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Colour restoration of the Parthenon at the Paris-Athens exhibition at the Louvre
The Parthenon in colour. From the “Paris-Athens” exhibition at the Louvre
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NB! · Architecture · Art · Observations · Nature
In the winter of 2012 the fountain by Bartholdi, creator of the Statue of Liberty, on Place des Terreaux in the centre of French Lyon froze most picturesquely
NB! · Archive · Architecture · Faith · Paris
The Building of the Basilica of Sacré-Cœur, Paris, 1895
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The Yellow Drawing Room in Claude Monet's House
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Mores · Humour
Thanks to an advertisement on Avito, the anecdote about Varvara Alekseyevna Morozova acquires a new ring. After her feckless son Arseny built a florid mansion on Vozdvizhenka, she told him: "Before, I alone knew that you were a fool, but now the whole of
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Heritage
The Sretensky-Mikhailovskaya Church of 1655 in the vanished village of Krasnaya Lyaga, Kargopolye, Arkhangelsk Oblast
The Sretensky-Mikhailovskaya Church of 1655 in the vanished village of Krasnaya Lyaga, Kargopolye, Arkhangelsk Oblast. Russia 💙
Architecture · Art · Moscow · Heritage
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky Dismantled on Red Square
The sculptural group, 4.5 m high, has left its pedestal for the first time in 200 years. The monument has been dismantled for restoration. The restoration of the sculptures is expected to last until November 2022, at a cost of 55 million roubles. The money for the restoration, as
NB! · Architecture · New York
The General Electric Building in New York, an Art Deco Landmark Completed in 1931
Architecture · Observations · Society
The Throne Wobbles
The throne wobbles. Steps in the residence of the President of Kazakhstan. Photo by Bagdat Asylbek. The residence was originally built as a Lenin museum, but by the time it was completed, the figure of Lenin had lost its relevance in the political life of the country.
Archive · Architecture · People
Head of an Erechtheion Caryatid on the Acropolis, photo by Walter Hege, 1930
Photographs of the Athenian Acropolis, 1930. The author is the German cameraman, director, artist and pioneer of German photography Walter Hege. The pictures, taken with an impressive focal length of 1200 mm, capture one of the chief temples of ancient Athens: the Erechtheion of the 400s BC, dedicated to Athena,
Almaty · Archive · Architecture · Observations
The octagonal Republic Square in Alma-Ata and its changes over the years
A view of Republic Square in Almaty from the south. You cannot see it from here, but the square has an unusual octagonal shape, and at the base of the bowl stands the Independence Monument. The two tower blocks alongside are residential. The old photographs show the square from the
NB! · Almaty · Architecture
View of office buildings with arched bays in the style of ancient Otrar, on the northern side of Almaty's Republic Square
View of office buildings with arched bays in the style of ancient Otrar, on the northern side of Almaty's Republic Square. They were originally built to house ministries and government offices; in the 1990s they were given over to ordinary offices and the editorial rooms of several radio