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Ruins of the American Embassy in Berlin, 1957

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The Paris Opera of the architect Charles Garnier, built in 1875

A long queue of visitors with white umbrellas beside the glass building of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, with a Rothko exhibition pavilion on the right.

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Queue for the Mark Rothko exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, with online booking

The queue at the Fondation Louis Vuitton for the Mark Rothko exhibition. On the right, those with tickets booked online; on the left, those without

Carved relief in pale stone with a fossil coral pattern showing a nude figure wrestling a lion, held by small prongs against a grey background.

Art · Museums

Heracles and the Nemean Lion, an early 16th-century carving from the Medici collection

A Tiny Fragment of Fossil Coral with an Incredibly Beautiful Engraving. Hercules slaying the Nemean Lion, early sixteenth century, from the collection of the Medici family. Archaeological Museum of Florence

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“Psyche and Cupid”, or “Psyche Receiving Cupid’s First Kiss”, François Gérard, 1798

Faith · Art · Madrid · Museums · Observations · Nature

Citrons in Zurbarán's 1633 still life, on show at the Prado until 30 June

My grandmother loved "Tsitron" sweets, which had a bright lemon flavour and a pretty wrapper with lemons on it. But it never occurred to me that the citron is a fruit in its own right; I took it for just another name for the lemon. It was thanks

Gilded statue of an armored rider holding a banner on a tall stone pedestal. Around it are a lit evening street, historic buildings, passers-by and cyclists.

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Gilded equestrian statue of Joan of Arc at Place des Pyramides, Paris

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Statue of Joan of Arc in gilded bronze in the Place des Pyramides in Paris

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The 390 obelisk of Theodosius the Great in Istanbul and the inscription on its pedestal

The Obelisk of Theodosius in Constantinople in 1855 and in 2024. The inscription on the pedestal, in several languages, tells the story of the obelisk raised under Theodosius the Great, Emperor of the Roman Empire, in 390: "This is a four-sided column that lay upon the ground, whose

Four bearded men in bright robes with a spear, shield and bow stand by a stone relief of figures on a throne. Sandy hills rise behind them.

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Four men in ancient Persian costumes before a relief of an enthroned figure

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The Best So Far on the Disappearance of Kate Middleton

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