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The Virgin Mary's Veil at Chartres Cathedral and how the relic reached France
Chartres is the first Gothic cathedral of France, dedicated to the Virgin, where one of the greatest Christian relics is kept: the veil of the Virgin Mary, in which she was clothed when she gave birth to Jesus. The silk camisia has been kept in the city since the 9th
NB! · Archaeology · Art · Heritage
Chryselephantine sculpture: from chrysos (gold) and elephantinos (ivory)
Chryselephantine sculpture: from chrysos (gold) and elephantinos (ivory). Statues with a wooden frame were covered in ivory and clothed in gold. Only fragments of these beautiful statues have survived to this day
Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Rome
Bernini's Unbuilt Church for the Colosseum and the Cross of Paolo Posi
One of the creators of Roman Baroque, the great sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), builder of Saint Peter's Square, contemplated the decline of another emblematic monument of Rome: since the fourteenth century the Colosseum had been in a lamentable state, crumbling ever more. Despite its worldwide fame
NB! · Monarchies · Moscow · Heritage · Nature
The Annenhof Grove was wiped from the face of Moscow in a single day, which is symbolic, if the legend of its appearance here in one night on the arrival of Anna Ioannovna is to be believed (not by a miracle, naturally, but by the efforts of Biron)
NB! · Archive · Heritage · Nature
Many parks and groves were destroyed completely, ancient trees splintered to matchwood or were torn up by the roots
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Heritage
Thirteenth-century pulpit on six lions in the eleventh-century cathedral of Sessa Aurunca, where Pope Leo IX is venerated
A 13th-century ambo on six lions in an 11th-century cathedral. It is curious that in this town, Sessa Aurunca, Pope Leo IX is venerated; it was three months after his death that the Schism of 1054 occurred.
Archaeology · Museums · Heritage · People
Museum director Ivan Bondar evacuated Scythian gold from Kyiv in September 1941
Continuing my series of notes on the feats of scholars, museum staff and cultural workers during the war, today I shall tell the story of a unique collection of historical treasures in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. In the second week of September 1941 the front line came right up to
NB! · Aristocracy · Art · Monarchies · Heritage
The Vladimir Tiara and Its Owners: 1 – Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, 2 – Mary of Teck, 3 – Elizabeth II
Aristocracy · Monarchies · Heritage · Mores · People
Emperor Alexander III had a brother, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, who was married to a German princess, Maria Pavlovna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Emperor Alexander III had a brother, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, who was married to a German princess, Maria Pavlovna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. The Grand Duchess was also known as Miechen. What a shrew she was! The whole life of the grand ducal couple was marked by bilious envy of the
Observations · Heritage
A disappearance discovered on 29 April and an alarm that failed to go off
The loss was discovered on 29 April, and since the alarm failed to go off, the precise time of the disappearance is unknown. The case reminded me of another disappearance, if one may put it so
NB! · Monarchies · Museums · Heritage
Tiara of Duchess Hilda of Luxembourg, set with 367 diamonds, stolen
The tiara of Duchess Hilda of Luxembourg, set with 367 diamonds, has been stolen. It was taken from the throne room of the museum in Karlsruhe Palace, straight out of its display case