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بين اصحابك تجد سلامك. انا واصحابي:

The statue by the great sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini featured in the post is the famous marble sculpture "Saint Longinus," located in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. A pinnacle of sculptural art.

New York’taki 98 yıllık restoran hâlâ Coca-Cola’yı eski usul servis ediyor.

I found a charming photo of Queen Mary and her youngest surviving son, George (Duke of Kent), which I colourised. They had got very close to each after David abdicated. When Georgie died, she wrote in her diary: "Now I have no one to tell me how nice I look."

Fresques de la chapelle des mages, peintes en 1459-1460 par Benozzo Gozzoli, au Palazzo Medici Riccardi à Florence

The mischievous spirit of the satyr, deciding which self to wear next.

Orphée et Cerbère, sculpté vers 1519 par Baccio Bandinelli à la demande du cardinal Jules de Médicis (futur pape Clément VII), sur un piédestal exécuté par Benedetto da Rovezzano et Simone Mosca, dans la première cour du Palazzo Medici Riccardi à Florence

"Europe is not to be saved by any single man. England has saved herself by her exertions, and will, as I trust, save Europe by her example." - William Pitt the Younger 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Queen Victoria receiving the news of her accession to the throne, 20 June 1837 - Henry Tamworth Wells (1887)

هل تعتقد ان المراه الاخرى في خاتم الملكة اليزابيث هي امها او مربيتها الملكة كاثرين بار؟

𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 #Art #History #Napoleon

King Charles coat of arms

الملكة ماري الاولى واختها الاميرة اليزابيث في لندن 1553🖤

احتفلت بفوز المغرب وقالوا ما نمثل العرب المصريين اذا احتفلت معهم بالفوز

#OnThisDay in 1837, Victoria awoke to the news that she had inherited the throne. Following the death of her uncle, King William IV, the young princess was awoken at six in the morning and told that she was to become queen. 📸 Getty

"إذا كنتُ قد رأيتُ أبعد من غيري، فلأنني وقفتُ على أكتاف عمالقة".