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A peek across the Forum

Politics and intrigue

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge has the theme of Peek. A bit of an interesting theme, as it allows us to take it into many directions.

As I mentioned yesterday, there are a couple of images that came to mind. Today’s image is also from this year’s trip to Italy and is probably one of my favorites. In this photo, we get to look across the ages at a location that has had a significant impact on Western civilization: the Roman Forum. Many political deals were made here, the fate of countries and people were decided and much intrigue played out!

Take a walk back into history…

20170519-Roma_DSF1266_7_8_tonemapped — Looking across the Forum

Looking from ancient to more modern in the background, one can walk and explore many events in one locale.

Hope you enjoyed this look back and have a wonderful day!

Coming around…

Colossal arches make the rounds

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge has the theme of Rounded. The first entry that I put together for this challenge was from Nature, so why not one that is man-made this time?

There is a lot of structures that are rounded, as the arch is one of the quintessential load-distribution mechanisms in architecture. The arch spans a large area by resolving downward forces into compressive stresses along its curved shape. The first arches appeared in the 2nd millennium BCE in Mesopotamia and were perfected by the Romans to build structures that still stand across the ages.

Take a look back into history with the set of arches on display here…