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Yes, another sunset...

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:10:05 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

I hope you'll be not boring about all these sunsets...
Taken in Recco, Italy.

Magic sunset

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:49:00 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

This is almost a magical atmosphere, don't you think so?
Taken in Recco, Italy.

Crazy sky

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:54:55 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

A bit of blue sky, stormy clouds and red sunset... what a crazy sky!
Taken in Rapallo, Italy.

Tempio di Saturno

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:07:19 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

These are Saturn temple's ruins in "Foro Romano", Rome.
Manipulated by application of night effect.

Please see it Large On Black

Colosseo

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:25:45 -0800

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The Coliseum was built of brick and covered with travertine in a valley between the hills Palatine, Celio and Esquilino, after draining a small lake that Nero used for the Domus Aurea.

The building of four storeys, with a height of 48.50 metres and an extension elliptical covering an area of approximately 19000 square meters, measuring axis greater than 188m and 156m less. The first floor is high with 10.50m semi Doric style, the second highest of about two metres is formed by Ionic columns, the third high 11.60m has Corinthian columns while the fourth wall with small square windows. At this level there are also holes required to support the beams of velario that, in ancient times, was used to protect spectators from the sun flying.
The Coliseum is made up of areas that we could access through ladders and tunnels in which, during the shows, vendors were placed chickpeas, beverages and pillows. Along the sidelines, including places for the senators and members of the court was built by order of the stage of the emperor Augustus ( "pulvinar"). It was probably entitled to access through an underground corridor known as passage of Commodus, the fact that, in a passage of the "Roman History", Dione Cassius tells how the emperor Commodus had suffered an attack in what was described as "a dark ways".
The elliptical arena, Flavian Amphitheater, which measures along the approximately 77m to 46, was formed by a wooden desk covered with sand. To access existed two inputs: west "Gateway Triumphalis", which entered the gladiators or animals, and to the east "Gateway Libitinensis", which were taken away the lifeless bodies of fighters (Labitinia Goddess of Death) .
Under the arena of the Coliseum extended several corridors and environments destined to host the gladiators and wild beasts that could be brought to centre stage by forklifts and ramps. Along the edges paved the arena there was a porch to two orders of which there were received around the remains while running at a pavement with marble which was set on the velarium. Outside the building you can see inscriptions that recall the work of consolidating the amphitheatre and especially the prohibition of Pope Benedict XIV to pillage the monument.

San Pietro

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:48:02 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

A particular view of St. Peter church in Vatican City.

Piazza Navona

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:43:01 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

The famous Navona square in a cloudy day.

Immensity

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:12:53 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

Man is nothing in front of Bernini's colonnade

For better view, please see it large on black: View On Black

In love

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:10:42 -0800

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Two youngs in love with each other and in love with nature.
Taken in Bogliasco.

What men can do

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:57:48 -0800

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This is Manarola, one of the "Cinque Terre", World Heritage protected by UNESCO. This is what men can do: quite the unbelievable!

A Fish in the sky?

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:51:55 -0800

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Another view of Santa Margherita Ligure seascape.
Please note the strange cloud in the middle of the shot: in my opinion, it looks like a big fish...

Admiring the sunset

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:37:47 -0800

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A young girl is admiring Bogliasco's seascape and the sunset... Very romantic, isn't it?

Windy afternoon

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:24:07 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

Yesterday I went to Bogliasco, a small village near Genoa, and I Took a lot of shots. It was windy, so the sea was rough.
This is Bogliasco's cityscape.

Piazza San Pietro

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:22:09 -0700

klausthebest posted a photo:

Hi flickr friends, I just come back from Rome, and this shot is for you all!
This is St. Peter square in Vatican city, Rome, and the famous "Via della Conciliazione"

Paradise corner

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:44:47 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

Another shot taken in Portobello, Sestri Levante, Italy.

Beach & boats

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:56:28 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

I love multicoloured boats and blue sea, and you?
Taken in Recco, Italy.

Clouds & stripes

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:15:37 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

A strange cloud formation over Recco, Italy.

Valentine's day

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:55:06 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

Dedicated to all people who love.
Taken in Recco, Italy.

Sacred & profane

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:15:29 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

This is Antoninus and Faustina temple, which has been able to keep in very good condition until today, thanks to its conversion into a church (San Lorenzo in Miranda) between the seventh and eighth centuries A.D.
The temple was built in 141 A.D. by emperor Antoninus Pius in memory of his wife Faustina and thereafter was dedicated to the emperor by the Senate after his death in 161 AD, as an inscription on the architrave.
The temple stands on a high podium made of "peperino" marble blocks ("peperino" is a particular kind of marble), preceded by a staircase (rebuilt on the old) in the middle which you can see the remains of marble brick.
The pronaos consists of ten "cipolin" marble columns, six on the front and two on each side, 17 metres high and with bases and corinthian capitals in white marble.
On top of the columns, visible angular grooves were traced to hold the strings with which It tried in vain to bringing down the building in order to recover materials.
The cell, as amended by the Baroque facade of the church, was also made by "peperino" blocks and was covered with marble.

Orange only

nobody@flickr.com (klausthebest) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:54:07 -0800

klausthebest posted a photo:

Orange is warm colour, and during winter season I need something warm...
(Taken in Camogli - Colours are original, I added only the frame)
Have a wonderful Sunday, my friends!