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The boulder gardens consist of several large boulders linked by winding pathways. The gardens extend from the northern slopes to the southern slopes of the hills at the foot of Sigiris rock. Most of these boulders had a building or pavilion upon them; there are cuttings that were used as footings for brick walls and beams.
August 20, 1985 [ 5] Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and 1936, during the Great Depression, it was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Its construction was the result of a ...
Sideways view of the walls of Sacsayhuamán showing the details of the stonework and the angle of the walls. Muyuq Marka Close up of stone wall. Sacsayhuamán, often spelled Sacsahuaman or Saqsaywaman [1] [2] [3] (from Quechua Saqsaywaman (pukara) '(fortress) of the royal falcon or hawk'), [4] [5] is a citadel on the northern outskirts of the city of Cusco, Peru, the historic capital of the ...
Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder. It is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference . Opened 100 years ago in 1924, the horseshoe-shaped stadium runs in the traditional north–south configuration, opening to the ...
Fallingwater path from house to guest house. Fallingwater is a house designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935. Situated in the Mill Run section of Stewart township, in the Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania, about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Pittsburgh in the United States, [4] it is built partly over a waterfall on the Bear Run river.
The top of the boulder layer is virtually level with the approaching path. [4] This boulder field, known as the Hickory Run boulder field, is the largest of its kind in the Appalachian region. It consists of a very gently sloping expanse of boulders that occupies the axis of a small valley with approximately 100-foot (30 m) of relief. [6]
Images of the numbered Flatirons on Green Mountain are ubiquitous symbols of the city of Boulder. The area abounds with Flatirons photographs, drawings, paintings, and sculptures. The city government, the University of Colorado, and many businesses make use of this symbol in their logos, advertisements, and marketing materials.
Cyclopean masonry. Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and with clay mortar or [ 1] no use of mortar. The boulders typically seem unworked, but some may have been worked roughly with a hammer and ...