Old Architecture

[image] Very Parisian

[image] 🇬🇧 The Chapel of the Catherine Palace viewed through the ironwork of its Golden Gate 📷 Aleksandr Pashenichev 🇷🇺 Вид на церковь Екатерининского дворца сквозь решётку Золотых ворот

[image] Bits of old newspapers still cling to the walls of a farmhouse, once commonly used as insulation. North Carolina📍

[image] Make Baroque great again. Now. Sofort. Agora. Ahorita.

[image] London should return to this

[image] This is Late Gothic with Flamboyant! Flying buttresses visible up close. Openwork tracery on every spire. Marble from Candoglia quarries. The rooftop terrace of Milan Cathedral. 📸:Abs

[image] Rainaldo combined Roman, Byzantine and Islamic geometric knowledge together in this facade. — Mathematics turned into sacred architecture. (Duomo di Pisa, 2025. Photo: 📸:Abs)

[image] French Renaissance elegance! This 1848 lithograph showcases the beauty of the Hôtel de Ville de Beaugency. Completed in 1528 by master mason Jean d'Escoubleau, the building is a refined example of the early French Renaissance. Luckily, it remains the active Town Hall of Beaugency

[image] After the Reformation, Catholic architecture emphasized overwhelming beauty. “The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold.” (Revelation 21:18) Jewels, marble, gilding, color. — Baroque art adopted the same vocabulary to suggest eternity. 📸:Abs