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Manhole Covers

Collection of Manhole covers from cities I visited during my travels around the world.

Destination 》Manhole Covers

A manhole is an opening to a confined space, often used as an access point for an underground public utility, allowing inspection, maintenance, and system upgrades. The majority of underground services have manholes, including water, sewers, telephone, electricity, storm drains, district heating, and gas.

A manhole cover is a removable plate forming the lid over the opening of a manhole, an opening large enough for a person to pass through that is used as an access point for an underground vault or pipe. Manhole covers date back at least to the era of ancient Rome, which had sewer grates made from stone.

During my travels I became obsessed with taking pictures of manhole cover that has city’s logo or name on it. Below are pictures of manhole covers from cities I visited during my travels around the world.

Cairo, Egypt; Oct – 2014
Cairo, Egypt; Oct – 2014
Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Aug – 2018
Sofia, Bulgaria; Aug – 2018
Tbilisi, Georgia; Jun – 2018
Tbilisi, Georgia; Jun – 2018
Hong Kong, Jan – 2015
Almaty, Kazakhstan; Aug – 2019
Astana, Kazakhstan; Jul – 2019
Pristina, Kosovo; Sep – 2018

Bucharest, Romania; Dec – 2015
Bucharest, Romania; Aug – 2018
Iasi, Romania; Aug – 2018
Sibiu, Romania; Aug – 2018
Belgrade, Serbia; Aug – 2018
Hualein, Taiwan; Apr – 2019
Kyiv, Ukraine; Jul – 2018
Kyiv, Ukraine; Jul – 2018
Lviv, Ukraine; Aug – 2018
Lviv, Ukraine; Aug – 2018
Lviv, Ukraine; Aug – 2018
Lviv, Ukraine; Aug – 2018
Odesa, Ukraine; Aug – 2018
Thessaloniki, Greece; Sept – 2018
Athens, Greece; Sept – 2018
Sarandë, Albania; Sept – 2018
Tirana, Albania; Sept – 2018
Dubrovnik, Croatia; Oct – 2018
Zagreb, Croatia; Oct – 2018
Zagreb, Croatia; Oct – 2018
Zagreb, Croatia; Oct – 2018
Zagreb, Croatia; Oct – 2018
Zagreb, Croatia; Oct – 2018
Hong Kong, Nov – 2012
Nara, Japan, Nov – 2016.
Macau, Oct – 2013
Seoul, South Korea, Jun – 2014
Seoul, South Korea, Jun – 2014
Milan, Italy; Oct – 2018
Milan, Italy; Oct – 2018
Milan, Italy; Oct – 2018
Milan, Italy; Oct – 2018; A beautiful floor mosaics in The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Milan, Italy; Oct – 2018; A beautiful floor mosaics in The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Milan, Italy; Oct – 2018; A beautiful floor mosaics in The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
Florence, Italy; Oct – 2016
Monaco; Oct – 2016
Rome, Italy; Oct – 2016
Rome, Italy; Oct – 2016
Vatican City; Oct – 2016.
The Coat of arms of Victoria or Rabat, the capital city of Gozo, Malta (Oct – 2018)
The Coat of arms of Għarb, the Western-most village of Gozo, Malta (Oct – 2018)
Valletta, Malta (Oct, 2018)
City symbol of Lefkoşa, Northern Cyprus. (Feb – 2016)
City symbol of Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Northern Cyprus. (Feb – 2016)
The coat of Arms of Lisbon, Portugal. (Apr – 2015)
The Coat of Arms of Madrid, Spain (Dec – 2014)

The Coat of Arms of Segovia, Spain (Dec – 2014)
The coat of Arms of Toledo, Spain (Dec – 2014)
The Coat of Arms of Istanbul, Turkey (Jan – 2008)
A beautiful manhole cover with the old symbol of Water Department Tallinn, Estonia. (Jan – 2017)
A beautiful Manhole Cover with major Churches of Riga, Latvia. (Jan – 2017)
A beautiful Manhole Cover with Coat of Arms of Vilnius, Lithuania (Feb – 2017)
Coat of Arms of the Republic of Užupis, Vilnius, Lithuania (Feb – 2017)
The Seal of Bergen, Norway (Oct – 2005)
The Seal of Oslo, Norway (Oct – 2005)
Montreal, Canada. A simple Manhole cover near my hotel. (Feb, 2009)
A beautiful Manhole cover with the Coat of Arms of Limerick, Ireland (Jul, 2005)
A simple manhole cover, London, England, UK. (Jun, 2005)
A simple Manhole cover near my hotel in the downtown Brussels, Belgium (Apr, 2005)
A simple Manhole cover with city’s name in Dutch. Bruges, Belgium. (Jul, 2005)
A simple Manhole cover with city’s name in Dutch. Ghent, Belgium (2005)
A Beautiful coat of Arms of Heidelberg, Germany. (Sep, 2011)
A simple manhole cover in the old town Heidelberg, Germany. (Sep, 2011)
A simple manhole cover in the city of Frankfurt, Germany (Sep, 2011)
A simple manhole cover in the main market square of Erfurt, Germany (Sep, 2011)
A beautiful manhole cover with Coat of Arms of Leipzig, Germany. (Sep, 2011)
A beautiful manhole cover with Coat of Arms of Meissen, Germany. (Sep, 2011)
A beautiful manhole cover with Coat of Arms of Dresden, Germany. (Sep, 2011)
Diego Maradona star with his name and footprints laid outside La Bombonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Aug, 2009)
A beautiful Manhole cover with Coat of Arms Otavalo, Ecuador (Jan, 2010)
A beautiful manhole cover in Quito, Ecuador (Jan, 2010).
A beautiful manhole cover in Quito, Ecuador (Jan, 2010).
A beautiful floor art in Jerusalem, Israel (Oct, 2015)

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In May 2017, 23 days before I was going to complete 50 years, grabbed an opportunity and took an early retirement.. Picked up a backpack and traveling ever since.. Love to travel around the world, experience different culture, local cuisine & drinks .. and take pictures.. so far been to 108 countries and still counting...

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