Italian Franco Recchia is not your everyday artist. He uses components from computers and various other high tech devices to build ingenious landscapes .
Recchia calls himself the “Metropolitan Artist”, and said that his curiosity to “see what is inside” is his creative inspiration to build these masterpiece landscapes.
Visit his website at www.francorecchia.it
El Caminito del Rey, also known as “The King’s little pathway” in English, is an extremely dangerous walkway located on the steep walls of a gorge in El Chorro, Spain.
It was built in 1901 and took 4 years to complete. It was mainly used by workers at the hydroelectric power plant to move between the water falls, and to transport materials. The walkway was officially named in 1921 when King Alfonso XIII crossed the walkway for the inauguration of the dam.
The walkway rises about 100 meters above the river below, and is on average a mere one meter wide. It was constructed out of concrete resting on steel rails, anchored into the rock face. Today, the walkway is extensively deteriorated, with large sections of concrete missing. There is a safety wire anchored to the wall, but its strength is highly speculated on. In 2000, the local government closed both sides of the walkway after four people fell to their deaths in different incidents.
The regional government of Andalusia is busy restoring the walkway at a cost of almost €9 million, which will include car parking and a revamped shop. Most of the original sections of the walkway will be preserved, and the new walkway will incorporate many of the original designing features.
Crossing it, even when revamped, will definitely require nerves of steel!
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Photo via Wikipedia
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Photo via MyTripsDiary
Meet the Boxx, the geekiest electrical bike we’ve seen to date.
As the name implies, the bike is shaped just like a box. Weighing in at 120 pounds, it can achieve an impressive top speed of 35mph & 80 miles to a charge. The Boxx also includes tons of extras, like ABS, All Wheel Drive (AWD), traction control & drive by wire.
The bike comes standard with a one year warranty, and there’s more extras available than Stormtroopers at a Star Wars convention.
If the weird shape doesn’t put you off, then you’ll be enlightened to know that the bike is available in various colours.
It’s an excellent idea, but at almost $4000 per bicycle, it will definitely not be everyone’s cup of tea.
Visit the official site at www.boxxcorp.com
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Every year between the 7th and 18th of January, the people of Novoli, in south-eastern Italy, embark on a festival of fire, known as the Focara. The Focara is held in memory of St. Anthony, who was the Patron Saint and protector of Novoli.
Preparations for the festival starts almost a month in advance. The locals build a massive bonfire structure, consisting of almost 100 000 bundles of vines, send in by local farmers.
The entire structure is set alight on the 16th, and it burns throughout the night.
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We never really stop to look at our shadows – It’s such an everyday thing that nobody really
notices them.
Some extremely talented artists are creating artistic shadows out of seemingly randomly placed
objects. Anything from wedding rings to trash are carefully placed in just the right spot to
create realistic shadows of everyday objects.
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