To the south lies a fountain where uncannily, the angel Lucifer stands before his fall from grace. Madrileños claim that the Ángel Caído (Fallen Angel) statue is the only one in the world ...

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“When we first saw the statues, tears fell from our eyes,” said Viet Trung Nguyen, 82, of Garden Grove, who was a South Vietnamese captain who commanded 180 Marines in the battle. “We will ...

An A-Z of London things lost since the Millennium. Change is inevitable, except from parking meters. And change comes ...

The old statue of Venus or Diana called Mariblanca is taking a new place at the end of Calle Arenal. An oval-shaped fountain will feature the equestrian statue of Charles III, which used to sit at ...

Up a spiral staircase, I flopped on a mosaic chaise inside the 102-degree tepidarium outfitted with a steam room, sauna, cold plunge, “ice fountain ... funeral urns, statues of deities ...

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