, national heritage, picturesque

PMR678-09
Mongolia, Töv: Mandshir Khiid, a monastery of 350 monks, now in the Bogdkhan Strictly Protected Area, was destroyed on Stalin's orders in 1937, but one temple has been rebuilt as a museum. Ruins of the adobe walls of the former assembly hall of the monastery.
Keywords: Mongol, sharmanism, religious monuments, Chinggis Khaan, Genghis Khan, steppe, Outer Mongolia

PMR678-08
Mongolia, Töv: Mandshir Khiid, a monastery of 350 monks, now in the Bogdkhan Strictly Protected Area, was destroyed on Stalin's orders in 1937, but one temple has been rebuilt as a museum. Buddhist stele in the Foreground.
Keywords: Mongol, sharmanism, religious monuments, Chinggis Khaan, Genghis Khan, steppe, Outer Mongolia

PMR673.06
Switzerland, Bernese Oberland, Thun: the Schloss (castle) (now a historical museum) from the Rathausplatz (Town Hall Square) with its fountain.
Keywords: Alps, mediaeval, alpine meadows, colourful, picturesque, outdoor, snow-capped, alpine flowers, alpine, mountains

PMR673-05
Switzerland, Bernese Oberland, Thun: Mühlenbrücke over the River Aare, with Schloss Thun (now a historical museum), in the background.
Keywords: Alps, Schloß, castle, alpine meadows, colourful, picturesque, outdoor, snow-capped, alpine flowers, alpine, mountains

PMR669-10
Germany, Munich: originally the "Marstall" (stables), this edifice in Jakobsplatz was rebuilt after WWII to house the Film Museum which shows historic films in its own cinema.
Keywords: historic, mediaeval, architecture, capital of Bavaria, metropolis, national heritage, München, picturesque

PMR639-05
Albania: Kruja, site of Skanderbeg's fortress, from where he resisted the might of the Ottoman army from 1443 to 1468. Here: the Skanderbeg (Gjergi Kastrioti) Museum, inside the fortress, designed by the daughter and son-in-law of Enver Hoxha.
Keywords: Shqiperia, citadel, ruined fortress, fortifications, Kruje

PMR636-01
Croatia, Dalmatia, Zadar: the 16th century City Sentinel (Gradsza Straza), built in Renaissance style, formerly housed a section of the National Museum.
Keywords: national heritage, historic town, picturesque, mediaeval, Renaissance architecture

PMR631-02
Tunisia, Monastir: view inside the Ribat, dating from 796 AD, the oldest in north Africa, with original watch tower. The turreted section is the oldest part of the Ribat (ca. 800 AD) and now houses a museum.
Keywords: Muslim, Mohamed, historic, heritage, Islam, architecture

PMR353-05
Belgium, Bruges: Gruuthuse Palace (15th century), former home of the Lords of Gruuthuse, now a museum.
Keywords: Brügge, tradition, architecture, heritage, mediaeval, historic

PMR626-12
Spain, Lanzarote: Monumento al Campesino: designed by Cesar Manrique, the dazzling white and green patio leads to a museum of traditional crafts and a huge, circular restaurant in an extinct volcano crater.
Keywords: artistic design, Canary Islands, heritage, traditional architecture, monument to the peasant

PMR625-11
Sweden, Gothenburg: Hamnkanalen, with reflections of Kristine Kyrka (Church) and the Ethnographical Museum. Gustav Adolf Square to the right.
Keywords: canals, Swedish architecture, historic buildings

PMR610-08
Romania, N. Dobruja: Constanta, founded about 500 BC, was known in Greek and Roman times as "Tomis" or "Tomi". It is now Romania's chief port on the Black Sea, and a number of tourist resorts have been developed on the adjacent fine beaches. Here: the History and Archeological Museum displays important Roman statues and other remains found in the vicinity. Statue of the poet Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) (right) who was exiled to Constanta from 8 to 17 AD.
Keywords: Romanian architecture, monument

PMR606-06
Malta, Gozo, Xaghra: Ta' Kola windmill now houses a museum of related objects; novel fountain in the foreground.

PMR604-11
Malta, Gozo, Victoria/Rabat: view from the citadel, which now houses several museums.
Keywords: fortress, citadel

PMR599-02
Spain, Vizcaya, Bilbao: "sculpture" of a giant terrier, made from growing flowering plants, in the Guggenheim Museum.
Keywords: modern art, modern sculpture, flower art

PMR599-01
Spain, Vizcaya, Bilbao: the Guggenheim Museum, Architect: Frank O. Gehry, completed in 1997. View from the Puente de la Salve.
Keywords: Modern architecture

PMR598-12
Spain, Vizcaya, Bilbao: the Guggenheim Museum, Architect: Frank O. Gehry, completed in 1997. The riverside entrance.
Keywords: modern architecture

PMR598-11
Spain, Vizcaya, Bilbao: the Guggenheim Museum, architect: Frank O. Gehry, completed in 1997. View from across the Bilbao River.
Keywords: modern architecture

PMR598-02
Cyprus, Nicosia/Lefkosa: courtyard of the Hadjiyeorgakis Kornesios mansion, former home of the eponymous dragoman at the end of the 18th century; at present home of the Cyprus Ethnological Museum.

PMR586-10
Guatemala City: Palacio Nacional, on the Parque Central, is being converted to a museum.

PMR581-12
Russia, Moscow: The Armoury Museum in the Kremlin, built in the 19th century, houses a huge collection of jewellery and precious objects, the treasure of the tsars.

PMR579-10
Russia, St. Petersburg: Facade of the Winter Palace, part of the Hermitage Museum on Palace Square, St. Petersburg. Architect: Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli.

PMR579-08
Russia, St. Petersburg: South facade of Mikhailovsky Castle, St. Petersburg, built for Tsar Paul I in 1800, now housing a museum. Equestrian statue of Peter the Great (by Carlo Rastrelli) with inscription, "To my great grandfather from his great grandson" (Paul I).

PMR574-09
Romania: Baia Mare Open Air Village Museum: wooden farm building and millstone, with wooden church on the hill in the background.

PMR574-08
Romania: Baia Mare Open Air Village Museum: typical wooden carvings on a gateway to a shingle-roofed farmhouse.

PMR574-07
Romania: Baia Mare Open Air Village Museum: typical wooden church of the Maramures region, with its high, wooden tower.

PMR574-06
Romania: Baia Mare Open Air Village Museum: traditional thatched houses of the Maramures region.

PMR574-04
Romania, Baia Mare: Entrance to the History Museum in Baia Mare with handsome, wrought iron gates.

PMR568-11
Namibia, Windhoek: German memorial to the 50,000 dead after the Herero Uprising in 1904, with the Old Fort (now a museum) in the background.

PMR663-12
Jordan: Petra is a historical city dating back to about 500-600 BC, founded by the Nabataeans, whose capital it was. Lying in the Wadi Musa, many of its temples and tombs were carved out of the sandstone rock in gorges and in cliff faces, and some have been well preserved from erosion. The architecture shows evidence of Egyptian, and later, Graeco-Roman influence, but the Nabataeans had their own, distinctive style. The city in the desert thrived due to a well thought-out system of water control. Petra was designated a World Heritage Site on 6th December 1985.

This picture: cave tombs in the colourful rocks close to the museum.
Keywords: rose red city, Nabataean capital, natural caves, rock tombs, Roman architecture, Greek architecture, Egyptian architecture, archeological site, geology

PMR661-07
Germany, Bavaria, Donauwörth: the Rieder Gate, the last surviving town gate, now home to a museum.
Keywords: architecture, Schwaben, mediaeval defences

PMR654-05
Chile, Parinacota, Arica: Founded by the Spanish in 1541, the city is surrounded by the Atacama Desert, enjoys minimal rainfall, and is known as "the city of eternal spring, where the sun shines every day". Until 1880 it was part of Peru.
El Morro (the bluff), landmark of Arica, upon which a park has been laid out, and where the military museum is to be found.
Keywords: Pacific Coast, town park, Arica Cape, cape

PMR650-06
Libya, Tripolitania: ruins of the ancient city of Leptis Magna. The city was founded by Phoenician colonists about 1100 BC but became part of the Roman Empire when Carthage fell in the Third Punic War, in 146 BC. It became the largest and most prosperous city in Roman Africa. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Roman mausoleum in front of the museum.
Keywords: Roman architecture, historical city, artistic, stone carving, archeological excavations, archeology, Maghreb, Punic architecture

PMR647-09
Libya, Fezzan, Murzuq: formerly a prosperous trading town as capital of the chiefs of the Awlad Muhammad tribe for some hundreds of years, Murzuq lost its influence with the opening of sea trade and end of their rule in 1813.
Entrance ramp to the fortress Quala át Turk, once the home of the Sultan of Fezzan, later a Turkish garrison.. It now houses a museum.
Keywords: Maghreb, Sahara Desert, barren, mud brick buildings, Berber architecture

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