Lucadea.com - Month: November 2019

4 November 201914 September 2024

A lotus flower photographed in Vietnam

A lotus flower photographed in Vietnam.
One of nature's most mythical flowers with its lilac color and because it is always present in places of worship.
It is very often found in pagoda ponds because it is a sacred flower for Buddhists.
I photographed this flower in particular in a pagoda along the Mekong River Delta.

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

Nelumbo Adans is a genus of aquatic plants, the only genus in the Nelumbonaceae family, which appeared on Earth 80 million years ago. It includes only two species, native to America, Asia and Australia, with very decorative leaves and large white, pink, yellow and red flowers, known as lotus flowers.
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A lotus flower photographed in Vietnam – Une fleur de lotus photographiée au Vietnam – Una flor de loto fotografiada en Vietnam – Uma flor de lótus fotografada no Vietnã – Eine in Vietnam fotografierte Lotusblume – Chụp ảnh hoa sen ở Việt Nam

3 November 201928 December 2024

The Ancient Gates of the Imperial City of Hue in Vietnam

The ancient gates of the Imperial city of Hue in Vietnam.
One of the classic images of this place is this: a series of consecutive gates.
There are so many buildings and walls that you can often fit them all into a single shot.
Obviously, as you can well understand and see, I accentuated the colors a little (but only a little) through HDR because one of the most impressive things about this place are the colors (mostly red).
Truly a magnificent place to explore!

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

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Here is where this mythical place is located:

The Imperial City of Huế is a fortified complex consisting of a citadel within which is located the actual Imperial City of Huế, the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam. In turn, enclosed within the Imperial City is the Purple Forbidden City.
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The ancient portals of the Imperial city of Hue in Vietnam – Les anciens portails de la ville impériale de Hue au Vietnam – Los antiguos portales de la ciudad imperial de Hue en Vietnam – Os antigos portais da cidade imperial de Hue, no Vietnã – Die alten Portale der Kaiserstadt Hue in Vietnam – Những cổng cổ kính của Cố đô Huế ở Việt Nam – 越南顺化皇城的古老门户 – ベトナムの王都フエの古代の門

2 November 201924 October 2024

Dry stone walls in Liguria

Dry stone walls in Liguria.
I would almost say a tradition in Liguria, are these types of walls made dry with only stones.
I took this photo along the path that goes from Camogli to San Rocco along the route that can then also reach San Fruttuoso and Portofino.
In addition to delimiting properties, this type of wall was often used to contain the soil to build the famous terraces for cultivation.
They were made dry to allow rainwater to flow away without causing landslides.
Now they exist and you see fewer and fewer of them, unfortunately, and even in this photo the walls are not exactly the real ones I am talking about.

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

The dry stone wall is a particular type of wall built with blocks of stone appropriately arranged and assembled, without the use of binders or mortars of any kind. In 2018 it was included in the intangible heritage of humanity by UNESCO.
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Dry stone walls in Liguria – Murs en pierres sèches en Ligurie – Muros de piedra seca en Liguria – Paredes de pedra seca na Ligúria – Trockenmauern in Ligurien – Những bức tường đá khô ở Liguria

1 November 201921 August 2024

The amphitheater in the Parco dei Castelli in Sestri Levante

Amphitheater in the Parco dei Castelli.
One of the most fascinating places in Sestri Levante, which was exceptionally opened to the public.
Beautiful excursion in the garden of the Sestri Levante Peninsula up to the Marconi Tower.
All thanks to the Nassa Association (here are their pages FB and IG) in the stage IT.A.CÀ in Sestri Levante.

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300 and filtro polarizzatore.

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Here is where Torre Marconi is located, the most famous place inside the Park:

The amphitheater in the Castelli park in Sestri Levante – L’amphithéâtre du parc Castelli à Sestri Levante – El anfiteatro en el parque Castelli en Sestri Levante – O anfiteatro do parque Castelli em Sestri Levante – Das Amphitheater im Castelli-Park in Sestri Levante – Nhà hát vòng tròn trong công viên Castelli ở Sestri Levante

1 November 201926 December 2024

A Parma Ham and Burrata Pizza in Vietnam

An excellent Parma ham and Burrata pizza tasted in Vietnam.
I didn't eat this beautiful and tasty pizza in Naples or in Italy but in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
I have to say that I don't know if it was because I hadn't eaten one for almost a month or because it was really well made but I gobbled it up in 10 minutes.
The two main ingredients were then of real quality: the raw ham was a DOP and the burrata seemed fresh.

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-M 11-22.

I forgot: the pizzeria was Pizza 4P’s Ben Thanh.

Parma ham is a typical cured meat from the province of Parma; more precisely, the production area is located 5 km south of the Via Emilia, up to an altitude of no more than 900 m, bordered to the east by the Enza torrent and to the west by the Stirone torrent.
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