Rolling hills
A typical scene from North Saarland.
2010-06-19
Red stone Baroque
The Protestant Church of Hornbach, built in 1785 by the architect Friedrich Gerhard von Wahl. It is on the site of the mediaeval monastery.
2010-06-18
Chunky church
The Catholic church in Hornbach, named after of Saint Pirminius who founded a monastery nearby in 740 and thus brought the town into existence.
2010-06-17
The wall
Rusting model in the foreground, the real thing in the background. The "You are here arrow" is, in this case, a silver disk almost exactly in the centre of the photograph. There appear to have been two parallel walls. The model is located in what was the space between them, which was kept clear so that the guards could easily shoot potential escapees.
2010-06-16
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Some of the 2,711 concrete stelae, one for each page in the Talmud.
2010-06-14
Dem deutschen Volke
The Reichstag, built in 1884, parliament of a re-unified Germany since 1999.
2010-06-11
Joga bonito
A mural in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. It was put up when Germany hosted the World Cup in 2006. The artist was Titifreak from São Paulo and it shows the young boy at the bottom dreaming of becoming a star like the Brazilian national player (Ronaldo?) at the top. The full mural can be seen in page seven of Brazil Houses
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