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Rust turned into Silver at FESPA 2014!

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Thanks to all your votes, Print Works took the Silver in the Outdoor and Vehicle Decoration of the Year at the Fespa 2014 ceremony awards in Munich, Germany.
Print Works was competing with the white Land Rover of our Dubai MD, Mr. Karim Saad, fully wrapped with a look alike rust. The effect looked stunning and the votes poured in allowing Print Works to grab the Silver from other competing printers from all over the world.
Again, thank you for your votes and looking forward to the Gold next year!
http://www.globalprintmonitor.info/en/industry-news/large-format/43479-f…
http://www.seyboldreport.com/2013/07/fespa-2013-award-winners-announced….
http://www.fespa.com/awards/about.html – See more at: http://www.printw.com/content/rust-turned-silver-fespa-2014#sthash.buIqIvP9.dpuf

Kölner Dom GigaPan | World Heritage Site

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Cologne Cathedral | 5 Gigpixels GigaPan

Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria, English: High Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World Heritage Site. It is Germany’s most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day. Cologne Cathedral was commenced in 1248 and left unfinished in 1473. Work recommenced in the 19th century and was completed, to the original plan, in 1880. It is 144.5 metres (474 ft) long, 86.5 m (284 ft) wide and its towers are approximately 157 m (515 ft) tall. The cathedral is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires and largest façade of any church in the world. The choir has the largest height to width ratio, 3.6:1, of any medieval church. Cologne’s medieval builders had planned a grand structure to house the reliquary of the Three Kings and fit its role as a place of worship for the Holy Roman Emperor. Despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, Cologne Cathedral eventually became unified as “a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value” and “a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe”.

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Reichstag (German Empire) | Berlin, Germany

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The Reichstag (German for “National Diet” or “Imperial Diet”) was the parliament of the North German Confederation (1867–1870), and of the German Reich (1871–1945).
German constitution commentators consider only the Reichstag and now the Bundestag the German parliament. Another organ dealt with legislation too, in 1867-1918 the Bundesrat, in 1919–1933 the Reichsrat and from 1949 on the Bundesrat. The Bundesrat or Reichsrat represents the German states.
After the collapse of the Empire in 1806, the term was subsequently used for the Parliament of the 1849 Frankfurt constitution draft that never came into effect, the Parliament of the North German Confederation from 1867–1871 and finally that of the 1871 German Empire. Eligible to vote were all male Germans over 25 years. According to contemporary standards this was considered a modern and progressive parliament.[1] The deputies were chosen in one member constituencies, with majority vote. If necessary, a second vote took place.
The Reichstag had no formal right to install or dismiss the government. Legislation was shared between both the Reichstag and the (then) Bundesrat, which was the council of the reigning princes of the German states. Source Wikipedia

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