New York

 The View of New York at night time from the Empire State Building.

 Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art founded in 1870, located on 5th avenue.

 This was the view from the Ground Zero site.

 The statue of Liberty, we took a boat form Eastside New York, down to the Southside, on route we saw the statue.

 Where we boarded the boat

 Times Square

 The Guggenheim was founded in 1937, designed by Frank Lloyd-Wright.

The Bubba Gump Shrimp and co restaurant located in Times Square

Saint Paul de Vence

 Saint Paul de Vence is a small Medieval hill village in Southeastern France. It has gained it's fame for all of the small contemporary art galleries and museums situated in the village.

The architecture is very classical France. Stone built houses, with wooden shutters and iron balconies and lanterns.

In the village centre were some men playing petanque, a traditional french game

Castle Combe

 Castle Combe is a small village located in Wiltshire, famously known for being untouched since built. The village contains 14th century architecture, such as The Manor House Hotel, which I was lucky enough to stay at. Photos of this are shown further down. The village was further developed in the 15th century as well. Today it is a large tourist destination, was much unspoilt architecture on show.

The stunning 14th century Manor House hotel

The Manor House gardens

Lebanon

Views and buildings from across Lebanon...

 Zaitunay Bay, Beirut. A new development for Lebanon on the seafront, however, i find myself particularly interested by it's view of the Four Seasons Hotel and over apartment blocks that light up the Bay from above. All four of these buildings are all tall glossy glass structures, with beautiful seafront views.

Views from my house overlooking the city, from hundreds of metres above in the hills of Ein Saade

 Close up of Beirut's main port

 Views looking on to the North of Lebanon

 The beautiful Byblos, where allegedly parts of the Bible were written. This image is of the old port, with the lovely old stone buildings, and the tour boats.

This image is of Downtown Beirut, which was redeveloped by Solidaire, the area had been terribly bombed and ruined in the civil war. In some of the buildings you can still see some of the bullet marks, the buildings had had their facades refurbed but deep bullet marks are still there.

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

 The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery was established in  1885, as well as it's beautiful exterior it holds amazing glass ceilings and elaborated cornices. The museum hold a mixture of Roman, Egyptian,  Medieval history etc. as well as modern artwork.

In the modern wing, there was this amazing chandelier.

 Simon Callery, Six Pace Painting, Oil on Canvas.

Paul Feiler, Porthledden, Oil on Hardboard.

Paris

Architecture of Paris

 A couple of years ago i took the Eurostar to Paris for the weekend with my family, having an interest in architecture then i managed to take a good amount of photographs of the Parisian architecture. Firstly here beginning with the Louvre, as my hotel was merely a minute walk away. The Louvre being famous for holding the Mona Lisa, as well as it's glass pyramid in the central square. Causing a modern contrast against the 1700's façade.

 The Louvre

 A square in Paris, sadly do not know the name.

The Théâtre du Palais-Royal,

 A carnival in the park opposite hotel Le Meurice,

 The Ritz hotel in Paris, in the courtyard,

 Arc de Triomphe,

 Centre Pompidou, designed by architect Richard Rogers, all pipe work has been placed on the outside of the building. Which is what it is famous for, as well as it's exposed steel frame structor, and escalator that takes one to the top.

Notre Dame 

And finally a view of the Seine, from a bride over to Notre Dame.