Thankfully, some of Beijing's alleyway architecture is protected these days, with buildings marked by white stone plaques.
Look and you spy a cherub, cast in white stone, dancing on a street corner.
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Cast from white stone, it is a vivid allegory of the immortal soul and depicts an angel hoisting the soul heavenwards while discarding the earthly body.
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Ringed in white stone beaches, the island has numerous deserted coves, a small, fully equipped, modern marina, a handful of seaside restaurants and one very cool beach bar.
The perfect artificial smoothness becomes a comment on how time has assaulted the creations of the past, even if the original sculpture started out as smooth white stone.
This thought of him as a patient and curious voyager forced my hand, to delve deep, to read the plaques, to slow down and just gaze at the blinding white stone columns.
Francis applauded, then gave his blessing after Rome's mayor unveiled the simple white stone plaque marking "Giovanni Paul II Square" in a section of the vast piazza, which often hosts free rock concerts and political and labor rallies.
And for those who need more privacy, the hotel has recently opened a four bedroom villa, the Hideaway, a five minute private launch ride away on the island of Therasia, with the same cool, white stone interiors punctuated by lavender woven fabrics as the cave houses up above along with a dedicated staff.
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Just outside of the entrance to the village and linked by a caldera hugging footpath, Perivolas is a longtime favorite, featuring peaceful (no TVs), gleaming white rounded stone cave houses terraced down the caldera, a much photographed infinity pool and guests who look like cover models.
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The general was fired by President Barack Obama in June after comments made to Rolling Stone angered the White House.
The home features white oak floors and a stone wood burning fireplace, but, according to the property listing, the home is in need of updates.
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Imagine the heat in the summer, the bitter cold in the winter, and Mandela going out to quarry stone, the burning white light reflecting off the limestone permanently and deeply injuring his sight.
In 1962, in Jackson, Mississippi, as the civil-rights movement is boiling over, a privileged young white woman, Skeeter (Emma Stone), in rebellion against her social set, begins to interview the African-American maids who have raised her and her friends, among them Minny (Octavia Spencer) and Aibileen (Viola Davis), who are now treated by their former charges as lowly hired help, not allowed even to use the toilet in the houses where they work.
The Taj Mahal in India has been called a poem in stone, a moon-white dream, a tear on the face of humanity.
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In the living room, with floor-to-ceiling glass doors and large windows that overlook the mountains, a stone fireplace is topped by a white mantle and a round mirror.
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But with Ms. Ruggiero due to return to work after a maternity leave, she looked online anyway: She found a white, three-bedroom house with a stone patio, a large deck and a separate two-car garage.
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The man, who was seen running in and out of traffic with a St Bernard dog, is described as white, about 5ft 8in and weighing approximately 18 stone (114.3kg).
Big and bold stone fruit flavors and incredible structure for an old white.
He decided to let them do what they knew best like installing gray stone bricks on the ground floor and putting in white local marble on the staircase.
They range from grandfathers with traditional flowing sarongs hanging over their bare feet to teenagers clad in polo shirts and trainers, all climbing the 5, 000-odd stone steps that are illuminated by electric lights throughout the night, a glowing white line spiralling up the mountain and marking the way to the top.
There are exposed brick and stone walls, and the floors on the main level are a mix of Vermont slate and white oak.
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