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William Shakespeare’s Sonnet XIII
O! that you were your self; but, love you are No longer yours, than you your self here live: Against this…
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A Dark Walk — Istanbul’s Basilica Cistern
The Basilica Cistern, is the largest of several hundred ancient cisterns that lie beneath the city of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey.…
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Biography: Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817–1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is best known for his masterful marine art. Born on July…
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Roman Mosaics and Tile Work
A Roman mosaic is a mosaic made during the Roman period, throughout the Roman Republic and later Empire. Mosaics were used…
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List of Albanian Artists
The Art Bog’s list of Albanian artists! Andrea Nikollë Aleksi Kolë Idromeno Zef Kolombi Andrea Kushi Pjetër Marubi Onufri David…
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People Passing Waterfalls in the Lauterbrunnen Valley
Lauterbrunnen lies at the bottom of a U-shaped valley that extends south and then south-westwards from the village to meet the…
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The View From Lake Luzern
Or Lake Lucerne. The lake has a complicated shape, with several sharp bends and four arms. It starts in the south-north…
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Hanging Out on the Loggia of San Marco Basilica
The loggia, at the foot of the Campanile, is the architectural element that more than any other condenses the celebrative character…
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Lone Duck on the Limmat River
Located on the then swamp land between Limmat and Zürichsee around Sechseläutzenplatz on small islands and peninsulas in Zürich, Prehistoric pile dwellings around Zürichsee were set on piles to…
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Beautiful but Cloudy Views from Schilthorn
Schilthorn’s summit is within the municipality of Lauterbrunnen, although the western slopes are within the municipality of Reichenbach im Kandertal. Both…
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Walking Through Balzers, Liechtenstein
The proof of continuous settlement in Balzers can be found from the early Stone Age (about 3000 B.C.), to the modern…