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Arched Windows
The buildings in Prague span centuries of architectural styles. Along the narrow, winding streets in Old Town, the Lesser Quarter, Hradčany, and other sections of the city are structures built in Gothic, Baroque, Beaux Arts, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco style standing side-by-side.
Early in the 1600’s, an exuberant new style called Baroque lavished buildings with complex shapes, extravagant ornaments, opulent paintings, and bold contrasts. These structures help give Prague its grand elegant look.
The city escaped serious damage during World War II, preserving most of its historical architecture. Prague has some of the world’s most pristine and varied collection of architecture.ArchedWindowsArchBuildingGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsPragueReflectionWindowWinnerFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designUniqueWall ArtFine ArtCzech RepublicEuropearchitectureSmugmug
Profiles
A large window in the side of a building with a black and white portrait of a young woman and older man staring at each other.
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No View Window
Girona, a city with centuries of fascinating history, is located on the Costa Brava in northeastern Spain, which is near the French southern border.
The Romans originally built Girona and its original city walls survived until the late 19th century when the walls were demolished, allowing for city expansion.
During the 12th century, a prosperous Jewish community in Girona built a Kabbalistic school (study and learning the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible). In 1492, with the creation of Spain following the defeat of the Moors, the Jewish population was expelled from the kingdom.
Girona’s history includes twenty-five sieges, during which it was captured seven times. In May of 1809, thirty-five thousand French Napoleonic troops besieged the town, which held out until December 12, 1809 when it was forced to capitulate because of disease and famine.ViewWindowEuropeGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsSpainFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designUniqueWall ArtFine ArtarchitectureBuildingSmugmug
Matching Curtains
According to legend, Barcelona was founded either by Hercules or Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal’s father, in 3BC. Around 15BC, the Romans took over the town as a castrum, a military defensive position.
In the fifth century, Barcelona was conquered by the Visigoths, and then by the Arabs in 711AD. In 801AD, Charlemagne's son, Louis, reconquered the city and made Barcelona a buffer zone between the Christian kingdoms of the North and the independent Muslim states, which held the rest of the Iberian peninsula until the Treaty of Granada in 1492.MatchingCurtainsBarcelonaBuildingCurtainEuropeFine ArtGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsSpainWallWindowFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.comWall ArtUniqueinterior designarchitectureSmugmug
Ikebana
Arranging a flower became an art form in Japan. In fact, at the end of the 15th century there were schools devoted to Ikebana. Today there are more than over 3,000 schools dedicated to the art. Ikebana is Japanese for ikeru, to have life, and hana, flower. Translations used: “giving life to flowers” and “arranging flowers”. Ikebana is associated with mediation. Creating an arrangement in silence is to observe and meditate on the beauty of nature while achieving inner peace. The finished arrangement is to create a single expressive, meaningful presentation that plays with the concept of space.
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Barred Reflection
Barred Reflection- ornate window with bars.
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The Same
Two windows, side-by-side, with the same shape, size, and coloring,
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Friends Romans
According to legend, Barcelona was founded either by Hercules or Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal’s father, in 3BC. Around 15BC, the Romans took over the town as a castrum, a military defensive position.
In the fifth century, Barcelona was conquered by the Visigoths, and then by the Arabs in 711AD. In 801AD, Charlemagne's son, Louis, reconquered the city and made Barcelona a buffer zone between the Christian kingdoms of the North and the independent Muslim states, which held the rest of the Iberian peninsula until the Treaty of Granada in 1492.FriendsRomansBalconyBarcelonaBuildingEuropeGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsSculptureSpainStatueWindowFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designUniqueWall ArtFine ArtarchitectureSmugmug
Wrinkled Building
Reminiscent of the old fun house mirrors along the midway at the fair, a wrinkled reflection of another building is displayed in the glass wall of another building.
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Bright Blue Sky
The buildings in Prague span centuries of architectural styles. Along the narrow, winding streets in Old Town, the Lesser Quarter, Hradčany, and other sections of the city are structures built in Gothic, Baroque, Beaux Arts, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco style standing side-by-side.
Early in the 1600s, an exuberant new style called Baroque lavished buildings with complex shapes, extravagant ornaments, opulent paintings, and bold contrasts. These structures help give Prague its grand elegant look.BrightBlueSkyCityGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsPragueFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designUniqueWall ArtFine ArtCzech RepublicEuropeWindowarchitectureBuildingSmugmug
Circle Bar Window
Ornate bars protecting a window built into rock wall.
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Clean Window
Rustic barred window reflecting the outside view.
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Dull Colored Wall
Budapest window reflecting a building brightly illuminated by setting sun.
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Flaming Sunset
The reflected bright, colorful setting sun behind window bars stands in stark contrast to the building’s decade old soot covered walls.
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Flower Garden
Located in the northwest La Rioja province in northern Spain, the town of Haro is know for its fine red wine. Its other claim to fame is that Haro was the first town in Spain to have electric street lighting.
The first mention of Haro was in the year 1040, in a document of the King of Navarre, who ruled a kingdom occupying lands on either side of the Pyrenees mountains that today forms a natural border border between France and Spain.
Haro has an important architectural heritage, which includes the work of Felipe Vigarny who designed the main entrance of the the Santo Tomás Church. The old town section of Haro was declared a Historic Artistic Site in 1975.FlowerGardenGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designUniqueWall ArtFine ArtEuropeWindowarchitectureBuildingSmugmug
Through The Looking Glass
A porthole, for some inexplicable reason, is mounted between pilings on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Little Windows
Two little windows inside a larger window frame on the side of a building.
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Missing Pane
Hondarribia, a town in northern Spain’s Basque Country, is also known by its Basque language name as Fuenterrabía which means “sand ford”. The border town sits on a promontory facing Hendaye, France over the Txingudi bay.
The first mention of the town are in documents dated 1150. City walls surround the town and in the old quarter is a 10th century castle built by the King of Navarre, Sancho Abarca, during the early days of the Christian Reconquista. During the wars between Spain and France, Napoleon stayed at the castle for quite some time. Today, the medieval fortress is a hotel, with just thirty-six elegant rooms, providing splendid views of French coastline.MissingPaneBuildingEuropeGary RickettsGlassgrickettsgricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsSpainWindowFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designUniqueWall ArtFine ArtarchitectureSmugmug
More Yellow
While most of central Budapest was built during the last twenty-five years of the 19th century, many buildings span at least eight centuries. The 19th century architects, who were influenced by the French civic planner Baron Georges-Eugene Haussmann, created a Parisian style and look.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the Hungarian economy was modernized and industrialized, and Budapest considered the birthplace of the modern world. Budapest enjoyed a period of prosperity and renewal that was the envy of Europe.
However, the 20th century soon turned ugly as war, oppression, and revolution brought bombs, artillery, bullets, and destruction to the streets of Budapest. Many buildings display the damage from street fighting and bombing, and many more continue to suffer from the neglect that followed WWII.
But, even though neglected by the Communist regime, battered by Russian artillery, bullet scarred by departing Nazi occupiers and the street fighting of the 1956 revolution—Budapest retains an air of faded but true grandeur.MoreYellowApartmentBudapestBuildingEuropeGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comHungaryPhotography by Gary RickettsReflectionWallWindowFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designUniqueWall ArtFine ArtarchitectureSmugmug
No Escape
Green shutters behind iron bars set back inside stone wall.
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Bars
The buildings in Prague span centuries of architectural styles. Along the narrow, winding streets in Old Town, the Lesser Quarter, Hradčany, and other sections of the city are structures built in Gothic, Baroque, Beaux Arts, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco style standing side-by-side.
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Partially Open
Girona, a city with centuries of fascinating history, is located on the Costa Brava in northeastern Spain, which is near the French southern border.
The Romans originally built Girona and its original city walls survived until the late 19th century when the walls were demolished, allowing for city expansion.
During the 12th century, a prosperous Jewish community in Girona built a Kabbalistic school (study and learning the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible). In 1492, with the creation of Spain following the defeat of the Moors, the Jewish population was expelled from the kingdom.
Girona’s history includes twenty-five sieges, during which it was captured seven times. In May of 1809, thirty-five thousand French Napoleonic troops besieged the town, which held out until December 12, 1809 when it was forced to capitulate because of disease and famine.PartiallyOpenBuildingEuropeGary RickettsGlassgrickettsgricketts.comMontserratPhotography by Gary RickettsSeasonShuttersSpainWindowFine Art Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designUniqueWall ArtFine ArtarchitectureSmugmug
Patchwork
The Cathedral of Santo Domingo, which contains some of the finest stained glass windows in Europe, can trace its beginnings to when Santo Domingo was not accepted into the monasteries of Valvanera and San Millán. He became a hermit, devoting his days to prayer and penitence.
In 1039 Santo Domingo began working with the bishop of Ostia, Gregory IV of Ostia. Gregory ordained Santo Domingo a priest and together built a wooden bridge over the Oja River to help pilgrims traveling to the tomb of Saint James at Compostela—the Way of Saint James.
Santo Domingo later replaced the wooden bridge with a stone bridge and built a hospital/church to attend to the needs of those travelers. His efforts resulted in the start of a new town, which after his death became Santo Domingo de la Calzada. He is also the Patron Saint of Spainsh Civil Engineers.PatchworkEuropeFine Art Photographyinterior designGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsUniqueWall ArtWindowarchitectureFine ArtBuildingSmugmug
Pot In The Window
A single potted plant sits in the small open window of stone walled building.
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Pigeonhole
A pigeon has its own special doorway into its home.
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Repair Needed
Window in an ornate wall that is crumbling from age.
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Shadow Bird
A bird, perhaps attracted by the bright blue sky reflected in the window, turns away to leave only its shadow behind.
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Shadows On The Windows
During the Middle Ages, Prague experienced a golden age under the reign of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. During that time Prague grew into a spectacular city, larger than London or Paris.
In 1526, the Austrian House of Habsburg took control of Prague until 400 years later when Czechoslovakia gained independence on October 28, 1918, but a few short years later found itself under Nazi “protection”.
Prague came out of World War II mostly unscathed by bombings, but quickly succumbed to Communist rule, which ended in 1989 with the Velvet Revolution.ShadowsTheWindowsCzech RepublicEuropeGary Rickettsgrickettsgricketts.comPhotography by Gary RickettsPragueFine Art PhotographyUniqueCapturing History Throught Photographyhttpsphotographybygaryricketts.cominterior designWall ArtFine ArtWindowarchitectureSmugmug
Standing Room Only
Two potted plants stand at either end of the narrow balcony.
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Sign Shadow
The blazing summer sun bears down on the stone building, casting a harsh distorted shadow from the attached sign.
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Upper and Lower
Two television sets above one another in place of windows.
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Window Dressing
A refection in windows of a multistory glass walled building.
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Window Guard
The Natural History Museum in London, England is an offshoot of the British Museum. Construction on the London Museum of Natural History began in 1873, and opened to the public in 1881. Designed by Alfred Waterhouse the building is an example of Victorian Romanesque architecture. The exterior and interior walls use architectural terracotta tiles to withstand the sooty environment of Victorian London.
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The Market
The largest and oldest market in Budapest is the Great Market Hall. During the 1860s it was suggested food supply to the capital would improve with construction of market halls. In 1893, a Food Committee was created to establish markets and regulate sale of wholesale goods, and insure only inspected food was sold in the markets. The Great Market Hall, built in 1897, sits on property donated by the royal government. The stalls sell, lace, handbags, knives, jewelry, all manner of fresh food, and of course Hungarian Paprika.
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Window Model
A peek inside the windows of a mutistoried building.
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