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ART AND CULTURE - August 2021

Aug 2021

Jan 10, 2022

Scala dei Turchi: Sicily's Famed Cliffs Streaked Red by Vandals

An investigation was launched after Sicily's normally white Scala dei Turchi cliffs were stained red.
The marl cliffs, which attract thousands of tourists every year, were defaced last week.
Sicily's President Nello Musumeci has condemned the "cowardly gesture".
The Scala dei Turchi, said to have once been a hiding place of pirates, are one of the island's most loved tourist attractions.
The staircase-shaped cliffs near the southern town of Realmonte appear regularly as a backdrop in the popular series about the Sicilian detective.

Jan 07, 2022

Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India's First Open Rock Museum

Union Minister of State for Science & Technology Jitender Singh inaugurated India's first open rock museum displaying different types of rocks gathered from different states with ages ranging from 3.3 billion years to around 55 million years on the campus of the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) in Hyderabad, Telangana.
About 46 rocks of different sizes have been elegantly displayed in a garden with focus lights and descriptions giving the economic and scientific importance of some of them located as deep as 175 km from the surface of the earth. The rocks have been sourced from Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir and others.

Jan 04, 2022

Archaeologists Find 800-Year-Old Figurine of Falconer in Norway

Archaeologists excavating the medieval town of Oslo in Norway unearthed a finely carved figurine of a king or a queen with a falcon perched on his/her arm.
The figurine is 7.5 cm long and made of organic material, either bone or antler.
The artifact, probably a knife handle, is decorated on both sides and has a flat oval cross section.
The depticted person wears a long robe. The face is gentle and smiling with marked pupils.

Dec 28, 2021

Czech Republic's Oldest, Largest and the most Intact Private Collection

The Lobkowicz Collection is deemed to be amongst the oldest, largest and the most intact private collection in Czech Republic. The Collection is housed in the Lobkowicz Palace which is part of the Prague Castle complex, one of the most beautiful and significant cultural sites of Europe. The Lobkowicz Palace is the only privately owned building in the Prague Castle and houses the Lobkowicz Collections and Museum. The Collection reflects the cultural, social, political and economic life of central Europe over six centuries.

Dec 27, 2021

Amit Shah Inaugurates 'Bharat Darshan Park'

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 'Bharat Darshan Park' in Delhi which showcases attractive replicas of several iconic monuments of India built with scrap and waste material.
The recreational garden, built by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation on 'waste-to-wealth' model, was opened after some delay and ahead of the civic polls in Delhi due early next year.
Spread over eight acres, the park will have replicas of several monuments, including Qutab Minar, Taj Mahal, Charminar, Gateway of India, Konark Temple, Nalanda ruins, Mysore Palace, Meenakshi Temple, Hampi, Victoria Memorial Hall, Sanchi Stupa, Gol Gumbaz, Ajanta and Ellora Caves, and Hawa Mahal.

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