Sunday, June 14, 2009
Häme Castle, Hämeenlinna, Finland
Häme Castle is a medieval castle in Hämeenlinna, Finland. The castle is located on the coast of lake Vanajavesi in the city center. The castle was originally located on an island.
Read more...The Evangelical Church, Kokemäki, Finland
Kokemäki (Swedish: Kumo) is a town and municipality of Finland.
Read more...Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, West Branch, Iowa USA
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum is the Presidential library of Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States. Located in West Branch, Iowa next to the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, the library is one of twelve presidential libraries run by the National Archives and Records Administration.
Read more...Petaluma Adobe, Sonoma County, California, USA
Courtyard of the Petaluma Adobe, General M.G. Vallejo's Rancho, C. 1836 Ovens of the period are used for living history programs. Petaluma adobe is located a few miles east of Petaluma on Adbove Road.
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. Its population at the 2000 census was 458,614. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa.
The Wolf House, Sonoma County, California, USA
The Wolf House, to have been the new residence of Jack London and his wife Charmian, burned mysteriously before its completion in 1913. Its ruins are located at the Jack London State Historic Park, Glen Ellen.
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of California, is one of the northernmost counties of the nine county Greater San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. Its population at the 2000 census was 458,614. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa.
View from the harbor, Hamburg, Germany
Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants. The port of Hamburg is the second-largest port in Europe, and the ninth-largest in the world.
Hamburg's official name is the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. It makes reference to Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, as a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, and also to the fact that Hamburg is a city-state and one of the sixteen Federal States of Germany.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Churche of St. Theresa, Gates of the Basilian Monastery, Vilnius, Lithuania
Vilnius is the largest city and the capital of Lithuania. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County. Currently Vilnius is the European Capital of Culture of 2009 together with Linz, Austria.
Although Vilnius is known as a Baroque city, there are examples of Gothic (e.g. St Anne's Church), Renaissance, and other styles. Their combination is also a gateway to the historic centre of the capital. Owing to its uniqueness, the Old Town of Vilnius was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994.
Kursiu Nerija from ""bird" view, Curonian Spit, Lithuania
The Curonian Spit is a 98 km long, thin, curved sand-dune spit that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea.
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