Europe

The epidemic of madness in Pont-Saint-Esprit: how poisoned bread drove the french crazy

16-08-2023

The epidemic of madness in Pont-Saint-Esprit: how poisoned ...

In August 1951, the whole world suddenly found out about the small town of Pont-Saint-Esprit, located in the south of France. ...

14 Curious Facts About Portuguese Bullfighting

16-08-2023

14 Curious Facts About Portuguese Bullfighting

Every year on August 14, in the Portuguese city of Abiul, the celebration of the birth of the Portuguese bullfight is held, the ...

Here sleeps a time: beauty remains in the lens of French photographer Romain Weyoun

15-08-2023

Here sleeps a time: beauty remains in the lens of French ...

These incredibly beautiful photos of abandoned places — the brave work of French photographer who travels around the world to ...

Cool minimalistic tattoos drawn in one line

15-08-2023

Cool minimalistic tattoos drawn in one line

Earlier, we already had a post telling about the German-Iranian tattoo master Mo Ganji, who draws super-cool tattoos in one line. ...

Courland peasant woman and executed tartan: a guide to the mistress of Peter I

15-08-2023

Courland peasant woman and executed tartan: a guide to the ...

The first Russian Emperor, Peter I was a big fan of not only the construction of ships and government reform, and women. ...

The story of Princess Karabu, who was able to fool the whole of Britain

15-08-2023

The story of Princess Karabu, who was able to fool the whole ...

The girl looked tired and ill. The poor cobbler saw her walking along the road near Bristol. He wouldn't have paid much attention ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine: how the blonde princess conquered medieval Europe

14-08-2023

Eleanor of Aquitaine: how the blonde princess conquered ...

It is known that medieval minstrels never skimped on flattery and, quite often, sang the virtues of beautiful ladies, which they ...

La Jana: the star that burned in the Zenith of fame

14-08-2023

La Jana: the star that burned in the Zenith of fame

Beauty, which was not destined to grow old, was considered one of the brightest stars of the early XX century. Her life ended on a ...

Carnyx - the psychological weapon of the ancient Celts

13-08-2023

Carnyx - the psychological weapon of the ancient Celts

In ancient wars, along with conventional weapons, psychological weapons were often used. Frightening-looking objects, and musical ...

Hand of glory — the eerie exhibit of the British Museum Whitby

12-08-2023

Hand of glory — the eerie exhibit of the British Museum Whitby

Parts of dead bodies had long been the attributes of witchcraft. The most famous occult object of this type in the Middle ages was ...

Creepy Parisian clubs that were lit up before it became mainstream

12-08-2023

Creepy Parisian clubs that were lit up before it became ...

Surely you have at least once turned the wrong way in an unfamiliar city and found yourself in an area with ominous architecture. ...

I Created Ridiculously Accurate Images Of Finland

12-08-2023

I Created Ridiculously Accurate Images Of Finland

Step into the magical world of Finland, the World's Happiest Country!

Everyday life of English crime

12-08-2023

Everyday life of English crime

The series of photographs presented here by Jocelyn Bain Hogg is called The Firm. The Firm is a large criminal gang based in ...

Mowgli on the contrary: the Norwegian brought up the four wolves and became the "leader of the pack"

11-08-2023

Mowgli on the contrary: the Norwegian brought up the four ...

A resident of Norway Frank Andre Soma (Frank Andre Soma) has 20 years experience in the natural Park Langedrag (Langedrag). Here a ...

Fairy tale in reality: travelers make fantastic pictures to show the beauty of the real world

11-08-2023

Fairy tale in reality: travelers make fantastic pictures to ...

Every tale has some truth. Loving each other and travel TJ Drysdale (TJ Drysdale) and Victoria beach (Victoria Yore) have shown ...

I Enjoy Capturing The Beauty Of Finland, Here Are 23 Of My Favorite Pictures

11-08-2023

I Enjoy Capturing The Beauty Of Finland, Here Are 23 Of My ...

My name is Oscar Keserci and I'm a photographer living near Helsinki in Finland.

Shocking facts about the life and hygiene of women in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries

11-08-2023

Shocking facts about the life and hygiene of women in Europe ...

Modern people have become so quickly accustomed to the numerous benefits of civilization that it is now difficult to imagine how ...

From Bikinis to Wi-Fi Connectivity: 6 Common Things That Were Once Illegal

10-08-2023

From Bikinis to Wi-Fi Connectivity: 6 Common Things That Were ...

The world around us is constantly being transformed, so is it any wonder that the attitude of the law to some things and actions ...

Sex in the time of cholera: about sexual life during the "Black death"

10-08-2023

Sex in the time of cholera: about sexual life during the ...

"Black death" — the second plague pandemic, which occurred in the middle of the XIV century and claimed the lives of tens of ...

What is the secret of Victorian photographs?

09-08-2023

What is the secret of Victorian photographs?

In the era of the reign of Queen Victoria in Great Britain, with the advent of such a miracle as photography, quite strange ...

From hearts to Karl Marx: 13 unusual traffic signals from around the world

08-08-2023

From hearts to Karl Marx: 13 unusual traffic signals from ...

August 5 is International Traffic Light Day! How many different traffic lights do you think there are? Bigpiccha invites you to ...

"Ladder of the dead" in the Austrian concentration camp Mauthausen

08-08-2023

"Ladder of the dead" in the Austrian concentration camp ...

The Mauthausen concentration camp was located 20 kilometers east of Linz, the administrative center of Upper Austria. It was the ...

The master's body is afraid

08-08-2023

The master's body is afraid

Photographer Michelle Sank takes portraits of young Britons who resort to plastic surgery, suffer from anorexia and are in the ...

The last peaceful summer of pre-war Paris, 1939

08-08-2023

The last peaceful summer of pre-war Paris, 1939

These photos are 80 years old this year. They were taken by LIFE magazine photographer William Vandiver during his business trip to ...

The French photographer dressed his models in light, shadow and nothing else

07-08-2023

The French photographer dressed his models in light, shadow ...

Anyway, a nude photo is a photo of a nude model, and by and large this is all that can be said about it. French photographer Dani ...

1939: the last public execution in France by guillotine

07-08-2023

1939: the last public execution in France by guillotine

Born in Germany in 1908, Eugene Weidman started stealing from a young age and, even as an adult, did not give up his criminal ...