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A Remarkable Newspaper – the “Londra Roma”

August 5, 2010

A Remarkable Newspaper – Written, edited, set in type, printed and published by one man.
(Article originally published in 1902)
Up to the year 1888 the eighteen  thousand Italians domiciled in the United Kingdom were without a representative newspaper published in this country.  Owing to this, many engaged in business were hindered considerably in mercantile transactions owing [...]

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The Dream Chapel

July 29, 2010

This was published in a magazine in 1900, so it must have occured in the late 1800’s. Anyone know about this chapel?
“Consider a remarkable little mediaeval church which was discovered through a dream. A young woman living in a village near Pirot, in Servia, dreamed one night of a buried church. . She spoke of [...]

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