Ein einziger Schrei - die Stadt ist versunken,Und Hunderttausende sind ertrunken.Wo gestern noch Lärm und lustiger Tisch,Schwamm andern Tags der stumme Fisch.Heut bin ich über Rungholt gefahren,Die Stadt ging unter vor sechshundert Jahren.Trutz, Blanke Hans? (Excerpt)...
Apparently an anglo-american invention, this story about the boy who rescues a Dutch city by sticking his finger in a hole in the dyke, has been republished in various versions since the mid 1800s . This is the earliest published version of the story and it starts...
To see your city, you have to get out and look back. In many disaster movies, that's a car ride onto a bridge. In this scene from Geostorm, the look back is directed towards Hong Kong.USA; 21. Century; Christian; Movie; City: Hong Kong
Last image from Gustave Doré's Book "London - A Pilgrimage" (1872). Detailed Information. France; 19. Century; Christian; Illustration; City: London
German painter Basler-Kopp painted two images in 1924 after Thodor Storm's novel "Rider on the White Horse" one of the best knows examples of German literary realism of late 19. Century. Contrary ot the genre of the text, these images are clearly rooted in romanticism...
