Tag: “Old San Juan”
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Bay Bridge
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Mel's
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Old Tucson Studios
Where over 300 westerns were filmed. This is the mission from the beginning of Tombstone.
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Old Town Square
People gather to see the Astronomical clock in Old Town Square.
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Torre d'Arnolfo, Florence, Italy
The ancient 13th century rectangular tower which is part of the Old Palace (Palazzo Vecchio) was named after the architect who designed it, Arnolfo di Cambio. It contains two small cells and is 94 metres high.
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Lombard Street
One of San Francisco's most recognizable streets, it's almost cliché to come here during a visit to the city, but the novelty of such an unusual street is inarguably fun. Most locals never come here, but visitors line up for a block or two west of Hyde Street to drive down the eight or so bends at five miles per hour, while others taking photographs line the sidewalk staircases on either side.
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Palace of Fine Arts
Originally built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the Palace itself is antique architecture - the massive columns dwarf human scale. It's very Arcadian or Picturesque - there's a swan-inhabited man-made lake.
This is what it is now, not what it was then...
The nearby Exploratorium is a science-based art gallery with exhibits designed by some amazing artists that work with natural phenomena like Ned Kahn and Doug Hollis - great on a rainy weekday if you can swing it.... -
Castro District
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Green Gulch
I have been fascinated by this place since I first discovered it a few years ago. It is the most relaxing and peaceful place I've ever seen.
The monks welcome visitors every Sunday and prepare meals for them grown on their farm without the use of any chemicals. -
The ancient Duomo
A retro-ish postcard-like view of the Duomo in Firenze.
The sky here is so peculiar, the light is like no other light you've ever seen.
