Stones of History explores how architecture embodies cultural traditions  and  religious  beliefs  throughout  the  world.

Buildings  not  only  reflect  historical  periods  and  events,  but  also the  dreams  and  aspirations  of  the  vanished  people  who  built them;  their stones remain imbued with  the  imprint  of  past  lives.

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An avid world traveler, Marisol Macias‘ documentary photography explores the native cultures, architectural monuments and sacred sites  of  Asia,  Europe  and  the  Americas.

Marisol’s  academic  training   in  Art  History,  especially  Asian  art, at the University of Miami and Princeton University and her lifelong interest in  Buddhism  inform  her subject matter and  sensibility.

This  blog is a way to  share her wide-ranging  research interests and extensive photo collection garnered in the course of her travels to some of the  world’s  most  fascinating  places.