The dome of the St. Peter's Basilica (Templum Vaticanum) in Rome illuminated by a ray of light. The dome was drafted by Michelangelo Buonarroti and finished by Giacomo della Porta. (scanned from a slide)

The roman columns near Teatro Marcello, probably from the Temple of Apollo Sosiano (Rome, Italy). (scanned from a slide)

Illumination of the gothic Stephansdom in Vienna

reflection of the current sky in the facade of the GEW-building in Kreuzberg, Berlin

Detail of the former photo: traffic light in front of the Universal offices...

After the wall was opened a lot of peoply were trying to get a souvenir by picking holes in the concret. This is the former Aviation Ministry of the Reich seen through such a hole in the wall at the Topography of Terror exhibition.

These statues of socialistic esthetics at the Karl-Marx-Allee represent the working class and the intelligentsia. But the buildings need (2013) urgent repair themselfes.

Rênos (or latin Rhenus also Rhenus Pater) is a Celtic / Germanic river god and the personification of the river Rhine. This sculpure is from the Wrangel Fountain in Berlin-Kreuzberg which was drafted by Hugo Hagen and erected in 1877. It seems to be the only depiction of Rênos with a sword (?). Remember that the Franco-Prussian war and the foundation of the German empire was only 6 years before... The three other sculptures at this fountain are the river goddesses Vistula, Oder and Elbe.

The ancient clockwork of the clock of the bell tower (Campanile) of the St.-Jacobi-Church in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Terraces at the southern edge of the Pyramid of the Moon at the archeological site of Teotihuacán, Mexico.

The typical talud-tablet architecture of the Teotihuacan ruins was later found in many other cultures. This is in front of the Pyraide of the Moon, Teotihuacan, Mexico. Note: This image was scanned from a slide with Hamrick Vuescan on a Reflecta Crystalscan 7200 (Primefilm PF 7250 U).

It is quite a while ago that this bank was used by the owners of this farming house to rest and observe the street of Plöwen in the northernmost Uckermark (Pomerania, Germany)...

This is a view of the old railway bridge across the Oder river near the village of Tschirne (Czernica) in Silesia (Poland). The village of Tschirne got a railway connection to Breslau (today Wroclaw) in 1909 and there was a precursor to this iron construction. This bridge was built in 1935 by the Germans and then destroyed in 1945 during the German withdrawal from Silesia. It was rebuilt in 1959 by the Polish. Click for a black background.

These stairs of wooden steps are located in the park of the Rheinsberg Castle, north of Berlin.

Coloring the Stupa in Buddhanath, Kathmandu (Nepal). Note: This image is scanned from a slide with Hamrick Vuescan on a Reflecta Crystalscan 7200 (Primefilm PF 7250 U).

I don't know what this bowl at the Chacmultun archeological site was used for. Maybe for grinding corn (probably) or for washing... But it looks as if it has been in use by the Maya yesterday, not a thousand years ago! Note: This image was scanned from a slide with Hamrick Vuescan on a Reflecta Crystalscan 7200 (Primefilm PF 7250 U).

CHICHÉN ITZÁ: The ball court was a central place in every Maya city (Chichen Itza had eight of them). And the ball game was supposed to be a ritual or spiritual game. There is the story that the winner - not the loser - was capitated afterwards, but this is probably a fairy tale. This ball court in the aya-Toltec city of Chitchen Itzá is especially well decorated with figures (formerly in colors probably). The small ball had to be moved with sticks into the upper ring.... Note: This image was scanned from a slide with Hamrick Vuescan on a Reflecta Crystalscan 7200 (Primefilm PF 7250 U).

A detail from a wall in the Frida Kahlo Museum ("Casa Azúl", "Blue House") in Coyoacán, Mexico City. The wall is constructed of volcanic rocks at a different oxidation state.