Tag : Memory Flashback

Musei Capitolini. Roma, Italy

The photo tour of Musei Capitolini continued. Please find the previous photos of the masterpieces from the Capitoline Museums here. This set starts with the photo of The Esquiline Venus (Venere Esquilina), one of the most celebrated statues from Classical Antiquity. The Roman nude marble sculpture of a female in sandals and headdress was created circa 50 A.D. It is …

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Masterpieces From the Capitoline Museums

The Capitoline Museums, dated 1471, are a group of art and archaeological museums designed by Michelangelo on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. It’s the world’s oldest national museums, the “treasure box” full of art masterpieces of ancient Roman sculptures, collections of medieval and Renaissance art, and other artifacts. Today I share the photos of masterpieces I have …

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Untitled Captures From Trip to Rome, Italy

I went through an archive of photos from my trip to Rome, Italy and Vatican City. Here are a few of the street snaps. The photo of a girl in an open window strikes me every time I look at it… Soon, I will be publishing a series of photo posts from Rome which will be focused on particular subjects …

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The Gothic Gargoyles of Notre Dame de Paris

Notre-Dame de Paris, also known as Notre-Dame Cathedral or simply Notre-Dame, is a Catholic cathedral in Paris, France, built in the Gothic architectural style in 1345. Many small individually crafted statues are placed around the outside to serve as column supports and water spouts. Among these are the famous Gargoyles. A gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque, with a spout …

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Stranger Portraits from Archived Thailand

Monks on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand

This week I had to go through some of my travel photo archives and realized how many Captured Memories I still haven’t shared with you here in my Travel Photo Journal. One of the most missed photo archives is ‘Thailand’. I published only 11 photos from my trip to Thailand when transferred an old travel photo blog two years ago. …

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Requiem for Atlanta Thrashers 1999-2011

Philips Arena. Requiem for Atlanta Thrashers

This Flashback is dedicated to the opening of 2012-2013 NHL season scheduled for December 15th. This year, the second time since last millennium, NHL season will not start in Atlanta. I still can’t believe this is happening. My Atlanta Thrashers jersey is getting dusty… Here are a few memories captured with a pocket point-n-shoot camera back in the “glories” years. …

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Nefertiti – An Icon of Feminine Beauty

Dedicated to Nefertiti’s 100 Year Anniversary. Nefertiti was the Great Royal Wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Owing to her Bust, a 3,300-year-old painted limestone, Nefertiti has become one of the most famous women of the ancient world, and an icon of feminine beauty. The work is believed to have been crafted in 1345 BC by the sculptor Thutmose. A …

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The Roman Pantheon – A Temple To All Gods

The Roman Pantheon and Piazza della Rotonda

The Pantheon (Rome, Italy) was built almost 1,900 years ago in times of the great Roman Empire. For about 500 years the Pantheon served as a temple to all the Gods. The temple was converted into the Church of St. Mary and the Martyrs in 609. The Pantheon now contains the tombs of the famous artist Raphael and several Italian …

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Rome Italy and Vatican City

Rome, Italy is photographer’s paradise. The city owns millions of artsy objects- beautiful buildings, bridges, fountains, statues… While looking at my “Angels and Demons” Italian and Vatican trip photos, I found a captured memory of a little girl sitting by an open window across the street from the Pantheon. The capture has inspired me to post this photo essay. Click …

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Fountain of Joy or Joy of Trick Fountains

Hellbrunn Palace & Trick Fountains. Salzburg, Austria

It was so much fun to watch joyful faces of the visitors of Salzburg’s (Austria) 400 years old Hellbrunn Palace (Schloss Hellbrunn). One of the attractions here is a water garden where for an admission fee of 9.50 Euros (Children- 4.50) you can get soaked by trick fountains hidden everywhere- in the benches, statues, pathways… If you like to get …

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Santa Monica Pier: Route 66 Ending Point

Santa Monica Pier: Route 66's Western Point

85 years ago the numbered highway system was born in the United States. One of the first numbered highways was Route 66 – a highway from Chicago to Los Angeles, the US Mother Road. Today my Friday Flashback is from the place where “End of the Trail” sign is installed – Santa Monica pier, the ending point of Route 66. …

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Romulus, Remus and Lupa (a she-wolf)

According to a legend, Rome, Italy was founded in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus, who were raised by Lupa (a she-wolf). It’s hard to imagine what would happen to our Civilization if Lupa didn’t rescue the twins from the Tiber River. It would be no Roman Art, Sculpture, Latin literature, Music… Simply no Colosseum, no Piazza Navona, no Trevi …

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