The historical district of Kyriotissa in Veria - encompassing a significant part of the Old Town and highlighted with Byzantine churches.
A rare example of Classicism in Romania - the church of Ruginoasa palace.
Medieval Russian church chandelier from the Pskov Art museum.
The temple of the Archangel Michael in Lefkoniko, Cyprus, recently restored, but unfortunately still not returned after the Turkish desecration to the Church.
At a glance, one cannot tell at first glance whether the temple belongs to the Middle Ages, to the Christian Renaissance of the late Ottoman period, or to the time of independent Cyprus - and for good reason, because the building has elements of each of these periods. And considering that the latter two of them refer to the former in many ways, the picture is particularly interesting.
At a glance, one cannot tell at first glance whether the temple belongs to the Middle Ages, to the Christian Renaissance of the late Ottoman period, or to the time of independent Cyprus - and for good reason, because the building has elements of each of these periods. And considering that the latter two of them refer to the former in many ways, the picture is particularly interesting.
Reconstruction carried out in Irbit.
The city, which emerged as the first factory beyond the Urals back in the XVII century, later became one of the centres of trade with Asia - a transit point between the frontiers and the European part of Russia, which provided it with unprecedented wealth by the standards of a small provincial town - what is only worth the city arcade in the background of the photo.
However, with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway its importance began to fall, and the XX century finally finished the city - the Communists turned the once rich centre into ruins, and a huge trade court, which competed with those in large provincial cities, was purposefully demolished. Only now the revival of Irbit is beginning.
The city, which emerged as the first factory beyond the Urals back in the XVII century, later became one of the centres of trade with Asia - a transit point between the frontiers and the European part of Russia, which provided it with unprecedented wealth by the standards of a small provincial town - what is only worth the city arcade in the background of the photo.
However, with the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway its importance began to fall, and the XX century finally finished the city - the Communists turned the once rich centre into ruins, and a huge trade court, which competed with those in large provincial cities, was purposefully demolished. Only now the revival of Irbit is beginning.