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This is the eightheenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time ...
Instead of reading my books, I had spent the trip peering out the bus window, trying to match the route with some of the battle maps from 1877 and 1916 that ... and the image shows Queen Victoria and ...
Audiences in the mood for an awesome '80s fantasy movie have plenty of great options, such as Labyrinth and The Princess ...
It all began with the collapse of Napoleon's Empire. Those who overcame the French Emperor were weary of re-drawing the map of Europe. And these new borderlines posed no problems until they reached ...
The storied trove of Napoleonic materials owned by Pierre-Jean Chalençon will be offered by Sotheby’s Paris on June 24 in an ...
Among their ranks were legendary figures such as Marshals Lannes, Soult, Davout and Massena, but also much less well know ...
Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.
The collection, amassed over 40 years, comes from the trove of avid Napoleon collector and socialite Pierre-Jean Chalençon ...
For Nuit Blanche, the garden of the Archives Nationales awaits you for a new edition this Saturday, June 7, 2025, with a ...
Discover Gio Ponti’s architectural journey in Milan, from neoclassical buildings to modern masterpieces, and his legacy today.
The City and Borough of Juneau released updated flood inundation maps on Thursday that show barriers being installed along the Mendenhall River should protect neighborhoods even at an 18-foot ...