Yes it's a view of the famous "Pao de Asucar" in Rio de Janeiro next to Copacabana beach.
--Previous Message-- : : The pearl necklace is quite pretty (sorry : John R) . The cuff bracelet on Maxima's : right wrist above her watch is interesting. : : : --Previous Message-- : John R, are you familiar with the book : Parels : en Parelmoer by René Brus and H.E.Coomans ? : There's some interesting info (pages 49/50) : about Amalia van Solms' specal gift (from : Queen Anne of France/Cardinal Mazarin) back : in 1644 which eventually found its way to : Prussia and which seems to have ended up : with Der Kaiser who sold 6 precious pearl : colliers in 1923 to A. de Sonderheimer : (.....) ??? : : : : : : :