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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, INCLUDES 2 RAMPS SUPERIMPOSED IN A HELIX ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ALLOWING, THANKS TO A HOLLOW CORE PIERCED WITH OPENINGS, TO A PERSON WHO DESCENDS NOT TO MEET THE ONE WHO GOES UP. PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE DUNGEON, A REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN FOR THE TIME, IT SERVES THE TWO FLOORS, THE TERRACE, AND DISTRIBUTES THE ROOMS IN SYMMETRY. THIS PLAN IS INSPIRED BY THE TUSCAN VILLAS, NAMELY A CROSS VESTIBULE SERVED BY A CENTRAL STAIRCASE. NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CARVED CAPITALS ADORN THE PILASTERS OF THE STAIRCASE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : THE LARGE STAIRCASE WITH DOUBLE REVOLUTION (OR "DOUBLE HELIX"), WHICH ONE PROBABLY OWES TO LEONARDO DA VINCI, INCLUDES 2 RAMPS SUPERIMPOSED IN A HELIX ONE ABOVE THE OTHER ALLOWING, THANKS TO A HOLLOW CORE PIERCED WITH OPENINGS (PHOTO), TO A PERSON WHO DESCENDS NOT TO MEET THE ONE WHO GOES UP. PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE DUNGEON, A REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN FOR THE TIME, IT SERVES THE TWO FLOORS, THE TERRACE, AND DISTRIBUTES THE ROOMS IN SYMMETRY. THIS PLAN IS INSPIRED BY THE TUSCAN VILLAS, NAMELY A CROSS VESTIBULE SERVED BY A CENTRAL STAIRCASE. NEARLY TWO HUNDRED CARVED CAPITALS ADORN THE PILASTERS OF THE STAIRCASE. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Astronauts Stuck in Orbit for Nine Months Leave Iss for Earth

Handout photo dated March 17, 2025, shows NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 members pose together for a portrait inside the vestibule between the International Space Station and the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft. Clockwise from left, are NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov. After nine months stranded aboard the ISS, American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will finally be returning to Earth. Their mission, initially scheduled for eight days, has been extended due to technical problems on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Accompanied by another American and a Russian cosmonaut, they left the station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, which detached from the ISS early on March 18. Their return is scheduled for the evening off Florida, where their capsule will be slowed by parachutes before being recovered. Eager to be reunited with their loved ones, the astronauts have kept their sense of humor, with Suni Williams even throwing out to her family,

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SpaceX Will Return Stranded Astronauts Next Year

Handout file photo dated June 13, 2024 shows NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station's Harmony module and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Two Nasa astronauts who have been stuck in space for over two months will return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX. Nasa said the Boeing Starliner spacecraft the astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore had travelled to International Space Station (ISS) on would return to Earth "un-crewed". The pair took off on what was planned to be an eight-day mission on 5 June but will now spend around eight months in orbit. Photo by Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

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ARTISTS IMPRESSION OF THE BRIXTON ASTORIA IN 1929 GENERAL V

ARTISTS IMPRESSION OF THE BRIXTON ASTORIA IN 1929 GENERAL VIEW OF THE INNER VESTIBULE, FOUNTAIN HALL AND TEA TERRACE

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ARTISTS IMPRESSION OF THE BRIXTON ASTORIA IN 1929 UNDER THE

ARTISTS IMPRESSION OF THE BRIXTON ASTORIA IN 1929 UNDER THE DOME

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European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk, Poland

Poland, Gdansk, 28.08.2020. European Solidarity Centre is a museum dedicated to the history of the Solidarity movement in Poland. ESC is located in the Gdansk shipyeard area. (Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka)

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European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk, Poland

Poland, Gdansk, 28.08.2020. European Solidarity Centre is a museum dedicated to the history of the Solidarity movement in Poland. ESC is located in the Gdansk shipyeard area. (Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka)

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European Solidarity Centre, Gdansk, Poland

Poland, Gdansk, 28.08.2020. European Solidarity Centre is a museum dedicated to the history of the Solidarity movement in Poland. ESC is located in the Gdansk shipyeard area. (Photo CTK/Grzegorz Klatka)

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Shooting in the Ostrava hospital, number of fatalities thus rose to seven, condolence book

Condolence book is seen in polyclinic vestibule of the Ostrava Teaching Hospital on December 12, 2019, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, two days after a shooting incident in the hospital. Woman wounded by raging shooter died today. The number of fatalities thus rose to seven. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)

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Shooting in the Ostrava hospital, number of fatalities thus rose to seven, condolence book

Condolence book is seen in polyclinic vestibule of the Ostrava Teaching Hospital on December 12, 2019, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, two days after a shooting incident in the hospital. Woman wounded by raging shooter died today. The number of fatalities thus rose to seven. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)

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