Culture & IdeasThe 1810s

Culture & Ideas in the 1810s

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 1810s — 2 of them, drawn from 2 nations, running from 1812 to 1816. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
2
Nations
2
Earliest
1812
Latest
1816

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Europe

    Albania

    Ottoman towns of Berat and Gjirokastra

    The towns of Berat and Gjirokastra developed the distinctive Ottoman-era urban architecture, including fortified citadels and tall stone houses, that later earned them UNESCO World Heritage status.

    Era: Five Centuries of Ottoman Rule and the National Awakening

    Sources: Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  2. Europe

    Belarus

    The Struve Geodetic Arc

    Five of the surviving station points of the Struve Geodetic Arc, the first accurate measurement of a long meridian segment carried out across the empire between 1816 and 1855, lie in Belarus and are inscribed by UNESCO.

    Era: The Commonwealth, Partition and the Russian Empire

    Sources: Struve Geodetic Arc · UNESCO World Heritage Centre