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10 amazing buildings in Europe (photos)

Old an new, the continent has many beautiful structures

Newsroom August 9 12:08

Europe is home to many of the most iconic architectural structures in the world. Here is a compilation of the top 10 buildings on the continent:

1. The Lutheran Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík is the largest church in Iceland. The design — by state architect Guðjón Samúelsson — represents the flowing lava of Iceland’s active volcanoes

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2. The exterior of Gare do Oriente, a train station in Lisbon designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, is made up of spires and large, skeleton-like wings

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3. The 118-foot-tall zinc roof on the glass-fronted Riverside Museum, designed by Zaha Hadid, makes a startling impression on the shore of the Clyde River in Glasgow

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4. The world’s largest solar furnace can be found in Odeillo, France. It can reach temperatures of more than 3,000 degrees Celcius

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5. Temppeliaukio Church in the Finnish capital of Helsinki was built into a rock by architect brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen before opening in 1969

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6. The undulating concrete roof of Bodegas Ysios, a winery in Spain’s Rioja Alavesa, is used to produce the region’s iconic wine

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7. At an astonishing 290,000-square-feet, the Emporia mall in Malmo, Sweden, is the largest shopping centre in Scandinavia

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8. The Palace of Italian Civilisation, nicknamed the “Square Colosseum,” is one of Rome’s more simple yet subtly beautiful buildings. Today, the building serves as the headquarters of the designer Fendi

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9. The Church of Colònia Güell in Catalonia, by Antoni Gaudí, was never fully completed, but it is still unmissable

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10. The “Ideal Palace” in Hauterives, France, is the result of more than 33 years work by the French postman Ferdinand Cheval.

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