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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Olomouc, Czechia
Olomouc's Holy Trinity Column — inscribed 2000 — is the largest Baroque plague column in Central Europe: 35 metres of gilded sandstone on Moravia's…
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Visby, Sweden
Visby's Hanseatic town — inscribed 1995 — is Scandinavia's most completely preserved medieval walled city: 3.5 km of 12th-century limestone walls, 27 towers, the…
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Kairouan, Tunisia
Kairouan — inscribed 1988 — is the fourth holiest city in Islam and the foundation city of Islamic North Africa: the Great Mosque (670…
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Federico Motta and Graphic Publishing in Milan, 1929
In 1929, inside a small laboratory on Via Paleocapa near the Sforza Castle, twenty-seven-year-old Federico Motta established the *Cliché Motta*, a specialized photozincographic and…
August 2026
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Serafino Allemano and Fuoriserie of Turin, 1928
In 1928, along the lively artisan avenue of Via Madama Cristina in Turin, Serafino Allemano opened his independent coachbuilding workshop (*Carrozzeria Allemano*). Unlike mass-production…
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Francesco Antonio Balocco and Confectionery, 1927
In 1927, in the shadow of the monumental brick towers of the Castello dei Principi d'Acaja in Fossano, master pastry chef Francesco Antonio Balocco…
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Ottavio Bottecchia and Teodoro Carnielli Cycles, 1926
In 1926, following consecutive, historic victories at the Tour de France in 1924 and 1925—where he became the first Italian to wear the yellow…
August 2026
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The Verri Brothers and Arexons Chemistry in Milan, 1925
In 1925, amid the thunderous roar of supercharged Grand Prix engines at the newly inaugurated Monza circuit, brothers Achille and Angelo Verri founded Arexons…
August 2026The Hygieia of Laodicea: Medicine and Ancient Coins
The Western Theatre of Laodicea on the Lycus. The stage building, at the far side of the orchestra, is where the sculptures were found.…
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