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The Triumphal Monument, now known as Heidentor, was built as a four-gate arched monument (Latin: Quadrifrons, Greek: Tetrapylon) on massive pillars over a square base with a side length of 14.5 m. The overall height of the building can also be reconstruct…

The gate was originally a so-called quadrifrons, a building with four pillars and four arches. In the center of the Heidentor there is still a massive round base on which there was probably a statue of the emperor in ancient ti…

Holotype of the ornithopod dinosaur Iguanodon bernissartensis found in Belgium by the end of 19th century

The iconography of the Maria Lactans, depicting Mary breastfeeding the infant Jesus, was one of the most popular representations of Mary in Christian art. The sculptor Brioloto approached the theme with a characteristic detachment for his time: the figure…

Inner chest of anonymous lady ; Painted on stucco (plaster) ; Third Intermediate Period, 21st dynasty (c. 1069-945 BCE) ; Second cachet of Deir el-Bahari (Bab el-Gasous); The inscription at the foot of this casket states that the deceased was a singer of …

The Madara Rider is a large early medieval rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria, near the village of Madara. The monument is dated to the very early 8th century. The monument was listed as a UNESCO World Heritag…

The ruins of Momjan castle are located on an isolated cliff above the valley of the Argila River, in the northwest of the Istrian peninsula. The tower with a square floor plan, perimeter walls and remains of the drawbridge system combined with the dominan…

Το μεσαιωνικό κάστρο της Πάφου, γνωστό και ως "κάστρο του λιμανιού της Πάφου", βρίσκεται στη δυτική πλευρά του λιμανιού της Κάτω Πάφου. Η σημερινή κατάσταση του κάστρου είναι το αποτέλεσμα πολλών ανακατασκευών κατά τη διάρκεια των ετών, κάθε μί…

Η τοποθεσία «Χοιροκοιτία Βουνί» ανακαλύφθηκε το 1934 από τον Πορφύριο Δίκαιο, ο οποίος, εκ μέρους του Τμήματος Αρχαιοτήτων Κύπρου, πραγματοποίησε έξι επιτόπιες εκστρατείες μεταξύ 1936 και 1946. Η εξερεύνηση του χώρου ξεκίνησε ξανά το 1977 από γαλλική αποσ…

With mouth and eyes wide open, the mermaid meets the world with a scream. She speaks directly to us about basic, vital instincts. About zest for life and inner strength which runs through the works of Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. But also about despair and lo…

The observatory was built at the highest point of Toome Hill, based on the designs by Johann Wilhelm Krause. The building was completed in 1810. It was one of the first observatories in Europe designed specifically with scientific observation in mind. Its…

La « Dame de Brassempouy » ou « Dame à la capuche » est une des plus célèbres œuvres d’art paléolithiques. Sans être un portrait fidèle, elle nous donne une image étonnamment moderne et émouvante de la femme préhistorique. La « Dame à la capuche » est déc…

Until its destruction in 1938, the Great Synagogue of Erfurt was the center of a large Jewish community in that city. With its Arabic elements, the temple’s neo-Moorish style radiated an aura of self-confidence. Visible far and wide, the dome with a tower…

The Old Synagogue in Wiesbaden was the largest synagogue in the city. It was built in the years 1863-69 (architect Philipp Hoffmann, 1806-1889) and was set on fire and destroyed on November 10, 1938 during the Reichspogromnacht. The synagogue was located …

The North Cross is a National Monuments in State care (National Monument No. 124 / SMR No.TS079-007002-) and is in the ownership of the Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform (DHLGH). The North Cross is 3.65m high.…

Ο Ναός του Απόλλωνα ήταν το σημαντικότερο μνημείο του ιερού του Απόλλωνα στους Δελφούς. Στο ναό στεγάζονταν τα αγάλματα και τα αφιερώματα προς το θεό και τελούνταν ορισμένες από τις ιεροτελεστίες που είχαν σχέση με τη λατρεία, η σπουδαιότερη από τις οποίε…

Colossal statue standing on a base, in white Pentelic marble, found in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, in the passageway between the frigidarium and the north-western gymnasium. The statue depicts Hercules naked, mature and bearded, with turgid muscles. H…

The Freedom Monument (located in the centre of Riga) is an outstanding example of the synthesis of sculpture and architecture and the most important symbol of the independence and freedom of the Latvian state and Latvian people, built with popular donatio…

An 18th-century building that stood on the Arvistava estate in Kėdainiai district and was restored in 2010 in the Lithuanian Folk Life Museum. According to the date of construction of the Arvistava (Aristava) Palace (around 1700), …

Fortifications of the city of Luxembourg. Western front. The redoubt was build in 1672-1673 and named after General Louvigny of the Spanish Habsbourg army who engineered the strengthening of the city's defenses in the wake of Louis XIV's European …

The fortified town of the Ċittadella stands in the geographical centre of Gozo, Malta's sister island. It is built on a natural flat-topped hill, with the town of Victoria, also known as Rabat, sprawling at the foot of the hill…

This ship's globe was found in attic of the sacristy – the priests’ dressing room in Utrecht cathedral. The globe depicts the eight-month voyage in 1731 of the VOC ship Berkenroode from Batavia (now Jakarta) to Texel, where trade and warships were anc…

The Complex of the collegiate church of St. Martin the Bishop of Tours in Opatów is one of the most valuable monuments of Romanesque architecture and one of the best-preserved, 12th-century basilicas in Poland. It houses valuable examples of art from the …

Krzysztof Szydłowiecki (1466-1532) was one of the most powerful magnates of his time. He was The Great Chancellor of the Crown and Castellan of Sandomierz and Cracow. Because he was the owner of Opatów, he made the collegiate church situated in this town …

Buildt on the edge of Bucharest in 1905, the villa was initially intended as a restful retreat for its owner, prof. dr. Nicolae Minovici, a prominent figure in early 20th-century Romanian medicine. However, in 1906, the building underwent a significant tr…

The tower was built in the mid 15th century during extensive construction works of the princely court carried out by the rulers Vlad Dracul (1436-1442, 1443-1447) and later, by his son, Vlad the Impaler (1448, 1456-1462, 1476), also known as Dracula/Drăcu…

Rotunda - a late Romanesque brick rotunda with an inner apse from the second quarter of the 13th century. A preserved Romanesque building with a minimum of later construction modifications and one of the most important monuments of this period in Slovakia…

WHEEL WITH AN AXLE While taking wood samples in one of the drainage ditches at the Stare Gmajne pile dwelling near Vrhnika in 2002, archaeologists discovered two logboats and a wooden wheel with an axle, belonging to a two-wheel cart. The wheel is com¬pos…

The National and University Library (NUK) is the Slovenian national library, the central state library and the university library of the University of Ljubljana. It collects, documents, preserves and archives the written cultural and scientific heritage o…

A cylindrical casket commissioned by Alhaquen II for a favourite, as indicated in the inscription. It is cylindrical and has a conical lid that hinges and closes with a hinge and a nielloed silver clasp. The entire surface of the piece is covered with ata…

The stone was part of a large assemblage of ancient monuments called ‘Daggängsmonumentet’ that seems to have been a cult place. Tall stone with 6 horizontal figurative image fields, separated by horizontal borders and framed by a regular braided ribbon pa…

The Zekate House, also known as Kulla e Zekateve, is a historical mansion located in the city of Gjirokastër, Albania. It is renowned for its distinctive Ottoman architecture and its well-preserved interior, offering visitors a glimpse into the lifestyle …

The heritage asset is located in the Villa Louvigny. The “Grand Auditoire” was inaugurated on May 18, 1953 to broadcast concerts and serve as a rehearsal space for the RTL Symphony Orchestra (founded in 1933). Villa Louvigny housed the former headquarters…

The National Palace of Mafra stands as an exemplary masterpiece of Portuguese Baroque architecture, designed by the architect and goldsmith João Frederico Ludovice. Commissioned by King D. João V in 1711 to fulfill a vow for the birth of his firstborn son…

The Lambousa Fishing Trawler is considered a unique historical fishing boat of modern Cyprus culture with rich activity in the eastern Mediterranean waters. It was originally named "Omonoia", and built at Perama, Piraeus in 1955 by Dimitrios Zac…

content description: The original pulpit of the Petäjävesi Old Church, inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List since 1994, was finished at the same time as the church itself in 1763-1765. The church was built and carved by local land-owning peasants, and …

content description: The Petäjävesi Old Church is a wooden church from Petäjävesi, Central Finland, and it was designed and constructed by master builder Jaakko Klemetinpoika Leppänen. The church was built by local land-owning peasants between 1763 and 17…