New on 500px : Happy Birthday Golden Gate. by andersesknberg by andersesknberg

Happy Birthday Golden Gate!
The dream of spanning the Golden Gate Strait had been around for well over a century before the Golden Gate Bridge opened to traffic on May 28, 1937.
I’ve been on and off to California for a lot of years now. I had no idea, until today, that the Golden Gate Bridge shared the same birthday as me.

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New on 500px : Upper Gate by mirosu by mirosu

In the photo you can see the Waldshut’s Upper Gate (Oberes Tor), also called the Schaffhauser Tor, the town’s landmark. It is the east town gate and was built on foundations laid down in the 13th century. Until 1864, it served as the town gaol (jail).
I’ve taken this photo from Kaiserstrasse, Waldshut’s main street, today a main shopping pedestrian zone.
The town of Waldshut lies at the edge of the southern Black Forest, right on the Rhine River, along which runs the German-Swiss border.
The Waldshut townsite lies about 2 km west of where the Swiss river Aare empties into the Rhine.
Until 1803, Waldshut belonged to Further Austria (Anterior Austria).

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New on 500px : Entry to Hospital Chapel by mirosu by mirosu

Entry to small hospital chapel to the Holy Spirit in Waldshut, in southern Germany, belonged to the hospital next to it built during early 15th century.
It was in 1411 donated by the citizens of Waldshut and was to 1857 also used that way. The chapel has been opened to the public after restoration by the guild of the former bachelor shaft in 1468.
The hospital was primarily a sanctuary for poor and elderly people (Hospital entry gate at the right side).
Hospital Motto:
“The naked to clothe, the hungry to refresh, treat carefully sick people and pregnant women, provide lunch and dinner for the widows, orphans and strangers from wherever they may come.”

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New on 500px : Tusked by beyondtheglimpse by beyondtheglimpse

Lucky to have the Brooklyn Bridge almost to ourselves on this Saturday morning I took tons of shots. Somehow this one kept calling me, but I wondered why. And then it hit me that it looked a bit like an elephant.

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New on 500px : Valley Gate by AdrianEvans by AdrianEvans

Watching the spring storm approaching from the gate overlooking Nant Gwynant, one of the most dramatic and beautiful valleys in Wales. Its northern slopes rise to the summit of Wales highest mountain Snowdon and to the south lies the relatively undisturbed hills of Moel y Dyniewyd and the Moelwynion range.
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