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You can stand exactly on the place where WW1 began Original post

13th century heraldic floor tiles from the Church of St Mary at Abbey Dore in Herefordshire (the former abbey of Dore Abbey). #TilesOnTuesday #AbbeyDore #Herefordshire

The screen, Worcester Cathedral by Francis Skidmore, 1873. Few English Cathedrals feel as important as Worcester. In most countries it would be the most significant church building. This is one of the great medieval cathedrals of England, secure in its lovely city, imposing and full of confidence.

The remains of the medieval gatehouse of St. Benet’s Abbey on the Norfolk Broads - the only Norfolk monastery founded in the Anglo-Saxon period which continued in use throughout the Middle Ages. A windmill was built onto the gatehouse during the 18th century. 📸 My own #MedievalMonday

Manchester Industry. Glass in the Moon Under Water, Deansgate, Manchester for #StainedGlassSunday.

Few London #ArtDeco cinemas survive as remarkably as former 1930-31 Tooting Granada: UK's only Grade I listed cinema. Eye-popping sort of medieval style features vast grandiose exit portals for #AdoorableThursday, w murals of damsels + minstrels, arcades, stained glass. ALT for more info.

Wall paintings of c1300 in the Galilee Chapel of Durham Cathedral. The Crucifixion on the right, and beside it martyrdoms and attempted martyrdoms of various saints, including St Peter crucified upside down and St John boiled in oil, which he survived. #WednesdayWallPaintings #WallPaintingsWednesday

The vaulted medieval ceiling of Norwich Cathedral - glorious! 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #NorwichCathedral

'You have an excellent armour' - Henry V (III, 7) This wooden shield and 7-foot long, two-handed broadsword belonged to Edward III. They were kept by his tomb in the Abbey following his death and are now on display in our museum. #ShakespeareSunday

Arches galore and an incredible ceiling - stunning! 🤩 ❤️ Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire.

The impressive and unusual Monk’s Door in Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire 🤩

🧵Bishops' House, at the southern tip of Meersbrook Park in Sheffield, is a wonderful architectural treasure. Built around 1500–1554, this Grade II* listed building is one of only three surviving timber-framed structures in the city. Originally a remote yeoman's farmhouse in

The Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland is famous for being an entrance to the Jungfrau and for having 72 magnificent waterfalls, which inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's Elven valley of Rivendell [📹 Tom Durrer] Original post

Part of my pocketable buildings series - 8 Palace Street in Canterbury has origins in the C13th. It was possibly a house for the rector of St. Alphege's Church nearby.

The gorgeous 14th century south porch of the Church of St. Mary in Ashwell, Hertfordshire 💕

Odda, Norway 🇳🇴

To Salford Cathedral!

Street art in Milan Original post

My morning wander starts in Manchester Cathedral, one of the best of the medieval collegiate churches later given Cathedral status, I think.

The Natural History Museum in London is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items. Being a striking examples of Romanesque architecture, it is sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature: this is its central hall. Original post

The Fuller Brooch, late AD 800s. The information board said ‘This large Anglo-Saxon silver brooch perhaps belonged to a high-ranking churchman, or even a nobleman from the court of King Alfred the Great (AD 871-899). Seen in the British Museum in early September. #SaxonSunday

St George's Chapel, Windsor- imagine designing this and not living to see it finished. Bad luck Henry Janyns- absolute masterpiece. Bravo.

Dave Brubeck’s 1960’s Connecticut home was as cool as his music.

The Kelpies are a pair of monumental steel horse-heads between the Scottish towns of Falkirk and Grangemouth.

A Roman water boiler from the 1st century BCE that was discovered at Villa Della Pisanella in Boscoreale, Italy. It is one of the rarest examples to survive with its complete system of pipes and fittings intact. Original post

This ICBC bank located on Calle Florida in Buenos Aires, Argentina, features a 4-tonne bronze door. Crafted in England in 1924, it sinks completely into the ground every morning at 10 AM to open. TT: @elianagimenez48

Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider 1939 by Touring. - source Amazing Classic Cars.

#Sculptural detail, tombstone, #cemetery, from #LaBic, #Quebec

Ancient Yemen Limestone Funerary Stele, c. 2nd Century B.C. – 2nd Century A.D. www.reddit.com/r/AncientCiv...

#MosaicMonday Mosaic of the capture of Europa, found in a #Roman villa at Torre tre Teste, on a road from Rome to Paestum (Palestrina), Italy - 1st/2nd century AD - Ny Carlsberg, Copenhagen. #ancient #artwork #art #History

A close-up view of the ancient statue of Ramses II inside the museum in Egypt. Original post

Shirazeh Houshiary - East Window, St Martin-in-the-Fields Church (Trafalgar Square, London) (2011) mymodernmet.com/shirazeh-hou... www.shirazehhoushiary.com/site-specifi...

Moroccan "Igudar" granaries, dating back to the 1400s, are considered among the world's oldest banking systems. They served as communal storage for grains, valuables, and documents, with each family assigned its own compartment overseen by a key holder known as the Amin. IG: @architectanddesign

Coronation of the Virgin by Hans Baldung Grien, as it appears installed above the high altar in the cathedral of Freiburg. Magnificent work from 1514.

The ‘Jewel of Antiquity’ - a stone fragment from Balmuildy Roman Fort that names Urbicus as Governor of Britain, and in doing so identifies and dates the Antonine Wall. Part of the collections at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow 📸 My own #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanScotland

Art with a Thousand Bottle Caps: The Technique That Turned Trash into Mosaic

A calming and serene sunrise this morning here in Glastonbury. Photograph taken from Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels.

An early C15 St Christopher spears the Dragon whilst the princess/maiden looks on at Broughton, Milton Keynes, Bucks. George had lost his head due to a roofing alteration.

Photo Theme Month UK HISTORIC PUB CRAWL 2026 The Blackfriar, City of London A stunning 1800s pub that features sculptures, mosaics, and wooden reliefs of the area’s former black friars on the walls. Comforting and more than a smidge eerie at the same time #Photography #Travelphotography #Pubs #UK

Inside the #Cathedral of Our Lady in #Freiburg, one of the #top5 #churches in #Germany. Find out more at stephentravels.com/top5/churche... ⛪️✝️

Simon Bull beat stage two colon cancer and turned to bold acrylic pours, dripped paint, and hand-printed monotypes finished with gold leaf.

The nave of St. Magnus Cathedral at Kirkwall in Orkney, with its solid 12th century sandstone piers which mirror those of Durham Cathedral. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #StMagus #KirkwallCathedral

Sunset at Stonehenge

A Times Square packed with 300,000 daily commuters, rebuilt one keystroke at a time. No pixels, just typewriter letters standing in for light and shadow.

Absolutely stunning sky at sunset tonight in Glastonbury. 💜🩷

The Sacra di San Michele is located in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy. Its construction started in the XI century and was completed in the XIII century Located atop a rocky crag base, it towers above the Susa valley [📹 cittaborghiluoghiditalia] Original post