Mona Lisa may go underground
The Louvre Museum’s star attraction could get a new room of her own in an underground extension of the museum if an ambitious €500 million
April 27, 2024 No Comments
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The Louvre Museum’s star attraction could get a new room of her own in an underground extension of the museum if an ambitious €500 million
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Two Swiss cities are hoping for direct rail routes to London, but there’s no definite motion on that yet aside from an ongoing Swiss parliamentary
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In a way, the U.S. Civil War isn’t over; a century and a half on, issues of the war and its meaning and how to
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DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe