U might find it hard to believe, but Greater Rheas, a species the Germans call Nandu is actually exploding as an invasive species in north Germany 🇩🇪 there are no wild ostriches in the baltic lol

the second anglo burmese war has amazing paintings depicting it ,nearly a 100! its like if the british empire invaded an alien planet

Essentially completely ignored around the world , Thai architects are some of the last to continue to innovate On traditional architecture styles

brazil

The Vienna Secession is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian painters,, sculptors and architects, including Josef Hoffman, Koloman Moser, Otto Wagner,

Zoo gates used to be exotic to excite the audience @Architectolder

there was a period of massive japanese immigration to south america, had it not been artificially stopped through legislation several south american countries such as peru ecuador and chile could have had a third of their population or more be japanese to say nothing of chinese it was actually a huge political fear lothrop wrote about it a lot , south america was hardly populated and japan already had a giant population in 1910

many europeans don't know this, but there are trams(streetcars) in many american cities and even cable cars

Modernisme (Catalan for "modernism"), also known as Catalan modernism, is the historiographic denomination given to an art and literature movement associated with the search of a new entitlement of Catalan culture,

american train stations

The Pillars of the Earth

the fall of Civilization
Growing veggies in the Reichstag ruins. russians growing cabbage on the grounds Saint Isaac's Cathedral in leningrad @Robkearney1981 @zero_soy @LandsknechtPike @Architectolder @moldbugman @JackChambersGB

time to rethink public architecture

the united states had a long tradition of grande cemeteries with plenty of mausoleum construction , there was eve. a pyramid building fad

Megulgalwach is a israeli food , Malawach resembles a thick pancake but consists of thin layers of puff pastry cooked in smoked clarified butter 🧈 megulgal means rolled it is always eaten with Zhug - a sauce made from red green hot peppers seasoned with coriander, garlic,, black cumin, olive oil. caraway seed, cardamom, and black pepper , the dish is extremely popular

Saltair Resort, Salt Lake City 1906 where many mormons would swim

often generational migrations can erase tracks only evident in family names , what is the place of Caspian Iranians in iran’s intellectual and financial elite? Do Mazanderani perform well? I suppose if it is the case that most would be 3-4 generation in Teharn @BehdinEran @ZaribafS

stockholm was wise to avoid the wars of the 20th century

the discovery of assyria sparked a huge interest in 19th century europe , a fad for mesopotamian style

pre ww2 berlin was beautiful, all consumed by madness

Give the people spires! Let a thousand spires flourish