
No longer able to protect the castle, Osaka put up blue cones and aluminum fencing. . .
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No longer able to protect the castle, Osaka put up blue cones and aluminum fencing. . .

No longer able to protect the castle, Lisbon surrounded it with red plastic barricades…

what’s the penalty if you jump?

It’s blindingly hot, 107 degrees outside… but inside, with the air conditioning blasting, it’s nice and cozy by the fire.

nimby’s…

Preserving Ruins at Pompeii (including the famous franken-vessel).

A street in Pompeii. Most of the walls are basalt. And creeping around in the background, Vesuvius.

Recycling container in Pompeii

Plaque outside the Pompeii sports complex. It says the stadium was built for “perpetual use.” This seems a bit presumptuous.

No longer able to protect the castle, the city of Naples surrounded it with cement barricades and fencing…