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🇱🇺 Luxembourg in a hand-coloured postcard published by Brück & Sohn in 1906. Brück & Sohn Kunstverlag Meißen was a German publishing company that existed between 1793 and 2019.
#Luxembourg #Luxemburg #Europe #postcard #cityscape #Europa #FascinatingEurope #ArchtecturalRevival
🇩🇪 Parade Square (Paradeplatz) in Mannheim, Germany - a vintage photochrom print from the 1890s. Digitally enhanced to compensate for fading.
The square looks completely different nowadays.
#Mannheim #Germany #Deutschland #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #BadenWürttemberg #cityscape #architecture #city #town #EuropeanHeritage #history #photochrom #photography #photo #foto #fotografie #photos #oldphoto
Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪 - The Södermalm Skyline at the Blue Hour
Yellow and blue are the colours of the Swedish flag (and also Ukraine's).
#Stockholm #Södermalm #Sweden #Sverige #UkraineWillWin #Scandinavia #Nordic #NorthernEurope #SeeTheNorth #SeeingEurope #travel #photo #TravelPhotography #foto #photos #photography #fotografie #Europe #Europa #Skandinavien #Norden #SeeScandinavia #architecture #city #cityscape #FascinatingEurope #ArchitecturalRevival #skyline #yellow #blue
🇸🇪 Little Square (Lilla Torget) in Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden - a painting by Justus Fredrik Weinberg from 1796
#Göteborg #Gothenburg #JustusFredrikWeinberg #Gbg #Sweden #Sverige #Scandinavia #Nordic #NorthernEurope #SeeTheNorth #painting #travel #Europe #Europa #Skandinavien #Norden #SeeScandinavia #art #artbooster #artwork #OldViews #FascinatingEurope #ArchitecturalRevival #architecture #city #cityscape
Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱 - the Tower of the Zuiderkerk
#Amsterdam #Zuiderkerk #TheNetherlands #Dutch #Holland #Nederland #Netherlands #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #TravelPhotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #city #cityscape #architecture #Renaissance #FascinatingEurope #ArchitecturalRevival #church
🇮🇹 Venetian Scene - a painting by Friedrich Ernst Morgenstern from 1892
#Venice #Venezia #Venesia #Venedig #FriedrichErnstMorgenstern #Italy #Italia #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #EuropeanHeritage #history #painting #art #artwork #vintage #OldViews #cityscape #architecture #canal #picturesque #EuropeanArt #European #Malerei #SeeClassicArt
🇩🇪 Altes Palais (Old Palace) & the Leineschloss (Leine Palace) in Hanover, Germany - a coloured steel engraving by Louis Hoffmeister from 1843, after a drawing by Georg Osterwald.
The Leine Palace was rebuilt after WWII. It used to be the burial place of King George I of Great Britain.
The street looks completely different nowadays.
#Hanover #Hannover #Germany #LouisHoffmeister #GeorgOsterwald #art #artwork #vintage #OldViews #FascinatingEurope #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #city
🏴 The Conwy Railway Bridge, in Welsh known as Pont Rheilffordd Conwy, and Conwy Castle (Castell Conwy) in Wales - a vintage photochrom print from the 1890s.
The bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson and opened in 1849. It's still in use and protected as Welsh heritage.
#Conwy #Conway #Wales #Cymru #bridge #railways #FascinatingEurope #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #UK #Britain #photography #photo #foto #fotografie #photos #oldphoto #vintage #OldViews #cityscape #architecture
🇮🇹 The interior of the Royal Palace of Naples (Palazzo Reale di Napoli) photographed by the prolific Giorgio Sommer in 1888. Digitally enhanced.
It was one of several residences near Naples used by the House of Bourbon. Nowadays, it serves as a museum and houses some offices.
#Napule #Napoli #Naples #GiorgioSommer #Italy #Italia #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #architecture #interior #photography #photo #foto #fotografie #photos #BW #BlackAndWhite #vintage
🇳🇱 The City Hall (Stadhuis) in Leiden, the Netherlands - a vintage photochrom print from the 1890s. Digitally enhanced.
The city hall was significantly damaged by a fire in 1929, but its beautiful Renaissance facade is still largely intact.
#Leiden #TheNetherlands #Dutch #Holland #Nederland #Netherlands #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #EuropeanHeritage #photography #photo #foto #fotografie #photos #oldphoto #photochrom #vintage #OldViews
🇩🇪 A View of Berchtesgaden - a painting by an unknown artist from the 19th century.
Berchtesgaden, in Bavarian known as Berchtsgoan, is a very picturesque town in Upper Bavaria, Germany. The Berchtesgaden Alps are named after it.
#Berchtesgaden #Berchtsgoan #Bayern #Bavaria #Germany #Deutschland #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #Alpen #landscape #Landschaft #vintage #LandscapePainting #Alps #painting #Malerei #vintage #publicdomain #art #artwork #mountains
Luxembourg City 🇱🇺 - The Facade of the Grand Ducal Palace (Groussherzogleche Palais)
#Luxembourg #LuxembourgCity #Luxemburg #palace #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #TravelPhotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #FascinatingEurope #city #cityscape #architecture #Renaissance #RenaissanceArchitecture #ArchitecturalRevival
🇩🇰 The Entrance to Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen - a vintage photochrom print from the 1890s. Digitally enhanced to compensate for fading.
#Copenhagen #København #Tivoli #Denmark #Danmark #Scandinavia #Nordic #NorthernEurope #travel #photo #travelphotography #foto #photos #photography #fotografie #Europe #Europa #Skandinavien #Norden #FascinatingEurope #architecture #vintage #OldViews #photochrom #SeeScandinavia #ArchitecturalRevival
🇮🇪 Thomond Bridge and King John's Castle (Caisleán Luimnigh) in Limerick (Luimneach), Ireland - a drawing by J. D. Harding, from "Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Ireland", published in 1830.
#Limerick #Luimneach #JDHarding #Éire #Ireland #Irish #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #EuropeanHeritage #WesternArt #EuropeanArt #drawing #castle #bridge #castles #vintage #VintageArt #art #artwork #OldViews
🇮🇹 The Grand Canal in Venice - a painting by the Belgian painter Frans Vervloet from 1859.
#FransVervloet #Venice #Venezia #Venesia #CanalGrande #Italy #Italia #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #EuropeanHeritage #cityscape #architecture #city #art #artwork #vintage #OldViews #canal #GrandCanal #painting #VintageArt
🇩🇪 The City Hall in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany - a vintage photochrom print from the 1890s. Digitally enhanced.
The building was damaged during WWII. The tower was rebuilt in a simplified form after the war.
#Erfurt #Thüringen #Thuringia #Germany #Deutschland #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #EuropeanHeritage #cityscape #architecture #city #town #vintage #OldViews #photography #photo #foto #fotografie #photos #photochrom
🇨🇭 Aigle Castle (Château d’Aigle) in the Swiss Canton of Vaud - an outline etching by Jean-Antoine Linck, created between 1780 and 1800.
#Aigle #JeanAntoineLinck #ChâteauDAigle #Vaud #SeeTheAlps #FascinatingEurope #art #artwork #vintage #OldViews #Alps #Alpen #Switzerland #Schweiz #Swiss #Suisse #landscape #landscapes #castle #Europe #Europa #Landschaft
Bled, Slovenia 🇸🇮 - Lake Bled and Bled Castle at Sunrise
#Bled #Slovenia #Slovenija #Veldes #LakeBled #BledCastle #SeeTheAlps #SeeingEurope #FascinatingEurope #photography #foto #fotografie #TravelPhotography #travel #Europa #Europe #photo #landscape #landscapes #LandscapePhotography #sunrise #castle #Alps #mountains #tranquility #Alpen
🇵🇹 A View of Lisbon and the Tagus River - published by Franz Hogenberg & Georg Braun from Cologne in their "Civitates Orbis Terrarum" from 1572.
#Lisbon #Lisboa #Tagus #Tejo #Lissabon #Portugal #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #EuropeanHeritage #art #artwork #vintage #oldviews #cityscape #architecture #city #skyline #panorama
Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸 - Detail of the Royal Palace (Palacio Real de Madrid)
#Madrid #Spain #España #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #travelphotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #palace #PalacioReal #FascinatingEurope #cityscape #architecture #Baroque #clock #heritage #EuropeanHeritage #Spanish
🇩🇪 Panorama of Bremerhaven (Low German: Bremerhoben) in northern Germany - a vintage photochrom print from the 1890s. Digitally enhanced. The church is still there, but the houses are gone.
#Bremerhaven #Bremerhoben #Germany #Deutschland #Bremen #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #cityscape #architecture #city #town #photography #photo #foto #fotografie #photos #oldphoto #photochrom
🇳🇱 Utrecht Town Hall Bridge with Surroundings - a painting by Isaac Ouwater from 1779. Utrecht is the fourth-largest city in the Netherlands.
#Utrecht #IsaacOuwater #TheNetherlands #Dutch #Holland #Nederland #Netherlands #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #ClassicArt #VintageArt #painting #Malerei #vintage #publicdomain #art #artwork #Kunst #SeeClassicArt
Valletta, Malta 🇲🇹 - The Mannerist Facade of Saint John's Co-Cathedral
#Valletta #Malta #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #travelphotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #Mannerism #Renaissance #Mediterranean #WorldHeritage #city #cityscape #architecture #church #Christianity #religion #facade #FascinatingEurope #ArchitecturalRevival
Venice, Italy 🇮🇹 - The Doge's Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale; Venetian: Pałaso Dogal)
#Venice #Venezia #Venesia #VenetianGothic #Italy #Italia #Veneto #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #travelphotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #architecture #FascinatingEurope #ArchitecturalRevival
Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹 - Blue Hour Cityscape with Saint George's Castle (Castelo de São Jorge)
#Lisbon #Lisboa #Portugal #Alfama #Lissabon #castle #cityscape #city #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #travelphotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #castles #bluehour #NightPhotography #FascinatingEurope
🇳🇱 The Binnenhof (Inner Court) complex in the city centre of The Hague (Den Haag) in the Netherlands - a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Berckheyde from ca. 1690.
The main building in the picture is called the Ridderzaal (in English: Hall of Knights). It is still there.
#TheHague #GerritBerckheyde #DenHaag #TheNetherlands #Dutch #Holland #Nederland #Netherlands #FascinatingEurope #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #art #artwork #vintage #painting #cityscape #architecture
Binn Éadair (in English known as Howth), Ireland 🇮🇪 - Howth Harbour Lighthouse
#BinnÉadair #Éire #Howth #Ireland #Irish #lighthouse #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #travelphotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #sea #blue #BlueSky #landscape #LandscapePhotography #FascinatingEurope
Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪 - The Grand-Place with the Brabantine Gothic Brussels' Town Hall and the Neo-Gothic King's House
#Brussels #GrandPlace #GroteMarkt #Belgium #België #Belgique #Bruxelles #Brussel #SeeingEurope #photo #photography #travel #Europe #travelphotography #foto #fotografie #photos #Europa #city #cityscape #architecture #Benelux #FascinatingEurope
🏴 The first Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon - a vintage photochrom print from the 1890s.
The theatre was built in 1879, and destroyed by a fire in 1926. A new building was completed in 1932, but it looked completely different. The new theatre was redeveloped in 2018.
#StratfordUponAvon #Stratford #England #UK #Britain #Shakespeare #FascinatingEurope #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #theatre #theater #vintage #architecture #photography
🇳🇱 Amsterdam City View with Houses on the Herengracht and the Old Haarlemmersluis - a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Jan van der Heyden from 1670.
The Herengracht is the second of four Amsterdam canals belonging to the canal belt. It lies between the Singel and the Keizersgracht.
#JanVanDerHeyden #Amsterdam #TheNetherlands #Dutch #Holland #Nederland #Netherlands #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #cityscape #architecture #painting #DutchGoldenAge #art
🇩🇪 The Jungfernstieg promenade in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Germany - a vintage photochrom print from the 1890s. Digitally enhanced to compensate for fading.
#Hamburg #Jungfernstieg #Germany #Deutschland #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #EuropeanHeritage #cityscape #architecture #city #town #vintage #oldviews #photography #photo #foto #fotografie #photos #oldphoto #Norden #Norddeutschland #Hansestadt #Hanseatic
🇮🇹 The ruins of the Temple of Apollo in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in southern Italy - captured by the famous German-Italian photographer Giorgio Sommer around 1888.
The temple was built in 120 BC and was dedicated to the Greek and Roman god Apollo. Pompeii was buried under volcanic ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
#Pompeii #GiorgioSommer #Italy #Italia #AncientRome #AncientHistory #FascinatingEurope #Europe #heritage #photography #blackandwhite #BW #photo #foto #heritage
🇩🇪 /🇨🇭 Constance (Konstanz) and Thurgau as Seen from the West - a gouache painting by Johann Heinrich Bleuler the Younger from 1836.
Constance is a pretty city in southern Germany, close to the border with Switzerland. Lake Constance (in German: Bodensee) is named after it.
#JohannHeinrichBleulerTheYounger #Konstanz #Bodensee #Constance #LakeConstance #FascinatingEurope #Europa #Europe #ArchitecturalRevival #heritage #Germany #Switzerland #Schweiz #Swiss #Suisse #art #artwork #vintage #Thurgau