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  Windsor and Eton Windsor town is a smallish town built around the enormous Windsor Castle. The castle was built by William, the conqueror more than a millennium ago. It belongs to the crown. I took some pictures of the interior, on the places were permitted (not many). I visited the castle in 2014. I am sure it did not change much.  Windsor Castle is one of the royal residences till this days. Most tourists come without an appointment, so they see the place from the outside. But I had arranged for a visit. I wouldn't like to live there. It's old, the ceilings are high like in a hangar, it's humid and cold. The private rooms are more than probably modern and cozy.   The Round Tower was finished in 1170. "not my car" at the ceremonial entrance to the castle the tourist entrance view from the ramparts The old moat garden, not bad... Queen Mary's Dolls' House is the largest and most famous dolls' house in the world. Built between 1921 and 1924 for Queen ...
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A nature hike trough  Lajish, central Israel This area's ground is composed by a first layer of hard rock. Below this layer a soft layer that is easy to excavate.  That's the reason that more than 3000 (three thousand) man-made caves are found in the Lajish area. The caves served as cemeteries, olive oil mills, columbarium's, etc., and in times of trouble served as shelters . They were built beginning thousands of years ago and in use till the end of the crusader's times.   The famous Guvrin Caves National Park (recognized by UNESCO as World Heritage) are part of this but I will refer to them in a special post. The ruins of Tel Lajish, an ancient Judean fortified city will also be postponed.  The soil was not cultivated during generations and only sheeps and goats used the land. The population was minimal. After the 50', the population grew, woods were planted by the Jewish  National Fund and the earth began to be used intensely This cave was recently found...
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  Ruins, etc., at the Tate. A visit Pictures were taken by me the 3.18.2014 during a visit at the Tate except those I took in Spain and Germany. Michelangelo's 'David' by Eduardo Paolozzi, today at Tate Liverpool The Temple of Poseidon at Sunium (Cape Colonna) c. 1834 by Turner  The Fall of London, Museum : James Boswell (1906-1971) Lithography on paper, 1933 Beautiful Sheffield: Tacita Dean (born 1965) from The Russian Ending 2001 Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005) "Greece Expiring on the ruins of Missolonghy after Delacroix" (oil) The Times January 1954 "Five sisters bing" 1976 Published by Tate, 1, September 2005: Waste to Monument: John Latham’s  Niddrie Woman Craig Richardson John Latham’s Artist Placement Group residency at the Scottish Office’s Development Agency in 1975–6 led to a series of proposals for some of the nineteen huge derelict heaps of red shale waste known as ‘bings’, found in West and Midlothian near Edinburgh. Craig Richardson evaluates...
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