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Drawing for Bell’Europa Magazine of the famous German castle Bulg Eltz. Below you can see the phase of the preparatory sketch, where the perspective angle was discussed with the editorial board.

My illustration, as an isometric split of the castle which was the favorite residence of Napoleon, in a small town close to Paris. Masterpiece of the French early Epire style, connected to two exquisite neoclassic theaters. Drawing for Bell’Europa Magazine.

My illustration, for Bell’Europa Magazine, of the residence of the English thinker and novelist Anne Lister. It is a remarkable example of Tudor style, and a masterpiece of timber architecture.

Axonometric split of the romanesque cathedral of the German medieval city of Limburg an der Lahn, in Hessen, for Bell’Europa Magazine. The building is one of the finest early romanesque examples in Germany. The bicromatic exterior, heavily retouched in the romantique period, was an unique expression of the style which spread throughout central Europe from the Carolingian dynasty onwards.

Axonometric split of the Cathedral of Valencia, for Bell’Europa Magazine. The building had an incredible influence in shaping the style which would be renowned as Cathalan Gothic. The belltowers and lanterns octagonal prisms, perhaps reminescences of Islamic world, were onwards introduced in all the Aragonese kingdoms.

Illustration of a French castle for Bell’Europa Magazine. The building was an original medieval castle in Normandy, which fell out of use in the modern age, and was restaured in the romantic period. The poet Chateaubriand lived here during his youth.