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La iglesia principal de Nicea

Pronto nos despediremos de Bloggery pasaremos a una nueva plataforma, donde• en aún más idiomas• con un material visual mucho más rico• de forma más clara, mejor estructurada y más fácil de buscar• y...

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The Great Church of Nicaea

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La basílica de Nicea

Mientras escribo esto, a solo unas calles de aquí, el Papa León está visitando la Mezquita Azul o Sultanahmet en Estambul/Constantinopla. El objetivo principal de su viaje a Turquía ha sido reunirse...

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The Nicaean Basilica

As I write this, just a few streets away, Pope Leo is visiting the Sultanahmet or Blue Mosque in Istanbul/Constantinople. The main purpose of his trip to Turkey was to gather with leaders of other...

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El poder de las palabras

“Quien controla el lenguaje, controla el pensamiento.” Victor Klemperer: El lenguaje del Tercer Reich“Controla el lenguaje y controlarás el pensamiento.” George Orwell: 1984“Los límites de mi lenguaje...

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The power of words

“He who controls the language, controls thought.” Victor Klemperer: The Language of the Third Reich“Control language, and you control thought.” George Orwell: 1984“The limits of my language mean the...

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La copa de la alegría

Para Gyuri,en su cumpleaños¿Dónde se conserva la copa de kidush más antigua que se conoce, la copa ritual judía utilizada para bendecir el vino durante las festividades? Quizá no sorprenda a nadie que...

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The Cup of Joy

For Gyuri,on his birthday Where is the oldest surviving kiddush cup—the Jewish ritual cup used for blessing wine during holidays—kept? It might not surprise anyone that it’s in Toledo, since Sepharad,...

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Baños de Tiflis

Tiflis prácticamente nació en un baño. Hacia el año 458, cuando el rey Vakhtang Gorgasali estaba de caza en la orilla del Mtkvari/Kura, vio a un faisán levantarse en la orilla opuesta y soltó a su...

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Baths of Tbilisi

Tbilisi was literally born in a bath. Around 458, when King Vakhtang Gorgasali was hunting here on the banks of the Mtkvari/Kura, he saw a pheasant rise on the opposite side of the river and released...

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El Ziz

Introdujimos un epílogo judío a nuestra publicación sobre san Martín y sus gansos con esta miniatura que muestra un ave más o menos como un ganso (coloreado, eso sí) y una línea inequívocamente judía...

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The Ziz

I introduced the Jewish epilogue of the post on Saint Martin and his geese with this image, which, with its depiction of a goose-like bird and a signature unmistakably Jewish, proved perfect to...

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Los gansos de San Martín

Si uno conduce hacia la frontera austriaca el día de San Martín, el 11 de noviembre, o incluso la cruza rumbo a Baviera o Chequia, los restaurantes a lo largo del camino seducen con carteles de cenas...

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Saint Martin and his geese

If you happen to drive toward the Austrian border—or even cross it—on November 11th, Saint Martin’s Day, and head on into Bavaria or Czechia, the restaurants along the road tempt you with signs for...

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Gloria antigua

El 7 de noviembre es un día de gloria. Esto lo sabe muy bien quien todavía antes de 1990 era recordado de ello en las ceremonias escolares, o tuve que atravesar la plaza que llevó este nombre camino a...

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Ancient glory

November 7th is a day of glory. Everyone knows this, especially those who were reminded of it at school ceremonies before 1990, or had to drive across the square named after it on the way to Buda or...

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Bride-viewing among the Miao

The Miao are one of China’s most colorful ethnic groups. Partly because, officially numbering ten million, they are not a single group at all, but at least forty distinct ethnic subgroups. When the...

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Ojeando novias entre los miao

Los miao son uno de los grupos étnicos más coloridos de China. En parte porque, oficialmente, con diez millones de personas, no son un solo grupo, sino al menos cuarenta subgrupos étnicos distintos....

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La taberna dong y el rey miao

Los chinos no toleran bien el alcohol. De las dos enzimas responsables de descomponerlo, una es inactiva en gran parte de la población han, de modo que el proceso se detiene a mitad de camino, en el...

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The Dong tavern and the Miao king

The Chinese can’t really hold their liquor. Of the two enzymes responsible for breaking down alcohol, one is inactive in a large part of the Han population, which means alcohol metabolism stops...

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