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there are so many hundreds of Greek island villages like this:

Astypalaia:


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Old Posted Apr 9, 2009, 2:38 PM
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not a building, but one hell of a site, the 'secret' shipwreck (everyone knows about it now) at Zakynthos, Greece:

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Constantine, Algeria, a city bisected by a ravine, natural arches, rivers, bridges, aqueducts, cable cars, tunnels and wires:


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Wuzhen, outside Shanghai, one of many 'water towns' along the Grand Canal

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It's one of my favourite places in China. Wuzhen (乌镇) is a scenic town, part of Tongxiang, in northern Zhejiang Province, China. It lies within the triangle formed by Hangzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai. In Chinese, wu means crow or dark, and zhen means a small town.
Wuzhen's population is 6,000 and its area is 46.5 square kilometers.
Located in the center of the six ancient towns south of Yangtze River, 17 kilometers (10.56 miles) north of the city of Tongxiang, Wuzhen displays its two-thousand-year history in its ancient stone bridges floating on mild water, its stone pathways between the mottled walls and its delicate wood carvings. Also, setting it apart from other towns, it gives a unique experience through its profound cultural background.
It is said that people have lived in Wuzhen for 7,000 years and over time it has produced a galaxy of talents. Mao Dun, an outstanding modern Chinese writer, was born here, and his masterpiece, 'The Lin's Shop', describes vividly the life of Wuzhen. In 1991, Wuzhen was authorized as the Provincial Ancient Town of History and Culture, so ranking first among the six ancient towns south of the Yangtze River.
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Constantine is amazing. To think that a city would spring up there...Wow.

Wuzhen makes me think of Venice, itself an amazing building site.
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lots of pics of underground dwellings like this one in dark roasted blend:

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Bare rock always makes for an amazing building site. I think it has something to do with the audacity of putting some fragile, man made object on a par with with brute force of nature.



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^lovely,

Greenland:

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I love those Greenland pics.
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city of Luizhou in Guangxi, China, one of the poorest provinces in the country and well off the beaten track. Historically people came here to die due to the high quality of the coffin wood:





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Le Puy en Velay, France (Notre-Dame de France)







Boulogne sur Mer, France

Carcassonne



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http://carcassonnehotelreservation.com


www.chaylaimmobilier.com


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oh wow! i would like to include the angkor wat temples--> they are still buildings right? and imagine them, when they were still in the middle of the forrest...
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Vestmannaeyjar, off the coast of Iceland.



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Udaipur, and its floating palaces, India:


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www.incomingindia.com


www.flickr.com, www.theodora.com

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Kim Buckley and Richard Baxter, www.travelblog.org


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