
Dallas, October 2022535 viewsDallas, October 2022
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Pollio Fountain534 viewsNote scruffy tourist ambling past the fountain. You wouldn't think the Turks would let such riffraff into their historic places.
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The Blue Mosque534 viewsThe Blue Mosque was built on the site of the Grand Palace of the Byzantine Emperors. Sultan Ahmed, who caused it to be built, felt it necessary to reassert the might and grandeur of the Ottoman Empire in a time of serious military reverses during the early 17th century.
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Cumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022534 viewsCumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022
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The Brothel's Secret Passage533 viewsAn underground passage led from the Library to the Brothel. Who says academicians don't get randy?
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More Cabbage Flowers533 viewsThere was a great variety of cabbage flowers. These used carved radishes, zucchini squash carved to look like lilies, etc. Incredible food artistry!
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Ming Vase533 viewsThe OIttoman sultans had a penchant for the most exquisite Chinese wares.
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Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy532 viewsFace-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. A colossus among galaxies, 170,000 light-years across (Milky Way is 105,700), with a trillion stars. Distance - approx. 25 million light-years from Earth.
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The Prytaneion532 viewsCity Council hall and administrative center.
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The Odeon532 viewsA "small" theater (capacity 1500) commisioned in the second century by Publius Vedius Antonius, a wealthy citizen of Ephesus, and his wife; used for political meetings, concerts, theatrical performances, etc.
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The Domitian Temple532 viewsWhoever named it was misinformed, because it was actually erected in honor of the Emperor Titus, predecessor of Domitian.
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