Architecture


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Ancient Architecture

ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE

Baroque Architecture

BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE

Castles

CASTLES

France

FRANCE

Interior

INTERIOR

Islamic Architecture

ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE

Louvre

LOUVRE

Medieval Architecture

MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE

Modern Architecture

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

Palladio,Andrea

PALLADIO,ANDREA

Prehistoric Architecture

PREHISTORIC ARCHITECTURE

Renaissance Architecture

RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE

Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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Ceremonial adze, representing the Olmec "God I"        
with his typical flaming eyebrows. Olmec art           
was a major influence on early Maya art.               
Green jadeite (1200-800 BCE). Height 29.5 cm.          
Inv. St. 536
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Ceremonial adze, representing the Olmec "God I" with his typical flaming...

Olmec stone mask, so-called "Raphael Mask".            
The pierced forehead and ears probably for             
suspension of the mask as a pectoral.                  
Diorite (900-400 BCE). Height 34 cm.                   
Inv. 1942-3-7-1
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Olmec stone mask, so-called "Raphael Mask". The pierced forehead and...

Kasbah of the Glaoua family in Telouet (1800 m).       
Telouet was the point where caravans crossed the Atlas 
Mountains,paying a fee to the owners of the fortress.  
In the 1920ties el- Glaoui,Pasha of Marrakech,trans-   
formed it into a palace,now abandoned and crumbling.
#120107 2

Kasbah of the Glaoua family in Telouet (1800 m). Telouet was the point wh...

Kasbah of the Glaoua family in Telouet (1800 m).       
Telouet was the point where caravans crossed the Atlas 
Mountains,paying a fee to the owners of the fortress.  
In the 1920ties el- Glaoui,Pasha of Marrakech,trans-   
formed it into a palace,now abandoned and crumbling.
#120107 3

Kasbah of the Glaoua family in Telouet (1800 m). Telouet was the point wh...

Kasbah of the Glaoua family in Telouet (1800 m).       
Telouet was the point where caravans crossed the Atlas 
Mountains,paying a fee to the owners of the fortress.  
In the 1920ties el- Glaoui,Pasha of Marrakech,trans-   
formed it into a palace,now abandoned and crumbling.
#120107 4

Kasbah of the Glaoua family in Telouet (1800 m). Telouet was the point w...

Kasbah of the Glaoua family in Telouet,interior.       
Telouet was the point where caravans crossed the Atlas 
Mountains,paying a fee to the owners of the fortress.  
In the 1920ties el- Glaoui,Pasha of Marrakech,trans-   
formed it into a palace,now abandoned and crumbling.
#120107 5

Kasbah of the Glaoua family in Telouet,interior. Telouet was the point wh...

The Kasbah of Taourirt,in the outskirts of Ouarzazate, 
built around 1920 by el-Glaoui,Pasha of Marrakech,     
on the foundations of a medieval fortress.Morocco.
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The Kasbah of Taourirt,in the outskirts of Ouarzazate, built around 1920 by el-...

Imassine,small town in the Dades Valley.
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Imassine,small town in the Dades Valley.

The village of Ait Arbi with two large kasbahs,        
Dades Valley.
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The village of Ait Arbi with two large kasbahs, Dades Valley.

Belfry towers over the fortress of Buedingen (12th),   
Vogelsberg.
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Belfry towers over the fortress of Buedingen (12th), Vogelsberg.

Buedingen Fortress, Vogelsberg,                        
formerly totally surrounded by water.                  
The dungeon commands the fortress                      
which was completed in 16th-17th century.
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Buedingen Fortress, Vogelsberg, formerly totally surroun...

Buedingen Fortress (12th), Vogelsberg,                 
formerly completely surrounded by water.
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Buedingen Fortress (12th), Vogelsberg, formerly completely surr...