Costa Rica #costarica🇨🇷 #aguasclarashotel #wanderlust #naturalbeauty #wunderlust #wonderful_places #travelphotography #carribean #worldbeaches #dreamvacations #shotonaniphone #costaricapuravida #puertoviejo #costaricancaribbean
The Duomo of Florence
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
©2024 sarah beard buckley
The Duomo of Florence
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
©2024 sarah beard buckley
"Santa Maria del Fiore is one of the largest churches in the world. The plan consists of a triple-nave basilica with the presbytery area nested within, dominated by the large octagon of the immense dome, around which are three radial apses (or “tribunes”), each consisting of five chapels. The cathedral is 153 meters in length, 90 meters wide at the transept, and 90 meters high from floor to base of the lantern. The title “Santa Maria del Fiore” (Lady of the flower) alludes to the name of the city, "Florentia", or “city of flowers”, “destined to bloom”, and to its emblem, the Florentine lily.
The first stone of the new cathedral was laid on 8 September 1296, and the task of erecting it was entrusted to Arnolfo di Cambio. His project was similar in plan but smaller than the current building, which instead corresponds to the expansion developed by Francesco Talenti, beginning in the mid-14th century. The church was consecrated at completion of the dome, by Pope Eugenio IV, on 25 March 1436."
OPERA DI SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE #duomofirenze #duomoflorence #italy🇮🇹 #architecture #florence #fierenze #landmark #cathedral
Galleria degli Uffizi,
Florence, Tuscany, Italy #Michelangelo #Rembrandt #antoniocorreggio #camillomainardi #peterpaulrubens #vigeelebrun #ufizzi #gallery #italia #florence #Firenze #museumsoftheworld #italy🇮🇹 #portraitart #incredible #wanderlust #florenceitaly🇮🇹
Siena Cathedral. #gasp Complete with a Baptistery and Bell Tower, the Siena Cathedral is a magnificent piece of architecture competing with the likes of the Florence Cathedral, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Milan Cathedral. Although believed to be built over a much older church, the current building’s construction began hundreds of years ago in 1196 and lasted until 1215. The cathedral itself was built as a dedication to the Virgin Mary, symbolizing that no other building can compare to the beauty of hers. On the facade, you can find two columns representing the two brothers - Romulus and Remus, and the founding of the city.
Upon walking into the Cathedral, you will immediately notice the uniquely decorated floors, home to 56 different mosaics which depict stories from the Old Testament. These marble mosaics were designed by various artists from the Renaissance era, and they took over 600 years to complete! As you look up, you will notice striped columns, which lead to the central dome.
#siena🇮🇹 #architecture #tuscany #italia #italianarchitecture #beauty #grand #renaissance #beauty #extraordinary #toscano
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral of Pienza, was designed by Bernardo Rossellino and consecrated in 1462. The building was commissioned by Pope Pius II and overlooks the square named after him. #Italy #italytravel #tuscany #church #italianchurch #renessaince #renessainceart #wanderlust #travelphotography #catholicchurch #architecture #fresco
Cyprus Trees #tuscany #wanderlust #lavendar #tuscancypress #cyrpresstree #italy🇮🇹 #winery #tuscanwine #tuscanlandscape #wunderlust #shotonaniphone
Tuscany. #wildflowers #italytravel #visittuscany #tuscanylandscape #wanderlust #travelphotography #nature #italien🇮🇹 #wunderlust #tuscany
Backyard birding at its best 🪶🪶#mainebirds #baldeagle #canonrf100500mm #1birdshot #backyardbirding #lovemaine #eagles #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #birdsadored #baldeaglephotography
American Pygmy Kingfisher - This has got to be one of the smallest Kingfishers on the planet topping out at just five inches! What a beauty. I photographed him recently while perched on a very low branch on a river in Costa Rica. This bird was so small he was almost missed ..
Info
“This tiny kingfisher occurs in dense forests and mangrove swamps along small streams or rivers with heavily vegetated banks. The unlined nest is in a horizontal tunnel up to 40 cm (16 in) long made in a river bank, earth heap, or occasionally an arboreal termite nest. The female lays three, sometimes four, white eggs.
American pygmy kingfishers perch quietly on a low branch close to water before plunging in head first after small fish or tadpoles. They will also hawk for insects. They are not shy, but easily overlooked as they sit silently amongst riverside branches.” Animalia Bio
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#costarica #birdsofcostarica #americanpygmykingfisher #birdsoftheworld #bestbirdsofinstagram #kingfisher #birdphotography #1birdshot
Black-Crowned Night Heron ☀️#mainebirds #nightheron #canonwildlife #nuts_about_birds #heronsofinstagram #naturephotography #mainewildlife #maine #migratorybirds #blackcrownednightheron
White-Collared Manakin. Not always the easiest bird to catch but sometimes if you wait long enough, you get lucky. This is my third trip to Costa Rica and by far the best birding we have seen anywhere. Thank you @hotelaguasclaras !
“Chunky little bird of humid forest edge and second-growth thickets (especially with Heliconia plants) in tropical lowlands. Away from display areas, usually found in ones and twos perched quietly or feeding at fruiting trees and bushes from understory to canopy. Display often draws attention: loud clicks, buzzes, and whistles given by males low in understory. Unmistakable male often detected by low wing rattle in flight. Female greenish with yellow belly and orange legs.”
All About Birds/The Cornell Lab
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#costarica🇨🇷 #whitecollaredmanakin #birdsoftheworld #1birdshot #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #canonusapro #canonrf100500mm #costaricamanakin
Glowing (it’s November in Maine!) #fireglass #firetable #backyarddesign #windyday #firepitseason #mainewinter #glowing #artglass #golden #mainelife
Meet Veronica. She’s a soloist and company member at Maine State Ballet, the leading professional dance company in Maine. She’s also a college student finishing her last year studying mathematics and physics at the University of Southern Maine. Really! Talk […]
You know it’s autumn when the farmers’ market is bustling to an extreme with people and produce. My trip to Deering Oaks park this past Saturday was exactly as I had hoped. Beautiful seasonal fruit and vegetables, flowers (yes, still) […]
Costa Rica #costarica🇨🇷 #aguasclarashotel #wanderlust #naturalbeauty #wunderlust #wonderful_places #travelphotography #carribean #worldbeaches #dreamvacations #shotonaniphone #costaricapuravida #puertoviejo #costaricancaribbean
The Duomo of Florence
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
©2024 sarah beard buckley
The Duomo of Florence
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
©2024 sarah beard buckley
"Santa Maria del Fiore is one of the largest churches in the world. The plan consists of a triple-nave basilica with the presbytery area nested within, dominated by the large octagon of the immense dome, around which are three radial apses (or “tribunes”), each consisting of five chapels. The cathedral is 153 meters in length, 90 meters wide at the transept, and 90 meters high from floor to base of the lantern. The title “Santa Maria del Fiore” (Lady of the flower) alludes to the name of the city, "Florentia", or “city of flowers”, “destined to bloom”, and to its emblem, the Florentine lily.
The first stone of the new cathedral was laid on 8 September 1296, and the task of erecting it was entrusted to Arnolfo di Cambio. His project was similar in plan but smaller than the current building, which instead corresponds to the expansion developed by Francesco Talenti, beginning in the mid-14th century. The church was consecrated at completion of the dome, by Pope Eugenio IV, on 25 March 1436."
OPERA DI SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE #duomofirenze #duomoflorence #italy🇮🇹 #architecture #florence #fierenze #landmark #cathedral
Galleria degli Uffizi,
Florence, Tuscany, Italy #Michelangelo #Rembrandt #antoniocorreggio #camillomainardi #peterpaulrubens #vigeelebrun #ufizzi #gallery #italia #florence #Firenze #museumsoftheworld #italy🇮🇹 #portraitart #incredible #wanderlust #florenceitaly🇮🇹
Siena Cathedral. #gasp Complete with a Baptistery and Bell Tower, the Siena Cathedral is a magnificent piece of architecture competing with the likes of the Florence Cathedral, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Milan Cathedral. Although believed to be built over a much older church, the current building’s construction began hundreds of years ago in 1196 and lasted until 1215. The cathedral itself was built as a dedication to the Virgin Mary, symbolizing that no other building can compare to the beauty of hers. On the facade, you can find two columns representing the two brothers - Romulus and Remus, and the founding of the city.
Upon walking into the Cathedral, you will immediately notice the uniquely decorated floors, home to 56 different mosaics which depict stories from the Old Testament. These marble mosaics were designed by various artists from the Renaissance era, and they took over 600 years to complete! As you look up, you will notice striped columns, which lead to the central dome.
#siena🇮🇹 #architecture #tuscany #italia #italianarchitecture #beauty #grand #renaissance #beauty #extraordinary #toscano
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Cathedral of Pienza, was designed by Bernardo Rossellino and consecrated in 1462. The building was commissioned by Pope Pius II and overlooks the square named after him. #Italy #italytravel #tuscany #church #italianchurch #renessaince #renessainceart #wanderlust #travelphotography #catholicchurch #architecture #fresco
Cyprus Trees #tuscany #wanderlust #lavendar #tuscancypress #cyrpresstree #italy🇮🇹 #winery #tuscanwine #tuscanlandscape #wunderlust #shotonaniphone
Tuscany. #wildflowers #italytravel #visittuscany #tuscanylandscape #wanderlust #travelphotography #nature #italien🇮🇹 #wunderlust #tuscany
Backyard birding at its best 🪶🪶#mainebirds #baldeagle #canonrf100500mm #1birdshot #backyardbirding #lovemaine #eagles #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #birdsadored #baldeaglephotography
American Pygmy Kingfisher - This has got to be one of the smallest Kingfishers on the planet topping out at just five inches! What a beauty. I photographed him recently while perched on a very low branch on a river in Costa Rica. This bird was so small he was almost missed ..
Info
“This tiny kingfisher occurs in dense forests and mangrove swamps along small streams or rivers with heavily vegetated banks. The unlined nest is in a horizontal tunnel up to 40 cm (16 in) long made in a river bank, earth heap, or occasionally an arboreal termite nest. The female lays three, sometimes four, white eggs.
American pygmy kingfishers perch quietly on a low branch close to water before plunging in head first after small fish or tadpoles. They will also hawk for insects. They are not shy, but easily overlooked as they sit silently amongst riverside branches.” Animalia Bio
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.
#costarica #birdsofcostarica #americanpygmykingfisher #birdsoftheworld #bestbirdsofinstagram #kingfisher #birdphotography #1birdshot
Black-Crowned Night Heron ☀️#mainebirds #nightheron #canonwildlife #nuts_about_birds #heronsofinstagram #naturephotography #mainewildlife #maine #migratorybirds #blackcrownednightheron
White-Collared Manakin. Not always the easiest bird to catch but sometimes if you wait long enough, you get lucky. This is my third trip to Costa Rica and by far the best birding we have seen anywhere. Thank you @hotelaguasclaras !
“Chunky little bird of humid forest edge and second-growth thickets (especially with Heliconia plants) in tropical lowlands. Away from display areas, usually found in ones and twos perched quietly or feeding at fruiting trees and bushes from understory to canopy. Display often draws attention: loud clicks, buzzes, and whistles given by males low in understory. Unmistakable male often detected by low wing rattle in flight. Female greenish with yellow belly and orange legs.”
All About Birds/The Cornell Lab
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.
#costarica🇨🇷 #whitecollaredmanakin #birdsoftheworld #1birdshot #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #canonusapro #canonrf100500mm #costaricamanakin
Glowing (it’s November in Maine!) #fireglass #firetable #backyarddesign #windyday #firepitseason #mainewinter #glowing #artglass #golden #mainelife
