9191 Diana at the hotel overlook in Alesund. That's the QM2 with the dark hull on the left and Alesund on the peninsula on the right. The red and orange buildings on the canal at about the same level as Diana's neck are in the Art Nouveau area of downtown. All the buildings on that side of the canal were built at the same time.
9205 The Art Nouveau section of town closer up. You can see the canal and buildings in this picture. The buildings on both sides of the canal and all the way up to the large yellow building on the hill, a school, were built in about 5 years by the same set of builders and architects. As you can see, all the way up the peninsula the style is the same.
9229 This is an Art Noveau building. The fairly square structure is not the canvas for the Art Noveau touches. The vine with grapes, the flowers, the seashell and the curved designs are all taken from nature. The use of arches softens the otherwise stern, square look.
9232 The QM2 at the pier. The white structure on the hill behind her is the hotel with the viewpoint we visited earlier.
9243 Diana is trying to help the fishmonger sort her fish. This is one of the many marine and nautical sculptures around the city. The waterway you see in the background is the canal through old town.
9244 Another Art Noveau building, this one older than the last. It has less design work. Nothing but a few line figures and arches. The twin turrets with the scooped out first floor are older Art Noveau touches.
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