Architecture

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post/192437″>“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.”( Le Corbusier ) Architecture of Lyon.                                           .                             Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Mushrooms

Amanita vaginata, commonly known as the grisette, is an edible mushroom in the Amanitaceae family of fungi.Although not poisonous, most authors advise against consumption due to the possibility of mistaking other poisonous species of Amanita for it. I agree: with mushrooms need to be very cautious ..!This small amanita vaginata, newborn, I photographed in Sardinia (Italy). Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Blue

This is my blue. Blue was a favourite colour of the impressionist painters, who used it not just to depict nature but to create moods, feelings and atmospheres.In Vincent van Gogh’s Irises, the blue irises are placed against their complementary colour, yellow-orange.Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo, “‘Cobalt [blue] is a divine colour and there is nothing so beautiful for putting atmosphere around things .(Source Wikipedia)Iris photographed in Florence during the exhibition of Iris.   .          ..Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Sardinia (Italy)

The regional rural landscape is, first and foremost, the sparse landscape of low-density settlements with its contradiction between compact dwelling areas and places of work that are historically devoid of houses, buildings and characterized by ‘weak’ signs such as paths, fences, terraces, hedges and, in general, the patterns of the cultivated landscape.source :http://www.sardegna.beniculturali.it/psg/en/rural/index.html

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Sardinia (Italy). Lagoons

Cagliari, sunset in the Santa Gilla Lagoon. This area is noteworthy not only for its historical heritage: most importantly, on account of its precious ecosystem, it has been declared a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. This area is noteworthy not only for its historical heritage: most importantly, on account of its precious ecosystem, it has been declared a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.sourcehttp://www.sardegnaturismo.it/en/point-of-interest/stagno-di-cagliari

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Lions of Italy

I follow the story of Adrian Balan on “Lions of Italy” and offer my #lion …..Cagliari Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. The church was built in the 13th century in Pisan-Romanesque style. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was renovated along Baroque lines.In the interior, the main attraction is the ambo of Guglielmo, a 12th-century pair of pulpits by one Master Guglielmo, originally sculpted for the cathedral of Pisa. It was taken to Cagliari in 1312 and placed in the nave, near to its third column. In 1669 it was split in two, and the two pulpits placed in their current locations. The four marble lions which supported the ambo are now located at the feet of the presbytery balustrade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagliari_CathedralPhoto © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Jacaranda

Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Central America, South America, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and the Bahamas.Several species are widely grown as ornamental plants throughout the subtropical regions of the world, valued for their intense flower displays.In my city, Cagliari (Italy), there are many examples of this remarkable plant . This is a plant that I photographed in full bloom in late May. Photo © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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Archaeological Sardinia (Italy)

Sardinia’s Nuraghic monuments, dolmen, menhir, domus de janas, giants’ tombs, all striking testimonials to an ancient megalithic culture, are believed to be surrounded by strong magnetic energy which influences and improves the wellbeing of body and soul. Even Aristotle reported that in Sardinia lying close to a Tomb of the Giants was a way to get rid of nightmares and obsessions. The necropolis of Sant’Andrea Priu is an archaeological site located on the south side of the fertile plain of Saint Lucia, in the municipality of Bonorva, Sardinia. The complex, one of the most important of the island, is composed of twenty domus de janas; one of them with its eighteen rooms appears to be one of the largest hypogean tombs of the Mediterranean basin. Chronologically, the complex is dated 3500–2900 BC. In the necropolis lies this Dolmen very particular form of bull ..http://www.sardegnaturismo.it/en/article/stones-and-water–ancient-sources-wellnessPhoto © Daniela Serra 2016 – All Rights Reserved

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