Category: engineering
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Batumi
is the second-largest city of the country of Georgia, located on the coast of the Black Sea in Georgia’s southwest, 20 kilometers north of the border with Turkey. It is situated in a subtropical zone at the foot of the Caucasus. Much of Batumi’s economy revolves around tourism and gambling (it is nicknamed “The Las…
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Ferrari World
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Home to the world’s fastest roller coaster (Formula Rosa), the highest loop ride (Flying Aces), the tallest space-frame structure ever built on the planet and over 40 record-breaking attractions, this is the ultimate destination for non-stop, hyper-adrenaline, heart-racing fun! Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is a mostly indoors theme park. Ferrari…
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Templar’s Cathedral
In my previous life times (I have had dreams of my previous reincarnations, see also My Falcons as a reference), when I served in the Knights Templar as a military architect, I had to come through these places to expand or maintain castles and fortresses along the pilgrims routes. So this Templar Cathedral looked familiar…
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St María Cathedral, León
Santa María de Regla de León Cathedral is a Catholic church, the episcopal see of the diocese of León in the city of León, Castile and León, north-western Spain, consecrated under the name of the Virgin Mary. It was the first monument declared by the Royal Order of Spain on August 28, 1844. Initiated in the 13th…
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St María Cathedral, Burgos
Its official name is Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa María de Burgos. Its construction began in 1221, in the style of French Gothic architecture and is based on a Latin cross. After a hiatus of almost 200 years, it went through major embellishments of great splendor in the 15th and 16th centuries: the…
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St María Cathedral, Logroño
The Cathedral of Santa María de la Redonda is a co-cathedral located in Logroño, in La Rioja, Spain. The name “redonda” refers to the rounded shape of an earlier church on the site. It had the status of collegiate church from the 15th century when Logroño became a city. The church has two elaborately decorated…
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St María Cathedral, Pamplona
Pamplona Cathedral (Santa María de la Asunción) is a Roman Catholic church in the archdiocese of Pamplona, Spain. The current 15th century Gothic church replaced an older Romanesque one. Archaeological excavations have revealed the existence of another two earlier churches. The Neoclassical facade was designed by Ventura Rodríguez in 1783. It has a 13th-14th-century Gothic…
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Guadalajara Cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady, Mexico. This music video and the photo that inspire it shown at the end of the video screams “CULTURA” (culture), like no other photo I have taken before. From the music, traditional customs, the cathedral architectural design, etc…
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Petronas Towers
New Year’s Eve Celebrations 2023. The Petronas Towers at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia may not be the tallest sky scrapers in the world, like the Burj Khalifa sky scraper, but I think they are the most beautiful of all. A marvel of engineering and architecture the inspiration for their design had to come from no other…
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The Chronicles of Georgia
Ones I had a dream that I was a Knight of the Order of Solomon, better known as the Knights Templar, and that I was traveling alongside a lake exactly like the one seen in this video. My role as a Knight Templar was that of a “military architect and siege engineer”, I had nothing…
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Dubai Singing Fountain
This is the biggest and mightiest singing water fountain in the world. Like always, the UAE brakes another Guinness World Record with this one. The water in the fountain is used to cool down the air conditioning systems of nearby buildings specially for the Burj Khalifa skyscraper. The engineers found a dual purpose for all…