Best of Rob:
June 15 - The west facade of the royal palace of Versailles, Versailles
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Pool of Latona with a view toward the Grand canal, in the gardens at Versailles, near Paris
Best of Rob:
June 15 - In the famous 'Hall of mirrors', Versailles royal palace
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Detail of a ceiling fresco in the 'Abundance salon', Palace of Versailles
Best of Rob:
June 16, '15 - The last post (performed by the 'Liverpool Scottish' on their regimental day) at the Menin gate, Ieper (Ypres), Flanders, Belgium
Best of Rob:
June 15 - The famous Menin gate war memorial, Ieper (Ypres), Flanders, Belgium
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Cross of Sacrifice built over a German pillbox (exposed in the square at the front), Tyne cot British and Commonwealth war cemetery, Flanders
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Part of the Tyne cot cemetery (WWI), the largest British and Commonwealth war cemetery anywhere, in the Ypres salient ('Flanders fields'), Flanders, Belgium
Best of Rob:
June 15 - The Kortrijk belfrey (once the NE tower of the 14th cent. 'old' or 'small' hall, now a Unesco site) behind a square covered in imported sand, Kortrijk (Courtrai)
Best of Rob:
June 15 - In the 'St. Elisabeth Begijnhof' or Beguinage (a semi-secluded community for medieval widows and spinsters, this founded in 1238), Kortrijk (Courtrai), Flanders
Best of Rob:
June 15 - The Hotel de Ville (15th cent.) on the Grand Place, a weekend in Brussels
Best of Rob:
June 15 - One very high ceiling for the 13th cent., in Amiens cathedral (Catholic, 1220-1406)
Best of Rob:
June 15 - In the incredible nave of the Amiens cathedral (13th cent.), tallest in France
Best of Rob:
June 15 - 'The beasts of the world lie down in the ruins of Nineveh' (Zeph.2:14), on the base of the portal of St. Firmin (1230-40), Amiens cathedral
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (Catholic, 1220-1406), the tallest cathedral in France & a Unesco site, Amiens
Best of Rob:
June 15 - Dome in the Royal chapel, 'l'Église du Dôme' (finished in 1708, Catholic), over Napoleon's tomb today, Hotel des Invalides complex, Paris
Best of Rob:
June 15 - A ceiling in the Louvre, formerly a royal palace (from Charles V in the 14th cent. to Louis XIV in the 17th), Paris
Best of Rob:
Mar 14 - The ramp gallery, at the 'Italian Futurism' show in the Guggenheim museum (architect Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959), NYC
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Spotted hyenas In Harar
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - In Harar
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - The tomb of Sheikh Abadir (Abadir Umar Ar-Rida, 13th cent), possibly the first Islamic shrine in town, a city so rich in shrines and mosques it's claimed to be the 4th holiest in Islam, Harar
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - A mosque in Harar
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - Excavated remains of a neolithic house with a 'dresser', beds, a tank, and a hearth (@ 3,000 BC), Skara Brae, Mainland, Orkney
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - Maeshowe (Neolithic, @ 2700 BC), the most sophisticated structure built in northern Europe by its time, Mainland, Orkney
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - Part of the Ring of Brodgar, 'the land of the dead' (Neolithic, 2500-2000 BC), Mainland, Orkney
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - Remains of 'the Cathedral', Neolithic temple (from 3,300-3,200 BC to late 3rd mill. B.C.), the Ness of Brodgar, Mainland, Orkney
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - The famous Forth bridge (1890) across the Firth of Forth, Queensferry, Scotland
Best of Rob:
Aug 13 - The corner of St. Mary's st. (at the right) and the High st. (on the left), Edinburgh
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - The Scott monument (1841-44), the largest monument to a writer anywhere, Edinburgh
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - The North wing, which was the original 15th cent. palace (with Mary Queen of Scots' apartments on the upper floor and with Holyrood abbey behind at the left there), Holyrood palace, Edinburgh
