Tag Archives: History

October 02

Acropolis

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The Acropolis is built high up on a hill overlooking Athens. The views of the city extend in all directions to the mountains that ring the city. The same mountains that made Athens a strategically smart location to start a civilization now create a frame for scenic vistas of huge neighborhoods filled with off-white buildings […]

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August 19

Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

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Yesterday I spent a few hours in the Russian culture wing of Saint Petersburg’s massive Hermitage Museum. Sprawling through 6 buildings, the museum contains over 3 million items on display ranging from Egyptian Sarcophagi to Italian renaissance masterworks. I focused on the Russian culture wing which had many oils, tapestries, and metalworks. The exhibits I […]

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