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Church at Borki near Kharkiv built in memory of the rescue of Alexander III's family in 1888
Near Kharkiv, at the site of the terrorist derailment of Emperor Alexander III's train, returning from the Crimea on 17 October 1888, from which he escaped with his entire family, a hermitage was founded, and in 1894 a magnificent church was built. The Church of Christ the Saviour
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A Phenomenal View of the Courtyard of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Society
The bridge to Balchug over the Vodootvodny Canal has still not opened, and almost a year has passed
Architecture · Faith · Moscow · Observations
Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Pyzhi, Zamoskvorechye, with kokoshniki and brick decoration
The Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra in Pyzhi. Splendid, solemn, richly appointed. One of the most remarkable churches of Zamoskvorechye. Look at those charming kokoshniks, at the naive brick decoration. I love this church dearly: the seventeenth century gave Moscow its most precious, its most characteristically Russian
Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Society
The choice of Shirshov and Mikoyan for signs on the House on the Embankment
Opposite the mostly infamous House on the Embankment stand two signs reading "The house where ... lived". One wonders by what principle, out of several dozen outstanding and quite well-known names, it was Academician Shirshov and Mikoyan who were chosen. After all, besides them the house was home
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Moscow · Observations
On the site of the cosy "Zvon" coffee shop in the basement of the seventeenth-century bell tower of the Church of St John the Baptist on Pyatnitskaya Street, a different coffee shop has opened following a change of rector: it is called "Perezvon"
Architecture · Faith · The East · Observations · Heritage
Of all the churches in Constantinople, the one that impressed me most was the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, part of the Chora Monastery complex
Of all the churches in Constantinople, the one that impressed me most was the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, part of the Chora Monastery complex. In present-day Istanbul it is the best-preserved Byzantine church; the current building dates from the 11th century and stands on the
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Art · Rome
Three Caravaggio Paintings of Saint Matthew in the Contarelli Chapel in Rome
The Church of Saint Louis of the French in Rome, between the Pantheon and Piazza Navona, became famous thanks to three masterpieces by Caravaggio, painted in 1599-1602 for the interior of the Contarelli Chapel. The canvases depict scenes from the life of Saint Matthew: the Calling, the Inspiration (the
Architecture · Heritage · Rome
On the pediment of the Palace of Italian Civilisation, built in 1938-1940 by the architects Guerrini, La Padula and Romano, Mussolini's quotation of 2 October 1935 is still inscribed: "A people of poets, artists, heroes, saints, thinkers, scientists…
On the pediment of the Palace of Italian Civilisation, built in 1938-1940 by the architects Guerrini, La Padula and Romano, Mussolini's quotation of 2 October 1935 is still inscribed: "A people of poets, of artists, of heroes, of saints, of thinkers, of scientists, of navigators, of
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Late 18th century church where a mammoth bone was reportedly gnawed to cure toothache
The Church of the Exaltation of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross at Nikolo-Berezovets. This church is said to have housed a unique relic: a mammoth bone, which, by custom, was gnawed to rid oneself of toothache. The vaults, as you can see, are in a sorry state of
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Episcopal cathedra of 1254 in the Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura in Rome
The episcopal throne of 1254 in the Roman Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. The blue-eyed one