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LOR4250913: France, Pays de la Loire province, Department of Loire Atlantique (44), Nantes. Modern symbol of the city, the Brittany Tower offers a modern architecture between the traditional old buildings of Nantes. The Tour de Bretagne can be seen almost from everywhere around the city. Photography Florent Lamontagne / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250429: Remains of the Ancient City of Phalasarna. West coast of Crete. The city was inhabited, in the Minoan period, in the archaic and the classical years. At its peak between the middle of the 4th century BC and 67 BC., it was destroyed by the Romans, because it turned to piracy and its harbour went out of use. / Bridgeman Images