
Piazza dei Priori, Volterra, Italy
Panoramas by Heiner Straesser


Santa Barbara, Mantova, Italy

Front of the Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara and the belltower, seen from the Piazza Santa Barbara. In 2008 the city center of Mantua became a...
Small Bridge, Via Massari, Mantova, Italy

Small Bridge in the Via Massari in Mantova. In 2008 the city center of Mantua became an UNESCO world heritage and had been severely damaged by an...
Piazza dei Priori, Volterra, Italy

Piazza dei Priori in the center of Volterra, Tuscany.
Hacli Kilise - Church with the Cross, Cappadocia, Turkey

This cave church (10./11.century) is in the Cappadocian Kızılçukur-Valley, inside a tuff rock cone. The wooden stairs lead inside. There you will...
Church with the Cross (Üy Hacli Kilise), Cappadocia, Turkey

Haclı Kilise = church with the cross This cave church (10./11.century) is in the Cappadocian Kızılçukur-Valley. The apse shows the incarnation of...
Church with the Cross (Üy Hacli Kilise), Cappadocia, Turkey

Haclı Kilise = church with the cross This cave church (10./11.century) is in the Cappadocian Kızılçukur-Valley. The apse shows the incarnation of...
Refectory in Soganli, Cappadocia, Turkey

A very well preserved refectory of a cave monastery in the tuff rocks of Soganli in Cappadocia.
Barbara Church, Soganli Valley, Cappadocia, Turkey

Cave church in the Cappadocian Soganli valley. With the help of some inscriptions in the frescoes it is possipble to date the cave church to the...
Selime Monastery, Cappadocia, Turkey

Selime is one of the biggest monasteries in Cappadocia. Cut into the soft tuff rocks, it contains many caves for all the different needs of a...
Cave Church in Soganli, Cappadocia, Turkey

A very well preserved cave church in the tuff rocks of Soganli in Cappadocia. On the wall opposite the entrance are still some small remains of the...
Santi Maria e San Donato, Murano, Venice, Italy

The origin of the basilica Santi Maria e San Donato on the island of Murano dates back to the 7th century.
Winter in Venice, Italy

On a grey day like this one in december, the streets of Venice seem to be dead.
Nevsehir: historic Greek quarter after destruction, August 2013

View at the old Greek part of Nevşehir after destruction. The area south of the castle of Nevşehir was inhabited mainly by Christians until 1923...
Nevsehir: historic Greek quarter in the process of destruction, June 2012

View at the old Greek part of Nevşehir in the process of destruction. The area south of the castle of Nevşehir was inhabited mainly by Christians...
Hagios Georgios Belltower, Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey

View from the belltower (1870) of the Hagios Georgios Church (around 1760). The completely ruined church can be seen down in the west (sun).
Hagios Georgios, Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey

Belltower (1870) of the Hagios Georgios Church (around 1760). The walls left of the belltower are the remains of the church. The yellow building...
Former Greek Quarter, Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey

Belltower ( 1870) of the Hagios Georgios Church (around 1760, oldest church in Nevşehir) in front of the old primary school. The area south of the...
Former Greek quarter in Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey

The area south and east of the castle of Nevşehir was inhabited mainly by Christians until 1923 and the people exchange between Turkey and Greece....
Former Greek quarter in Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey

The area south and east of the castle of Nevşehir was inhabited mainly by Christians until 1923 and the people exchange between Turkey and Greece....
Former Greek quarter in Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey

The area south and east of the castle of Nevşehir was inhabited mainly by Christians until 1923 and the people exchange between Turkey and Greece....