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  • P7070223ac Festive Table

    P7070223ac Festive Table

    Ordinary Royal tableware ; Some protocole was probably applied between guests! Birds are interested outside! Russia St Petersburg suburb Pavlovsk Palace UNESCO World Heritage. Festive menu suggested: Caviar o…
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  • PICT16420ac Climbing a Pyramid

    PICT16420ac Climbing a Pyramid

    Steps are narrow and high and the incline very abrupt (in the 60°), excellent to catch quickly a strong dizziness; Pierre stopped there at 2/3 unable to climb more steps and me too as the descent is still more perillous!!! 13/12/1986 Guatemala El Péten Pr…
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  • PICT16419bc Tikal Jaguar Pyramid 53 Meters 174 Feet

    PICT16419bc Tikal Jaguar Pyramid 53 Meters 174 Feet

    13/12/1986 13/12/1986 Tikal is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization; It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now northern Guatemala; Situated in the department o…
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  • PICT16418ac Improvised Umbrella

    PICT16418ac Improvised Umbrella

    During this trip with funny friends and guides (in Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras), we were always making things to laugh at all times!!!! Excuse the quality as that are 27 years old slides rephotographed! 13/12/1986 Guatemala El Péten Province Tikal Nati…
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  • PICT16417ac Tikal Arrival from Guatemala City

    PICT16417ac Tikal Arrival from Guatemala City

    Florès is the airrport to visit the fabulous National Park of Tikal Mayan ruins UNESCO World Heritage since 1980; From airport to the site we saw the debris of a Caravelle jet which scratched in the jungle, just frightening!!! The Tikal ruins of Guatemala…
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  • PICT16413cc Guatemala Chichicastenango Santo Thomas Hotel

    PICT16413cc Guatemala Chichicastenango Santo Thomas Hotel

    Upon arrival, we discover a haven of peace and beauty, San Thomas hotel, a neo-colonial highly refined luxury hotel with staff in traditional Indian garb and fires in fireplace in each room; 10/12/1986 Guatemala Chichicastenango Indian Town;
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  • PICT16408cc Guatemala Chichicastenango Santo Thomas Hotel

    PICT16408cc Guatemala Chichicastenango Santo Thomas Hotel

    Upon arrival, we discover a haven of peace and beauty, San Thomas hotel, a neo-colonial highly refined luxury hotel with staff in traditional Indian garb and fires in fireplace in each room; 10/12/1986 Guatemala Chichicastenango Indian Town;
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  • P7110496ac Church of the Epiphany Silhouette

    P7110496ac Church of the Epiphany Silhouette

    Wires free as seen here from Assumption Cathedral's gardens; Yaroslavl District Capital old center classified UNESCO World Heritage.
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  • P7110494ac Church of the Epiphany Silhouette

    P7110494ac Church of the Epiphany Silhouette

    Wires free as seen here from Assumption Cathedral's gardens; Yaroslavl District Capital old center classified UNESCO World Heritage.
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  • P7110489ac Yaroslav Church of the Epiphany Silhouette in a Web

    P7110489ac Yaroslav Church of the Epiphany Silhouette in a Web

    How ugly can be electric wires and they are present in all the great sites of Russia (often same in many places of the USA)!!!! This church looks like a spider in its web!!!I can't understand why a rich, modern and powerful Nation, expending so much money…
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  • P7110484ac Yaroslavl Town Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral (1835-1845)

    P7110484ac Yaroslavl Town Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral (1835-1845)

    Russia Yaroslavl Yaroslavl District Capital old center classified UNESCO World Heritage.
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  • P7070178ac Petrodvorets St Peter and Paul Cathedral

    P7070178ac Petrodvorets St Peter and Paul Cathedral

    This picture has been put on "Explore" of Flickr and got more than 11,000 visits in two days and 126 favorites! The Peter and Paul Cathedral is an orthodox cathedral built at Petrodvorets where tsar Peter-the-Great built his Summer Palace of Peterhof; The…
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  • P7070159ac Peterhof Palace Chapel

    P7070159ac Peterhof Palace Chapel

    Russia St Petersburg suburb Petrodvorets Village Peterhof Summer Palace ordered by Tsar Peter the Great UNESCO World Heritage.
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  • P7070157ac Peterhof Staircase Cascades and Fountains

    P7070157ac Peterhof Staircase Cascades and Fountains

    I am waiting Pierre at top of left fountains resting a moment on the balustrade unable to walk more; Russia St Petersburg suburb Petrodvorets Village Peterhof Summer Palace ordered by Tsar Peter the Great UNESCO World Heritage.
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  • P7070126ac Surprised Rabbit Among Sleeping Fountains and Golden Statues

    P7070126ac Surprised Rabbit Among Sleeping Fountains and Golden Statues

    A miracle, quite nobody, we are among the first to enter the Summer Palace of the Russian tsars! It is 9h30, at 11h begins the water show and the crowd will be there! Just a surprised rabbit and a woman picturing the golden men! Russia Petrodvorets Peterh…
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  • P7060084ac Paris Montmartre Boulevard by Camille Pissaro 1830 - 1903

    P7060084ac Paris Montmartre Boulevard by Camille Pissaro 1830 - 1903

    Wikipedia: Camille Pissarro was born in Saint-Thomas, Virgin Islands, on July 10, 1830 to a Jewish French father (Abraham) of Portuguese origin, who had settled in this Danish colony of the West Indies a few years earlier, and to a creole mother named Rac…
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  • P7060102ac Dance by Henri Matisse (1910)

    P7060102ac Dance by Henri Matisse (1910)

    This large painting is my preferred by this joyful Artist; Fauvism was an art style that lasted only four years, beginning in 1905; The leader of this movement was Henri Matisse; The word Fauvism is French for "wild beasts or wild game"; It got this name…
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  • P7060095ac Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) Tahitian Parau Parau 1891

    P7060095ac Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) Tahitian Parau Parau 1891

    Wikipedia: Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) was a leading 19th century Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist and writer; His bold experimentation with color directly influenced modern art in the 20th century while his expression of th…
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