Architecture
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Kyoto Imperial Palace
The Kyoto Imperial Palace is a historic landmark in Kyoto-Gyoen Park that holds immense cultural and historical significance. In this post, we'll take a tour of this magnificent palace through a photo slideshow.
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San Cristóbal de las Casas
San Cristobal de las Casas is a historic highland town in Chiapas, southern Mexico, known for its well-preserved Spanish Colonial Architecture. It is attracting many tourists due to the lively pedestrian cobblestone streets, colourful architecture and customs and festivals like 'Dia de los Muertos' for example.
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Teotihuacán, Mexico
Teotihuacan is a vast Mexican archaeological complex northeast of Mexico City. Running down the middle of the site, which was once a flourishing pre-Columbian city, is the Avenue of the Dead. It links the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Pyramid of the Moon and the Pyramid of the Sun, the latter two with panoramic views from their summits.
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Palenque, Mexico
Slideshow walkthrough the archaeological site at Palenque containing the ruins of a Mayan ancient city dating from ca. 226 BC to ca. 799 AD. The ancient city has a planned urban layout with residential areas, sanctuaries, palaces and the largest funerary pyramid in the classical period. The city was abandoned in pre-Hispanic times and the site was protected by the dense rainforest vegetation.
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Springtime in Sydney is all about Jacarandas
Jacaranda trees blooming at the beginning of November are making the spring season in Sydney, Australia special. Daniela looks around for the most photogenic locations in Sydney where you can find old, purple jacaranda trees.
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Fushimi Inari Torii Gates in Kyoto
Slideshow showing people walking up the mountain through the brilliant vermilion Torii Gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto and dressed up for the occasion. These Torii Gates are not meant as decoration, they are suggesting the spiritual entrance to another world.
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Tokyo City Centre – Day Walk
Blog article and slideshow back-tracing 24 hours travel experience in Tokyo, walking the streets in autumn, night and day - from Tokyo Train Station in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district to Imperial Palace and up to Hibiya Godzilla Square.
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Fun Things to Try with your Cityscape Images
DanielaPhotography illustrates creative techniques to use special effects to have fun with the cityscapes or streetscape images. 1- Turn into Black and White; 2-Use a Retro Glitch Effect; 3- Use Fake Laser Show Effect.
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Around Tokyo-Visiting Shinjuku and Akihabara
Tokyo scenes by day around Shinjuku Train Station, major commercial hub in Tokyo, and night scenes with colourful signs and advertising in Akihabara, the electronics district known for video games, anime, manga, and computer goods. Both areas are very popular with locals and tourists alike.
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Tokyo Cityscapes at Night
Spectacular Tokyo illuminated at night with aerial views of Tokyo Metropolis from the famous Mori Tower Skydeck in Roppongi Hills, major business centre in Japan.
