@n1kensw: #europe #History #architecture #fyp #cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Europe covers approximately 10,186,000 square kilometres (3,933,000 sq mi), or 2% of Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it the second-smallest continent (using the seven-continent model). Politically, Europe is divided into about fifty sovereign states, of which Russia is the largest and most populous, spanning 39% of the continent and comprising 15% of its population. Europe had a total population of about 745 million (about 10% of the world population) in 2021; the third-largest after Asia and Africa.[1][2] The European climate is affected by warm Atlantic currents, such as the Gulf Stream, which produce a temperate climate, tempering winters and summers, on much of the continent. Further from the sea, seasonal differences are more noticeable, producing more continental climates. Europe is a continent[t] located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia.[9][10] Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the Turkish straits.[11]

▐┛🇫🇷 𝕱𝖗𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖍𝕱𝖆🇫🇷𓌏▌ :

Germany was such a magnificent piece of art, I wish ww2 never happened, now it's just plain office buildings everywhere in the big cities

stars4segway :

How beautiful Europe was back then 😔

Vinzenz🇩🇪 :

Europe was so Beautiful

Narancha :

When it comes to architecture, Russia has two major tragedies: the Soviet Union and World War II. While WWII makes sense, the Soviet era is by far the most painful one for our architecture. Historic buildings and-no exaggeration-world-class masterpieces were torn down all because of urban planning policies and city redevelopment. Under capitalism, there’s a financial incentive to preserve old buildings, but under socialism, that doesn't exist-it’s strictly up to whatever the government decides. St. Petersburg is actually the exact opposite. Because there was no post-war capitalist boom and the city basically became a provincial backwater, it’s incredibly well-preserved. UNESCO even listed the entire city center as a single heritage site because it’s so seamless and continuous. But that’s just the exception to the rule. Look at Moscow-it’s the total opposite and took the biggest hit of all.

kvxz_2020 :

meanwhile warsaw

~ßl3ss3d_!o!~ :

You forgot to put Kyiv before WW2

Nolan⛰️ ✞ :

Breslau, Deutschland*

Марк Тфен :

It has always outraged me that people forget how beautiful Kyiv was before the Second World War, and how terribly the Soviet Union rebuilt it

LuCarlos 🇵🇪🇩🇪 :

Hannover used to be one of the most beautiful cities on Earth

Schlesien :

this hurts so much

pie.trek :

Warsaw...😔💔😔

alex🇩🇪🇵🇱 :

worse than gore

M :

Show warsaw before ww2 and its beautiful architecture

struwwelpeter :

There is no Wrocklaw there was only Breslau

Malchonka :

If Germany didn’t start a war that destroyed Europe then we would still have a lot of these buildings. Also modern buildings can still be beautiful. Larping neoclassical is not the only option

Flavour Gang :

Unforgivable

Mark Jedi Grandmaster :

all that bc of 1 man

Andrej Simjanov :

Germany used to be so grand 😢

elekrkdks!/ :

☆ 𝓡𝓐𝓓𝓔 ☆ :

Do bucharest, we lost half of our old city in the 80s

New Empire of Egypt Sennis Tex :

Prague old city hall

🇱🇺Petter.no🇳🇴 :

Norway mentioned🇳🇴💪

ByzantineEditz_1453 :

it's mostly because of WW2 it destroyed so many buildings throughout Europe

pourrais-je :

Berlin had so much potential wow

Scott :

I have yet to see a single after that's better than the before.