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In the near future the State Duma will consider amendments to the law "On Objects of Cultural Heritage (Monuments of History and Culture) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation"

In the near future the State Duma will consider amendments to the law "On Objects of Cultural Heritage (Monuments of History and Culture) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation". It is evident that the modification of Federal Law No. 73 in respect of abolishing the mandatory State

NB! · Heritage · Paris · Pop Culture

What can one say: Givenchy's style and legacy remain relevant today

NB! · Faith · Art · Heritage · Ethnography

Statues often have teeth, of bone or stone, but when a three-hundred-year-old Christ from San Bartolo Cuautlalpan in Mexico was restored, real human teeth were found in it, complete with roots!!!

Statues often have teeth, of bone or stone, but when a three-hundred-year-old Christ from San Bartolo Cuautlalpan in Mexico was restored, real human teeth were found in it, complete with roots!!! A rather peculiar votive offering

NB! · Faith · Heritage · Rome

There were several Christian figures named Valentine at around the same time, and alas there is no way of establishing exactly whose remains are the holy ones

There were several Christian figures named Valentine at around the same time, and alas there is no way of establishing exactly whose remains are the holy ones. But the skull in Santa Maria in Cosmedin is venerated by many

NB! · Faith · Heritage · Rome

In the small Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, in the left aisle of the church, there is a reliquary containing the skull of the Christian priest Valentine, who may well be the very saint glorified in 496

Archaeology · Museums · Observations · Heritage

I was told some interesting details of this story

I was told some interesting details of this story. The burial was discovered by chance. As my interlocutor put it, “they barbarously melted the ice lens with boiling water, damaging it considerably, and then hauled the unmelted remainder off to Novosibirsk on a hastily summoned helicopter. After the reconstruction, paid

NB! · Monarchies · Museums · Heritage · Paris

A collection of unique diamonds belonging to the Sun King, lost in the nineteenth century, recreated for the first time as full-size models and on show in Paris at L'Ecole Van Cleef

A collection of unique diamonds belonging to the Sun King, lost in the nineteenth century, has been recreated for the first time as full-size models and is on show in Paris at L'Ecole Van Cleef. The blue stone is called the Hope

Nativity scene on a staircase in a Baroque interior, with figures of the three kings on red cloth, fir trees and moss, and Mary and Joseph at the top.

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Nativity scene on the Holy Stairs in Bonn, a copy of the Roman shrine

A nativity scene in Bonn has been set up on the famous Holy Stairs, an exact copy of the Roman relic. According to legend, Jesus once climbed this staircase in Pontius Pilate's palace, before it was brought to Rome in the time of Saint Helena

Observations · Heritage · Rome · Humour

A French guide in the Belvedere and the Napoleonic removal of treasures from Rome's palaces

In every room of the Belvedere the French guide cried: Vive la France! And why not, for nobody ever carried off so many treasures from the palaces of Rome as the French did under Napoleon

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The ground floor of the Khmelita palace, which once housed the service quarters, is now partly occupied by the administration and an assembly hall

The ground floor of the Khmelita palace, which once housed the service quarters, is now partly occupied by the administration and an assembly hall. Curtain

NB! · Observations · Heritage · Nature

One of the three-hundred-year-old oaks of the Khmelita formal park, beneath which Griboyedov loved to rest

One of the three-hundred-year-old oaks of the Khmelita formal park, beneath which Griboyedov loved to rest. The oaks are now entered in the atlas of the oldest and most remarkable trees of Russia (I do not remember the exact title)

A wooden jetty with a bench on a pond, with a green park, a white rotunda and large trees beyond the water.

NB! · Heritage · Mores · Nature

The system of ponds in the Khmelita estate parks, where fish were bred, has survived to this day

Footbridge on the Khmelita Pond. In the estate's heyday, a system of ponds was laid out within the grounds of the parks, where fish were bred for the household and the master's table. The ponds have survived to this day