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This Group Is Dedicated To Interesting Historical Items, Here Are The 77 Best Ones
While many of the forms of things in the past, doors, or houses, for example, remain recognizable, the fact is that the particulars are what really set them apart. So it can be interesting to take a step back and wander through some images of what things looked like before.
So we’ve gathered the best posts from the "Fascinating History” X page for your viewing enjoyment. Get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote the most interesting ones and if you also feel like the name Twitter now feels like ancient history, share your thoughts in the comments below.
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Title: Disillusionment
Artist: Francesco Queirolo
Date: circa 1752–1759
Location: Sansevero Chapel Museum, Naples
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 7 months ago
Do you ever look at old buildings and think wow and then look down the street to the modern box with plastic signage on and think... What a load of toss.
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persephone134 7 months ago
Unfortunately, we can't have nice things since too many people act disrespectfully around what is public. If still in use, this would look filthy in no time at all.
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UnclePanda 7 months ago
"Hey boss, they were all out of fog lamps but had a crate of these on special!"
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Liliana Spiro 7 months ago
This beautiful door is in Turin (Italy) in the Italian style equivalent to Art Deco which is called 'Stile Liberty'
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Laszlo Larthlanc 7 months ago
Back from when more of us thought we were all still headed someplace good, and it showed in our creations.
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TheSubmissiveToe 7 months ago
Not only the craftsmanship, but the colors! Lovely, and lasting through the ages.
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Ryan Mercer 7 months ago
"Handsome armor. Not a scratch on it." I know. People have been swinging at me for years and they always seem to miss. "Chosen your opponents wisely, then."
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Sarah Belt 7 months ago
The most stunning building I have ever seen. The size of it in comparison to the surrounding buildings is mindbending. I had to back up multiple blocks just to get a picture in frame. The first lip in the stonework is person-height - around where the lowest lights are. Just incredible
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Stephanie Did It 7 months ago
It's so easy to imagine Shakespearian figures going about their business here.
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Liliana Spiro 7 months ago
I'm getting increasingly frustrated with the cropped photos. 1/4 missing and that's the most ornate part of the harp, or should I say "har" based on this photo. The photo in full can be seen if one taps the light gray text/account name, right above the arrows on the bottom left-hand side
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Verity Stewart 7 months ago
When victorians made buildings the made them beautiful and functional at the same time
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Stephanie Did It 7 months ago
Imagine navigating stormy, icy North Atlantic seas in this. Brave culture!
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Liliana Spiro 7 months ago
So these weren't meant to be used as condiment shakers. Since odors were omnipresent back in older times, they could contain fragrant spices o often contained a small sponge dipped in fragrant oils/perfumes. When some unpleasant odor would present itself, one could sniff the container and mask the smell a bit
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Anony Mouse 7 months ago
Ephesus is amazing. And the locals take such good care of it and the local area.
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Michael Largey 7 months ago
Craftmanship can be very difficult to spot. If something works so well and so consistently that you don't even notice it, that's craftmanship.
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Liliana Spiro 7 months ago
The one in Prague is, in my opinion, even more impressive, ornate, and more intricate. No offense to any Pandas Français!
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 7 months ago
Very good invention. Where are they now? We need them in the UK. Especially around Movember.
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Forrest Hobbs 7 months ago
This is a 19th century pretend castle, completed in 1842. But! Apparently, the first owner did treat it as a serious fortress as a result of the 1848 revolutions in Europe, and had some proper defences built around it, with cannons installed on the walls. Link follows.
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Rali Meyer 7 months ago
Had to check: Napoleon Bonaparte’s first burial place was in the Valley of the Willows on the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic.
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Liliana Spiro 7 months ago
I know it's the power of suggestion, knowing the fact presented in the text, but it feels a bit eerie
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Liliana Spiro 7 months ago (edited)
Yeah, except -again- the photo is cropped, so we can't see it unless we tap the account name. I'm sorry, I know I've already whined about the cropping of (multiple) photos in a previous comment, but it really rubs me the wrong way...
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General Anaesthesia 7 months ago
Please put a human between the scraping and posting, to correct the automatic cropping that removes context and/or scale and/or beautiful details from so many of the original photographs. Thank you.
Keren Einat 7 months ago
Many things from Italy and Spain. I would like to see more from Iran.
General Anaesthesia 7 months ago
Please put a human between the scraping and posting, to correct the automatic cropping that removes context and/or scale and/or beautiful details from so many of the original photographs. Thank you.
Keren Einat 7 months ago
Many things from Italy and Spain. I would like to see more from Iran.
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