Art · Mores · People
Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, a Roman beauty of the very end of the sixteenth century, executed on a charge of murdering her own father. The tragedy in one of the wealthiest families of Italy shocked contemporaries: a daughter, a wife and a son conspire to kill the head of a
NB! · Archaeology · Architecture · Rome
NB! · Faith · Art · Rome
Details. A tapestry in the Lateran Palace, residence of the Vicar General of Rome
Archive · Faith · People · Rome
Before being burned, Giordano Bruno said to his judges: “You pronounce this sentence upon me with greater fear than I receive it”. These words were recorded by Count Ventimiglia, a pupil of Bruno who was present at the burning. Count Ventimiglia reports that before his death Bruno urged him to
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Architecture · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris
The Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris has closed its major retrospective of Mark Rothko (1903-1970), the most significant ever devoted to the artist. Since October it has unfailingly drawn formidable queues. They say that the scenography of the exhibition follows the artist's own instructions, but can one
The East · Art · Monarchies · Museums
Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza forwarded arms from Russia to the Serbian government, needed to withstand the West and the Ottoman Empire. Despite the encroachments of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, backed by Austria and England, Cuza did not allow the convoy to be stopped. In recognition of Alexandru Cuza&
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Architecture · Faith · Moscow · Heritage
The first stone tented church in Russia, built in the 1530s and attributed to the Italian architect Petrus Fransiscus Annibale, was founded by Vasily III as a prayer for an heir. A church of exquisite beauty! In the second half of the twentieth century, specialists viewed the condition of the
Faith · Observations · Society · People
I have read the address of Pope Francis I to the participants of the 2024 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. What does Francis mention? International instability, praise for the World Economic Forum, innovative and effective ways of building a better world, the need for social cohesion, an ever more
Faith · Mores · Society · Paris · Ethnography
For Catholics, the middle of Lent coincided with the French carnivalesque festival of Mi-Carême, which in Paris and its suburbs was celebrated on a very grand scale, with processions of coal-heavers, water-carriers, washerwomen and students. There were processions, parades, feasts, dances, parties, merry-go-rounds, fireworks and
NB! · Education · Nature · Humour
Monument to Sparky, the squirrel who sought the light even in the darkest of times. The memorial was erected by a group of students on the campus of Delaware Valley University in the United States. The students thus expressed their gratitude to the squirrel that gnawed through an electric cable,