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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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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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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