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European seaside town that ‘hasn’t left the 19th century’ with quaint resorts and 50p pier attraction
IF YOU want a European beach holiday with white sand ... of quaint seaside towns that do not seem to have quite left the 19th Century". The former fishing village became a significant trading ...
An unknown work by 19th Century European composer Frederic Chopin discovered in New York library
A previously unknown musical manuscript, possibly by Frederic Chopin, was discovered in a New York library, marking the first ...
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19th Century European Art and Old Masters
Group Portrait of Catherine, Charlotte, and Susan Mordaunt, daughters of Sir John Mordaunt, 7th Bt., small full-length, in white dresses, with a dog in a wood ...
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Belgium ends 19th-Century telegram service
The fact that this 19th-Century technology is still up and running in the age of Instagram and Snapchat may seem rather odd - especially when you consider that the UK, which invented the telegram ...
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Reading Jewish Women: Marginality and Modernization in Nineteenth-century Eastern European Jewish Society
A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish women enabled them to become agents of modernization in 19th-century Eastern European Jewish society. In this extraordinary volume, Iris Parush ...
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The Map Is Not the Territory: How Satirists Charted Poland When It Wasn't on the Map
In 1795, the last of a series of partitions effectively wiped Poland off the map of Europe. Naturally the country and its citizens didn't vanish altogether, and the so-called 'Polish question' was an ...
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Notre Dame: Cathedral's spire will be restored to 19th Century design
Its replacement, designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was built in the mid-19th Century. Ulf Mejergren Architects One architects' firm drew up plans for a rooftop pool on the cathedral ...