Showing posts with label Travel (Not Synth Related). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel (Not Synth Related). Show all posts

Friday, 28 July 2017

Shwenandaw Monastery - Mandaly, Burma

Shwenandaw Monastery is located near Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (formerly Burma).

Its also known as the Golden palace monastery.
  built in 1878 by King Thibaw Min.

The building was originally part of the royal palace at Amarapura, before it was moved to Mandalay

 The building was heavily gilt with gold and adorned with glass mosaic work.


This is a section of the ceiling.

This was once covered with gold leaf.

Shwe Nan Daw Kyaung is famous because it is the only palace building which is left from the destruction of WWII. The Royal palace was burnt down in 1945.


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Sunday, 16 July 2017

Spanish drawings - 1997-98

 Granada.
These are some pics from my old travel journal.


Avila


Santiago de Compostella



Cordoba


Dali drawing





Segovia

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

aCRE - Israel - Akko


Acre (/ˈɑːkər/ or /ˈkər/), known to locals as Akko (Hebrew: עַכּוֹ, ʻAkkō)



So much history here.
Romans, Crusaders, Arabic.







This sits in a natural harbour at the extremity of Haifa Bay on the coast of the Mediterranean's Levantine Sea





The first settlement was during the Early Bronze Age.
It has been continuously inhabited and is among the oldest continuously-inhabited settlements on Earth.






Acre was an important city during the Crusades, and was the site of several battles. It was the last city held by the Crusaders in the Levant before it was captured in 1291.  









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Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Hsinbyume Pagoda - Myanmar (Burma)

This beautiful all white structure on the banks of the Irrawaddy river just North of Mandalay.

 The pagoda that is also known as the Mya Theindan Pagoda.It is located in the Northern part of Mingun town near the massive Mingun Pagoda.


 The all white pagoda was built in 1816 by Prince Bagyidaw.



The structure was dedicated to his first wife, Princess Hsinbyume, which literally translates to White Elephant Princess, who died during child birth. During the large earthquake of 1838 the Hsinbyume Pagoda was severely damaged.