Vienna's Temple of Theseusin the late Afternoon glow

Pink Rose
in the late afternoon sun
in front of the Theseus Temple
Volksgarten

The Winner
1922 Bronze sculpture
by Josef Müllner

Temple of Theseus
Built by Peter von Nobile in 1823
to house Antonio Canova's "Theseus".
Early evening sun
lights the temple
and the ring of roses
in the foreground

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Did you spy
the pigeons on the roof?

"Ce toit tranquille, où marchent des colombes"
"This quiet roof, where dove-sails saunter by"
("Le cimetière marin" by Paul Valéry,
translated by C. Day Lewis)

Sunday
29 May 2011
Images and Text
© by Merisi