Far-Ranging Photography

19/01/2020

This is the church where I was married

21/12/2019

21/12/2019

18/10/2019

We just happened to walk in on an orchestral rehearsal. It was beautiful!!

13/10/2019

The phenomenal gilded woodcarving in the west porch of the church.

10/10/2019

The imposing Imperial Castle at Nuremberg. Built on top of huge natural salt deposits (see photo #1).

07/10/2019

The grandstand at the N**i Party Rally grounds in Nuremburg. The grandstand is famous as the building that had the sw****ka blown from atop it in 1945, after Germany's fall in World War II. The name "Zeppelinfeld" or "Zeppelinwiese" refers to the fact that in August 1909 Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin landed with one of his airships in this location. A dismal and lifeless place, as it should be.

07/10/2019

The Kongresshalle at the N**i Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg. These are just part of the structure which is,assive even in its unfinished state. The place has a really creepy and blighted feeling that hangs over it. The first 2 photos are mine. The last two are from Wikipedia to show you a larger view which I was unable to get.

"The Kongresshalle looms over Nuremberg like a misplaced relic of ancient Rome. Designed by Franz and Ludwig Ruff in 1935, it was to have been the centerpiece of the vast N**i party rally grounds, flanked by triumphal parade-grounds and stadiums.

Once designs for the structure were complete, construction was started in earnest and on a vast scale: the completed Kongresshalle would have seated 50,000. One of the centerpieces of Hitler’s fantasy of a thousand-year Reich, its colonnades and layers of archways were designed to echo the Coliseum in Rome - another symbol of an empire triumphant.

The Second World War diverted attention away from the project, and the Kongresshalle was never completed." (Atlasobscura.com)

05/10/2019

The lovely town of Nuremberg, Germany. Best sausage ever!!

29/09/2019

The picturesque town of Melk, Austria. The view from the abbey cliff top, the stairway down the cliff from the abbey to the town and a few shots around town.