Wonderer's History Podcast 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺さんのイラストまとめ

The Drăgaica,a traditional Midsummer fair, has been held for centuries near the Buzau river in Wallachia (paused between 1806-29 because Ottomans burned the city).It is said that whoever did chores on the main day on the 24th of June would be struck by lighting.#FolkloreThursday

#OTD 1521 Decisive Battle of #Villalar (part of the Revolt of the Comuneros) was won by Royalist forces of Charles I, leading to the capture of main rebel leaders (Juan de Padilla, Juan Bravo, Francisco Maldonado) thus ending the rebellion. #History #Spanish #Spain

Good Friday (#Orthodox)

Descent from the Cross, depicted in three versions by Peter Paul #Rubens. #art #paintings

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille-- Left

Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp--Upper Right

Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg--Lower Right

#OTD 1512, Battle of #Ravenna, major part of the War of the League of Cambrai in the #Italian Wars, was won by Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston of Foix(†) against #Spanish-Papal troops of Fabrizio Colonna. #History

Death of Gaston of Foix,Ary Scheffer, c. 1824

Painting of Helios (as Personification of Midday,c. 1765), Greek God and personification of the Sun by Neoclassical German painter Anton Raphael Mengs. He was the son of the Titans Hyperion&Theia and brother of the goddesses Selene (the Moon) and Eos (the dawn).#FolkloreThursday

Allegory by Hans von Aachen of the long Turkish War (1593-1606): Battle of Hermannstadt/Sibiu (Transylvania), 3 August 1601. In fact, the battle was held at Goroszló/Guruslău, near Zalău city. Center: Discordia, helding some of the 110 flags... 1/2 #History #earlymodern

#OTD 1536 The last Roman triumph recorded by #Italian Historian Onofrio Panvinio was the Royal Entry of HRE Charles V into #Rome, after his conquest of Tunis in 1535.

Charles announcing the capture of Tunis to Pope Paul III, as imagined in an anonymous 16th c. tapestry #History

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, #Italian Mannerist painter known for his portraits made of fruits, vegetables, flowers.

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor painted as Vertumnus, Roman God of the seasons (L)

Four Seasons in One Head, National Gallery of Art, USA (R)

#FolkloreThursday

In Romanian mythology the iele were similar to nymphs, spirits who would display wrath if interrupted by making intruders mute for life or hounding them to death through dancing. It was said that the silver thistle (Carlina acaulis) greatly reduced their powers #FolkloreThursday

#OTD 1483 #Raffaello Sanzio, master painter and architect of the #Italian High Renaissance, was born in Urbino. #History #Raphael #art

The Mond Crucifixion, 1502–3 (Up. L) Deposition of Christ, 1507 (Up. R) The Holy Family, 1518 (L) Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione,c.1515 (R)