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Plečnik also made the progressive decision to close the city centre to motorised traffic – something other European citi...
06/04/2023

Plečnik also made the progressive decision to close the city centre to motorised traffic – something other European cities would not do for decades. Instead, he put pedestrians and public spaces first, creating a promenade for walking through the city (which passed by some of his other renowned designs, including the Slovene National and University Library) and along the Ljubljanica river, as well as many squares, parks and bridges.

While this decree was made into law, it was more of a legal “out” for England and Scotland. Neither side wanted the resp...
04/04/2023

While this decree was made into law, it was more of a legal “out” for England and Scotland. Neither side wanted the responsibility of dealing with the Debatable Lands; and as they could not agree on who owned it or how it was divided, neither could be held responsible for it, either. As Dr Anna Groundwater, principal curator, Renaissance and Early Modern History, National Museums Scotland, told me, “It was not a valuable piece of land, high ground and poor farming potential, so it was probably seen as not particularly worth fighting for or defending.”

She was right, of course. Once part of the indigenous traditions, the drink has been villainised for more than a century...
02/04/2023

She was right, of course. Once part of the indigenous traditions, the drink has been villainised for more than a century and was officially outlawed in 1949. It was said to make people ignorant and violent. It was said to ooze poisonous toxins during brewing. It was said to cause a disease named chichismo, a slow deterioration of the body and mind. For nearly the entire second half of the 20th Century, when the authorities found people making chicha, they confiscated the equipment, poured out the liquids and sent the brewers to jail. Those who were found drinking it risked imprisonment too.

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