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# The Grodno Mona Lisa on the façade of an early twentieth-century fire tower
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/grodnenskaia-mona-liza-na-fasade-pozharnoi-kalanchi-nachala-xx-veka/
- Published: 2025-04-14T19:36:24.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:30:32.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Architecture, Observations, Humour

The Grodno Mona Lisa on the façade of an early twentieth-century fire tower. It is not the uniform that makes the man, but the man the uniform.

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