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The grave of the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) in Venice.

Poppaea Sabina and Nero Have the Head of Octavia Brought Forward to Them, oil on canvas by Giovanni Muzzioli, 1876. Civic Museum of Modena.

Marble bust of Poppaea Sabina, second wife of Emperor Nero (r. 54-68 CE), 1st century CE. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.

A 1920s photograph of the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971). (George Grantham Bain Picture Agency, Library of Congress)

A map illustrating the geopolitical landscape in Asia Minor during the reign of emperor Septimius Severus around 200 CE. The territory (comprising modern-day Turkey) had been under Roman control for several centuries following conquests by...

Built by Louis XI of France in 1465, the Château de Langeais stands in the French commune of Langeais in the department of Indre-et-Loire, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It replaced an earlier fortified castle built at the end of the...

Famous for its amazingly beautiful gardens, the Château of Villandry is situated in Indre-et-Loire, France. In 1532, Jean Breton, finance secretary to Francis 1, King of France, acquired a medieval fortress not far from Tours. Much like the...

Château d'Ussé, Rigny-Ussé, Indre-et-Loire, France. Built as a stronghold in the Middle Ages, it gradually evolved over the centuries and became a model of Renaissance architecture, before becoming a refined leisure residence in the 17th...

Château de Cheverny, Loir-et-Cher, France. The château belongs to the Hurault de Vibraye family and has been home to the same family for over six centuries. It was made even more famous by the cartoonist Hergé who was inspired by it to make...

Château de Sully-sur-Loire situated in the commune of Sully-sur-Loire, Loiret, France. From 1395 to the present day, the history of the Château de Sully has been an eventful one, and its architecture has undergone many changes over the centuries...