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  • A six-foot tall head of Zeus commemorates the lofty aspirations of pre-Roman King Antiochus (64-38 BC) at Mount Nimrod (Nemrut Dagi in Turkish), near Malatya, Turkey. Earthquakes toppled the stone heads from seated bodies long ago, but Mount Nemrut National Park may restore the site. Published in Wilderness Travel 2003 Catalog of Adventures, and in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2001. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
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  • The tomb of George Washington was erected on his Mount Vernon, Virginia, estate in 1830-31 per his will. George Washington, who lived 1732-1799, was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America (USA), serving as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, presiding over the convention that drafted the Constitution in 1787, and serving as the first President of the United States (1789-1797). Named in his honor are Washington, D.C. (the District of Columbia, capital of the United States) and the State of Washington on the Pacific Coast. Mount Vernon estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is owned and maintained in trust by The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping images.
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  • The tomb of George Washington was erected on his Mount Vernon, Virginia, estate in 1830-31 per his will. George Washington, who lived 1732-1799, was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America (USA), serving as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, presiding over the convention that drafted the Constitution in 1787, and serving as the first President of the United States (1789-1797). Named in his honor are Washington, D.C. (the District of Columbia, capital of the United States) and the State of Washington on the Pacific Coast. Mount Vernon estate was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is owned and maintained in trust by The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.
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  • The tomb of Ieyasu. Toshogu Shrine is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Ieyasu is enshrined at Toshogu as the deity Tosho Daigongen, "Great Deity of the East Shining Light". Initially a relatively simple mausoleum, Toshogu was enlarged into the spectacular complex seen today by Ieyasu's grandson Iemitsu during the first half of the 1600s. The lavishly decorated shrine complex consists of more than a dozen buildings set in a beautiful forest. Countless wood carvings and large amounts of gold leaf were used to decorate the buildings in a way not seen elsewhere in Japan. Toshogu contains both Shinto and Buddhist elements, as was common until the Meiji Period when Shinto was deliberately separated from Buddhism. Toshogu is part of Shrines and Temples of Nikko UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Tomb of Coronel Federico de Brandsen (left). Designed by a French architect, Recoleta Cemetery was dedicated in 1822, and is an outstanding display of 1800-1900s funerary art, crypts, mausoleums, and architecture, all above ground, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. The tomb of Eva Perón is the most-visited. Cementerio de la Recoleta contains the mortal remains of many other figures in Argentine history: Juan Bautista Alberdi, Manuel Dorrego, Bartolomé Mitre, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelio Saavedra, Guillermo Brown, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.
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  • The Alamo Cenotaph (empty tomb) entitled 'The Spirit of Sacrifice' is a tower of 60 feet built to pay tribute to these heroes who died during The Battle of Alamo. Standing adjacent to Long Barrack of The Alamo Complex, it was designed by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini and completed in 1939. Among the figures carved on the wall are William B. Travis, Jim Bowie, David Crockett and James B. Bonham. Now heroes of "The Lone Star State," their sacrifice led to the founding of Texas. "Never surrender nor retreat." The Alamo Mission in San Antonio (or "The Alamo") was originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, and the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. It is now a museum in the Alamo Plaza District of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
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  • The Alamo Cenotaph (empty tomb) entitled 'The Spirit of Sacrifice' is a tower of 60 feet built to pay tribute to these heroes who died during The Battle of Alamo. Standing adjacent to Long Barrack of The Alamo Complex, it was designed by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini and completed in 1939. Among the figures carved on the wall are William B. Travis, Jim Bowie, David Crockett and James B. Bonham. Now heroes of "The Lone Star State," their sacrifice led to the founding of Texas. "Never surrender nor retreat." The Alamo Mission in San Antonio (or "The Alamo") was originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, and the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. It is now a museum in the Alamo Plaza District of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA.
    1403TX-065_The-Alamo-Cenotaph.jpg
  • In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Recoleta Cemetery was built around Our Lady of Pilar (Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar) convent and church, built in 1732 by monks of the Order of the Recoletos. Designed by a French architect, Recoleta Cemetery was dedicated in 1822, and is an outstanding display of 1800-1900s funerary art, crypts, mausoleums, and architecture, all above ground, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. The most visited tomb is that of Eva Perón. Cementerio de la Recoleta contains the mortal remains of many other figures in Argentine history: Juan Bautista Alberdi, Manuel Dorrego, Bartolomé Mitre, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelio Saavedra, Guillermo Brown, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.
    05ARG-10383.jpg
  • Designed by a French architect, Recoleta Cemetery was dedicated in 1822, and is an outstanding display of 1800-1900s funerary art, crypts, mausoleums, and architecture, all above ground, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. The tomb of Eva Perón is the most-visited. Cementerio de la Recoleta contains the mortal remains of many other figures in Argentine history: Juan Bautista Alberdi, Manuel Dorrego, Bartolomé Mitre, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelio Saavedra, Guillermo Brown, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.
    05ARG-10373.jpg
  • In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Recoleta Cemetery was built around Our Lady of Pilar (Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar) convent and church, built in 1732 by monks of the Order of the Recoletos. Designed by a French architect, Recoleta Cemetery was dedicated in 1822, and is an outstanding display of 1800-1900s funerary art, crypts, mausoleums, and architecture, all above ground, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. The most visited tomb is that of Eva Perón. Cementerio de la Recoleta contains the mortal remains of many other figures in Argentine history: Juan Bautista Alberdi, Manuel Dorrego, Bartolomé Mitre, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelio Saavedra, Guillermo Brown, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.
    05ARG-10370.jpg
  • The Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito (La Catedral Metropolitana; or officially: Catedral Primada de la Virgen Asunta al Cielo Primatial, which means Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady to Heaven) is located in Independence Plaza, Quito, Ecuador, South America. The official church was built by 1565, with additions and renovations completed by 1806. The arches feature late Gothic design; the main altar is more Baroque in nature; the choir area is Neoclassic; and the ceilings boast Moorish styling. The interior includes various artworks such as the “Ascension of the Virgin” by Manuel Samaniego; a piece by Caspicara entitled “Descent of Christ from the Cross”; and paintings created at the School of Quito. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito contains the tomb of Mariscal Sucre, Antonio Jose de Sucre, Cardinal de la Torre and some of the Republic's presidents as well as other priests and bishops. Cardinal de la Torre was born Carlos Maria Javier in Quito on 14 November 1873. He became the first Roman Catholic bishop in Ecuador to be promoted to cardinal. He died in 1968 and was buried at the cathedral. UNESCO honored City of Quito as a World Heritage Site in 1978. Quito was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an Inca city. Despite the 1917 earthquake, the city has the best-preserved, least altered historic center in Latin America.
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  • The Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito (La Catedral Metropolitana; or officially: Catedral Primada de la Virgen Asunta al Cielo Primatial, which means Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady to Heaven) is located in Independence Plaza, Quito, Ecuador, South America. The official church was built by 1565, with additions and renovations completed by 1806. The arches feature late Gothic design; the main altar is more Baroque in nature; the choir area is Neoclassic; and the ceilings boast Moorish styling. The interior includes various artworks such as the “Ascension of the Virgin” by Manuel Samaniego; a piece by Caspicara entitled “Descent of Christ from the Cross”; and paintings created at the School of Quito. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Quito contains the tomb of Mariscal Sucre, Antonio Jose de Sucre, Cardinal de la Torre and some of the Republic's presidents as well as other priests and bishops. Cardinal de la Torre was born Carlos Maria Javier in Quito on 14 November 1873. He became the first Roman Catholic bishop in Ecuador to be promoted to cardinal. He died in 1968 and was buried at the cathedral. UNESCO honored City of Quito as a World Heritage Site in 1978. Quito was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an Inca city. Despite the 1917 earthquake, the city has the best-preserved, least altered historic center in Latin America.
    09ECU-1256_Quito-Ecuador.jpg
  • The Alamo Cenotaph (empty tomb) entitled 'The Spirit of Sacrifice' is a tower of 60 feet built to pay tribute to these heroes who died during The Battle of Alamo. Standing adjacent to Long Barrack of The Alamo Complex, it was designed by Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini and completed in 1939. Among the figures carved on the wall are William B. Travis, Jim Bowie, David Crockett and James B. Bonham. Now heroes of "The Lone Star State," their sacrifice led to the founding of Texas. "Never surrender nor retreat." The Alamo Mission in San Antonio (or "The Alamo") was originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, and the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. It is now a museum in the Alamo Plaza District of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA.
    1403TX-070_The-Alamo-Cenotaph.jpg
  • Designed by a French architect, Recoleta Cemetery was dedicated in 1822, and is an outstanding display of 1800-1900s funerary art, crypts, mausoleums, and architecture, all above ground, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. The tomb of Eva Perón is the most-visited. Cementerio de la Recoleta contains the mortal remains of many other figures in Argentine history: Juan Bautista Alberdi, Manuel Dorrego, Bartolomé Mitre, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelio Saavedra, Guillermo Brown, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.
    05ARG-10374.jpg
  • Lycian tombs (or necropoli) from about 400 BCE can be seen by boat on the Dalyan Çay? River, above the ancient harbor city of Caunos, on the Turquoise Coast, near the town of Koycegiz, in southwest Turkey. Dalyan means "fishing weir" in Turkish. The Dalyan Delta, with a long, golden sandy beach at its mouth, is a nature conservation area and a refuge for sea turtles (Caretta caretta) and blue crabs. Image published in the travel handbook "Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast" by Jessica Tamtürk, Avalon Travel Publishing, 2010.
    99TUR-16-21-Lycian-tombs_Dalyan-Rive...jpg
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