Thursday, August 14, 2014

Tourist season


Tourist season in Val Gardena.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Water Lilies


Lengmoos / Longomoso






Water Lilies in a pond in Lengmoos / Longomoso - Ritten / Renon.


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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

The tallest woman in the world


This is Maria Fassnauer, or Maria Faßnauer, born 28 February 1879 in Ridnaun (South Tyrol) and died 4 December 1917, she was known as the Giantess of Tirol (Tiroler Riesin) and was (probably) the tallest woman in the world in her time.



Maria and her parents



These statues are shown in the South Tyrol Museum of Mining - Mining World Ridnaun Schneeberg - Ridnaun / Ridanna.

If you are interested, you can see more pictures and read old newspaper articles here.

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Monday, August 11, 2014

Industrial murals 11












This series continues next Monday. All pictures (78) were made in one afternoon of March 2014 in the industrial zone of Bolzano.

This post is linked to Monday Mural.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Cemetery in Madonna di Senales






Cemetery in Madonna di Senales / Unser Frau in Schnals.


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Saturday, August 9, 2014

The house on the lakefront


Toblachersee / Lago di Dobbiaco.

If you like pictures with reflections, click here to see more images.

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Friday, August 8, 2014

The Sign and the Cloud


On the Mendelpass / Passo della Mendola above the village of Kaltern / Caldaro.

This post joins hundreds of other bloggers' skies at SkyWatch Friday.



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