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"He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said". HE HAS RISEN!

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The greatest painter you've (probably) never heard of. Ilya Repin (1844-1930) is a Ukranian-born Russian painter who rivals any in art. A🧵

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@Culture_Crit @JamesLucasIT And another favorite The Mill and the Cross and its inspiration from Bruegels The Procession to Calvary. You have to have real vision as a filmmaker to copy a Bruegel painting!

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@Culture_Crit @JamesLucasIT A few of my favorites : Pennies from Heaven (1981) and the Nighthawks by Edward Hopper

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@Culture_Crit The Town Hall in Strzelin Poland. Originally from the 14th century. Rebuilt in 2022 Credit: Snoo_90160

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@culturaltutor Another view of that same river. They've clearly taken great care in making the campus a great place to work. Must tip our hats to their marvelous design work here.

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@ZubyMusic This would mess you up if it were the size of a horse.

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@MattWalshBlog Turns out women are the reason women do anything. Men don't even notice half the time.

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@jordanbpeterson "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23

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@fasc1nate Repin is an absolute genius. He had an amazing ability to capture color, expression, form, and meaning in a painting. Here St. Nicholas of Myra Saves Three Innocents From Death

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@jordanbpeterson @TuckerCarlson @CBCNews It boggles my mind that any country's citizens allows the government to fund its media. The exact purpose of the media is to report on government Nowadays it seems that all media has become a propaganda arm of the government but still at least remove the financial incentives

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@archi_tradition Not the most popular opinion but Bruges, Belgium 🇧🇪

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@Culture_Crit I would say Hadrian's wall qualifies for this list. Built to keep the Scots out of Roman Britain in 122 AD, Hadrian's wall stretched 73 miles across. The walls were 8 feet thick and 12 feet high. A watchtower stoood every 1/3 of a mile to house troops.

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@Culture_Crit It's amazing how the ancient world could build such wonders. No AutoCAD, no cranes, etc yet they put every bit of ingenuity into doing something greater than themselves The lighthouse of Alexandria by Phillip Galle at the Rijksmuseum

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@Culture_Crit Art Deco had some of the most beautiful traims and cars in the world This bygone era is not as far away as we think. We just need to seek a higher purpose again and beauty will be the natural outgrowth

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@Culture_Crit A height comparison. Source

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@jordanbpeterson It's almost as if we should do the literal opposite of whatever the so-called experts say. The elite haven't gotten anything right ever and our compass should just point in the opposite direction of whatever they say

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@fasc1nate One of the greatest actresses to ever grace the screen. If you haven't seen "Rear Window" or "High Society", they are must watches.

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@MattWalshBlog It was in fact William Wilberforce who led the charge to abolish slavery in the British colonies. His entire life he campaigned Parliament and on his deathbed heard the votes were available to end slavery. The law was passed a month after his death in 1834 ending slavery in

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@MattWalshBlog Man feels love through respect from the woman in his life. This is why the Bible, in part, says for wives to submit to their husbands. In return, a husband is to sacrifice everything like Jesus sacrificed for the Church. Narcissism is the opposite of love.

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@culturaltutor @jordanbpeterson Probably my favorite of his, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. It's like he wanted to paint a landscape but his commission was the Icarus story in theme. So he paints a landscape and throws Icarus in the bottom right drowning. Genius 🤣

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@Culture_Crit One of the legacy of classical architecture in Houston - the Esperson building It's a snapshot in time of that bygone era

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The genius of Antonio Canova A 🧵 1. Orpheus

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@Culture_Crit The J. Edgar Hoover Building, home of the FBI, which was built in 1963 and the Boston City Hall, 1968. Quite possibly the two ugliest buildings in the world. By the 60s American architecture was in full free fall.

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@Culture_Crit Colmar France is like stepping back in time 500 years. Half-timber houses, beautiful Chistmas markets, and canals have all preserved that medieval feel.

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@Culture_Crit His friendship with CS Lewis (and ultimately helping him come to Christ) is arguably his greatest achievement. Owen Barfield was also a great writer and added a tremendous amount to the Christian canon

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@JamesLucasIT I've stood in front of many listed here, but this Rubens was the first after I learned how to paint and it took my breath away

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@JamesLucasIT Beautiful list! The Theological Hall part of the Strahov Monastery is also quite spectacular But honestly who's gonna be reading here, I'd be a little distracted 😉

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His most famous painting in the West is likely Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan depicts the moment where mad Ivan has killed his son and the horrible realization of what he has done.

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@culturaltutor The Temptation of Christ by Barrias The Devil here is a dark figure trying to tempt Christ from atop the mountain

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In Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks he masterfully executed a legendary tale of the Cossacks scoffing at Sultan Mehmed IV and sending an insulting reply. The colors, composition, and detail took him nearly 11 years to complete

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@archi_tradition @ilhan1077_ Bruges, Belgium! Medieval city with fantastic art and architecture!

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@Culture_Crit Popeye Village in Malta. A beautiful colorful place on the coast. Well worth a visit!

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@fasc1nate Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire popularized the t shirt. Although it had been around for centuries it was not worn in public until Brando's performance. It's an everyday wear item now thanks to Brando and James Dean.

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Repin, like many Old Masters, could paint in any genre. His early success came from the Barge Haulers on the Volga (1873). His ability to capture the defeated expressions of the laborers elevated him in art circles

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@Culture_Crit Some architecture elevates the soul and others crush it into oblivion Also in France:

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@jordanbpeterson @CPOntario They have a choice. Women or men pretending to be women. They have clearly put women last and it's causing harm. The feminists hate women as much as they hate men, they just don't want to say it out loud

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@Culture_Crit @TuckerCarlson Depressing to say the least. If you want a society to move away from the True and the Good, then take away Beauty We have done so in the last 100 years and we are reverting to brutal times (pun intended)

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@BillboardChris @jordanbpeterson It's appalling to me as a physician what has become of my profession. While it is a small subset of physicians who perform these procedures, a much larger group support this barbarism People who are struggling should not be conned by physicians into life altering procedures

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@Culture_Crit It 's a truly haunting artwork. But it's a beautiful reminder that the Truth is something worth dying for. We are a society that has forgotten that and it has cost us a lot (from the 20th century to today)

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Many painters were able to master one genre, but Repin's search for truth and beauty led him in many artistic directions. He captured many religious themes in his art. Here the Resurrection of the Daughter of Jairus (1874)

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@Culture_Crit Chicago is one of my favorites. Its art Deco stylings was the last beautiful style before we switched to the modern "atheist" styling. Beauty leads us to the True and the Good. The loss of these diverse beautiful aesthetics is a destruction of the True and the Good

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@Culture_Crit The 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse by Viktor Vasnetsov. The Lamb of God can be seen at the top Death, Famine, War, and Conquest (L->R). Late 19th century Russian painters are some of my favorite artists and receive little credit in the West but are technically very skilled

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But Repin was also a master of portraiture. His painting of Tolstoy is another masterpiece.

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@Culture_Crit @HumbleFlow Church of Piedigrotta in Calabria, Italy. Completely located inside a sandstone rock cave. Dates back to the 17th century. The legend is fisherman created the church to escape a storm at sea and in gratitude built the church

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@historyinmemes The entire city is like an art museum!

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@archi_tradition Blarney Castle, home of the Blarney stone!

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@Culture_Crit Florence is quite beautiful from the sky! 😍

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He also captured portraits of Russia's great composers. Here Modest Moussorgsky

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@JamesLucasIT Bruges, 🇧🇪 !

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@jordanbpeterson "No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is" --CS Lewis

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@Culture_Crit My favorite city, Bruges, in the early 1900s. My favorite thing about these videos and pictures is how these beautiful architectural masterpieces never diminish. Beauty is truly objective

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@Culture_Crit Bruges is my favorite. And although better known still very underrated!

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@creation247 Let's call it what it is: the red pill is the devil tempting you to a life of worshipping him Follow Christ's example and you will have a fulfilled life

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@archi_tradition Hungary. And it's mostly because they are one of the only sane places left in the world ( the architecture is nice too)

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@Culture_Crit A version of Hell from a follower of Bosch. Similarly Hell is a horror created by man who has turned his back on God. God never sends us to Hell, we choose to go there.

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@jordanbpeterson "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" Our right to defend ourselves comes not from the government but from a right given to us by God

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@culturaltutor Fathepur Sikhri is a great example of the Mughal style. Western architecture doesn't have a monopoly on beautiful architecture but it shares a sense of higher purpose that led to these wonderful buildings

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@MattWalshBlog The question is why is this even necessary at a company. If I were a shareholder in Google wouldn't I want the company to maximize profit? This would obviously not do that. Google's shareholders should be calling for this to stop at the company.

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@Culture_Crit The entire station is a work of art!

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@archi_tradition @AmirSaeedVadie Wonderful list One of my favorites is St Vitus Cathedral in Prague 🇨🇿

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@archi_tradition @koljuchij Bruges 🇧🇪 Old Town is just 😍

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@Culture_Crit @Houseofeden007 Another interesting fact: The dome is built over a cylindrical structure of the same diameter and of a height that has the dimension of the dome’s radius at 21.65 meters (i.e. the rotunda’s internal geometry creates a perfect sphere). Credit Dr. Stephen Muench

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@JamesLucasIT Church of Our Lady before Týn in the Old Town of Prague. Another Gothic masterpiece albeit a little less well known

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@Culture_Crit A slightly different angle of the interior of Saint Sava. Architecture like this gives me hope that we are not as disconnected from our past than we think.

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@Culture_Crit And also this. It's art with motion in a still sculpture. Something that has to be experienced as a photo just won't do it justice

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@Culture_Crit @HumbleFlow This newsletter is fast becoming my favorite to read every week. Art truly is one of our gateways to the divine One of my favorite Bouguereau. It's not as wonderful as the Pieta by Michaelangelo but it captures the concept you laid out so well today

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@Culture_Crit @JeremyTate41 The Bible.

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@archi_tradition Prague!

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I hope you find this thread helpful and if so I would appreciate a follow, like and a repost. Thanks!

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The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, by Bernini (1647-52) in the Santa Maria della Vittoria A 🧵

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@JamesLucasIT The Heavenly Ascent...

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@Culture_Crit My favorite capriccio artwork is the Wedding at Cana by Panini. The wedding reimagined in the baroque setting is beautiful.

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@EvaVlaar "If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing" 1 Corinthians 13:2 Everything we are is nothing if we do not love our neighbor

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@KonstantinKisin @ZubyMusic For many, the self censoring is happening so often that it becomes ingrained. People should worry less about offending and more about the truth. They will be happier in the end

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@calvinrobinson @mereanglicanism @MAnglicanism Disheartening. And they didn't take you off the website either. So they can still get your audience to come.

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A 🧵of Hungary's greatest portrait painter, Philip de László, and some of his best works: 1. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (1899)

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@JamesLucasIT Another kiss painting but with more of a Lenten theme. By Giotto in the Scrovegni chapel in Padua

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@culturaltutor Lucas van Valckenborch's Tower of Babel 1594 at the Louvre. A great depiction of the epic scale of the project

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The Greco-Roman era produced some of the most iconic and celebrated sculptures in the history of art. A 🧵 1. Laocoön and His Sons

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@JamesLucasIT Texas Hill Country

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@archi_tradition @pioandreaperi Constantinople would have rivaled Rome in its heyday I think or have been a very close second!

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@archi_tradition Diocletian's palace in Split Croatia 🇭🇷

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@jordanbpeterson No, the biggest lie is that God doesn't exist. All the ills of society have fallen from this lie and our belief that we can be our own God Everything other lie is a spinoff of this lie

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@jordanbpeterson I think he has lied so much his whole life that it comes to him easier than breathing. Add in that his memory has declined significantly and you have a perfect storm No matter what this man should never be president again

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@Culture_Crit The neoclassical art style of the national museum of art is something to behold. Built in the early 20th century it was designed by an Italian architect, Silvio Contri as the Palace of Communications.

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Christ's time in the desert / wilderness is one of great spiritual significance, but one less frequently depicted in art A 🧵:

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@Architectolder Bruges Provincial Court in Belgium. Also has some nice lamps too 👌

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You're probably familiar with the paintings Jacques Louis David, but you (probably) have not seen his drawings A 🧵 1. The Death of Socrates

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@Culture_Crit Another feature of many Cathedrals is the rood screen in Europe. A rood screen sits between the chancel and navel and would contain a sculptural depiction of the Crucifixion. The purpose was to show the Crucifixion to the people before entering the high altar creating a

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@jordanbpeterson @BillAckman @TheDemocrats This is the consequences of an education system that is completely devoid of instilling the common values that were, 30 years ago, considered sacrosanct. WIthout a common set of beliefs then the very definition of words can be changed to suit any purpose

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@MattWalshBlog The Left's ideas are so good that to get people to adopt them all they have to do is use violence.

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@historyinmemes No, because the architectural legacy points to the greatest collective sacrifice our society made: namely to elevate society to the highest calling we can. Our culture needs to shift before we can attempt anything like this again

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Jesus is the Word made flesh. This is a complex concept for many Christians to understand, especially new ones. Caravaggio illustrates this beautifully and elegantly. The painting "The Incredulity of St. Thomas" shows "Doubting" Thomas inserting his finger into the very

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@JamesLucasIT Great list! Another to add: Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń in Poland. At 141m tall it is one of the tallest ever built and the largest in Poland. The entire structure was completed between 1994-2004 😍

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A fascinating thread on the cultural impact of various drinks through history 👇

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Reminder that Americans once fought a revolution because the British slightly raised taxes on their breakfast tea. (What happened to that fighting spirit?) A thread on the 6 drinks that shaped civilization — from beer to soda... 🧵

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@Culture_Crit Chateau de Chambord is gorgeous on the inside. The incredible things about these castles is they are the highest works of art from outside to in

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@JeremyTate41 Our culture hates beauty because beauty brings us to truth. As Tertullian says the first reaction to the truth is hatred. We must bring back these small beautiful things and surround us with beauty or we will lose sight of God

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@archi_tradition @world_walkerz Hard to argue with St Peter's

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@Culture_Crit The Aeneid is worthy of this list. If you can't read the whole thing then just read Book 4 about the love story of Dido and Aeneas. It was a life changing book for me in many ways and sparked my love of the classics.

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Congrats to CC. The growth is well deserved. It's the best newsletter you'll read. The link is below in the thread to signup 👇

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Quick update: In just a couple of months, the newsletter has hit well over 20,000 readers. This is a thank you to everyone reading / supporting 🙏 Reminder: I post a free article every Wednesday - on art, architecture, history and more. Do NOT miss tomorrow... (link below) 👇

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