Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Rupert (27 March), the 7th and early 8th century Bishop who re-founded the city of Salzburg and played a major role in the Christianizing of the religion of Bavaria and Austria.

+ includes a recipe for Bauernkrapfen

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Dusty Art

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

+ Painted c. 1495-1498, this piece of religious artwork is arguably the most heavily scrutinized and studied work of art in history. Its alleged secrets have even inspired conspiracy theory novels and movies.

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Dusty Buildings

Sacré-Cœur (Paris, France)

+ This beautiful 19th century basilica is a free interpretation of Romano-Byzantine architecture, and it was constructed as a form of penitence by the Roman Catholics in France for the moral decline of the nation in the century since the French Revolution.

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Rock sculpture of Decebalus (near Orșova, Romania)

+ on the banks of the Danube, on the border between Romania and Serbia, sits a monumental rock sculpture of the last king of the Dacians.

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Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Cyril of Jerusalem (18 March), celebrates the 4th century early Church theologian and Bishop of Jerusalem. He is one of only thirty-eight Doctors of the Church.

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