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Category Archives: Architecture

Ceiling in the interior of the Monument to the Mexican Revolution of 1910

Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City

November 10, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

“…construction of the Monumento a la Revolución was interrupted by the Revolution…” (Lonely Planet) Because of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, the Monument, a triumphal arch, was left unfinished until […]

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Architecture, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Mexico
Silvery sheen of the Titanic Building in Belfast, Ireland UK

Geometric Decoration & Architecture

April 2, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Agra in India was fascinating for the richness its array of geometric patterns on the buildings dating from its Islamic Mughal empire. Other countries with Islamic citizens often feature geometric […]

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Architecture, Collections from Around the World, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
A wood spiral staircase in Kullens Fyr Lighthouse in Sweden

Scandinavian Spiral Staircases and Spiral Buildings

May 21, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

I’ve always loved photographing spiral staircases but Copenhagen had two spiral steeples which I found very unique! A wrought-iron spiral staircase on the outside of a building in Aalborg, Denmark. […]

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Architecture, Denmark
The Arte Nouveau Palacio Postal in Mexico City

The Postal Palace, aka Palacio Postal, in Mexico City

March 7, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

A small plaque reads: “En este sitio estuvo el Hospital Real de Terceros, demolido para construir el Palacio Postal, o Quinta Casa de Correos, en 1902, siendo una obra arquitectónica […]

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Architecture, Mexico
The Domed Ceiling of Bellas Artes in Mexico City

Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City

March 6, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 9 Comments

Completed in 1934, the Palacio de Bellas Artes is the result of having two different architects, Adamo Boari who designed the initial Neoclassical exterior in 1904, and Federico Mariscal who took […]

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Architecture, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Mexico
The geometric patterns of Fatehpur Sikri and the BabyTaj collaged in the photo app Photoshop Express

Geometric Patterns on Agra’s Mughal Architecture

March 5, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

The primary restriction on Islamic architecture in this part of India is that there be no images of people or animals. That leaves floral motifs, Arabic script and geometric patterns. […]

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Architecture, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, India
Richly painted ceiling on a wall at Akbar's Mausoleum in Agra, India

Inside Akbar’s Mughal Mausoleum in Agra, India

March 2, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

In India of the late 1500s, Akbar the Great* commissioned three magnificent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture: the walled city of Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, his father Humayun’s tomb in Delhi and finally […]

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Architecture, India, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Baby Taj, a Mughal structure built completely from marble

Itimad-ud-Daulah (Baby Taj) in Agra, India

March 1, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

This is the paradox of India, buildings so beautiful, and shit everywhere.” I am quoting a conversation I had with a woman who came into the washroom of the Baby […]

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Architecture, India
Decorative ceiling of the Chini tomb in Agra, India

Chini Tomb in Agra, India

February 26, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

After an early morning at the Taj Mahal we negotiated for a tuk-tuk (as we called the three-wheeled vehicles) to take us around to a few other sites in Agra. […]

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Architecture, India
Las Vegas: reflection of the Planet Hollywood building in the building opposite

Reflections on Las Vegas

October 26, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Reflection in Las Vegas, the glitter capital of the world. When I was at Circus, Circus many years ago they had trapeze artists flying above the slot machines. Now they […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Architecture, Nevada

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