Signed on April 13, 1598 by King Henry IV at the end of the Wars of Religion, the Edict of Nantes fixed the status of Protestants in the kingdom of France. Relatively favorable to the Huguenots, to whom he attributed freedom of worship, civil equality as well as strongholds, he was dismissed by Loui
Ah! The family of Louis XIV! At the beginning of the year 1711, the Sun King is an aging monarch of over seventy years old. His authority is recognized and respected in all the Courts of Europe. It can boast of being the most powerful king in the world. A domination that passes through its offsprin
The water that reached the city of Rome through the aqueducts was stored in large tanks from where it was distributed to bakeries, houses, bathrooms... The excess water from these priority uses ended up in the sewage network: the Cloaca Máxima . Its construction began in the 6th century BC. by King
The terrible 22, the Asia Minor disaster, probably the biggest in the history of Hellenism, will always be a milestone that intersects its modern history. A catastrophe which, apart from the end of the centuries-old Greek presence in the East, also marked the end of the Great Idea. That is, the visi