Amber is a fossilized tree resin, formed in the Baltic part 40 to 60 million years ago. But it was in the mid-19th when the Baltic started to be very popular and fashionable. Our ancestors used amber for heat, and in the average ages it served as a currency. For the tribal Prussians inhabiting the Baltic Sea’s southeast shores around 12,000 BC, rubbing it was the best way to generate static electricity. During the 12th century, it was said to ... Read More

Founded 1500 years ago on a cluster of mudflats in the centre of the lagoon, Venice rose to become Europe’s main trading post between the West and the East, and at its height controlled an empire that extended from the Dolomites to Cyprus. The melancholic air of the place is in part a product of the discrepancy between the grandeur of its history and what the city has become. In the heyday of the Venetian Republic, some 200.000 people lived in ... Read More

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