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Luxembourg's worst natural disasters

'Wolves Attacking a Horse' by Pauwel de Vos and Jan Wildens, 1630s

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'A taste for human flesh': when wild wolves still plagued Luxembourg

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The mysterious end of the man who sent 3,000 Luxembourgers to their death

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Pandemics before coronavirus: Cholera, Black Death, Spanish Flu in Luxembourg

The Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg of 1868.

Luxembourg History Podcast

A coup d'état in Luxembourg: the putsch of 1856

Théodore de La Fontaine

Luxembourg History Podcast

Théodore de La Fontaine, the first prime minister of Luxembourg

Paul Eyschen

Luxembourg History Podcast

Paul Eyschen, the Grand Duchy's longest-serving prime minister

Jean-Baptiste Fresez painted landscapes of Luxembourg City.

Luxembourg History Podcast

Luxembourg's most famous painters

Historical recipes

Bake biscuits like Luxembourg's Spanish biscuit baker in the 17th century

Madeleine Frieden-Kinnen (second from right) in the Werner-Schauss administration in 1969.

Luxembourg History Podcast

Pioneering women in the Grand Duchy's politics

Lily Becker's speech on 13 August 1919.

Luxembourg History Podcast

A century of universal suffrage – how voting rights were expanded in 1919

Luxembourg History Podcast

The blind violinist from the Moselle – life and songs of 'blannen Theis'

Knowledge Bites

The history of Luxembourgish (and other languages) in Luxembourg

Luxembourg History Podcast

France's first Olympic Athletics champion was actually... Luxembourgish

An emotional Josy Barthel on the podium.

Luxembourg History Podcast

Josy Barthel – Luxembourg's sole Olympic gold medallist

A bite of history

Of game meats and more

A bite of history

Truite au Bleu: a taste of Luxembourg's culinary tradition

Dancing Procession of Echternach by Antoine Stevens 1606.

Luxembourg History

Fashion and culture in the Echternach dancing procession

Yes, we know the first sewing machine was invented in 1830, but apparently, finding a decent stock photo is harder than threading a needle in the dark!

Luxembourg History

Discovering Dorothea Putz's budget savvy 17th-century style

Luxembourg History

A deep dive into Luxembourg's fashion through statues

Éléonore and her husband dancing at a court ball in Brussels (c. 1611-1612) by Frans Francken the younger and Frans Pourbus the Younger.

Luxembourg History

Renaissaince fashion through Luxembourg's fragile oil paintings

Luxembourg's Cathedrale Notre-Dame: The Consolatrice des Affliges (Maria Mater) painting

Luxembourg History

Revealing fashion trends through the Maria Mater painting

A bite of history

The cheeses of Luxembourg: from Stoffi to Camembert

Traditional fabrics from the Netherlands, 1776–1847.

Luxembourg History

Exploring Luxembourg's 1671 taxation of textiles and fashion

The pursuit to the West Wall in 1944.

Luxembourg History Podcast

Luxembourg's collective sigh of relief – the liberation in September 1944

The reign of Maria Theresa (1740-1780) is sometimes called the Golden Age of Luxembourg. She had 16 children, two of whom would become Dukes of Luxembourg.

The Golden Age of Luxembourg?

Life in Luxembourg before the French invasion of 1795

A bust of Countess Ermesinde on the central railway station.

Knowledge Bites

Ermesinde: the first Countess of Luxembourg

The Counts of Luxembourg, 963-1197

Luxembourg History Podcast

Rivalries, battles and the great Ermesinde

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