The German artist Peter von Hess performed in the forties of last century by the special order of Tsar Nikolay I of Russia twelve canvases describing different episodes of the Patriotic war. All these canvases are in the Winter Palace in St.Petersburg. Peter Heinrich Lambert von Hess (29 July 1792 – 4 April 1871) was a German painter, known for historic paintings, especially of the Napoleonic Wars and the Greek War of Independence. Peter von Hess initially received training from his father Carl Ernst Christoph Hess...

St. Stephen's Cathedral or Stefansdom is not just one of the majestic symbols of Vienna, it is its spiritual center and the main temple of Austria. There is probably not a single person who has visited Vienna and has not visited this Cathedral. St. Stephen is revered as the first Christian martyr, stoned at St. Paul's eyes. Therefore, for some time on December 26 in the Austrian calendar - St. Stefan. This monumental monument of all saints totals more than one hundred years. In 1137, a Christian...