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Küçük Hasan Pasha Mosque, Chania

Posted on 10 January 2018 by mark
Reading time 7 minutes
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The Museum of Saxon Folk Art, Dresden

Posted on 20 December 2017 by mark
Reading time 6 minutes
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Castan’s Panopticon, Berlin

Posted on 6 November 2017 by mark
Reading time 5 minutes
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The Palast der Republik, Berlin

Posted on 28 September 2017 by mark
Reading time 11 minutes
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The Ministerial Gardens, Wilhelmstraße, Berlin

Posted on 5 August 2016 by mark
Reading time 14 minutes
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“Let’s go to the Colonies!”: The Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace, 1911

Posted on 29 July 2016 by mark
Reading time 11 minutes
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Berlin’s Museum of Marine Science

Posted on 26 May 2016 by mark
Reading time 13 minutes
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Prague now and then: Antonin Langweil’s model of the City

Posted on 19 March 2016 by mark
Reading time 7 minutes
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The Train from New York to Boston

Posted on 12 January 2016 by mark
Reading time 4 minutes
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A map of post-war Berlin

Posted on 2 May 2015 by mark
Reading time 4 minutes

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