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💬🌳🏛🖼️📜 Quotes, nature, architecture, art and history about our homeland, Europe.
"The first and fiercest punishment ought to fall first on the traitor, second on the enemy. If I had but one bullet and I were faced by both an enemy and a traitor, I would let the traitor have it."
— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Fresco which depicts what might be the precursor to the Italian pizza in Pompeii.
The flatbread depicted in the 2,000-year-old fresco "may be a distant ancestor of the modern dish"
But it lacks the classic ingredients to technically be considered a pizza.
The fresco was found in the hall of a house next to a bakery during recent digs at the site in southern Italy.
The discovery was made this year during new excavations of Regio IX in the centre of Pompeii, one of the nine districts that the ancient site is divided into.
The building was partially excavated in the 19th Century before digging recommenced in January this year - nearly 2,000 years on from the volcanic eruption which engulfed the city.
Archaeologists at the Unesco World Heritage park say the newly-uncovered fresco depicting the flatbread, painted next to a wine goblet, may have been eaten with fruits such as pomegranates or dates, or dressed with spices and a type of pesto sauce.
9th century Anglo Saxon cross found in a Scottish field. Features engravings of the four Gospel writers
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Midsummer, 22-24 June.
Its roots in a european pagan celebration that takes place every year to mark the start of summer. Fire and water, purification and rejuvenation, turning away from the past and looking forward to the future.
It is celebrated in many parts of Europe, although it is especially rooted in England (Midsummer or St. John's Eve), Ireland, Spain, Portugal (fogueiras de São João), Norway (Jonsok), Denmark (Sankthans), Sweden (Midsommar), Finland (Juhannus), Estonia (Jaanipäev).
A box-bed (also known as a closed bed or close bed) is a traditional furnishing found in Brittany (France) and western Britain.
In homes with usually only one room, the box-bed allowed some privacy and helped keep people warm during winter. Some of them were built in double-decker form.
Guðrúnarlaug is a thermal bath in Iceland near Sælingsdalur [ˈsaiːliŋsˌtaːlʏr̥] in the municipality of Dalabyggð.
The name stems from Guðrún Ósvífrsdóttir, who is a main character in Laxdæla saga. The thermal bath exists at the place described in the saga.
"Now Guest rideth westward all day from Saurby and cometh to the Baths of Saelingsdale, and abides there awhile. Gudrun came to the Baths and greeteth well Guest her kinsman. Guest took her greeting well, and they fall to speech together, for both of them were wise and many-spoken."
The treasure of Agighiol, a hoard of silver objects uncovered near Agighiol, Romania, dated to the 4th century BC
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Roman rock crystal gaming dice, marked one to six just like any modern dice, 1st-2nd century AD.
📸 British Museum
Roman terracotta bust of the moon-goddess Selene, crowned with the crescent moon.
📸 Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam
Hitler and Mussolini at the Galleria Borghese in Rome, May 7, 1938.
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“To exist is to defy all that threatens you. To be a rebel is not to accumulate a library of subversive books or to dream of fantastic conspiracies or of taking to the hills. It is to make yourself your own law. To find in yourself what counts. To make sure that you’re never “cured” of your youth. To prefer to put everyone up against the wall rather than to remain supine. To pillage whatever can be converted to your law, without concern for appearance.”
― Dominique Venner, Un samouraï d'Occident: Le Bréviaire des insoumis
The "Old Blacksmith Shop", of the brothers Johann and Georg Schmidberger in Moln, Austria.
Now it is increasingly difficult to meet people who are engaged in traditional crafts. The Schmidberger brothers make armor for the Vatican's Swiss Guard at their blacksmith shop in Meaulnes, Austria.
It takes 120 hours to make armor, which is almost identical to the original armor forged 500 years ago. For fifteen generations the family of the Schmidberger brothers had been engaged in blacksmithing, and Georg and Johann continued this tradition.
Jonsokbryllup, a Norwegian celebration during midsummer night. The kids will make their own bridal crown/attire. Then pretend to get married, it’s a fun celebration for them.
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A large gold Anglo-Saxon buckle from a Sutton Hoo burial
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Michelangelo's Grocery List From 1518
Is accompanied by illustrations that were most likely drawn to help guide Michelangelo's illiterate assistant while browsing the market.
It's separated into three days by horizontal lines, and includes requests such as "pani dua", herring, spinach, wine, anchovies and fennel soup. The menu consists mostly of vegetables, fish, wine, and bread
This might seem particularly healthy , but the absence of meat-based dishes should not make us think about Michelangelo as a vegetarian ante litteram, but the letter is dated March 18, 1518, so around the time of Lent. In fact, the Easter, 500 years ago, fell on April 4th.
📸 Casa Buonarroti Museum, Florence
Illustrations from The Mabinogion by Alan Lee.
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Landsknecht with Halberd by Lucas Cranach the Elder
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"Julian the Apostate's dionysian procession" — Terje Adler Mørk (Norwegian)
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Ancient Greek Sarcophagus Of Aged Lap Dog With Stone-Inlaid Jeweled Collar Sitting On Bedding.
The Animal Must Have Had Its Small Head Turned In The Direction Of The Ancient Road, Looking At The Passers-By With Its Expressive Glance.
"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."
— Marcus Aurelius
"Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld" — Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French)
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Negau helmet, 474 B.C.
Bronze Etruscan helmet of the Negau type with an inscribed text in the Syracusan Greek alphabet; domed body made of hammered sheet bronze, lower part concave, with a small lip around the bottom edge; the inscription translates 'Hieron, son of Deinomenes, and the Syracusans, [dedicated] to Zeus Etruscan [spoils] from Cumae'
The object is believed to have been captured at the battle of Cumae in 474 BC and deposited in the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia as a dedication to the god.
📸 The British Museum
Crown of Sancho IV the Brave, king of Castile and Leon. Early 13th c.
The crown consists of eight rectangular metalwork plates or links joined by hinges and bordered by a simple molding. Each segment is surmounted by a castle.
It is completed with four sapphires and four cameos, two Roman and two Staufen.
📸 Displayed at Toledo Cathedral, Spain