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A colorful rainbow that formed over the Powder Tower in Prague's old town just before sunset.
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A colorful rainbow that formed over the Powder Tower in Prague's old town just before sunset.

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From Sunrises and Sunsets

  • The main door to Karlstein Castle in the Czech Republic is covered with ornate iron decorations in a traditional and functional style with crossing iron straps providing additional strength. The door kncoker is centered in the middle of the door.
  • Karlstein Castle was the country seat for King Charles IV of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire. This shows the main castle tower; a fortress with walls ten feet thick.
  • A pair of copper waterspouts disguised as a gargoyle with a crown are located high up on a cathedral spire in Prague are highlighted against a stormy and cloudy sky.
  • Prague Castle (Czech: Pražský hrad) and the upper portion of St. Vitus cathedral are outlined against the sky. Prague Castle sits above the city of Prague. It is where the Czech kings, Holy Roman Emperors and presidents of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic have had their offices. Prague Castle is one of the biggest castles in the world at about 570 meters in length and an average of about 130 meters wide. The history of the castle stretches back to the 9th century (870) and it has been under construction in one form or another since then.
  • A colorful rainbow that formed over the Powder Tower in Prague's old town just before sunset.
  • A colorful rainbow that formed over the Powder Tower in Prague's old town just before sunset.
  • A small, one room church is located right at the edge of a rocky promontory on the Montenegro coast near Vrba and Sveti Stefan.
  • The old stone monastery at Praskvica in Montenegro is a peaceful scene in the coast hills near Budva and Sveti Stefan.
  • The old town of Dubrovnik is completely enclosed by a medieval fortress wall that is up to thirty feet thick and sixty feet tall.
  • The fortress walls of Dubrovnik protected the old city on the Adriatic side. These stone walls are forty feet tall and up to 40 feet thick. At the edge, a lone turret provides protection for defenders.
  • Old red tile rooftops in Dubrovnik are uneven and show interesting character. These roofs show some patching after the city was shelled in the 1990s.
  • Gold-tinted windows on the facade of a hotel reflect a housing development and the red rocks of a mountain range in the background with a series of Dali-esque distortions.
  • Gold-tinted windows on the facade of a hotel reflect the peaks of a nearby mountain range looming over a housing development with a series of Dali-esque reflections.
  • Fort Geronimo was an ancient Spanish fortress built in Portobelo, Panama to protect the Spaniards from pirates in the Caribbean.
  • One of the main buildings at Gatun Locks in the Panama Canal with a large container ship full of cargo in the background.
  • The central building at the Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal. The door provides a portal to view some of the equipment and the mountains in the background.
  • An architectural detail with an angel showing a family crest. This sculpture was located over the main door of an old mansion in the Irish countryside.
  • An Irish castle in the countryside. Located next to a lake, this was originally the residence for Irish nobility and is now a convent and girls' school. The white skiff in the foreground is common.
  • A European castle with a group of flowers in the foreground. This castle is like in a fairy tale with towers and turrets and ivy and more. The stonework is quite intricate.
  • An old stone detail from a gate in Cong, Ireland shows what appears to be a king with a crown. This old sculptural element is heavily weathered and chipped with a bit of moss and lichen discoloring the stone.
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