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Europe's most picturesque towns and villages - a thread 🧵

1. Freudenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 🇩🇪

2. Biertan, Transylvania, Romania 🇷🇴

3. Eguisheim, Haut-Rhin, France 🇫🇷

4. Tjørnuvík, Streymoy, Faroe Islands 🇫🇴

5. Civita di Bagnoregio, Viterbo, Italy 🇮🇹

6. Lauterbrunnen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland 🇨🇭

7. Edensor, Derbyshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

8. Aitoliko, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece 🇬🇷

9. Albarracín, Teruel, Spain 🇪🇸

10. Monsanto, District of Castelo Branco, Portugal 🇵🇹

11. Bourtange, Groningen, the Netherlands 🇳🇱

12. Hallstatt, Gmunden, Austria 🇦🇹

13. Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway 🇳🇴

14. Garenin, Isle of Lewis, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

15. Škofja Loka, Upper Carniola, Slovenia 🇸🇮

16. Najac, Aveyron, France 🇫🇷

17. Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪

18. Bibury, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

19. Kastraki, Trikala, Greece 🇬🇷

20. Villnöß, South Tyrol, Italy 🇮🇹

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~2,000 years old but clearly among the most impressive marble sculptures ever made. It was discovered in Rome during the Renaissance, leading many to believe it must've been a fake produced by Michelangelo himself.

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1. The Pantheon, Rome, Italy (c.128 AD)

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3. Byzantine: The Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy (547 AD)

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