Saturday, December 08, 2007

Matara, Sri Lanka

The walls of the "Star Fort" of Matara, Sri Lanka, are constructed in the shape of a six-pointed star. The fort was built by the Portuguese around 1550, but the Dutch captured it from them in 1640.

Chennai Theosophical Society

Theosophical Society Hexagram, logo
The logo of the Theosophical Society is composed of a hexagram and of other symbols. Picture is courtesy of pickamuffin who published it on Flickr

Bialystok Pebbles

Bialystok Pebbles Jewish star
Photo of unique Star of David made from pebbels in a modest park in Bialystok is courtesy of Stephanie Comfort, who published it on Flickr and who wrote in the caption:
This is THE MEMORIAL to the thousands of Jews killed in Bialystok! A Star of
David in pebbles, a stele with a Menorah on top and some twisted iron!!!