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Rejected Designs For The Eiffel Tower | studio_magga

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Supermodel Monique Desiree Taitague

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Jesus of the Cross in Wine; 1617 Artwork depicts the exaggerated assumption of the Blood of Christ as Wine. The metaphor in King James Version of the Bible states a comparison to the Thirst of Soul to seek Honour during Communion that all Priests enjoy during Church.

Mystic winepress

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armor, 1617

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Clint Brown

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Supermodel Monique Desiree Taitague

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Billionaire, Medicine School Graduate, Writer, Artist and Actor.

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Capitán Armando Salazar's Spain:

(circa War of Spanish Succession)

One of the things I didn't know when I first started writing fanfic for Capitán Salazar was that technically, Spain wasn't really a single unified country in his lifetime.

If you had asked them where they were from, the men of La María Silenciosa would have been more likely to tell you they were 'Castilian', or 'Aragonese', or any number of the smaller regions across the country.

To give a brief history, from the 700s-1500s AD, Spain was called Al-Andalus, and was under the control of Muslim states. You can still see a great deal of architecture from this time period especially in the South of Spain, the most famous being Alhambra palace (Granada):

But Christianity started to spread rapidly from the 1400s onwards, and by 1502 all Muslims were ordered to either convert or leave (this royal edict is still criticised today, with many debating if the edict was largely responsible for the eventual decline of Spain's economy and population).

Over the centuries, the cultures of each Spanish region became so significantly different from one another that it is not unlikely to have caused tension aboard Salazar's ship.

Southern regions retained strong Moorish influences due to their geographical proximity to Morocco, but this kept them divided culturally and politically from their Northern neighbours.

Catalonia and Aragon (North East) hated the taxes they'd been forced to pay to the new king Philip V in the early years of the war of Spanish Succession. They fought against their neighbours when the King attempted to send Castilian soldiers through their territory. The King punished those who rebelled by taking their homes and lands away - leaving them with nothing.

All of this would definitely have played heavily into the personal identity of each of the men aboard La María Silenciosa: not all of them would necessarily have shared the same language, manners, or way of looking at themselves and the world around them.

It's interesting to me, therefore, that the colour the men of La María Silenciosa wore was grey.

Not the yellow and red stripes of the Catalonian flag. Not the blue and gold coat of arms of King Philip V. No, the colour is deliberately neutral. As if by donning the grey, every man aboard La María Silenciosa is acknowledging that no matter their differences, under Capitán Salazar's command they are one.

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Seasons and Elements (Air). ca. 1683. Various artists. (Top)

Seasons and Elements (Fire). ca. 1683. Various artists. (Bottom)

Holy crud, these are embroidered!!!

Highly recommend following the links to zoom in. These are jam-packed with the most intricate d e t a i l s.

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Supermodel Monique Desiree Taitague

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