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Krak des Chevaliers, famous Crusader Castle near Homs, Syria

Krak des Chevaliers, famous Crusader Castle near Homs, Syria - View from the South West. Although surviving in wonderful condition up to the early 21st century, it has been reported that the castle was shelled in August 2012 by the Syrian army, with the Crusader chapel has been damaged. The castle suffered further damage in July 2013 from an airstrike during the Siege of Homs. Date: 1930s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseille, France

Notre-Dame de la Garde (Our Lady of the Guard) - a Neo-Byzantine Catholic basilica in Marseille, France built by the architect Henri-Jacques Esperandieu in the 1860s. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

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Greek church of St. Nicholas with blue dome, Oia, Santorini (Thira), Cyclades Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

© Neale Clark

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