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Hagia Sophia, filmed from a helicopter
Hagia Sophia, filmed from a helicopter. Just imagine how beautiful it was before the seizure
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Octopus in the decor of the main entrance of the Oceanographic Institute in Paris
The octopus decorating the main entrance of the Oceanographic Institute in Paris. Dedicated to lovers of Art Nouveau
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Museums · Society Pages
AZ/ART Centre of Contemporary Art opens in Moscow with the exhibition “Non-Obvious Intersections”
Another serious cultural institution has appeared on the map of Moscow: the AZ/ART Centre for Contemporary Art. The centre is housed in a historic seventeenth-century building on Maroseika. Its opening is marked by an exhibition, a joint project with the Foundation of the composer Nikolai Karetnikov, entitled "
Coming Up · Architecture · Art · Maps · Museums · Rome
In the 16th to 18th Centuries Rome Was One of the Most Depicted Cities in the World
In the 16th to 18th centuries Rome was one of the most depicted cities in the world. Dozens of vedutisti from many countries sought to capture its appearance. This allows us today to trace every stage of the city's transformation and its different faces: from the melancholy landscapes
Architecture · Faith · Art · Heritage
Jan Keser and Martin Zimmermann's flying cathedral for the bicentenary of the canton of St. Gallen
The Flying Cathedral is a project by the artists Jan Keser and Martin Zimmermann, timed to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the Swiss canton of St Gallen. The balloon was conceived as a flying advertisement for the canton and its chief symbol, the Baroque Cathedral of St Gallen of
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society
1954 station building at Leninskaya platform in Domodedovo put up for sale on Avito
Apparently, the platform from which Lenin's funeral train departed in 1924 is being sold for half a billion roubles. A railway station has been put up for sale on Avito. Leninskaya (Gerasimovo) platform on the Paveletsky line of the Moscow Railway, in the Domodedovo urban district of Moscow
Architecture · Heritage · Rome
Castel Sant'Angelo, or the Sorrowful Castle: one of the oldest surviving buildings in Rome
Founded in 135 on the commission of Hadrian as a mausoleum for the emperors of Rome, it later became a fortress and a residence of the Roman popes, and in the 14th century a papal castle with a prison, where Giordano Bruno, among others, was held. 📖 Parnassian Mockingbird
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Fire destroys St Anne's Church in Toronto, the 33rd century-old church in Canada lost since 2021
Fire has destroyed the historic St Anne's Church in Toronto. It is already the 33rd century-old church in Canada to be lost to fire since 2021. What do you suppose lies behind such statistics? 📖 Parnassian Mockingbird
Architecture · Faith · Cinema · Heritage
Fire at Saint Theodosius of Chernigov Cathedral in Cleveland, where “The Deer Hunter” was filmed
Built in 1913 on the initiative of the St Nicholas Society, the Cathedral of St Theodosius of Chernigov in Cleveland is rightly counted among the finest examples of Russian church architecture in the United States. Among the donors to its construction was Nicholas II. The prototype for the church was
Architecture · Faith · Books · Heritage
Alexander the Great was well known in Rus', and if we are to believe the texts of Mavro Orbini's "The Kingdom of the Slavs", "The Tale of Slovene and Rus and the City of Slovensk" and Nizami Ganjavi's "Iskandar-nama", Alexander the Great knew Rus' too and
These legendary reports find reflection in Old Russian architecture. The subject of the Ascension of Alexander the Great is widely known. One example is the relief of Alexander the Great's ascension, in which he holds two sceptres and is borne aloft by griffins, on the façade of the
Architecture · The East · Geography · Society
The Aswan Dam on the Nile, built in Egypt by the USSR, is itself a monument to Egyptian-Soviet friendship, yet once the hydroelectric complex was finished a separate monument was also erected to commemorate the warm relations between the two countries
Attempts to dam the Nile had been made for a long time, but the efforts of the early twentieth century came to nothing. The truly epoch-making undertaking was the Soviet construction in Egypt. The colossal dam raised by builders from the USSR was dubbed a modern pyramid, though in
Architecture · Observations · Saint Petersburg
Continuing the Mondrian theme
Continuing the Mondrian theme. A standard kindergarten building of sand-lime brick, erected in 1961 on the Moika embankment in Saint Petersburg, was turned into a hostel in the 2000s and repainted à la Mondrian for good measure. It must be said that the result was rather pleasing, genuinely Dutch.