A lakeside village rests beneath steep green mountains, seen across the rippling water.
The glass pyramid rises from the Louvre courtyard into a cloudless blue sky.
Figures, robes, and ceremony fill a monumental coronation painting at Versailles.
Painted clouds and gilded figures open an imagined sky across an ornate palace ceiling.
Afternoon light falls between the marble columns and gilded ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors.
Sunlight sharpens the stone carvings and towers of Notre-Dame against a deep blue sky.
The Eiffel Tower reaches into a soft, cloud-filled spring sky.
Pale stone façades curve around a busy intersection beneath a shifting spring sky.
Boats move along the Seine between leafy embankments and the pale Paris skyline.
The bronze column rises over the formal stone façades of Place Vendôme under dramatic clouds.
A small limestone chapel catches the last warm light above Malta's rocky coast.
The great dome rises above the crowded square beneath a quiet winter sky.
Michelangelo's marble figures glow softly against the deep colors of the chapel wall.
Coffered rings draw the eye upward to the bright oculus at the center of the Pantheon dome.
A bronze figure of Augustus points across the Roman Forum beneath a vivid winter sky.
Ancient arches rise beneath a textured blue sky at the Colosseum in Rome.
Blue water hitting the limestone cliffs, with afternoon light on the rock face.
Small boats resting on a deep blue bay, with waves folding over the rocky shore.
A narrow sunlit street lined with Malta's old stone walls and colorful balconies.
The University of Hong Kong sign framed by red brick, shade, and summer green.
A steep old street in Valletta, full of parked cars, box balconies, and pale stone.
A pale clock tower rising into a clear Hong Kong sky.
Pink oleanders framing the sea and boats, like a small window opened toward summer.