The Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore

From my previous COVE contribution we can see that Queen Victoria had an ardent love for her husband, Prince Albert. He passed away in 1861 and she mourned his death very publicly for forty years, until her death in 1901.When Albert died, he was buried in The Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore. Frogmore received its name from the wet property that it was built on and the Mausoleum has struggled with water damage for years but despite the damage, it is a beautiful building. A likeness of Prince Albert was carved out of granite and placed above his burial.

Blog Post for November 26 2020

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In today’s class, we had the pleasure of looking at the graphic novel version of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. I enjoyed learning about the palimpsest theory, which is based off effacing an original piece of writing in order to write new text over top. However, despite writing on top of the effaced manuscript, pieces of the previous text still remain.

Baiae, Campania, Italy

Baiae, named for the legendary Odysseus's helmsman, was an opulent ancient city located in what is now Campania, Italy. First mentioned by name in the second century BCE, it was known as a popular seaside resort in ancient Rome due in part to its sulfur springs and mild climate, as well as its location along the shore of what is now the Gulf of Puteoli. In her article for the BBC, Adrienne Bernhard describes Baiae as "the Las Vegas of the Roman Empire" due to the extravagance of what remains of the city: heated bathing pools, sprawling villas, and even a casino.

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