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The Apocalypse Tapestry is a large medieval set of tapestries commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou, and woven in Paris between 1377 and 1382.It depicts the story of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation by Saint John the Divine in colourful images, spread over six tapestries that originally totalled 90 scenes, and were about six metres high, and 140 metres long in total.
Tapestry of the Apocalypse, in Angers, designed by Jean Bondol. Jean Bondol, also known as Jean de Bruges, Jean Boudolf, or Jan Baudolf, was a Flemish artist who became a court artist of Charles V of France in 1368. He is documented as active between 1368 and 1381.
The Château d'Angers is a castle in the city of Angers in the Loire Valley, in the département of Maine-et-Loire, in France. Founded in the 9th century by the Counts of Anjou, it was expanded to its current size in the 13th century. It is located overhanging the River Maine. It is a listed historical monument since 1875. [1]
Description: La Grande Prostituée sur les eaux une des scènes de la 5ème pièce de la tenture de l'Apocalypse dans le château d'Angers.angers.monuments-nationaux.fr/ Dans la scène photographiée, la Grande Prostituée désigne la Rome païenne (sous l'appellation Babylone), lieu de persécution des chrétiens.
1974 – Angers twinned with Bamako, Mali. [25] 1980 – Association des musulmans d'Angers founded. [27] 1982 Angers becomes part of the Pays de la Loire region. Ducs d'Angers ice hockey team formed. Angers twinned with Pisa, Italy. [25] 1983 – Centre de congrès d'Angers (assembly hall) built. 1985 – Parc des expositions d'Angers developed.
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In Roman Numerals, in use when the Book of Revelation was written, the mark of the beast in Revelation 17:9 is rendered DCLXVI 'The Roman numeral for 666, DCLXVI, has exactly one occurrence of all symbols whose value is less than 1000 in decreasing order (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1).'
On January 20, 2001, the climax of the Cold War turns the world into a postapocalyptic wasteland. The endgame began with a preemptive strike on Washington, DC.Underground nuclear bombs were detonated from within the basement of the Soviet embassy, by an elite group of Spetsnaz operatives, destroying the central command structure and political system of the United States.