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  • Abstract telephoto detail of the lovely roof tiles in shades of red and orange, contrasting with blazing white stone of the church tower.
    Dubrovnik-church-tower--HRV200606-27...jpg
  • View of Tower Bridge, London, from the south bank of the Thames River, at dusk, with a full moon on the rise.  Violet colored evening light, glowing lights of the bridge and nearby buildings.
    Moonrise over Tower Bridge
  • View of Tower Bridge, London, at dusk.  The sky and river water are pink and purple, and lights on the bridge are lit.
    Tower-Bridge-full-moon-ENG201101--00...jpg
  • Glass exterior elevator on the Vittorio Emanuele and the bell tower of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, against a clear blue sky.  A stark contrast of a contemporary structure adjoining a Romanesque one.
    Vittorio-Emanuele_Santa_Maria_Coeli_...jpg
  • Campanile (bell tower) of the Duomo, designed and begun by Giotto, 1334-37, when he died.  Four years later Andrea Pisano became Master of the Works and scrupulously followed Giotto's design until 1348, the year of the Black Death, when everything stopped.  Francesco Talenti finally finished it in 1359.
    Florence_campanile_ITA201101--0066.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
  • View from St. James Park lake toward the London Eye and Foreign  Commonwealth Office, Union Jack flag flying from its square tower.  A heavy cluster of summer green trees in full leaf extends across the image separating lake water from the architecture and wheel beyond.
    London-Eye-from-St.James-Park-lake-E...jpg
  • Looking upward toward the golden Buddha at the top of the Wat Arun central "prang" or pyramidal tower.  Plain stairway dominates, while the walls on either side are decorated with bits of ceramic, figures, flowers, and borders of intricate design.  A golden figure of the Buddha seated on three elephants is at the top.  Construction began in 1809, using rubble brought on ships as ballast.
    Bangkok_Wat_Arun_THA200603_086.jpg
  • Stairway up to the city wall at Korcula, Croatia.  Tower gate and flag above.  Visitors descending the stair (two or three people).
    Korcula-Croatia-HRV200606-182.jpg
  • Exterior of the little round church of St. Donatus, built early 9th century in Byzantine style, and its later bell tower, seen from across the Roman forum.
    Zadar-Donatus-_exterior_HRV200606-07...jpg
  • Replacement statue of Queen Anne in front of St. Paul's Cathedral.  Looking up at the statue and the southwest clock tower of the cathedral.
    St.-Pauls-cathedral-cloudy-day-ENG20...jpg
  • Angkor Thom: Bayon, gigantic heads on the temple towers
    Angkor_Thom_temple_Bayon Smile KHM20...jpg
  • Teen-trouble-Eiffel-Tower-FH197808-1...jpg
  • Originally built as a mausoleum for Diocletian at the end of the 3rd century,the structure was taken over and became a Cathedral for St. Domnius.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-109.jpg
  • View of a medieval - Renaissance belltower in a residential area of Diocletian's Palace.  Medieval clock with Roman numerals around its circumference; bell in a loggia above; TV aerial visible from an adjoining residence.
    Split-Croatia-HRV200606-115.jpg
  • Rialto market, church of S. Giacomo, steps of Rialto Bridge in distance, on a rainy day, with shoppers and pedestrians walking by stalls of vegetables and fruits.
    Daily-life-Venezia_ITA200402-1-25.jpg
  • Piazza San Marco with Campanile, Marciana Library, Riva Schiavoni, from the vaporetto on its way back from Lido..
    Seen-from-vaporetto-Venezia_ITA20040...jpg
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4435.tif
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4431.tif
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4432.tif
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4412.tif
  • United Church of Christ, 19th century wooden structure, acquired from a Congregational denomination some years ago.  In Dracut, Massachusetts, a landmark, always painted yellow.
    Congregational-church-USA.MA201008--...jpg
  • South facade of St. Peter and St. Paul wool church in Lavenham, seen from near the south entrance.  A few gravestones scattered close to the church, casting shadows.  The late afternoon sun reflected off the 8-light Late Perpendicular style windows of the church.  Finely carved ornament on the buttresses and along the roof.
    Lavenham townscape ENG200701-0043.jpg
  • Omani coastal scene of a shallow inlet where boats are beached, and a 17th century watchtower tops a hill opposite.  In the foreground, closeup of the stern of a traditional dhow, of the sambuq style, with its carved and painted wooden decoration.  A small rowboat is beached alongside.  Sheets, hawsers, and ropes stretch across the image.
    Stern of a beached dhow
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    Clematis_sq.jpg
  • Single pink rose bloom close up, at the English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    HelloBeautifulRose.jpg
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4427.tif
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4411.tif
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4408.tif
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4405.tif
  • St. Bride's Church spire (Christopher Wren, 1675) hidden behind office blocks just off Fleet Street, London.
    London_StBrides_church-steeple_ENG20...jpg
  • Cordoba, Callejon de las Flores at night, with cathedral spire rising above it.  A few pedestrians seen from behind walk toward the end of the alley.
    Cordoba_Callejon_Flores_ESP201210--0...jpg
  • English Heritage site restoring Vita Sackville West and Harold Nicholson's gardens designed in the 1930s
    ENG201505--4434.tif
  • Korcula: A few houses with a small church above and the town wall below.  Telephoto view from the sea as the sailboat departs.
    Korcula-Croatia-HRV200606-195.jpg
  • Al Rustaq Fort, at the foot of Al Jabal Al Akhdar on the edge of the Batinah Plain, Oman. Originally constructed circa 1250 AD on Persian ruins from the 7th century AD, The imposing present-day structure was rebuilt by the first ruler of the Ya'ruba dynasty in 1650.   Rustaq has long been important because of its strategic situation at the openings of mountain passes, as well as its benign climate and hot springs, which are believed to have medicinal benefits. It was the site in 1624 of the election of the first imam of the Ya'ariba, Nasir bin Murshid bin Sultan, and served as the imamate's capital a number of times, controlling trade between Oman's coastal ports and the mountainous interior.
    Al Rustaq Fort, Oman
  • Stone escutcheon carved on a balustrade newel next to a stone stair.  Unusual variation on an Italian type, outlined in symmetrically concave curves with six points.  In the center, a castle with arcaded tower.  Star above and waves in foreground.  Possible a view of Venice?
    Trogir-medieval-escutcheon--HRV20060...jpg
  • Angkor Wat: third or upper level with steep stairs up to the central tower and tourists struggling to climb them.
    Angkor_Wat_interior_towers_KHM200602...jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales.  Tower interior staircase winding upward.
    WAL201605--5159.jpg
  • Conwy Castle towers and details
    Delicate blooms and heavy rough ston...jpg
  • Conwy Castle towers and details: arch of a town wall below the castle used to approach the castle from the parking lot below
    Leaving the castle.jpg
  • Italy, Magna Graecia : Paestum temple seen from ruins of the city.  An oak (?) tree towers over the ancient structure, still standing.  A different interpretation of nature overcoming the works of man.
    Paestum_trees_ITA200610-083.tif
  • On a hill near Phan Rang, South Vietnam, the Cham towers of Po Klong Garai, seen from a new parking lot lit by street lamps whose shapes echo the shape of the brick towers.  The group of small Hindu temples are still used for worship by Vietnamese Buddhists as well as Cham descendants.  They are built of brick without mortar.
    Cham_towers_VTN200602--026.jpg
  • views of the interior details inside the 9-11 memorial in New York
    USA.NY201608--5884.jpg
  • views of the interior details inside the 9-11 memorial in New York
    USA.NY201608--5883.jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales.
    Conwy Castle.jpg
  • views of the interior details inside the 9-11 memorial in New York
    USA.NY201608--5882.jpg
  • views of the interior details inside the 9-11 memorial in New York
    USA.NY201608--5893.jpg
  • views of the interior details inside the 9-11 memorial in New York
    USA.NY201608--5872.jpg
  • The Alhambra seen from Albaicin in daytime, showing its position on a cliff and squared structure as a fortress. Thick wooded band surrounds it.
    Alhambra_fortress_ESP201210--0221a.jpg
  • View of London on the horizon from Primrose Hill.  The city is a visual border between foreground green park land and expansive brilliantly cloudy sky above.  Man seen from the back is near the camera, wearing khakis & white shirt.  He is taking photo in the foreground, camera bag over his shoulder, seen from behind.  Visible but distant landmarks from left to right: the Swiss RE  "gherkin" tower, St. Paul's dome, BBC radio tower, London eye.
    London-from-Primrose-Hill-ENG200706-...jpg
  • Cham towers of Po Nagar (a goddess) near Nha <br />
Trang, Vietnam.  This tower built in 817AD of brick without mortar. This figure is a four-armed Shiva dancing on the sacred bull Nandin.  These towers were abandoned after the end of the Champa kingdom in the 18th century.  Recently revived as a place of worship for the local Champa people, a minority in the Vietnamese population.
    Shiva at Po Nagar VTN200602-042.jpg
  • Old and new ; old village structures with modern hotel visible beyond.  View of Hvar rooftops, including church bell tower and houses with rooftop solar panels.
    Hvar-Croatia-scene-HRV200606-164.jpg
  • Angular abstract design formed by the rooftop of Vezelay Abbey, seen from the top of the bell tower.  Thick mosses cover and color the roof tiles.
    FRA198008-4.jpg
  • View down a medieval street in Trogir, Croatia.  Trogir is the best-preserved Romanesque-Gothic complex not only in the Adriatic, but in all of Central Europe. Trogir's medieval core, surrounded by walls, comprises a preserved castle and tower and a series of dwellings and palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. (Wikipedia) Though no people are present, there is nevertheless a sense that these ancient dwellings are still kept up and lived in.
    Trogir-streetscape--HRV200606-101.jpg
  • London, Regent's Canal : seven barges tied up in a row at a wall designated for that purpose near Islington.  Cabins are painted bright primary colors.  Four orange and yellow buoys float alongside four prows.  Behind, railway tracks and overhead wires, water tower, industrial chimneys.
    Barges-Regents-Canal-ENG200707--9.jpg
  • Angkor Thom, Bayon, four faced towers of the temple.  The giant heads, each facing a cardinal compass point as protection, may be portraits of Jayavarman VII, the king who built the temple XII century. A couple of tourists, one wearing a kaffiyeh, walk by the doorway in front of the sculptured tower.
    Angkor_Thom-Bayon -visitors-KHM20060...jpg
  • Landscape of Oman, with grove of palm trees, mud brick and plaster dwellings in a village, red and white tower carrying high tension wires, backed by bare mountain slopes.
    Omani landscape
  • Landscape of Oman, with grove of palm trees, mud brick and plaster dwellings in a village, red and white tower carrying high tension wires, backed by mountain slopes.
    OMN200801--3708m.jpg
  • Angkor, Prasat Kravan, 10th century. Interior of central tower, brick wall relief of Vishnu stepping across the universe.
    Angkor_temple_Prasat_Kravan_interior...jpg
  • Evening view of the London city skyline, anchored by the Swiss RE "gherkin" tower rising among the high rises.  A steeple of one of the Georgian City churches is also visible.  A composition of old and new.  Viewpoint from across the river Thames just west of London Bridge.  An anchor chain of HMS Belfast visible at right, a buoy at left, and a barge tied up on the opposite bank in front of an anonymous looking early 20th century neoclassical style government office building.
    London-City-skyline-ENG201101--0013.jpg
  • South side view of Westminster Abbey from the cloister, showing freshly scrubbed exterior with buttresses and south tower.
    London_Westminster_Abbey_ENG201101--...jpg
  • Angkor Wat : view from the  east just after dawn, seen from the surrounding forest of trees and shrubbery.  The tallest tower dominates the scene.
    Angkor_Wat_exterior_east_sunrise_KHM...JPG
  • The Alhambra as fortress, seen from the Albaicin section of Grenada.  Powerful walls, square tower, and a scattering of tourists along the wall. Three cypresses and a cluster of other greenery in the foreground.
    Alhambra_fortress_ESP201210--0236.jpg
  • Rome, Capitoline Hill, looking up the ramped approach designed by Michelangelo, toward the Senatorio and its clock tower.  Statues of Castor and Pollux on their pedestals at the top.  Corners of the Capitoline Museums on either side.
    Capitoline-approach-Rome_ITA200901-4...jpg
  • Views of the ruins of Conwy Castle, Conwy, Wales. Tower interior with arched window and holes for floor beams.
    WAL201605--5155.jpg
  • Construction cranes are everywhere as various monuments are patched and polished.  This view of the Palazzo Vecchio is from the courtyard of the Uffizi Gallery, a construction crane silhouetted against the sky, and the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio burnished by light from the setting sun.
    Florence-Palazzo-Vecchio-repair-ITA2...jpg
  • There are many postcard views of Florence, the Duomo, and the Palazxzo Vecchio tower, so it's not easy to be different.  Here is one of the standard viewpoints from the terrace in front of San Miniato al Monte.
    Florence_cityscape_ITA201012-155.jpg
  • Ancient alley in the oldest part of the medina of Fes.  Multistorey brick tower projects from one building, while a hand written sign below offers building expertise.  Modern street lamp  is wired to an adjoining building, hardly less decrepit.
    Fes_Medina_ancient-alley_MOR200411_0...jpg
  • Angkor Thom: a skinny little boy fishing in the rubble-filled city moat using a torn fish net; Bayon temple face towers beyond.
    KHM200602-039m.jpg
  • Boatload of fishermen put-put home in a large outboard motor boat, in the dusk, off the coast of Zanzibar.  A mountain of white shining clouds towers over their outboard motor boat, their figures silhouetted against the horizon.
    Indian Ocean TNZ200801--4520.jpg
  • One of the apartment towers at Montebello Condominium seen through a row of leafless trees in February 2010.
    USA.VA201002--17sq2pr16x16 copy.jpg
  • Statue of St. Mark with winged angels at peak of central doorway, San Marco; seagull flying by, "giving St. Mark the bird.".<br />
Renaissance and Baroque statuary often reside on rooftops, cornices, towers, and everything above.
    St. Mark Basilsica Venice ITA200403-...jpg
  • View across an expanse of white sandy beach toward the Indian Ocean.  A pileup of shapely white cloud towers over the scene.  A tree branch near the camera in an upper corner confirms the distance.  Tiny details of seaweed, pebbles, and so on, just visible in the sand.  The beach is deserted.
    Indian_ocean_Zanzibar_beach_TNZ20080...jpg
  • Angkor Thom, Bayon, four faced towers of the temple.  The giant heads, each facing a cardinal compass point as protection, may be portraits of Jayavarman VII, the king who built the temple XII century.  This head wears a broad, satisfied smile.
    Ancient_Khmer_king_head_KHM200602--2...jpg
  • Rooftop view across part of the old section of Fez toward a newer section.  New concrete and cinder block structures sit atop ancient mud brick.  Everywhere growing radio and television antennae, and even a satellite dish.  Here and there laundry hung up.  One square minaret trimmed in green towers over all.
    Fes_rooftops_MOR200411_0543.jpg
  • Crowd of fishermen heading homeward in their motorboat.  Evening on the Indian Ocean with a  towering white cloud lighting their way.
    Zanzibar_TNZ200801b-4520.jpg
  • Vertical format view across moat in which temple towers are reflected.
    Angkor_Wat_exterior-sunset
  • Distant towers of the Bayon (temple) seen from outside the west gate of Angkor Thom.  overhanging trees of the surrounding forest visible on either side in a picturesque aspect.
    Angkor_Thom_Picturesque-forest-scene
  • Three tourists with their cameras at the ready below a towering cliff.
    NZL201804--7114.tif
  • Po Klong Garai Towers, a Champa temple site, off the road between Dalat and Nha Trang, Vietnam.  The towers were built in the late 13th & early 14th century to worship King Po Klong Garai.  Detail of a sculpture relief of a dancing Shiva in a l;eaf-shaped tympanum above the door lintel.
    Shiva_dancing_sculpture_relief_VTN20...jpg
  • Angkor . Banteay Srei temple enclosure and moat, showing central towers.  Three quarter view from across its moat.
    Angkor_temple_Banteay_Srei_exterior_...jpg
  • One tourist climbs and another descends the very steep stairway up to one of the towers on top of Angkor Wat.  A couple at the very top looks down.
    Angkor_Wat_interior_towers_KHM200602...jpg
  • Cham towers of Po Nagar (a goddess) near Nha .Trang, Vietnam.  Built in the 13th-14th century of brick without mortar, they were abandoned after the end of the Champa kingdom in the 18th century.  Recently revived as a place of worship for the local Champa people, a minority in the Vietnamese population.  A young Vietnamese woman in blue denim shorts takes an incense stick from the cauldron set up just in front of one of the temples..
    Po Nagar-Vietnamese_VTN200602-051.jpg
  • Venice, water traffic on the lagoon from the top of the Campanile in the Piazza San Marco; looking toward customs house at the mouth of the Grand Canal.  Giudecca and the Redentore beyond across the laguna; artificial island of Sacca Sessola in the distance.
    laguna-from-bell-tower-Venezia_ITA20...jpg
  • Venice, water traffic along Riva degli Schiavione from the top of the Campanile, Piazza San Marco..
    laguna-from-bell-tower-Venezia_ITA20...jpg
  • Venice, water traffic on the lagoon from the top of the Campanile in the Piazza San Marco; looking toward customs house at the mouth of the Grand Canal; island of Giudecca beyond..
    laguna-from-bell-tower-Venezia_ITA20...jpg
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