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thebookstand:

Williamsburg, Virginia
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bauzeitgeist:

An aerial view of Cotonou, Benin, c. 1970
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u-w:

Mason tracing a template / Stuttgart (1477)
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Nicosia, Famagusta and Larnaca (?) as depicted on a map of Cyprus dated 1629.
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mythologyofblue:

“Perhaps she guessed her own destiny. That happens.”
-Carlos Fuentes, ‘A Family Like Any Other’
Image: Gerard David, Virgin and Child with Saints (detail), 1509 
[quote via; image via]
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Depiction of a tournament in  the Codex Manesse (c. 1304-1340)
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archimaps:

The pavilion of Maritime Messengers at the World’s Fair in 1900, Paris
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c0ssette:

Saint Augustin,1645-1650 -detail- Philippe de Champaigne.
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neitherlandish:

Chartres Cathedral, Noah Window; detail; People drown as the Flood rises, 13th c.
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firsttimeuser:

Ruins of Roman Capitol of Dougga. Tunisia, 1920s
Lehnert & Landrock
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u-w:

Piero di Cosimo / Costruzione di un palazzo (1520)
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