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Chairs like those of the Tuileries Garden in the film “Five Evenings” and in Soviet Moscow
In Nikita Mikhalkov's film "Five Evenings" there is a shot of one of Moscow's public gardens with exactly the same chairs that are the calling card of the Tuileries Garden in Paris; anyone who has been there even once has a photo in such
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Gillian Anderson shares photos from costume fittings on the set of the second series of "The Great", a free-spirited take on the life of Catherine II
Gillian Anderson has shared photos from costume fittings on the set of the second series of "The Great", a free-spirited take on the life of Catherine II. The incomparable Gillian plays Johanna of Holstein-Gottorp, mother of the Russian Empress
NB! · Faith · Observations · People
Pope Francis shows off a model of the Parthenon, given to him by someone from the Vatican team at the end of his journey to Greece
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The Piper Comanche shot down by dozens of arrows, fired by North Dakota Indians in protest at the building of an oil pipeline, turns out on an internet search to be the very same single-engine aircraft in which Obama flew over a reservation in Oklahoma…
The Piper Comanche shot down by dozens of arrows, fired by North Dakota Indians in protest at the building of an oil pipeline, turns out on an internet search to be the very same single-engine aircraft in which Obama flew over a reservation in Oklahoma and came under fire
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Portrait of a woman with short curled hair, pearls and a brooch
Aristocracy · Mores · People · Pop Culture
Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau married Prince of Thurn und Taxis and became the punk princess
Meet Princess Gloria of Thurn and Taxis, née Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau. A great many nineteenth-century novels began with this very plot: a girl from an impoverished noble family marries a wealthy man much older than herself... In 1980 the dutiful Catholic Gloria agreed to become the wife of
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Ever noticed how much Louis XV in profile resembles Catherine the Great?
Ever noticed how much Louis XV in profile resembles Catherine the Great? In their later years, that is. Had they met in person, they would surely have found each other rather agreeable
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Bonhams shows porcelain flowers from Vincennes and Sèvres linked to Madame de Pompadour
The auction house Bonhams wins back my favour with an exhibition of flowers. These, however, are no ordinary flowers. In the first place, they are made of porcelain: just look at the exquisite delicacy of the work! In the second, they are products of the Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain manufactories.
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Gesina's 1651 drawing of a woman with two children in a carrying basket
Thanks to Gesina ter Borch, an artist of the Dutch Golden Age, for an idea on how to save on a pram. Gesina drew the woman with two children in a carrying basket in 1651, when she herself was about 20 years old. Own up, whom did these realities of
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The US amendment banning slavery and the leasing of convicts after its adoption
On 6 December 1865 the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude, was ratified by the requisite number of states. Its text reads: Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist