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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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May 22

This may look like an ordinary church, but in reality, it holds an extraordinary secret.

It was built without a single nail, has multiple dragon heads — and is over 800 years old.

It sounds impossible, but this is only where the story begins... 🧵

The Borgund Stave Church, in Norway is one of the most remarkable wooden buildings in existence

It was built in 1180 and is an interesting example of medieval architecture: it has weathered timbers, tiered roofs...

and of course multiple dragon heads, near the top.

But what makes it even more extraordinary is not its exterior, influenced by the Christians and Pagans, but its actual structure:

Not a single iron nail was used to build it.

It may sound simple or boring at first, but makes complete sense. The secret lies in the material: Wood

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May 17

You've never seen ancient engineering like this before.

This is Pont du Gard, in France, built 2,000 years ago — without any cement.

Here is a look into the breathtaking world of Roman aqueducts...🧵

1. Pont Du Gard, Gard, France (60 AD)

The most famous of all Roman aqueducts and rightly so — it's held up by the precise cutting in the stone and gravity alone.

All of this while carrying 44 million gallons of water, daily, to the city of Nîmes.

It’s also the tallest Roman aqueduct bridge still standing.

50,000 tons of limestone were used in its construction, taking 15 years to build.

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May 11

Look Up.

This is what a great ceiling looks like — it's St. Mary's Basilica in Kraków, Poland.

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

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

2. Sistine Chapel, Vatican City (1481)

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May 8

You've seen it a thousand times before.

It's the Acropolis of Athens, in Greece.

You already know about the Parthenon, but what about all the other buildings surrounding it?

Well, that's where it gets interesting... 🧵

The Acropolis you see today isn't what early, ancient Greece would have seen 2,500 year ago.

And it wasn't made by accident either; this was the result of a deliberate effort led by one man:

Pericles.

After the Persian sack of Athens in 480 BC, the Acropolis was left in ruins:

Temples burned
Statues toppled
And the heart of Athenian religious life desecrated.

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May 3

This may look like an ordinary temple but everything you see here was carved entirely by hand, 1,200 years ago.

Where? How? Why?

First, here's the twist: it's not unique — the ancient world was littered with wonders like this... 🧵

This is Kailasa Temple, in Maharasha, India.

And it may look like any ordinary ancient wonder, but this is the largest monolithic building in the world.

Meaning it was built in its entirety from just a single piece of rock...

And its dimensions are staggering…

It measures roughly 276 feet long, 154 feet wide, and rises to a height of over 100 feet.

Its true scale is unprecedented — to put this in perspective, it’s around twice the size of the Parthenon in Greece.

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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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