Wawel Cathedral dating from 14th century, Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Old Town market place in Poznan, on the river Warta, the Polish capital until mid 11th century, Poland, Europe

Windows in old painted stone 17th century building in the Engadine Valley in the village of Guarda, Graubunden, Switzerland, Europe

Some of Bardejov's Gothic 14th century bastions in walls surrounding Old Town, Bardejov, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Presov Region, Slovakia, Europe

Gasthof Stern 16th century hotel in Kirchweg, built 1573, in the old part of the town of Oetz in the Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Golden statues, and 16th century fortifications in medieval Old Town of Kaptol, Zagreb, Croatia, Europe

Narrow street in the old part of town, where many houses date from the 17th century, Ordino, Andorra, Europe

Old 16th and 17th century houses of wine-growers, Riquewihr, Alsace, France, Europe

In the Engadine Valley the village of Guarda with old painted stone 17th century buildings, Graubunden, Switzerland, Europe

Houses dating from the 17th century in Stor-torget, Stor Square in the Old Town of Stockholm, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Old harbour dating from the 17th century, of Portsoy at sunset, near Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Koutoubia minaret in the heart of the old medina next to a mosque of the same name, built in the 12th century, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Window in old painted stone 17th century building in the Engadine Valley in the village of Guarda, Graubunden, Switzerland, Europe

Wat Ko Keo Suttharam, dating from the 18th century, an Ayutthaya period temple housing very old murals, Petchburi Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cathedral bell tower dating from the 13th century, Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vilnius, Lithuania, Baltic States, Europe

Windows in old painted stone 17th century building in the Engadine Valley in the village of Guarda, Graubunden, Switzerland, Europe

House in the Engadine Valley in the village of Guarda with old painted stone 17th century buildings, Graubunden, Switzerland, Europe

Portrait of a woman at the old Clement distillery main house, dating from the 18th century, Commune du Francois, island of Martinique, French Lesser Antilles, West Indies, Central America

Tourist viewing 19th century Russian paintings, Russian Museum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Nyboder district with old houses from the 17th century, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Interior of the Catedral Vieja (Old Cathedral), dating from the 12th century, an important Romanesque building, Salamanca, Spain, Europe

Gasthof Stern 16th century hotel in Kirchweg, built 1573, in the old part of the town of Oetz in the Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Gasthof Stern 16th century hotel in Kirchweg, built 1573, in the old part of the town of Oetz in the Tyrol, Austria, Europe

The 13th century Belfort (belfry towe) illuminated at night, Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bruges, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

The important Romanesque building of the Christian Catedral Vieja (Old Cathedral), dating from the 12th century, Salamanca, Castilla-Leon (Castile), Spain, Europe

The Koutoubia minaret in the heart of the old medina next to a mosque of the same name, built in the 12th century, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Yachts by the 12th century medieval castle in the old port of Yvoire on Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe

Norman style old stone window at 11th Century St Nicholas Church, Oddington, near Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire

Old stone harbour dating from the 17th-century, Portsoy, near Banff, Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The 16th century Gates of Dawn, at the top of Austros Vartu Gatve, Old Town, Vilnius, Lithuania, Baltic States, Europe

The Koutoubia minaret in the heart of the old medina next to a mosque of the same name, built in the 12th century, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Yachts by the 12th century medieval castle in the old port of Yvoire on Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe

Windows in old painted stone 17th century building in the Engadine Valley in the village of Guarda, Graubunden, Switzerland, Europe

Old engraving of view of the royal barges in Ayutthaya, 17th century, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

The 14th century Charles Bridge, Prague, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Interior, Palais Lascaris des comtes de Vintimille, 17th century, Old Town, Nice, Alpes Maritimes, Provence, France, Europe

Old Bridge of Stirling dating from the 15th century, site of the battle of Stirling in 1297, where Wallace defeated English troops, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Koutoubia minaret in the heart of the old medina next to a mosque of the same name, built in the 12th century, Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Facade of the 16th century Old Town Hall, Prachatice, South Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Old wooden fishing boat, and 15th century Gothic church of Santa Maria de la Asuncion, Lekeitio, Basque country, Euskadi, Spain, Europe

Mansions and ancient barn dating from the 16th century on Jerzual street, with tourists, Old Town, Dinan, Cotes d'Armor, Brittany, France, Europe

Detail of wood sculptures on the Keratry Mansion house dating from the 16th century, Old Town, Dinan, Brittany, Cotes d'Armor, France, Europe

Detail of exterior, Catedral Vieja (Old Cathedral), dating from the 12th century, an important Romanesque building, Salamanca, Spain, Europe

Sea Gate (West Gate), 16th century, old town gate with palm trees, St. John's Hill, Kotor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Montenegro, Europe

Stained glass from the 15th and 16th centuries, Coptic Museum, Old Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Mausoleum and Saadian tombs in Marrakech Morocco where over 60 members of the Saadi dynasty are buried. The dynasty ruled from the mid 16th to mid 17th century. The tombs were sealed and only re-discovered in 1917

Religion, ethiopia. 17th –19th century murals in new gondar style, at the old saint mary of zion church. Axum

Religion, ethiopia. 17th –19th century murals in new gondar style, at the old saint mary of zion church. Axum

Religion, ethiopia. 17th –19th century murals in new gondar style, at the old saint mary of zion church. Axum

Religion, ethiopia. 17th –19th century murals in new gondar style, at the old saint mary of zion church. Axum

Stupa (bell-shaped ornaments) of Borobodur, a 9th-century Buddhist Temple near Yogyakarta in central Java, Indonesia.

Stupa (bell-shaped ornaments) of Borobodur, a 9th-century Buddhist Temple near Yogyakarta in central Java, Indonesia.

A diver jumping off the Stari Most (Old Bridge), a reconstructed 16th-century Ottoman bridge, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe

Mausoleum and Saadian tombs in Marrakech Morocco where over 60 members of the Saadi dynasty are buried. The dynasty ruled from the mid 16th to mid 17th century. The tombs were sealed and only re-discovered in 1917

Mausoleum and Saadian tombs in Marrakech Morocco where over 60 members of the Saadi dynasty are buried. The dynasty ruled from the mid 16th to mid 17th century. The tombs were sealed and only re-discovered in 1917

Thatbyinnyu Pahto, one of the highest temples built by King Alaungsithu in the mid 12th century, old Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Sun dial dating from the 15th century, Rue des Halles, Old Town, Tarascon, Provence, France, Europe

The Block house, a 16th century gun tower protecting Old Grimsby Harbour, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom, Europe

The Old Post Office dating from the 14th-century, Tintagel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A 16th century cider press in the grounds of Penlee hose in Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Aerial views of El Castillo and the Ruins of the Mayan temple grounds at Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Mexico. Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on 12 meter 39 ft tall cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico. Old World diseases brought by the Spanish settlers appear to have resulted in very high fatalities, disrupting the society, and eventually causing the city to be abandoned.

Aerial views of El Castillo and the Ruins of the Mayan temple grounds at Tulum, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Mexico. Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city which served as a major port for Coba, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The ruins are situated on 12 meter 39 ft tall cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula on the Caribbean Sea in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico. Old World diseases brought by the Spanish settlers appear to have resulted in very high fatalities, disrupting the society, and eventually causing the city to be abandoned.

Traditional music of Galicia. Gaiteiros Rio de anxo. Old Town, Santiago de Compostela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galicia, Spain. Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known examples in the Anglophone world, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe. The term bagpipe is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as the pipes, a set of pipes or a stand of pipes.

Traditional music of Galicia. Gaiteiros Rio de anxo. Old Town, Santiago de Compostela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galicia, Spain. Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known examples in the Anglophone world, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe. The term bagpipe is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as the pipes, a set of pipes or a stand of pipes.

Traditional music of Galicia. Gaiteiros Rio de anxo. Old Town, Santiago de Compostela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galicia, Spain. Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known examples in the Anglophone world, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe. The term bagpipe is equally correct in the singular or the plural, though pipers usually refer to the bagpipes as the pipes, a set of pipes or a stand of pipes.

Inside Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga catholic church in Cangas de Onis, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, Europe. In 1777 a fire destroyed the old temple, which stood adjacent to the Holy Cave where Our Lady of Covadonga is revered. It was then decided to raise a new church as a monumental sanctuary, raising donations from all of Spain; the plan was opposed by the local council, as the canons wanted to rebuild the temple of the Holy Cave and build an ambitious sanctuary that had once been designed by Ventura Rodríguez, but never completed. One century later, the project was resumed by King Alfonso XII of Spain, who was interested in completing this work. The classic design of Ventura Rodríguez was very difficult and expensive and was replaced by a new neo-Medieval design.

Our Lady of Covadonga. The Blessed Virgin Mary, and a Marian shrine devoted to her at Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga catholic church in Cangas de Onis, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, Europe. In 1777 a fire destroyed the old temple, which stood adjacent to the Holy Cave where Our Lady of Covadonga is revered. It was then decided to raise a new church as a monumental sanctuary, raising donations from all of Spain; the plan was opposed by the local council, as the canons wanted to rebuild the temple of the Holy Cave and build an ambitious sanctuary that had once been designed by Ventura Rodríguez, but never completed. One century later, the project was resumed by King Alfonso XII of Spain, who was interested in completing this work. The classic design of Ventura Rodríguez was very difficult and expensive and was replaced by a new neo-Medieval design.

The Japanese covered bridge, Hoi An, Quang Nam province, Vietnam

Monasterio de San Miguel de Escalada, Romanesque, Mozarabic monastry from the 10th century, near Leon, Camino Frances, Way of St James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Mural paintings from the 18 Century inside the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Asia

Castle ruins Castrum Sigerici from the 8th century, Castrojeriz, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Burgos, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Palacio Episcopal, Astorga, Episcopal Palace, 19th century, architect Antoni Gaudi, Modernismo, Modernism, Art Nouveau, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Arabic baths from the 10th century, Banys Arabs, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain

Episcopal Palace, Palacio Episcopal, Astorga, 19th century, architect Antoni Gaudi, Modernismo, Modernism, Art Nouveau, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Red Tower in Vieux Lyon, Old City Center, Rhone Alps, France

Romanic church San Martin from the 11th century, Fromista, Iglesia San Martin, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Palencia, Old Castile, Catile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Arabian baths from the 10th century, Banys Arabs, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain

Castle of the Teutonic Knights in Malbork (13th - 14th century), Poland

Lyon, Rhone Alps, France, Le Tire Bouchon Restaurant Old City Center, Vieux Lyon, UNESCO World Heritage, Lyon, Rhone Alps, France

Old Town - Dlugie Pobrzeze in the evening, with Gothic gates (15th century), Gdansk, Danzig, Poland

Inside the gothic cathedral Santa Maria de Regla, 13th century, Leon, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Inside the gothic cathedral, Santa Maria de Regla, 13th century, Leon, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Episcopal Palace at night, Palacio Episcopal, Astorga, from the 19th century, architect Antoni Gaudi, Modernismo, Modernism, Art Nouveau, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Romanesque church of St. Martin at night, 11th century, Fromista, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Palencia, Old Castile, Catile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Detail of the church Iglesia San Martin, Fromista, Province of Palencia, Old Castile, Catile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Spiral staircase at a fort from 14th. century, Es Port, Cabrera island, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Episcopal Palace, Palacio Episcopal, Astorga, 19th century, architect Antoni Gaudi, Modernismo, Modernism, Art Nouveau, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Romanic monastery, Monasterio de San Miguel de Escalada, from the 10th. century, Romanesque, Mozarabic, near Leon, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Capital inside church Iglesia San Martin, Fromista, Province of Palencia, Old Castile, Catile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

White Nights, GUS Russia St Petersburg 300 years old Venice of the North Gribojedow Chanel Ressurection Church built 1883 to 1907 by Ignati Malyschew and Alfred Parland highest Tower 81 m Moskowian Style of 16 and 17 Century Consecration with Zar Nikolaus

GUS Russia St Petersburg 300 years old Venice of the North Ressurection Church built 1883 to 1907 by Ignati Malyschew and Alfred Parland highest Tower 81 m Moskowian Style of 16 and 17 Century Consecration with Zar Nikolaus II 19 August 1907 Landsmark and

Life in the Baroque era, 18th century, Prussian uniform of the "Potsdam Giants", Schiller Jahrhundertfest festival, Marbach am Neckar, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

GUS Russia St Petersburg 300 years old Venice of the North Ressurection Church built 1883 to 1907 by Ignati Malyschew and Alfred Parland highest Tower 81 m Moskowian Style of 16 and 17 Century Consecration with Zar Nikolaus II 19 August 1907 Landsmark and

Entrance to the 18th century Ottoman architecture of the Ishak Pasha Palace, A&r& province, eastern Turkey

GUS Russia St Petersburg 300 years old Venice of the North Ressurection Church built 1883 to 1907 by Ignati Malyschew and Alfred Parland highest Tower 81 m Moskowian Style of 16 and 17 Century Consecration with Zar Nikolaus II 19 August 1907 Landsmark and

Neo-classical facade with the writing "Alte f.e. Hofapotheke", old court pharmarcy, Alter Markt square, 19th Century, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

6th century Byzantine Roman hare hunt mosaics from the peristyle of the Great Palace from the reign of Emperor Justinian I., Istanbul, Turkey

Amulet in the museum of the Palace of the Shirvanshahs from the 14th century, Baku, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Middle East, Asia

18th century Ottoman architecture of the Ishak Pasha Palace, A&r& province, eastern Turkey

6th century Byzantine, Eastern Roman, Hagia Sophia, Ayasofya, at sunset, built by Emperor Justinian, Istanbul, Turkey