Pinterest of the dayдоска «Maps»mixWorldwide
Old European Maps from Europeana
Sixty antique maps gathered by Europeana from libraries and archives across Europe, from medieval Britain to Blaeu's atlases.
Catalogue of finds
Selected:
57 finds
Pinterest of the day
Morocco of the daycasamemoire.orgmixMorocco
Casamémoire: Casablanca's Art Deco
Casamémoire has been defending Casablanca's 20th-century architecture since 1995. Its site covers styles, architects and eight walking routes — in French only.
Telegram of the day@midcenturymodernmixWorldwide
Mid-Century, More Than: modernism in two languages
A bilingual Russian-English Telegram channel on 20th-century modernist architecture and design: furniture, interiors, forgotten makers and the stories behind objects.
Instagram of the day@olimpiazagnolimixItaly
Olimpia Zagnoli, Milan
Milan illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli: smooth shapes, bold flat colour, book covers, magazine pieces and prints in a style you spot instantly.
Portugal of the dayredeazulejo.letras.ulisboa.ptmixPortugal
Az Infinitum: every azulejo in Portugal
Az Infinitum is the University of Lisbon's database of Portuguese azulejo tiles: where they are, what patterns and scenes they show, and who made them.
Kyrgyzstan of the day@ustatshakirtmixKyrgyzstan
Ustatshakirt music centre
A Bishkek centre for traditional music: an ensemble, recordings, seminars and concerts from Karakol to European festivals.
Pinterest of the dayдоска «Botanique»mixWorldwide
Gallica: botany from France's National Library
A Gallica board with nearly a thousand botanical drawings, herbaria and pages from old textbooks, all drawn from the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Mongolia of the day@ARTGERmixMongolia
ARTGER: Mongolia's nomad kitchens
A YouTube channel following Mongolian nomad families: Altai goat herders, Gobi camel breeders, Naadam feasts and a hard winter up north.
Instagram of the day@kilianschoenbergermixWorldwide
Kilian Schönberger's Misty Forests
German photographer and geographer Kilian Schönberger shoots foggy forests, mountains and ancient trees that look like fairy-tale illustrations.
Belarus of the dayradzima.orgmixBelarus
Radzima: Belarus Landmarks
A photo catalogue of landmarks in Belarus and neighboring lands: churches, synagogues, manors and palaces, each with photo galleries and coordinates.
South Korea of the day@KoreanFilmmixSouth Korea
Korean Classic Film on YouTube
The Korean Film Archive's YouTube channel streams full-length Korean films from past decades for free, many restored in 4K and with English subtitles.
Mexico of the daycodicemendoza.inah.gob.mxmixMexico
The Codex Mendoza, Digitized
Mexico's national anthropology institute turned an Aztec codex into an interactive edition: zoomable pages, glyph explanations, transcriptions, maps and a timeline.