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I came across this piece of restored flooring recently. It's a 1,000-year-old stretch of medieval tiling from a Benedictine abbey. What makes it especially interesting is that the monks made their floor from repurposed Roman tiles and hypocaust bricks that they found on site. This seems, to me, to have been a practical, attractive, and environmentally sound arrangement, and I was much taken with it. #Photography #History #Archaeology #Church #Tiles #Romans

il manifesto: Dalle proteste alla morte Molti romani (ma in fondo chiunque guardasse i telegiornali dell’epoca) ricorderanno una pratica di qualche decennio fa – ritornata in auge anche nei primi Duemila (con la protesta delle guardie […] The post Dalle proteste alla morte first appeared on il manifesto. From protests to death Many Romans (but who wouldn't remember, if one looked at the news of the time) will recall a practice from a few decades ago – which has also returned in vogue in the early 2000s (with the guard protests […] The post From Protests to Death first appeared on il manifesto. #Romans #firsthttps://ilmanifesto.it/dalle-proteste-alla-morte

il manifesto: Gli Etruschi, dal fascismo al marxismo, studi e fortuna Ormai è chiaro. Non basta più chiedersi «Qui nous délivrera des Grecs et des Romains?» – la domanda va estesa: «Qui nous délivrera des Étrusques?». Domani, forse, anche altre genti […] The post Gli Etruschi, dal fascismo al marxismo, studi e fortuna first appeared on il manifesto. From Fascism to Marxism: Studies and Fortune It is now clear. It’s no longer enough to ask “Who will deliver us from the Greeks and Romans?” – the question must be extended: “Who will deliver us from the Etruscans?”. Tomorrow, perhaps, other peoples […] The post The Etruscans, from fascism to Marxism, studies and fortune first appeared on il manifesto. #Romans #Etruscans #firsthttps://ilmanifesto.it/gli-etruschi-dal-fascismo-al-marxismo-studi-e-fortuna

¿Necesitas una propina para el verano? Anna Tulusto organizó 120 libros de biblioteca de verano https://yle.fi/a/74-20233573?origin=rss #DaleaTulusto #Literatura #Biblioteca #Lectura #Cultura #Libros #Romans #Letras