Beautiful Art: architecture, paintings, sculptures, etc
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Au Chili, on trouve le géant d’Atacama (également connu sous le nom de géant de Tarapacá), l’un des plus grands géoglyphes anthropomorphiques préhistoriques du monde. Il daterait de l'an 1000. La figure mesure 85 mètres de long. Il est donc plus grand que le géant de Cerne Abbas découvert au Royaume-Uni Il représente un dieu civilisateur venu du Lac Titicaca, civilisant les populations qu'il rencontrait jusqu'à la côte Pacifique. Peut-être ces dessins servaient-ils de repères pour les caravanes en chemin dans le désert. Si ce géoglyphe sont si bien conservé, c'est grâce à l'aridité du désert d'Atacama, le plus sec au monde. Aucune végétation n'est venue le recouvrir. Son origine et sa signification restent cependant encore un mystère.
In Chile, we find the Atacama Giant (also known as the Tarapacá Giant), one of the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic geoglyphs in the world.
It would date from the year 1000. The figure is 85 meters long. It is therefore larger than the Cerne Abbas giant discovered in the United Kingdom
It represents a civilizing god who came from Lake Titicaca, civilizing the populations he met up to the Pacific coast. Perhaps these drawings served as landmarks for the caravans on their way through the desert.
If this geoglyph is so well preserved, it is thanks to the aridity of the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world. No vegetation came to cover it.
Its origin and meaning, however, still remain a mystery.
In Chile, we find the Atacama Giant (also known as the Tarapacá Giant), one of the largest prehistoric anthropomorphic geoglyphs in the world.
It would date from the year 1000. The figure is 85 meters long. It is therefore larger than the Cerne Abbas giant discovered in the United Kingdom
It represents a civilizing god who came from Lake Titicaca, civilizing the populations he met up to the Pacific coast. Perhaps these drawings served as landmarks for the caravans on their way through the desert.
If this geoglyph is so well preserved, it is thanks to the aridity of the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world. No vegetation came to cover it.
Its origin and meaning, however, still remain a mystery.
That's not Vienna's cathedral, which is St Stephen's, and which has a single large tower. The above one is the 'Votive church' and is actually 'modern', built and completed in the late 19th century - which goes to show you that such stunning 'gothic' architecture was still within human competence not all that long ago!Vienna cathedral, Austria
Here's Vienna's cathedral, which is jaw-dropping, both inside and out, and which still dominates the city's skyline. It was (mostly) built in the 14th century:
thanks for the correction!
A little piece of humor.
“The Princess Reading To The Dragon In Their Secret Cave…” By/Dragon Art/Pinterest.
lovely. la belle et la bete... or, the impossible love...
