Baroque architecture

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Baldachin, St. Peter's, Vatican City, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1624–33

Pszczyna: palace

Prague: St. Nicholas Church

Visit St. Paul's Church in Antwerp, Belgium

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's House, Weimar,Germany; photocrom print published between 1890-1900.

5 Historically Significant Houses in Germany

Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

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The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)

11 Banned Books Through Time

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000

14 Tough Questions Answered

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?

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Baldachin, St. Peter's, Vatican City, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1624–33

Pszczyna: palace

Prague: St. Nicholas Church

Visit St. Paul's Church in Antwerp, Belgium

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Western architecture architecture Baroque art and architecture Latin American architecture Egyptian art and architecture Japanese architecture Chinese architecture African architecture green architecture Korean architecture order Functionalism Pritzker Prize

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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

Architecture: The Built World