One of the most picturesque features in old Flemish cities is their belfries and their noble Hôtels de Ville.
The Belfry at Bruges stands in the Grande Place in the centre of Bruges, Belgium.
Tag: Grand Tour
The Grand Tour, also known as the Cavaliers’ Tour, was the name given to an obligatory journey undertaken since the Renaissance by the sons of the European nobility, later also by the upper middle classes, through Central Europe, Italy, Spain and also to the Holy Land. In England in particular, the Grand Tour found rich literary expression in the 18th century.
Alpine scenery, a glacier! The Mer de Glace, Chamouni, Savoy.
Alpine scenery, Mer de Glace! – one of the most strange and beautiful of all the wonderful spectacles of Nature.
Alhambra, court of the Lions. Unique specimen of Moorish architecture.
The court of the Lions surrounded by porticoes, halls, and chambers, supported by light and slender pillars of white marble.
Oriental street in the Egyptian capital Cairo with the Al Azhar Mosque.
Cairo is considered the best school of ‘Arabic literature; and there is no other place in which we can obtain such a complete knowledge of the Arabs.
The Bridge of Sighs as the centre of the Byronic idea of Venice.
No other city is so fascinating to the imagination, so rich in associations, or so picturesque, as Venice.
The Ice Cavern, or natural grotto of the Alpine world.
The Ice Cavern one of the most charming natural phenomena of the Alpine world.
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, Egypt.
The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx at Gizeh, the most remarkable figure of its kind.
View of the Via Mala. Road and view of the Trou Perdu in Switzerland.
View of the Via Mala. Road and view of the Trou Perdu, a gallery carved into the rock.
The ancient ruins of the Villa of Maecenas in Tivoli, Italy.
Tivoli, the ancient Tibur, whose charms are celebrated by Horace, Ovid, and Catullus, is of Grecian origin, and was, probably, of no little celebrity five hundred years before the foundation of Rome.
The Roman Pantheon, a temple to all the Gods. Ancient architecture.
The Roman Pantheon, a temple for all the gods, is one of the most perfect examples of ancient architecture in its magnificent simplicity.