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The Advanced Renaissance Fortification
1 photo, fortification
December 27, 2019
The Tower of Italy and the semicircular Del Carretto Bastion, the part of the fortification of the Medieval City of Rhodes, Greece. The construction of it was completed by the Knights of the Order St… ›
The Knightly Symbols in Stained Glass
1 photo, artifact
November 28, 2019
The stained glass window in the Chapel of the former Lady of Pena Convent in the National Palace of Pena, Sintra, Portugal. This window was commissioned by King Ferdinand in 1840. The Cross of the… ›
The Azulejo Tiles Image of the Battle of Valdevez
1 photo, artifact, battle
October 29, 2019
The azulejo ceramic tiles image of the Battle of Valdevez between the Kingdom of León and the Kingdom of Portugal on the wall of the Sao Bento Railway Station, Porto, Portugal. It was composed by… ›
A Tank Like an Armoured Knight
1 photo, curiosity
September 25, 2019
The WW2 heavy tank IS-2, near Salantai, Lithuania. Medieval armoured knights statues were used for commemorations of medieval battles; likewise, tanks were used later to commemorate important WW1 and… ›
Building the Copies
1 photo, church, curiosity
August 30, 2019
Cathedral of the Assumption (in the left upper corner of the photo below), Victoria, Malta and Church of St Theresa, Vilnius, Lithuania. The Gesu Church in Rome, built in the 16th century, was the… ›
Where Time Has Stopped
1 photo, place, castle
July 30, 2019
The cellars of Radzyn Chelminski Castle, Poland. The Castle one of the oldest castles built by the Teutonic Order in Former Prussia in the 13th century. Today the cellars appearance is almost the… ›
The 18th Century Jerusalem Delivered Tapestry
1 photo, artifacts, tapestry
June 28, 2019
It was woven as the illustration of the poem "Jerusalem Delivered" or "The Liberation of Jerusalem" created by Italian Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso. The poem tells about the Crusades and taking… ›
The Contrivance of the Double Gate
1 photo, medieval architecture
May 30, 2019
The double gates were an important part of castles built in the Medieval Europe and the Holy Land during the Crusades because it made possible to defend them with less human resource. The contrivance… ›
Knights Templar Architectural Allusions to the Holy Land
1 photo, Knights Templar
April 21, 2019
The Round Church (the Rotunda) (on the right in the photograph below) was constructed by the Knights Templar in the Castle of Tomar, Portugal in 1160. The Dome of the Rock (in the centre of the… ›
The Copy that Survived the Original
1 photo, Neo-Gothic
March 22, 2019
Balga Castle was built by the Teutonic Order in Prussia in 1250. Over the last few centuries castle had been almost demolished, however one of its towers stood until 1945, when it was also ruined… ›
Brickwork with Black Headers Decoration
1 photo, brickwork pattern
February 20, 2019
Bricks with black headers (ends of a brick) were used for decoration of the 19th century Hugo Scheu Manor Servants’ Quarters in Šilutė (German: Heydekrug ›
Monuments to the Knightly Founders
1 photo, monument statue
January 27, 2019
Many places around the World have monuments which are commemorating their founders. However a very few are dedicated to members of the medieval knightly orders, despite the fact that many modern… ›
The New Maritime Life of the Medieval Cross Symbol
1 photo, maritime symbols
December 23, 2018
It is problematic to say why the symbol of the cross pattée or the cross formée (also sometimes named as the Maltese cross, but, in fact, not resembling it), which is more associated with medieval… ›
Hidden Gems of Italian Baroque
1 photo, Italian Baroque
November 27, 2018
If you will visit Latvia, you wouldn’t miss the two Italian Baroque style palaces which were designed by an Italian origin architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli and were built on the territory of the former… ›
The Legacy of a Typical German Building
2 photos, German architecture
October 24, 2018
First typical project buildings in Prussia were castles of the Teutonic Order in the 13th century. Knights used this building principal in conquered lands during Crusades to save time and resources,… ›
History on Refrigerator Magnets
1 photo, refrigerator magnets
September 23, 2018
Probably refrigerator magnets are most popular souvenirs today. Frequently they represent a result of mass production, as ubiquitous beach slippers with all imaginable place names (even there, where… ›
Where Gunpowder Was Stored…
2 photos, military architecture
August 21, 2018
Gunpowder or black powder appeared as a novelty of warfare in the 10th century. Simultaneously it became necessary to keep this new invention as safely as possible because of an explosion danger.… ›
The Reflections of French Neoclassical Architecture
5 photos, Neoclassicism
July 20, 2018
Neoclassical architecture came to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the second half of 18th century due the growing influence of France on Poland’s and Lithuania’s political and cultural life in that… ›
The Knightly Orders and Euro Coins
1 photo, knightly orders
June 28, 2018
Almost everybody heard about the Templars, the Hospitallers and the Teutonic Knights. However, these Knightly Orders are something very far away in the Medieval Times for a general opinion in… ›
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