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A door knocker from Florence, Italy, crafted around the Renaissance.
Art Nouveau in all its glory: the George Fouquet jewellery shop in Paris, France, designed in 1901 by Mucha.
There is something truly magical about the Art Nouveau movement. 📸The famous Lavirotte Building in Paris, France, designed by architect Jules Lavirotte and built between 1899 and 1901.
Streetlamp in front of the Modernist housing, "Casa Cama i Escurra" in Barcelona, Spain.
Early 20th-century cash register. Somehow I don't think there is enough space in the dollars / cents section if you were to use it today.
The Duomo di Milano took nearly 600 years to complete ... proof that masterpieces aren't rushed.
The "Bridge of Sighs" might be a romantic hotspot today, but it originally connected the interrogation rooms of the Doge's Palace to the prison; its name comes from the idea that prisoners sighed at their last view of the beautiful Venice cityscape through the barred windows.
This lock, made in 1911, actually tells the story of the fairy tale, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
Renaissance Gothic vibes run deep in Florence, Italy. Just knock on this door in the Palazzo Pandolfini.
The "Grotto" room within the Palazzo Corsini in Florence, Italy, which opened in 1656. Bring Baroque Back.
A lovely little fireplace in La Torre Avoltore, a 16th-century Spanish watchtower on the Tuscan coast.
An 18th-century bookshelf in the Abbey of Waldsassen in Bavaria, Germany.
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." – Pablo Picasso
