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Ruins of the American Embassy in Berlin, 1957
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The 390 obelisk of Theodosius the Great in Istanbul and the inscription on its pedestal
The Obelisk of Theodosius in Constantinople in 1855 and in 2024. The inscription on the pedestal, in several languages, tells the story of the obelisk raised under Theodosius the Great, Emperor of the Roman Empire, in 390: "This is a four-sided column that lay upon the ground, whose
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Four men in ancient Persian costumes before a relief of an enthroned figure
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Delphi, once the centre of the entire Greek world
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Vicente Segrelles depicts a treasure finder and the ghost of the hoard's owner
The owner is, after all, not the one who found it, but the one who left it. When gazing on the treasures of antiquity, it would be as well not to forget their true proprietors. Illustration: the Spanish artist Vicente Segrelles.
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This column of green marble in the corner of the stone wall of the Şehzade Mosque in Istanbul is mentioned in the text of the famous seventeenth-century Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi. Çelebi writes that the architect Sinan set it up before building the
This column of green marble in the corner of the stone wall of the Şehzade Mosque in Istanbul is mentioned in the text of the famous seventeenth-century Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi. Çelebi writes that the architect Sinan set it up before building the mosque exactly in the centre of
Architecture · Monarchies · Moscow · Heritage
Monument to "the Most Pious, Most Autocratic, Great Sovereign, Our Emperor Alexander Alexandrovich of All Russia"
The monument to "the Most Pious, Most Autocratic, Great Sovereign, Our Emperor Alexander Alexandrovich of All Russia. 1881–1894", the work of the architect Alexander Pomerantsev and the sculptors Alexander Opekushin and Artemy Ober, was unveiled in Moscow beside the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on 30 May
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The oldest photograph of Stonehenge, taken in 1865, and the monument today
Stonehenge in 1865, in its oldest photograph. And Stonehenge today. Someone took the proverb about a time to gather stones rather too literally
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The Tour du Masque in Old Cannes and the Legend of the Man in the Iron Mask
The Tour du Masque in the old town of Cannes. According to a popular legend, the Man in the Iron Mask was held prisoner on the Cannes coast, and when he escaped, he took shelter in this very building. Naturally, like many tales told to tourists, the claim rests on
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The winner of the first category of the The Art Newspaper Russia XII awards, Restoration of the Year: the Moscow Palace of Pioneers on the Sparrow Hills, built in 1962, for its careful treatment of an example of Soviet architectural modernism
The winner of the first category of the The Art Newspaper Russia XII awards, Restoration of the Year: the Moscow Palace of Pioneers on the Sparrow Hills, built in 1962, for its careful treatment of an example of Soviet architectural modernism. The prize is presented by Elizaveta Likhacheva, Director of
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Carpenters mark completion of the Notre-Dame roof framework
Carpenters salute the completion of the roof structures of Notre-Dame. It is gratifying that the church is regaining its physical body. And it is especially pleasing to see such a close-knit company of masters of an ancient biblical trade, who have applied their skill and put their souls