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In this exploration of the world wide reset we will examine the world's oldest clock in Salisbury England, the World's Fair of 1867 in Paris France, and a mysterious piece of sculpture in the Lincoln Cathedral in England.

Looking into the transformation of Paris from medieval to modern in 17 years.

The ruins of the Commune, rue du Bac. Before 1870(?).

Place Vendôme and the Colonne Vendôme in Paris between 1887 and 1900

Hôtel-Dieu (destroyed) in Paris between 1865 and 1868. Today, Charlemagne Square and the forecourt of Notre-Dame Cathedral are located on this site. View taken from the corner of rue d'Arcole and rue du Cloître Notre-Dame.

View taken from the Grands-Augustins wharf. In the foreground, the old Saint-Michel bridge. On the left, the Quai du Marché Neuf, at the back, the temporary footbridge of the Petit-Pont, the former Hôtel-Dieu and Notre-Dame. On the forecourt of Notre-Dame, the foundling hospice (became the...

The rue de Rivoli after the fights and the fires of the Paris Commune, 1871

Destruction of Vendôme Column in 1871 Paris

Demolished Vendôme Column, Paris 1871

This is quite an interesting photograph. What's your opinion?

A statue of Napoleon lies broken in the Place Vendome after being dismantled by the Paris Commune. The Commune described the statue as "a monument of barbarism, a symbol of brute force and false glory".

Vendôme Column and Felling Machinery, Paris, 1871

Column of Place Vendôme shortly after it falls, May 16th 1871, Paris

Communards and Gustave Courbet pose with the statue of Napoléon I from the toppled Vendôme column, Paris 1871

Barricades during the Paris Commune, near the Place de la Concorde

Lucas Cranach the Elder became a celebrated court painter for the electors of Saxony in Wittenberg. Among the most popular mythological scenes produced by him and his workshop for his courtly patrons were those featuring Venus, in particular the Judgment of Paris. Painted about 1528, this...

INFO There are currently seven billion people alive today and the Population Reference Bureau estimates that about 107 billion people have ever lived. This means that we are nowhere close to having more alive than dead. In fact, there are 15 dead people for every person living. This is one of...

We have a good enough quality of an image (1864 allegedly) to allow for some scrutinizing. Below is the construction site of the future Palais Garnier. Make sure you checkout this beauty, especially inside. The photograph is taken in the direction of the north, towards the stage and the...

In our today's world Manila leads the way in population density with 107,561 people per square mile. I was looking for something unrelated and came up on the population of the city of Paris in the 16th century. Wikipedia states: Paris was the largest city in Europe, with a population of about...

Here is another 19th century photographic absentee. How historians were getting away with things like this is hard to understand. May be scrutinizing the absence of the photographic evidence was not really a thing, but I have hard time believing that we are the first ones to notice the lack of...