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Fire at Miller House in Saint Petersburg and bans on building after fires in the laws of several countries
On the evening of 1 October the Miller mansion at 3 St Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg burned down. A house of the second half of the eighteenth century, rebuilt in 1879-1880 in eclectic forms by the architect Ferdinand Miller, it was granted the status of a
Photographs by the Catalan Photographer Xavier Miserachs i Ribalta, 1937–1998
Photographs by the Catalan photographer Xavier Miserachs i Ribalta (1937-1998)
Ivan Bunin on freedom of thought and conscience in his 1933 Nobel Prize speech
For the first time since the establishment of the Nobel Prize you have awarded it to an exile. For who am I? An exile enjoying the hospitality of France, to which I, too, shall for ever remain grateful. Gentlemen of the Academy, allow me, leaving aside my own person and
Marco Galli on Ancient Rome's Trade with India and China from the 1st to 3rd Century AD
I have read an interesting article by the Italian archaeologist Marco Galli of Sapienza University of Rome, "Beyond the Borders: Ancient Rome and Eurasian Trade Networks". Galli examines the Roman Empire's part in trade with India and China in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd centuries AD,