Lichtenstein Castle

 

Chartres Cathedral

 

Catedral de Santiago de Compostela

Ruins of the Frauenkirche, 1957

from: Firestorm – The Bombing of Dresden, 1945; Addison and Crang; 2006; Pimlico.

The Frauenkirche was rebuilt … and this work was completed in 2005, completely financed with donations.

See all the darker stones on the church? Those are stones that were recovered after the war. When the church was reconstructed, those bricks were put in their prior positions. The darker stones aren’t dark just because they were burned, but also because that is the way this type of stone ages.

The cool thing is that maybe in 400 years or something, this whole church will be black. Think of it as a healing wound, rather than a scar.

aachen dom

Aachen, Dom, kolorierte Fotografie, ca. 1900, Aachen, Germany

Act III of Giuseppe Verdi’s Ernani is set in the tomb of Charlemagne.

Mont Saint-Michel

Cologne. Rathaus

Title: Cologne. Rathaus

Architect: Wilhelm Vernuiken
Architect: Julius Carl Raschdorff (German, 1823-1914)

Rathaus porch date: 1569-1573
Tower date: 1407-1414
Photograph date: ca. 1870-ca. 1885
Restoration date: 1860-1870

Location: Europe: Germany; Cologne

Materials: albumen print

Image: 19.4094 x 15.3543 in.; 49.3 x 39 cm

Style: Gothic

Provenance: Gift of Andrew Dickson White

Château de Noisy

Opéra Garnier’s ceiling painted by Marc Chagall.