David Stanley
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male Nanaimo, BC, Canada
David Stanley has authored numerous travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Moon Handbooks. He has seen every country in the world and visited all but one.
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
Columns and capitals from the Roman ruins of Carthage were recycled during a 9th century reconstruction of the Ez-Zitouna Mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. #Carthage #EzZitounaMosque #Tunis #Tunisia https://images.plurk.com/3KpC5DIzJToGFGJCrO7TcI.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
Non-Muslims are usually allowed to enter the courtyard of the ancient Ez-Zitouna Mosque in Tunis, Tunisia, but not the prayer hall. #EzZitounaMosque #Tunis #Tunisia https://images.plurk.com/6J8EFbNStbogmmLqfvHVju.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
The 8th century Ez-Zitouna Mosque or Grand Mosque in the heart of the medina is the oldest mosque in Tunis, Tunisia. The minaret was added in 1894 in a style reminiscent of those of Marrakesh and Seville. #EzZitounaMosque #GrandMosque #mosque #Tunis #Tunisia #minaret https://images.plurk.com/20DjlRH7HGDxb8FeVp43yG.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
The Serra de Tramuntana trails off into the Mediterranean at Sa Foradada where a limestone cliff is penetrated by a doughnut-shaped hole. A track to the rock begins at the House Museum of Son Marroig on northwestern Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. #SerradeTramuntana #SaForadada #SonMarroig #Mallorca #BalearicIslands #Spain https://images.plurk.com/6VbpItYZpzltAYrLvYtDgH.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
The white marble Des Galliner rotunda at the House Museum of Son Marroig, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, dates from the late 19th century when the estate was owned by Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria. #DesGalliner #SonMarroig #Mallorca #BalearicIslands #Spain #ArchdukeLuisSalvador https://images.plurk.com/1AdUqF1B4Pr0VmmPzLKRpx.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
A sweeping view of the northwest coast of Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, is obtained from the Des Galliner viewpoint at the House Museum of Son Marroig. #Mallorca #BalearicIslands #Spain #DesGalliner #SonMarroig https://images.plurk.com/72LzmScFSvoEMXpi5c7ytW.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
The House Museum of Son Marroig on Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, is the former residence of Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria (1847-1915) with a collection of his personal possessions. #SonMarroig #Mallorca #BalearicIslands #Spain #ArchdukeLuisSalvador https://images.plurk.com/2W9lsbXYc8F4ha44TVk3u4.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
The 13th century Church of St. Bartholomew at Valldemossa stands stands dramatically below the Serra de Tramuntana, the northern mountain range of Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. #StBartholomew #Valldemossa #SerradeTramuntana #Mallorca #BalearicIslands #Spain https://images.plurk.com/6RfFPVIfIRGcdmMmm5rvkw.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
The former Carthusian monastery at Valldemossa on Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, is now a museum. #Carthusianmonastery #Valldemossa #Mallorca #BalearicIslands #Spain https://images.plurk.com/5XIiXQuikxYgpK0sDgkzno.jpg
David Stanley
1 weeks ago
A bust of Frédéric Chopin is in a garden at Valldemossa on Mallorca, Spain. Chopin composed many of his best known works while living with writer George Sand in a suite of cells in the former Carthusian monastery here during the winter of 1838-1839. #FredericChopin #Valldemossa #Mallorca #Spain #Chopin #GeorgeSand https://images.plurk.com/2JfP39fpu9X1X8PTmRNTvy.jpg