Showing posts with label medieval. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medieval. Show all posts

31 July 2015

Medieval street in Bern, Switzerland


Bern is the capital city of Switzerland. The old part of the city is really amazing, packed with well preserved medieval buildings, like in the photograph above. Basically is like traveling in time a few hundred years ago!


13 June 2013

Old Palace in Florence, Italy

Tower of Palazzo Vecchio
This is the tower of famous Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace) locate din Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy. The building is a massive, Romanesque architectural work and it is now the town hall of Florence.

5 April 2013

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral

 
Saint Finbarr cathedral, Cork city
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, (Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarra) is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Cork city, Ireland. Begun in 1863, the cathedral was the first major work of the Victorian architect William Burges. Building work took seven years before Divine Service was held in the catherdral in 1870. Building, carving and decoration continued into the 20th century, long after Burges's death in 1881.