City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

City of Rocamadour in the Lot

Illustration of the village Rocamadour, in France, on August 12, 2023. Rocamadour is a small clifftop village in south-central France. It is known for the Cité Réligieuse complex of religious buildings, accessed via the Grand Escalier staircase. It includes the Chapelle Notre-Dame, with its Black Madonna statue, and the Romanesque-Gothic Basilica of St-Sauveur. Photo by Patrice Pierrot/ABACAPRESS.COM

Lushun Baiyu Tower - Lushunkou, China (Ryojun)

Lushun Baiyu Tower - Lushunkou, China (Ryojun)

Lushun Baiyu Tower - built after the Russo-Japanese War by the Japanese to commemorate their 20, 000 war casualties at Ryojun (present-day Lushunkou, People's Republic of China formerly Port Arthur) - the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Kwantung Leased Territory before and during Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Date: circa 1930s

Monument to the Blockade Expedition - Lushunkou, China

Monument to the Blockade Expedition - Lushunkou, China

Monument to the Blockade Expedition built by the Japanese at Ryojun (present-day Lushunkou, People's Republic of China formerly Port Arthur) - the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Kwantung Leased Territory before and during Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). Date: circa 1930s