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Northwest view of the church, castle and lake in Ivenack, Germany. The complex is part of the Ivenacker Tiergarten and Ivenacker Eichen nature reserves.
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Night view of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge from Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary
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This post highlights some of the maps that were scanned and made available on the Library website in 2024.
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Night view of the baroque Turjak Fountain with the Ljubljana Castle in the background, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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On a cold winter night in 1941, Nazi soldiers entered the grand halls of the Catherine Palace near Leningrad, Russia, and laid their hands on a treasure that had once been described as the “Eighth Wonder of the World.” Within just a few days, they dismantled one of the most extraordinary creations of Baroque art: the Amber Room, a dazzling space lined with panels made entirely of amber, embellished with gold leaf, and inlaid with mirrors and semi-precious stones. As they packed the precious panels into crates and shipped them off to Königsberg, no one could have imagined that the…
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Philippsruhe castle in Hanau-Kesselstadt, seen from the west from the park.
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Courtyard and surroundings of castle Hohenwerfen, Werfen, near Salzburg, Austria. The medieval rock castle, situated on a 623 metres (2,044 ft) precipice, overlooks the town of Werfen in the Salzach valley. The fortress is a “sister” of Hohensalzburg Fortress, both strongholds were built by the Archbishops of Salzburg in the 11th century.
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This post walks you through the 285-day trip of Hawaii King Kalākaua as the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe in 1881, showing many of the routes and places he traveled or visited through maps and images at or near the time period.
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Jane Frances de Chantal was a wife and the mother of six. When her husband was killed, Saint Jane Frances took a vow not to remarry and sought to join a religious community. She was dissuaded by her spiritual director, Saint Francis de Sales.
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A visitor to the inner solar system every 70 years or so
Comet 13P/Olbers
reached its most recent perihelion,
or closest approach to the Sun, on June 30 2024
Saturn, Castle, fantasy, roger dean, #AIArt, #AIPrompt, otherworldly
#AIPrompt of Planet Saturn in sky over floating castle – using bold colors – in style of roger dean