Commons:Photo challenge/2025 - September - Gold

2025 – September – Gold

The new challenge features Gold.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout September UTC.

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Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. September 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

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Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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The golden gates of the Cathedral of the Nativity of Theokostos, 13th century, the exibition in the Bishop's House of the Suzdal Kremlin.
Golden statue of Ganeshji, Saraswatiji and Lakshmiji
Close up of Golden Dome of Matri mandir at Pondicherry
Golden Dome of Matri mandir at Pondicherry
The golden Butterfly
Tabernacle with doors covered in gold leaf
A bottle of gold
St Johannis Lueneburg - middle panel of the side altar
Зимний дворец, фрагмент ворот 2H1A1343WI2
Golden decoration in a hotel in Macao
Side shot of Grand Lisboa
Game of Gold panning in Zhaoyuan, Shandong
Egg pudding
A sunset in Florida.
Golden frame, detail, Venice
Sonnenaufgang in Serignan Plage, Südfrankreich
Forum Gold und Silber in Schwäbisch Gmünd
Todesengel im Petersdom in Rom
Kuppel im Petersdom Rom
Verona Arena Aida Bühnenbild 2005
Chinesisches Teehaus Potsdam
Sri Harmandir Sahib Punjab India.
The golden dome of Iowa's capitol building.
Inside of Castle Stolzenfels chapel
Enclosure of the Cour Royale of the Palace of Versailles, France
Golden church dome in industrial environment
Turtle in the fountain in Peterhof
Dolphins in the fountain in Peterhof
Rudbeckia in the garden
The atrium of MS Asuka III (NYY Cruises, Japan)
A small window on the tiled roof of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna.
Trump Tower Clock in New York (May 2025)
View from tower of St. Mary's Church of the church's golden weathercock, Stralsund, Germany
Dome of the Maison des Boulangers with golden Mercury figure and condensation trail of a passenger aircraft, Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
Golden sculpture Le Petit Renard (Little Fox) at the grocer's guild house, Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
Dummy with reflective golden face, Verona, Italy
Japanese gold embroidery of a shrimp or lobster, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris)
Kronleuchter in der Kyrill-und-Method-Kirche, Ljubljana, SLO
Notarabzeichen in Frankreich, aufgenommen in Avignon
Dharmachakra wheel in Woodstock, New York
One pound coin of the South African Republic dated 1898
High-top canvas sneakers by Schiaparelli with gold toes and gold lacing eyelets (both made of brass) in a shop window in Manhattan
Golden hemispherical dome ceiling in the Hall of Ambassadors in the Royal Alcázar of Seville built by Diego Ruiz in 1427
Dome of the Vienna Secession building made of wrought-iron laurel branches with 2,500 leaves and over 300 berries, restored in 2018 with 23-carat gold leaf
23.5-carat gold leaf embellishes part of the front of a brick apartment block in the poor district of Veddel in Hamburg, a controversial project by artist Boran Burchhardt costing over €85,000
Varied Spires in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
Kunst aus Vilnius
Shwe Indein Pagoda, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Asia
Gold-plated SMA connectors
A place to buy Gold
Chimor gold ear and head ornaments
Yellow volcanic sulphur plumes on Mount Iō, Hokkaido, Japan
bibles in Saint Didier's church in Avignon, France
Lake Survey marker along Lake Champlain in Burlington, Vermont
Homemade golden yellow heart-shaped lollipop
Lake Tazawa in the evening
Gold reflective glass windows on the exterior of a commercial building in Zhonghe, New Taipei
Zlatý novoročný ohňostroj 1.1.2019 v Bratislave, Slovensko.
Фонтан «Мраморная скамья» со статуей «Данаида», Петергоф 2H1A4895WI
Golden sand on a Baltic Sea beach; Ustka, Poland
Condensation on a window at sunset
Light from street lamps, Lublin
Golden dome, Orthodox cross on the church, Lublin
Lord Buddah statue in Joshua Tree, California
The Great Buddha i Tōdai-ji i Nara, Japan
Das Haus Goldener Schwan steht in Hamburg und macht seinem Namen alle Ehre.
Nattstemning ved Bradbenken i Bergen
Tramonto sul lago con i colori dell'autunno. Lago di Bracciano
Occhi dorati di un gatto
Gocce di un fungo Pseudoinonotus dryadeus. Parassita di un leccio nel Parco di Villa Altieri a Oriolo Romano
Torre del Oro (Tower of Gold), Seville, Spain
Golden Weighing scale at the corner of a house in Frankfurt, Germany
Gilded dome and cross of church
Golden Angels on gravestone in Munich, Germany
Golden half-lion, half-woman creature in a temple in Bangkok, Thailand
Скульптурная группа «Тритон» в Нижнем парке Петергофа 2H1A4949WI
Золочёные фигурные купола Церковного корпуса Петергофского Дворца 2H1A4248WI
Church of St. Bartholomew in Kolín, Czech Republic
Stolpersteine stones for the Lederer family, Czech Republic
Fried egg on Leberkäse at the restaurant Neuer in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria
Currywurst with french fries at the restaurant Neuer in Prien am Chiemsee, Bavaria
Grand Central Terminal in 2025
Philadelphia city hall clock in 2025
Zlaté piesočné duny v púšti Emirátu Abú Zabí, Spojené arabské emiráty.
Golden lion
Church Windows, Jennersdorf, Austria
Church Windows, Jennersdorf, Austria
Detail of "Keicho oban" gold coin, Japan, 16th-17th century
Venice Was All in Gold - Lucio Fontana - Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid
Main altar of the Kirche am Steinhof in Vienna, Austria
Golden ceiling at Real Alcázar - Sevilla
Angelots en Bois Doré - Eglise Saint-Pardoux-de-Gimel-les-Cascades
Eglise Saint Julien et Sainte Basilisse de Servian
Vierge - Cathédrale Saint-Nazaire - Béziers
Epitaph at a church in Prien am Chiemsee, Upper Bavaria
Epitaph at a church in Prien am Chiemsee, Upper Bavaria
Golden children's shoe
Golden brass coaster
Golden necklace
Dental gold
A golden car
Ikoni
Gold bars from Spanish treasure ships on display at the Mel Fisher Museum, Key West, Florida.
Malá šperkovnica s motívom zo starovekého Egypta, motív je v zlatej farbe.
Monogram of King Stanisław August Poniatowski on the top of the Grodzka Gate in Lublin
Housing estate - entrance; Lublin, Koncertowa
The Eagle Pavilion in the gardens of the Branicki Palace in Białystok
Golden Punjabi Jutti Footwear
Interior decorations of the dome of Masjid Jami Al-Hidayah, Cikurubuk, Tasikmalaya
Gold colors lightings of nightview from Jioufen downtown (aka Gold Mountain town) in New Taipei city
Gold colors fireworks from Dadaocheng, Taipei on 2025-08-20
Sculpture of Thousand-armed Bodhisattva Kannon, Japan, 14th century
Gold ingot and bar of Banque de France
Gold bar of Banque de France
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Exhibit of the Hong Kong Palace Museum: Ming Dynasty crown "Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl Liang Crown"
Exhibit of the Hong Kong Palace Museum: Ming Dynasty crown "Double Dragons Playing with a Pearl Liang Crown"
The iconic Golden Pavilion ("Kinkaku-ji"), Kyoto, Japan
Golden Tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria), Salina, Oklahoma, USA
A conservator restores the gold paint on an ancient Egyptian coffin at the Museo Egizio
Exhibit of Sanxingdui Gold Mask
A golden replica ancient coin of Chinese
Crown pen 2013
Golden Road - Winter; Lublin, Poland
Kabuto worn by the emperor.- Tokyo National Museum (Japan)
Dōmaru.- Muromachi period, 15th century, Tokyo National Museum
Gilded dome and cross of the Presentation Church in Rizopolozhensky monastery, Suzdal
Saint John's Co-Cathedral, Malta
Golden Yellow Coloured Peacock Flower, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur
Gold armlet, Museo del Oro, Bogotá, Colombia
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