The majority of the population of the post-Soviet space has clear New Year’s associations: snow, the smell of spruce, the chiming clock, tangerines, Russian salad, champagne. If you decide to meet him outside of your home, Finland is a worthy alternative to celebrate, with the only difference being that the […]
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Archaeological investigations in Croatia and in Slavonia (Serbo-Croatian Slavonija; Sclavonia in medieval docs) have not so far brought to light monumental complexes of the Paleochristian age; however, it is possible to suppose its existence in the area of the Roman cities of Siscia (Sisak), Cibalae (Vinkovci) and Mursa maior (Osijek). […]
A bit of history The name of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg comes from the High German “lucilinburch” which means “small town”. The first human settlements on the territory of the duchy appeared 35,000 years ago, which is confirmed by ancient artifacts found in the town of Otringen. In the […]
The symbolism The period between the 19th and 20th centuries, up to the October Revolution, coincides with the great crisis that swept across Europe and led to the First World War. The Russia has been shaken in recent years by the Russo-Japanese war and by internal upheavals such as the […]
The 20th century. and the beginnings of the 21st At the beginning of the 20th century. there are examples of architecture open to the ‘functional’ experience (B. Laisha, 1873-1920) and to the teaching of the Bauhaus. After World War II, the reconstructions and extensions of inhabited and industrial centers (Berente, […]
Also in the 1980s, two other international exhibitions were held: one official, the xviiExhibition of the Council of Europe (1983), the other, on the initiative of the Gulbenkian Foundation, relating to the current choices of European museums, with the criticized exclusion of France (1985). The first exhibition that proposed the […]
In this disappointing panorama, however, it is necessary to remember a series of exhibitions of contemporary Portuguese art that was possible to realize in a short period of time in Europe and Brazil, something that had been prevented by the New State regime, since the 1940s, by the lack of […]
In Lisbon, the headquarters of the C. Gulbenkian Foundation (FCG), designed in 1961 by Portugal Cid (b.1925) and R. Atouguia (b.1917) and inaugurated in 1969, and the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (competition 1961; 1963-75) in the district of Santa Marta – with its complex that is staggered […]
In the phase comprised roughly between 1270 and 1330 the most lively building activity is testified by the cities – eg. Sopron, with the Franciscan church from around 1280. and the synagogue from around 1300, and Pozsony, with the church of the Franciscans consecrated in 1293 – and from the […]
The collegiate church of Duke Álmos in Dömös (consecrated around 1106 and dedicated to St. Margaret) has a Como-type architectural decoration. Around 1100 we encounter the first examples of figurative decoration, such as the lunette of the portal of the cathedral of Gyulafehérvár, the architectural members and the enclosure of […]