Archive for the tag 'Dragon'
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2024
Lincoln Castle Grounds
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 10th 2024
Filed under Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
The Dragon Bridge
Located just beyond the market’s eastern boundary the Dragon Bridge was the first major Art Nouveau project to be built in the city. Designed by the architect Jurij Zaninovic, it was built in 1901 to mark the 60th birthday of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef I. The bridge gets its name from the bronze dragons that [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 29th 2016
Filed under Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Be Afraid…
…there be Dragons!!
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 28th 2016
Filed under Art, Heritage, Out & About
My Name is Keeper
From The Royal Armouries website:
A tradition of displaying British military strength by creating trophies from masses of weapons has long existed at the Tower. From about 1700 visitors to the Grand Storehouse were stopped in their tracks by John Harris’s stunning displays and models, including a serpent and a seven-headed hydra, which he created from [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 5th 2015
Filed under Holidays, Salisbury 2014
A Trio of Dragons
There is a recurring dragon theme in the gardens at Snowshill Manor. The photo above is of a statue of St. George and the Dragon. It was commissioned by Charles Wade from a Tyrolean craftsman, A. Dapre. It is a copy in teak of a statue that is housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2014
