A Quest To Doc The Remaining Historical Landmarks Of Europe

Introduction

The world is a ravishing place. From the tallest mountains to the deepest oceans and all the things in between, there’s an abundance of pure magnificence throughout this planet. However simply because an space has pure magnificence doesn’t imply it’s proof against human improvement and neglect. Many historical landmarks all over the world have been deserted or destroyed by human exercise; nonetheless, some have managed to outlive regardless of these setbacks (and a few have even thrived!). Photographer Kevin McElvaney has taken it upon himself to try to doc what stays of Europe’s most important historical landmarks earlier than they’re misplaced eternally—and his pictures are completely breathtaking!

World wide, there are historical websites which have survived time and human exercise.

I’ve spent the previous couple of years touring throughout Europe and documenting a few of its remaining historical landmarks. I’ve been to locations like Stonehenge in England, Machu Picchu in Peru, and Petra in Jordan. Every web site has its personal distinctive historical past and story to inform about the way it has survived time and human exercise–and many individuals don’t even understand they exist!

Whereas a few of these websites are nonetheless getting used immediately (like Stonehenge), others have been deserted way back (like Petra). However it doesn’t matter what state they’re in now, every location tells us one thing totally different about our previous as people on this planet–and there’s nothing extra fascinating than that!

These landmarks are remnants of civilizations which have lengthy since gone, or are proof of cultures which have been worn out.

The world is an enormous place, with many alternative cultures and peoples. A few of these cultures have been round for 1000’s of years, whereas others are just a few hundred years previous. It’s essential to protect the historical past of those civilizations in order that future generations can study from their errors and successes alike.

The monuments in Europe are remnants of historical civilizations which have lengthy since handed into reminiscence–or proof of cultures that have been worn out solely by warfare or illness. Documenting these landmarks is essential if we wish future generations to know what life was like earlier than them; with out this documentation, they may by no means know what number of nice civilizations existed earlier than theirs!

Sadly, many of those websites are being misplaced to improvement and neglect.

There are a lot of the reason why these landmarks are being misplaced. A few of them, just like the Colosseum in Rome, Italy and the Acropolis in Athens Greece have been constructed as monuments to nice leaders or occasions. They could not have been used for what they have been meant however they continue to be as reminders of our previous and the way far we’ve got come.

Different websites comparable to Stonehenge in England or Machu Picchu in Peru have been constructed so way back that nobody is aware of precisely why they have been constructed or by whom (though there are theories). These locations maintain secrets and techniques about our planet’s historical past that would assist us perceive our planet higher immediately if we knew extra about them!

Nonetheless others–like Pompeii–have been misplaced as a consequence of pure disasters like earthquakes or volcanoes erupting close by; this occurred with Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD destroying all the things inside its attain together with buildings made out of stone!

To assist stop this from occurring as quickly as potential, photographer Kevin McElvaney has launched into a quest to doc a few of Europe’s most important historical landmarks in a sequence referred to as “Final Remaining.”

To assist stop this from occurring as quickly as potential, photographer Kevin McElvaney has launched into a quest to doc a few of Europe’s most important historical landmarks in a sequence referred to as “Final Remaining.”

McElvaney plans to go to a few of these areas and {photograph} them earlier than they’re gone eternally. The primary location he visited was the Abbey at Clonmacnoise in Eire, which dates again to 553 AD and is among the oldest monasteries in Europe.

Listed here are among the pictures taken by McElvaney on his travels round Europe up to now.

McElvaney’s pictures are stunning, however additionally they present one thing else: the photographer has a singular perspective on the world.

The pictures are proof of the great thing about our planet and the way a lot we’ve got misplaced over time.

The Earth is a ravishing place and it might be unhappy if we misplaced a few of its most essential components eternally

The Earth is a ravishing place, and it might be unhappy if we misplaced a few of its most essential components eternally.

Within the age of know-how and globalization, it’s straightforward to neglect that there are nonetheless locations on this world the place time has stood nonetheless for lots of and even 1000’s of years. These historical landmarks have been preserved by their remoteness from civilization, however as people proceed to unfold out throughout the globe at an unprecedented fee, these monuments will turn out to be more and more weak to destruction or decay over time.

As a photographer who loves touring and exploring the world round him together with his digicam lens (and who additionally occurs to have studied historical past), I’ve at all times discovered myself drawn in the direction of these sorts of locations–locations the place historical past lives on via structure or artifacts left behind by earlier generations; locations that assist us perceive ourselves higher as people by reminding us how small we actually are in contrast towards nature itself; locations the place magnificence will be discovered each above floor stage in addition to under it…

Conclusion

I believe it’s essential to protect these websites, as a result of they offer us a way of the place we got here from and what our ancestors have been able to. It could be unhappy if we misplaced among the most important components of our historical past eternally.