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Jan 17 • 22 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X

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Look Up.

This is what a great ceiling looks like.

It's St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland, built 700 years ago.

But that's just one breathtaking example, so here are 21 more... 🧵

1. Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France (1248)

2. Sistine Chapel, Vatican City (1481)

3. St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England (1710)

4. Gran Hotel Ciudad, Mexico City, Mexico (1899)

5. Strahov Monastery Library, Prague, Czech Republic (1679)

6. Sainte-Cecile Cathedral, Albi, France (1480)

7. Museum of Palazzo Grimani, Venice, Italy (1575)

8. St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland (1883)

9. La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain (1882-)

10. Shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran (1629)

11. Theatine Church, Munich, Germany (1690)

12. Cathedral of Cremona, Italy (1529)

13. Tila Kari, Samarkand, Uzbekistan (1660)

14. Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England (1351)

15. The Mezquita, Córdoba, Spain (1607)

16. Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran (1619)

17. The Room of the Giants, Palazzo Te, Italy (1536)

18. Marienmünster Church, Dießen am Ammersee, Germany (1739)

19. Peacock Room, Castello di Sammezzano, Italy (1889)

20. Burgos Cathedral, Burgos, Spain (1567)

21. Basilica di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Rome, Italy (1826)

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Apr 28

Everybody knows about Gothic and Classical architecture. But what about Baroque?

From Italy to India, here are 18 masterpieces that prove it is much grander than you think... 🧵

1. Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy (1752)

2. Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France (1682)

3. St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City (1626)

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Apr 21

Rome may not have been built in a day.

But its legacy began today, exactly 2,778 years ago.

Here are its greatest masterpieces... (thread) 🧵

1. The Pantheon (128AD)

The Pantheon is, without a doubt, Rome's best preserved monument.

It is home to the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world — even today, after almost 2,000 years since it was built.

The very secret to its impeccable condition lies in Roman concrete itself.

When it rains, water seeps into the cracks and reacts with the calcium carbonate in the rock, plugging in any holes, virtually self-healing the dome.

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Apr 5

It was built 125 years ago but feels straight out of the Renaissance.

This is the Liberty Bridge, in Budapest — a fine example of Art Nouveau.

And it's just one of the world's many breathtaking bridges. Here are 19 more... 🧵

1. Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic (1402)

It is said that egg yolks were mixed into the mortar to make it stronger — and centuries later, it's still standing.

2. The Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy (1600)

The name comes from the sighs of prisoners taking their last glimpse of Venice.

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Mar 31

It's impossible to picture Paris without the Eiffel Tower today.

But 136 years ago the story was different — it was meant to be a temporary masterpiece.

Here's how the world's most visited monument was (almost) intentionally demolished... 🧵

This was the first drawing of the Eiffel Tower by Maurice Koechlin from 1884.

(You can also see a size comparison with the Notre Dame de Paris, the Statue of Liberty and the Vendôme Column.)

On this day, in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was completed.

It was officially the first building in history that was taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza.

And also the first man-made structure to break both the 200m and 300m height mark.

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Mar 29

This is the Meteora Monasteries, a revolutionary wonder of Greece, built 600 years ago.

What makes it so special?

Well, once upon a time, building 1,000 feet into the sky was completely normal... 🧵

The name Meteora literally means "suspended in the air", a fitting name for the floating monasteries.

But these weren't built accidentally, they were meticulously crafted to be read as symbols of dedication centuries later...

In the 9th century, hermit monks first arrived at Meteora, drawn by the natural seclusion and the nearly inaccessible rock pillars that dotted the region.

Their caves, chapels and living quarters were simple, aiming to reflect the humble ideals of monastic life, in isolation.

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Mar 25

The floating city of Venice was founded 1,604 years ago today.

It sounds impossible. How can an entire city float?

But it's not as simple as it appears on the surface — you literally have to look underwater to find the answer... 🧵

Venice is made up of 120 islands, connected by 177 canals and 391 bridges.

But it didn't always look like this.

The story goes that 5th-century refugees built Venice to escape invaders after the fall of the Western Roman Empire — but that's not entirely true.

People fled to the island of Torcello, the first on the lagoon, which was already a thriving hub with 20,000 inhabitants.

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