- Cathedral
Perugia Cathedral and La Fontana Maggiore in the front. - Palazzo dei Priori
Palazza dei Priori (1293-1443) - Cathedral
The cathedral (1345-1490) was never really finished. - Etruscan Arch
One of the two remaining Etruscan gates: constructed in the 3rd century BC and restored by Augustus in 40. - Etruscan Arch
The loggia was added in the 16th century. - View of Perugia
- La Fontana Maggiore
The Original Sin and the expulsion from Eden. - La Fontana Maggiore
The fountain was built in 1275-1278. And it's still standing in the main square. Here we see: The she-wolf that fed Romulus, Remus and their mother Rea Silvia; Two of Aesop's fables (the fox and the crane and the wolf and the lamb); January (a gentleman and his wife at the hearth - Aquarius) - La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: May (two Knights on Falconry - Gemini); June (the harvest and flailing - Cancer); July (the threshing and the division of wheat - Lion). - La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: The Lion Guelph and the Griffin of Perugia; with a bit of December on the left and a bit of Grammar and Dialectic on the right. - Cap d'Antibes
- Cap d'Antibes
How beautiful is this! - Cap d'Antibes
So raw. So powerful. So beautiful. - Cap d'Antibes
Well, think again. - Cap d'Antibes
What a lovely path running around the Cap. - My favourite mornings
- Ninja warrior in Cannes!
Unfortunately I did not see the actual show, just the stage. - Île Saint-Honorat
Île Saint-Honorat is the smaller of the Lerins islands. And visiting it off-season is just magical. - La Chapelle Saint-Sauveur
Recently renovated chapel on the island. Originally from the 5th, 9th and 11th century. - Île Saint-Honorat
View from the island towards Massif de l'Esterel. - Île Saint-Honorat
- Abbaye de Lérins
What a tranquil place. - Abbaye de Lérins
This place puts your mind at rest. - The fortified monastery
Built in the 11th century and being rebuilt now. - Île Saint-Honorat
A super soft and super quiet path. - Île Sainte-Marguerite
View of the Sainte Marguerite island. And the beautiful sea in between. - A wild orchid
My favourite plant identification app PlantNet says this is Long-leaved Helleborine (Cephalanthera longifolia). - Des oeufs de bouc
A volcanic cave, within des oefs de bouc. - Des oeufs de bouc
One of the windows/openings of the cave. - Heaven.
- Daisies
- Carpobrotus
- Le Nomade
I love the Nomade. The first time I saw him, I found the statue too static for a nomade. But now I can understand him. And I love him. - Le Nomade
So many so different pictures one can take with the Nomade. - Antibes
- Picasso Museum
A... a... something on the terrace of the Picasso Museum. - Old Antibes
So this is how an angel looks like from behind! - Les secrets!
... or just another brick in the wall? - Duck duck lamp!
These lanterns actually float on water. - Kažun
Typical Istrian dry stone huts. - Kažun
The interior of one of these stone huts. Surprisingly spacious. - Kažun
Typical dry stone huts in Istria, these are close to Vodnjan. - Church of St. Fosca
Originally from the 7th century, expanded in the 12th and 17th. Famous for its 12th century frescoes, but unfortunately closed when we were there. - Church of St. Fosca
The church is also a pilgrimage site. - Church of St. Michael (Sv. Mihovil)
The interior of the church. - Church of St. Michael (Sv. Mihovil)
The "new" church was built from the remains of the old one. - Church of St. Michael (Sv. Mihovil)
More remains from the old church reused in the new one. - Church of St. Michael (Sv. Mihovil)
1456. And something else. - Church of St. Michael (Sv. Mihovil)
This "new" church of St. Michael close to Peroj was built in 1456. - Church of St. Michael (Sv. Mihovil)
The remains of the old church from the 5th and 6th century. - Interesting clouds
- Interesting clouds
More interesting clouds. - Sunset
What I don't understand is why half of the sea is dark and the other half bright. - Poppies!
- The Adriatic sea
Beach in Fažana - Sunset
A lovely late afternoon in Rovinj. - Golden cape (Zlatni rt) in Rovinj
A lovely climbing spot close to Rovinj. - Golden cape (Zlatni rt) in Rovinj
- Still life
Let's just say: you had to be there to understand ;-) - St Francis Xavier church
The interior is basically the same since the 17th century. With an interesting contrast between black/gold/white. - St Jakob
Saint James the Less with some tool, with which he had been killed. - Saint Bartholomew
Just Saint Bart carrying and knife and his skin around ... - Schwammerlturm
The tower was originally built in 1268 and rebuilt in 1615. The first time I'm seeing the tower with blue background, so far only at night and/or rain. - Leoben
A very intricate - almost fractalesque coat of arms. - Leoben
A clever installation in a mining town. Glückau' - Pestsäule in Leoben
Leoben had to fight plague in 1347, 1352 and 1716. In 1716 the column was erected in the town square. Maybe it helped as there has been no more plague since :-) The Holy Trinity at the top with St. Barbara, St. Xaver, St. Sebastian on the left and St. Rochus, St. Jakob and St. Florian on the right. - St Francis Xavier church
The St Francis Xavier church was built between 1660 and 1665.