Architectural Reliefs and Embellishments

Ornate architectural details and expressive relief sculptures, showcasing heraldry and decorative elements from historical buildings in Europe.

Malta, Valletta. Ornate carved heraldic shield on the wall of the Grand Master's Palace in Valletta.

Italy, Rome, Detail of fountain at Piazza della Rotonda

Maricel Palace, Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. Relief.

Eagle relief of the sculptor Hans Kindermann in the conference room of the Federal Constitutional Court, Karlsruhe, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

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Archeological sculpture finds Torcello Italy

Relief bust, detail, Altes Schloss castle, Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mouth of Truth, by Unknown, 4th Century, pavonazzo marble. Italy, Lazio, Rome, Santa Maria in Cosmedin church, Porch of the church. Whole artwork. Mouth of truth sewer manhole cover personification river god beard mouth hair Roman Corinthian capital small stems (caulicoli).

The Justitia at Jever District Court, Friesland, Germany, Europe

Door carving in Duderstadt door carving in Duderstadt

A beautiful blue and white tiled azuleju tableau with elaborate gold tiled frame preserved in an old wall in the City of Oporto, Portugal, Europe

Carving, Detail, Stiftsherrenhaus, Osterstrasse, Old Town, Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

ESCUDO EN RELIEVE EN EL TORREON. Location: HOSPITAL DE SAN AGUSTIN. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

Detail of the Devil Door in Turin, Italy. Located in Via Vittorio Alfieri, dated around 1850. The legend says that this door was not there the evening before and it appears mysteriously the morning after

Stone statue depicting a man with helmet and ancient clothing, facade of Villa Arconati, Castellazzo di Bollate, Lombardy, Italy, 18th century.

Europe, Belgium, Detail from a fountain in central Bruges.

Abruzzo Aquila Sulmona Chiesa dell' Annunziata. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of baroque facade and courtyard (13th-14th century), including the entrance to the Museo Civico. Interior views: ornate pilasters, baroque cupola, white plaster angels and seraphim decoration, marble intarsia altar and balustrade, niched gilt wooden saints, rococo organ, pulpit, wooden choirstalls by Balcone, 18th century altar paintings, ceiling and cupola frescoes. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Tivoli, Villa d'Este, Renaissance garden/ Fountain of the organ, detail of fantasy figure with twisted legs

Lion figure with city coat of arms and double eagle at the lion fountain, Fischmarkt, Offenburg, Ortenau, Northern Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Knight of the Noble Houses of Brussels at Brussels Town Hall

detail depicting sheep as a symbol of wool trade over the entrance gable to Sulgrave Manor the Tudor English, ancestral home of the family of George Washington (Ist president of the USA). The house was built in about 1540ñ60.

Hochkoenigsburg Castle, coat of arms of the Counts von Tierstein and a portrait of Bodo Ebhardt, architect of the castle which was restored at the beginning of the 20th Century, masonry sign from 1905 at the entrance to the High Castle, Alsace, France, Europe

Relief on the base of the statue of Centaur in the area of the Forum, Centaur, mixed creature of Greek mythology made of horse and man, Pompeii, ancient city in Campania on the Gulf of Naples, buried during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, Italy, Europe

Figures of the Passion facade, Sagrada Familia, by Antoni Gaudi, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Bamberger Reiter horse-rider, Bamberger Dom cathedral, Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Two dragons on carve wall

Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy

Mississippi, Vicksburg. Vicksburg National Military Park. Indiana monument carved stone detail.

Wappen von Leonor dOrleans, Schloss Neuenburg, Neuchatel, Schweiz Wappen von Leonor dOrleans, Herzog von Longueville und Graf von Neuenburg, aus dem 16. Jahrhundert im Schloss Neuenburg, Neuchatel, Schweiz / Coat of arms of Leonor dOrleans, Duke of Longueville and Count of Neuchatel, from the 16th century at Neuchatel castle, Neuchatel, Switzerland Copyright: xZoonar.com/Pantx 9755687

Italy, Apulia, Taranto, Aragonese Castle, sculpture in the courtyard

Sculpture Bamberg Rider, Cathedral, Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lamb of God sculpture, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

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Carving of Erotic Sculpture and Animal Mukha on Kathmandu Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal. Carving of Erotic Sculpture and Animal Mukha on Kathmandu Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21701243

England. Carvings on the Norman entrance to Lincoln Cathedral.

House sign, Weinmarkt 6, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Guellbruennlein, fountain, stone relief with children under plum tree, illustrated poem Pflaumenregen by the Ansbach poet Friedrich Wilhelm Guell 1812, 1879, at Johanniskirche, Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Coat of arms of Guipuzcoa at the Palacio de Espana, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Stone bas-relief of a dragon-like creature.

marble and statue in old city of london england

Cherub figure, flute player, castle courtyard, Creuzburg Castle, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Sculpture in stone of Saint Paul church. (Built 1445-1616) Valladolid, Spain.

Choir stalls, drolleries on the stall sides with proverbial depictions, 1493 by Johannes Gruter from Wesel, mermaid with comb and mirror, St., Sankt, Saint

Jungfrau Maria mit Jesuskind an einer Hausfassade in Salzburg Virgin Mary with baby Jesus painting on house facade in Salzburg LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 23409158

Jupiter Ammon head, Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, national museum of Roman art, Merida, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Statuary group on the Calvary, 1581-1588, parish close of Guimiliau, Brittany, France, 16th century.

Death, mourning, despair, relief of a face on a tomb, Main cemetery, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Chapel of St. Mary of Good Success. 16th-17th centuries. Reliefs on the facade in reference to the pilgrims of the pilgrimage route. Navarrete. Spain.

Ornamental relief portrait on the façade of Bruges City Hall 1376.

Pedestal relief detail from Bronze statue of Perseus holding the severed head of Medusa. Perseus stands naked triumphantly atop her blood spewing body. Made by Benvenuto Cellini circa 1545 AD, and currently sits in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy.

Street water pipe (faucet) with bronze sculpture of angelets, cupids, cherub in Versal

Bronze sculpture on a church wall, hand holding a rope, detail, background sandstone wall

Sculpture of an angel on the general staff building, st. petersburg russia

Poll photo collection. Report Amsterdam. Street organ Möhlmann in Amsterdam. January 1, 1932. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Demon gargoyle, Fontana del Calamo, fountain, Province of Ancona, Marche, Italy, Europe

Figures on the town hall façade, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sculpture, papal coat of arms, St. Peter's Square, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Lion's head as gargoyle on a fountain, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Lion statue at Nelson's Column, London, London region, England, Great Britain

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Bas-relief arts and crafts, Via A.Gramsci street, Macerata, Marche, Italy, Europe

Marble floor mosaic, coat of arms of Rome, SPQR, luxury shopping arcade Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Turin, Italy. Mysterious Giant Gargoyle Lamp in public street, dated around 1850

Alicante, Spain, Sculpture in carved stone decorating the facade or exterior wall of the building named Mutua Union Patronal.

Salzburg, Austria. Old black metal door 1700's

Sculpture of a Winged Ox 14th-15th century French. Sculpture of a Winged Ox. French. 14th-15th century. Stone. Sculpture

Image of a wall painting in the stairwell in the waiting room of the royal pavilion of the N.S. station Amsterdam et al. in Amsterdam.

Wittenberg town church 79635 Sandstone relief with the so-called Judensau 79635 refers to the expulsion of the Jews 1304 Inscription design around 1570

Salzburg, Austria. Street marker

Albaicin, Province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Sculpture of a rider with a sword in the Granada Cathedral.

The Commerce and the Industry, 1802. Allegorical sculptures by Salvador Gurri Corominas (1749-1819) at the foot of the staircase of honor at Casa Llotja de Mar. Marble. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Roland Statue, Marketplace, Bremen, Germany, Europe

Ornamental frieze with capital W, Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, national museum of Roman art, Merida, Extremadura, Spain, Europe

Venetian Lion, relief on the facade of the Scuola Grande di San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Prague, Czech Republic. Mosaic on a facade of one of the many Art Nouveau building, Jugendstil period (late 19th century, early 20th century).

Wood carving on the facade, Stiftsherrenhaus, detail, Weser Renaissance, Old Town, Hamelin, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Frieze depicting Frederick III, formerly attached to the Kleve Gate of the Wesel town fortifications, now on display at the town hall, Wesel, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Busts in the wall of Kromsdorf Renaissance Castle near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Three women's faces on the Secession building for Contemporary Art, Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, art nouveau decoration, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Sculpture of an old woman at a door with an hourglass, Monumental Cemetery, Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno), Genoa, Italy, Europe

Historical relief of the former inn Zum weissen Schwan, 1777, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Statue des Agnus Dei Lamm Gottes, Loggia del Mercato in Florenz, Italien Agnus Dei The Lamb of God statue , Loggia del Mercato in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 22607771

Detail, Famous medieval astronomical clock attached to the tower of the Old Town Hall. Built in 1410, it is the oldest working clock in the world in Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Bronze door decoration: lion head. Asuncion is the capital of Paraguay.

Portrait of Carel van Mander; Portraits in relief. .

Germany, Wertheim. Medieval building detail, stone portraits of home owners carved in local red sandstone.

Relief with a coat of arms, hat with cords, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Sculpture "Ecoute" by Henri de Miller, 1986, in front of the church Eglise Saint-Eustache, 1. Arrondissement, Paris, France, Europe

a sign with a gold lion holding a crest, hachenburg rheinland_pfalz germany

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. Wall plaque of two women in a boat. (Editorial Use Only)

Tras la entrada en vigor del Estatuto de Autonomía de Cataluña (11 de enero de 1980), se celebraron elecciones para el Parlamento catalán (20 de marzo de 1980). Triunfó "Convergència i Unió" y su líder Jordi Pujol fue nombrado presidente de la Generalitat. JORDI PUJOL JUNTO A SU ESPOSA SALUDANDO DESDE EL BALCON DEL PALACIO DE LA GENERALITAT, TRAS SER NOMBRADO PRESIDENTE. Barcelona.

Monkey Sculpture, Entrance Hall, Natural History Museum or Natural History Museum, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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