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10 hours ago · June 5, 2024. Attributed to the ancient Greek sculptor Lysippos, the exquisite horse statues adorning the basilica of Saint Mark in Venice have their own fascinating story to tell. Although cast in eternal stillness, the four horses have managed to travel throughout Europe through the centuries as precious spoils—from Chios to Constantinople ...
10 hours ago · Apart from travelers known by name, there were numerous craftsmen who worked for the Ethiopian court, mainly in the field of church and monastery construction. Footnote 52 In August 1402, the Venetian Consiglio dei Pregadi allowed the Ethiopian ambassador to bring a painter ( pictor ), a blacksmith ( spatarium ), two builders ( murator ) and a ...
10 hours ago · The city of Venice was founded in the 5th century and developed into a major maritime power, the Republic of Venice, in the 10th century. It is built on over 100 islands in the lagoon and contains monuments such as the St Mark's Basilica , the Doge's Palace , and numerous churches and bridges.
10 hours ago · Recife ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁeˈsifi] ⓘ) is the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is the largest urban area within both the North and the Northeast Region of Brazil. It is the largest city in Pernambuco state, and the fourth-largest urban area in all of Brazil, home to roughly ...
1 day ago · United Methodist Church. The United Methodist Church ( UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [8] denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelicalism. The present denomination was founded in 1968 in Dallas, Texas, by ...
10 hours ago · Spanish ( español) or Castilian ( castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. Today, it is a global language with about 500 million native speakers, mainly in the Americas and Spain, and about 600 million when including second language ...
