Architecture, beyond the iconic buildings we’ve come to associate with Europe’s most recognisable cities, may not figure highly on many people’s lists of reasons to travel. But for those willing to venture just a little off-the-beaten-track, there are some truly inspiring little-known pieces of design to be found in buildings across this diverse continent. Of course, ‘leaning’ against the Tower of Pisa in Tuscany, absorbing the views from London’s Shard and sipping coffee at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris are bucket-list items well worth the trip but there’s so much more…
European architecture, since as far back as the ancient Greeks, has been an inspiration for generations of artisans the world over for its classical forms. But Europe has so much more to offer than the Ionic forms of Romanesque architecture. The continent’s broad range of art-styles spans centuries of history with something to surprise even the most scholarly architecture aficionado. From the heavily ornamented spires of Victorian Gothic palaces and naturalistic wonder of Gaudí’s modernism to the symmetrical grace of Renaissance cathedrals and the stark beauty of postmodernist museums, the variety of Europe’s architectural contributions to the world are what make it so unique and memorable.
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