Fashion magazine Elle Turkey has used the ruined medieval city of Ani as the backdrop for a photo shoot featured in the magazine’s 2011 December editorial spread.
The fashion spread, photographed by Senol Altun and styled by Melis Agazat, depicts models Ana Zalewska and Karolin Machova in several poses inside and along the ruins of the Ani Cathedral.
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The Shambles, York - Europe’s best preserved medieval street
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Borgund Stave Church is a stave church located in Borgund, Lærdal,Norway. It is classified as a triple nave stave church of the so-called Sogn-type. This is also the best preserved of Norway’s 28 extant stave churches.
Nave of the Romanesque church at Anzy-le-Duc in Burgundy, France
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Mourning-figures by Claus Sluter
Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon; c.1405
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View Atop City Hall, Dresden, Germany
Photograph by Gordon W. Gahan
Statues look down on the rebuilt inner city of Dresden from atop City Hall. The medieval city lost tens of thousands of citizens and nearly every building to heavy Anglo-American bombing near the end of World War II. The restored Church of the Cross stands at left of center.
(Photo shot on assignment for “East Germany—The Struggle to Succeed,” September 1974, National Geographicmagazine)
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Beaumaris Castle, located in the town of the same name on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, was built as part of King Edward I’s campaign to conquer the north of Wales. It was designed by James of St. George and was begun in 1295, but never completed. Beaumaris is part of the World Heritage site known as Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd.
photo by Kevin & Kathy
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This is a spherical panorama photographed by Mr. TI. and probably the best way to include all historically significant buildings of Hildesheim.
The earliest part of the City Hall was built in the XIII century.
You can find a list and basic descriptions of all the buildings on the Historic Market Place, Hildesheim Wikipedia page.
Kilchurn Castle is a ruined 15th century structure on the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
It was the ancestral home of the Campbells of Glen Orchy, who later became the Earls of Breadalbane also known as the Breadalbane family branch, of the Clan Campbell. The earliest construction on the castle was the towerhouse and Laich Hall (looks onto Loch Awe). Today, its picturesque setting and romantic state of decay make it one of the most photographed structures in Scotland.
image: Photochrom print (color photo lithograph), between 1890 and 1905
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Haddon Hall
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St. Patrick’s cathedral, New York
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Worms Cathedral, West Altar
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Worms Cathedral (known variously in German as the Dom, Kaiserdom, Wormser Dom or Dom St. Peter) is one of the finest examples of High Romanesque architecture in Germany.
For nearly 1000 years, the unique and majestic Worms Cathedral has risen above all the other ancient buildings of the city, dominating the skyline even from a distance. Its original Romanesque architecture and splendid carvings are still exceptionally well-preserved.
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