Eating with Lucullus

Lucullus was an important and wealthy man from Roma. He loved to eat and organized amazing dinners with many invited people. Once he was alone for dinner. His cook prepared a soup for him. Lucullus become angry and asked him why he prepared only a soup for the dinner:
COOK: we don’t have guest tonight
LUCULLUS: don’t [...]

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The exhibition “Symbols of Love” opens

The exhibition “Symbols of Love” opens the 14th February 2008, the Valentine’s Day. As Curator, we have asked people to exhibit an object which means love. We have finally got three very interesting pieces or idea that we have exhibited in the Chapel.
As the Taj Mahal was to big to take place here and impossible [...]

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A giant heart

The third artwork of the exhibition “Symbols of Love” is installed. It is a giant heart with a glass of champain bubbling a text of Eggonopoulos, a great Greek poet. You have to go in the Chapel of the Monastery to see it and hear it! The creator is Alexicon Kurka, a designer who has [...]

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Plato in the Library

I have added an exemplar of an english translation of the Symposium, an important text of the greek philosopher Plato. Why? The topic of the book is “Love”. Intellectuals and politicians have taken part to a dinner in the house of Agathon. After the meal, they start to drink wine. They decided that the wine [...]

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