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Military reverses forced Napoleon to release the Pope, and on May 24th 1814, Pius VII returned in triumph to Rome. Twelve months later, the Pope decreed that the feast of Mary Help of Christians ...
Unlike Vienna's other royal residences, Hofburg is like a city within a city. Sitting on the southwestern edge of the Innere Stadt, the 13th-century palace was the winter residence of the ...
An Air India flight took off from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for Vienna on June 14. However, soon after takeoff, it lost altitude - the plane dropped 900 feet mid-air.
It’s an appropriate destination for the statue. Prevatte, who died in 2023, was one of the most successful coaches in the storied history of Gaffney football. During the 1960s, his teams won ...
A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of the power they contained.
At a different Parisian auction in late May, one of Napoleon's sabres sold for 4.6 million euros (P304 million), coming close to a new record price for a Napoleonic artifact.
A fragment of a Roman era statue, representing a male torso, was discovered off the coast of Italy by divers, video footage shows. It measures 3 feet in length.
Giants CEO Larry Baer appeared on 95.7 FM The Game earlier this week and was asked about a statue for franchise legend Barry Bonds, who leads Major League Baseball in all-time home runs.
Former world No. 1 Andy Murray says he is confident his statue at Wimbledon, set to be unveiled at the 150th edition of the championships in 2027, will be an improvement on the infamous terracotta ...
Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena in 1815 after his defeat by the British at the Battle of Waterloo. He died there six years later. French collector Pierre-Jean Chalencon, a former star of a ...
A host of giant Michael Jackson statues based on his 1995 album ‘HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I’ are still standing in some parts of the world, more than 30 years later. Up to 10 ...