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Your clouds in the right side of the frame are fantastically exposed, however the highs and lows in other parts of the frame (the statues, lights and sky at frame left) are sorely lacking by comparison.
In all, the stonework turned out well, however the statues and the street lamp -- two of the most prominent features -- are heavily shadowed. I think you're missing detail where it really counts most, and that is downplaying the effectiveness of the HDR effect you were trying to go for.
It's a tricky situation. I also doubt that the sky is oriented in that fashion every day. This location may not be a place you have the opportunity to frequent every day. Thus, you've got to work with what you have.
Possible solutions might be to burn and dodge or play with levels to manually boost the contrast. You might also want to boost the levels in Photomatix and see if you can't come up with a stronger HDR contrast for the remainder of your frame. If nothing else, don't be afraid to run it again and be more aggressive with the post processing. It might be a train wreck, or you might find quite a gem in there, somewhere. You never know.
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