The Pergamon Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island houses the impressive Ishtar Gate. It served as the 8th entrance into the city of Babylon, and was dedicated to the god Ishtar by King Nebuchadnezzar II. It remnants of the gate were excavated and removed from Iran in the early 1900’s.
Cuniform inscription by Nebudchadnezzar II
Dragon detail from the Gate
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
TravelGumbo revisits Jonathan L’s trip to the Columbia River and the old cannery town of Astoria, Oregon
Jonathan L explored some of the local culture of small town Portugal in Ferreira do Zêzere.
Jonathan L took advantage of atmospheric weather for some striking pictures