The roof of a shopping mall nearby, on the other side of the boarder , in Germany.

The Prince-archbishop de Rohan's palace, built in 1732. Just next to the cathedral. And to the free public toilet. More about it here . ...

A view of the old Galata tower in Istanbul.  

Yet another beautiful Istanbul mosque, cami in Turkish.  

Panoramic view of the nave of the beautiful cathedral (or Sé) in Faro, Portugal, aka Igreja de Santa Maria.  

 

St John church was a former monastery church. Built in 1477, and heavily damages during WW2, it is now home to a monastic fraternity (what...

Aka Cité de la musique et de la danse, the most musical building in town, musicians (and I suppose dancers) rehearsing at all hours. Also ...

Actually the raven's courtyard. Ravenscourt is a tube station in London, from where I commuted daily for a few years. Well, couldn...

That's right, they were princes, bishops and cardinals, all together, all at the same time. And well, seems they didn't like Ikea ...

The pedestrian bridge (passerelle) linking both shores (rives) of the Rhine river, by the architect Marc Mimram, a master of mathematical ...

So I went for a bit of shopping, to Karlsruhe, the next big German city, an hour away. Some nice buildings there... This is but a side ent...

Street art can at times be quite amazing! Want some more monochromes? Click here !

St Paul is a protestant church, built by the Germans 150 or so years ago, as their garrison church. The church has 14 entrances, one for e...

An older photo, published on several websites before. The St Laurent chapel (1495-1505), used for adoration, weddings and funerals of pa...

Carrying on with my little series about, may I introduce the minstrel, the true rock star (pun intended) of his time! A bearded bard!

Another curious figure is this man leaning on a railing. Legend says that he is an architect, jealously watching what his competitor had b...

Strasbourg est le siege de plusieurs institutions europeennes, dont celle-ci, le Parlement Europeen. Strasbourg hosts several european i...

AKA the museum of modern art... But I guess, for many Strasburgers (yes, Ich bin ein Strasburger, lol), the joke has to made... It is the ...

Seems strange to me to see a glass... thing next to 15th century buildings... Oh well, at least it is too much of an eyesore. Je me dema...