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L'Aquila (Italy), May 29 (EFE) .- (Camera: Toni Conde Molina) The baroque Palazzo Ardinghelli was severely damaged in the earthquake that struck L'Aquila (central Italy) in 2009, however, it now stands as a symbol of its "rebirth" after being restored and becoming the headquarters of the National Museum of the Arts of the XXI Century (MAXXI).FOOTAGE OF THE MUSEUM.SOUNDBITES OF BARTOLOMEO PIETROMARCHI, DIRECTOR OF MAXXI DE L'AQUILA.Translation: “There have been many examples in Italy of combining ancient and contemporary. I think this works really well, I think this sample proves it. This building is a baroque palace from the seventeenth century that today has become super-contemporary."
These two incredibly valuable pieces of historic jewelry were once part of a set. A bejeweled Faberge Egg, called the Diamond Trellis because of the intersecting lines of diamonds all across its body, once contained this so-called surprise elephant, a jewel-encrusted automaton that would walk when it was wound up. The egg and elephant were given as a gift from Russian czar Alexander III to his wife Maria Feodorovna on Easter of 1892, but the two items were separated when they were sold off by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution. The Museum of Natural Science in Houston, Texas is the unlikely site of the reunion between these two rare pieces of jewelry. The Diamond Trellis, created under the watchful eye of legendary jewel master Peter Carl Faberge, belongs to American oil tycoon Artie McFerrin, while the surprise elephant, which was custom designed to fit inside the egg, was found only last year in the Royal Collection of the Queen of England. Both pieces will continue to be on display for about a year at the Museum before returning to their respective collections.
Welcome to the Heilan Horse Culture Museum, an equine museum located inside of a palace in the Chinese city of Jiangyin. Not only are the museum grounds themselves amazing and beautiful, but Heilan Horse Culture boasts a unique trump card. Their exhibits actually feature real live specimens of some of the world's most famous horse breeds and visitors can even touch and pet them.
Drone footage captured the moment as an unidentied snowboarder daredevil in St. Petersburg, Russia ripped through the Russian cultural capital's famed Palace Square on Thursday towed by car, cruising through the snow around the famous Alexander Column. Heavy snowfall in St. Petersburg made it all possible as nearly nine inches of snow fell on the city, causing major traffic problems in the northern city of over 6 million inhabitants. The young man was pulled by a car at high speed through the nearly-empty square at nighttime, ripping through the snowfall with tight corners and spins right in front of the Hermitage Museum. Police were watching nearby, making sure that no harm came to the snowboarder or any of Saint Petersburg's cultural landmarks.
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