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Sagrada Família in Barcelona to be completed in 2026 after 144 years of construction

Incidentally, Gaudí's legendary creation, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, will be completed in just a few months. The longest architectural project in the world has now been under construction for 144 years, and according to the calculations of the foundation managing the works, the building will definitely be

Architecture · Observations · Society · Paris

I remember the summer of 2021, when it was being said that the construction of the Triangle Tower in Paris might rest on unlawful bureaucratic foundations, bound up with corruption and pressure on officials; the prosecutor's office then opened a prelimina

I remember the summer of 2021, when it was being said that the construction of the Triangle Tower in Paris might rest on unlawful bureaucratic foundations, bound up with corruption and pressure on officials; the prosecutor's office then opened a preliminary inquiry into suspected "favouritism" and

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Those eyes opposite, or rather the metal dots where the eyes should be, on the saint's bas-relief in Modena Cathedral

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Respect for cultural heritage and the Christian Church in France, in two photographs: open-air urinals before the façade of the Basilica of Saint-Sauveur in the very heart of the historic city of Rennes in Brittany

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State Duma passes in first reading a bill banning images of places of worship and religious objects stripped of their religious symbols

The State Duma has passed in first reading a bill banning the use of images of places of worship and religious objects without their religious symbols. The ban is to apply to the media, the internet, advertising, goods, signage, and state and municipal emblems. Thank God, and about time! But

Architecture · Art · London · Museums

New open storage facility displays Picasso's theatre work and a colonnade from Agra

The Victoria and Albert Museum's New Storehouse Opens in London: Exhibits May Be Viewed Up Close and Without Glass, and Almost Any of the Hundreds of Thousands of Objects in Its Holdings Can Be Studied in Detail by Request in a Special Room. Among the notable exhibits are

A white church with a silver dome and a bell tower behind a low stone wall, among trees and a green meadow.

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Vasily Polenov designed the Church of the Holy Trinity in Bekhovo, consecrated in 1907

Church of the Holy Trinity, designed by Vasily Polenov, village of Bekhovo. The church was consecrated in 1907

Architecture · The East · Heritage · New York · Society

Trump's order cutting foreign aid deprives World Monuments Fund of seven grants

Trump's order cutting foreign aid from the USA has struck heritage protection programmes. The US presidential administration plans to cut around $60 billion of foreign assistance, including the closure of almost half of overseas grants. One of the organisations affected is the New York-based World Monuments Fund:

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Russian Ministry of Culture Signs State Contract for Restoration Work on Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square

The Russian Ministry of Culture has signed a state contract for restoration work on Lenin's Mausoleum in Red Square. The value of the contract is 19.6 million roubles. The deadline for completing the work under the state contract is 27 August 2026.

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Kirillo-Belozersky Museum Reserve reopens restored 17th-century fortress walls and towers to visitors

The Kirillo-Belozersky Museum-Reserve has reopened its seventeenth-century fortress walls and towers to visitors following the completion of restoration. Some of them had been closed since the 1970s owing to their dilapidated condition. For the first time since the walls were built, the foundations have been reinforced, the

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Cathedral fire damage from last May now estimated at $10 million, not $1 million

A year has passed since the devastating fire at the Cathedral of St Theodosius of Chernigov in Cleveland, built in 1912 on the initiative of the Society of St Nicholas. The fire at the end of last May inflicted colossal damage on the cathedral: the flames destroyed the roof and

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