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Losing its political will, Venice finds | HISTORY OF VENICE

Venetian decline

Losing its political will, Venice finds the new role which it has enjoyed ever since - as a place of pleasure and delight, Europe's most sparkling tourist attraction. The city has the world's first public opera house, wh...

When German tanks cross the border | THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Netherlands and Belgium

When German tanks cross the border into the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium, in the early hours of May 10, it is the start of the most dramatic demonstration of the new German strategy of blitzkrieg ('lightnin...

It is said that Chiao is | HISTORY OF CANALS

Flash locks and pound locks

It is said that Chiao is required to construct two flash locks on the Grand Canal only about 200 yards apart. He realizes that he has created a pool which will be at the upper or lower level of the canal depending on whi...

It is said that Chiao is | HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY

Flash locks and pound locks

It is said that Chiao is | HISTORY OF TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL

Flash locks and pound locks

The paper which Hutton reads to | HISTORY OF GEOLOGY

James Hutton and Strata Smith

The paper which Hutton reads to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1785 is entitled Theory of the Earth, or an Investigation of the Laws Observable in the Composition, Dissolution and Restoration of Land Upon the Globe...

More typical of Venetian Gothic is | HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Italian Gothic

More typical of Venetian Gothic is the exquisite Ca' d'Oro, built betwen 1421 and 1440. There is a wonderful contrast and harmony between the wall with its nine inset windows on the right (stone with an occasional patter...

The Briare canal, completed in 1642, | HISTORY OF TRADE

Europe's inland waterways

The Briare canal, completed in 1642, joins the Seine to the Loire; at one point it has a staircase of six consecutive locks to cope with a descent of 65 feet over a short distance. Even more remarkable is the Canal du Mi...

Canaletto lives in England from 1746 | HISTORY OF PAINTING

Venetian sunset

Canaletto lives in England from 1746 to 1755, painting views of the Thames in London and of his aristocratic patrons' country seats. His practice of painting large topographical views is continued by his nephew, Bernardo...

Canaletto lives in England from 1746 | HISTORY OF ITALIAN ART

Venetian sunset

Canaletto lives in England from 1746 to 1755, painting views of the Thames in London and of his aristocratic patrons' country seats. His practice of painting large topographical views is continued by his nephew, Bernardo...

From 1391 the Stecknitz canal is | HISTORY OF TRADE

Europe's inland waterways

From 1391 the Stecknitz canal is constructed southwards from the city of Lübeck. Its destination is the Elbe, which is reached early in the 15th century. The new waterway joins the Baltic to the North Sea.

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