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<h2>Botanical Garden</h2>This was in the area that we had lunch.
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Botanical Garden

This was in the area that we had lunch.

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  • <h2>Botanical Garden</h2>This was in the area that we had lunch.
  • This is a veiw of Christ The Redeemer from below near the horse track.
  • <h2>Port of Maceio</h2>This photo was taken aboard the ship looking into the city of Maceio.
  • <h2>Saints Cosma and Damian Church</h2><h3>Igarassu, Brazil</h3> Built: mid 1500s
  • <h2>Sad Statue</h2> This statue was in the central court yard of FORT ORANJE (ORANGE), ITAMARACÁ. This is an old Dutch fort near Recife.
  • <h2>FORT ORANJE (ORANGE), ITAMARACÁ</h2> This was one of the interior doorways in the fortress wall.
  • <h2>FORT ORANJE (ORANGE), ITAMARACÁ</h2> This was one of the interior doorways in the fortress wall.
  • <h2>Where Eagles Dare</h2> This bird along with others was constantly soaring over the ship while we were in port at Dakar. I was rewarded with this picture when he came particularly near the ship and me.
  • <h2>Tenerife Auditorium</h2> The Tenerife Auditorium is a splendid work by the prestigious Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The building is located on the seafront of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, next to the International Exhibition and Conference Hall, which was also designed by Calatrava. The most distinctive feature of the building is a huge wing that virtually rises out of the sea and flies over the roof of the Auditorium. According to the architect it is an aesthetic symbol of freedom, which expresses on the outside the artistic activities happening on the inside.
  • <h2>Lego Housing</h2> This is a view of some of the housing that is in Santa Cruz. I took this from the boat as we pulled into the harbor.
  • <h2>Two Blue<h2><h3>Arricife, Spain</h3>
  • <h2>Hassan II Mosque</h2><h3>Casablanca, Morocco</h3> The great Hassan II Mosque was commissioned by its namesake, King Hassan II, in part to provide Casablanca with a single landmark monument. On his birthday, July 9, 1980, the king declared:<br><br>"I wish Casablanca to be endowed with a large, fine building of which it can be proud until the end of time... I want to build this mosque on the water, because God's throne is on the water. Therefore, the faithful who go there to pray, to praise the creator on firm soil, can contemplate God's sky and ocean."<br><br>Designed by French architect Michel Pinseau, construction of the Hassan II Mosque began in July 1986 on land reclaimed (without compensation to the former residents) from a run-down area near the sea. The goal for completion of the mosque was King Hassan II's 60th birthday in 1989, but it ended up not being finished until August 30, 1993. The project is estimated to have cost as much as $800 million, funds that were remarkably raised entirely from public subscription. International reports have suggested both local resentment and less-than-voluntary donations to the project, but Moroccans seem to be genuinely proud of their monument and pictures of the mosque are displayed in homes and cafes throughout the country. The massive fundraising also had a positive side-effect: it temporarily reduced Morocco's money supply and brought down inflation. Nearly all the materials of the Hassan II Mosque are from Morocco, with the sole exceptions of the imported white granite columns and glass chandeliers (from Murano, near Venice). The marble is from Agandir, the cedar wood is from the Middle Atlas and the granite comes from Tafraoute. Over 6,000 Moroccan master craftsmen and artisans were employed to work these local materials into the dazzlingly intricate decorations that embellish the entire structure. When construction passed its deadline in the early 1990s, 1,400 men worked by day and 1,000 worked by night to bring the vast project to completion.
  • <h2>Hassan II Mosque</h2> Casablanca.<br><br>I had to keep trying at this picture because of the bird. I wanted the bird in the picture but it wasn't cooperating. Finally it flew into the frame and with a good angle of view.
  • <h2>Williams and Humbert Bodega</h2><h3>Cadiz, Spain</h3> The barrels are filled with sherry. This building is designed to stay at a particular temperature and humidity. Part of this is accomplished by allowing the rain water to flow into the room and down the pillars. It then soaks into the ground and helps to maintain the humidity level.
  • <h2>New Cathedral</h2><h3>Cadiz, Spain</h3> New is a relative term.
  • <h2>Queluz National Palace</h2><h3>Queluz, Portugal</h3> This is a view of the Palace from the garden.
  • <h2>Queluz National Palace</h2><h3>Queluz, Portugal</h3> The garden was quite nice. I enjoyed being able to take this panoramic.
  • <h2>Queluz National Palace</h2><h3>Queluzf, Portugal</h3>
  • <h2>Crazy Floor</h2><h3>Valencia, Spain</h3> This was a floor that was in the Spice Merchants Guild building across from the Central Market.
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