February 16th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Europe, Photo, Sweden | Leave A Comment »
Skåne County is the southernmost administrative county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the historical province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronoberg and Blekinge. The seat of residence for the Skåne Governor is the town of Malmö. The headquarters of Region Skåne is the town of Kristianstad. The present county was created [...]
February 15th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Australia, Photo | Leave A Comment »
The koala is found in coastal regions of eastern and southern Australia, from Adelaide to the southern part of Cape York Peninsula. Populations also extend for considerable distances inland in regions with enough moisture to support suitable woodlands. The koalas of South Australia were largely exterminated during the early part of the 20th century, but [...]
February 15th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Europe, Italy, Photo | Leave A Comment »
Vatican City or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of just over 800. This makes Vatican City the smallest [...]
February 13th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Europe, Italy, Photo | Leave A Comment »
Rome’s history spans two and a half thousand years. It was the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, which was the dominant power in Western Europe and the lands bordering the Mediterranean for over seven hundred years from the 1st century BC until the 7th century AD and [...]
February 8th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Europe, Photo, Sweden | Leave A Comment »
Sweden is officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with [...]
February 8th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Europe, Italy, Photo | Leave A Comment »
The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering. Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction [...]
February 5th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Australia, New South Wales, Photo | Leave A Comment »
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 [...]
February 5th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Europe, Hungary, Photo | Leave A Comment »
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest, and was opened in 1849. It is anchored on the Pest side of the river to [...]
February 5th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, Peru, Photo, South America | Leave A Comment »
Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level. Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America. It is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cusco and through which the Urubamba [...]
February 5th, 2012 | by admin - curator - The Gallery | published in All Photographs, England, Europe, Photo | Leave A Comment »
Tower Bridge (built 1886-1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London. The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of [...]