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CATEGORY
Street

GADGETS
Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 DC HSM

LOCATION
Grossglockner glacier, Austria

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The Hungarian Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. It lies in Lajos Kossuth Square, on the bank of the Danube, in Budapest. It is currently the largest building in Hungary.

Construction from the winning plan was started in 1885 and the building was inaugurated on the 1000th anniversary of the country in 1896, and completed in 1904. (The architect of the building went blind before its completion.)

About one thousand people were involved in construction, during which 40 million bricks, half a million precious stones and 40 kilograms (88 lb) of gold were used. After World War II the diet became single-chambered and today the government uses only a small portion of the building. During the communist regime a red star perched on the top of the dome, but was removed in 1990.

CATEGORY
Landscape

GADGETS
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

LOCATION
Budapest, Hungary

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25.06.2011

CATEGORY
Action

GADGETS
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

LOCATION
Graf Ignatievo AB, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

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Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned by Ludwig II of Bavaria as a retreat and as a homage to Richard Wagner. Contrary to common belief, Ludwig paid for the palace out of his personal fortune and extensive borrowing, not with Bavarian public funds.

The palace was intended as a personal refuge for the reclusive king, but it was opened to the paying public immediately after his death in 1886. Since then over 60 million people have visited Neuschwanstein Castle. The palace has appeared prominently in several movies and was the inspiration for Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle and later, similar structures.

CATEGORY
Landscape

GADGETS
Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM

LOCATION
Füssen, Bavaria, Germany

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Hallstatt, Upper Austria is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See (a lake). At the 2001 census it had 946 inhabitants.

Salt was a valuable resource, so the region was historically very wealthy. It is possible to tour the world's first known salt mine, located above downtown Hallstatt.

The village also gave its name to the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture and is a World Heritage Site for Cultural Heritage. Hallstatt is a popular tourist attraction owing to its small-town appeal and can be toured on foot in ten minutes.

CATEGORY
Landscape

GADGETS
Canon EOS 40D, Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 DC HSM

LOCATION
Hallstatt, Austria

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