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Lotus flower [Nelumbo speciosum] in full bloom

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Lotus flower leaf

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Leaf photographed from the side opposite to the sun to enhance the texture. Lotus flower: Nelumbo speciosum.

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Floating leaf and water drops. Lotus leaf: Nelumbo speciosum.

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Clouds of rain

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Three columns

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Praia sem comparacao = no comparison beach

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Arquitecture

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Fresh fruit

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Boy from Ipanema

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Two yellow chairs

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Ipanema but no ocean

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Ipanema in the center

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The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. It is located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1895. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1925. The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or "Il Vittoriano" is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. It is located in Rome, Italy. It occupies a site between the Piazza Venezia and the Capitoline Hill. The monument was designed by Giuseppe Sacconi in 1895. It was inaugurated in 1911 and completed in 1925.The monument is built of pure white marble and features majestic stairways, tall Corinthian columns, fountains, a huge equestrian statue of Victor Emmanuel and two statues of goddess Victoria riding on quadrigas. The structure is 135 meters (490 ft) wide and 70 meters (230 ft) high. If the quadrigae and winged victories are included, the height is to 81 meters (265 ft). The monument holds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame, built under the statue of Italy after World War I. The base of the structure also houses the museum of Italian Reunification. The monument was controversial since its construction destroyed a large area of the Capitoline Hill with a Mediaeval neighbourhood for its sake. The monument itself is often regarded as pompous and too large. It is clearly visible to most of the city of Rome despite being boxy in general shape and lacking a dome or a tower.The monument is also glaringly white, making it highly conspicuous amidst the generally brownish buildings surrounding it, and its stacked, crowded nature has lended it several derogatory nicknames. Romans sometimes refer to

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San Nicola in Carcere (Italian, St Nicholas in prison) is a titular church in Rome. The first church on the site was probably built in the 6th century, and a 10th century inscription may be seen on a fluted column next to the entrance, but the first definite dedication is from a plaque on the church dating to 1128. It was constructed in and from the ruins of the Forum Holitorium and its temples, along with a jail (carcer) which a tradition (supported by Pliny's history of Rome) states was sited in the temples' ruins. However, it should be noted that the in Carcere (in jail) part of the name of the church was only changed to "in Carcere Tulliano" in the 14th century, owing to an erroneous identification. The prison was really that of Byzantine times. [source: Wikipedia.com]

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Marble bust of Herman Liikanen (1835-1926), a Finnish freedom fighter. The statue is situated in front of Villa Lante, Institutum Romanum Finlandiae.[source: Wikipedia.com]

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Gilded bronze statue of Hercules

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