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Midland Hotel in Morecambe, the first Art Deco hotel in Britain

circa 1935: A view of the front elevation of the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire. Designed by architect Oliver Hill and built in 1932-33 by the London Midland & Scottish Railway, the Midland was the first Art Deco hotel in Britain and featured decorative work by sculptor Eric Gill. (Photo by Herbert Felton/Herbert Felton/Getty Images)

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West Front of Chatsworth, from Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect

1275774 West Front of Chatsworth, from Vitruvius Britannicus or The British Architect by Colen Campbell (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth House, UK; (add.info.: after D. I. Thornell.
Colen Campbell (1676-1729) Scottish architect and architectural writer, credited as a founder of the Georgian style.); © Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth; Reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; English, out of copyright

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Ostrog Monastery, Montenegro

The Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, in Montenegro. It is dedicated to Saint Basil of Ostrog (Sveti Vasilije OstroA¡ki), who is buried here. Ostrog monastery is the most popular pilgrimage place in Montenegro

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