Albinoni's Adagio was composed by the Italian musicologist Remo ...
WEBFeb 24, 2019 · Surely this is surprising because, after all, the famous Adagio in G minor is not only one of the best-known pieces of classical music but also one of the most popular among music lovers with a closely linked name of title and author: “Albinoni’s Adagio”. It is ironic, therefore, that in reality the work is not by that baroque composer but by a biographer of him who lived two centuries ...
The irreverent letter the Cossacks wrote to the Ottoman Sultan in …
WEBMay 17, 2019 · Sultan Mehmed IV to the Zaporozhian Cossacks: As the Sultan; son of Muhammad; brother of the sun and moon; grandson and viceroy of God; ruler of the kingdoms of Macedonia, Babylon, Jerusalem, Upper and Lower Egypt; emperor of emperors; sovereign of sovereigns; extraordinary knight, never defeated; steadfast guardian of the tomb of Jesus Christ; trustee chosen by God Himself; the hope and ...
Luz Long, the German athlete who befriended Jesse Owens and …
WEBMay 13, 2020 · The next day the final was held – immortalised by Leni Riefenstahl’s camera in her Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations), the first part of her famous Olympia film – and although Long managed to jump 7.87, Owens smashed that mark with 8.06, breaking the Olympic record and climbing to the top of the podium; the bronze went to Japan’s Naoto Tajima (who would later win in the triple jump ...
History & Culture - LBV Magazine English Edition
WEBThe Cadastre of Orange, the Roman Map Showing How Conquered Land Was Divided Among Settlers. The Cadastre of Orange is an ancient plan that shows the Roman centuriations (land distributions) that extended across the territory…. How Were Mirrors Made in Ancient Egypt? An Analysis Reveals the …
Devshirme, the recruitment of Christian children by the Ottoman …
WEBAug 18, 2020 · The first, called Kapıkulu Süvari (Cavalry of the Servants of the Sublime Gate), was an elite troop structured into six divisions and made up of the sipahi (a word derived from the Persian sepâhi), equivalent to the European knights.In other words, they were noble holders of a swindle (fiefdom) which, in a conceptual medieval survival, had been granted to them by the sultan in exchange for ...
The Story of Caesarion, the Unfortunate Son of Julius Caesar and …
WEBJun 17, 2024 · Except for a reference in 36 B.C., the so-called Donations of Antioch (so named because they were made in that city, where Mark Antony and Cleopatra, accompanied by their children, met), Caesarion is not mentioned again in documents until 34 B.C., in the Donations of Alexandria. These were a set of legacies by which Mark Antony distributed lands among Cleopatra’s children (besides the one in ...
La Brújula Verde – Magazine Cultural Independiente
WEBLa Portára es uno de los monumentos más emblemáticos de la isla griega de Naxos, situada en las Cícladas. Este gigantesco pórtico de mármol, que se erige en una pequeña península frente a la ciudad de Naxos, es todo lo que queda de un ambicioso proyecto arquitectónico: un templo (que nunca se terminó) dedicado al…. La Brújula Verde ...
The strange and controversial prehistoric ‘sorcerer’ of the Cave of …
WEBJun 12, 2020 · The cave of the Trois Frères, 430 metres deep, is the richest in cave art, consisting of paintings and engravings from the Magdalenian period (17000-10000 BC). It was discovered by Count Henri Bégouen’s three children (Max, Jacques and Louis, plus two friends) in 1914 (hence its name), who two …
La brújula: qué es y cómo funciona
WEBMay 19, 2005 · Según el artículo correspondiente de la Wikipedia la brújula es un instrumento que sirve para determinar cualquier dirección de la superficie terrestre por medio de una aguja imantada que siempre marca los polos magnéticos Norte-Sur.. Historia de la brújula. La brújula es un invento chino que tiene unos 1800 años de antigüedad. Al principio los adivinos usaban unas piedras ...
Electrum, the natural gold and silver alloy used to mint the first ...
WEBMay 20, 2020 · Electrum, we said, is composed of gold and silver; it has a proportion of four parts of the first and one of the second, but there are also traces of other metals such as platinum or, above all, copper. This is because it is not an artificial alloy but a natural one, although it can also be manufactured, in which case the composition ...