Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Z for Zoo



Entrance of the zoo in the park of Villa Borghese, Rome.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a marvellous portal! Puts our dismal zoological gardens to shame.

Anonymous said...

Fine post.
How lucky you're, I was unable to find any zoo in my village so I made my post about the zoom of my camera.

Anonymous said...

what a fine zoo entrance! now, why didn't i take photos of the zoo's entrance here? lol!

anthonynorth said...

An impressive entrance.

Rune Eide said...

That is how an entrance should be!

Jane Hards Photography said...

Many zoo's this week but all so different.

Gerald (Ackworth born) said...

quite a few zoos today

Miss_Yves said...

La villa Borghese...un endroit magique , comme tant de lieux et de musées à Rome et en Italie..
Je ne connaissais pas cette entrée vers le zoo: c'est une photo vivante et colorée!

Anonymous said...

That 'gatehouse' is bigger than some people's living accommodation! Quite magnificent!

Dragonstar said...

Now that's a gateway! Great choice for "Z".

On behalf of the Team, thank you for participating in this round.

Tash said...

Terrific. I love the modern balloons against the grand old enterance with the elephant head! Really well spotted.

Kim from Hiraeth said...

Only in Rome could the entrance to the zoo be so beautiful! : D

martha said...

That brings back such a happy memory of our day in the gardens - Beautiful!

kml said...

That is a beautiful entrance - the kids must love it!

Granny Smith said...

A beautiful entrance enhanced by balloon venders! Lovely photo.

EmilyLady said...

Wild contrast! Beautiful!