“Once you conquer your selfish self, all your darkness will change to light.”
— Rumi
“Be like an olive tree — indomitably strong and eternally beautiful.”
— Alex Tjoa
The olive tree is about 1500 – 2000 years old.
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Model: Melissa Zanon
Location: Ancient olive grove, Eleonas, Aegina island, Greece
“Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn’t take you into the house.”
— Shams Tabrizi
“Your IQ, material wealth, power, beauty, and human will can take you to the door, but it is only your spiritual quotient, Love, that can take you into the house.”
“Camera equipment allows you to take pictures, but it doesn’t guarantee great pictures.”
— Alex Tjoa
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Location: The Imperial Council (Dîvân-ı Hümâyûn), Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
“The Imperial Council (Dîvân-ı Hümâyûn) building is the chamber in which the ministers of state, council ministers (Dîvân Heyeti), the Imperial Council, consisting of the Grand Vizier (Paşa Kapısı), viziers, and other leading officials of the Ottoman state, held meetings. It is also called Kubbealtı, which means “under the dome”, in reference to the dome in the council main hall. It is situated in the northwestern corner of the courtyard next to the Gate of Felicity.
The first Council chambers in the palace were built during the reign of Mehmed II, and the present building dates from the period of Süleyman the Magnificent by the chief architect Alseddin. It has since undergone several changes, was much damaged and restored after the Harem fire of 1665, and according to the entrance inscription it was also restored during the periods of Selim III and Mahmud II.[40]”
— Source: Wikipedia
Mia in her favorite blue kimono at the ancient Roman Arch, Trieste, Italy. I really enjoyed photographing Mia. After posing with her ballerina dress and her favorite blue Japanese kimono, Mia begged her mom to pose with her red flamenco dress.
Mia, tu sei una piccola principessa meravigliosa.
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Location: Roman Arch built by Augustus in 33-32 BC, Trieste (Tergeste), Italy.
Source: Wikipedia
Ancient era
Remains of a Roman arch in Trieste’s old town
Originally an Illyrian settlement the town was later captured by the Carni. From 177 BC Tergeste was under the Romans. It was granted the status of colony under Julius Caesar, who recorded its name as Tergeste in his Commentarii de bello Gallico (51 BC). During Roman times, Tergeste was defined an “Illyrian city” by Artemidorus of Ephesus, a Greek geographer, and “Carnic” by Strabo.
In imperial times the border of “Roman Italia” moved from the Timavo river to Formione (today Risano). The Roman Tergeste lived a flourishing period due to its position as a crossroad from Aquileia, the main Roman city in the area, and Istria, and as a port as well, some ruins of which are still visible. Augustus built a line of walls around the city in 33-32 BC, while Trajan built a theatre in the 2nd century AD.
In the Early Christian era it remained a flourishing center, and after the end of the Western Roman Empire (in 476), Trieste was a Byzantine military outpost. In 567 AD the city was destroyed by the Lombards, in the course of their invasion of northern Italy. In 788 it became part of the Frankish kingdom, under the authority of their count-bishop. From 1081 the city came loosely under the Patriarchate of Aquileia, developing into a free commune by the end of the 12th century.
Mia in her favorite blue kimono at the ancient Roman Arch, Trieste, Italy.
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