Albert Roche: a 18yo skinny french farmer when World War 1 started...4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Iamactuallyverybadass
🔥 The Grasshopper, or Werewolf Mouse, kills venomous scorpions and defend its territory by howling at the moon.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/NatureIsFuckingLit
I know it's not a real one, but can we appreciate the fact that the new Uncensored Library in Minecraft wasn't done using some post-modernism architectural style, but as a lovely neoclassic building?4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Saffron-gatherer fresco, Minoan Civilization, Santorini (circa 2700 to 1450 BC) [998 x 1009]4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gentlemen of India marching to chasten German hooligans, Postcard from the Western Front, 19144yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/PropagandaPosters
Crystal dagger uncovered in Spain, dating to around 3.000 BC [1280x741]4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gran Hotel Ciudad de Mexico. Built in 1899, renovated in 2005.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Statue of Ignaz Semmelweiz in Budapest. 173 years ago, he suggested washing hands would save countless lives.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/europe
Il y a 125 ans naissait Robert, paysan bourguignon, considere comme un honnete travailleur, admire par Lucette et Rene et Marcel entre autres, il est boude par nos presidents successifs. Joyeux anniversaire au francais le plus sympathique.5yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
December the 7th, 43 BC: Cicero last words are said to have been There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ancientrome
The acropolis of Pergamon. Located in Turkey, it was the capital of the Attalid dynasty ~200 BC. (drawing by Friedrich Thiersch in 1882)3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/papertowns
Happy Sol Invictus! On 25 December CE 274, Aurelian made the Sun God an official religion alongside the traditional Roman cults.3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ancientrome
Roman sculpture of Isis made with black and white marble, 2nd century A.D., Wien Museum [1384×2962]6yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Restored Architecture: building in front of the Hungarian parlement in Budapest (Kossuth Lajos Square) was recently restored to its formed glory (including the statue)4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
[Part of the] Fasti Capitolini: the list of every Roman consuls and dictators, from 483 BC to 19 BC. The original marble tablets, created during the reign of Augustus, were discovered in 1546 in the Roman forum.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ancientrome
Palais Benedictine, Fecamp, France. Built in 1888 as a... liqueur factory !3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Caricatures de De Gaulle et de... Allah, parues dans le Canard Enchaine a l'epoque de la guerre d'Algerie.3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Quantite de beton, d'acier, de ciment, etc. necessaire pour produire 1TW d'energie.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Half-timbering house from 1667 destroyed a few days ago in Alsace (France)3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
PsYcHopAths foRcE aN ItaLiAn MaN to WatCh ThE LoVe of His LiFe bEiNg TorTurED!!!3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/PeopleFuckingDying
Place royale a Nantes : a gauche la fontaine historique, a droite la nouvelle installation, qui se veut « un hommage aux figures de la feminite triomphante ».4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Paris: a XIX century building being currently destroyed to build for a future hotel.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
On parle beaucoup du Coronavirus mais son petit frere, le Choconavirus, commence lui aussi a faire son apparition !4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Detail from the biggest roman mosaic in the world. The Noheda villa in Spain was discovered a few years ago, and only 5% of this argeological site from the 4th century AD has been revealed.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ancientrome
February 28 is Kalevala Day in Finland: a day to honor the epic poetry that compiles oral folklore and Karelian-Finnish mythology3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/europe
One of the first coin with the word Europe. Made under Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1509.3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/europe
AJA on ne sait pas encore recycler les pales d'eoliennes, du coup... on les enterre par centaines de milliers en pleine nature.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Golden Pectoral necklace from Tovsta Mohyla, Scythian culture, ~400 BC. [1650x1650]6yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Greta Thunberg au sommet pour le climat : « Notre maison brule et nous regardons ailleurs. La nature, mutilee, surexploitee, ne parvient plus a se reconstituer, et nous refusons de l'admettre ! La Terre et l'humanite sont en peril, et nous en sommes tous responsables !! »4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
AJA L'homeopathie est tres efficace contre le cholera (dixit Boutault, maire EELV du 2eme arrondissement parisien)5yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Rare photo of the Italian Secret Bunker where new spaghetti recipes are tested (1964, colorized)7yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/fakehistoryporn
The brand new Berliner Stadtschloss is almost done ! Heavily damaged in WWII. Later demolished by the communists. Reconstruction commenced in 2013.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Place de la Republique, Paris. Before (left) and after (right) the 2013 renovations.3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
AJA que Godzilla est inspire du film Le Monstre des temps perdus, realise par le francais Eugene Lourie en 1953 et dans lequel un dinosaure reveille par une bombe atomique devaste New-York.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
David Cheney’s grand houses: built this year in Adelaide, Australia4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
L'epee « Joyeuse », exposee au Louvre. Utilisee pour le sacre des rois de France depuis Philippe Auguste et inspiree de celle de Charlemagne. La Chanson de Roland en fait l'origine du cri de guerre « Montjoie ! » (etymologie discutee).4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Now that's what I call a revival! (Dresden Frauenkirche, Germany)4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ArchitecturalRevival
Fort Boyard (France): former military fort, then jail, and now the place of a popular TV show.5yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/zombiefortress
Lost and found architecture: The 'Grand Hotel' in Stockholm has its ornamental facade restored after it was stripped in the mid-20th century6yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Young couple in Budapest, during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 [2241 x 1500]6yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Germans, you're not the only ones receiving weird euro coins from your supermarket! I got this one in Paris, a couple weeks ago.6yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/europe
Perpignan, France, 1686. (The Musee des Plans-Reliefs, in Paris, has hundred of military models like this one, dating back to the 17th century! Details in comments)6yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/papertowns
Partition circulaire pour canon a trois voix « Tout par compas suys composes », representatif de l'ars subtilior francais du 14ieme siecle. [Details & video dans les commentaires]3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Hell's pig: the Babirusa is a swine family that lives in Indonesia. The incurved male's tusks often pierce their own flesh in the snout.5yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/natureismetal
Heureusement que Maitre Capello n'est plus la pour voir les horreurs du coronavirus...4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
L'Etat francais revend 1000 euros une hydrolienne dont la fabrication a coute 260 millions d'euros. [Canard enchaine]5yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Et la mainmise des « bourgeois catholiques blancs de droite » sur le harcelement de rue, on en parle ?4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
24 December 1979: the European Space Agency successfully launched the first Ariane, dominating this field for nearly 40 years. 2020 will see the arrival of Ariane 6, designed to challenge SpaceX.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/europe
Canard Enchaine : les 206 djihadistes liberes au Mali, qualifies de « lions de l'islam pour avoir combattu les envahisseurs croises » et accueillis par un immense banquet pour « se payer la tete des Francais ».3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Betonisation de Paris : destruction d'un bassin place d'Italie pour le remplacer par... une crepe minerale ?4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/paris
One of the 1800 Herculaneum papyri, all carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and preserved by mud. We now have the technology to decrypt them: hundred of texts writen by greek philosophers 2000 years ago are up to be published.5yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/ancientgreece
C'est l'histoire d'un garcon de ferme maigrichon qui s'appelait Albert Roche...4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Number of vaccine doses exported by the EU to other countries [quick translation from a French source]3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/europe
Palais du Champs de Mars, Paris (where the Eiffel Tower now is). Build for the Universal Exposition of 1867, just next to some giant decapitated head. (photo of the head in comment)6yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Federalist flags spotted in Paris today, during the PulseOfEurope march7yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/EuropeanFederalists
Le mobilier urbain, ca devient vraiment n'importe quoi (au fond : un banc classique attend probablement son heure...)4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/paris
Il y a 1288 ans (probablement un 25 octobre 732), Charles Martel met un terme a l'expansion musulmane en France. [Tableau de Charles de Steuben]3yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
Inauguration de 2 Naturinoirs a Paris le long d'une Promenade Urbaine. Une version feminine doit suivre sous peu...4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/france
The Salle Labrousse (French National Library in Paris), just reopens after 18 years of restoration7yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Libraryporn
The Paris Halles: on the left the ones built in 1870 by Victor Baltard and destroyed in 1971. On the right the new one, built in 2016 for 216 millions euros. Below : details of the two structures.4yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
[No Spoilers] Where can you buy the kind of overcoat Cobblepot wear ? Is that cheap made-for-TV stuff or designer cloth ?8yr ⋅ Synchronyme ⋅ r/Gotham
