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Saint Catherine's Day
Saint Catherine, according to legend, born in 289 in Egypt, was tortured with a wheel of nails after publicly confessing her faith by order of Emperor Maxentius. However, it fell apart after the angels intervened, so the emperor had her fingers cut off, and finally her head. This nail-studded torturer is an important part of the legend that forbade our ancestors from working with anything that had or resembled a wheel. However, this usually didn't bother anyone, because the women at least had enough time to prepare the Catherine's party, which offered the last chance to have fun before the start of Advent. Its typical sign was the so-called a woman's right that granted women the usual male rights for this evening and night, such as organizing the entertainment, paying the musicians and choosing the dancers.
Collection of models of European cultural heritage
Would you like to visit the great monuments of European cultural heritage, but do not have time to travel before the Christmas holidays? No problem, the Europeana project has prepared a collection of 3D models from selected member states of the European Union. Nothing prevents you from viewing the Egyptian sarcophagus of an unknown woman from the Royal Museum in Brussels, the Erfurt synagogue, or the Villa Minovici in Bucharest.