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When Vittorio Amedeo II from #Savoy, the 24th of #December 1713 was crowned King of #Sicily (as seen in the relief from #Palermo's cathedral) he reached the Royal title, a dream his dinasty was seeking for centuries. #Utrecht #Spain #France #Italy Continue #thread 🧵
What he could not know is that in #Sicily he found something maybe more precious, for sure a longer lasting asset than his title as King of Sicily: an #architect from #Messina called Fillippo Juvarra. Continue #thread
Juvarra already worked in #Rome and Naples, pupil of the famous Carlo Fontana (see pic), an #architect from #Ticino, hence of Lombard culture, of paramount importance for Juvarra. In #Messina the sicilian architect was able to offer his services to Vittorio Amedeo II. Continue
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🧵#Italien vor #Blackout:
Extreme #Trockenheit #Wasserversorgung nachts abgestellt-125 Gemeinden müssen das #Trinkwasser drosseln-Gemeinden der #Po-Ebene fordern die Verhängung des #Notstand|s-
Dramatische Ernteausfälle.
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency 1/x Das Flussbett des Po ist stark ausgetrocknet.
2/x Ganz #Italien leidet seit Monaten unter extremer #Trockenheit. Besonders dramatisch ist die Situation in Norditalien, wo massive Ernteausfälle drohen und #Kraftwerke vom Netz genommen werden müssen.
3/x Italiens größter Fluß, der Po, präsentiert sich auf seiner ganzen Länge als Kiesbett und Sandbank. Das Wasser fließt nur noch in einer engen Rinne, und im weitläufigen Delta östlich von Ferrara, wo der für die Norditaliener mythische Fluss in die Adria mündet,
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Bereits am Mittag kam es zu ersten Konfrontationen zwischen der Polizei und der 1. Mai Demonstration in #Nantes. Die Polizei setzte Tränengas ein. Die Demonstration hat sich jedoch neu aufgestellt und zieht weiter.
#1erMai #1Mai #manif1ermai #Frankreich #France #PrimoMaggio
Aber auch in #Lyon kam es zu ersten Konfrontationen mit der Polizei, hier setzte die Polizei Wasserwerfer ein.
#1erMai #1Mai #manif1ermai #Frankreich #France #PrimoMaggio
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It's hard to capture the absence of activity. How do you show something that is missing? These wonderful @reuters pictures do just that.

First, the National Mall in Washington on March 15.

Pic by Carlos Barria

#coronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak #PictureOfTheDay #photography
An empty lecture hall at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on March 16.

Pic by Piroschka van de Wouw
A swimming pool in Mumbai on March 16.

Pic by Francis Mascarenhas
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Prague's most "Cold" dream :

There is too much to write about the beauty of #Prague, but is "beauty" the most appropriate word to describe Prague?
Mysterious, chaotic, ridiculous and fantasy-filled, this city built by the #Vltava river is one of three magical and incredible cities in Europe, and the other two are #Turin and #Lyon. Of course, it also has a cute charm, but this kind of cute charm has a wicked evil spirit.
the #Czech Republic is a fairy tale kingdom, then #Prague in winter is a dreamland in fairy tales, and it is impossible to refuse such charm, which is why one must go to Prague in winter.
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