Fifteenth-century monasteries frescoed inside and out, still vivid.
16th-century castle, UNESCO-listed.
One of Europeโs largest castle ruins, sprawled across a travertine hill.
Walled medieval town of whitewashed lanes and bougainvillea, where ginjinha cherry liqueur is served in chocolate cups.
Crooked wooden wharf houses of the old Hanseatic trading quarter.
Stockholmโs medieval old town of narrow lanes and the Royal Palace.
Fairy-tale town wrapped in a bend of the Vltava, with a painted castle tower and a baroque theatre that still works.
Walk the medieval city walls, the Shamblesโ overhanging shops and York Minster, the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe.
Greek Orthodox monastery clinging to a sheer cliff face in the Pontic Mountains.
Medieval cathedral, round tower and Cormacโs Chapel crowning a limestone outcrop where St Patrick baptised a king.
Lake city with a covered wooden bridge.
Parisโs 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, reopened after the 2019 fire with its spire and oak roof rebuilt by hand.
The largest surviving Romanesque church in Europe, built for pilgrims on the road to Santiago and topped by a five-tier octagonal bell tower.
Moorish palace-fortress of Granada.
Walled medieval town on the Romantic Road, all half-timbered houses and cobbled lanes.
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