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Angkor panoramas

Ta Phrom by Rob van Gils.

A Cambodian architecture post by Will from 50 Watts sent me to 360 Cities for some panoramic views of the temples of Angkor and environs. I always prefer the sight of these places in their weed-infested state even though all those weeds and tree roots were slowly destroying the stonework. For more recent photos, John McDermott’s site has many beautiful infra-red views of the temples and their statuary. (Click on the Fine Art section.)

Naga at Angkor Wat – Siem Riap, Cambodia by Tetsuyayoshi.jp.

Angkor by Vasiliy Nikitenko.

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• The panoramas archive

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• The Temples of Bagan
• The temples of Angkor

Cours et passages à Paris

Passage Bourg l’Abbé, Paris. Photo by FlickrDelusions.

Cours et passages à Paris, the perfect Flickr pool for anyone who shares my fetish pour les passages couverts de Paris.

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• Arcades panoramas
• Arcades
• Passage des Panoramas
• Passages 2
• Passages

Sedlec Ossuary panoramas

A couple of panoramic views from the celebrated Sedlec Ossuary in the Cemetery Church of All Saints at Sedlec, Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The quality of these isn’t as good as some of the panoramas I’ve linked to in the past but they help give an idea of the crypt which is now a World Heritage site. Jan Svankmajer enthusiasts should be familiar with the bone sculptures from his 1970 film, The Ossuary, which can be found on the BFI’s Svankmajer DVD set.

• Sedlec Ossuary at Flickr

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• The panoramas archive

Previously on { feuilleton }
• Karel Plicka’s views of Prague

Hothouse panoramas

Kew Gardens, London, by Davide Cornacchini.

I would have done this earlier if I hadn’t been distracted. Favourite panorama site 360 Cities doesn’t have any views of the Laeken greenhouses but they do have a view of a capacious interior of the Palm House at Kew Gardens, London. And as a follow-up to the post about the Schönbrunn Palm House, panorama photographer Bernhard Vogl shows us several views of that distinctive building, inside and out.

Schönbrunn Palm House, Vienna, by Bernhard Vogl.

Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The panoramas archive

Previously on { feuilleton }
• Ludwig’s Winter Garden
• The Schönbrunn Palm House
• The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken

Ludwig’s Winter Garden

Another monarch, and another glass-canopied hothouse. The extravagances of Ludwig II of Bavaria have featured here before but I’d overlooked the Winter Garden he had built in 1871 on the roof of the Munich Residenz, the home of the Bavarian royal family when they were in the capital. The views here are by court photographer Joseph Albert, and there isn’t much else online apart from this page at the palace website where we can see another Albert photo, and a painting by Julius Lange showing the idealised vision the king would have had in mind. With its painted scenery, “Moorish” tent, and artificial lighting—including rainbow and moonlight effects—Ludwig’s garden looks back to the exotica of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton, and also ahead to our current crop of theme parks and fantasy worlds. The Winter Garden was demolished after Ludwig’s death but the Residenz still contains other splendours, not least the jaw-dropping excess of the Antiquarium.

Previously on { feuilleton }
• The Schönbrunn Palm House
• The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken
• Arcades panoramas
• Arcades
• Schloss Falkenstein
• Schloss Linderhof
• Schloss Neuschwanstein
• Passage des Panoramas
• Passages 2
• Passages