The main gate of the walls of the picturesque old city of Lucca in Tuscany, Italy.
The Lucca area has been inhabited since time immemorial, first by the Ligurians, then by the Etruscans, who were followed by the Romans. By the middle of the 2nd Century BC, it was a prosperous Latin town, largely because of its location near the intersection of three major Roman highways, the Via Cassia, the Via Aurelia and the Via Clodia.
The architecture of the old walled city is a combination of Gothic and Romanesque, with the characteristic houses, often painted in blue, yellow and pink color tones.
Tags: ITALY TUSCANY LUCCA WALLS GATE DOOR SCULPTURES BRICKS STATUES ROAD STREET CROSS ARCHES
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A smiling charcoal producer in a traditional charcoal making installation, in the beautiful island of Lesvos of the Aegean Archipelago.
Tags: GREECE AEGEAN-SEA LESVOS-ISLAND NEOCHORI CHARCOAL PORTRAIT FACE PHYSIOGNOMY WOOD LOOK EYES EXPRESSION PERSON MAN HEAD GLANCE GLIMPSE CHARACTER
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A beautiful noisy stream rushing over rocks in a slope of Tyrol in northern Austria.
Tags: AUSTRIA TYROL CRIES-IN-SELLRAIN SLOPE STREAM CREEK WATER STONES ROCKS MOUNTAIN FOREST WOOD BROOK BECK BURN RILL RUNLET
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The Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) is one of the largest and widely distributed species of owl. The females can grow to a total length of 75 cm, with a wingspan of 188 cm, while males are slightly smaller.
This fearsome nocturnal predator, with the distinctive ear tufts, hunts for a range of different prey species, predominately small mammals, but also birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, large insects and other invertebrates.
Tags: AUSTRIA SALZBURG ST-JOHANN-IM-PONGAU WERFEN OWL EURASIAN-EAGLE-OWL BIRD NOCTURNAL BUBO-BUBO STRIGIDAE ANIMAL FAUNA FEATHERS PLUMAGE EYES LOOK TUFTS AVIAN WINGS AVES
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This odd synthesis is captured in the bench of a workshop of a hard working blacksmith, in a suburb of Athens in Greece.
Tags: GREECE ATTICA DIONYSOS GLOVE ROSE WORK ROMANCE FLOWER FAUNA ROMANTIC SYMBOLISM ALLEGORY CONTRADICTION WORK-BENCH SENSITIVITY TENDERNESS PETALS LEAF
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