Khndzoresk, troglodyte site. ARMENIA

Khndzoresk is widely famous for its canyon with picturesque rock formations and ancient cave settlement. The artificial caves, some of which are currently used as stables and warehouses, used to be inhabited till the 1950s. In the bottom of the gorge there is St.Hripsime church, dated back to 17th century. Photos from Summer 2015

Carrières de Lumière, FRANCE

In the historic site of Les Baux de Provence in the heart of the Alpilles, the former quarries dug out by the hands of man since the Roman era today offer the visitor a magical world of entrancing images and music.

From these quarries was extracted the white limestone used to build Les Baux and its citadel. In the 19th century, industrial development increased the demand for building stone and Les Baux exploited a large number of quarries. Around 1935, the quarry closed definitively. In 2011, the town of Les Baux-de-Provence entrusted Culturespaces with the management of its famous quarry. “Carrières de Lumières”, it is a fantastic laboratory of creativity for Culturespaces which has developed there an innovative concept: AMIEX® (Art & Music Immersive Experience). Spectators are totally immersed in the image projected onto all the surfaces of the rock. The ground is completely covered, too, and becomes a vast carpet of images.

Following the exhibition Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, the Giants of the Renaissance or Klimt, in2016 the Carrières de Lumières has organised a never before seen multimedia event devoted to Marc Chagall.

Photos from 2014 and 2016 during the Klimt and Chagall exhibits.

Landscapes from ARGENTINA (2)

Photos from Octobre 2015

Perito Moreno

Iguazu Falls

EL Chaltén

Tierra de Fuego

Upsala Glaccier

El Calafate

Beagle Canal

San Juan de los Reyes Monastery, Toledo, SPAIN

The Monastery of Saint John of the Kings is a historic monastery in Toledo, Spain, built by the Catholic Monarchs (1477–1504) to commemorate both the birth of their son, Prince John, and their victory at the Battle of Toro (1476) over the army of Afonso V of Portugal.

Toledo was chosen as the site for building the monastery due to its central geographic location and because it had been the capital of the ancient Visigoth kingdom, symbolically reconstituted by Isabella and Ferdinand with the restoration of the lost unity of Spain, through the union of Castile with Aragon.

The monastery is an example of Gothic style with Spanish and Flemish influences. Its cloister has a small garden. Its upper cloisters, first completed in 1526 and restored in the 19th century, contain Mudéjar ornamentation,

Photos from Summer 2015

Polonnaruwa. SRI LANKA

Polonnaruwa remains as the royal ancient city of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa, he second most ancient of Sri Lanka's kingdoms, Polonnaruwa was first declared the capital city by King Vijayabahu I, who defeated Chola invaders in 1070 to reunite the country once more under a local leader. The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa has been declared a World Heritage Site. Photos from Spring 2016

Landscapes from ANDORRA

Photos from August 2016

Statues from Palermo. ITALY

Photos from Spring 2015