- Almost Todi
And a bridge across Tevere/Tiber. - Todi in early morning mist/rain
- Luca Pacioli, Sansepolcro.
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli. The Father of Accounting and Bookkeeping was born in Sansepolcro. - Palazzo Vescovile, Sansepolcro.
Life of St. Benedict, Palazzo Vescovile, Sansepolcro. Benedict appears to two sleeping monks and shows them how to build a benedictine monastery. - Sansepolcro Cathedral
- Sansepolcro Cathedral
- Ascension of Christ by Perugino
Ascension of Christ by Perugino from 1510. Detail. Sansepolcro cathedral. - Holy Face (12th century)
Holy Face (12th century), originally from Eastern Europe. Notice that Jesus is fully dressed. Sansepolcro cathedral. - Saint Mary in Sansepolcro Cathedral
- Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna
Resurrection Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna (c. 1348). Altar in Sansepolcro Cathedral. - Via della Firenzuola, Sansepolcro.
- Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity
Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds from 1485. Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Museo Civico
Sansepolcro. - Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity
Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds from 1485. Glazed terracotta. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca
The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca. A detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca
The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca from the 1460s. Palazzo della Residenza. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Polyptych by Piero della Francesca
The Polyptych of the Misericordia by Piero della Francesca. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - San Ludovico by Piero della Francesca
San Ludovico by Piero della Francesca from 1460. The saint wears the Franciscan habit but also the mitre and the pluvial indicating his role as a bishop. Palazzo della Residenza - Museum Civico, Sansepolcro. - A reflection
Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Polyptych by Piero della Francesca
The Polyptych of the Misericordia by Piero della Francesca. In Museo Civico Sansepolcro. - Polyptych by Piero della Francesca
The Polyptych of the Misericordia by Piero della Francesca. This part is apparently by someone else, probably Giuliano Amadei. Sansepolcro Museo Civico. - Pilgrimage by Giovanni del Leone
Giovanni del Leone - Pellegrinaggio della Compagnia del Crocifisso a Loreto in occasione della peste del 1523. Pilgrimage of the Compagnia del Crocifisso in Loreto during the plague in 1523. Sansepolcro in the background. In Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Sandro Boticelli - Portrait of a Youth with a Medal by Blub
In Sancepolcro. - Andy Warhol Autoportrait by Blub
In Sansepolcro. - On the road
From Cesena towards Sansepolcro - Cesena cathedal, Saint John the Baptist
My OCD hates the tower windows. - A statue by Leonardo Lucchi
Via Cesare Beccaria, Cesena - Contrada Uberti, Cesena
- Contrada Uberti, Cesena
- Via Fantaguzzi, Cesena
- Guild Sign in Via Righi, Cesena
- Piaza del Popolo, Cesena
Piaza del Popolo and Fontana Masini (1581-1590) by Laureti, Masini and Montevecchio. - Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville
Originally from the 7th century. This is a copy from the 8th century in Carolingian minuscule script. In Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. - Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) - Correction of the Almagest
Original is from the 12th century. Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. - Neume initial
Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena. - Titus Lucretius Carus - De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. Unfortunately I don't know how old this copy is. - Bibllioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
It was built in the shape of a basilica - representing the temple of knowledge and culture. - Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
Renaissance Library, build in 1447-1452 with original furniture and books. It holds about 400 000 books and 3200 manuscripts. - Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
You could read the books but were not allowed to borrow them. - Biblioteca Malatestiana
The oldest European civic library, opened since 1454. Cesena. - A part of the map Italia di Matteo Greuter, Bologna, 1713.
Biblioteca Malatestina, Cesena. - Magnolia Grandiflora
In Cesena. - Blossoming Magnolia Grandiflora
In Cesena. - Palazzo Ghini, Cesena
Coat of Arms of Pope Pius VI with Boreas the North Wind blowing on a lily, symbolizing his Swedish (northern) origin and the bending without breaking of the pure Church. - Ankeruhr
Hoher Markt, the clock was made in 1914. - Swarovski
Whyyyy? - Swarowski
Kärntner Strasse. Why oh why?!? - Stephansdom
In the church tower (Steffl). - Stephansdom
- Remembering the church fire
When the fire broke out, the famous church bell (Pummerin) fell down and broke. They replaced it seven years later with a new one. - Stephansdom
The roof of the Stephansdom. - Grasshopper wings
A close-up of a grasshopper wing. It belongs to a giant grasshopper (Titanacris albipes). - Tropics
Rainforest house. With bats. Those flying foxes flew directly into my face - not that I am ultrasound invisible or something, no. - Red button ginger
Tropical plants in tropical "rainforest" house - Nat Geo moment
- Arctic wolf
The arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) wasn't in the mood. - Ein ... Vogel
Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata). These birds live in grasslands, savanas and open forests of South America. They cannot really fly and mostly eat snakes, lizards, frogs, rodents and insects. - Orang-Utan
This Orang-Utan's (Pongo pygmaeus) BFF is a waiter from the neighbouring restaurant. - Paper kite
Paper kite (Idea leuconoe) butterfly and its chrysalises (pupae). - Almost there ...
Chrysalis stage of a soon-to-be butterfly. - Jellyfish
They have over 25 different species of jellyfish in the Vienna Zoo so I'm not really sure which one is this. My guess would be white-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata), native to the western Pacific. - Flamingo
American flamingo - Flamingo
American flamingo - Flamingos
American flamingos - Flamingo
This is American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber, Roter Flamingo), which is slightly redder than the Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus, Rosa Flamingo). - Crocodile
Mexican (Morelet's) crocodile - Crocodile
Mexican crocodile, also called Morelet's crocodile, is a fresh-water crocodile, up to about 3,5 metres long. - Kookaburra
- Chelydridae
Skeleton of a turtle. - The giant oarfish
Regalecus glesne. It is the world's longest bony fish, reaching a length of 11 m. - NHM
Ceiling in the Naturhistorisches Museum - Mammoth hut
A shelter made of mammoth bones and skin. Looks surprisingly comfy. - Fibula
A fibula, Brezje, Slovenia; older Iron Age, 800-400 BC. - Old jewellery
Some bracelets and fibulae. Sorry, forgot what it is. - Swords
Swords; late Bronze Age, 1200-800 BC; Bosnia, Poland, Upper Austria. - A shoe
A shoe, Hallstatt, Upper Austria; older Iron Age, 800-300 BC. - Spiral armring
A spiral armring with spiral ends, Maiersdorf, Lower Austria; Bronze Age, 1600-1300 BC. - A prehistoric ray-finned fish
Gyronchus macropterus (Kugelzahnfisch), Eichstätt, Germany - Traces of a permian reptile
Traces of a reptilian Orabates, Permian, from Bromacker, Germany. Approximately 270 million years old. - Pecopteris Fern Fossil
Pecopteris miltonii, Carboniferous, a fossilised fern from Kladno, Czech. - Sea Urchin Fossil
Archaecidaris, Carboniferous, Brown County, USA - Australasian tektites
Glass formation formed during meteorite impact - Gibeon meteorite
A part of the Gibeon meteorite, found in 1836 in Namibia, weighing in total over 26 tonnes. - Volcanic bomb
La Palma, Canary Islands - Basalt
Different forms of basalt - Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite, Pb5(PO4)3Cl, Hofsgrund, Germany - Calcite
Calcite, Joachimsthal, Jáchymov, Czech - Hematite
Iridescent hematite, Rio Marina, Elba - Pyrite
Pyrite or fool's gold, iron(II) disulfide, Amejun, Soria, Spain - Salt
A lot of salt from Wieliczka mine, Poland - Gold
A 36 kg gold "nugget", Zarewo Alexandrowskoi, Miask, Ural, Russia. A copy. - Sulphur
Sulphur, Mine de Gyona, Sicily, Italy - Conglomerate
Quarz conglomerate, Hertfordshire puddingstone, St Albans, England - Double-headed eagle
On the corner of Stephansplatz and Jasomirgottstrasse. - Stephansdom
The tower of Stephansdom, 136 m, built between 1368 and 1433. - 615 € ?!?
Is it just me or is 615 € for a pair of (such) sneakers insanely expensive? - Aliens?
Some UFO lights in the center or Vienna. - Cow with glasses
Bäckerstraße 12, probably 16th century. A cow. With glasses. Playing Backgammon. With a dog.