In the 1440s, another deck emerged in the Italian city of Bologna, developed by the nobleman Francesco Fibbia. This 62-card deck was used to play what was becoming known as tarocchi, a game that ...

French writer Jules Verne spent much of his literary career penning entries in his 54-volume strong Voyages Extraordinaires series. One of his best-known books, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the ...

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American Legion Portage Post #1465 will dedicate its new monument to remember veterans who fought in the Polish Blue Army for France during World War I.

In the extensive publications about John James Audubon (Fig. 1), the artist-naturalist who was America’s first great watercolorist, his art has not received the same attention as his dramatic life ...

Fascinated by Indian aesthetics, Rembrandt reinterpreted Mughal portraits using European techniques, creating a unique dialogue between Dutch and Indian traditions. Around the 1650’s, he produced a ...

This heightened sense combined with the endurance needed to hunt in harsh environments led to its use in hunting, while its stature made it popular with Polish nobility. Try the great music ...

Until it didn’t. The Jews had initially been invited into Poland to help the Polish economy, which mostly benefited the nobility. The Polish peasantry, and later the Ukrainians who were occupied ...

At the show, Rosa (Tereszkiewicz), the young wife of a nobleman, falls in love with Santino (Borghi), an Italian cowboy, or buttero, who wins a contest against the crew of the legendary Buffalo Bill.

Norway's Equinor and Poland's Polenergia made a final investment decision for the project to build two wind farms off the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea, the Warsaw-based company said on Monday. The ...

open image in gallery Rafal Trzaskowski, mayor of Warsaw and Civic Coalition (KO) candidate for the Polish presidential election, on the campaign trail in Tarnobrzeg (EPA) Mr Nawrocki said he ...