It is known, from scientific and documentary evidence, that the city of Rome suffered up to five earthquakes between the end of Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages. These events happened in the years 443, 484 or 508, 618, 801 and 847. The first of them, from the year 443, is mentioned in
I have always heard of the Alcántara Bridge, my parents Eusebio and Candela were born in that famous town in 1926. They, along with their countrymen, used to talk to me about it. Post-war children and adolescents who in many cases did not have the fortune to have access to education, spoke of it wit
Long before envelopes, letters were secured by clever folds that are today undone by technology. One of the letters in Briennes collection dating from 1697. Securing communications is a very current problem, but not only. Ensuring the confidentiality of messages has always been an important issue
A model of French classicism, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (near Melun, in Seine-et-Marne) was built from 1656 for Nicolas Fouquet according to a plan designed in part by Louis Le Vau. Equipped with a large terrace in front of which extend gardens created by Le Nôtre, it was the place of sumptuous