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Ya Mariam. Jordi Savall: Orient-Occident II. Hommage à la Syrie
According to the museum’s introduction, the exhibition presents “the rich heritage of Azerbaijani carpet art and its contemporary legacy”
Descending into the post-apocalyptic underpass of Budapest’s Southern Railway Station, one encounters exactly the sort of creatures one might expect in such a landscape: mutant dogs with two tails
After the recapture of the city, the Emperor granted General Schwarzenberg a new coat of arms: a raven (Rabe) feasting on a fallen Ottoman defender of Győr (Raab)
One of Bohemia’s greatest artistic treasures was donated to the Cistercian monastery of Vyšší Brod around 1285 by Záviš of Falkenstein. Who was this nobleman who rebelled against a king and made kings, seduced princesses, and was ultimately beheaded by a king?
The photographs on display therefore do not merely document the exotic ceremonies of an exotic people, but persons. Not only the portraits, but even in the images of communal ceremonies, everyone possesses their own face, their own individuality
For the Georgians, Prince Konstantin’s unexpected return home was also seen as the sudden revival of national pride and ancient royal dignity, which contemporaries called a “spiritual coronation”
From the side, we see only an exhibition of musical instruments, but as we move further and stand in front of it, we realize that from that viewpoint the instruments form the portrait of the great pianist
Military cemeteries are documents of grand history, colored pins on a general’s map
We got to know Lajos Erdélyi in our childhood from his photo album about the Jewish cemeteries of Transylvania
Not only did the geese make Saint Martin a bishop, but they also chose the day of his feast in the calendar. And what’s the thanks?
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