LiberalDespot
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Je voudrais, et ce sera le dernier et le plus ardent de mes souhaits, je voudrais que le dernier des rois fût étranglé avec les boyaux du dernier prêtre.
Glasgow, Yr Hen Ogledd
Je voudrais, et ce sera le dernier et le plus ardent de mes souhaits, je voudrais que le dernier des rois fût étranglé avec les boyaux du dernier prêtre.
Glasgow, Yr Hen Ogledd
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In the local auction house this week...
The Poebrick!
The Poebrick!
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In the local auction house this week...
The Poebrick!
The Poebrick!
Friends of the Necropolis should get over themselves... literal gatekeeping from a bunch that can't cope with the current gates. This is a great idea and should be welcomed.
"Council plans for a new £210,000 feature at #Glasgow Necropolis "could be the end" for the historic graveyard, says charity"
"Council plans for a new £210,000 feature at #Glasgow Necropolis "could be the end" for the historic graveyard, says charity"
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Friends of the Necropolis should get over themselves... literal gatekeeping from a bunch that can't cope with the current gates. This is a great idea and should be welcomed.
"Council plans for a new £210,000 feature at #Glasgow Necropolis "could be the end" for the historic graveyard, says charity"
"Council plans for a new £210,000 feature at #Glasgow Necropolis "could be the end" for the historic graveyard, says charity"
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Gratitude offerings in the Chapel of St Casimir.
Looks like he saved a lot of legs.
#Vilnius #Catholicism
Looks like he saved a lot of legs.
#Vilnius #Catholicism
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Gratitude offerings in the Chapel of St Casimir.
Looks like he saved a lot of legs.
#Vilnius #Catholicism
Looks like he saved a lot of legs.
#Vilnius #Catholicism
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A Flaxman monument in St Mary, Petworth.
Erected by Philadelphia Smyth to her parents.
#churchcrawling #Sussex
Erected by Philadelphia Smyth to her parents.
#churchcrawling #Sussex
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A Flaxman monument in St Mary, Petworth.
Erected by Philadelphia Smyth to her parents.
#churchcrawling #Sussex
Erected by Philadelphia Smyth to her parents.
#churchcrawling #Sussex
November 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Detail of the Flamboyant brick Gothic of St Ann. Vilnius.
#Architecture #Photography #Lithuania #Gothic
#Architecture #Photography #Lithuania #Gothic
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Detail of the Flamboyant brick Gothic of St Ann. Vilnius.
#Architecture #Photography #Lithuania #Gothic
#Architecture #Photography #Lithuania #Gothic
The Cicero quote above the door of the rebuilt Grand Ducal Palace in #Vilnius.
RESPUBLICA EST SOCIETAS HOMINUM UNO DEO-IURE-REGE AD COMMUNE ET PRIVATUM BONUM-IUNCTORUM
A REPUBLIC IS A SOCIETY OF MEN UNITED UNDER ONE [LAW] FOR THE COMMON AND PRIVATE GOOD
RESPUBLICA EST SOCIETAS HOMINUM UNO DEO-IURE-REGE AD COMMUNE ET PRIVATUM BONUM-IUNCTORUM
A REPUBLIC IS A SOCIETY OF MEN UNITED UNDER ONE [LAW] FOR THE COMMON AND PRIVATE GOOD
November 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Cicero quote above the door of the rebuilt Grand Ducal Palace in #Vilnius.
RESPUBLICA EST SOCIETAS HOMINUM UNO DEO-IURE-REGE AD COMMUNE ET PRIVATUM BONUM-IUNCTORUM
A REPUBLIC IS A SOCIETY OF MEN UNITED UNDER ONE [LAW] FOR THE COMMON AND PRIVATE GOOD
RESPUBLICA EST SOCIETAS HOMINUM UNO DEO-IURE-REGE AD COMMUNE ET PRIVATUM BONUM-IUNCTORUM
A REPUBLIC IS A SOCIETY OF MEN UNITED UNDER ONE [LAW] FOR THE COMMON AND PRIVATE GOOD
A reference in the stucco decorations of the Chapel of St Casimir to the Order of the Ermine. Created in 1464 by Ferdinand I of Naples, the motto was Malo mori quam foedari - I would rather die than be dishonoured.
It seems correct Latin was not a skill of the Lithuanian designer...
#Vilnius
It seems correct Latin was not a skill of the Lithuanian designer...
#Vilnius
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A reference in the stucco decorations of the Chapel of St Casimir to the Order of the Ermine. Created in 1464 by Ferdinand I of Naples, the motto was Malo mori quam foedari - I would rather die than be dishonoured.
It seems correct Latin was not a skill of the Lithuanian designer...
#Vilnius
It seems correct Latin was not a skill of the Lithuanian designer...
#Vilnius
As a vague gesture to the day I went to this.
It was very studenty. With some infuriatingky theatrical audience reactions from their friends. Exaggerated laughter (at frankly wierd points) instant screaming standing ovation etc etc.
www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/let...
It was very studenty. With some infuriatingky theatrical audience reactions from their friends. Exaggerated laughter (at frankly wierd points) instant screaming standing ovation etc etc.
www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/let...
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As a vague gesture to the day I went to this.
It was very studenty. With some infuriatingky theatrical audience reactions from their friends. Exaggerated laughter (at frankly wierd points) instant screaming standing ovation etc etc.
www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/let...
It was very studenty. With some infuriatingky theatrical audience reactions from their friends. Exaggerated laughter (at frankly wierd points) instant screaming standing ovation etc etc.
www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/let...
Well, Haleon Great Britain and Ireland can fuck right off. Wonder how many managers that anodyne shite had to be signed off by?
#Shrinkflation
#Shrinkflation
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Well, Haleon Great Britain and Ireland can fuck right off. Wonder how many managers that anodyne shite had to be signed off by?
#Shrinkflation
#Shrinkflation
The 1903 statue of Electra by Juozas Zikaras. She symbolises the arrival of electricity and enlightenment through technological progress and stands on top of the first ever Lithuanian power plant building (now the Energy and Technology Museum) in Vilnius.
#Vilnius #Lithuania #Statue #Photography
#Vilnius #Lithuania #Statue #Photography
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The 1903 statue of Electra by Juozas Zikaras. She symbolises the arrival of electricity and enlightenment through technological progress and stands on top of the first ever Lithuanian power plant building (now the Energy and Technology Museum) in Vilnius.
#Vilnius #Lithuania #Statue #Photography
#Vilnius #Lithuania #Statue #Photography
... and then there's this one, distraught that his sceptre has failed...
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
... and then there's this one, distraught that his sceptre has failed...
The exceedingly camp poses of the statues of Grand Dukes on the south side of the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of #Vilnius.
#photography #statue
#photography #statue
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The exceedingly camp poses of the statues of Grand Dukes on the south side of the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus of #Vilnius.
#photography #statue
#photography #statue
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Detail of the tomb of Reichsfürst Stanisław Radziwiłł "the Pious", Duke of Olyka, Elder of Samogitia, Grand Marshal of Lithuania, etc, etc. 1559-1599.
in St. Francis and St. Bernardino, #Vilnius.
in St. Francis and St. Bernardino, #Vilnius.
October 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Detail of the tomb of Reichsfürst Stanisław Radziwiłł "the Pious", Duke of Olyka, Elder of Samogitia, Grand Marshal of Lithuania, etc, etc. 1559-1599.
in St. Francis and St. Bernardino, #Vilnius.
in St. Francis and St. Bernardino, #Vilnius.
Do you think the, ahem, decorations, are original (or based on originals)?
October 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Do you think the, ahem, decorations, are original (or based on originals)?
Arm reliquary of the martyred Bishop St Stanislaus of Szczepanów. Patron saint of Poland, Kraków, and Moral Order.
Exhibited in the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus in #Vilnius.
Exhibited in the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus in #Vilnius.
October 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Arm reliquary of the martyred Bishop St Stanislaus of Szczepanów. Patron saint of Poland, Kraków, and Moral Order.
Exhibited in the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus in #Vilnius.
Exhibited in the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus and St Ladislaus in #Vilnius.
Even wonkier Lithuanian vaults for
@drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com
The early 16thC church of St. Francis and St. Bernard, #Vilnius.
@drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com
The early 16thC church of St. Francis and St. Bernard, #Vilnius.
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Even wonkier Lithuanian vaults for
@drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com
The early 16thC church of St. Francis and St. Bernard, #Vilnius.
@drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com
The early 16thC church of St. Francis and St. Bernard, #Vilnius.
Baroque cartouche on the exterior of the Chapel of St Casimir. It shows the White Eagle of the Kingdom of Poland and the Stag of the Grand Duchy of #Lithuania. Formerly topped with the crown of the Vasa dynasty - removed (along with the adjacent Grand Ducal Palace) by the Russians in 1802.
#Vilnius
#Vilnius
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Baroque cartouche on the exterior of the Chapel of St Casimir. It shows the White Eagle of the Kingdom of Poland and the Stag of the Grand Duchy of #Lithuania. Formerly topped with the crown of the Vasa dynasty - removed (along with the adjacent Grand Ducal Palace) by the Russians in 1802.
#Vilnius
#Vilnius
October 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM