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4 days ago · By Alex von Tunzelmann. Saddam Hussein’s statue toppled in Baghdad in 2003. Statues have been torn down for almost as long as they have been raised, but it was only in 2020 that Belgium’s Leopold II statues were seriously in danger of being ripped from their plinths. In 2020, there was a worldwide wave of iconoclasm: attacking statues.
4 days ago · father Władysław I. Casimir III (born April 30, 1310, Kujawy, Poland—died November 5, 1370) was the king of Poland from 1333 to 1370, called “the Great” because he was deemed a peaceful ruler, a “peasant king,” and a skillful diplomat. Through astute diplomacy he annexed lands from western Russia and eastern Germany.
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3 days ago · Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632) r. 1592–1599: Catherine (1584-1638) Gustav II Adolph (1594–1632) r. 1611–1632: Carl Gyllenhielm Gyllenhielm (1574–1650) Swedish Field Marshal: Władysław IV Vasa (1595–1648) King of Poland, GD of Lithuania r. 1632–1648: John II Casimir Vasa (1609-1672) King of Poland, GD of Lithuania r.
2 days ago · The European bison is a herd animal, which lives in both mixed and solely male groups. Mixed groups consist of adult females, calves, young aged 2–3 years, and young adult bulls. The average herd size is dependent on environmental factors, though on average, they number eight to 13 animals per herd.
4 days ago · Equestrian statue of Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa n the outer gardens of the Imperial Palace, 1904. Equestrian statue of Prince Komatsu Akihito at the Ueno Park, 1912. Equestrian statue of Field marshal Ōyama Iwao in Kudanzaka, 1918. Equestrian statue of Nitta Yoshisada close to Bubaikawara Station in Fuchū, 1988.
5 days ago · The visitor is taken through a grand room displaying stone effigies of Richard’s parents, King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, before being escorted into the presence of Richard’s image. Brilliant red and gold lighting - including a golden lion on a red field, echoing Richard’s seal - project the sense of kingship into the space.
