BRAZIL / Manaus, Amazonas

The Amazon Theatre (Teatro Amazonas).

Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination. Manaus belongs to mesoregion Center Amazonense and microregion Manaus. It is located in northern Brazil, 3,940 kilometers (2,168 miles) from the federal capital, Brasília.

The Amazon Theatre is an opera house located in the heart of Manaus, inside the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. House was designed by Secondary School of Engineering of Lisbon in 1883, in neoclassic style influenced by the ecleticism at the end of the 19 century. It was built during the Belle Époque at a time when fortunes were made in the rubber boom. Construction of the Amazon Theater was first proposed in 1881 by a member of the House of Representatives, Antonio Jose Fernandes Júnior, the idea being to construct a jewel in the heart of the Amazonian forest and to make Manaus one of the great centers of civilization.

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UNITED KINGDOM / Flower

UNITED KINGDOM / England, Hertfordshire

Litle old market. Corn Exchange, Hitchin.

Corn Exchange is the the most striking building on the Market Place. This Italianate building was completed in 1853 (for a price of 2000 pounds), shortly after the construction of the railway. With the arrival of the Great Northern Railway Hitchin became an important centre for grain trading. Bowmans - one of the country's largest remaining independent millers still have a large site at the charming nearby village of Ickleford to the North. This historic settlement is well known as it is bisected by the Roman trade route The Icknield Way and possesses a fine Norman church. Ickleford is one of several villages on the outskirts of Hitchin well worth a visit.
The origins of the grain trade go back a long way. In the sixteenth century, the town was said to be second to none for its grain market (especially wheat). Queen Elizabeth I is said to have replied to a Spanish nobleman, boasting of the vineyards of his country, that "My Hitchin grapes" (meaning malt) "surpass them, or those of any other country."

UNITED KINGDOM / Socks and Pants.

 Card from a Maritime Festival. Penzance.  

ENGLAND / Lindisfarne Priory

Lindisfarne Priory, one of the most important centres of early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England.

UNITED KINGDOM / Scotland

 Over Loch Bee to Rueval and Ben Tarbert, South Uist, Western Isles 

UNITED KINGDOM / England, Warwickshire

Stratford-upon-Avon, Church Street.

The birthplace of William Shakespeare, steeped in culture and history. Set in the beautiful rural Warwickshire countryside, on the banks of the river Avon, it is one of the most important tourist destinations in the UK.  

UNITED KINGDOM / Caernarfon Castle, North Wales.

Caernarfon Castle, North Wales. The castle and harbour at dusk.

Caernarfon Castle is one of the castle in North Wales listed on the UNESCO WHS list.
This is the castle where Prince Charles received the litle-Prince of Wales.

UNITED KINGDOM / South Wales

Swansea Bay as seen from Townhill

Swansea Bay is a bay on the Bristol Channel on the South Wales coast. Places on the bay include Mumbles, Swansea and Port Talbot. The River Neath, River Tawe, River Afan and Blackpill stream flow into the bay.
Swansea Bay (and all of the upper reaches of the Bristol Channel) experiences one of the largest tidal ranges in the world with a maximum range of about 10 m.

UNITED KINGDOM / South coast of England

Brighton

Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove (formed from the previous towns of Brighton, Hove, Portslade and several other villages) in East Sussex on the south coast of Great Britain. For administrative purposes, Brighton and Hove is not part of the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, but remains part of the ceremonial county of East Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex.
The ancient settlement of Brighthelmstone dates from before Domesday Book (1086), but it emerged as a health resort featuring sea bathing during the 18th century and became a destination for day-trippers from London after the arrival of the railway in 1841.

UNITED KINGDOM / Wales, Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth is a seaside resort,university town and the main commercial and administrative centre for the ancient district of Ceredigion. Its seafront promenade is hotel-lined, with a pier, bandstand and the King's Hall for entertainment. The clear waters of the Irish Sea are ideal for bathing and other attractions which include golf, tennis, bowls and boat trips on Cardigan Bay

UNITED KINGDOM / Ireland

Connemara

Connemara is an region of mountain country between Galway Bay and Killary harbour. Rich is scenic grandeur it remains a remote and unspoilt district of natural beauty. Among the scenic attractions scattered in profusion throughout the region are lofty mountain ranges, lakes and stretches of moorland.

UNITED KINGDOM / Scotland

The Queens View , Tayside

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