The central part, or Patio de los Pilares (Courtyard of the Pillars), of the Quetzalpapálotl Palace, features large, finely carved columns at Teotihuacan, northeast of Mexico City.
Patio of the Pillars
Painted Designs on Pillars
Designs in Pillars
Central Courtyard Explanation
Walking on the streets around the historic center of Mexico City, we saw a nicely carved wooden door and an old-style knocker
Carving on a Door
An Old Door Handle
St Oswald’s Church stands adjacent to Bolton Castle and dates to the early fourteenth century although carved stones built into the tower may indicate an earlier twelfth century structure. That the church was built before the castle is clear from the little sundial in the south wall, where the noonday sun can never reach it.
The Somnath temple was reconstructed several times in the past after repeated destruction by multiple Muslim invaders and rulers over India.
The present temple is a Māru-Gurjara architecture (also called Chaulukya or Solanki style) temple. It has a “Kailash Mahameru Prasad” form. The architect of the new Somnath temple was Prabhashankarbhai Oghadbhai Sompura, who worked on recovering and integrating the old recoverable parts with the new design in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The new Somnath temple is intricately carved, two level temple with pillared mandapa and 212 relief panels.
The temple’s śikhara, or main spire, is 15 metres (49 ft) in height above the sanctum, and it has an 8.2-metre-tall flag pole at the top.
An intricately carved, ancient gateway has been restored and preserved in Kayavarohan, India
A carved arch at Jami Mosque in Khambhat, India seems to be supported by curved pillars
Curved Pillars
The domes in Jami Mosque, Khambhat, India are beautifully carved. Though faded and eroded by time, their beauty is still evident.
Dome Carvings