Wonderful places with great Architecture

Saptakoteshwar temple at Narve in Goa, India

The Saptakoteshwar temple at Narve in Goa, India, is considered to be one of the six great sites of temples of Shiva in the Konkan area. With its shallow Moghul dome mounted on an octagonal drum sloping tiled roofs, European style Mandapa, or assembly hall and tall lamp tower or Deepastamba, the temple is situated in an archaeologically important area. The surroundings of the temple are tinged with several Brahminical laterite and stone caves.

Monastery of Geghard

Geghard is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status. The monastery contains a number of churches and tombs, unique for the fact that many are cut directly into the mountain rock face.

Geghard monastery

Villa Farnese, Italy

Villa Farnese, a 16th century pentagonal Renaissance mansion built on the fortress foundations in the town of Caprarola, Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy. It is a massive Renaissance and Mannerist construction, opening to the Monte Cimini, a range of densely wooded volcanic hills. It is built on a five-sided plan in reddish-gold stone; buttresses support the upper floors. As a centerpiece of the vast Farnese holdings, Caprarola was always an expression of Farnese power, rather than a villa in the more usual agricultural or pleasure senses.

Beauport Abbey

Built at the start of the 13th century, the coastal abbey of Beauport is located in the village of Kérity, in the municipality of Paimpol, Côtes-d’Armor. Facing the sea in an unspoilt natural environment, the monastery complex is a listed Historic Monument and its site is protected by the French Coastal Protection Agency.

Beauport Abbey

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St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania

Perhaps the craziest brickwork ever done – Late 15th century Brick Gothic church of St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was built using 33 different kinds of clay bricks and painted in red.

St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania

St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania

The Eschif in Périgueux, France

It’s almost 700 years old and has spent each of those years balanced on a narrow corbelled wall. The Eschif in Périgueux, France was a lookout for a toll bridge. It’s an oak timber frame building with wattle & daub infill built in 1347. The building is balanced on the narrow ramparts of Puy-Saint-Front (the medieval centre of Périgueux) supported on oak struts along its length.

The Eschif in Périgueux, France

Manasija Monastery, Despotovac, Serbia

Manasija Monastery, a Serbian Orthodox monastery established in early 15th century and surrounded by massive fortifications, Pomoravlje District, central Serbia.

Manasija-Monastery

Sanctuary of Madonna della Corona. Italy⠀

BUILT OVER 2,000 FEET ABOVE sea level into a vertical cliff face on Italy’s Mount Baldo in front of Valdadige. The Santuario Madonna della Corona (Sanctuary of the Lady of the Crown) looks as though it is nearly suspended in mid-air.

Sanctuary of Madonna della Corona. Italy

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Saint Michel d’Aiguilhe, Auvergne, France

Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe is a chapel in Aiguilhe, near Le Puy-en-Velay, France. The chapel is reached by 268 steps carved into the rock. It was built in 969 on a volcanic plug 85 metres (279 ft) high. The surface on top of the plug is 57 metres (187 ft) in diameter.

Saint Michel d'Aiguilhe

Villa Farnese, Italy

Villa Farnese, a 16th century pentagonal Renaissance mansion built on the fortress foundations in the town of Caprarola, Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy. It is a massive Renaissance and Mannerist construction, opening to the Monte Cimini, a range of densely wooded volcanic hills. It is built on a five-sided plan in reddish-gold stone; buttresses support the upper floors. As a centerpiece of the vast Farnese holdings, Caprarola was always an expression of Farnese power, rather than a villa in the more usual agricultural or pleasure senses.

Villa Farnese

Beauport Abbey

Built at the start of the 13th century, the coastal abbey of Beauport is located in the village of Kérity, in the municipality of Paimpol, Côtes-d’Armor. Facing the sea in an unspoilt natural environment, the monastery complex is a listed Historic Monument and its site is protected by the French Coastal Protection Agency.

Beauport Abbey

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St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania

Perhaps the craziest brickwork ever done – Late 15th century Brick Gothic church of St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was built using 33 different kinds of clay bricks and painted in red.

St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania

St. Anne in Vilnius, Lithuania

Leadenhall Market, London

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The Caryatid porch of the Erechtheion in Athens, Greece

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Antwerpen-Centraal railway station, Belgium

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