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colossal
extremely large or great.
Colosseum
WeeklyPrompts-PC-Arch
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arch
a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening
and typically supporting the weight of
a bridge, roof, or wall above it
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London’s Tower Bridge and its four arches
Rome’s Colosseum…
…and all its…
…arches.
The Sydney Habour Bridge arch is arguably
the most well-known arch in the world.
Very much closer to home, the Prince’s Bridge…
…and the Evan Walker Foot Bridge…
…both contain arches over
Melbourne’s Yarra River.
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Weekly Prompt Photo Challenge:…Arch
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Cee’s-FFChallenge-Circles-Curves
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Circular light shade.
Canada’s
Rocky Mountaineer train
Curved outdoor seating
Manly
Sydney
Just made for this challenge.
Swirls, curves and circles form
this outdoor seat in rural Victoria.
Circular plant holder.
This ibis has nice curves along its beak and back
Circular Barrel ends.
Curves…
Curves…
…and still more curves form Rome’s Colosseum.
Finally, at Geelong’s Eastern Beach,
there is a curve in the water’s edge
which leads to corresponding curves
in the walking path and the tree line.
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One-Word-Sunday22-Diverse-Diversity
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diverse/diversity
showing a great deal of variety;
very different.
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During our visits to Africa…
…we easily sighted…
…a diverse range of wildlife.
Whether at Rome’s
Trevi Fountain…
…or the Colosseum, there is
huge diversity among visitors.
Melbourne has…
…a diverse…
…range of buskers…
…both in type and age.
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One Word Sunday Challenge:...Drink
A-Photo-a-Week-Challenge-Ancient
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ancient
belonging to the very distant past
and no longer in existence.
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After the Colosseum…
…was completed…
…it was the scene…
…of Roman entertainment…
…for several…
…hundred years.
During the fifth century A.D…
…several earthquakes damaged the structure of the Colosseum.
Changing entertainment tastes and
general neglect accounted for
the demise of the Colosseum.
At the beginning of the 20th century,
nearly two-thirds of the original Colosseum
had been destroyed.
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Our visit to Pompeii
An amphitheatre.
The lighter coloured stone is not original.
Public toilet
Washbasins at Pompeii.
Stepping stones for crossing flooded streets.
Plaster cast body.
A person trying to protect
nose and mouth from dust.
A dog
Another body.
Some of the many everyday objects
gathered at Pompeii over the years.
We were told this was Pompeii’s
version of Mcdonald’s.
The brothel menu…
…above the…
…brothel bed.
And if you were unsure if there was a
brothel nearby there were signs
embedded in the street and on walls.
Can you see this one?
At least that is what our guide told us 😉
We just made it back to some semblance
of shelter when those clouds emptied out.
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A Photo a Week Challenge:...Ancient
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Cee’s-FFChallenge-Straight-Lines
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Straight lines holding up the Colosseum’s arches.
Melbourne’s Gallery of Australian Art
Plenty of straight lines in these
curved walls and ceiling
All fence lines should be straight.
Straight lines everywhere
Trees nearly as straight as the lamp posts
Yacht masts
Car park lines.
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Cee’s-FFChallenge-Curves-and-Arches
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Ballarat’s,
Arch of Victory
at the beginning of the
Avenue of Honour
The Colosseum…
…Arches.
Arched or Curved railway station roof,
Dubai.
Arches of Dubai Mall
Curved walls of our Dubai accommodation
Curved freeway…Dubai.
Tourist railway line
Cairns.
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Cee’s-FFChallenge-Polygons
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polygons
A polygon is a two-dimensional figure that can be formed
by any number of straight-line segments
which are all connected to form
a closed shape.
A shape with curved sides is not a polygon
Melbourne’s
National Gallery of Australian Art
Wall created by,
Triangles, Rectangles and Irregular Polygons.
Simpler forms of polygons are used
in this Suburban Libary wall.
Rectangular bricks
Some polygons still exist in these
Colosseum pavers, though over time
many have been broken or chipped.
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One-Word-Sunday-Old-Older-Oldest
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old
made or built long ago
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Construction of the Palace of Versailles began in 1661
some 55 years after Willem Janszoon first sighted
Australia and just over 109 years before
Captain Cook landed at Botany Bay.
Older still is the
Schönbrunn Palace
construction of which
commenced in 1642
The oldest of this post is
The Colosseum.
Construction of The Colosseum
began in 70AD and was completed in 80 AD
Which in 2021 makes
The Colosseum
1950 years old
since completion
We were told, these pavers,
are part of the original building.
Imagine, nearly 2,000 years since completion,
the sheer number of feet to have walked over them
and who, in history may have walked here.
The Colosseum is definitely my oldest building
in my old, older, oldest post this week.
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One Word Sunday Challenge:...Old-Oldest
Lens-ArtistPC-157-Getting-Away
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Drakensberg Mountains
South Africa
(Sausage Tree Safari Camp)
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In 2012 we visited Cairns…
…and the Great Barrier Reef, and…
…also the Daintree River.
Two years later we visited
Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe
in 2016 during a European holiday…
…a visit to the Colosseum was on the agenda.
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