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Join us on May 12 6:30 PM (EDT)! María Luisa Guardiola will take us on a trip designed to trail the footsteps of Republican forces during the #spanishcivilwar (1936-1939) across the Spanish Mediterranean corridor, ending in #Catalonia, right next to the French border where #AntonioMachado, an elder poetic voice for the Republican cause died at the end of the war in 1939, bookending the Republic’s demise. Maria Luisa will mention a few international figures related to the Spanish Civil War, including #ernesthemingway an American novelist recipient of the #NobelPrize for Literature in 1954, and #federicogarcialorca as one of the most important Spanish poets and dramatists of the twentieth century. #geosocietyphila

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Happy Earth Day #philadelphia; #delawareriver and #schuylkillriver! Tonight at 6:30pm, BYO Bottle and join our experts including a #triathlete! Link in the bio👆🏻

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Geographical Society's Upcoming Program - A Panel Discussion on #EarthDay, a presentation about #Identity and #Heritage featuring #Spain, and our Annual Legacy Event coming up...honoring a #GuinessWorldRecord holder (four records to be exact) explorer; our first in-person event of 2021: Taylor Demonbreun! https://mailchi.mp/08c3f693fbe5/geospring2021events-13362255 Link in the bio👆🏻

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Today is #International Day for Monuments & Sites! Although many World Heritage sites are closed due to the global pandemic, you can still explore them virtually with Google Arts & Culture! #Explore with @Unesco https://lnkd.in/d8jbC8E #MonumentsDay #WorldHeritage #worldheritagesites #explore #themoreyouknow #geosocietyphila

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#OnThisDay, 2 years ago the world sadly witnessed the #NotreDame Cathedral burning. #WorldHeritage sites are priceless & in the face of #COVID19, we must stand together to #ProtectHeritage. It is our responsibility to ensure that our past has a future for all. Photo: ©️ Carantinemace @unesco 📷 #ShareCulture #ShareOurWorldHeritage #notredame #preservation #restoration #DoesAPlaceDie? @geosocietyphila #heritagecity #philadelphia

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Today is the National Look Up to the Sky Day!! Why is the sky is blue? How can you celebrate when it’s raining? Need activity ideas? 1. Go on a hike 2. Join @geosocietyphila to explore 3. Go birdwatching #people #places #perspectiveshift

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The Egyptian Museum is the oldest archaeological museum in the Middle East, and houses the largest collection of Pharaonic antiquities in the world. The museum displays an extensive collection spanning from the Predynastic Period to the Greco-Roman Era. Egyptians have been witnessing a historic procession of their country's ancient rulers through the capital, Cairo. The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle saw 22 mummies - 18 kings and four queens - transported from the peach-coloured, neo-classical Egyptian Museum to their new resting place 5km (three miles) away. #explore #egyptianhistory #mummies #discoveries #cairo #history

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“Gay-Odin, the famous chocolate factory in Naples, has been making a giant egg-shaped chocolate inspired by a big event for Easter for nearly 30 years, or someone who has left a mark on this world. Gay-Odin's chocolate masters made a monumento di cioccolata (memorial chocolate) this year dedicated to Dante Alighieri, the 700th anniversary of his death . There is 350 kilograms of chocolate in the two and a half meters tall egg. The picture on the giant egg is from the fresco in the Florence Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Known as La Divina Commedia illumina Firenze (The Divine Comedy Illuminates Florence), this fresco was inspired by Alesso Baldovinetti's drawing and made by Domenico Michelino in 1465. Dante also has the phrase Uscimmo a riveder le stelle (we went out to see the stars again) in my article dated March 30 , right above his right hand! The theme that Gay-Odin chose for the year 2020, which started very badly, is the symbol of power and energy, l'albero della vita (tree of life)!” This is an excerpt from a Turkish writer @UlgenUnaldi, my cousin. Google translated it! http://www.italianoconulgen.com/index.php/2021/04/02/buona-pasqua-2/ #dante @gayodin_milano #ladivinacommedia #santamariadelfiore #treeoflife #exploration #cultures #perspective #chocolate #easter #eastereggs

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Marco Polo Travel Series is back presenting Göbekli Tepe: Beyond the Monuments - Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 6 - 7:30 PM Following the last Ice Age, human culture entered a new era of adaptation and change termed the Neolithic. Early in this period, almost 12,000 years ago, people in ancient Anatolia built enigmatic structures that could be the world’s first megalithic ritual site - Göbekli Tepe. The ancient complex is so vast that, though archaeologists have been busy excavating it since its discovery in 1994, it still holds many secrets. Along the way, they’ve uncovered strange animal carvings, towering stone pillars, and the earliest known evidence of megalithic rituals. They’re still working to unravel the site’s biggest mysteries: Who built it, and why? Register: https://geographicalsocietyofphiladelphia.ticketleap.com/ #gobeklitepe #megalithicmarvels #archeology #şanlıurfa #urfa #turkiye #worldheritagesites

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