Mini-Challenge #692 "Museums, Historical/Cultural Sites, Landmarks"

The title of this challenge is *** Museums, Historical/Cultural Sites, Landmarks***

Share your photos that have a cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance. Please tell us a little about the significance of the photo.

This challenge will end on Monday December 26th, 2022 at 10:00 PM PT.

The basic rules:

Maximum 3 Entries and/or as many exhibits as you want.

Photos must have been taken by you and may have been taken on any device and processed in any way, including tricky stuff like composite images and photo-manipulation.

A story-line to accompany your entries will be gratefully received but is not required.

Please state in header whether image is an entry or exhibit. Non-labelled examples will be assumed to be exhibits. Please, consider submitting your images as "Entries".

Post all images using the "Reply to Thread" button below this post.

Awards: Honorable Mentions will be selected from both Exhibits and Entries. First, Second and Third places will be selected only from entries. The coveted Dishonorable Mentions could be selected from either category.

Grand Prize: The first place winner has the "privilege" of creating and hosting the next Challenge and has 3 days to begin it. The winner can respond to the host with a forum post or PM. If the winner does not respond in 3 days, or declines to host, the second place winner becomes the next host. If the second place winner declines to host, the third place winner becomes the next host.

Thanks everyone and remember…the mini-challenge is to be fun.

Randy

Bodie Ghost Town - Bodie State Historic Park



Smithsonian Air and Space Museum





Temple of Apollo, Corinth

I been to Bodie. Cool place to visit!

RLBur said:

Bodie Ghost Town - Bodie State Historic Park



Smithsonian Air and Space Museum



Temple of Apollo, Corinth

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Why am I always the first submitter?

Here goes..


The Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmed Mosque) with the Hagia Sophia behind it, in Istanbul

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is an Ottoman-era historical imperial mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey. A functioning mosque, it also attracts large numbers of tourist visitors. It was constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I. Its Külliye contains Ahmed's tomb, a madrasah and a hospice.

Hagia Sophia officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque is a mosque and major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey. The cathedral was a Greek Orthodox church from 360 AD until the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. It served as a mosque until 1935, when it became a museum. In 2020, the site once again became a mosque.



The windmills of Consuegra Spain, where, supposedly, Don Quixote tilted them.

Most Spanish windmills, like those described in Miguel de Cervantes' early 17th century novel Don Quixote, can be found in the community of Castilla-La Mancha, in central Spain. The best examples of restored Spanish windmills may be found around Consuegra where several mills can be seen on the hill just outside the town, giving a view of the 12th-century castle and of the town.


The Forbidden City in Beijing

The Forbidden City was constructed from 1406 to 1420, and was the former Chinese imperial palace and winter residence of the Emperor of China from the Ming dynasty (since the Yongle Emperor) to the end of the Qing dynasty, between 1420 and 1924. The Forbidden City served as the home of Chinese emperors and their households and was the ceremonial and political center of the Chinese government for over 500 years.

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Jerry

Here are a few exhibits.


The Acropolis

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.


Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain range. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometers (50 mi) northwest of Cusco.


The Bridge of Sighs in Venice

The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bequeathed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.


The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply, the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. The tower is one of three structures in the Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo), which includes the cathedral and Pisa Baptistry.


The Tericcota Warriors.

The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting the emperor in his afterlife.


The Rock of Gibraltar

The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, and near the entrance to the Mediterranean. It is 426 m (1,398 ft) high. Most of the Rock's upper area is covered by a nature reserve, which is home to around 300 Barbary macaques. These macaques, as well as a labyrinthine network of tunnels, attract many tourists each year.


The Temple of Heaven, Beijing

The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest.


The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.

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Jerry
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Bill
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Nice Jerry Do you ever go in any museums???? [QUOTE] Jerry045 said:

Here are a few exhibits.


The Acropolis

The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.


Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain range. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometers (50 mi) northwest of Cusco.


The Bridge of Sighs in Venice

The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bequeathed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells.


The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply, the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. The tower is one of three structures in the Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo), which includes the cathedral and Pisa Baptistry.


The Tericcota Warriors.

The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting the emperor in his afterlife.


The Rock of Gibraltar

The Rock of Gibraltar is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, and near the entrance to the Mediterranean. It is 426 m (1,398 ft) high. Most of the Rock's upper area is covered by a nature reserve, which is home to around 300 Barbary macaques. These macaques, as well as a labyrinthine network of tunnels, attract many tourists each year.


The Temple of Heaven, Beijing

The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest.


The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe.

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Thru the Musee d'Orsay clock to Basilica Sacre Couer, Paris

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Bridge of Sighs and Rio Palazzo canal, Venice, Italy

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Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

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Exhibit - Best Fallafel stand in the world, Paris, France

View: original size


Exhibit - Chateau de Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France

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cool shots

travelfoodphoto said:

Thru the Musee d'Orsay clock to Basilica Sacre Couer, Paris

View: original size


Bridge of Sighs and Rio Palazzo canal, Venice, Italy

View: original size


Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

View: original size


Exhibit - Best Fallafel stand in the world, Paris, France

View: original size


Exhibit - Chateau de Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France

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Bill
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So I Choose my Battles
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Bill Borne said:

Bill Borne said:

Nice Jerry

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Thanks Bill

Do you ever go in any museums???? [QUOTE="Bill Borne said:

Jerry045, post: 66712533, member: 101125"]

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You betcha!




Shanghai Museum




Athens Museum




Vatican Museum




Museum in Troy




Classic Car Museum, Las Vegas




Spencer Transportation Museum, Spencer NC

I have been to lots of museums.

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Jerry

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The Corning Museum is awesome Bill. My last visit there was 60 years ago.

Good shots..

--
Jerry

Thanks Bill, and happy holidays!

TFP

. . . for one of the trees. Then, myCamera was all over it.

FIRST; the exhibit on "language." One of five aspects that define "culture." Culture is the human response to the environment.



The placard reads; "NEW MEXICO: it ain't NEW and it ain't MEXICO."



This picture is submitted as an exhibit of a deeply rooted "Social Moré."

Yours truly,

abiquiuense

I submit my avatar, "abiquiuense", as another example of "language."

Jerry045 said:

Bill Borne said:

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The Corning Museum is awesome Bill. My last visit there was 60 years ago.

Good shots..

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Thanks Jerry

Every time I go there the exhibits are always changed!

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travelfoodphoto said:

Thanks Bill, and happy holidays!

TFP

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Same to You!

Yes, Bill, Bodie is a great stop for anyone who is near the Yosemite area.

Randy