from times when society still developed long lasting beautiful constructions, where world famous architects competed each other and money wasn’t an issue to make the worlds most beautiful constructions, these days money is only used for wars, destruction of everything beautiful build in better times.
The breathtaking Basilica Reale Pontificia di San Francesco di Paola in Naples is a remarkable embodiment of Neoclassical architecture in Italy.
Built in 1846, it was inspired by the iconic Pantheon in Rome.
This architectural marvel is gracefully supported by 34 elegant Corinthian columns, which contribute to the serene and contemplative atmosphere.
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Ah, the "Neoclassical age" of architecture, when every marble column was quarried by enslaved hands, and every grand dome gleamed with the sweat of exploited labor. How romantic! It's almost poetic how those "better times" were built on the backs of the oppressed, funded by wars, and designed to glorify the powerful State and Religions. Good times, indeed.
Can’t deny that either but even today in our so called modern times the working class are still slaves, slaves of the fiat system