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  • Muscat, harbor behind Sultan's Palace, view across to Jelali fort, built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and still used by the Omani military.
    Jelali fort, Muscat
  • Detail of the carved plaster and mirror wall decoration of the "Glass Palace" in the Amber Fort, Jodhpur.  The 16th century design is abstract, vertically oriented.
    Birthday card_PT200110-1.jpg
  • Rome, Fountain of the Turtles, Piazza Mattei, Rome ghetto; Fontana delle Tartarughe, the Tortoise Fountain. The fountain itself was designed by Giocomo della Porta at the end of the 16th century, but it was Bernini who added the tortoises in 1658.View of the entire fountain in its position in the piazza.  Boutique and house beyond.
    Piazza-Mattei-Rome_ITA200901--0954.jpg
  • 16th century statue of an angel showing a little leg in the sacristy of the Carthusian Monastery, Granada, Spain.  Style is high Spanish Baroque, elaborate and melodramatic.
    Statue_female_saint_ESP201210--0324.jpg
  • Lavenham townscapes and architecture: Little Hall, now a museum, was a house built in the 14th century, enlarged in the 16th century, and eventually housed several families.  Restored in the 1920s by the Gayer-Anderson twin brothers, in 1975 it was given to the Suffolk Preservation Trust.  See history and program at http://www.littlehall.org.uk/littlehall/index.htm.  It is the oldest house in Lavenham.
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0031.jpg
  • Ahmedabad-Sidi-Sayyid-mosque-IND2013...dng
  • Door and window of a wooden jail cell (one of many) under the roof of the Doges Palace, Venice.  Casanova was one of its occupants..
    Doges-palace-jail-cell-Venezia_20040...jpg
  • View from the interior of the window of pierced stone in squares, each square filled with a geometric or curvelinear motif.
    Geometric-window-grille-IND201301--0...jpg
  • Friday mosque, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.
    IND201301--0565 - Copy.jpg
  • Friday mosque, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.  Mughal ornament in a provincial style locally known as Indo-Saracenic.  Tomb in the center of the precinct, arcaded enclosure wall beyond.
    Champaner_Friday_Mosque_IND201301--0...jpg
  • Friday mosque, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, view of courtyard and enclosure from entrance porch.  Jain craftsmen applying Jain techniques to Moslem building.
    Champaner-Jama-Mascid-IND201301--054...jpg
  • A huddled group of American tourists are dwarfed by the Baroque splendors of the Carthusian monastery church in Granada, Spain.
    Tourists-huddle-Baroque-splendor-ESP...jpg
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  • IND201301--0557 - Copy.jpg
  • Castel Sant'Angelo, shipping trunks and chests in an upper room of Pope Paul 3d; an interior of polished wood panels on walls and floor.
    Castel-Sant'Angelo-interior-Rome_ITA...jpg
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  • Statue of an angel flourishing a red robe and flashing a little bare leg behind the altar of the high Baroque church of the Carthusian Monastery in Granada.
    ESP201210--0324.jpg
  • Qala i Kuhna Mascid in the Purana Qila ("Old Fort") area, Delhi.  This mosque was built by the Afghan chieftain Sher Shah Sur 1541 who had dispossessed the second Mughal emperor, Humayun (who eventually defeated Sher Shah's successors in 1555..
    Qala i Kuhna Mascid IND200111-01-13.jpg
  • Tempietto di Bramante, in courtyard of San Pietro di Montorio. 1502, on the site where St. Peter is supposed to have been crucified.  Round, Doric order, dome, seen through arched entrance.
    Bramante-tempietto-Rome_ITA200901--1...jpg
  • Door to the College of San Ildefonso at Alcala Henares, seen partly closed, with another doorway beyond and a group of people outside.
    16th century door_ESP2201210--4063.jpg
  • Interior of St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, at the chapel where the simple marble tomb of St. Wenceslaus rests.  Side view of the tomb on its plinth; window above with 16th century frescoes of the life of King Wenceslaus.   The chapel itself is 14th century, rebuilt from the original 10th century rotunda church, after Wenceslaus had become the patron saint of Bohemia.
    Wenceslaus-tomb-St.Vitus-Prague-CZR2...jpg
  • Street fountain in an alley beside the Palazzo Doria Pamphilij, Fontanella del Facchino, 16th century.  Figure of a man, probably a porter, holding a barrel from which the water pours from a hole in its side to fall into a basin below.  Cobbled street, protective chain in front of the figure.
    Street_fountain_Rome_ITA200901--1068...jpg
  • Santa Maria in Domnica, exterior, colonaded facade with Roman era carved marble boat in forecourt. Boat is an ancient offering incorporated into the 16th century fountain.  An unusual example of Renaissance adaptive reuse of ancient work.  Church portico by Sansovino 1513  main church is 9th century basilica with three apses, and lovely mosaics.  http://romanchurches.wikia.com/wiki/Santa_Maria_in_Domnica
    navicella-Rome_ITA200901--1275.jpg
  • This amusing fountain, probably 17th or even 18th century, stands on a corner in the Oltrarno near a bus stop I often used at the end of the day to get back to my b&b.  Its grotesque mask always made me smile.  Its mouth has a metal spout which indicates safe drinking water.  The six balls on the escutcheon above are a Medici heraldic statement, six being typical of the 16th century usage.
    Baroque_corner_drinking_fountain_ITA...jpg
  • Tiered roofs of the Patan temple Jagannarayan Mandir, with a figure of King Yoganarandra Malla on the top of a column in front of it.  Patan Durbar Square, a UNESCO Monument Zone in the Kathmandu Valley. Temple dated late 16th century.  The king ruled ca. 1685-1706.
    Nepal-Patan-temple-NPL200110-5-5sc.jpg
  • Looking up into the interior of Brunelleschi's dome, covered in the 16th century with frescoes by Giorgio Vasari, the hyperactive painter, writer, architect, and historian.
    Florence_cathedral_interior_dome_ITA...jpg
  • View of the 16th century Laate Perpendicular Gothic church and tower from the south, including its adjoining graveyard.   Its size and elegance reflect the wealth of the area around Lavenham during the Tudor period.
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0040.jpg
  • "Gobbo del Rialto", 16th century sculpture of a hunchback crouching on one knee to bear a terrible weight on his bent head,  in the Campo del San Giacomo near Rialto bridge.  It supports a platform from which announcements used to be made.  The figure's neck is sharply bent and his face looks pained..
    Man_crouching_under_weight_Venezia_I...jpg
  • Rome, Fountain of the Turtles, Piazza Mattei, Rome ghetto; Fontana delle Tartarughe, the Tortoise Fountain. The fountain itself was designed by Giocomo della Porta at the end of the 16th century, but it was Bernini who added the tortoises in 1658.  Detail showing arms and hands of figures lifting turtles into the top basin of the fountain.
    Piazza-Mattei-Rome_ITA200901--0951.jpg
  • Detail of the facade of the College of San Ildefonso, Alcala Henares, an example of the Spanish Plateresque architectural style of the 16th century.  The building opened in 1506.
    Alcala_Henares_Plateresque_ESP220121...jpg
  • Detail of the carved plaster and mirror wall decoration of the "Glass Palace" in the Amber Fort, Jodhpur.  The 16th century design is abstract, vertically oriented.
    Holiday_sparkle_PT200110-1card5x7.jpg
  • A modern museum of El Greco's works has been added to a 16th century house where he is said to have lived. This charming carved beam and simple Ionic style column are probably original.
    Toledo-architectural-detail-ESP20121...jpg
  • Navicella fountain in front of Santa Maria in Domnica; detail of the bow of the ancient marble gallley incorporated into the 16th century fountain.  A ferocious lion head is carved on the side
    navicella-Rome_ITA200901--1274.jpg
  • Facade of the university College of Ildefonso at Alcala de Henares.  Flourish of red roses in the foreground, and a clutch of tourists lined up admiring the building's Plateresque ornamental flourishes around its doors and windows.  The building dates from the turn of the 15th-16th century.  The university, founded by Ximenez de Cisneros, opened in 1508 as the College of St. Ildefonso.  The facade was designed by Rodrigo Gil de Hontanon in the style known as plateresque.
    Alcala_Henares_university_ESP2201210...jpg
  • Detail of carved beam and stone proto-Ionic column capital in the courtyard of El Greco's house, Toledo, Spain.
    Construction_detail_16th_century_ESP...jpg
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