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Isabella Ruini as Venus likewise does not shy from an age gap with Cupid
Isabella Ruini as Venus likewise does not shy from an age gap with Cupid. A work by Lavinia Fontana
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Exhibition marking 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci's death runs at Château d'Amboise until 2 September
Since we are on the subject of châteaux, a reminder that until 2 September the Château d'Amboise is hosting an exhibition devoted to the death of Leonardo da Vinci. This year marks the 500th anniversary of Da Vinci's passing
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When next I wax rapturous over the gardens and parks of the Moscow-region country estates, please remind me what the garden and kitchen garden of the Château de Villandry look like, for instance
When next I wax rapturous over the gardens and parks of the Moscow-region country estates, please remind me what the garden and kitchen garden of the Château de Villandry look like, for instance. And do remind me, while you are at it, to light a candle so that Russia
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Some of the larches in the park at Arkhangelskoye are two hundred years old, and on plans from the early nineteenth century they appear as tiny saplings half a metre tall
Some of the larches in the park at Arkhangelskoye are two hundred years old, and on plans from the early nineteenth century they appear as tiny saplings half a metre tall. The trees were planted so that their trunks would visually continue the palace colonnade
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Manor house with a statue-lined terrace beyond a green lawn
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The portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna by A. Roslin and the portrait of her husband, Emperor Paul I, by S. S. Shchukin hang opposite each other at Arkhangelskoye in such a way that, if one looks into the mirror, the spouses find themselves side by
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Skeletons in the Edinburgh Anatomical Museum foyer belong to elephants, not dinosaurs or mammoths
For many years two skeletons in the foyer of the University of Edinburgh's Anatomical Museum were believed to be the remains of dinosaurs, and later of mammoths. They are, in fact, elephants
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Mounted wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans, with a wingspan of over three metres
A rather large albatross. I did not know it, but the wingspan of Diomedea exulans reaches more than 3 metres
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The staircases of Monaco's Oceanographic Museum are adorned with the shells of giant molluscs
The staircases of Monaco's Oceanographic Museum are adorned with the shells of giant molluscs. Remember the tridacna that serves as a holy water stoup in Saint-Sulpice?
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The ocean sunfish, also known as the mola, also known as the headfish, tells us that the plastic bags in the ocean, which she mistakes for food, are killing her
The ocean sunfish, also known as the mola, also known as the headfish, tells us that the plastic bags in the ocean, which she mistakes for food, are killing her. Very sad
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Just look at those eyes!
Just look at those eyes! This charmer of a flying fish all but begs to be picked up and cuddled
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