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The Paleis voor Volksvlijt (Palace of Industry) was a large exhibition hall in Amsterdam, located on the Frederiksplein, near the current location of De Nederlandsche Bank. The building was constructed between 1859 and 1864. It was designed by architect Cornelis Outshoorn, inspired by the Crystal Palace in London.

A fire destroyed the Palace on the night of April 17, 1929. The gallery or arcade, housing shops and apartments, was spared, but the main building was lost and never reconstructed. Writer Gerard Reve lived in one of the apartments in the gallery in the 1950s. The gallery was finally torn down in 1960 to make way for the new Nederlandsche Bank building.

The Parthenon mosque was built after the Church of Our Lady of Athens, a Catholic archiepiscopal cathedral that was destroyed by a Venetian bombardment in 1687. The mosque was a free-standing building erected in the open space of what was the naos of the now ruined Parthenon; that was destroyed in 1843.

The Frankish Tower was a medieval tower built on the Acropolis of Athens. It was built as part of the palace of the Dukes of Athens, who ruled the city between 1205 and 1458 during what was known as the Frankokratia. The tower's presence on the Acropolis was controversial, particularly after 1834, when the government of King Otto of Greece undertook to clear the site of its post-classical remains. In 1875, with funding from the German businessman Heinrich Schliemann, the tower was demolished, to widespread criticism outside Greece.

Al-Baqi Cemetery, the oldest and one of the two most important Islamic graveyards located in Medina, in current-day Saudi Arabia, was demolished in 1806 and, following reconstruction by the Ottomans in the mid-19th century, was destroyed again in 1925  or 1926. An alliance of the House of Saud and the followers of the Wahhabi movement known as the Emirate of Diriyah carried out the first demolition. The Sultanate of Nejd, also ruled by the House of Saud and followers of Wahhabism, carried out the second demolition. In both cases, the actors were motivated by the Wahhabi interpretation of Islam, which prohibits the building of monuments on graves.

The photos were taken in 1910.

A talismanic shirt was a worn textile talisman that protected the wearer from bodily damages as well as magical attacks. There were worn under armor but also casually.

Talismanic shirts are found throughout the Muslim world. The shirts can be grouped to four types which differ in style and the symbols used: an Ottoman, a Safavid, a Mughal and a West African one.

The shirts may be inscribed with verses from Quran, names of Allah and of prophets and with numbers. They may carry images or symbols, including those from astrology. The inscribed names are believed to be capable of offering protection and guidance to the carrier.

The Hotel Turist (later known as the Hotel Karabakh) was a celebrated example of Soviet Modernism in Baku, Azerbaijan. Designed by architects Vadim Shulgin and E. Melkhisedekov, the 1974 landmark featured a bold, cantilevered, and striking stilt-supported structure that won first prize in the 1979 Le Corbusier competition. It was demolished in 2006

“I am 25 years old and I have killed 309 fascist [Nazi] invaders. Don't you think, gentlemen, that you have been hiding behind my back for too long?” 🫡

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In just one year, the Mamluk Empire was completely destroyed through the Battles of Marj Dabiq and Ridaniya. Both Mamluk Sultans were killed, and the Caliphate passed to the Ottoman Empire.