Dusty Buildings

Castel Sant’Angelo (Rome, Italy)

+ Built originally, on the banks of the Tiber, as a mausoleum for the Roman Emperor Hadrian, the site subsequently served as a fortress, a prison, a residency for the Papacy, and as a museum.

The site’s name derives from a legend regarding the 6th century appearance of the Archangel Michael on the roof.

Dusty Art

The Lady with the Veil by Alexander Roslin

Keeping the Promise (TV Movie 1997)

Keeping the Promise (1997 TV movie)

+ Based on the Elizabeth George Speare children’s historical novel, ‘The Sign of the Beaver.’

Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Donnán of Eigg (17 April), celebrates the 6th and 7th century Gaelic priest, likely from Ireland, who was martyred for attempting to to bring Christianity to the Picts of Northwestern Scotland.

His martyrdom, and those of his companions, were one of the largest in the history of the Celtic Church. Numerous places are named for him and he is now a Patron of Eigg.

Dusty Art

Monument to the Battle of the Nations (Leipzig, Germany)

+ The Battle of the Nations, or the Battle of Leipzig, was turning point and decisive victory in the war against Napoleon, though it came at the cost of many lives from many nations.

Today a monument stands on the sight of the fiercest fighting and serves as a reminder to remember the fallen and their sacrifice.

Dusty Quotations

By Friedrich Nietzsche

#Quotes #QOTD #QuoteoftheWeek

The Kraken

The Kraken by Alfred Lord Tennyson (poem review)

Dusty Buildings

The Royal Crescent (Bath, England)

+ One of the best examples of Georgia architecture was constructed in Bath, England, just over a quarter of a millennium ago.

Dusty Art

Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (Movie Review)

The U.S. government hires an archaeologist named Indiana Jones to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant from Egypt before the Nazis seize it for themselves.