The results of the international photographic contest "Wiki Loves Monuments" of historical buildings, the award-winning works of 2016

A photo contest held for the purpose of attracting attention to historic buildings around the worldWiki Loves Monuments"The award-winning work of the 2016 convention was announced.

Winners of 2016 | Wiki Loves Monuments
http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/winners-2016/

Winning photos in world's largest photography contest reveal a world of monuments - and the volunteers who love them - Wikimedia Blog
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/12/15/seventh-annual-wiki-loves-monuments/

Wiki Loves Monuments is operated by community members of Wikipedia, and participants take photographs of cultural property buildings and historical sites in their residence area, and entry it by posting to Wikimedia Commons. The first contest in the Netherlands was held in 2010, and as of 2016 the Wikipedia community of over 40 countries around the world is participating. Regarding photographs to be submitted to the contest, there is a provision that "the photograph of the object must be considered" encyclopedic "and the monuments of the subject must be those selected by the local government" I will.

The pictures ranked in the top in such a contest are as follows.

15th place:Panama Isetan Railway(Panama)
Panama's only railroad, Panama Strait railway, known as the world's shortest "transcontinental railroad". Until the Panama Canal was completed it was the one that was responsible for goods transportation.

ByIvo Kruusamägi

14th place:"Racots bridge" of Roddendron Park(Germany)
The bridge in Roddendron Park in Eastern Germany of Chromeau, the arch bridge made of masonryMagazine(Devil's Bridge) also called. The arch of the bridge is famous for reflecting the circle by reflection on the lake surface.

ByA. Landgraf

13th place:Castle Castle(Slovakia)
Elisabeth · Batori, who was told that he entered a vital blood lively bath to regain beauty, was called "the Countess of Blood" a castle. It is now a destroyed old castle, and among castles like ruins it is said that you want to visit once.

ByVladimír Ruček

12th place:Gravensteen(Or "Count of the Count of Flemish County" · Belgium)
It was a castle built in 1180, once a military role. Eventually changed, after being used as a prison, court, spinning factory, etc., now it is a museum which becomes the property of Ghent city.

ByDavidh 820

11th place:Crystal Mill(America)
Once used as a hydropower station to cover electricity in Crystal District, Colorado.

ByJoe Sparks

10th place:Delavard Fortress(Pakistan)
It is a fort built along the desert trade route, the total height is 40 meters and the total length is as much as 1.5 km. It was built about 300 years ago and was made to protect more than 10,000 inhabitants living at that time from the nomadic tribe. It is currently preserved as an archaeological site.

ByTahsin Shah

9th: St. Laurens Church(Slovakia)
In the cold air of winter, trees wrapped in fog and church built in the 14th century.

ByVolodka 22

8th place:Bible saint's temple of Baby Jabindi(Pakistan)
Beautiful white and blue beautiful bibi Ja Vindy's saint temple buried female priests and was built in the 15th century. Originally it had a beautiful octagonal shape, but in the nineteenth century the flood was damaged and the back half collapsed and it was washed away.

ByUsamashahid 433

7th place:The Planariart Palace(Brazil)
Building known for being presidential office built in Brazilian capital · Brasilia, being very modernly designed. The whole region of the Brasilia region including the Planariart Palace was registered as a World Heritage site in 1987, but it is extremely unusual for a relatively new building which was constructed in the 1960s to be registered, and the topic of the time Also.

ByGastão guedes

6th place:Pakistan Monument(Pakistan)
A facility constructed by President Musharraf to raise the ethnic awareness of Pakistan. The four petals reveal the four states of Pakistan, each of which is engraved with historical incidents, people, buildings etc. in Pakistan.

ByMuhammad Ashar

5th place:Wat Arun Rachawarahlam(Thailand)
It is a temple in Bangkok, which is enshrined by Buddhist Wat Arun. Another name is "Akatsuki no Temple" which became a novel title by Yukio Mishima, and is also drawn as a stage for the same work. There are two legendary demons rising in the front. Janepop Atirattanachai photographed by "Magic Hour" just after the sun has settled in the Chao Phraya River.

ByBerryJ

4th:Torrequigla Castle(Italy)
Emilia Romagna in Italy Emilia Romagna Castle on the top of the mountain - Torrequigla Castle has been built as a mansion of a mistress, not only for fighting, because it has a beautiful hall called "golden room"It is considered. Therefore, it is said that it is one of the most preserved castles in the Emilia region. The following picture is taken by Lara Zanarini, Torrechiala Castle illuminated by the sunset beyond the trees.

ByLara zanarini

3rd place:Parch Rock Lighthouse(England)
One piece taken of a perch rock lighthouse in New Brighton, a city near Liverpool, England. It was the perch rock lighthouse that the first time the amateur photographer Richard J Smith took pictures as a hobby. The following one has returned to the beginning and has been taken from the same place as that time.

ByRichard J Smith

Second place:Royal Albert Hall(England)
Royal Albert Hall in London, England was completed in 1871. It is a theater dedicated to Duke Albert, her husband, Queen Victoria. It is a building with capacity of 8000 people, but until now that Wikipedia did not have high quality photos capturing the interior of the building. So Colin said he took the following picture when the hall was open at the event.

ByColin

First place:Berlin District Court(Germany)
A photograph of the elegant entrance hall of Germany's largest district court, where 900 employees work, was taken by lawyer Ansgar Koreng. Originally there were three district courts in Berlin, but in 1933 the three were unified, and this court has made it possible.

ByAnsgar Koreng