#>Basilica

[odinsblog]

Thread on alternative views of iconic landmarks you (probably) haven’t seen before 🧵

1. Mount Fuji from a plane window.

2. Arc de Triomphe, Paris

3. Aerial view of Kaaba, Mecca

4. A view of the Taj Mahal that you do not usually see, highlighting the stark contrast between opulence and poverty divided by a single wall.

5. Top down view of the Statue of Liberty

6. The backside of Tutankhamun's burial mask

7. The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica seen through Rome's most famous keyhole.

8. The worn steps of the Tower of Pisa

9. Photographer Alexander Ladanivskyy, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, captured an extraordinary drone shot of the Great Pyramid of Giza from an unusual perspective.

10. The Shanhai Pass, where the Great Wall of China meets the ocean.

for images 11 - 25, please see the source, here

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Medusa head, Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey

[heritagebrowser]

The crypt of the Basilica-Cathedral of Saint-Denis, north of Paris serves as the birthplace of the divine light of gothic stained glass windows and is the main necropolis of French royalty.

This medieval crypt has the remains among many others from Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette.

[ancientsstudies]

Basilica Reale Pontificia San Francesco da Paola by viaggiatore_con_borsello.

[hopefulkidshark]

Santissima Annunziata, Florence, Italy: The Basilica della Santissima Annunziata (Basilica of the Most Holy Annunciation) is a Renaissance-style, Catholic minor basilica in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. This is considered the mother church of the Servite Order. It is located at the northeastern side of the Piazza Santissima Annunziata near the city center. Wikipedia

[m1male2]

Cisterna Basílica, Estambul, Turquía

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Sagrada Familia

[livesunique]

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy,

Juan83 Photography

[illustratus]

A view of the interior of Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome by Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg

[alecgthomas]

Hangin' out at Hero's Square

[dream-world-universe]

Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Spain: The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Wikipedia

[fabforgottennobility]

Yerebatan Sarnıcı 

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Architect: Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí i Cornet (Spanish, 1852-1926) Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, 1882-2026 La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalunya

[chasingrainbowsforever]

St. Mark’s Basilica ~ Venice, Italy

[ancientsstudies]

Sant'Andrea della Valle by meow_blya.

[northameicanblog]

Basilica of the National Shrine, Washington D.C., United States: The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. Wikipedia