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Assar Gabrielsson and the Genesis of Volvo, 1927

Sources S1 — Olsson, Christer. Volvo: Personvagnarna från 20-tal till 90-tal. Norden Media, 1996. ISBN 978-91-86442-17-0. S2 — Lindh, Björn-Eric. Volvo: The Cars from…

August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Derbent, Dagestan

Derbent in Dagestan, claimed as Russia's oldest city, preserves the sixth-century Sassanid Naryn-Kala Citadel and 3.5km of fortress walls that once sealed the Caspian…

August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Plovdiv — ancient Philippopolis — holds one of the best-preserved Roman theatres in the Balkans and a nineteenth-century National Revival old town. The inscribed…

August 2026
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UNESCO Heritage Sites Near Lalibela, Ethiopia

Lalibela's eleven rock-hewn churches, inscribed since 1978, are monolithic Christian sanctuaries carved from the volcanic rock of the Ethiopian Highlands and still functioning as…

August 2026
Interwar Italy 1922–44

Three brands on a globe: the Zegna sheet

Advertising sheet for Zegna, Trivero. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A giant letter Z stands on a factory skyline like a building in…

August 2026
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