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Chettouh Nabil · CC BY-SA 4.0

Landmark Europe religious

Basilica of Our Lady of Africa

1872 CE – still standing

Roman Catholic basilica overlooking the Bay of Algiers, a symbol of Christian-Muslim coexistence

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Notre-Dame d'Afrique on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

Before it was built (3000 BCE–1815 CE)
No border recorded here in this snapshot (1880 CE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Derinkuyu Underground City

800 BCE – 1923 CE

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Trade route · Europe

Tea Clipper Route

1850 CE – 1880 CE

Landmark · Europe

Sagrada Família

1882 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Russian Empire

1721 CE – 1917 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Landmark · Europe

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

1883 CE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1872 CE and 2026 CE.

1877 CE Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) 1882 CE Sagrada Família 1883 CE Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood 1886 CE Neuschwanstein Castle 1903 CE Ilinden Uprising (Macedonia)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency Conflict · South Asia 1967 CE – 2026 CE Charles Darwin Figure · England 1809 CE – 1882 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing

Image credits 8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Notre-Dame d'Afrique Chettouh Nabil · CC BY-SA 4.0
Derinkuyu underground city Nevit Dilmen ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922) User:Orwellianist · Public domain
World War I Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · Public domain
Sagrada Família Canaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Flag of Russia Peter the Great · Public domain
World War II Richard Opitz · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Church of the Savior on Blood Je-str · CC BY-SA 3.0