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Gilded bulls temporarily vanish from old butcher's facade on Paris's Rue Mouffetard
An amusing story. In Paris, on the Rue Mouffetard, the "golden" bulls that were the trademark of an old butcher's shop, which operated from the 18th century until the 1970s, vanished from its historic façade, a listed monument of architecture, in the course of restoration work.
Archaeology · Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Paris
After the 2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, France's National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) was permitted to carry out excavations on an unprecedented scale
After the 2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, France's National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) was permitted to carry out excavations on an unprecedented scale. The discoveries made in the course of the dig will undoubtedly expand considerably our knowledge of Notre-Dame de Paris and
Architecture · Faith · Monarchies · Heritage
Tower clock from Smolensk given to the Savvino monastery by Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich
The dial that adorns the belfry of the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery today was installed in 1983, after yet another restoration. The very first dial dates from the time of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich, who presented the Monastery of Saint Savva with a tower clock brought from Smolensk. Unfortunately, neither the clockwork
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Scrovegni Chapel in Padua with Giotto’s frescoes nearly demolished in the 19th century
The Scrovegni Chapel, Padua. Consecrated on the feast of the Annunciation in 1303 and dedicated to the Virgin. The frescoes are by Giotto. Now a world-famous masterpiece of proto-Renaissance church decoration, the Scrovegni Chapel, built for the private use of a single family, became extraordinarily popular for its
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The Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir 💒💞
Faith · Art · Heritage
The Book of Wisdom of Solomon on the souls of the righteous in God's hand
Andrei Rublev's Frescoes in the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir. But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them. In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, and their departure was thought to be a disaster,
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On 24 August a painting in the style of Rembrandt went under the hammer at Thomaston Place
On 24 August a painting in the style of Rembrandt was offered at the Thomaston Place auction. From an opening bid of a mere 10 thousand dollars, bidding on the lot closed at 1.4 million. Kaja Veilleux, founder of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, admitted that the painting had been
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage
The 1953 Arbatskaya metro vestibule survives in the courtyard of the General Staff building
Where did the handsome surface vestibule of Arbatskaya metro station go? A building with columns and heavy stucco ornament, resembling a triumphal arch of three bays, is nowhere to be found on Arbat Square today. This vestibule of Arbatskaya station on the blue Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line was built in 1953,
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The walls of Constantinople on the shore of the Sea of Marmara in the Kumkapı district, photographed in the 1870s by the Assyrian-Armenian photographer Pascal Sébah and the Frenchman Polycarpe Joaillier
Architecture · Heritage · Society · Paris
The Eiffel Tower was listed as a historic monument on 24 June 1964 and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991, yet the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has decided to keep the Olympic logo on the Eiffel Tower even after the Games are over, that is…
The Eiffel Tower was listed as a historic monument on 24 June 1964 and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991, yet the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has decided to keep the Olympic logo on the Eiffel Tower even after the Games are over, that is, an enormous
Architecture · Moscow · Heritage · Education
Young Sechenov students celebrate the Day of Knowledge in a world-famous monument of Soviet avant-garde architecture, the Club of the Kauchuk Factory designed by the architect Konstantin Melnikov
Young Sechenov students celebrate the Day of Knowledge in a world-famous monument of Soviet avant-garde architecture, the Club of the Kauchuk Factory designed by the architect Konstantin Melnikov. A decade-long history of neglect, which had brought this monument of Constructivism to a dilapidated state, ended with restoration