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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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May 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
May 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🇨🇭 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
🇨🇭 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
🇳🇴 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
🇩🇪 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
🇨🇭 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
January 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
George Square (Ceàrnag Sheòrais) in Glaschu, also known as Glasgow and Glesga, in Scotland - a photochrom print from around 1900

#Glaschu #Glesga #Glasgow #Alba #Scotland #Britain #UK #UnitedKingdom #photography #architecture #photo #foto #photos #cityscape #vintage #history #heritage #Europe
December 21, 2024 at 7:46 PM
🇨🇭 Lausanne as Seen from the West - gouache painting by Johann Heinrich Bleuler Jr., between 1820-1839. Digitally restored.

#JohannHeinrichBleuler #Lausanne #Losena #Losanna #Vaud #Switzerland #Swiss #landscape #art #artwork #painting #gouache #Alps #CentralEurope #Schweiz #heritage #history
December 19, 2024 at 10:10 PM
🇬🇷 View of Athens from Hadrian's Aqueduct - by Cassas Louis-Francois (1813)

#CassasLouisFrancois #Athens #Europe #Greece #Ελλάδα #landscape #painting #heritage #history #SouthernEurope #art #artwork #painting
December 15, 2024 at 12:12 AM
🇮🇹 Porlezza on Lake Lugano in the Italian region of Lombardy - a photochrom print from the 1890s. Digitally restored.

#Porlezza #Como #Lugano #Italy #Italia #LakeLugano #Lombardy #Lombardia #photography #photo #landscape #Europe #heritage #vintage #photochrom #SouthernEurope #foto #mountains #Europa
December 12, 2024 at 11:14 PM
🇩🇪 The Kleine Alster as Seen from Voglerswall in Hamburg - a lithograph by Peter Suhr from 1842. Digitally restored.

#PeterSuhr #Hamburg #Alster #Germany #Deutschland #vintage #ClassicArt #cityscape #art #artwork #Europe #history #heritage #Norddeutschland #Europa #skyline #architecture #lithography
December 6, 2024 at 9:10 PM
🇳🇱 The Blauwbrug (Blue bridge) is a historic bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands over the river Amstel. This is what its surroundings looked like around 1905.

#Amsterdam #Netherlands #Dutch #architecture #photography #Nederland #TheNetherlands #Holland #photo #history #heritage #Europe #foto #cityscape
December 5, 2024 at 9:53 PM
🇨🇭 Bern as seen from the North - aquatint by Franz Niklaus König from 1814

#FranzNiklausKönig #Bern #Berne #Switzerland #Swiss #Europe #landscape #art #artwork #aquatint #Alps #Europa #ClassicArt #vintage #VintageArt #CentralEurope
November 30, 2024 at 3:37 PM
🇳🇱 Coolvest, nowadays known as Coolsingel, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands - a photochrom print from the 1890s

#Rotterdam #Netherlands #Holland #Dutch #photography #vintage #VintagePhoto #Europe #windmill #architecture #foto #WesternEurope #Nederland #TheNetherlands #photo #heritage #history
November 30, 2024 at 1:46 PM
🇩🇪 Schwerin Castle in a picture by Robert Stieler published in the magazine "Die Gartenlaube" in 1877

#RobertStieler #SchwerinerSchloss #Schwerin #castle #Germany #art #artwork #DieGartenlaube #MVP #Norddeutschland #Europe #Mitteleuropa #CentralEurope #architecture #vintage #ClassicArt
November 27, 2024 at 5:15 PM
🇵🇹 An English Frigate in Choppy Waters in the Tagus Passing the Belem Tower - painting by John Thomas Serres (1759–1825).

Belém Tower is a 16th-century fortification in Lisbon, Portugal.

#JohnThomasSerres #Portugal #Lisbon #Lisboa #Belem #painting #maritime #MaritimePainting #art #Europe #ship
November 25, 2024 at 5:09 PM
🇨🇭 The Swiss town of Schaffhausen in an etching by Johann Jakob Biedermann, created between 1812 and 1823. Digitally enhanced.

#JohannJakobBiedermann #Schaffhausen #Switzerland #Schafuuse #Schweiz #Swiss #drawing #art #artwork #landscape #vintage #Europe #ClassicArt #CentralEurope #Europa #Rhein
November 24, 2024 at 3:24 PM
November 23, 2024 at 6:35 PM
🇳🇱 Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands - a vintage postcard published by Stengel & Co. around 1923. Digitally restored.

#Amsterdam #theNetherlands #Dutch #Nederland #postcard #cityscape #Europe #Netherlands #OldPostcards #vintage #architecture #postcards #heritage #BW #BlackAndWhite
November 23, 2024 at 11:08 AM
🇩🇪 Rech in the picturesque Ahr Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - a digitally enhanced photochrom print from around 1900. The region is famous for its wine.

#Rech #Ahrtal #Germany #Deutschland #RLP #vintage #photography #history #heritage #Europe #Mitteleuropa #CentralEurope #Ahr #photo #foto
November 21, 2024 at 9:14 PM
🇨🇭 Gais as Seen from the Northeast, with the Säntis - a gouache painting by Konrad Corradi (1813–1878). Digitally restored.

#KonradCorradi #Gais #Switzerland #Alps #Alpen #Schweiz #Swiss #landscape #art #artwork #ClassicArt #vintage #gouache #painting #CentralEurope #Kunst
November 20, 2024 at 4:30 PM
🇬🇧 The seaside town of Margate in Kent, England - a digitally restored and enhanced photochrom print from 1897

#Margate #Kent #England #GreatBritain #UK #photography #cityscape #foto #architecture #OldViews #photo #photochrom #Europe #Europa #UnitedKingdom #Britain #vintage #heritage
November 20, 2024 at 2:44 AM