Swallows!

Vallouise
Well, this is an interesting building ;-)

Vallouise
One of the 'maisons plus riches'. Influenced by Piedmont architecture, the rich had stone staircases and arcades.

Orvietto cliffs

Riga centre

View of Riga
View towards Daugava river. Most notable are the Zeppelin hangars (center), the Latvian Academy of Sciences (left), and the 368.5 m tall Radio and TV tower.

Typical Korean houses
Seongsan-ri

Typical Korea

View from Antalya towards the mountains

Fixing a room in a Turkish manner, Antalya

Antalya: Saat Kulesi, Yivli Minare and the minaret of Tekeli Mehmet Pasa Mosque
Yivli Minare was built under Seljuk Sultan Ala al-Din Kay Qubadh I (1220-1237).

Çıralı

Simena - Kaleköy
With a Byzantine castle. The town can be reached only by boat (or foot).

Simena - Kaleköy

Kekova
Partially sunken Lycian town Dolikhiste.

Phaselis
Must have been a wonderful city.

Phaselis underground
Heating?

Phaselis

Phaselis Baths

Antalya at night

Hesapci Sk., Antalya

Aaaaah, the perfection. Antalya

Porto Azzurro

Chiessi

Capoliveri

Rio nell'Elba

Doggo!
Another old barn transformed into a new house. Is that a dog-shaped opening?

Old houses in Mareson

Piaza del Popolo, Cesena
Piaza del Popolo and Fontana Masini (1581-1590) by Laureti, Masini and Montevecchio.

Via Fantaguzzi, Cesena

Contrada Uberti, Cesena

Contrada Uberti, Cesena

Via della Firenzuola, Sansepolcro.

Todi in early morning mist/rain

Almost Todi
And a bridge across Tevere/Tiber.

Todi, Piazza del Popolo
With Palazzo dei Priori (1334-1347), Palazzo del Popolo (1213-1228) and Palazzo del Capitano (1293) in the background.

Via Lorenzo Leoni, Todi

Medieval streets in Todi

Medieval streets in Todi

Medieval rectangles :-) in Todi

Palazzo del Capitano and Palazzo del Popolo
Palazzo del Capitano (1293, left) and Palazzo del Popolo (1213-1228, right) Just a lovely stroll under an 800-YEAR-OLD building...

Via delle Scalette, Todi

Todi from Giardini Oberdan

Via dell'Arringo, Spoleto

Piaza del Duomo, Spoleto
The Sun came out!

Via dello Spagna, Spoleto

Via Fontesecca, Spoleto

Doors on Via Palazzo dei Duchi, Spoleto

Spoleto

Trevi
Shot through the bus window, that's the reason for the strange hue.

Via Bordo Aretino, Assisi

Assisi houses

Via San Rufino, Assisi

Piazza San Rufino, Assisi

Temple of Minerva -> Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Assisi

Volta pinta
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini.

Loggia dei Maestri Comacini
Loggia dei Maestri Comacini, Via San Francesco (13th century) in Assisi. Used to be the seat of Lombard rulers.

View of the di Santa Maria di Angeli, Assisi

Assisi

Etruscan Arch in Perugia

Via Appia and Via Acquedotto in Perugia

Via Acquedotto and Via Appia, Perugia

Via Acquedotto and Via Appia, Perugia

Fontana Maggiore
Fontana Maggiore (1275-1278), Perugia. The fountain decorated by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano. Palazzo dei Priori (1293-1443) in the background.

View from Giardini Carducci, Perugia

Via Baldassini, Gubbio

Palazzo dei Consoli
Palazzo dei Consoli (1332-42), Gubbio

View from Piazza Grande
View from Piazza Grande: St John's (13th century), Ospedale della Misericordia (1326) and Saint Francis (1259-1292). Gubbio.

View from Piazza Grande in Gubbio: Saint Peter's

View from Piazza Grande in Gubbio: Saint John's

Via Repubblica, Gubbio

San Giovanni Battista and Palazzo dei Consoli

Gubbio

Gubbio at night

Gubbio before sunrise

Gubbio just at sunrise

Ideal City
Ideal City (1470s) probably by Luciano Laurana. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

The town of Urbino
as seen from the palace.

Portoferraio
With Forte Falcone

Chiessi
Probably my (and my kids') favourite place on the island.

Portoferraio
Linguella Museum of Archeology in the Medicean Fortress

Portoferraio
A pedestrian tunnel through the fortress's walls

Capoliveri
Qui si mangia.

Capoliveri
Piazzetta G. Marconi

Capoliveri
Probably my favourite town on the island.

Capoliveri
Parrocchia Santa Maria Assunta

Portoferraio
You must enter another dimension behind these doors, otherwise I cannot imagine how these are separate apartments/houses.

Portoferraio

Edinburgh
This, dear architects, is an example of coherent and consistent urban planning.

The Molo, Venice
The Molo, Venice, looking West (~1745) by Antonio Canaletto

Pitlochry
Such a lovely picturesque town!

Capoliveri
End of August this year and it gets dark so early: Pitch dark at 9:15!

Rio nell'Elba
Via Ilario Zambelli

La fontana di Barabba
A fountain in Rio nell'Elba

Church of Padreterno in Rio nell'Elba
What a lovely street!

Rio nell'Elba

Fountain of Canali
Fountain in Rio nell'Elba. Now THIS is some delicious water. Really delicious.

Rio nell'Elba
I still don't understand how TWO apartments can fit into such a small house.

Church of the Holy Souls
Most of the scenery is dating from way after Jesus was born.

Rio nell'Elba
Public garden in Rio nell'Elba off Via Giuseppe Garibaldi.