"To the glory that was Greece. And the grandeur that was Rome." — Edgar Poe

Look Up. The incredible ceiling of El Escorial Library, Spain (1565)

St. Mark's Basilica and Campanile. Venice doesn't disappoint.

Palazzo Colonna, Rome (1703)

It's hard to believe that most of the stained glass in Sainte-Chapelle is 800 years old. How do you even begin to design radiant beauty like this?

The perfect street doesn't exis-

The charming medieval streets of Assisi, Italy. What can beat the feeling of centuries of history frozen in time?

Without AI. Without college degrees. Without human resources. Without backhoes. Without computers. Without electricity. They built this.

It's genuinely impressive how a building like the Parthenon is still standing... It has lived on the Acropolis for 2,500 years Half of its surviving sculptures still lie in Athens. And it survived a Venetian-Ottoman gunpowder explosion in 1687.

Before the war, Dresden was Florence on the Elbe Then came 1945, the Allied bombs reduced it to rubble Today, it stands reborn from the ashes

500 years ago, people crossed continents to see beauty like this. Today, we scroll past it in 0.5 seconds.

What's your favorite architectural wonder in Poland? I'll start: Książ Castle, Poland (1292)

The quintessential English village of Castle Combe is history frozen in time. No new houses have been built in the historic center for 400 years.

Some gothic looking photos of my favourite gothic church 📍 Strasbourg Cathedral 🇫🇷

I sometimes think Italian towns are simply not real. Just look at this breathtaking view of Polignano a Mare.

Look at the detail: —The shadows created by sunlight add depth and emotion as they touch the marble. A daily spectacle of the Duomo di Milano. 📸:Abs