A longstanding holiday tradition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, the presentation of its' Christmas tree and 18th-century Neapolitan creche. A 20-foot blue spruce is gracefully adorned with cherubs and angels, while at the base an elaborate collection of Nativity scenes that were traditional to 18th-centry Naples: adoring shepherds and their flocks, the procession of the three Magi, and spirited peasants and townspeople. The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States fourth most visited art museum in the world.—Wikipedia
Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It contains exhibit rooms and an observation deck, and since 1919, the folly has also been the location of the official Central Park weather station. Belvedere Castle was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the late 19th century. An architectural hybrid of Gothic and Romanesque styles. Belvedere means "beautiful view" or "panoramic view" in Italian.—Wikipedia—This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
