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A Prophetic 20 August 2020 in The New Yorker's Calendar
A prophetic 20 August 2020 in The New Yorker's calendar. I remind you that the calendar was published as far back as 2019
Alexandr Radayev
Observations · Pop Culture
The author asks readers which topics and hosts Russian-language podcasts still lack
We have spoken a great deal about podcasts on Yandex.Music in recent posts, and I hope you have already listened to something from what I recommended. Or perhaps you were listening to them long before. So today I have a question for those in the know. It seems that
Architecture · Heritage · Society · Rome
French cannonball of 1849 in the staircase of Cardinal Colonna's palace in Rome
A trace of the brief days of the Roman Republic in 1849: a cannonball lodged in the staircase of the Great Salon of Cardinal Girolamo Colonna's Baroque palace. The shots were fired at random from the Janiculum Hill into the centre of Rome, which the republicans had held
Art · Science · People
Blaise Pascal, his discoveries and the sculpture by Augustin Pajou in Clermont-Ferrand
Blaise Pascal, the outstanding French inventor, mathematician, thinker and, in many respects, altogether advanced man. Sculpture by Augustin Pajou, housed at the University of Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. Pascal is known for a number of mathematical and physical discoveries with which we become acquainted as early as school: Pascal'
Museums · Heritage · Society
American Alliance of Museums warns a third of US museums may close by the end of 2020
Meanwhile, in the United States, 12,000 museums face closure. The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) believes that one museum in three across the States may shut its doors by the end of 2020, owing to the colossal crisis that has befallen Americans this year.
Archaeology · Museums · Heritage
Speaking of underwater finds, Greece has just opened an underwater museum of ancient antiquities, the "Parthenon of Shipwrecks"
Speaking of underwater finds, Greece has very recently opened an underwater museum of ancient antiquities, the "Parthenon of Shipwrecks". The exhibition can be viewed if you have diving skills, until 2 October, while the diving season lasts.
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Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
After decades of neglect and ruin, the legendary Northern River Terminal, which, like many of our architectural monuments, was only a couple of years ago under threat of collapse, now looks like this: restoration work is in full swing…
After decades of neglect and ruin, the legendary Northern River Terminal, which, like many of our architectural monuments, was only a couple of years ago under threat of collapse, now looks like this: restoration work is in full swing, and they are preparing to open the building in time for
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Completion of the 2.5 billion rouble reconstruction of the Northern River Station and the star for its spire
Came to see the completion of the reconstruction of the Northern River Terminal, at a cost of 2.5 billion roubles. The star will not be hoisted onto the spire today because of the squally wind. The gemstones of the hammer and sickle all seem to be in place
Archaeology · Art · Museums · Heritage
The discovery of the Riace bronze warriors by a humble diver (or, to be precise, almost simultaneously with the discovery of the same sculptures by four boys), though reckoned among the most precious finds, remains a rather mysterious one
The discovery of the Riace bronze warriors by a humble diver (or, to be precise, almost simultaneously with the discovery of the same sculptures by four boys), though reckoned among the most precious finds, remains a rather mysterious one. Even 47 years on, the circumstances in which the statues were
Archaeology · Art · Cinema · Observations
The Riace Warriors, bronze Greek statues found in Calabria on 16 August 1972
Do you remember one of the most touching scenes in the drama "Call Me by Your Name", with the bronze handshake of Elio and Oliver? André Aciman may well have drawn inspiration from the story of the discovery of the Riace Warriors on the shore of the Ionian
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