Month: June 2022
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The Top of the Bank
Taking three years to build, the CEC Palace (of which this shot shows just the very top of the tallest dome) is home to the very first bank opened in Romania. We will see more of this great building tomorrow.
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Old Reflections
This shot shows the first bank in Bucharest reflected in the windows of a nearby modern building. I liked the way the bank is carved up into different sections as each window reflects its image in a slightly different way. Old and new combined.
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Light Fantastic
I know it’s a bit strange, but one of the things I enjoy about exploring cities across the world is how they design their street lamps. They all perform the very same function, and yet everywhere you go they look a little different. I wonder who designs them for a living?
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Head and Shoulders
Corneliu Coposu was born in Transylvania in 1916, he played a key role in uniting Transylvania with the Romanian state. He was a keen proponent of tolerance and inclusivity, which lead him into a political life. He spent many years in prison for his beliefs, including an eight year stint in solitary confinement.
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Corneliu Coposu
There are a lot of statues around Bucharest, in Romania. This is one of them that I found whilst exploring the city. This is Corneliu Coposu, a political leader, and one of the more important members of society.
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I See You
Ah, we haven’t had any portrait photography here for a while, so here we go – with a mean and moody look. Definitely suited to black and white.
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The Gravestone of Flora MacDonald
Flora MacDonald is famed for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape, after the Battle of Culloden. She helped whisk him away to the Isle of Skye. However, she was eventually arrested for her part in this historical story, and was sent to the Tower of London. That wasn’t the end for Flora though, instead she was…
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Scottish Old Houses
These two buildings stand within the grounds of the Skye Museum of Island Life. These buildings represent a very ancient way of living, in some of the most remote parts of Skye. People lived in these buildings until the end of the 19th Century.
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The Lone Highlander
The 1745 Jacobite Rising began on the very spot this statue stands, upon the shores of Loch Shiel in the Highlands of Scotland. Bonnie Prince Charlie arrived here and began the uprising which ultimately ended in failure at the Battle of Culloden about eight months later.