The most famous places and castles from Disney cartoons and their real prototypes

6 famous places on the planet, historians still argue about the reality of their existence

People have always been attracted by the unknown distance. Everything mysterious and mysterious, lost and unattainable, invariably attracted various kinds of dreamers, treasure seekers and adventurers. Legends of cities of untold wealth, hidden in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, the search for a lost paradise and the location of the Holy Grail have all had a profound impact on human history. Find out more about the six most influential places on earth that have never been

What were Alphonse Mucha's models in real life: Captivating images in paintings and their prototypes in photographs

Sensual and ephemeral, seductive and inaccessible, this is how the ladies of the fair sex appear before the viewer in the works of the genius Alphonse Mucha. His women are charming goddesses with luxurious hair, exuding languor and bliss. Their fleeting glances, careless movements, easy postures, graceful gestures - all this and much more was depicted by the artist with incredible accuracy, and all because he had his own special little secret - a passion for photography, which helped

Secrets and Tragedies of "Two Captains": Real prototypes of the heroes of the famous novel by Kaverin

May 5 marks the 141th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding polar explorer Georgy Sedov, whose expedition to the North Pole ended dramatically. In the same 1912, two more attempts were made to get to the Arctic, but they also ended in tragedy. In these historical events there were no less secrets and mysteries than in the novel "Two Captains", written on their basis

15 famous literary heroes and their unknown prototypes

Literary heroes, as a rule, are fictional fiction of the author. But some of them still have real prototypes that lived at the time of the author, or famous historical figures. We will tell you who these figures were unfamiliar to a wide range of readers

What famous (and not so famous) personalities became the prototypes of the heroes of popular Soviet cartoons

To this day, Soviet cartoons are remembered with special warmth and nostalgia. More than one generation of Soviet and post-Soviet children grew up on them. But few people guess who became the prototype of this or that cartoon character. We offer you to look at the heroes again, but from a different angle