Basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre

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Are you already in Paris for the Olympic Games?

If you are, I’m sure your schedule will accommodate a visit

to this exceptionally interesting Basilica. [Google maps: 48.88689, 2.34316]

 

This Roman Catholic Basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,

is an architectural marvel and a church of national historical interest.

It is built at the top of a hill, two hundred meters higher than the Seign;

At a point from where visitors (more than 11 million per year)

enjoy a unique, panoramic view of Paris and the suburbs below.

 

Do not forget to climb to the dome. The view is superb!

 

Please click on the picture for a better view. 

Spain’s Industrial Park

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This is part of Spain’s Industrial Park in Barcelona. It was built between 1982 and 1985 on the site of an old textile factory, a fact that justifies its name 'Industrial'. It combines a grassy area, a large odd-shaped boating lake and on the right a seating area dominated by 10 futuristic, lighthouse-style watchtowers (only five are visible here).

It is considered controversial but I found that it deserved a 'click'.

 

Please click on the photo for a better view.

 

Photographed on August 25, 2006

 

 

Poros

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Poros is a small island, covered with pines and olive trees, in the Saronic Gulf. It has its own peculiar charm and attracts the preference of many tourists, including photographers of all kinds.

 

A narrow sea passage separates the island from mainland Peloponnesos and from a vast lemon-grove which fills the air with a pleasant aroma for miles around.

 

I visited the island quite some time ago but I still have memories of golden beaches, shores with shady pines, and leisure walks, not to mention restaurants with a reputation for good food and wine! 

 

Photographed on November 22, 2008

 

 

 

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 This is a partial view of a picturesque seaside residential area of Poros (about here: 37.495885, 23.460630) at the southern part of the island.

 

Photographed on April 26, 2008

 

Please click on the photos for a better view.

 

 

Ag. Panteleimonas

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A place for a swim, or a prayer, or … both! Why not? 

 

Photographed near Daskaleio on August 10, 2020

 

Please click on the photo for a better view. 

 

Bateaux-Mouches® on the River Seine

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Click photo for a larger view.

Photo taken in Paris on 12/08/2011

What is he doing? I wonder.

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Nafpaktos:  26/11/2008, photo by Tony Taglides

Waiting for the bite

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Tenerife: 06/09/2007, photo © Tony Taglides

Looking upwards!

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Mt. Pilio 03/04/2010, photo © Tony Taglides

Sunset in Tenerife

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Tenerife: 10/09/2007, photo © Tony Taglides

Andros

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A note for our foreign friends who may not be familiar with geography of Greece: Andros is the capital town of the island of Andros which is situated in Cyclades, a complex of Greek islands.

Click photo for a larger view.

Andros: 26/03/2012, photo © Tony Taglides

Lake Doxa

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Lake Doxa 01/11/2008, photo © Tony Taglides

Lake Doxa

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Lake Doxa 01/11/2008, photo © Tony Taglides

Acapulco

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Acapulco: 21/01/2007, photo © Tony Taglides

Nafpaktos

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Nafpaktos: 26/11/2008, photo © Tony Taglides

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Strolling in the park

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Hong Kong: 19/01/2008, photo © Tony Taglides

A duck but what duck?



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Beletsi lake on Mt. Parnitha

Beletsi lake: 27/01/2011, photo © Tony Taglides

Kerkini lake

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Kerkini: 06/06/2010, photo © Tony Taglides

Serenity at the Cape of Ireo

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Shhh! Please don’t break the silence!

Ireo: 06/05/2006, photo © Tony Taglides

Proussos monastery

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A monastery in the idylic environment of Evrytania, Central Greece.

Proussos:14/07/2008, photo © Tony Taglides