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Edinburgh Old Town
Photograph (urban landscape) · Anonymous (contemporary photographer; image released under Creative Commons)
The Old Town of Edinburgh runs along the volcanic spur that connects Edinburgh Castle in the west to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in the east, the route known as the Royal Mile. The medieval-and-early-
Charles Bridge at Night, Prague
Photograph (urban landscape) · Anonymous (contemporary photographer; image released under Creative Commons)
The Charles Bridge (Karlův most) is a stone arch bridge over the Vltava River in Prague, commissioned by King Charles IV of Bohemia in 1357 and completed around 1402. It is one of the oldest surviving
Bruges (canal view)
Photograph (urban landscape) · Anonymous (contemporary photographer; image released under Creative Commons)
Bruges, the largest city of West Flanders, is the most completely preserved medieval city in northern Europe and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historic centre is a network of canals (the Reien) cu
Prague Castle and the Vltava
Castle complex (Hradčany) and Charles Bridge · Built ninth century onward; photo by Norbert Aepli
Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle complex in the world by area, seventy thousand square meters above the Vltava. The first fortifications were built in the late ninth century by the Přemysli
