Architecture · Art · Paris · Humour
Has everyone found Vera Mukhina's Worker and Kolkhoz Woman?
Painting by the French artist André Devambez, "The Paris World's Fair of 1937, View from the Eiffel Tower"
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General Pierre Dominil, who lost a leg at Wagram, defended Vincennes Castle
Major Pierre Dominil lost a leg at the Battle of Wagram and earned the nickname "Wooden Leg". In 1812, by then a brigadier general, he became governor of the Château de Vincennes: and after the capture of Paris by the Allies, he held out to the last and
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The Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, by the French Artist Paul Bret
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The architect Luis Barragán's own house, built in 1947 in Tacubaya, Mexico
The architect Luis Barragán's own house, built in 1947 in Tacubaya, Mexico. Barragán, one of the most influential architects of the twentieth century, lived in this house until 1988. It was originally designed merely as an extension to his studio, but in the end it is now recognised
Architecture · Pop Culture
Bubble Palace by Antti Lovag, built for Pierre Bernard, bought by Cardin in 1991
Pierre Cardin's House near Cannes. The Bubble Palace was built for the French industrialist and patron of the arts Pierre Bernard to the design of the architect Antti Lovag. But the couturier found this masterpiece a much better fit. Cardin bought the house, with a floor area of
Architecture · Art · Observations · Humour
Stealing an obelisk is one thing; getting the blessed thing to stand up is quite another
For anyone who has ever wondered how it was done: like this. One of the 72 reliefs of the frieze of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino. 15th century
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In "Attack of the Clones", the scenes with Padmé Amidala, Queen of the planet Naboo, and Anakin Skywalker in the city of Theed were filmed in the semicircular gallery of the early twentieth-century Neo-Moorish ensemble of the Plaza de España in Seville
Architecture · Geography · Moscow
The name Skorodom for the ring of slobodas around Moscow before the earthen rampart was built
Until 1637-40, when Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich had an earthen rampart raised around Moscow, the ring of suburbs encircling the Kremlin, the Bely Gorod and the Kitay-Gorod was known as Skorodom, or Skorodum. Why? In 1588-1592 the villages around Moscow were hastily enclosed with wooden walls, since an
Architecture · Faith · Observations · Rome
Saints John and Paul on the ceiling of the Roman basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Good day to you from the holy Roman martyrs John and Paul, with their palm branches, on the coffered ceiling of the Roman basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio, built in 398 over the house of the saintly brothers. The church was plundered and rebuilt more than once.
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Cement from the 1960s damages Stonehenge stones and was replaced with lime mortar in 2021
The cement grout used to fill cracks in the horizontal stones of Stonehenge in the 1960s may lead to its destruction. Sixty years after the restoration, it has emerged that the airtight cement causes moisture to accumulate and the blocks to crumble as it freezes and thaws. In September 2021
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The world's oldest Underground station, Baker Street, London: 157 years apart
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