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Whether exploring an ancient site, or just walking through a city…..regardless of whether you are an architecture nerd like me (or the spouse of one, being dragged through said space 
), never forget to look up. No saying what you might miss!
See what we found, above an otherwise nondescript pavement arcade in Bilbao!
And here are a few more unique ceilings, for Ailsa’s Travel Theme – Up:
The intricate carpet like details on the ceiling of the practically unknown Scribe’s Tomb in Luxor.
Grape Vines painted on to a dome in the gorgeous Harem of the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
A simple early Christian cave church in the Goreme Valley, Cappadocia
The ceiling depicting a forest of trees in Gaudi’s La Sagrada Famlia, Barcelona
The incredible Zodiac ceiling of Dendera, depicting Goddess Nut swallowing the Sun at night!
Until next time……..happy travels, no matter where life takes you!
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Wow! Very cool, Madhu.
WOW! What wonderful ceiling art.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
You find the most beautiful architecture to photograph. I am so glad that you are an architecture nerd! I am grateful for your talent and being able to see your corner of your world through you.
Looking up certainly allows us to see many beautiful things.
Oh Madhu- the places you’ve been!
Egypt for me- one day.
Great photos Madhu! Definitely looking up pays off
Wow, I love how you have captured the images! Will remember to always look up, not just when I remember God.
Thank you for sharing the pictures and the thought!
Well, I’m thinking to see these exotic locals, I shall see them through your eyes Madhu. We aren’t that adventurous. Just beautiful! Margie
Stunning Madhu, and from now on, I’m looking up!
Excellent photos! I recognize a couple and they bring back great memories. Thanks for a super post!
I always look up and am invariably surprised- thats a beautiful ceiling! Can’t you sneak me in your luggage?
Your posts are always interesting and colorful and thought provoking, too!
Amazing, and I chose the “ceilings” for my “up” as well
What craftsmanship. I’m usually too busy looking down at where I’m headed. Thanks for reminding me, Madhu, that there is much I’d miss if I also didn’t look up.
fantastic! we need reminding to look up …these photos are inspiring
I love to look up and these are cool, the first in Bilbao is really dark!
…always a good thing to look up!!!
Very nice, it pays to have a good look around.
Beautiful. I love embellished ceilings. They are such a wonderful surprise.
Sometimes the most impressive thing is right above you, just waiting to be looked at. Can you imagine going to the Sistine Chapel and forgetting to look up?
Love that ceiling!
Observant behavior at its’ maximum …. you never know where beauty might be hiding. Aometimes, it’s right in front of us … or … above.
Fabulous entry for the challenge.
Getting a sore neck is often worth the view when traveling!
Beautiful.
Great photos for the theme, Madhu. Love that grapevine dome.
Impressive …. I’m talking about you capturing it. And your subject too.
those ceiling are wonderful Madhu. I tried to like a couple but the ‘like’ button would only work on one…weird. But I love the ceiling at Bilbao, so glad you looked up for that.
Beautiful, as always.
All wonderful, of course! My favourite is, and I think will always be, Gaudí, but the grapevine dome is fantastic!
Great photos. I studied the ceiling of the Scribes tomb in Luxor, but I have say that I did not visit or notice when we made a Nile cruise a couple of years ago. The ceiling in Bilbao is awesome.
I would agree! Most of the monuments and places of worship across our country too encourage us to look up… I once tried to draw a small mural on the ceiling – and it was hard work! Those artists must have been extremely gifted… Lovely images
Don’t why these recent posts did not come to my reader. Great choices for the up theme. This first one is just cool! Thank you for the tour!
always so much to take in when we go somewhere new – mustn’t forget to look up … and down … It’s a wonder I don’t fall flat on my face or walk into pillars more often. And of course, we need to remember to look in all directions even in famiilar places – there’s always a shot lurking somewhere
your posts are always filled with beauty! i love the header image! i love all of the images!!! thank you for sharing your world with us! z
so trueBefore it got crowded with tourists I was fortunate enough to be in the sistine chapel when I was young. My family and I were the only ones in there. I lay down on the bench and just looked up!
The Bilbao ceiling made me think of Michael Phelps.
That first ceiling is spectacular! WoW!
I love that ceiling of the forested trees in Barcelona. It’s amazing what you see when you look up!
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