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

Except for reposts, mostly digitally enhanced public domain content.

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🇨🇭 Bern as Seen from the Southeast - a watercolour by Franz Schmid (1796-1851). Bern is the de facto capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".

#Europe #Switzerland #Swiss #vintage #art #cityscape #watercolor #Schweiz #Europa #skyline
February 14, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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The waterfront in the charming seaside resort town of Sassnitz in Western Pomerania, on the German Baltic coast - a photochrom print from the 1890s. The architecture hasn't changed much since then, just a little bit.

#Europe #Germany #Deutschland #Baltic #Ostsee #vintage #travel #photography
February 12, 2024 at 8:28 AM
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VEGAN EUROPE presents: Prešeren Square in the beautiful Slovenian capital - Ljubljana.

Explore Ljubljana with us:
www.veganeurope.eu/destinations...

#vegan #VeganEurope #veganism #Slovenia #Europe #Ljubljana #travel #Slovenija #Europa #CentralEurope #govegan
February 3, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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🇮🇲 Loch Promenade in Douglas (Manx: Doolish), the largest town and the capital of the Isle of Man - a photochrom print from the 1890s.

#Europe #IsleOfMan #vintage #photography #sea #cityscape #foto #photo
February 14, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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The Old Town of Frankfurt am Main around 1900. The historic centre of Frankfurt was destroyed during WW II. Some buildings were reconstructed later, but the cityscape was to be dominated by modernist and even brutalist architecture.

#Germany #Europe #blackandwhite #photography #vintage #cityscape
February 9, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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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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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
🇵🇱 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
🇨🇭 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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🇳🇴 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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November 27, 2024 at 5:02 PM
🇩🇪 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