The following photos depict 25 of the most historic and architecturally striking astronomical observatories on the planet. While some are no longer used to gaze at the stars, their beauty transcends time and space. The observatories are presented in alphabetical order. Peace!
Bucharest Observatory (1910) – Bucharest, Romania
Chamberlain Observatory (1890) – Denver, CO, USA
Dearborn Observatory (1889) – Evanston, IL, USA
Dunsink Observatory (1785) – Dublin, Ireland
European ELT (2026) – Cerro Armazones, Chile
Fabra Observatory (1906) – Barcelona, Spain
Fuertes Observatory (1917) – Ithaca, NY, USA
Griffith Observatory (1935) – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Holcomb Observatory (1954) – Indianapolis, IN, USA
McKim Observatory (1884) – Greencastle, IN, USA
Mt. Lookout Observatory (1843) – Cincinnati, OH, USA
National Observatory of Athens (1842) – Athens, Greece
Nice Observatory (1879) – Nice, France
Pulkovo Observatory (1839) – Pulkovskiye Heights, Russia
Quito Astronomical Observatory (1873) – Quito, Equador
Radcliffe Observatory (1772) – Oxford, England, UK
Rome Observatory (1938) – Rome, Italy
Royal Observatory (1896) – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Shattuck Observatory (1854) – Hanover, NH, USA
Stockholm Observatory (1749) – Stockholm, Sweden
Toulouse Observatory (1733) – Toulouse, France
Ulugh Beg Observatory (1420s) – Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Urania Observatory (1907) – Zurich, Switzerland
Yantra Mandir (1724) – New Delhi, India
Yerkes Observatory (1897) – Williams Bay, Wisconsin
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