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Some miser was there once, who had no end of money

Some miser was there once, who had no end of money, And as he used to tell it, he had grown rich Without dealing crookedly, Without plundering or ruining anyone, No, he swore to it, That God had sent him such wealth into his house And that he was not

Faith · Observations · Society · Rome

Pope Francis on the eve of the Synod of Bishops, in which not only bishops and ordinary clergy but also laypeople will take part, among them, for the first time in history, 54 women

Among other things, the World Synod is to discuss the ordination of women to the priesthood and the blessing of homosexuals, and, along with it, to touch upon same-sex marriage as well. But it seems that nobody expects anything good any longer from Pope Francis with his incredible opportunism,

Huge canvas in a gilded frame on a red museum wall: a toga-clad man on a chariot drawn by white elephants, with soldiers, a chained captive and a youth holding a vase.

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Triumphal procession with elephants in a large painting in a gilded frame

Art · Museums · Rome · Saint Petersburg

Elephants in Tiepolo's painting and their use in the Roman army

The strange appearance of the elephants in Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's painting "The Triumph of Manius Curius Dentatus" in the Hermitage is explained by the fact that the artist had never seen the animal and imagined it from written descriptions and eyewitness accounts. With that in mind,

Black and white photograph of a pavilion with two columns, a rectangular pool and a large urn on a pedestal before the entrance.

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Carl Bergsten's Swedish pavilion at the 1925 exhibition that gave Art Deco its name

The Swedish Pavilion, built by Carl Bergsten, at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. It was the very title of this exhibition that gave the Art Deco style its name: from “arts décoratifs” in Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes

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Fashion Week in Paris

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Stereoscopic Photograph "Leo Tolstoy on the Terrace of His House at Yasnaya Polyana"

Miniature in an ornate border: a blue steam locomotive with golden wheels and colorful carriages before a Gothic castle, with people in bright robes nearby. A line of blackletter script runs

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Steam locomotive with carriages before a castle in medieval miniature style

Medieval-style miniature of a black steam locomotive by castle gates, with a crowd in colourful robes beside the rails.

Geography · Art · Science · Humour

The building of the first steam locomotive is dated to 1803

Artificial Intelligence Imagines How Medieval Miniatures Would Look Had They Depicted Trains. A reminder that the first steam locomotive was built in 1803

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Illustrations by Alice and Martin Provensen for the 1956 children's adaptation of the Odyssey and the Iliad

Architecture · Museums · Mores

Medieval towers of Bologna and French cities built for the sake of prestige

A model of Bologna in the 12th and 13th centuries, with its many towers, resembles the high-rise development of modern cities. At the height of its prosperity the city counted as many as 180 tall structures, of which some 20 survive to this day. The tallest of them is

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