Roman Forum Columns
Wordless Wednesday World
Roman Forum Columns
Nude statue along the avenue in Italica, a Roman settlement in Andalusia.
Join Paula’s Black & White Sunday: After and Before
04/07/2017•ancient, architecture, art, Culture, history, Travel
Founded in the 2nd century BC by Scipio, Italica was the first Roman settlement in Spain. It’s amphitheater, which seated 25,000, has served as a quarry for later structures, with little of its original marble surface still in place. Many of the pillars in the mosque in Cordoba came from Italica.
Temple Ruins, Ta Phrom, Angkor, Siem Reap Region, Cambodia
Ruins of temple at Ta Phrom, Angkor, Siem Reap Region, Cambodia.
Jennifer’s 2017 Color Your World Challenge: Jungle Green
Falken Castle, Koingstein, Germany
Sections of the stone battlements of the mid-14th century Falkenstein Castle (Burg Falkenstein) are built into the bedrock. The ruins are found in Königstein im Taunus, Hesse, Germany.
CCFC: Things that are rough
Ruins of standing Buddha on the back wall of a temple at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
WPC: Wall
