Chamonix
A lovely house in the centre of Chamonix: an hommage to great climbers and sportsmen who lost their lives.

Château de Chambord
A bronze bust of Maréchal Turenne, a 19th century copy of a 1695 Jérôme Derbais statue. What a man.

Château de Chambord
Wallpaper in the 18th century apartments.

Bayeux Cathedral
Statue of Saint James the Minor in the cathedral.

Bayeux Cathedral
Statue of Saint Bartholomew in the cathedral.

Plage de Cherrueix
What an interesting way to spend the time on the beach! Of course we booked the "char à voile" for the next day :-)

Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
I love their fashion sense. They all wear Phrygian caps and - quite unusually -fancy trousers.

Classe
What a lovely detail.

Col de Montgenèvre
A historically super-important pass, known already to Romans (including Julius Caesar). But, as you can guess, also a possible route for Hannibal. "Does not lie in sleep."

Piazza inferiore di San Francesco

Cathedral

Giotto's Campanile
These hexagonal panels depict (from left): Gionitus (Astronomy), the Art of Building, Medicine, and Hunting. By Andrea Pisano and his workshop, and Nino Pisano.

Open your Dreams by Skim
There was a Skim exhibition in Capoliveri. I just love his works!

House of Blackheads
The name of the house derives from the guilders' patron St. Maurice, who was often depicted as a Moor.

St. Peter's Church
St. Peter's Church (Rīgas Sv. Pētera baznīca). Founded in 1209 and rebuilt in the 15th century.

Miracle Coin
A special exhibition on Latvian coins in the National Museum of Art. "The Miracle Coin invites you to look at the world in the light of imagination letting it show us the way to miracles and hope."

150 years of Ainaži Nautical School
A special exhibition on Latvian coins in the National Museum of Art.

More poppies
I didn't have my camera, just my phone, so the photos are not that great. But not too bad either :-)

Ravenna

Kayaking around Fažana

Théoule-sur-Mer
Promenade André Pradayrol

Heliconia
The whole ilsland is like a botanical garden.

Heliconia rostrata

Alpinia purpurata, red ginger

La Dodo
The local beer. La dodo.

An unknown plant

Jeju

Fresh food
As fresh as it gets.

Typical Korean houses
Seongsan-ri

Jeju

Leaves on Jeju

Traditional Korea

Jeju United, Jeju world cup stadium

Buddhist Temple

Typical Korea

Korean design

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).

Umbrellas in Antalya

Çıralı pansiyons

Yivliminare Cami, Antalya

Jewellery
Some jewellery in Capoliveri

Elba aquarium

Elba aquarium

Elba aquarium

Elba aquarium

Julius Meinl Haus
Handelshaus Julius Meinl, 1899, Fleischmarkt 7.

Julius Meinl Haus
Handelshaus Julius Meinl, 1899, Fleischmarkt 7.

Jesuitenkirche
Interior of the Jesuit church, by Andrea Pozzo, 1703.

Cow with glasses
Bäckerstraße 12, probably 16th century. A cow. With glasses. Playing Backgammon. With a dog.

615 € ?!?
Is it just me or is 615 € for a pair of (such) sneakers insanely expensive?

Double-headed eagle
On the corner of Stephansplatz and Jasomirgottstrasse.

NHM
Ceiling in the Naturhistorisches Museum

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

Red button ginger
Tropical plants in tropical "rainforest" house

Stephansdom
The roof of the Stephansdom.

Swarowski
Kärntner Strasse. Why oh why?!?

Swarovski
Whyyyy?

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.

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.

Guild Sign in Via Righi, Cesena

Contrada Uberti, Cesena

Cesena cathedal, Saint John the Baptist
My OCD hates the tower windows.

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.

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. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca
The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca from the 1460s. Palazzo della Residenza. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca
The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca. A detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

Museo Civico
Sansepolcro.

Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna
Resurrection Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna (c. 1348). Altar in Sansepolcro Cathedral.

Saint Mary in Sansepolcro Cathedral

Ascension of Christ by Perugino
Ascension of Christ by Perugino from 1510. Detail. Sansepolcro cathedral.

Facade
Orvieto cathedral.

The apse of Orvieto cathedral
The apse in Orvieto cathedral dates from 1370. Frescoes by the local artist Ugolino di Prete Ilario are dedicated to the life of Mary.

Life of Mary by Ugolino di Prete Ilario
Life of Mary by Ugolino di Prete Ilario (1370), detail. Orvieto cathedral.

Chapel of the Corporal
Chapel of the Corporal (1350-1356) by Ugolino di Prete Ilario. Orvieto cathedral.

The apse by Ugolino di Prete Ilario
The apse by Ugolino di Prete Ilario (1370). Orvieto cathedral.

Life of Mary by Ugolino di Prete Ilario
Life of Mary by Ugolino di Prete Ilario (1370), detail. Orvieto cathedral.

San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral
San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral. Christ in Judgment by Fra Angelico and Benozzo Gozzoli.

San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral
San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral. The Elect in Paradise by Luca Signorelli (1499).

San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral
San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral. Deeds of the Antichrist by Luca Signorelli (1501).

San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral

Chapel of the Corporal, Orvieto Cathedral
Chapel of the Corporal, Orvieto Cathedral.

Corsica quarter, Orvieto
Orvieto is still divided into four districts, this one obviously being Corsica.

The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment (1594-99) by Ferraù Fenzoni. Counterfaçade of the Todi cathedral

John the Baptist
John the Baptist - Window in Todi Cathedral

Frescoes
Frescoes, Spoleto Cathedral (1477)

Frescoes
Frescoes, Spoleto Cathedral (1477)

Coronation of the Virgin
Coronation of the Virgin, Filippo Lippi (1467-69). Spoleto Cathedral

Coronation of the Virgin
Coronation of the Virgin by Filippo Lippi (1467-69). Spoleto Cathedral

Piazza San Rufino, Assisi

Pax et Bonum.
Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino.