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05/07/2016

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Lascaux Cave

 

near village of Montignac

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Gobekli Tepe

 

near Urfa in Turkey

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Catal Huyuk

 

Anatolia, Turkey

 

(cattle turkey)

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Skara Brae

 

Orkney Islands, Scotland

 

(Dalek's Skaro)

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Silbury Hill

 

near Avebury in Whiltshire, England

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Stonehenge

 

Salibury Plain, England

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Newgrange

 

Boyne Valley in Meath, Ireland

 

(so green!)

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Hal Tarxien

 

Tarxien, Malta

 

(tar malta)

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Mnajdra

 

Malta

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Tomb of Shi Huangdi

 

Xi'an, China

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Great Wall of China

 

Qin Shi Huang

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Mohenjo-Daro

 

Indus Valley in Sindh, Pakistan

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Harrapa

 

Indus Valley in Punjab, Pakistan

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Temple in Uruk

 

Sargon the Great of Akkad

 

Ur, Iraq

 

(sir gone)

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Ishtar Gate

 

King Nebuchadnezzar

 

City of Babylon, Iraq

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Babylon

 

King Nebuchadnezzar

 

Iraq

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Nabta Playa

 

Nubian Desert, Egypt

 

(play in desert)

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Saqqara

 

Imhotep and Djoser

 

Memphis, Egypt

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Abydos

 

ancient capital of Upper Egypt

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[image]
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Bent Pyramid

 

Sneferu

 

Dashur, Egypt

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[image]
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Red Pyramid

 

Sneferu

 

Dashur, Egypt

 

(sniffing while experimenting)

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[image]
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Pyramids at Giza

 

Khufu, Khafre, Menkaure and Imhotep

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Temple tomb of Hatshepsut

 

Senmut

 

Deir el Bahari, Egypt

 

(sin  ba-whore)

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Temple of Karnak

 

Senusret

 

Luxor, Egypt

 

(craned neck)

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Temple of Luxor

 

Amenhotep III

 

Luxor, Egypt

 

(luxurious path with canopy)

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Temple of Horus

 

Imhotep

 

Edfu, Egypt

 

(Horus carvings next to gate)

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Temple of Hathor

 

Dendera, Egypt

 

(done did that   unexpected site in Egypt)

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Abu Simbel (Temples of Rameses II and Nefertari)

 

Rameses II

 

Nubia, Egypt

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Knossos

 

Knossos, Crete

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Mycenae

 

Mycenae, Greece

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Troy

 

Anatolia, Turkey

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Delphi

 

Phocis, Greece

 

(Delphi oracle     focus)

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Paestum

 

Salerno, Greece

 

(pizza-pie some   Salerno pizza)

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Acropolis of Athens

 

Pericles

 

Athens, Greece

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Temple of Athena Nike (Victory)

 

Callicrates

 

Athens, Greece

 

(token temple for victory)

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Propylaea

 

Mnesikles

 

Athens, Greece

 

(look at all this mess)

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Erectheion

 

Mnesikles

 

Athens, Greece

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Parthenon

 

Phidias, Callicrates, Ictinus

 

Athens, Greece

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Tower of the Winds

 

Andronicus

 

Athens, Greece

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Temple of Poseidon, Sounion

 

Cape Sounion, Atticus, Greece

 

(by the water)

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Library of Celsus

 

Gaius Julius Aquila

 

Ephesus, Anatolia

 

(two story library)

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Market Gate of Miletus

 

Hippodamus

 

Miletus, Turkey

 

(bringing a hippo to market)

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Didyma

 

Miletus, Ionia/Turkey

 

(did a ma (mom) in Turkey)

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Temple of Apollo

 

Iktinos

 

Bassae, Greece 

 

(so passe)

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Temple of Artemis

 

Chersiphron, Metagenes

 

Ephesus, Turkey

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Ara Pacis

 

Augustus

 

Rome, Italy

 

(Augustus a benevolent emperor   Era of Peace)

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Temple of Fortuna Primagenia

 

Palestina, Italy

 

(prime fortune)

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Pont du Gard Aqueduct

 

Henri Pilot

 

Nimes, France

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Colosseum

 

Vespasian, Titus

 

Rome, Italy

 

(titan)

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Golden House of Nero (Domus aurea)

 

Nero and Fabulous

 

Rome, Italy

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Trajan's Forum

 

Apollodorus of Damascus

 

Rome, Italy

 

(Trajan Apollo)

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Trajan's Market

 

Apollodorus of Damascus

 

Rome, Italy

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Pantheon

 

Marcus Agrippa, Hadrian

 

Rome, Italy

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Baths of Caracalla

 

Septimius Severus

 

Rome, Italy

 

(Caracalla was his wife)

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Villa Adriana (Hadrian's Villa)

 

Hadrian 

 

Tivoli, Italy

 

(t' (the) villa)

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Altar of Zeus

 

Pergamon, Greece

 

(pergatory)

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Palace of Diocletian

 

Diocletian

 

Split, Croatia

 

(bi-ocletian)

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San Vitale

 

Ravenna, Italy

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Basilica in Trier

 

Constantine I

 

Trier, Germany

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre

 

Constantine I

 

Jersusalem, Israel/Palestine

 

(supple nipple - very bad lmao)

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Hagia Sophia

 

Anthemius and Isidore

 

Constantinople, Turkey

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St. Mark's Cathedral

 

Domenico and Contarini

 

Venice, Italy

 

(Mark the herald angels sing    Dominato(r))

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[image]
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Hagia Eirene

 

Constantine I

 

Istanbul, Turkey

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St. Sergius and Bacchus

 

Justinian

 

Istanbul, Turkey

 

(elegant because they're gay)

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[image]
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Gur Emir (Tamerlane mausoleum)

 

Tamarlane

 

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

 

(Grrrr)

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[image]
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Blue Mosque

 

Masar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan

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Divrigi Great Mosque and Hospital

 

Sivas, Turkey

 

(diverge   save us!)

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Ince Minareli Medrese

 

Konya, Turkey

 

(little minaret)

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Topkapi Palace

 

Mimar Sinan

 

Istanbul, Turkey

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Suleymaniye Mosque

(Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificient)

 

Mimar Sinan

 

Istanbul, Turkey

 

(silly man has not enough minarets)

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Achaemenid Palace

 

Darius the Great

 

Susa, Iran

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[image]
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Apadana

 

Darius the Great

 

Persepolis, Iran

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[image]
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Buland Darwasa

 

Akbar

 

Fathepur Sikri, Persia

 

(blonde door)

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[image]
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Diwan-I-Khass

 

Fathepur Sikri, Persia

Delhi, India

 

(I da one! *fist pump*)

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Panch Mahal

 

Fathepur Sikri, Persia

 

(punch ma' hole)

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[image]
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Taj Mahal

 

Shah Jahan

 

Agra, India

 

(Agraba like in Aladdin)

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[image]
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Tik'al

 

Guatamala

 

(tiki)

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Palenque

 

Mexico

 

(plank here and plank there)

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[image]
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Uxmal

 

Yucatan/Mexico

 

(yeesh that's small)

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[image]
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Chichen Itza

 

Yucatan, Mexico

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[image]
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Sacsayhuaman

 

Cusco, Peru

 

(sexy human that's Kuzco)

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[image]
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Machu Picchu

 

Cusco, Peru

 

(Kuzco's hilltop palace)

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[image]
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Great Mosque of Damascus

 

Damascus, Syria

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[image]
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Great Mosque of Cordoba

 

Cordoba, Spain

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[image]
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Alhambra Palace

 

Granada, Spain

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[image]
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Samarra Mosque

 

Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil

 

Samarra, Iraq

 

(some more please    looks like a tiered cake)

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[image]
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Ukaider Palace

 

Abbasid caliph Isa ibn Musa

 

Karbala, Iraq

 

(you hide her in Ira)

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[image]
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Great Mosque Kairouan

 

Uqba ibn Nafi

 

Kairouan, Tunisia

 

(Cairo inn)

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Dome of the Rock

 

Raja ibn Haywah, Yazid ibn Salam

 

Jerusalem, Israel/Pakistan

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[image]
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Beit Suhaimi

 

Abdel Wahab el Tablawy

 

Cairo, Egypt

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[image]
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Complex of Sultan Qalawun

 

Al-Mansir Qalawun

 

Cairo, Egypt

 

(hella won in Cairo)

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[image]
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Sanchi

 

Ashoka the Great

 

Sanchi, India

 

(chi energy from torii gate       pile of ashes)

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Bagan

 

Myanmar

 

(bag of temples    mine and more)

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Mogao Caves

 

Dunhuang, China

 

 

(gouge)

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[image]
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Borobudur

 

Gunadharma

 

Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

 

(imagine white girl in Indonesia)

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[image]
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Horiyu-ji

 

Shotoku

 

Nara, Japan

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[image]
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Todai-ji

 

Emperor Shomu

 

Nara, Japan

 

(to die never (nara))

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Ryoan-ji

 

Hosokawa Katsumoto

 

Kyoto, Japan

 

(row your boat down the stream)

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[image]
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Kinkaku-ji

 

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

 

Kyoto, Japan

 

(kinky     gold)

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[image]
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Ise Shrine

 

Mie, Japan

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[image]
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Katsura Rikyu

 

Hachijo Toshihito

 

Kyoto, Japan

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[image]
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Shishendo

 

Jozan Ishikawa

 

Kyoto, Japan

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[image]
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Canigou Monastery

 

Guifred

 

Casteil, France

 

(can egg you     Castiel the angel)

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Palatine Chapel

 

Odo of Metz

 

Aachen, Germany

 

(Hodor    Hitler sneezing)

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Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

 

Alfonso III

 

Galicia, Spain

 

(Santiago and her homeboy Alfonso)

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St. Foy

 

Conques, France

 

(fool    dunce cap    easy conquest)

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St. Philibert

 

Tournous, France

 

(lil bear)

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Cathedral of St. Denis

 

Abbot Suger

 

Saint Denis, France

 

(one-legged Denise)

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Definition

Notre Dame de Laon

 

Picardy, France

 

(lay on Capt Picard)

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[image]
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Notre Dame de Paris

 

Paris, France

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Chartres Cathedral

 

Chartres, France

 

(shards)

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[image]
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Amiens Cathedral

 

Fouilly

 

Amiens, France

 

(make amends    uneven balance    folly)

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[image]
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Mont St. Michel

 

Aubert of Avanches

 

Brittany, Normandy, France

 

(Michel is normal has advantages)

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Canterbury Cathedral

 

William of Sens, William the Englishman

 

Canterbury, Kent, England

 

(can't bury William)

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Durham Cathedral

 

Durham, England

 

(dur dur dur     primitive)

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Salisbury Cathedral

 

Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

 

(perpendicular)

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[image]
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Lincoln Cathedral

 

Lincolnshire, England

 

(tall stovepipe hat)

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Westminster Abbey

 

London, England

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Palazzo Vecchio

 

Arnolfo di Cambio, Tore d'Arnolfo

 

Florence, Italy

 

(Vicky yo from New Jersey and homeboy Arnolfo)

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[image]
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Giotto's Campanile at the Florence Cathedral

 

Giotto

 

Florence, Italy

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Baptistery of the Florence Cathedral

 

Lorenzo Ghiberti

 

Florence, Italy

 

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[image]
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Baptistery doors of the Florence Cathedral

 

Lorenzo Ghiberti

 

Florence, Italy

 

(give birth   doors=womb)

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[image]
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Santa Maria della Fiore "Il Duomo"

 

Brunelleschi

 

Florence, Italy

 

(ruin Maria with bruises)

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[image]
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Palazzo Pitti

 

Brunelleschi, Giorgio Vasari

 

Florence, Italy

 

(pity that's a tiny dick)

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Palazzo Medici Riccardi

 

Michelozzo Bartolomeo

 

Florence, Italy

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