50 Fascinating Photos That Show How Famous Places Have Changed Over Time

I feel dumb for not knowing it wasn't always uncovered in it's current form

Been there, the view from the glass dome is spectacular.

Nature will find a way.

The only thing changed is the addition of the pyramid entrance to the Louvre.

Annual minimum 1984: 6,3M sq km; 2012 3,39M sq km; 2025: 4,28M sq km. 2012 has been the historical minimum, due to a strong storm in August that melted the most recent ice, and a streak of warmer temperatures.

You have to move the picture left and right to see the same entrance.

The removal of the houses -a block called "Spina di Borgo"- and the new wide road were a major project designed during the Fas*ist era, to celebrate the agreements between the Church and the Italian state, that put end to a 6-decade long quarrel between the Kingdom and the Papacy (and regrettably still stand, providing public money, tax exemptions and plenty of influence to the Church). Due to the war it was completed only two decades later.

The Art Nouveau marquise was way better than what's now...

The buildings were temporary structures for the Expo, mostly made in wood, gypsum and papier mache.

150 years and still not rebuilt. We Italians are special. :-) (just in case, I'm joking!)

Probably the only major city to ADD trees as it grew. As a resident I love our mountains, trees and trails.

Not sure which is worse, er, better...

Wow nothing is the same

Majestic!

It was bombed and burned in WW2, the spires and roof were rebuilt in 1987

I wish they'd left all the decorative foo-fa-rahs on the tops of the buildings and the gate. And kept the balconies on the left. Even added more! I do like the pavement though.

Jup, less snow

Norway

In Crok? The other end of the country to Bublin?🤪

I love that the buildings didn’t change at all

Is that an observation deck where the arches went away?

My niece was at the Sorbonne for a year. I told her never to go to Marseille. The school sent her group there on a field trip. She was mugged immediately. Couldn't they have sent them to Provence or Normandy? I have read this city has been the crime capital of europe for 2 centuries!

What happened to all the stairs?

I guess it's a rebuild?

Wow, very dramatic!

He had a dream too!

So what has changed? Actually looks more crowded in thd postcard.

Whoa! The second photo was taken at the exact same time--or the clocks stopped.

¡Arica!

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There was a Blitz in 2019?

Way to go, Bangkok! 🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭

I like it better in the 1978 picture

i guess the dark clouds are coal heating clouds in the old picture .

They have less trees in 2021.

I hate that abomination. (And the Walkie Talkie isn't too pretty either!) 🤣🤣🤣

Dubai really is a s h i t stain on the planet.

It has four columns now

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Bah humbug

Stopping the jumpers?

What? No Wal Mart?

Not much has changed in this photo!