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In 1898 the photographer Secondo Pia photographed the Shroud of Turin and discovered that the image behaves like a photographic negative. The positive appeared only on the negative plate. This observation became the first scientific fact about the relic that received no simple explanation. In 1969–1973 the Vatican formed
Architecture · The East · Art · Heritage
A thoroughly epic memorial complex in Georgia. Built by Zurab Tsereteli. Possibly the best of his projects. "Sakartvelo Matiane", or "The History of Georgia", "The Chronicle of Georgia", "The Annals of Georgia": it took about 20 years to build, from 1985 to
In the Press · The East · Museums · Heritage · Society · Paris
"The Angel of History," wrote Benjamin, "has his face turned toward the past, but a storm is blowing from Paradise and propels him irresistibly into the future. What to us appears as a chain of events, to him is one single catastrophe." March turned out to
NB! · Architecture · Geography · Moscow · Heritage
A circular locomotive depot. One of these survives in Moscow, in the Komsomolskaya district; last autumn a graphic art fair was held there
Architecture · In the Press · Museums · Heritage · Society · Paris
France's new Culture Minister Catherine Pégard said on France Inter on 30 March that the Louvre renovation plan must be adjusted to take account of security concerns. It is her first public interview in her new post. The occasion was the robbery of the museum on 19 October
Art · Museums · Heritage
A new high-profile theft. Three small-format works with a combined estimated value of about €9 million have been stolen from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation, a private collection of Old Masters and modern art near Parma: Paul Cézanne's "Cup and Plate of Cherries", Henri Matisse&
Architecture · Faith · Moscow · Heritage
The Church of Saint Paraskeva Pyatnitsa on Pyatnitskaya Street, demolished in 1935. The street took its name from this church. The stone buildings of the church were erected between the 16th and 18th centuries. On this very spot now stands the round vestibule of the Novokuznetskaya metro station.
Archive · Books · Heritage · New York
Manhattan District Attorney's Office Returns 17 Items to Italy and the Vatican. On 26 March 2026 a ceremony was held for the handover of 17 stolen antiquities and rare books with a combined value of more than $1.5 million. The items were seized in the course of
Aristocracy · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
So this is the sorry state of the rear façade of the once-famous palace of Count Kirill Grigoryevich Razumovsky, built in the 1780s. To a design by Bazhenov, or by Kazakov, or by someone else altogether. The view of the opposite façade, facing Vozdvizhenka, is blocked by the Kremlin
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Society
According to Arkhnadzor, more than 25 historic buildings were demolished in the capital last year. Among them were examples of Constructivism, eighteenth-century structures and monuments of federal significance: The House of Culture of the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers in Novosushchevsky Lane Construction of the building began in the
Archaeology · Architecture · The East · Heritage
A photograph published by the Lebanese outlet Jdeed Magazine shows evidence of an air strike on Baalbek: a column of black smoke rising behind the columns of the Temple of Jupiter. It is the closest to the site of any strike documented during the present war. The NNA agency reported
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