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Aug 23 27 tweets 6 min read
Beautiful Medieval Villages in France 🇫🇷

1. Najac, Aveyron Image 2. Rocamadour, Lot Image
Aug 20 18 tweets 6 min read
Most Formidable Castles in Europe

1. Mont Saint-Michel, France 🇫🇷 📸: Marcel Siebert Mont Saint-Michel never fell during the Hundred Years’ War due to its impregnable defenses and strategic location, which made it nearly impossible for invaders to besiege by land or by naval blockade.

📸: Marcel Siebert Image
Aug 11 26 tweets 7 min read
Capturing the Beauty of Germany 🧵

1. Rothenburg ob der Tauber Image 2. Idstein Image
Aug 6 27 tweets 7 min read
The Most Iconic Castles in Europe:🧵 Image 1. Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany 🇩🇪
📸: Maxwell Gogolev Image
Jul 31 25 tweets 6 min read
Europe in the 19th Century:🧵

Notre-Dame de Paris, France (c. 1860) Image Danzig in West Prussia, German Empire (c. 1890) Image
Jul 28 28 tweets 7 min read
Architectural Marvels of France - a thread 🧵 Image 1. Basilica of Notre Dame of Fourvière, Lyon
📸: Juan Sánchez Image
Jul 24 21 tweets 5 min read
Exploring the Beauty of Ireland -🧵

1. St. Colman's Cathedral, Cobh Image 2. Rock of Cashel Image
Jul 9 16 tweets 4 min read
Capturing the Beauty of South America - a thread 🧵

1. Christ the Redeemer
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 Image 2. Machu Picchu, Peru 🇵🇪 Image
Jul 3 15 tweets 4 min read
The Italian region of Lazio is renowned for being home to Rome, but it also boasts an abundance of picturesque villages. Let’s take a look at some of the most charming ones:🧵

1. Capranica, Viterbo Image 2. Sermoneta, Latina Image
Jul 2 21 tweets 6 min read
Capturing Europe from Above:🧵

1. Sagrada Familia
Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸 Image 2. Toledo, Spain 🇪🇸 Image
Jun 30 21 tweets 6 min read
Capturing the Beauty of Spain:🧵

1. Aqueduct of Segovia Image 2. Alcázar de Toledo Image
Jun 29 20 tweets 5 min read
Europe’s Most Beautiful Theaters 🧵 Image 1. Opéra Garnier
Paris, France 🇫🇷
📸: jb Perraudin Image
Jun 26 21 tweets 5 min read
This is what a library should look like: 🧵 Image 1. Wiblingen Abbey Library
Ulm, Germany 🇩🇪
📸: Maik Monuments Image
Jun 25 28 tweets 7 min read
Incredible Landscapes of Europe -🧵

1. Seiser Alm, Italy 🇮🇹 Image 2. Meteora, Greece 🇬🇷 Image
Jun 24 16 tweets 6 min read
Some of the World’s Most Fascinating Churches:🧵 Image 1. Las Lajas Cathedral, Colombia

This magnificent cathedral was built in the canyon of the Guaitara river, where according to local legend, the Virgin Mary appeared.

📸:@world_walkerz
Jun 17 21 tweets 5 min read
The World's Most Iconic Streets🧵

1. The Shambles,York
📸: Francis Wilson Image 2. Circus Lane, Edinburgh
📸:@Alinadragon2 Image
Jun 13 27 tweets 7 min read
Mesmerizing Interiors - a thread 🧵

1. Church of San Nicolás, Valencia Image 2. Colonna Palace, Rome Image
Jun 8 24 tweets 6 min read
Europe's Most Iconic Bridges 🧵 Image Puente Nuevo in Ronda
📸: Justin Lang Image
Jun 2 22 tweets 6 min read
City Halls should inspire civic pride and enhance the aesthetic appeal of public spaces.

Let’s take a look at some of the most beautiful city and town halls in Europe:🧵 Image 1. Leuven Town Hall, Belgium 🇧🇪
📸: Wolf Jacobs Image
May 30 19 tweets 8 min read
Some of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe: 🧵

Plovdiv, Bulgaria 🇧🇬

Considered the oldest continuously inhabited city in Europe, Plovdiv has been inhabited since around 6000 BCE. The city has seen Thracian, Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman influences. Its strategic location along the ancient trade routes of the Balkans made it an important cultural and economic center that still thrives today.

📸: @vlady_teryImage Athens, Greece 🇬🇷

Inhabited since around 3000 BCE, Athens is often referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy. It was a powerful city-state during the Mycenaean civilization and remains a major center of culture and history. The Acropolis, with its iconic Parthenon, symbolizes the city's architectural prowess and serves as a reminder of its golden age.

📸: Christos KapoulasImage
May 28 20 tweets 5 min read
Europe’s Most Beautiful Town Squares:

1. Piazza De Ferrari in Genoa, Italy 🇮🇹
📸: Fabiana Vitulli Image 2. Plaza España in Seville, Spain 🇪🇸
📸:@MadebyVadim Image