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Black & white
I love black & white photos directly from the nature. This is Centro Fondo Peronaz, towards Cadore.
Monte Coldai
Torre di Valgrande
The ridge of Monte Civetta
Palafavera
Wonderful cross-country trails
Torre di Valgrande
Civetta ridge
Monte Civetta
It's snowing
Mailbox
Even the mailbox is made in traditional style!
Doggo!
Another old barn transformed into a new house. Is that a dog-shaped opening?
Window shutters
I love the precise cuts of the window shutters!
Old houses in Mareson
Fresh snow
Snow!
Another black & white real-world photo!
Passerela di Igne
Igne footbridge
Julius Meinl Haus
Handelshaus Julius Meinl, 1899, Fleischmarkt 7.
Julius Meinl Haus
Handelshaus Julius Meinl, 1899, Fleischmarkt 7.
Basilisk
The basilisk, Schönlaterngasse 7. According to a myth, on 26 June 1212, the servant of a baker discovered a basilisk at the bottom of the well in the courtyard. He destroyed it by holding a mirror to it (looking into its eyes was known to be fatal). The basilisk exploded. Now I know where JK got her ideas from.
Basilisk
Basilisk in the Schönlaterngasse 7.
Jesuitenkirche
The Jesuit (University) Church, built in 1620s and redecorated by Andrea Pozzo in 1703. What a brilliant optical illusion!
Jesuitenkirche
Interior of the Jesuit church, by Andrea Pozzo, 1703.
Jesuitenkirche, fake dome
The Jesuit (University) Church, built in 1620s and redecorated by Andrea Pozzo in 1703. What a brilliant optical illusion. This is the "dome" from the other side.
Jesuitenkirche
Interior of Jesuit Church
Cow with glasses
Bäckerstraße 12, probably 16th century. A cow. With glasses. Playing Backgammon. With a dog.
Aliens?
Some UFO lights in the center or Vienna.
615 € ?!?
Is it just me or is 615 € for a pair of (such) sneakers insanely expensive?
Stephansdom
The tower of Stephansdom, 136 m, built between 1368 and 1433.
Double-headed eagle
On the corner of Stephansplatz and Jasomirgottstrasse.
Conglomerate
Quarz conglomerate, Hertfordshire puddingstone, St Albans, England
Sulphur
Sulphur, Mine de Gyona, Sicily, Italy
Gold
A 36 kg gold "nugget", Zarewo Alexandrowskoi, Miask, Ural, Russia. A copy.
Salt
A lot of salt from Wieliczka mine, Poland
Pyrite
Pyrite or fool's gold, iron(II) disulfide, Amejun, Soria, Spain
Hematite
Iridescent hematite, Rio Marina, Elba
Calcite
Calcite, Joachimsthal, Jáchymov, Czech
Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite, Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl, Hofsgrund, Germany
Basalt
Different forms of basalt
Volcanic bomb
La Palma, Canary Islands
Gibeon meteorite
A part of the Gibeon meteorite, found in 1836 in Namibia, weighing in total over 26 tonnes.
Australasian tektites
Glass formation formed during meteorite impact
Sea Urchin Fossil
Archaecidaris, Carboniferous, Brown County, USA
Pecopteris Fern Fossil
Pecopteris miltonii, Carboniferous, a fossilised fern from Kladno, Czech.
Traces of a permian reptile
Traces of a reptilian Orabates, Permian, from Bromacker, Germany. Approximately 270 million years old.
A prehistoric ray-finned fish
Gyronchus macropterus (Kugelzahnfisch), Eichstätt, Germany
Spiral armring
A spiral armring with spiral ends, Maiersdorf, Lower Austria; Bronze Age, 1600-1300 BC.
A shoe
A shoe, Hallstatt, Upper Austria; older Iron Age, 800-300 BC.
Swords
Swords; late Bronze Age, 1200-800 BC; Bosnia, Poland, Upper Austria.
Old jewellery
Some bracelets and fibulae. Sorry, forgot what it is.
Fibula
A fibula, Brezje, Slovenia; older Iron Age, 800-400 BC.
Mammoth hut
A shelter made of mammoth bones and skin. Looks surprisingly comfy.
NHM
Ceiling in the Naturhistorisches Museum
The giant oarfish
Regalecus glesne. It is the world's longest bony fish, reaching a length of 11 m.
Chelydridae
Skeleton of a turtle.
Kookaburra
Crocodile
Mexican crocodile, also called Morelet's crocodile, is a fresh-water crocodile, up to about 3,5 metres long.
Crocodile
Mexican (Morelet's) crocodile
Flamingo
This is American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber, Roter Flamingo), which is slightly redder than the Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus, Rosa Flamingo).
Flamingos
American flamingos
Flamingo
American flamingo
Flamingo
American flamingo
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.
Almost there ...
Chrysalis stage of a soon-to-be butterfly.
Paper kite
Paper kite (Idea leuconoe) butterfly and its chrysalises (pupae).
Orang-Utan
This Orang-Utan's (Pongo pygmaeus) BFF is a waiter from the neighbouring restaurant.
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.
Arctic wolf
The arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) wasn't in the mood.
Nat Geo moment
Red button ginger
Tropical plants in tropical "rainforest" house
Tropics
Rainforest house. With bats. Those flying foxes flew directly into my face - not that I am ultrasound invisible or something, no.
Grasshopper wings
A close-up of a grasshopper wing. It belongs to a giant grasshopper (Titanacris albipes).
Stephansdom
The roof of the 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
Stephansdom
In the church tower (Steffl).
Swarowski
Kärntner Strasse. Why oh why?!?
Swarovski
Whyyyy?
Ankeruhr
Hoher Markt, the clock was made in 1914.
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.
Blossoming Ficus Tree
In Cesena.
Ficus Tree
In Cesena.
A part of the map Italia di Matteo Greuter, Bologna, 1713.
Biblioteca Malatestina, Cesena.
Biblioteca Malatestiana
The oldest European civic library, opened since 1454. Cesena.
Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
You could read the books but were not allowed to borrow them.
Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
Renaissance Library, build in 1447-1452 with original furniture and books. It holds about 400 000 books and 3200 manuscripts.
Bibllioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
It was built in the shape of a basilica - representing the temple of knowledge and culture.
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.
Neume initial
Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena.
Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) - Correction of the Almagest
Original is from the 12th century. Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena.
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.
Piaza del Popolo, Cesena
Piaza del Popolo and Fontana Masini (1581-1590) by Laureti, Masini and Montevecchio.
Guild Sign in Via Righi, Cesena
Via Fantaguzzi, Cesena
Contrada Uberti, Cesena
Contrada Uberti, Cesena
A statue by Leonardo Lucchi
Via Cesare Beccaria, Cesena
Cesena cathedal, Saint John the Baptist
My OCD hates the tower windows.
On the road
From Cesena towards Sansepolcro
Andy Warhol Autoportrait by Blub
In Sansepolcro.
Sandro Boticelli - Portrait of a Youth with a Medal by Blub
In Sancepolcro.
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.
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.

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