Commons:Photo challenge/2025 - September - Bricks

2025 – September – Bricks

The new challenge features Bricks.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout September UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. September 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

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  Bricks in sepia tone
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  Broken bricks structure at the shore side
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  Bricks laid out in open field
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  Built brick by brick
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  A red brick wall
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  Zafarbené tehly na jednom z múrov Bratislavských mestských hradieb, Slovensko.
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  Alte Hauswand in Friedrichshafen
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  Portal of the Virgin Mary Queen of Poland church in Jastrzębsko Stare, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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  Windows of the Virgin Mary Queen of Poland church in Jastrzębsko Stare, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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  Saint Michael abbey in Gaillac, Tarn, France
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  Window of the Maison Pierre de Biens in Gaillac, Tarn, France
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  The St. Catherine's Church in Hoogstraten is one of the tallest brick buildings of Europe
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  The St. Catherine's Church in Hoogstraten is one of the tallest brick buildings of Europe
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  Oasis de montagne de Chebika, en Tunisie, au petit matin du mois de janvier
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  V areáli Mestských hradieb v historickom centre mesta Bratislavy, Slovensko.
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  Vnútri Mestských hradieb v historickom centre mesta Bratislavy, Slovensko.
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  Balcon dans la ville de Gaillac
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  Tour de l'Abbaye Saint-Michel
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  bricks of different colour of the road
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  a corner of Himeji Castle
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  Beside the St. Paul's ruins
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  barbecue in Hac Sa
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  Brick Wall in Orford, Suffolk, England
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  Old Brick Wall in Schwanau-Ottenheim, BW
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  Town Wall and Beggars Tower in Memmingen, Bavaria
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  Town Centre in Aylsham, Norfolk, England
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  'Make Your Way' bricks in Carluke, Scotland.
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  Koyama Himon (Koyama sluiceway) built in 1898 in Chiba prefecture, Japan.
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  Brick wall, at Colorado Springs located in Colorado, in the United States
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  France, Colombier du Manoir d'Ango
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  Brick tower, villa "under the scepter"
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  Brick church tower
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  Brick, reflection in the window (mirror)
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  Brick wall, wild boar trophy
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  A Street Lined in the Blue Bricks of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
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  A snow covered tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremilin illuminated at night, 13-03-22
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  Close-up of a "stop nonsense" cement-brick wall with stone foundation in Vezubuhle, Mpumalanga
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  Leftover red bricks after construction
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  Wall of Wine at MooMoo Menlyn Park, Pretoria, South Africa
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  The side of a 20th century brick apartment building in downtown Des Moines, IA.
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  Giardino dei semplici nell'Orto botanico di Roma
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  Bad Doberaner Münster 2012
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  Doberaner Münster 2012 Bad Doberan
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  Cafe Seestern Graal Müritz 2012
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  Leuchttürme Kap Arkona 2006 Rügen
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  Sewer vent tower Goldenrock Tamilnadu India
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  Hauswand mit Relief und Verkehrsschildern in Schwäbisch Gmünd
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  Saint Michael orthodox church, located inside the Alexander Clinical Hospital, in Kyiv
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  Bridge across the Leliegracht located between the 159 and 157 Keizersgracht in Amsterdam
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  Museumpark campus of the Hogeschool of Rotterdam. This building was the headquarters of Unilever from 1930 to 1993
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  Fake window above a small street "rue étroite" in Toulouse. This type of construction is purely decorative
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  Red chapel in Bítov, Czech Republic.
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  Chapel in Arnultovice, Nový Bor, Czech Republic.
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  Ruins of the chapel at the Bohnice Institutional Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.
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  Ruins of the chapel at the Bohnice Institutional Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic.
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  Brick wall of old fire station with drain pipe and flagpole holder
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  Cloture_de_brique
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  Ventilation grid in brick wall
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  Saint Catherine of Siena Chapel in Allenspark, Colorado.
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  Mossy bricks on the side of Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
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  Mary garden surrounded by the Basilica of St.Lawrence
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  Former home of the Stratmoor family, this place holds a hidden story to the development of the city of Colorado Springs. Shown even on the brick floor made out of Colorado's Pikes Peak Granite.
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  North German brick expressionism, represented by the ten-storey Chilehaus in Hamburg, which, when viewed from the south-east, rises into the sky like the bow of a ship
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  The Sprinkenhof, a building in the North German brick expressionist style, UNESCO World Heritage Site Kontorhaus district in Hamburg
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  Brickwork of the Caracalla Thermal Baths in Rome. Ring-necked parakeets, possibly descendants of animals imported to Rome from India in 273 BC, nest in the holes. The length of the bird, 42 cm, shows the Roman brick formats used
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  Member of the Bhil ethnic group in southern Rajasthan in front of fired bricks, which the Bhil traditionally produce by hand, often in slave-like conditions
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  The West Tower on the island of Wangerooge
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  Brick Shoppe in Seattle, Washington
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  Brick house in Burlington, Vermont
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  Brick gable, Lueneburg, Germany
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  Brick and clay gables of an old house, Lenzen (Elbe), Germany
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  Bricks covered with moss and algae, Kaloe Castle ruins, Kaloe, Denmark
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  Timber framing with brick pattern, Den Gamle By, Aarhus, Denmark
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  Stacked bricks from a demolished building, India
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  Exposed layered bricks Tamilnadu India
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  Wall in Venice, Italy
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  Bricks and marble in Venice, Italy
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  Brick Tower Clock in Burlington, Vermont
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  Blanchard Block in Montpelier, Vermont
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  Bricks for air circulation
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  Stacked bricks from an abandoned building
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  Dünenweg auf der Insel Juist, Ostfriesland, D
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  Kunstvolles Mauerwerk (Detail) an St. Johannis, Lüneburg, D
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  Lutherkirche Leer, Detail an der SW-Ecke des Turmes, Ostfriesland, D
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  Sankt Mariæ, Helsingør, Detail am Kreuzgang, DK
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  A closer look at Seville’s iconic Plaza de España walls.
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  Brick wall of McDonald’s in Porto, Portugal
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  A close up of the brickwork detail on the A Bond Tobacco Warehouse, Bristol, UK
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  Mauerblich aus dem Ostetal
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  Brick Road and Brick Buildings, Jamestown, NY
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  After the flood-Noah legend depicted on a brick wall of a school building in Stockholm Sweden
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  A boy and a ball (on a brick-paved square)
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  Jungle (Wheelabrator) Baltimore, Maryland.
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  Kasbah Hengelo
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  Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe]]
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  Traditional rural mud brick house with visible erosion and patch repairs in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
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  Dublin, house No 19 in the Dawson Street
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  Dry moss on a brick wall (Duisburg)
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  Plant clinging to a brick wall (Duisburg)
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  Tiny moss on a brick wall (Duisburg)
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  Bricked-up windows in Alfeld (Leine)
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  "Fukushima Prefecture" written on a block
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  Lightning earth connection on a brick wall
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  Not yet a house in orange & teal
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  New South Wales Saving Bank plaque on brick wall
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  Vista lateral dos Tijolos do antigo matadouro da Vila Mariana, atual Cinemateca Brasileira
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  Tijolos do antigo matadouro da Vila Mariana, atual Cinemateca Brasileira em 2025
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  Tijolos do Parque Modernista em meados de setembro de 2025
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  Tijolos do antigo matadouro da Vila Mariana, atual Cinemateca Brasileira em setembro do ano de 2025
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  Masonry of the former inn of the former Friedrichshall spa resort
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  Brick wall and window
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  Skulptur av Per Kirkeby på Florida i Bergen
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  Die Marienkapelle im Kloster Hirsau hat nichts von ihrer Schönheit eingebüßt.
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  Die Wagenhallen in Stuttgart wurden restauriert, der Kleiderbügel macht sich gut dort.
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  Die Ruine aus Backstein im Land der Backsteingotik
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  Бывшее банковское здание (деталь), Выборг, Ленинградская область . 2H1A5522WI
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  Бывшее банковское здание (деталь), Выборг, Ленинградская область 2H1A5527WI
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  Chinese-style "money pattern" hollow concrete bricks
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  Fassadenfront in der Speicherstadt Hamburg
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  Ecocathedral in Mildam municipality of Heerenveen, Part of surplus building material stacked in a special way.
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  Ruins of church of Saint Nicholas (Russko-Vysotskoye)
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  Ruins of church of Saint Nicholas (Russko-Vysotskoye)
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  A lattice hollow brick wall was Include bird shapes, fish shapes and geometric shapes pattern in Tamsui , New Taipei
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  Bricks are always useful in the household
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  Chicken in front of a brick wall and pile of bricks in Tanzania
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  Wet footprints on bricks leading from a pool in a Moroccan riad
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  Abandoned construction of a school building in Tanzania leaving exposed bricks
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  Abandoned construction of a school building in Tanzania leaving exposed bricks
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  Wasserturm Altmittweida (Detail) in Sachsen.
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  Wasserturm Altmittweida in Sachsen.
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  Textured brick wall with white paint partially worn away, revealing red bricks beneath, in Toronto, Canada
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  Close up of Red Brick Wall in Toronto, Canada
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  Mixed Coloured Brick Wall in Toronto, Canada
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  Multi-Coloured Brick Wall with Vertical Lines in Toronto, Canada
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  Light reflecting from the stained glass onto the brick pavement of the Bazaar of Tabriz, Iran
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  Deutschland - Trier - Basilika und Kurfürstliches Palais
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  Iran - Festung Rudkhan
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  Iran - Shiraz- Zitadelle des Karim Khan
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  Rumänien - Kloster Neamt
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  Ecocathedral in Mildam municipality of Heerenveen, Part of surplus building material stacked in a special way.
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  Scaligero Bridge detail - Verona (Italy)
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  Decorative bricks on a building facade in Marseille
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  Trompe l’oeil bricks of Palacio de la Madraza facade - Granada
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  Otranto (Italy) - Aragonese Castle
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  Königsberg Cathedral
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  Vault of the Faceted Chamber in Novgorod Kremlin
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  Ecocathedral in Mildam municipality of Heerenveen, Part of surplus building material stacked in a special way.
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  Delizia della Diamantina, Italy
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  1914-1918 Kriegendenkmal in Eibau, Saxony, Germany
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  Detached spiral arch and decorative infill made of bricks
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  Owl hole in a compartment with brick infill
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  Standard-size brick as Poroton perforated brick
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  Standard-size clinker brick as solid brick for brickwork for chimney caps
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  Fabbrica di laterizi dismessa. Come materiale veniva utilizzata l’argilla, che era estratta lungo le sponde del fiume Tevere a Monterotondo (Lazio)
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  Yellow brick wall of an apartment building in Hökarängen, southern Stockholm, Sweden
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  Ecocathedral in Mildam municipality of Heerenveen, Part of surplus building material stacked in a special way.
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  Gasometers in Simmering, Vienna, Austria
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  Fort Morgan Arches
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  Fort Morgan Steps
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  Stone Wall 1848-2
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  Old Tbilisi
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  Old damaged brick wall with remains of plaster; Tenement house; Lublin.
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  Fragment of a wall with a window; Orthodox church, Lublin, Poland.
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  Paving stones – parking lot of the “Stokrotka” supermarket
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  Chiesa di San Domenico in Chioggia
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  Maison briques et bois 12 Rue d'Engueysse à Albi (Tarn)
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  Briques
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  Cheminée de Briques à Villeneuvette (Hérault)
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  Escalier dans la Rue d'Engueysse à Albi (Tarn)
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  Вентилляционное отверстие в кирпичной стене
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  Художественная кирпичная кладка (Москва)
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  An old factory building in Gothenburg, Sweden
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  Mutlicolour Brick Wall in London, Ontario
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  Two Colours of Bricks used in a wall in London, Ontario
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  A seven-story brick building originally used as a brewery, constructed in 1913.
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  Brick facades in Bonn, Germany
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  Brick facades in Hamburg-Speicherstadt, Germany
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  Hefehof Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany
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  Hefehof Hameln, Lower Saxony, Germany
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  Minarah in Bukhara
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  Bristol Temple Meads Train Station, Bristol, U.K.
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  The Church of The Holy Apostles, Athens, Greece
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  Geometric lattice Air Bricks ( Interlocking circles - octagonal shapes )
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  Exposed brick walls on the sides of a townhouses group in Banqiao, New Taipei
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  Bricks at Besançon-Viotte station
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  Bricks for construction
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  What used to be
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  an old brick
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  Complete idol of Durga made of bricks
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  Brick wall; Krakow Gate - Lublin
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  Fragment of the tower - Lublin
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  Defensive castle - Malbork; fragment of the wall
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  Krakow Gate - Lublin; wall
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  A brick wall at the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery
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  An arch of a puja pandal made of bricks
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  A part of puja pandal of outside made of bricks
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  An Idol of Durga and the pandal all made of bricks
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  Inside a brick kiln in Phú Hung, Vietnam
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  Wat Mahathat, Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand
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  Statues of Buddha in Wat Chai Watthanaram temple (Ayutthaya, Thailand)
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  An Arch entrance of bricks in Kolkata Durga Puja pandal
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  A Circle of bricks in the Big Festival Durga Puja showing the Idol
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  A rare Durga Idol made of bricks carving
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  Bunker
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  Interior detail of Fort Jefferson, the largest brick structure in the western hemisphere, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA.jpg
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  Outer wall of Fort Jefferson, the largest brick structure in the western hemisphere, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA
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  A building entrance at Lüneburg, Germany
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  Brick wall mural at Cabra, Dublin, Ireland
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  Tour Gabriel, Mont-Saint-Michel, France
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  Pear Tree on a Brick Wall at Ashtown Demesne, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
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  Voskresenskaya Arch
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  Railway bridge across the river Elster in Saxony
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  Muro di mattoni di tufo, Lazio
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  Each brick whispers of hands that shaped it, carrying the weight of time in its quiet strength.
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  Former Moji Customs House, Japan
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  Graffiti of a white heart on a brick wall, grayscale
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  The Guardian Building in Detroit, Michigan
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  Portrait of an Immortal royal guard (Achaemenid soldiers) from the palace of Susa, Iran
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  Bridge of Lies brick alley in Sibiu, Romania
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  Bricks are using to build basement of a high-rise
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  Blocks in MYANMAR
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  Little biome in a brick (moss vegetation)
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  Red brick factory near the city of Ambsha Abeche , Chad. jpg
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