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4 days ago · Richard Cavendish. Ely Cathedral, Anglican cathedral in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The Romanesque cathedral can trace its origins to the 7th century, though the present building dates only as far back as 1083. It is celebrated for its beauty and its history, and it is a major tourist attraction.
5 days ago · History. Founded in 1768, The Encyclopedia Britannica is a general knowledge English-language encyclopedia. It is written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors, including 110 Nobel Prize winners and five American presidents. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last ...
3 days ago · Kraków, also seen spelled Cracow or absent Polish diacritics as Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596, and has traditionally been one of the leading ...
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1 day ago · The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier Roman architecture. The domed church architecture of Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries followed that of the Byzantine provinces and, although this influence diminishes under Charlemagne, it continued on in ...
4 days ago · The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for “British Encyclopaedia”), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopedia. It is written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors, who have included 110 Nobel Prize winners and five American presidents.
4 days ago · John Paul’s priesthood, begun less than 18 months after the end of World War II, was born in brutal suffering. In 1946, as Stalinism was replacing Hitlerism in Krakow, it was more likely that he would be crushed by history than live to change it. “My priesthood, even at its beginning, was in some way marked by the great sacrifice of ...
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4 days ago · The Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires is the principal Catholic church in the capital city of Argentina. Although construction began around 1580, the church underwent a long building process, with expansions and repairs occurring over the next three-hundred years. It was built by the Spanish colonial government in the main town square ...
