European country with the most beautiful architecture?

[Duffmannn]

This is the oldest gothic Church in France.. Saint Denis Basilique 1270



This is San Lorenzo Church in Genoa 1118...

That Genoa church is clearly Romanesque.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Not in most british big cities.

See there you go again! You can't help yourself can you?!

London, UK.



I like the City of Bath in south-west England, which has ancient Roman spas which the Romans built during the Roman Empire, as well the City of Bath holding lots of Georgian architecture. The entire spa city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has a lot of Grade I and Grade II listed architecture.




I like Warwick Castle (pronounced as 'wa-rick') by the River Avon in Warwickshire, England.


I like the Tudor architecture in the City of Chester in north-west England.





The City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England


I like the Royal Courts of Justice in London



Natural History Museum, Kensington, LDN. (One of hundreds of free-entry museums here.)



I also love Somerset House in London's Covent Garden, and also I love the fashionable, popular, and stylish Victoria & Albert museum, and I love the grade listed architecture in London's Kew Gardens.


The 250 year old UNESCO World Heritage Kew Botanic Gardens, London, (the world's largest collection of living plants from around the world) has lots of grade listed architectural sites there made from hand-blown glass, ornate staircases, tree-top bridge walks, etc.


I also like the historic Liberty department store in London (which was built from the wood of two medieval ships, and the historic store later coined the term 'Style Liberty' in Italy.)


Admiralty Arch, London.


The 1000 year old Westminster Abbey (where English Kings and Queens have been coronated and wedded for many centuries.)




St. Pancras International Eurostar Station, London (the interior is very impressive too following the £800 million renovation work) along with the beautiful St. Pancras Hotel.


I like Chelsea Bridge in London, and I also like the Golden Jubilee Bridge, and I also like the historic gothic Tower Bridge in London, the gothic Houses of Parliament, and the gothic train station of St. Pancras International in London.

I love all the elegant and charismatic Victorian, Regency, Georgian and Edwardian houses that line so many of the streets in LDN... especially across west London. I also love the Tudor architecture here, and the ancient Roman architecture here, and also some of the modern architecture here (especially the modern buildings designed by Norman Foster.)

Chelsea Bridge


Piccadilly Circus, the Statue of Eros, and the gateway to Theatreland and a massive choice of West End musicals, London.


Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, LDN, (home of the Royal Ballet, orchestras, etc.)


Somerset House (ballet dancers perform in the fountains during the summer months, and in the winter it turns into an outdoor ice-skating rink with top DJ's.) An open air cinema is there too sometimes throughout the year.


Trafalgar Square



Tower Bridge


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Canary Wharf in the Docklands Isles of south-east London, below, (London's second financial district after the main financial district of the City of London which is adjecent to the City of Westminster in London, which is home to Theatreland, Chinatown, the West End tourist attractions, palaces, etc.)

Driverless sky trains travel past the skyscrapers to the Dockland Isles daily, and there's also cable cars over the River Thames near the O2 Arena.



An ice-skating rink is placed there during the winter, along with numerous other outdoor ice-skating rinks here in the Magical Ice Kingdom and Winter Wonderland fairground in West London's Hyde Park, another on the rooftop of the London Aquarium, another outside Somerset House, another by the London Eye, etc, and an indoor one is placed in the massive Westfield shopping centre in East London's Stratford City near Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and I think there's one in London's White City too, and also there's another open-air ice-skating rink by the Natural History Museum in London's Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea.

Also there's some nice architecture found in other parts of England (especially historic palaces and castles,) and also in Scotland and Wales too.

[contributor]

Greece, mostly because of its symbolic character.

Talking about the ancient and mediavel ones, not the modern urban abomination that is Athens.

[renaissance12]

Greece, mostly because of its symbolic character.

Talking about the ancient and mediavel ones, not the modern urban abomination that is Athens.

Sorry for Greece.. but apart ancient Greeks "ruins" there are few great palace and buildings ( no renaissance in Greece )

[renaissance12]

Next trip to England i would try to visit Chester.. i love old and medieval town well preserved.. I know York and Bath very well and they are really beautifull with a lot of charme..

[Samnium]

Sorry for Greece.. but apart ancient Greeks "ruins" there are few great palace and buildings ( no renaissance in Greece )

Greek ruins are fine, sometimes I prefer a well preserved greek temple than an excentric, presumptuous palace.

[Samnium]

Next trip to England i would try to visit Chester.. i love old and medieval town well preserved.. I know York and Bath very well and they are really beautifull with a lot of charme..

My mother has visited York and indeed it's a very charming town, and historically very important for England.

[♥ Lily ♥]

My mother has visited York and indeed it's a very charming town, and historically very important for England.

The City of York was once the capital city of England. The Viking settlers named the city as Jorvik (pronounced as 'Yor-vik') which is where the name York is derived from. They even have a popular visitor attraction and cultural learning museum there called the Jorvik Viking Centre. Also Yorkshire's cricket team is called the 'Yorkshire Vikings'. The Romans also played an important role there too.

New York in the U.S. was named after the Duke of York. (I've noticed there's a of U.S. placenames in north-east America that are very similar to English placenames, such as Boston, New Hampshire, New Dorset, New England, etc.)

(London was originally called Londinium by the Romans after the city was founded on the banks of the River Thames by the Romans. The river following through the entire city and out into the Thames Estuary and North Sea was important for making London an important trading centre. There's also another London in Canada which also has a River Thames, and also has a region called Middlesex! There's over 50 places in the world on various continents that are named after the original London.)

Australia and NZ also have similar placenames, such as 'Hyde Park' and 'Kings Cross' in Australia and 'New South Wales,' etc.

I don't think the British colonists there were very imaginative with finding new names for cities and towns and districts.... or maybe they felt a bit homesick and wanted to name places on other continents with the same placenames of their motherland, or maybe it was done for territorial claims.

New York was originally called 'New Amsterdam'.... and Australia's previous name was 'New Holland.'

It's a bit confusing sometimes as I've seen some people say on fora that they live in London, and Canadians think we mean London in Canada, so that's why sometimes I write LDN, UK instead to avoid confusion.

If I say on fora that I'm going to be in Boston next weekend, people think I mean Boston in the U.S. rather than the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, England.

[renaissance12]

You serious??

Lake San Mauricio, Lérida

You can't compare a little mountain lake with Lago di Garda o Lago di Como o Lago Maggiore..

Lago Maggiore




Lago di Garda

Cantabria

In Spain mountains there is nothing like this..

[renaissance12]

This is TRIVENETO.



In 1 hours drive, any direction from the center of TRIVENETO ( Castelfranco ), you can enjoy these..


Venice



Miramare ( Trieste)




Casoni Veneti ( Venice inland old houses )



Rovigo river Po delta



Conegliano prosecco wine Hills



Asiago highland ( 900-1000 mt ) ....close where i live...



Dolomiti Cortina D'Ampezzo



Ville Venete Palladiane





Verona



Lago di Garda -Sirmione-



Trentino



Bolzano Alto Adige



Montagnana Padova



Padova Prato della Valle




Friuli Sacile



Vicenza Marostica e Bassano





Soave VERONA... Hills and walled town