Paris 1937 competition design by unknown author resembles the Syuyumbike Tower in Kazan

In 1937 a design was submitted to the architectural competition of the International Exhibition in Paris that bears a suspicious resemblance to the 58-metre Söyembikä Tower in Kazan. Since no information about the authorship of the Parisian competition drawing has survived to our day, one is left to guess what lies behind so characteristic a likeness to the gate-tower of a commandant's house with a spire

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

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Paris 1937 competition design by unknown author resembles the Syuyumbike Tower in Kazan

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

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