Portrait of man with fake mole on cheek. In the 1700s, fake nevi were also used by men Everyone knows that in fake represented one of the most popular beauty accessories in the 1700s , but most believe that it was a complement of exclusively female use (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/1684/stor
Portrait of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis Stephen of Lorraine The following singular and in some ways nice anecdote is able to demonstrate perhaps more than many words the high moral sense and justice that always characterized the work of Maria Theresa of Austria, both as a woman and as
Leonardo da Vinci. Among his thousands of projects, the Italian genius also thought of a pasta machine Leonardo da Vinci he was truly a man of infinite passions, as well as abilities ( see https://www.pilloledistoria.it/9356/storia-moderna/leonardo-vinci-la-passione-la-cucina). In fact, betwe
Profile of Leonardo da Vinci. Among his many passions there was also cooking Not only war and flying machines, but also rudimentary kitchen utensils :even this was occupied by that unsurpassed genius of Leonardo da Vinci. Yes, because, among his many passions, there was also that for the cu
The Sphinx of Giza It is known that the Sphinx Egyptian is devoid of the nose and it is widely believed that this is due to a cannonball fired by Napoleonic soldiers at the end of the 18th century. Only this is not possible and the proof is found in the drawings than the Danish explorer
Christopher Columbus. The great navigator suffered from gout or rheumatoid polyarthritis The diaries written and left by Christopher Columbus they are for us a precious source of historical information in general about his time, but also about the navigator himself ( see https://www.pilloledi
Portrait of Vittorio Alfieri On 14 July 1789 , day of the storming of the Bastille , the Italian poet Vittorio Alfieri was in Paris. Here is what his secretary reported about that event which, in fact, marked the beginning of the French Revolution: “On the day of the storming of the Ba
Fighter of the Vendée The following is a critical article that I wrote some time ago for the news.it portal on the massacre of the Vendée, one of the bloodiest pages of the French Revolution , considered by many historians to be the first genocide of the modern era. Happy reading. Symbo
Portrait of Jean-Paul Marat. Did the revolutionary have Hodgkins disease? We all know the image of Jean-Paul Marat spilled in the bathtub after the dagger blow inflicted on him by Charlotte Corday just as Jacques-Louis David handed it down to us in a painting that has become the most famous
Portrait of Diana of Poitiers Diana of Poitiers (1499-1566), mistress of the Duke of Orleans, future Henry II of France, could be considered a sort of champion of beauty treatments ante litteram. The botox she was still far away but, on the other hand, the woman did not miss anything o
Portrait of a young Caterina de Medici On the account of Caterina de ’Medici there are many anecdotes, most of which, probably, fruit of imagination and aimed simply at ruining that reputation that she herself had compromised due to her alleged responsibility in the massacre of San Bartolom
Illustration of Bartolomeo Scappis Work of the Art of Cooking. The cookbook also talks about a very different pizza from the one we know today There was a Renaissance pizza ? In his famous Work of the art of cooking (1570), the great Renaissance cook Bartolomeo Scappi mentions and propos
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
The beautiful face of Madame de Pompadour It is possible to condense the life of Madame de Pompadour in just 3 minutes? While surfing the net, I came across the interesting video found at the bottom of the page. Only three minutes, precisely, to tell the life of Jeanne Antoinette Poisso
Portrait of Catherine of Russia, known as “the Great” Catherine of Russia , which went down in history under the name of Great , tsarina from 1762 to 1796, she had a rather bizarre passion, namely that for keys and locks. In this regard, the sovereign possessed an enviable collection.
The nun of Monza (representation) The sordid affair fra Sister Virginia , a nun in the convent of Santa Margherita in Monza, and Gian Paolo Osio , had been going on for some time now. Many knew, but no one dared to speak out for fear of a general scandal that would uncover everything t
Poster of Salvatore Nocitas TV drama “The Betrothed” (1989) “I promessi sposi” by Salvatore Nocita is a famous drama produced and broadcast by RAI in 1989 and based, as is evident, from the novel of the same name by Alessandro Manzoni. The work, which enjoyed great success with audienc
The beautiful Indian princess Pocahontas in the famous Disney movie Some time ago, for the news.it site, I wrote a post presentation of a book on Pocahontas, the Indian princess for centuries appreciated in the USA, but only recently become popular with us thanks to the Disney masterpiec
Pocahontas in a representation The beautiful Indian princess Pocahontas celebrated by films, songs, books and, recently, the animated masterpiece of Disney, who made her so popular with us too, she married the tobacco farmer John Rolfe as far back as 1614. For a long time, people wonde
Portrait of Caterina de Medici The use of underwear, that throughout the Middle Ages had been the exclusive prerogative of unethical males and women (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/2655/medioevo/biancheria-intima-medievale-donne-indossavano-mutande-ciclo-mestruale), invested with a new and unu
Literature of Jainism The literature of Jainism is very vast. Most of that is philosophical literature. The original literature of Jainism is written in Prakrit language. Jain literature written in Magadhi language is also found in abundance. Jain scholars also wrote several texts in Kannada, Tamil
He fantasized about torturing women, raping dead bodies and smearing them with blood. He attacked people weaker than himself - women and children - and threw himself at them with a knife. He slaughtered a little boy in cold blood. Karol Kot, the most famous murderer from Krakow, unleashed a psychosi
During the German offensive in the Ardennes, Nazi soldiers in American uniforms sowed panic behind enemy lines. Their actions caused a real panic in the Allied high command. Otto Skorzeny trained them himself. Was this the last time Hitlers alleged war genius was revealed? The originator of this
Mithridates VI Eupator reigned from 120-63 BCE He knew more than twenty languages, which he learned, however, not to understand other peoples, but to read the original treatises on poisons and antidotes. The mysterious life of King Pontus is not only fascinating but also terrifying. Named half-H