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'What makes GaudΓ­ and Sagrada FamΓ­lia so universal is precisely it being so local, so Catalan'

FranΓ§ois Picard is pleased to welcomeΒ Antoni Vives, former Deputy Mayor of Barcelona in charge of urban planning. According to Vives, the Sagrada FamΓ­lia is not simply an architectural masterpiece. It is a living demonstration of how authenticity, rootedness, and transcendence can converge in a single human project. Its significance lies not only in its extraordinary design, but in its ability to connect the local with the universal, the contemporary with the eternal, and nature with all that's sacred.

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Oddone hails EU-Mercosur accord's 'civilisational approach' beyond commercial and economic interests

FranΓ§ois Picard is pleased to welcome Gabriel Oddone, economist, professor and Uruguay's Minister of Economy and Finance. He offers a striking defence of the social democratic model at a moment when much of Latin America appears to be embracing hard-right socio-political and economic policies.

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A Close Look at the Extremely Rare, Foveon-Powered Polaroid X530

A close-up of a Polaroid x530 digital camera with various colorful stickers on the front, placed on a wooden surface with its lens cap off and lying nearby.

As promised, photographer James Warner, known for his YouTube channel snappiness, created a full-length video about his ultra-rare Polaroid X530 compact camera. The weird 2004 digital camera has a Foveon X3 image sensor, marking the first and only time a Foveon sensor was utilized by a non-Sigma digital camera.

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β€˜Ocean’ Doc Captures the Horrors of Seabed Trawling for the First Time

A split image shows a humpback whale breaching in the ocean on the left, and a jellyfish drifting near the surface of clear blue water by rocky cliffs on the right.

Sir David Attenborough turned 100 last month, and much of his incredible life's mission has been celebrating and showcasing the natural world. Billions of people on Earth have heard Attenborough's voice, heard his words, and seen his work. Arguably, nothing on Earth impacts life as much as the oceans, and that's the focus of "Ocean with David Attenborough," streaming now online and on National Geographic, Disney+, and Hulu.

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People Don’t Believe This Smartphone Wildlife Photographer’s Images are Real

Three alligators are stacked on top of each other, resting on a mossy log in a swampy forest, surrounded by trees and greenery.

Logging into his profile on the 35 Awards photo competition, Steve Scott Grogin received a notification telling him his photo of an alligator's eye had been disqualified from the Mobile Phone category. The reason? The organizers believed it had been taken with "professional camera equipment."

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