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Once the world’s largest women’s asylum, the Salpêtrière Hospital in 19th century Paris became a crucible of science, art, and spectacle. Under Dr. Charcot, thousands of women were studied, and often exploited, in the name of neurology. Their stories reveal how modern psychiatry was born from both progress and prejudice.

In 1944, Nazi troops executed 31 partisans in Bassano del Grappa, hanging them along a tree-lined street. Today, Viale dei Martiri remains a peaceful but powerful symbol of courage, resistance, and remembrance.

Banished but unbroken, Napoleon Bonaparte transformed exile on Elba into a daring comeback. Discover how Europe’s fallen emperor outwitted his guards, rebuilt his power, and escaped to reclaim France in one of history’s boldest moves.