Italy, Lazio, Rome, Castel Sant'Angelo, Sala di Apollo, painting detail.

Italy, Vatican City,Vatican Museums, Sala Rotondo.

Spain, Valencia Province, Valencia, Llotja de la Seda, Ceiling of the Sala de Contratacion or Trading Hall, Also known as the Lonja de la Seda or in English The Silk Exchange.

Italy, Sicily, Piazza Armerina,Villa Romana del Casale, Mosaic of female gymnasts in bikinis, Hall of Female Gymnasts.

Italy, Sicily, Piazza Armerina,Villa Romana del Casale, Mosaic of female gymnasts in bikinis, Hall of Female Gymnasts.

Vatican City Museum The bronze gilded cult statue of Hercules of the Theatre of Pompey in the Sala Rotonda of the 15th Century Belvedere Palace of Pope Innocent VIIIEuropean Italia Italian Roma South...

Palacio Nacional de Queluz interior. Sala dos Exbaixadores with throne chairs and detail of hanging chandelier and ceiling frescos.

Sala Comacina. Fishing village with motor boats moored against wooden jettys extending from pebble beach overlooked by pastel coloured facades of houses and cafe

Mackerel drying on lines in fishing village on Lake Como.

Passenger and motorbike ferries from Koh Lanta Noi at Sala Dan ferry terminal

Portugal, Porto, Casa de la Musica music hall designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005.

Portugal, Porto, Casa de la Musica music hall designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005.

Portugal, Porto, Camara Municipal do Porto or Porto City Hall built according to the design of architect Antonio Correia da Silva it was only fully completed in 1955, the statue in front by sculptor B...

Portugal, Porto, Jardim do Infante Dom Henrique, Statue of Prince Henry the Navigator dating from 1894.

Portugal, Porto, Art Nouveau Majestic Cafe opened in 1922, designed to look like a Parisian cafe in the Art Nouveau style by the architect Jose Pinto de Oliveira, It was originally an exclusive and up...

Portugal, Porto, Fonte dos Leoes or the Fountain of the Lions opposite the Igreja do Carmo or The Carmo Church, cast by the Val d'Osne foundry in France it is a copy of the fountain in the Town Hall S...

Portugal, Porto, 18th century Igreja do Carmo or The Carmo Church, Spiral staircase.

Portugal, Porto, Azulejo clad side wall of the 18th century Igreja do Carmo or The Carmo Church.

Portugal, Porto, Double facade of the Igreja dos Carmelitas and Igreja do Carmo or The Carmo Church separated only by the one metre wide Hidden House, once the dividing line between the Carmelite nuns...

Portugal, Porto, Palacio da Bolsa or The Stock Exchange Palace dating from the 19th century, Stairway built in 1868 by Goncalves e Sousa that leads to the upper storeys.

Portugal, Porto, Palacio da Bolsa or The Stock Exchange Palace dating from the 19th century, Nations Courtyard mosaic floor of the former trading area, which was inspired by Greco-Roman floors discove...

Portugal, Porto, Palacio da Bolsa or The Stock Exchange Palace dating from the 19th century, the central Nations Courtyard covered by a large metallic, octagonal dome with glass panels, designed by To...