The “residency” in Lucknow was demolished in the Indian mutiny of 1857. The uprising started when Indian soldiers refused to “bite the cartridge”. This referred to the way the paper cartridges containing gunpowder were opened at the time, the problem being that, in order to keep the dry, they had been greased with pork or beef fat.
This, of course, was not in accordance with Muslim and Hindu believes.
Unfortunately, my slides from 1980 are already starting to fade, reason enough to scan the most important ones! This is a picture I took in Kizhi Pogost (Karelia, Russia) back in 1980. Kizhi Pogost is a museum village displaying the art of Russian wood archtiecture and was recognised as a "Unesco's World Heritage Site" in 1990. All the building, including this 22-towered church, were constructed without the use of a single nail! The surrounding landscape very much enhances the atmosphere of tranquility. ...
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