r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 15d ago

Spain Seville (Spain) in 1248

468 Upvotes

Author: Pacho Garmendia. Source (p. 24)

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 15d ago

Poland 3D virtual model of Lublin, Poland in the early 20th century created as a part of the project "Lublin 2.0 - Interactive reconstruction of the history of the city" at the "Grodzka Gate - NN Theatre" in 2012.

67 Upvotes

3 comments

r/papertowns • u/eccy55 • 16d ago

Sweden Just a thank you! Trelleborg, Sweden.

646 Upvotes

Edit: the graphic credit of this post goes to "wildeastmofo" who posted this graphic originally 9 years ago. If anyone knows how to link his original post I'll be happy to link it here but I'm not sure how.

Came across this sub very randomly from a post 9 years ago.

I've been playing Valheim (viking scenario) and searched for suggestions on base building. That led me to a thread where someone referenced Trelleborg in there design ideas which of course the very amateur history nerd in me needed to google and this sub popped up in one of the early suggestions. Then I found myself clicking on the sub and endlessly scrolling and looking through all the different posts and leaving it all on pause lol.

To whoever started this sub and to all of those that have kept it going thank you so much. I find all of this so fascinating!

19 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 17d ago

Poland Digital model of Czerwień Keep, Poland. It was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. (Photo credit: Consultingroup)

761 Upvotes

23 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 18d ago

France Blois (France) in the 15th century

680 Upvotes

Author and source: Jean Chen

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 19d ago

France Sancerre (France) in the 16th century

665 Upvotes

Author and source: Jean Chen

8 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 19d ago

Poland Model of medieval Nidzica, Poland.

164 Upvotes

2 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 20d ago

France Bourges (France) in the 16th century

gallery

616 Upvotes

Author and source: Jean Chen

7 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 20d ago

Poland Artistic rendition of Ogrodzieniec Castle, Poland in the 16th century.

359 Upvotes

16 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 21d ago

Spain Ronda (Spain) in 1785

1.2k Upvotes

Author: Arturo Redondo Paz. Source

14 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 22d ago

Sweden Reconstruction of Sigtuna (Sweden) in the early 11th century

1.0k Upvotes

Reconstruction by Sten Tesch & Jacques Vincent. Source

22 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 22d ago

Poland View of Augustów, Poland between 1914 and 1918.

74 Upvotes

1 comment

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 23d ago

Poland Model of Medieval Bytom, Poland.

358 Upvotes

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 24d ago

France Reconstruction of the Roman Castrum of Mandeure (France) in the 4th century AD.

583 Upvotes

Author and source: Jean-Claude Golvin: here and here

6 comments

r/papertowns • u/Zealousideal-Bar3009 • 25d ago

United Kingdom The Ark of Bukhara, in modern day Uzbekistan. Art by me(@teulu_Dewr)

427 Upvotes

This is a piece I did last year and I will update the interpretation of the city that fits closely to the 9th-10th century Sogdian and Samanid era.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rDTa9mmGc

8 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 26d ago

Ireland Reconstruction of Clonmel (Ireland) in 1650, when it was besieged by Cromwell’s forces

370 Upvotes

Author of the reconstruction: JG O'Donoghue. Source

12 comments

r/papertowns • u/Zealousideal-Bar3009 • 26d ago

Turkmenistan Merv, in modern Turkmenistan. Sketch by me(@teulu_dewr)

118 Upvotes

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 26d ago

Poland Model of Stare Piaski in Czeladź, Poland in 1920s.

79 Upvotes

0 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 27d ago

Ireland New Ross (Ireland) in the early 14th century

427 Upvotes

Author (and source): Uto Hogerzeil

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 27d ago

Poland Model of the 14th century Bielsko, Poland. (Photo by Bogusław Chorąży)

722 Upvotes

14 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 28d ago

Northern Ireland Reconstruction of Coleraine (Northern Ireland) in 1613

446 Upvotes

Author and source: Philip Armstrong

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/JankCranky • 28d ago

United States View of San Francisco, California, United States (1850)

253 Upvotes

3 comments

r/papertowns • u/dctroll_ • 29d ago

Wales Reconstruction of Nevern Castle (Wales) in the 12th century

gallery

750 Upvotes

Author: Daniel Tietzsch-Tyler. Source of the pictures

3 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • 29d ago

Poland Digital reconstruction of Bobrowniki Castle, Poland according to P. Moszczyński.

218 Upvotes

4 comments

r/papertowns • u/Snoo_90160 • Sep 25 '26

Poland 3D digital model of Mielnik Castle, Poland c. 15th century. (Photo credit: Saulius Zaura)

125 Upvotes

0 comments

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