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Elbląg/Elbing

Elbląg’s Old Town ceased to exist during just two weeks of fighting at the turn of January and February 1945. What could still have been rebuilt was instead dismantled, and the bricks were used for higher-priority reconstruction projects elsewhere in Poland.

The Old Town began to be rebuilt according to the concept of "retroversion" decades after the war. Reconstruction continues to this day, but the area has lost much of its former character.

The New Town was only slightly more fortunate. It lost most of its distinctive buildings as well, including the Town Hall.

Elbląg was never a priority for the Polish state in the post-war reality.

u/Haunting-Initial-972 — 6 days ago
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The Library of Celsus in ancient Ephesus was built in the 2nd century AD, with marble columns, carved capitals and deeply detailed coffers designed to impress from every angle, ruins feature impressive stonework that has remained remarkably preserved for nearly 2,000 years

u/Front-Coconut-8196 — 13 days ago
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"A forgotten castle hidden in the green hills of Lorestan, Iran"

I took this photo of an old castle ruin in D"I took this photo near Dorud, Lorestan, Iran. An old castle surrounded by spring landscape, where history and nature meet."orud, Lorestan, Iran. The structure has been standing for centuries and is surrounded by green hills.

u/Ayshan7 — 13 days ago
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Norrmen house vs. Stora Enso headquarters, Helsinki (1959 vs. 2021)

The Norrmén House once stood on the exact same site in Helsinki, where the Stora Enso headquarters now stands. Built in 1897 and designed by Theodor Höijer, the grand, ornate Neo-Renaissance red-brick palace was demolished in 1960. In its place, architect Alvar Aalto designed the stark modernist corporate building completed in 1962.

u/wstd — 13 days ago
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Potsdamer Platz before ww2

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Potsdamer Platz was one Berlin’s bustling squares. It had many ornate buildings and was considered one of the most beautiful squares in Germany. Before ww2 it was already getting modernized with the hotel Bellevue being demolished and replaced with a glass box. And after the war nothing was left and now glass skyscrapers stand where once beautiful buildings stood.

u/Icy_Educator853 — 13 days ago