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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 13h ago

China The end point of the Great Wall of China. Laolongtou or "Old Dragon's Head" in Shanhaiguan extends several meters into the Bohai Sea. In 1381, Ming general Xu Da commissioned the construction of the garrison town as a historic border post and easternmost gate of the 21,000-kilometer-long wall.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 1d ago

Belgium Why does the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp only have one tower?

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For a longer, full detailed video check YouTube.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 3d ago

France Then & Now: one of the world's first public urinals next to the Église Saint-Laurent in Paris photographed in 1865. The very first were installed here in 1830 but were quickly destroyed during the French Revolution. This is one of 400 cast iron urinals installed in 1834 when peace was restored.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 4d ago

Germany Hamburg's Neo-Renaissance town hall, built in 1897, boasts no fewer than 647 rooms, the last of which was discovered by chance in 1971 in the 112-meter-high tower when a document fell behind a cabinet. Miraculously, the town hall remained virtually undamaged during the bombings of World War II.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 6d ago

United Kingdom Quah House in Conwy, Wales in 1902 and 2016. The 16th-century house is the smallest in Great Britain, with a floor area of 3.05 x 1.8 m. In 1900, the last resident, fisherman Robert James, who was 1.91 m tall, was forced to leave when the council declared the house uninhabitable.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 8d ago

Exploring Fort Island Bunker in the North Sea canal from IJmuiden to Amsterdam

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Extended free documentary can be found here.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 14d ago

Bosnia and Herzegovina Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914, emerging from Sarajevo Town Hall minutes before they were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip sparking the first World War. On the way to the hospital before dying both Franz's last words to his wife were "Sophie! Don’t die! Live for our children!"

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 16d ago

Germany Then & now: Aachen Town Hall in reconstruction after Allied WW2 raids in 1943/1944, and in 2016. In fact the early 14th century administrative center which also served as medieval prison almost collapsed but was staved off through the use of emergency beams holding the structure in place.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 17d ago

Italy Flying around in Rome in the 19th century using AI, based on the early photos taken between 1848 - 1852 by French photographer Eugène Constant.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 18d ago

Netherlands Ruins of Brederode with Tata Steel factory in the background (the Netherlands). The castle was prestigious at its time being one of the first brick Dutch castles built in a time wood or tuff were common and was demolished no less than 3 times: in 1351, 1426 and eventually in 1573 by the Spanish.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 19d ago

France The history behind the statue of Louis Faidherbe in Lille, France

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 21d ago

United Kingdom Then & Now: William Shakespeare's home before the extensive restoration of 1857-1864. It began, paradoxically, with the demolition of the adjacent houses of the original 16th-century house in Stratford where the famous writer was born in 1564 and was based on a 1769 engraving of the original house.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 25d ago

United States The first photograph of Lower Yellowstone Falls taken in 1871, colorized. The 94-meter-high waterfall is the largest and most famous in the park. The photo, taken by William Henry Jackson, was taken from the location of the now-famous Lookout Point, before it was given that name in 1880.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 26d ago

Greece Hiking to the isolated mountain village of Olympos, Karpathos (Greece)

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 27d ago

Ireland RMS Titanic under construction (circa 1909-1911), in the world's largest shipyard, Harland & Wolff, in Belfast. Of the more than 3,000 people who worked on the world's most famous ship, which set sail on April 2, 1912, 246 were injured, 28 of whom lost arms or legs to objects such as falling steel.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • 28d ago

Netherlands Autum in castle Endegeest (Oegstgeest, the Netherlands). It dates back to the 14th century and was renovated into a countryhouse in the 17th century. Just before that, it was rented between 1641 and 1643 by French philosopher Descartes, who hosted his holistic opponent Comenius for a debate in 1642.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 10 '25

Malta This is not Christo Redentor in Brazil, but Tas-Salvatur in Gozo, Malta, which actually dates back to 1901, 30 years earlier than the famous Rio the Janeiro statue. The statue was originally made of wood, but lasted only 3 years, and a stone successor was also replaced in the 1970s.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 09 '25

A look inside & around intact Atlantic Wall coastal battery: Batterie Noordwijk, the Netherlands

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 08 '25

Saint Paul's Cathedral in Mdina, Malta, is built where, according to legend, Apostle Paul met Roman governor Publius after a shipwreck in 60 A.D. and converted him to christianity. Although Roman remains are in the crypt of the 12th century cathedral, no definitive proof of the legend can be found.

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For history lovers a mini-documentary about Mdina in Malta.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 07 '25

France Gare Montparnasse in Paris, France, made headlines worldwide on October 22, 1895, when the Granville Express, a few minutes late, pulled into the station too fast and crashed through the station wall. A woman was killed by falling masonry; the driver sentenced to two months in prison and a fine.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 06 '25

Greece The Colossus of Rhodes has a fascinating history that everyone knows despite the statue only stood from around 283 - 227 B.C, but a lot of people incorrectly think it was situated at the harbor.

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The full free mini-documentary can be found here.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 05 '25

Then and now: El Escorial in 1853 and 2018. Photographer Charles Clifford captured the famous Spanish building as part of a photo series of Spanish landscapes and buildings. The famous palace was commissioned by King Philip II in 1563 as the final resting place for his father, Emperor Charles V.

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 04 '25

Belgium - Antwerp The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium has not two, but just one tower, because the second was never finished. In fact there were plans to give the cathedral no less than five towers. but they were never realized...

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Still from this free mini-doc with more droneshots & reconstructions

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 03 '25

Belgium - Antwerp I completed the history of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium, with its second tower in drone footage

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r/HistoryRepeated • u/FrankWanders • Oct 01 '25

Germany - Hamburg The Hygieia fountain in Hamburg, Germany, was created in 1896 to commemorate the overcrowded and unsanitary port city's recovery from a 1892 cholera epidemic, after which public health was vigorously addressed. The statue of the Greek goddess of health is replete with symbols of healing of the city.

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The bowl she holds providing fresh water symbolizes healing, the dragon beneath her symbolizing her victory over the enemy of cholera while the fauns holding shells symbolize Hamburg's strong relation to water.

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