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Posted
October 6, 2019
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Germany
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Discovering Lübeck

Lübeck is a town in Northern Germany, once the significant capital of the Hanse, a union of merchants in the middle ages that dominated trade in the Baltic seas for many centuries. So, the city was also called the Queen of the Hanse, and its inhabitants used to be wealthy and influential. Many beautiful buildings, especially churches, were built in these blooming years. Lübeck is a beautiful and well-preserved historic inner town with a lot of water surrounding it, which makes for excellent perspectives. The photographs were shot in September 2019.

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Posted
September 8, 2019
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Denmark
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Ribe in Pictures

Ribe is regarded as one of the oldest towns in Denmark. A vital church was built here by the missionary Ansgar of Bremen in the 9th century, probably the first church in Scandinavia altogether. By then, the town was already well known as a port town and for its sophisticated craftsmen. Nowadays, Ribe is of middle size, but the church is still one of Denmark’s finest examples of sacral architecture, and the inner town is lively and colorful.

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Posted
September 1, 2019
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Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Of Castles and Bridges

The islands of Great Britain and Ireland are crammed with historical monuments from different time periods, reaching from pre-antiquity (Stonehenge) to the modern era (Shard in London). Many exciting sights though were built in medieval and early modern times (St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, picture 1 and Culzean Castle, Scotland, pictures 3, 5, and 7) or in the time of industrialization (Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England, picture 2, Menai Bridge, Wales, picture 4 and Britannia Bridge, Wales, picture 6). Some impressions.

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August 24, 2019
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United Kingdom
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A Tale of two Cathedrals

The cathedrals of Salisbury and Winchester are masterpieces of Gothic architecture in England. Usually, I don’t mix styles within one series of photographs, though for this one, I decided otherwise because some of these shots need the contrast and clarity of black and white while others demand color and light. As these buildings themselves offer stark contrasts to the modern world they are situated in today, so do these pictures with one another, highlighting different perspectives of this beautiful architecture.

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