Ireland, County Offaly, Birr which is a town renowned for its Georgian architecture, John's Mall, elegant black Georgian doorway surrounded by ivy covered walls and with an ornamental black railing ga...

Italy, Veneto, Padua, Capella degli Scrovegni, Giotto fresco detail of Christ surrounded by angels.

Italy, Lombardy, Milan, 15th Century ceiling fresco of God surrounded by angels, Room XII the Ducal Chapel, Castle Sforza.

Italy, Valle d'Aosta, Saint Pierre, Sarriod de la Tour Castle surrounded by vines.

Italy, Valle d'Aosta, Saint Pierre, Sarriod de la Tour Castle surrounded by vines.

Italy, Tuscany, Val D'Orcia, The Belvedere Building on a hilltop surrounded by cypress trees sitting above olive groves and wheat fields in Val D'Orcia valley.

Italy, Tuscany, Montepulciano, Tempio di San Biagio Church. High Renaissance church with domed roof surrounded by lush green trees and olive groves.

Poland, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Birkenau Concentration Camp, Ruins of former accommodation blocks surrounded by barbed wire fencing.

Poland, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Birkenau Concentration Camp, Guard tower with ruins of former accommodation blocks surrounded by barbed wire fencing.

Nepal, Kathmandu, The Great Stupa surrounded by the buildings of Bodhnath, with Himalayan foothills in the distance.

India, Bihar, Bodhgaya, Backlit, street hoarding in Bodhgaya of a Buddha siting on a lotus leaf, surrounded by lotus flowers.

Indonesia, Java, Borobudur, Seated Buddha on the top level lit by early-morning, warm sun, surrounded by stupas