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Discover the beauty of classic European architecture. Promoting architectural revival, European art, and the cultural heritage of Europe.

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August 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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🇳🇱 Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands - photochrom print from the 1890s

#Amsterdam #photochrom #Netherlands #Dutch #Nederland #photography #history #heritage #travel #architecture #photo #foto #photos #wanderlust #Europe #art #Europe #TheNetherlands
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May 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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🇩🇪 Speyer in an engraving by Matthäus Merian from 1637

#Speyer #MatthäusMerian #Germany #Deutschland #Merian #Rhein #history #artwork #art #vintage #Rhine #RLP #Europe #Europa #architecture #skyline #CentralEurope #Mitteleuropa
May 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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🇮🇹 ROME, ITALY
📷 The Colosseum at the Blue Hour

#Rome #Italy #Roma #Italia #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #TravelPhotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #Colosseum #BlueHour #BlaueStunde #architecture #NightPhotography #city #cityscape #wanderlust
April 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🇨🇭 Schaffhausen from the East - coloured outline etching by Christian von Mechel (1737-1817). Digitally restored.

#ChristianVonMechel #Schaffhausen #art #artwork #Schaffhausen #Rhine #Rhein #landscape #cityscape #etching #Switzerland #Swiss #Schweiz #Europe #CentralEurope #history #heritage
April 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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The Norwegian city of Bergen as seen from the Rosenkrantz Tower, a.k.a. Walkendorff's Tower - a photochrom print from the 1890s

#Europe #Norway #vintage #Scandinavia #photography #Norge #Europa #cityscape #travel
February 10, 2024 at 11:11 PM
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🇩🇪 COLOGNE, GERMANY
📷 The City Skyline with Cologne Cathedral

#Köln #Rhein #Rhine #Kölle #Cologne #Germany #Deutschland #NRW #cityscape #photography #sunset #foto #photo #BlueSky #Europe #travel #orange #Europa #blue #architecture #photos #skyline #waterfront
November 13, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Sackville Street and O'Connell Bridge in Dublin, a.k.a. Baile Átha Cliath, Ireland - a photochrom print from the 1890s

#Europe #vintage #photography #Europa #travel
February 9, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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View of Brno from the Southeast - engraving by Joris Hoefnagel from Volume 6 of Civitates Orbis Terrarum, published in 1617

Brno is the second-largest city in Czechia, and the largest one in Moravia.

#Europe #vintage #history #art #Czech #CentralEurope
February 9, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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🇵🇱 Kazimierz Dolny is a small picturesque town in eastern Poland, on the Vistula river.
March 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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🇩🇰 Rubjerg Knude Fyr, or Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse, is a truly unique experience on the picturesque Jutland coast in Denmark.

Read and see more:

www.seescandinavia.com/things-to-se...

#Denmark #RubjergKnude #Danmark #photo #travel #destinations #architecture #photography #Scandinavia #lighthouse
January 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Castle Fraser #Aberdeenshire #Scotland #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #Nikon #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #monochrome #bnw
March 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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🇨🇭 Geneva as seen from the west, from Sankt-Jean - aquatint by an unknown artist, created probably between 1825-1830. Digitally restored.

#Genève #Switzerland #Geneva #Genf #Schweiz #art #artwork #landscape #Europe #cityscape #CentralEurope #Alps #Swiss #Europa #Kunst #aquatint
March 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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🇮🇹 VENICE, ITALY
📷 The Grand Canal at the Blue Hour

#Italy #Venice #Italia #Venezia #euroviews #photo #photography #travel #Europe #TravelPhotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #city #cityscape #architecture #bluehour #NightPhotography #Rialto #BlueSky #water
March 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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🇳🇴 Tromsø, Norway - a photochrom print from the 1890s. Digitally restored.

#Tromsø #Norway #Norge #Scandinavia #photography #foto #photochrom #vintage #travel #heritage #landscape #history #NorthernEurope #photos #Europe #Europa
March 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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🇮🇹 The Pantheon in Rome, Italy - captured by an unknown photographer around 1888

#Rome #Italy #photography #destinations #travel #BW #architecture #photo #foto #photos #wanderlust #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Roma #Italia #Europe #Europa #cityscape #heritage
March 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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🇨🇿 The stunning skyline of Hradec Králové in north-eastern Bohemia, Czechia

Read more: www.amazingczechia.com/destinations...

#HradecKrálové #Czechia #HradecKralove #Czech #photography #Bohemia #Europe #foto #photo #CentralEurope #destinations #travel #skyline #cityscape
November 27, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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🇩🇪 The Market Square in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany - a photochrom print from the 1890s

#Halle #Germany #SachsenAnhalt #photography #cityscape #architecture #vintage #OldViews #Deutschland #CentralEurope #travel #photo #Europe #foto #Architektur
February 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🇨🇭 The Village of Grindelwald and the Wetterhorn in Switzerland - a photochrom print from the 1890s, colour-corrected.

#Europe #Switzerland #Alps #Alpen #photography #vintage #landscape #mountains #Schweiz #Swiss #Europa #foto #fotografie #history #Grindelwald #Wetterhorn
February 17, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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1/ Franz de Mezer captured Kyiv’s beauty in the late 19th – early 20th century. A member of the Kyiv Literary & Artistic Society, he was friends with Lesia Ukrainka.
February 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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🇮🇹 📷 The magnificent Amalfi coast in Italy

#Amalfi #Italy #photography #Italia #foto #Europe #SouthernEurope #travel #TravelPhotography #landscape #photo #photos #Europa
August 31, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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🇳🇱 View of Hoorn - painting by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom from 1622

#HendrickCorneliszVroom #Hoorn #marineart #painting #art #artwork #Netherlands #WestFrisia #WestFriesland #Holland #Nederland #Europe #WesternEurope #skyline #ships #maritime #MaritimePainting #TheNetherlands #Dutch
January 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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🇨🇭 The old Schadau Castle in Thun, Switzerland - painting attributed to Caspar Wolf & created probably between 1774 & 1777. A new castle was built there in 1852.

#CasparWolf #SchlossSchadau #Switzerland #Thun #ThunerSee #history #architecture #art #painting #artwork #Europe #Schweiz #Swiss #heritage
January 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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🇸🇪 Uppsala is Sweden's 4th largest city, famous for its cathedral and university.

See more great places to visit in Sweden:

www.seescandinavia.com/country/swed...

#Sweden #Uppsala #Scandinavia #Europe #photography #travel #destinations #NorthernEurope #Sverige #foto #cityscape #photo #Nordic
January 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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🇫🇷 View of the Seine river during the 1900 Paris World Fair - captured by an unknown photographer and published in "N.D.. Exposition universelle de 1900"

#Paris #France #photography #BlackAndWhite #vintage #foto #BW #cityscape #heritage #history #architecture #Europe #photo #BlackAndWhitePhotography
January 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM