Photos tagged as monuments

Rio de Janeiro - Monument to Youth

Monument to Youth, by Bruno Giorgi - Gustavo Capanema Building (former headquarters of the Ministry of Education and Culture) gardens, in Downtown Rio.

Date: 28 November 2005
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado 6 PM

Here is a view of Corcovado Mountain (710 meters high) and Christ The Redeemer monument, seen from Botafogo Beach.

Date: 18 November 2005
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil
Tags: landscapes sunsets_and_sunrises mountains cities monuments rio_de_janeiro br-rj
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Rio de Janeiro - Sugar Loaf

A view of Sugar Loaf, seen from General Tibúrcio Square, in the district of Urca. On the foreground we can see part of the monument dedicated to the brazilian heroes of the Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay War, occurred in the second half of XIX Century.

Date: 16 November 2005
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro - Chopin and Sugar Loaf

Inaugurated in 1944, the statue of Fryderyk Chopin (2,50 meters high), by Polish artist Augusto Sambynsky, was given to Rio by the Polish Community. Located at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, it stands close to famous Sugar Loaf (396 meters high), one of the city's main landmarks.

Date: 16 November 2005
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil
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Monument in the Urban Setting

This is a Monument in Cagayn de Oro City, Philippines. Before this has been taken for granted, but now, with the current city admninistration, it has been maintain, and beautified to its previous granduer.

Date: 12 November 2005
Photographer: jinhwa: gallery
Location: Philippines
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Column of Justice in Ocana

Column of Justice - Originally called 'La Picota' or 'Rollo de justicia' located at the Plaza Jose Maria Prada in Ocana, Village of Toledo province in Castile-La Mancha, Spain Situated around 56 km from the City of Toledo It lays at the north of the tableland known as the Mesa de Ocana

Date: 11 November 2005
Photographer: isd: gallery
Location: Spain
Tags: architecture monuments historical_monuments
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Monument to Don Quixote

Monument to Don Quixote in Town Square of Madridejos, small village in Toledo province of Castile La Mancha, Spain

Date: 5 November 2005
Photographer: isd: gallery
Location: Spain
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Villafranca de los Caballeros

Villafranca de los Caballeros, small village in Toledo province of Castile La Mancha, Spain

Date: 5 November 2005
Photographer: isd: gallery
Location: Spain
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Alcazar de San Juan

Alcazar de San Juan, tiny town in Ciudad Real province of Castile La Mancha, Spain

Date: 30 October 2005
Photographer: isd: gallery
Location: Spain
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Alcazar de San Juan

Alcazar de San Juan, tiny town in Ciudad Real province of Castile La Mancha, Spain

Date: 30 October 2005
Photographer: isd: gallery
Location: Spain
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Herencia

Herencia, tiny town in Ciudad Real province of Castile La Mancha, Spain

Date: 30 October 2005
Photographer: isd: gallery
Location: Spain
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Ventanillas de Otuzco - Cajamarca

Date: 30 October 2005
Photographer: snatterand: gallery
Location: Cajamarca, Peru
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Monument of Don Quixote

Puerto Lapice, tiny town in Ciudad Real province of Castile La Mancha where Don Quixote said to have been dubbed knight by the local innkeeper.

Date: 30 October 2005
Photographer: isd: gallery
Location: Spain
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Yepes

Column of Justice - Originally called 'La Picota' or 'Rollo de justicia' situated in Yepes, village of Toledo province in Castile la Mancha

Date: 18 October 2005
Photographer: isd: gallery
Location: Spain
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Louvre

Date: 30 September 2005
Photographer: M'siankiwi: gallery
Location: France
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Eiffel

Date: 29 September 2005
Photographer: M'siankiwi: gallery
Location: France
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On the Equator - Mitad del Mundo

(but apparently, the monument is a bit misplaced...)

Date: 28 September 2005
Photographer: snatterand: gallery
Location: Quito, Ecuador
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konark

by evening ,this majestic ancient monument comes live.

Date: 24 September 2005
Photographer: rangers: gallery
Location: India
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Jake at The Old Shoes Monument, Cartagena Colombia

The Old Shoes Monument was built in honor of Luis Carlos Lopez. He was a poet and writer who was born in Cartagena. He was nicknamed One-eyed Lopez.

Date: 16 September 2005
Photographer: numero1: gallery
Location: Colombia
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Kyoto - Buddha at Kiyomizudera

Kiyomizudera ("Pure Water Temple") is one of Japan's most important Buddhist temples, associated with the Hosso sect, one of the oldest sects within the country. This is one of the many sacred statues one can find there.

Date: 27 June 2005
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Japan
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Kyoto - The Year of the Pig

Here is a small temple in Kyoto, dedicated to the Pig, situated in a residencial area close to the district of Ghion. It makes me think about the Chinese Calendar, which has been in continuous use for centuries. It predates the International Calendar (based on the Gregorian Calendar) we use at the present day. It measures time, from short durations of minutes and hours, to intervals of time measured in months, years and centuries, entirely based on the astronomical observations of the movement of the Sun, Moon and stars. February 18, 2007 will be the first day of the Chinese New Year, starting "The Year of the Pig". There are 12 animal names. So, by this system, year names are re-cycled every 12 years.

Date: 26 June 2005
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Japan
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Tokyo - Asakusa Kannon Temple Surroundings

This is one of the many Buddhist deities found in the sorroundings of Sensoji, also known as Asakusa Kannon Temple (the goddess of mercy), Tokyo's oldest, situated in Asakusa, a very popular district among locals and visitors.