Konstantin Paustovsky's story “The Air of the Metro” about a ride on the Moscow metro
Good morning from Konstantin Paustovsky. Dedicated to everyone who is about to take the Metro
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Prince William meets Maori Queen Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, elected in 2024
Prince William has met the Māori Queen. This is a ceremonial title created in the nineteenth century to unite the Māori tribes. In September 2024, after the death of King Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, a council of 12 elders chose his youngest daughter, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō,
Facade of the Mshatta Palace in Jordan, a gift from Sultan Abdul Hamid II to Wilhelm II in 1903
The façade of the Mshatta al-Umayyad Palace, located in Jordan, presented in 1903 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II to the German Emperor Wilhelm II as a personal gift. The palace dates from the first half of the 8th century and is believed to have been built before the fall
Léon Frédéric’s triptych “The Ages of the Worker” from the Musée d’Orsay at the “Brussels 1900” exhibition at the Petit Palais
A triptych by the Belgian Symbolist Léon Frédéric entitled "The Ages of the Worker", painted between 1895 and 1897. It belongs to the collection of the Musée d'Orsay and is currently on show at the "Brussels 1900" exhibition at the Petit Palais in Paris.
The Servant Bringing Water to Pilate in Pontormo's Fresco from the Galluzzo Charterhouse
I Wash My Hands At the centre of the composition we see Jesus Christ, with Pontius Pilate seated to his right. And who is that in the upper part of Pontormo's fresco from the Carthusian monastery of Galluzzo? A servant is coming down the stairs, carrying the water