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The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower is the episcopal see of the Archdiocese of Florence, Italy. It is one of the masterpieces of early Renaissance architecture of the Italian Renaissance.
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The Vatican Pieta or Pietà is a marble sculpture group made by Michelangelo between 1498 and 1499. Its dimensions are 1.74 by 1.95 m. It is located in Vatican City.
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The School of Athens is one of the most notable paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Rafael Sanzio
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The Peace of Augsburg, also called the "Peace of Religions", was a treaty signed by Ferdinand I of Habsburg, brother and representative of Emperor Charles V, and the Imperial States, on September 25, 1555 in the free city of Augsburg in Germany, by which the religious conflict of the Protestant Reformation was resolved.
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Union of Utrecht
The Union of Utrecht (1579) was signed by the seven northern provinces of the Netherlands in league against Spain; the treaty established a military league to resist the Spaniards and served as the foundation of the Dutch Republic and later kingdom. -
The Union of Arras was an alliance between the County of Artois, the County of Hainaut and the city of Douai in the Habsburg Netherlands in early 1579.
What was the significance of the Union of Arras?
Arras, Union of or Atrecht Union of
(7 January 1579), a league consisting of Hainaut (Heregouwen), Artois, and Douai, the southern provinces of the Netherlands, formed with the purpose of defending the Catholic religion. -
It was an agreement signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht between the rebellious provinces of the Netherlands, at that time facing the Spanish Monarchy during the Eighty Years' War. The northern provinces led by William of Orange reacted by signing the Union of Utrecht. They were dealt with. Holland, Zeeland, Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe, Overijssel, in the bishopric of Utrecht, duchy of Gelderland and Brabant and the county of Flanders.
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- El 8 de agosto de 1588, la Gran Armada (Armada Invencible), enviada por el rey Felipe II de España para conquistar Inglaterra, fue derrotada en el canal de la Mancha. Esta victoria inició la política colonial del Reino Unido bajo el liderazgo de la reina Isabel I.
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It is a sculpture made by the Italian Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1622 and 1625. It belongs to the Baroque style. It is a life-size marble sculptural group exhibited at the Borghese Gallery in Rome.The myth says that Apollo and Daphne mocked Eros, Eros became angry, so he shot him with a golden arrow, which caused love to whoever hurt him. And he also shot Daphne, but Daphne ran away, instead of falling in love. Daphne's parents turned her into Laurel.
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It is in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. Its main access is through the Rione di Borgo, to the east of the square. It belongs to baroque architecture. The square is dedicated to the saint of the same name. It is made up of two parts: one part with a trapezoid shape and another with an oval shape.
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The Fable of Arachne, popularly known as The Spinners, is a canvas by Diego Velázquez, preserved in the Museo Nacional del Prado. This work is one of the greatest exponents of Spanish baroque painting and is considered one of the great examples of Velázquez's mastery.
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Juramento de los Horacios es una obra de Jacques-Louis David realizada en 1784, antes de la Revolución francesa. El cuadro tiene una dimensión de 330 x 425 cm y se conserva en el Museo del Louvre. Se le considera el paradigma de la pintura neoclásica.
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The family of Charles IV is a collective portrait painted in 1800 by Francisco de Goya. It is preserved in the Prado Museum in Madrid. Goya began working on the sketches—of which the Prado preserves five—in the spring of 1800.
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