Illustration - Surtourisme

Illustration - Surtourisme

INDIA. RAJASTHAN. JAIPUR. THE PALACE OF THE WINDS (HAWA MAHAL) DATES FROM 1799. THIS ARCHITECTURAL FANTASY BY PRATAD SINGH ALLOWED WOMEN TO OBSERVE THE STREET FROM THE LOGGIAS ENCLOSED BY A SCREEN OF OPENWORK STONE. Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : ST. PETER'S SQUARE: ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, THE GIANT MOSAIC OF THE VIRGIN AND THE CHILD. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - SAINT PETER'S SQUARE: NORTH BERNINI COLONNADE (284 COLUMNS, 88 PILLARS AND 140 STATUES OF SAINTS IN MARBLE), ON SAINT PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.). ON SECOND GROUND LEFT, THE FOUNTAIN OF MADERNO. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, ST. PETER'S BASILICA (136 METERS HIGH), THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, AND THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, WHICH HOUSES THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL APARTMENTS OF ALL POPES, EXCEPT FRANCIS, WHO LIVES IN ST. MARTHA'S RESIDENCE. TO THE LEFT OF THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, THE GIANT MOSAIC OF THE VIRGIN AND THE CHILD. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH EAST. ON FOREGROUND LEFT, THE AUDIENCE HALL AND THE PALACE OF SAINT OFFICE. ON BACKGROUND, ST. PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.), ST. PETER'S BASILICA, WHICH RISES TO 136 M. HEIGHT AND THE ARM OF CONSTANTINE (BORDERING THE NORTH OF THE SQUARE). ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE GARDENS OF THE VATICAN. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE SISTINE CHAPEL, THE VATICAN MUSEUMS, THE MEDIEVAL PALACE AND THE PARROT COURT. ON THE RIGHT, THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, THE COURT OF SAINT DAMASUS AND THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, WHICH HOUSES THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL APARTMENTS OF ALL THE POPES, EXCEPT FRANCIS WHO LIVES IN RESIDENCE ST. MARTHA. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM