Fog, darkness and smoke. The choking, throat-aching air. Difficulty every time you try to draw air into your lungs. Dirty and irritated eyes. The all-consuming stench of heavy metals. It has been known for a long time that smog kills. In London in December 1952 he took a particularly tragic toll ...
In the Renaissance banquets of the rich, golden foods sometimes appeared, covered with real gold The golden foods they were a bizarre custom of Renaissance cuisine :the dishes, in practice, were covered with gold, the real one. It goes without saying that this was a luxury that only the ri
In the fall of 1917, power in Russia lay in the streets. Not only the Bolsheviks and the whites took part in the dramatic game for the future of the country and Europe. A ruthless intelligence war broke out in the shadow of the Kremlin. And people were around it ... peculiar indeed. Take, for e
Portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent That of the giraffe is one of the most folkloric episodes linked to the Medici family ( I mentioned it here https://www.pilloledistoria.it/8312/storia-moderna/gli-strani-animali-da-compagnia-di-alcuni-personaggi-storici). The animal was brought as a gift