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Swifts (1886) by Bruno Liljefors (Sweden, 1860-1939). 

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The story of a marble worker Evrard Flignot from Brussels who devastated by the death of his wife built a pretty mausoleum for her in Cimetière de Laeken.

At first look inside, there is a mourner reaching out to an empty wall. But, once a year, on the day of the summer solstice, the Sun draws a light that recalls this love for almost a century.

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19th March 2022

Golden ceilings and stained-glass windows at the Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary

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Soft Floral Art by Marie Egner 🌷🌺

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Cathédrale Sainte-Cécile d’Albi (Tarn).

Vues intérieures.

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A Damascus tile panel, probably Syria, 19th century or earlier.

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Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon

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Aloïs Hans Schram  -  Das Frühlingsfest  (detail)

Austrian, 1864-1919 

Oil on canvas

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Dominique Louis Féréol Papety - The odalisque (detail)

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Trevi Fountain, Rome, Italy | Christopher Czermak

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ophelia by friedrich wilhelm theodor heyser, 1900

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A Florence Street in the Rain, 1888, Konstantin Korovin

Medium: oil,canvas

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Homas William Cave (detail)

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Holy mount Athos

Monastery of Vatopaidi

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Detail: Mars & Venus, Allegory of Peace, 1770, by Louis Jean François Lagrenée.

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Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709)

Study for a young man dancing ,1680-1682.