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Kammergarten pavilions in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria. The location, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers. The site is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historic sites in the country and a major tourist attraction since the mid-1950s. +/− [en]
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Kammergarten pavilions in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria. The location, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers. The site is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historic sites in the country and a major tourist attraction since the mid-1950s. Change image |
English : Kammergarten pavilions in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria. The location, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers. The site is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historic sites in the country and a major tourist attraction since the mid-1950s.
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 The cover of the program for the Woman Suffrage Procession. The first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C., it occurred on this date 111 years ago. Change image |
English : The cover of the program for the Woman Suffrage Procession. The first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C., it occurred on this date 111 years ago.
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_-_tête.jpg) Head of white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) at the volerie des aigles in Kintzheim (Bas-Rhin, France). Change image |
English : Head of white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) at the volerie des aigles in Kintzheim (Bas-Rhin, France).
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 Sigmaringen Castle, seen from the northwest Change image |
English : Sigmaringen Castle, seen from the northwest
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 HDR from three exposures (+2 to -2) of Canary Wharf, as seen from the Thames Path, Limehouse, London. Change image |
English : HDR from three exposures (+2 to -2) of Canary Wharf, as seen from the Thames Path, Limehouse, London.
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.jpg) Indian jewelry designer at work Change image |
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 A child dressing up as the God Shiva. Today is the Hindu holiday Maha Shivaratri. Change image |
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 Sunset in Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil. Change image |
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 Mow Cop Castle, an 18th-century folly straddling the Cheshire–Staffordshire border built to resemble a ruinous castle. Change image |
English : Mow Cop Castle, an 18th-century folly straddling the Cheshire–Staffordshire border built to resemble a ruinous castle.
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 Palácio Quitandinha, Petropolis. The Palácio Quitandinha is a historic former luxury resort hotel in Petrópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1947, the Palácio Quitandinha was the site of the Rio Treaty, attended by United States President Harry Truman. Change image |
English : Palácio Quitandinha, Petropolis. The Palácio Quitandinha is a historic former luxury resort hotel in Petrópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1947, the Palácio Quitandinha was the site of the Rio Treaty, attended by United States President Harry Truman.
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_04.jpg) Swelling flower bud of Allium ursinum. Focus stack of 60 photos. Change image |
English : Swelling flower bud of Allium ursinum. Focus stack of 60 photos.
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 Photo taken of Hurricane Florence convection with deep eyewall in Atlantic Sea from ISS by astronaut Alexander Gerst: Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It's chilling, even from space ... Change image |
English : Photo taken of Hurricane Florence convection with deep eyewall in Atlantic Sea from ISS by astronaut Alexander Gerst: Ever stared down the gaping eye of a category 4 hurricane? It's chilling, even from space ...
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 Gryphaea arcuata Lamarck, 1801, Devil's Toenail; height 4.5 cm; Black Jurassic α III Change image |
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 Interior facade of one of the courtyards of the Borujerdi House, a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had built the nearby Tabātabāei House several years earlier. Change image |
English : Interior facade of one of the courtyards of the Borujerdi House, a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built in 1857 by architect Ustad Ali Maryam for the bride of Borujerdi, a wealthy merchant. The bride came from the affluent Tabātabāei family, for whom the architect had built the nearby Tabātabāei House several years earlier.
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 Choirs and altar in the St Jacob’s Church (Karthaus) in Weddern hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Change image |
English : Choirs and altar in the St Jacob’s Church (Karthaus) in Weddern hamlet, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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_-_stained_glass,_Saint_Patrick_-_detail.jpg) Detail of a stained glass window in Saint Patrick Church (Junction City, Ohio) depicting Saint Patrick holding a shamrock. Today is St. Patrick's Day. Change image |
English : Detail of a stained glass window in Saint Patrick Church (Junction City, Ohio) depicting Saint Patrick holding a shamrock. Today is St. Patrick's Day.
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_14-08-2023._(d.j.b)_05.jpg) A full-figured woman and a thin woman. They overlook the sea. Change image |
English : A full-figured woman and a thin woman. They overlook the sea.
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.jpg) Flowers of a Neillia affinis Change image |
English : Flowers of a Neillia affinis
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 Cover of the special edition Der Tag von Potsdam (Potsdam Day) on March 21 1933, a ceremony for the re-opening of the German Reichstag in the weekly newspaper Die Woche. Portrait of Frederick the Great by Klaus Richter (1919). The Prussian King was glorified by the Nazis as a precursor to Hitler. Change image |
English : Cover of the special edition Der Tag von Potsdam (Potsdam Day) on March 21 1933, a ceremony for the re-opening of the German Reichstag in the weekly newspaper Die Woche.
Portrait of Frederick the Great by Klaus Richter (1919). The Prussian King was glorified by the Nazis as a precursor to Hitler. |
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 Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico Change image |
English : Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico
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 San Miguel Church, formally The Royal Parish and National Shrine of Saint Michael and the Archangels, Manila, Philippines Change image |
English : San Miguel Church, formally The Royal Parish and National Shrine of Saint Michael and the Archangels, Manila, Philippines
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 Pepper No. 30, 1930 photograph of a green pepper by Edward Weston. Today is his 138th birthday. Change image |
English : Pepper No. 30, 1930 photograph of a green pepper by Edward Weston. Today is his 138th birthday.
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 Keylong, fields of Belling in the foreground, Kardang on right. View from the west. Lahaul, Himachal, India. Change image |
English : Keylong, fields of Belling in the foreground, Kardang on right. View from the west. Lahaul, Himachal, India.
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 Man talking on the phone in Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Change image |
English : Man talking on the phone in Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
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.jpg) A Burmese man smoking a filterless cheroot cigar Change image |
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 Jesus and the sleeping disciples on the Mount of Olives (15th century) in the main church of the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Today is Holy Thursday in Western Christianity. Change image |
English : Jesus and the sleeping disciples on the Mount of Olives (15th century) in the main church of the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, Codalet, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Today is Holy Thursday in Western Christianity.
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 Good Friday Procession in Malta Change image |
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 Statue of "Jerusalem as the Center of the World", Park Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem Change image |
English : Statue of "Jerusalem as the Center of the World", Park Teddy Kollek, Jerusalem
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 Mekong bank with stilt dwellings, trees and clouds at golden hour, seen from the bridge between Don Det and Don Khon, Si Phan Don, Laos. Don Det, Eastern side. Change image |
English : Mekong bank with stilt dwellings, trees and clouds at golden hour, seen from the bridge between Don Det and Don Khon, Si Phan Don, Laos. Don Det, Eastern side.
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