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At the Café
The French artist André Devambez, 1915
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Villa Guarienti-Brenzone by Michele Sanmicheli on Lake Garda
One of the pearls of Lake Garda is the Villa Guarienti-Brenzone, dating from the early sixteenth century and designed by Michele Sanmicheli, an architect of the twilight of the High Renaissance. The villa's main façade faces the lake and offers one of the finest views along the
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The younger sister of the King of the Belgians, 61-year-old Astrid, Princess of Belgium and Archduchess of Austria-Este, is learning a new trade
The younger sister of the King of the Belgians, 61-year-old Astrid, Princess of Belgium and Archduchess of Austria-Este, is learning a new trade. Should the need arise, we shall find her a post in Moscow's public transport
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When at last you marry off your 2,000-year-old daughter
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How About This Couch, Then?
Faith · Art · Heritage
The Book of Genesis on Sarah bearing a son to be named Isaac
Sarah and the Angel, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1727-1728, fresco, Patriarchal Palace, Udine. And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac. Genesis, Chapter 17, verse 19
Paris · People · Pop Culture
Strauss’s waltz “On the Beautiful Blue Danube” triumphs in Paris in 1867 and draws Brahms’s remark
Old Friends Johann Strauss the Younger and Johannes Brahms. When Brahms looked through the score of Strauss's waltz "The Blue Danube", he wrote beneath it: "Alas, not by Johannes Brahms." This waltz became Strauss's triumph, eclipsing the successes of his father, Johann
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Two sleeping greyhounds curled up on a Louis XVI-style armchair
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Bologna closes Garisenda Tower and cordons off area after abnormal oscillations
The Falling Tower from the "Divine Comedy" Is Under Threat of Collapse. The authorities of Bologna have closed access to the famous leaning tower of Garisenda and cordoned off the area around it, since the instruments monitoring the tower's condition have recorded anomalous oscillations. The Garisenda
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So It Turns Out It Was Us?
Art · People
The Belgian artist Isidore Verheyden at work on a portrait of the Belgian artist Anna Boch
And Anna Boch in the portrait by Isidore Verheyden
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