What Is Art Nouveau?
The Art Nouveau artistic movement emerged in a time of industrial development and experimentation with new materials. It was opposed to historicism and favors originality and a return of handicrafts. It …
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‘Venice of Africa’: This village in the middle of a lake has a unique story to tell
The ‘Venice of Africa,’ a region of Benin is drawing more tourists than ever. Ganvie village, located in the middle Lake Nokoue, was established 400 years ago. Its unique history …
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Colorized Footage Reveals What Downtown L.A. Looked Like in the 1930s
Video restoration expert NASS colored and enhanced footage nearly a century old to create this video of 7 minutes that shows what downtown Los Angeles looked in the 1930s. A …
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The Building That Moved: How Did They Move an 11,000-Ton Telephone Exchange Without Suspending Its Operations?
A team of engineers and architects moved a 11,000-ton (22 million pound) telephone exchange in Indiana, United States. This feat of engineering was accomplished without any interruption to its operation or …
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The City of David and the 80 Million-Year-Old Sharks’ Teeth Mystery
Artist’s impression of a Squalicorax shark. Credit: Dimitri Bogdanov Scientists have found an unexplained cache of fossilized shark teeth in an area where there should be none — in a …
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Explore the UK’s historic past in one of these extraordinary holiday rentals
This unique holiday rental allows you to explore the UK’s historical past. We have teamed up to bring you the best historical haunts across the country with HostUnusual. There’s something …
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The Architect and the Cities; or, Reduced to the MAXXI
Aldo Rossi con M. Scheurer. Progetto per un nuovo stabile amministrativo per la UBS, Lugano, Svizzera (1990). Modello, s.d.carta, cartoncino, legnoCollezione MAXXI Architettura. Archivio Aldo Rossi © Eredi Aldo Rossi. …
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How Landscape Photographers Reinvented the Colonial Project in Australia
The history of Colonial America is awash with commodities. Wool produced extraordinary wealth for pastoralists and squatters in the early 1800s. It also led to significant investment in the Australian colonies. Tens …
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