PeLaGr

Docent LA / GR, Den Haag | Probeert van z'n liefde voor het vak iets over te brengen op leerlingen | Heeft wel iets met #Rome

[Learn Latin @latinedisce]

17 July 2026 is a great day to rewatch this little gem

[Bart Nijman @BartNijman]

Dat geëmmer over hbo-promovendi doet me denken aan m’n favo grap over hbo’ers:

Wat is het verschil tussen een hbo’er en een EHBO’er?

Een EHBO’er kan wél verbanden leggen.

Doe er mee wat je wilt, @MinisterOCW.

[Classical Mythology @ClassicalMyths]

Pandora sneaks a glance into a beautiful golden box, and in that moment, smoke-like tendrils begin to escape.

"Pandora" (1896) by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917). Oil on canvas, 152 cm x 91 cm. Private collection.

[PeLaGr @PePopulier]

🤔

[🏛 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 🏛 @nonregemesse]

First look at Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy in Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

After twelve years of work, the world’s most beautiful subway station has been inaugurated in Rome: Colosseo, an underground archaeological museum.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

To quote Goethe, “Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving.”

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

Italy honours Mother Mary

A firefighter in Rome places a floral wreath atop an 88-foot Marian statue to celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception as part of their annual tradition

Video: Katerina Ferrara

[cassie 🇻🇦 @CatholicCassie]

Every December 8 on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, firefighters in Rome honor the Virgin Mary

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Wow

[Learn Latin @latinedisce]

Everyone should know these Latin phrases.

[ʙʏ ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ ʜᴀɴᴅ @bymortalhand]

St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary

Did you know that it houses the mummified right hand of King Stephen I?

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

An eruption on Mount Etna gives the illusion of a Phoenix over Sicily.

Photographer Davide Basile

[PeLaGr @PePopulier]

Witte rook!

[ESAU @Esau_Matsiko]

🚨 BREAKING:

[PeLaGr @PePopulier]

@CatholicSat 😇

[Learn Latin @latinedisce]

Et ego cardinalis … spondeo, voveo ac iuro sic me Deus adiuvet ed haec sancta Dei evangelia quae manu mea tango.

“And I, cardinal … promise, vow, and swear. So help me God and these holy Gospels which I touch with my hand.”

[Classical Studies Memes @CSMFHT]

#MayThe4thBeWithYou

[Classical Studies Memes @CSMFHT]

#MayThe4thBeWithYou

[Muse @xmuse_]

The iconic soundtrack for Gladiator remains one of the most EPIC of all time! ⚔ 🎶 https://t.co/XG6PPLE3gl

[Muse @xmuse_]

The Vatican is a crucible of human longing for beauty, faith, and wisdom.

This enclave holds treasures that echo across centuries, some you've never heard of.

Wander with me through its halls 🧵 ↓

[Muse @xmuse_]

The opening scene of Gladiator still hits hard even 25 years later.

Released in May 2000. ⚔️
https://t.co/GkysAygqSp