- Brügge / Bruges, Belgium: well preserved Medieval city. Some say Brügge is the
best, others say Krakow is the best, I say, see both.
- Krakow, Poland: well preserved Medieval city
- Sergijev, ex. Zagorsk, Russia: monastery, 15th century
- Moscow Metro: stations of the inner ring decorated with
marble, ca 1950, photo
- Sian / Xian, China: huge square shaped city wall with moat
- Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Beatiful
preserved medieval city. It was however heavily bombed during WWII, burning lots of houses which
later had to be reconstructed. Photo
- - Gent, Belgium: well preserved medieval city
- - Verona, Italy: Medieval city with Roman theatre & the
world's oldest still existing library from 5th c AD, photo
Roman gate. There used to be an even older library, the famous library in Alexandria, but it was burned.
- - Lascaux, France: cave, Stone Age paintings ca 40 000 BC (?), discovered in 1940
- - Bologna, Italy: high towers from 12th century
- Pisa, Italy: leaning tower & cathedral, 12th century,
photo
- - Kappadokia, Turkey: cave cities
- -
Gonbad-e-Kavus (Gumbad-i-Quabus), Gonbad, Iran: remarkable brick tower
built 1006-1007 AD.
- - Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Timur Lenk's mausoleum, 15th century, etc,
photo of Registan Square
- - Fathepur Sikri, near Agra, India: deserted temple city, 16th century,
photo of throne
- - Taj Mahal, Agra, India: mausoleum, 17th century,
photo
- Panoramas. A special sight are the realistic panoramas that were built during the 19th century
before cinema was invented. I have visited panoramas in Moscow (Borodinskaya bitva / Borodino
battle), Luzern (Bourbaki), Stockholm (Biological Museum), and Scheveningen (in Holland). If you
know about other panoramas, send me a mail.
Per Åkesson 1994, revised
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