Cultural space of the Semeiskie
The Semeiskie are an Orthodox Old Believer community in Russia’s Transbaikal whose sacred rites, songs, and oral traditions have preserved a 17th-century faith rejected by the state church.
Carnival of Barranquilla
Four days of street dances, parades, and cumbia music transform Barranquilla into a celebration blending Spanish, African, and indigenous traditions before Lent.
Nanjing Yunjin brocade
Cloud brocade woven in Nanjing since the Song dynasty: shuttle-loomed silk enriched with gold and silver threads, refined through centuries into one of China’s most accomplished textile arts.
Sinjska alka
An annual equestrian tournament in Croatian Sinj where mounted riders lance a suspended metal ring while wearing ceremonial regalia, honouring a 1715 victory and the Assumption of Mary.
Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals
An ancient Iranian martial system of ritual movement, strength training and folk wrestling performed in sacred domed spaces, blending pre-Islamic tradition with Persian Shia Islam.
Passeig de Gràcia
Barcelona’s iconic boulevard through Eixample, lined with modernist masterpieces and Spain’s most expensive storefronts.
Balluta Buildings
An Art Nouveau apartment block overlooking Balluta Bay in St. Julian’s, Malta, built in 1928 for the Marquis John Scicluna to designs by Giuseppe Psaila.
Smíchov Synagogue
A 1863 Reform Jewish synagogue in Prague, remodelled in Functionalist style and now an archive of the Jewish Museum.
Hazard’s Pavilion
A wooden auditorium seating thousands at Fifth and Olive Streets, Hazard’s Pavilion embodied late-nineteenth-century Los Angeles’s theatrical ambitions when it opened in 1887.
Old Ålgård Church
A white timber parish church built in 1917 to an Art Nouveau design by Ole Stein, Old Ålgård Church serves Ålgård village in Norway’s Rogaland county.