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Alexandr Radayev
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Painting detail: angels and putti among clouds above a rock
Faith · Art · Madrid · Museums · Rome
Two El Greco sketches for a Madrid polyptych in Palazzo Barberini, Rome
To see an El Greco in the flesh is a great stroke of luck. Of the slightly more than a hundred surviving works by El Greco in the world, Russia holds, for example, just five, and Italy eleven, of which Rome has only two, both in the Palazzo Barberini. These
Coming Up · Art · Museums · Rome
Until 16 June the Quirinal Palace in Rome hosts the exhibition “Napoli Ottocento”, that is, “Naples, the Nineteenth Century”
At the end of the eighteenth century the discovery of the ruins of Pompeii, the great popularity of the Grand Tour among the aristocracy and the enlightened elite, the fascination with the incessant eruptions of Vesuvius and the love of romantic landscapes made Naples the third city of Europe, after
Architecture · Heritage · Rome
On the pediment of the Palace of Italian Civilisation, built in 1938-1940 by the architects Guerrini, La Padula and Romano, Mussolini's quotation of 2 October 1935 is still inscribed: "A people of poets, artists, heroes, saints, thinkers, scientists…
On the pediment of the Palace of Italian Civilisation, built in 1938-1940 by the architects Guerrini, La Padula and Romano, Mussolini's quotation of 2 October 1935 is still inscribed: "A people of poets, of artists, of heroes, of saints, of thinkers, of scientists, of navigators, of
Archive · Books · Monarchies
A book on how Europe turned its gaze to Russia during Napoleon's threat
A triple portrait of Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I from the German book of 1815, "The Glorious Self-Sacrifice of Russia for the Salvation of Mankind" The book tells how all Europe turned its gaze northwards at the moment of greatest peril from Napoleon to every
Art · Monarchies · People
Table medal commemorating the death of Emperor Alexander I the Blessed, who reposed in God on 19 November 1825
The reverse bears the inscription: Our Angel in Heaven 1812. On the obverse, around the bust of the Emperor in a laurel wreath, a serpent bites its own tail.
Architecture · Faith · Heritage
Late 18th century church where a mammoth bone was reportedly gnawed to cure toothache
The Church of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross at Nikolo-Berezovets. This church is said to have housed a unique relic: a mammoth bone, which, by custom, was gnawed to rid oneself of toothache. The vaults, as you can see, are in a sorry state of
Faith · Art
Egg with coloured stones by the Austrian artist Koloman Moser, 1905
Easter egg of silver and precious stones. The work of the Austrian artist Koloman Moser, 1905
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Rome
Episcopal cathedra of 1254 in the Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome
The episcopal throne of 1254 in the Roman Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. The blue-eyed one
NB! · Observations · Humour
Naming: Pyaterochka
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