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Mantuan Renaissance

The Renaissance in Mantua took off from the mid- fifteenth century, depending entirely on the Gonzaga dynasty, which made the city, despite the smallness of the territory and its relative importance on the European chessboard, one of the most splendid courts in Europe. Unlike other declinations of the Italian Renaissance,…

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Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, Italy

The Real Teatro di San Carlo (Royal Theatre of Saint Charles), its original name under the Bourbon monarchy but known today as simply the Teatro di San Carlo, is an opera house in Naples, Italy It is located adjacent to the central Piazza del Plebiscito, and connected to the Royal…

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Snorkeling tourism

Snorkeling is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped tube called a snorkel, and usually fins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. Use of this equipment allows the snorkeler to observe underwater attractions for extended…

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Review of I Saloni WorldWide Moscow 2017, Russia

The 13th edition of I Saloni WorldWide Moscow, last from Oct 11 to 14, 2017, within the Crocus Expo, the most important exhibition center in Russia. I Saloni WorldWide Moscow, a reference event in the home-furnishing sector for Russia and the countries of its geopolitical basin, the destination of over…

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts New York, United States

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a 16.3-acre (6.6-hectare) complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It hosts many notable performing arts organizations, which are nationally and internationally renowned, including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, and the…

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Cross Church

A transverse church (German: Querkirche) is a form of church construction in whose plan the transept is considerably larger than the nave. The latter is almost completely eliminated. The principle of the cross church was understood as that of the Reformation central church as an architectural implementation of the principle…

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Sessions Room, São Bento Palace

The Sala das Sessões, opened in 1903, was designed by the architect Ventura Terra after a violent fire in 1895 that destroyed the first room of the Chamber of Deputies, designed by the architect Possidónio da Silva. The room was built on the site of one of the four monastic…

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Razia Sultana The first woman Sultanate of India, Zubaan

Razia Sultana was the first woman Sultanate of India, and ruled the court of Delhi from the end of 1236 to 1240. The only ever woman to do so, she defied all odds to occupy the throne, including overcoming conflicts over her gender and her slave ancestry. During her reign,…

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Museo de Cádiz, Spain

The Museum of Cadiz is a museum located in Cádiz, Spain. It was founded in 1970 after the merger of the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts with the Provincial Museum of Archaeology. It is on three floors, archaeology on the ground floor, art on the first, and puppets on the…

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19 Kilometers from Auschwitz, Yad Vashem

The Story of the Jewish Community of Trzebinia, Poland On the eve of WWII, about 1,500 Jews lived in Trzebinia, Poland a community that flourished with creativity and culture, religion and tradition, social life and politics.On 29 May 1942 the deportation of the Jews of Trzebinia began. That day, SS…

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WNET, New York, United States

WNET, channel 13 (branded as THIRTEEN), is a non-commercial educational, public television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey, United States. WNET is a multi-media public service non-profit that delivers lifelong learning and meaningful experiences to our communities in New York and New Jersey. It featured the preschool educational television series…

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John Francis Rigaud

John Francis Rigaud RA (Turin, May 18, 1742 – Great Packington, December 6, 1810), was an eighteenth-century history, portrait, and decorative painter. Of French descent, he was born in Turin and spent most of his career in England. A classical painter, particularly congenial with English taste, devoted mainly to the…

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Review of Hong Kong International Jewellery Show in early years, China

Renowned across the world of fine jewellery, the HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show continues its long-standing history as an incomparable exhibition and a premier trade hub. A festival of glamour and everlasting grace, the show is also a premier hub for industry knowledge as visitors explore international pavilions, expert…

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National Pantheon, Lisbon, Portugal

The National Pantheon is intended to honor and perpetuate the memory of Portuguese citizens who have distinguished themselves for services rendered to the country, in the exercise of high public positions, high military services, in the expansion of Portuguese culture, in literary, scientific and artistic creation or in the defense…

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San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, United States

The San Bernardino County Museum, in Redlands, California, is a regional museum with exhibits and collections in cultural and natural history. Special exhibits, the Exploration Station live animal discovery center, extensive research collections, and public programs for adults, families, students, and children are all part of the museum experience. Mission…

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Glass art

Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass. It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces, to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including glass jewelry and tableware. As a decorative and functional…

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Tingatinga painting

Tingatinga is a painting style that developed in the second half of the 20th century in the Oyster Bay area in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and later spread to most East Africa. Tingatinga paintings are one of the most widely represented forms of tourist-oriented art in Tanzania, Kenya and neighboring…

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Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, Spain

The Museum of Fine Arts of Seville or Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla is a museum in Seville, Spain. The Museum of Fine Arts in Seville was instituted in September 1835 and officially opened in 1841. It is currently considered one of the most important art galleries in Spain.…

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Pastel

A pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation.…

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Applications of 3D printing

3D printing has many applications. In manufacturing, medicine, architecture, and custom art and design. Some people use 3D printers to create more 3D printers. In the current scenario, 3D printing process has been used in manufacturing, medical, industry and sociocultural sectors which facilitate 3D printing to become successful commercial technology.…

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Ecrins National Park, Isere, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The Ecrins National Park is a French national park created in 1973, after having been prefigured in 1913. It is located in the Alps, extending over a large part of the Ecrins massif. It is located in the municipalities of two departments: Isère (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) and Hautes-Alpes (Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region)…

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The Korean Way of Life, National Folk Museum of Korea

This Exhibition Hall illustrates how the lives of Koreans during the era of the Joseon Kingdom (1392-1910) revolved around the agrarian life and annual cycle of the four seasons. Korean villages were established at the most favorable locations and the smallest unit of living space where people used to live…

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