NB! · Archaeology · Architecture · Heritage
Two underground tunnels dating from 1800 have been discovered in St Mark's Square in Venice during waterproofing works. The tunnels now uncovered are used to drain floodwaters
Architecture · Observations · Heritage
The appalling "restoration" of one of the oldest dwellings in France. During the pandemic, the owners of the world-famous House of Jeanne in the small town of Séverac-le-Château in the south of France carried out repairs. After the house, a contemporary of the Crusades, became
Architecture · Geography · Heritage · Rome
In the 1940s the Rome Metro was laid in close proximity to historic monuments. Line B passes a few metres from the Colosseum. Did anyone worry about possible damage to the ancient buildings? Mussolini, at any rate, was untroubled: he proclaimed a policy of the most direct route, that is,
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Yesterday came the news that the governor of Smolensk is stripping the Khmelita museum-reserve of its status as a specially protected natural area. I am very fond of Khmelita and have been there many times, so I immediately approached the museum's management for comment, and I return
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In this room, on 22 January 1901, Queen Victoria died. Well, with walls that colour, it is hardly surprising
Almaty · Architecture · Faith · Heritage
The Ascension Cathedral in Almaty is considered the tallest wooden Orthodox church in the world, with the main dome rising 39 metres to the top of its cross and the bell tower cross reaching 46 metres. The construction of the cathedral, to a design by the architect Borisoglebsky and the
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The ruins of the Kreuzburg church in the present-day village of Slavskoye, Kaliningrad Region. The ancestors of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien came from Kreuzburg
Architecture · Books · Heritage
Lichtenstein Castle in winter is a chivalric ballad made real. This is precisely what literature looks like when it has been frozen in stone. Duke Wilhelm of Urach, owner of the lands in the municipality of Lichtenstein in Baden-Württemberg, was so impressed by Wilhelm Hauff's historical novel
London · Museums · Heritage · Society
News of Progress in Talks between Greek Officials and the British Museum on the Repatriation of the Parthenon Sculptures Stolen by the English: a Tangible Shift May Be Coming on the Return of the "Elgin Marbles" to Greece. Firstly, strange as it may seem, after decades of Greek
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Not for nothing did I admire the Nizhny Novgorod Pakgauzy: by the end of the year they had won two prestigious awards at once. The first: Creative Space at the Russian Creative Awards, where they outstripped both Sevkabel Port and the Oktava cluster. The second: the Snob "Made in