The Prague astronomical clock, installed in 1410. It is the world's oldest astronomical clock still in operation.
Old Town Square, Prage, Czech Republic.
Old Town Square, Prage, Czech Republic.
Joan of Arc at the the siege of Paris, in "Les Vigiles de Charles VII", 1484
Byzantine gold coin facing busts of Heraclius (on left) wearing long mustache and beard, and Heraclius Constantine (on right) wearing short mustache and beard, both wearing simple crown and chlamys; cross above between them.
Tomb of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne
This funerary monument is one of the royal tombs in the Basilica of St Denis, near Paris.
Dated 1515, it has a renaissance design. At the four outer corners are shown the four virtues. Under the canopy of the tomb are sculptures of the corpses of the king and queen, while above the canopy they are shown praying.
St Denis is a mediaeval abbey church about 10km north of Paris, and has been the burial place of almost every French monarch since the 10th century.
This funerary monument is one of the royal tombs in the Basilica of St Denis, near Paris.
Dated 1515, it has a renaissance design. At the four outer corners are shown the four virtues. Under the canopy of the tomb are sculptures of the corpses of the king and queen, while above the canopy they are shown praying.
St Denis is a mediaeval abbey church about 10km north of Paris, and has been the burial place of almost every French monarch since the 10th century.
Goddess Hera Detail of an Attic pottery, approximately 470 BC from Vulci.