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"Gerfaut is the most dangerous person you will meet in these circles. They say she's blind and she can't see, but she hears everything around. It is because of her spies, "starlings", she calls them. They are everywhere, listening, spreading the latest rumors and destroying the purest reputation. She likes rare birds, you know. She is interested only by people who spark her curiosity... But being her friend is a very slow poison.
They say of her that she is a particular kind of demon. Would you still try and talk to her?"
More "Le bal des étourneaux" lore. You discover more about the Marquise de Gerfaut!
Da war bis vor einem Monat noch ein Gerüst – kaum zu glauben, wie gut das jetzt aussieht. Vor allem die Uhr. Die war früher total verrostet. Die Zeiger vor allem. Ich wohne gleich gegenüber, deshalb habe ich alles hautnah mitgekriegt. Vor allem klangnah. Was das für ein Lärm war! Hämmern, Fräsen, Bohren. Und Geschrei. Sonst kann ich mich aber nicht beklagen, habe eine gute Wohnung mit bezahlbarer…
EXPOSITION | Le Trésor de Notre-Dame de Paris : des origines à Viollet-Le-Duc ➽ https://bit.ly/Exposition-Tresor-NotreDameDeParis Tandis que les travaux de restauration de la cathédrale entreront dans leur dernière phase, le musée du Louvre consacre une exposition inédite au trésor de Notre-Dame de Paris. Avec plus de 120 oeuvres, cette exposition offre un condensé de l'histoire de ce trésor, en les replaçant dans le contexte de son histoire millénaire : depuis ses origines au Moyen Âge jusqu’à sa renaissance au XIXe siècle et son apogée avec Viollet-le-Duc sous le Second Empire
It’s kind of hard to imagine today, but there was a time when the Raging Bull wasn’t known for building supercars. Decades before the iconic Countach was even a concept, Ferruccio Lamborghini got his start building tractors.
Italy was trying to rebuild itself after the World War II, and the businessman saw an opportunity. In 1948, he started Lamborghini Trattori, a company that soon became one of the country’s biggest agricultural equipment manufacturers.
The business, which is still in operation to this day, was so fruitful that Lamborghini was eventually able to turn his attention to his true passion, high-performance sports cars, by the middle of the 1960s.
Lamborghini’s first tractors were made using spare military vehicle parts, but by this point, the company was producing finely tuned machines. The 1R was the company’s best-selling model during this period and was powered by an air-cooled 1.5-liter twin-cylinder diesel engine that produced a whopping 26 hp.
The tractor sports a stunning blue-and-orange paint job that looks more like something you’d see at an exotic car show than on a farm. This particular 1R was once part of a Lamborghini family friend’s collection and was recently restored by Garage961, the only tractor restorer officially sanctioned by the Museo Ferruccio Lamborghini.
As a personal (but serious) project, I am ensembling a team for an archive of the 1900s. Specifically the early conflicts, such as WW1 and WW2.
I am looking for anyone invested in this time in Modern History. From enthusiasts to Graduates. If you have language, programming, archival or any other related skills, feel free to contact me at: [email protected]
Introduce yourself (real or pseudonym identity), what you want to offer, or anything you deem relevant.
Ideally, we need:
- French Speaker
- German Speaker
- Dutch Speaker
- Italian Speaker
- IT
- Archivist
- Treasurer(eventually)
- WW1 Speciallist
- WW2 Speciallist
- Assistant
This doesnt mean that other people that dont fall into these categories are not welcome!
As this is a personal project, remuneration is not yet possible, so it's a volunteer-based Archive. If that is not something you can afford, I would appreciate it if you could pass the word to someone who you might think could be interested.
Thank you!
(If you dont want, or cant, send an email you are more than free to DM me).