The Wall and the Moss

A Wall in the Baltic

The Ancient City of Xian, China

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The Wall at the Center of Contemporary Arts

Xi’an City Wall (2) – Just Another View On a Misty Day

Xi’an City Wall

The wall was built in the fourteenth century and has been rebuilt several times.

This is one of the most beautiful, largest and well preserved Chinese fortified walls.

At the top, the wall is wide at around 50 feet.

On plan, the wall is rectangular and enclosing a very large protected area of houses.

To add to the beauty, the wall is surrounded by a moat.

WPC: Window of the World – Another View through a Window of the Dubrovnik Wall, Croatia

Weekly Photo Challenge: Curve

This week’s DP challenge is Curve.

This castle in the Baltic is curve and rounded.

The whole masonry wall is cylindrical with small windows.

I especially like the texture of the wall which is so rugged and which gives the picture a special mood.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Time (Wall)

There are so many things around us that remind us time is passing by, sometimes, too quickly.

This wall at Lithuania reminds me that once it was newly constructed and painted.

With the passage of time, the wall deteriorated.

The paint came off, exposing the under-layers of plaster and down to the bare wall.

The windows became distorted as well.

The flowers give it a contrast, adding a bit of beauty to the aged wall.

 

Wall – Lung Yuk Tau

Late last year, I had a good stroll around Lung Yuk Tau, in the rural northern part of Hong Kong.

There were many interesting sights; the most beautiful of which were the ancestral halls.

Here is an example of the beautiful walls to one of the ancestral halls.

I like the colorful tiles on the walls, the ridges of the tiled roofs and the eaves too.

Please enjoy 🙂