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AngersCathedral Cities of France (1907)

“The French yearning to make everything new” has done its work in Angers, but through Fulk, Geoffrey, René, and the rest would be at a loss to recognise their old capital in the trim modern town, enou [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour

Places shown: Angers; Maine-et-Loire; France

Added: 2008-07-09

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BloisCathedral Cities of France (1907)

The spires of Blois cathedral are seen across the River Loire. “To most travellers in France the town of Blois is associated with a château rather than with a cathedral; it is oneof a group or towns k [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, rivers, water, cathedrals, spires, colour

Places shown: Blois; Loir-et-Cher; France

Added: 2006-09-16

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ChartresCathedral Cities of France (1907)

Chartres Cathedral, Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, “Cathedral of Our Lady in Chartres” was rebuilt in the 13th century after it was destroyed by lightning in 1194. “ “Chartres,” says Mr. Henry jam [...]

Keywords: cathedrals, cityscapes, views, colour, trees, water, sunsets, bridges

Places shown: Chartres; Eure-et-Loir; France

Added: 2006-06-29

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Church of St.Mary, Redcliffe(bg)Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Version cropped for use as a wallpaper (screen background for computer desktop)

Keywords: churches, spires, towers, trees, arches, windows, cityscapes, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Redcliffe; Bristol; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, BristolAncestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)

Admiral Sir William Pen (1621 – 70), son of Giles Penn of Redcliffe, was buried at St Mary Redcliffe Church. He was a squadron commander in Cromwell’s Navy. He received Pennsylvania as a land grant in [...]

Keywords: churches, spires, towers, trees, arches, windows, cityscapes, christmas, colour

Places shown: Redcliffe; Bristol; Gloucestershire; England

Added: 2004-06-30

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London Bridge in 1694London (1872)

The old London Bridge shown in this wonderfully emotive engraving was lined with houses all along, a remarkably unsafe construction that did not survive. The bridge [...] survives in its picturesque m [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, bridges, water, houses, people, boats, greyscale

Places shown: London; England

Added: 2011-09-11

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2271.—Oxford from the Abingdon Road.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“If in one of those magic freaks of which eastern tales are so full, a person who had never seen Oxford or Cambridge, nor paid much attention to aught he might have read about them, were set down just [...]

Keywords: views, people, cities, cityscapes, water, towers, greyscale

Places shown: Oxford; Oxfordshire; England

Added: 2006-03-18

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Polkerris, CornwallRound The Coast (1895)

This photograph was published in 1895, but could have been taken yesterday: the village does not seem to have changed much, and a modern photograph shows pretty much the same buildings. The fishing bo [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, villages, water, houses, boats, roofs, harbours, photographs, views, greyscale

Places shown: Polkerris; Cornwall; England

Added: 2025-09-11

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Poitiers.Cathedral Cities of France (1907)

Saint Pierre at Poitiers [...] certain characteristics it has which connect it with the Angevin style, but unlike most of the Angevin churches, it has aisles throughout. From the outside the appearan [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, paintings, art, cities, cathedrals, churches, roofs, sunsets, rivers, water, bridges, houses, wallpaper, backgrounds, colour

Places shown: Poitiers; Poitou-Charentes; France

Added: 2012-05-31

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Lake Como: The Waterfall of the FiumelatteIllustrirtes Familienbuch zur Unterhaltung & Belehrung häuslicher Kreise, V Band (1858)

The River Fiumelatte in Varenna in Italy, a town built on a steep slope and with a rapid river running through it. There are brdges, one of stone and one looking rather rickety of wood; there are hous [...]

Keywords: waterfalls, rivers, cities, towns, cityscapes, views, buildings, bridges, greyscale

Places shown: Varenna; Lecco; Lombardy; Italy

Added: 2021-02-21

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NazarethThe Land and the Book (1894)

Here we see a small Palestinian town with its white flat-roofed buildings, domes, and a mosque’s tower or minaret, nestled together amongst the hills. In the foreground a lady with a small child ridin [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, towns, villages, people, donkeys, xmas, christmas, religion, colour

Places shown: Nazareth; Palestine

Added: 2025-11-13

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Cairo, from the EastTravels Around the World (1873)

We see spread before us as far as the eye can see a city of dense buildings, mostly low, perhaps one to five storeys, but with towers, domes, minarets interspersed, and in the foreground a ruined towe [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, views, cities, buildings, domes, towers, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Cairo; Egypt

Added: 2025-09-04

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JaffaTravels Around the World (1873)

(p. 626). Historians belive that Jaffa is the only port in the world which can boast uninterrupted inhabitation throughout its entire existence. The Canaanites founded the city in the 18th Century BC [...]

Keywords: cities, water, boats, cityscapes, waves, colour

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2004-02-17

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JaffaTravels Around the World (1873)

A version of the Jaffa picture cut down so you can use it as a desktop image (wallpaper, as Windows people say).

Keywords: cities, water, boats, backgrounds, wallpaper, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: Palestine

Added: 2004-03-15

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Pool of HezekiahTravels Around the World (1873)

The engraving is signed in the bottom left corner Meeder Chubb, which I take to be Philip Meeder and F. Y. Chubb. Tradition links this pool (also called the Pool of Siloam) with the work mentioned in [...]

Keywords: cities, boats, temples, cityscapes, views, greyscale

Places shown: Jerusalem; Israel

Added: 2005-03-04

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BethlehemThe Land and the Book (1894)

In the foregrouns are two men, ora man and a boy herding goats. But behind them rise hills and the small ancient town of Bethlehem , with its square buildings and its temple. The houes in ancient Pale [...]

Keywords: villages, views, cityscapes, people, shepherds, animals, goats, spirit, stone houses, hills, xmas, christmas, religion, colour

Places shown: Bethlehem; Palestine

Added: 2021-01-11

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The City of London Seen from the National Liberal ClubThe British Isles (1905)

From the Painting by charled W. Wyllie. This painting of the London cityscape uses pastel colours, light and perspective to convey distance and, at the same time, the greatness of the cathedral, with [...]

Keywords: views, cityscapes, rivers, cathedrals, cities, bridges, colour

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2014-09-27

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York Minster from the WallsThe British Isles (1905)

“It is almost impossible for a Yorkshireman to write of York in anything but the language of enthusiasm. To him York is what Rome is to the Roman, Paris to the Parisian, Jerusalem to the Jew. London a [...]

Keywords: cities, views, walls, roman remains, churches, cathedrals, abbeys, towers, cityscapes, greyscale

Places shown: York; Yorkshire; England

Added: 2006-01-02

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