Harry Potter’s Morning Light

Chapter 743: Vertical city

  Chapter 743 Vertical City

  If you read travel magazines, whether it is Kyoto or Florence, these cities have a characteristic, that is, there are no tall buildings. The commanding heights in the city are usually Buddhist towers or church bell towers. Even the commanding heights of Bern is also a medieval church.

  The vantage point of the main island of Venice is the bell tower of St. Mark’s Church, but the buildings in this city are generally three or four-story buildings.

  This is due to the size of the main island. The world’s first “skyscraper” was built in a slum area on the Greek island of Crete. That small island is where Greek mythology and European civilization were born.

  Minos in mythology was born by Zeus and his lover Europa. Zeus once turned into a bull to meet Europa in order to avoid the harm of Hera, the queen of heaven. Therefore, Europa’s son Minos never used bullocks to sacrifice to the gods, which offended the gods. God made the queen of Minos fall in love with the bull and gave birth to the monster Minotaur with the head of the bull. Since then, Minotaur, the cannibalistic monster, has plunged the Cretans into a vortex of terror. Minos decided to ask Daedalus, an outstanding Greek architect at the time, to build a maze in the Knossos Palace to hide Minotaur. At that time, Athens was a subject of Crete. Minos ordered the King of Athens to send 7 pairs of virgin boys and girls to Crete every 9 years to feed Minotaur in a maze.

  The prince of Athens, Theseus, was determined to kill the people, and accompanied the virgins to Crete. The princesses of Crete Ariadne and Theseus gave him a magic sword and a ball of thread at first sight. Theseus carried the magic sword into the maze, released the ball of thread as a mark, after a desperate fight, killed Minotaur, and followed the mark to leave the maze.

  The head of the palace of Knossos in mythology has been buried underground for more than 3,000 years without any news. Many people think that it is a fictional legend.

  Until 1878, archaeologists in Heraklion stumbled upon the ruins of an ancient city, where they found ancient coins and ceramic fragments. In 1879, the discoverer of the ancient city and archaeologist Minos Carlo Kailinos began to excavate the ancient city, but due to strong opposition from the Turkish government that ruled Crete at the time, the ongoing work was finally stopped. Archaeological excavations.

   Just as the Cretans and the Turks were fighting tit-for-tat, the British scholar Arthur Evans bought the land with a huge sum of money.

Neither the Turks nor the Cretans had the right to continue digging. Evans started large-scale excavations at the Knossos site in 1900 and discovered palace ruins and a large number of precious cultural relics similar to myths and legends. This grand palace with grand scale, complicated structure and exquisite interior decoration can be seen again.

  This palace was built in 2000 BC, and the last buildings were completed in 1600 BC. In the past 400 years, Knossos Palace has been damaged by earthquakes many times, but the earthquake has also given Cretan architects the opportunity to fully display their talents. They used their superb architectural skills to organically combine buildings from different periods and make this palace more magnificent and splendid.

  The area of ​​a small island is limited, the rich people occupy a large area of ​​land, the poor people live in smaller and smaller places, and they can only extend vertically upwards.

  There is a seven-acre area in the Cannaregio district of Venice, where there is a famous slum except near the ** bridge.

  The term "slum" actually originated in Venice, where it was a copper foundry before the Jews arrived.

  They have worked in this city for centuries, but it is the first time they have been allowed to own their own residential area in the city.

Five hundred years ago, Venetian officials welcomed foreign Jews to the city. According to the standards of the time, this was a big concession. It was the result of the Jews’ own negotiation and had nothing to do with modern concepts of tolerance. Venice accepted it while also rejecting it. They, but this is already much better than other places.

  Cows are animals that eat grass. Maybe those virgins were not eaten by the half-human and half-bull Minotaur, but accompanied the lonely him, playing hide-and-seek in the maze.

  The streets of Venice are intricate and intricate, like a labyrinth. Architects added the essence of architecture from different eras to their own designs, and finally formed their own style.

  However, the area of ​​the island is too small. When the community starts to develop, the only space is upward. Building land on the lagoon requires a lot of wood, not to mention that the house area is too large, the streets will become intricate, and under the constraints of various conditions, palaces are also built vertically upwards like slum houses.

   There was once the daughter of a wealthy Hispanic businessman named Sara Copio Salam. When she was very young, she became a poet who published works. She also opened a literary salon to receive Christians and Jews. Later, this amazing woman was accused in the most terrifying way. She denied the immortality of the soul, which is heresy for both Jews and Christians.

  There is a book she published, which is a declaration of her denial of these allegations. However, her life has become very miserable. No one wants to go to her salon again. She was robbed by a servant and marginalized in society.

  If a person is too different from the world, this is the end. After all, a person is still a social animal, and there is a certain degree of convergence. If the difference is too large, it will be rejected.

  Girls who forcibly smoke and drink with boys and chat about politics and military will make the boys feel uncomfortable. Similarly, when a woman is chatting, men will also be scrupulous when they join.

  Compromising is necessary for gregariousness. Severus and even the entire Slytherin are the kind of people who are unwilling to compromise and seem very uncomfortable. Taking this kind of people to the salon will disturb everyone's elegance.

  It’s okay to put on a mask and mix in the carnival crowd. No one recognizes him, and he will not look out of place because he wears a mask.

  There is no Club in Venice. Although there are many bars that are open until late, there will be live DJ performances, but the mainstream nightlife and social activities are still opera houses.

Opera originated in the Baroque period. It was originally a musical form created by a group of humanists in Florence, Italy in order to revive the theater tradition of the Greek period. It later influenced Venice. Just like the school of painting, Venice also had its own opera school. In the following half a century, more than a dozen opera houses were opened around Venice. A large number of talented composers and playwrights wrote music and scripts for them. The more famous ones are Chesti, Cavalli and others. During this period, the Venetian Opera House was sometimes luxurious to the point of exaggeration, and began to use lighting, props, and scenery to set off the plot.

   Judging from the relationship between Rousseau and Madame Warren and Madame Dubin, there are actually not many serious people in the salon. Voltaire is an example. After all, he is nicknamed "European conscience."

Opera is not an elegant art. Cavalli’s opera "Jason" describes such a story. The Argonauts arrived in Colcas and met King Aethes. The king promised Jason to complete it. Those two impossible missions can get the Golden Fleece. The king's daughter Medea was shot by Cupid's arrow and fell in love with Jason. Although Jason and the Queen of Le Munos are married and have two children, Jason is still tempted by Medea to fall in love.

The adulterer who derailed in marriage, Medea didn’t know that he was married and had children. Medea treason for Jason and killed his brother and broke his body into pieces, but what was the end result? ?

In the original story, Medea said to all the women who sympathized with her, "Among all rational and spiritual creatures, we women are the most unfortunate. It is unfortunate that a woman does not marry when she reaches an age; but if she wants to get married, she You have to pay a lot of money to buy a dowry, but you find a master for yourself. Worse, if you marry a bad guy, it’s even harder. Because divorce is a dishonorable thing for a woman, but we can’t bombard a bad husband. Get out of the house. In this way, the first thing a woman has to learn after getting married is how to control her husband. If it succeeds, then life is enviable, otherwise, it's better to die."

   Cavalli’s opera, accusing Jason of becoming Hercules.

   Jason sang: Joy fills my soul, the joy of love is enough, not more, I no longer yearn for more, I already have enough joy. In the belly of love and the **** of sweetness, death is enough. The fierce tenderness made me die in the arms of my lover. Enough, I no longer yearn for more, I have enough joy.

  Heracletto sang: Either put down your weapons and wear a skirt to live your weak life with your mistress, or be a warrior to complete the due battle to capture the Golden Fleece.

  Jason was very hesitant.

  Jason was a great hero and a firm leader. But at this time all his goals, capturing the Golden Fleece and retaking his own kingdom, were all lost with the lust. Even the accusations of his friends couldn't arouse the fighting spirit in his heart. Facing all kinds of monsters and monsters fearless, he hesitated in lust.

  If Florindo is loyal, I will fall in love.

  If it were loyal Florindo, I would fall in love.

  Cupid opened the trembling bowstring.

  It’s okay, I will protect myself in a seemingly calm way.

  Pray, cry and complain, I will never hear it again.

  But if he is loyal, I will fall in love.

  If Florindo is loyal, I will fall in love.

   is full of middle-aged man's pain and confusion.

  Music in Venice will not be the same as Michael Jackson in the United States. It will excite the audience to pass out. Even if there is Italian rock and roll, it will not be unrestrained.

  The nightclubs visited by young people are always full of hustle and bustle. Paradiso is in the old slum. After Napoleon demolished the door of the ghetto, the community gradually disappeared. Coupled with 43 years of eviction, almost all the residents moved out.

  Someone bought this store and renovated it into a nightclub. From the first floor to the roof, everyone "dancing" under dizzying fluorescent lights.

  The light, as well as people screaming and screaming in masks, Pomona thinks this place is terrible, not at all like the name of the shop-heaven.

  The paradise she understood was the sandy beach she had stayed just now, with pink sunsets and pink clouds, not what she was in front of her.

   "How do you feel?" Monica said cheerfully, the air on the roof should be better, the view of Venice can be seen, and the bartenders performed fancy cocktails.

   "I want to hold my magic wand." Pomona said guardedly. No wonder there will be vampires here, and the young blood swelling in the blood vessels can make the living dead feel alive.

"Don't drink from here." Severus said to Monica and Ali Sandro, looking at the wine. "Maybe I understand the meaning of carnival wrong. I think carnival is to celebrate that I am alive, not desperately. court death."

   "I'm leaving here!" Pomona said in disgust, "This place is so stinky."

  It's a stench that can't be concealed even with high-end perfume. No wonder Quillo is smelling of garlic.

  When scent and odor are mixed together, people will distinguish the source of these two odors. If they are both odors, they will rush to avoid them, and they don’t even bother to smell them.

  The truth is something beautiful and terrifying. The true conqueror will never try to escape from death. He will gladly accept the fate of mortal, and know that there are far worse things in the world of the living than death.

  For people who are very clear-headed, death is just another great adventure, exploring uncharted territory, and only those who are confused are looking forward to eternal life.

  Don’t have pity for the dead, pity for the living, and most importantly, pity for those who have no love in life.

  Because sometimes they don’t know whether they are in **** or heaven.

  Humans have lived on the earth for millions of years, and during this long period of time, humans have been constantly evolving. But why did human evolution not take the path of immortality?

  Propagation of offspring is a hallmark of biology. In the human sense, reproduction probably refers to the behavior of producing offspring through mating.

  Billions of years, cyanobacteria have basically remained unchanged, because a body of water like the ocean is a basically stable environment that has not changed for a long time. So single-celled organisms like cyanobacteria need not change.

  Cyanobacteria have always used cell division to multiply. In a sense, this kind of organism is immortal.

  Humans gave up immortality in order to evolve. Genes are constantly splitting and recombining to produce different combinations to adapt to the ever-changing environment.

  Dinosaurs are extinct. Mammoths and saber-toothed tigers of the same period as humans have also become extinct. Only humans are at the top of the food chain.

  This is why wizards discriminate against vampires, even if they are elegant and noble blood in the eyes of Muggles.

  Essentially, they are parasites just like lice. Without a human host, they can't make blood by themselves because they are not alive.

  Avadaso’s Mantra is not effective against them.

  The kind of death that does not leave a trace, as if falling asleep, is not suitable for them. After the werewolves are transformed, the Avada Spell is still useful, although they will remain in the form of a wolf when they die, which looks unsightly at all.

  But they are still living creatures after all, going through the process of birth, old age, sickness and death, and there are good people like Remus Lupin.

  His first class at Hogwarts used Bogut. His Muggle mother was saved by his wizard father, and it was it that attacked her at the time.

  Don't care how "funny" the spell is, as long as it works, you can use the "front teeth stick" to deal with vampires. If you want Muggles, you can put bricks and stones in the vampire's mouth. They are not terrible if they can't bite.

  (End of this chapter)

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