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Architecture · Art · Museums · Observations · Heritage · Paris
Online catalogue of sculptures in the gardens of Versailles and Trianon with an interactive map
I have a great many complaints about the municipal improvement of Paris; my heart aches at the antics of the luckless Anne Hidalgo. Versailles, by contrast, as a near and respected province, has been very fortunate, both in the status quo of its historic precincts and in the preservation of
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As they say, if you want to be the most fashionable item at any party
As they say, if you want to be the most fashionable item at any party. Don't thank me, just think several steps ahead. You might even solve a crime
Architecture · Moscow · Museums · Observations
It will be interesting to see it realised, but they say that building the "Cogwheel", the new Garage Museum pavilion in Gorky Park, will take 5 years
It will be interesting to see it realised, but they say that building the "Cogwheel", the new Garage Museum pavilion in Gorky Park, will take 5 years. What interests me most is whether the cladding will be sheet metal, glass or some material of the Alucobond kind. For
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A reminder that one need not leave the house at all
NB! · Observations · Mores
Do you remember your first home?
Architecture · Faith · Moscow · Observations · Heritage
One of Moscow's Most Beautiful Churches: the Church of the Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome, in Zamoskvorechye, of 1762
One of Moscow's most beautiful churches is the Church of the Hieromartyr Clement, Pope of Rome, in Zamoskvorechye, built in 1762. It is a great pity that the interior has undergone a reconstruction-style restoration, but this does not diminish the grandeur of the decoration. In Soviet times
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Are You Ready to Sign a Petition in Defence of the Duchy of Burgundy?
Monarchies · Observations · Mores · Paris
Remember the Man in the Iron Mask?
Remember the Man in the Iron Mask? Today is the anniversary of the death of the mysterious prisoner who for more than thirty years was hidden in French prisons under various names, in almost complete isolation from human company and constantly masked, on pain of instant death should his face
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With the First Snow, Dear Hearts 💌
NB! · London · Monarchies · Observations
They write that we may not see the Queen until February 😢 But so long as she is alive and well
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