Renovated Spanish colonial buildings occupied by upmarket shops, Calle de los Frailes, Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Renovated Spanish colonial buildings occupied by upmarket shops, Calle de los Frailes, Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

View of ornate and colourful architecture, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Old colonial quarter, St. John's, Antigua, Caribbean

Colonial architecture and colourful mural, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

A corner townhouse on Main Street, typical colonial architecture of Gibraltar, Europe

Destroyed former Banco d'Italia in the old port town of Massawa, Eritrea, Africa

Shopping area for cruise ships, Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Courtyard coffee shop, Intramuros Spanish Colonial District, Manila, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Local handicraft shop in Spanish Old Town, ancestral homes and colonial era mansions built by Chinese merchants, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vigan, Ilocos Province, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Kampot Pepper Shop on Old Market Avenue in this old formerly French colonial river port, Kampot, Kampot Province, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

A house in Long Street in the centre of town, where many colonial houses remain, Cape Town, South Africa, Africa

Restaurants, cafes and souvenir shops line Sultan Gate Street at the end of which is Istana Kampong Glam, former Sultan's palace dating from 1840, Arab Quarter, Colonial District, Singapore, Southeast Asia

Local handicraft shop in Spanish Old Town, ancestral homes and colonial era mansions built by Chinese merchants, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vigan, Ilocos Province, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Old colonial shops, St George street pedestrian zone, St, Augustine, oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement, Florida, United States of America, North America

View of ornate and colourful architecture, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Colonial house in the old market, Old Market, Psar Chas, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Central Market, Mercado Central in Santiago de Chile, Chile

Old colonial office building, Kampot, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia

a detail of a log built blacksmith shop in new Mexico

Cuenca World Heritage City & Ecuador's third largest city, famous for its colonial architecture main flower market off of Calderon Park, Highlands, Ecuador

Colonial buildings with traditional wooden balconies on Jiron de la Union, a pedestrian shopping street just off the Plaza de Armas, Colonial Architecture, Lima, Peru

Sidewalk shop serving grilled meat near the Plaza de Armas in the colonial section of the city, Colonial Architecture, Lima, Peru

Ancient capital of the Incas the Plaza de Armas in the colonial center of the city with fountain and arcaded buildings beyond, Cuzco, Highlands, Peru

Cuenca World Heritage City & Ecuador's third largest city, famous for its colonial architecture children in flower market off Calderon Park, Highlands, Ecuador

Cuenca World Heritage City & Ecuador's third largest city, famous for its colonial architecture colonial buildings on cobblestone street, Highlands, Ecuador