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Eighty-Nine Films: Italian Cinema in 1943

Eighty-nine Italian films are listed for 1943, and almost all of them reached cinemas before the armistice of 8 September. What happened afterwards belongs…

September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Delos, Greece

Delos, an uninhabited 5 km² island in the Greek Cyclades, preserves both the ancient sanctuary of Apollo — mythological birthplace of the god —…

September 2026

Ninety-Six Films: Italian Cinema in 1942

Ninety-six Italian films were distributed in 1942, against forty-five in 1938: the peak of a production boom that began when the American studios walked…

September 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Hiraizumi, Japan

Hiraizumi's 12th-century Buddhist temples and Pure Land gardens represent the brief, brilliant civilisation built by the Northern Fujiwara clan in the remote Tōhoku region…

September 2026

Matmata: the Houses That Were Dug, Not Built

A troglodyte courtyard at Matmata, southern Tunisia. Photo: Damien Slattery, photographed by Colin Kenworthy — CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. From the road…

September 2026
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