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# ![@JamesLucasIT Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1027214104661028864.png) @JamesLucasIT James Lucas

James Lucas posts on X about the world, rome, art, italy the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  #241 [countries](/list/countries)  XXXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  XXXX% [musicians](/list/musicians)  XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks)  XXXX% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  XXXX% [finance](/list/finance)  XXXX% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[the world](/topic/the-world) #2055, [rome](/topic/rome) #6, [art](/topic/art) 6.21%, [italy](/topic/italy) #217, [paris](/topic/paris) #968, [what is](/topic/what-is) 3.45%, [florence](/topic/florence) #22, [switzerland](/topic/switzerland) #23, [the first](/topic/the-first) 2.07%, [london](/topic/london) #2626

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**Top assets mentioned**
[Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK)](/topic/$vik) [Arkadiko (DIKO)](/topic/arkadiko)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"Italian director Franco Zeffirelli once said: When I feel depressed I return to Florence and look at Brunelleschis dome: if the genius of man has reached such heights I too must try to create act and live"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1990800848008720651)  2025-11-18T15:14Z 753.1K followers, 556K engagements


"Thread of the most surreal beaches on Earth X. Pathway to Atlantis Thailand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1815800835101843589)  2024-07-23T17:27Z 753K followers, 58.1M engagements


"Spectacular view of Siracusa Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1972710676805095918)  2025-09-29T17:10Z 753K followers, 213.9K engagements


"This is the first snowball fight ever recorded (1897)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995227460997456061)  2025-11-30T20:24Z 753.1K followers, 46.4K engagements


"A man with his dog in the 1920s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1992599143051882524)  2025-11-23T14:20Z 753.1K followers, 2.3M engagements


"During a solar eclipse the tiny spaces between tree leaves work like natural pinhole cameras. Each little opening casts its own crescent-shaped image of the eclipsed sun onto the ground. Imagine seeing this thousands of years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994476420735930689)  2025-11-28T18:40Z 753.1K followers, 312.7K engagements


"Only in Italy will the police pull you over just to hear a Ferrari sing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996929449078493562)  2025-12-05T13:07Z 753.1K followers, 116.9K engagements


"13. Places where birthright Citizenship is based on land and places where it is based on blood"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1820874397659373865)  2024-08-06T17:27Z 753K followers, 1.7M engagements


"London during the Christmas season in 1961"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996202118299242787)  2025-12-03T12:57Z 753.1K followers, 20.4K engagements


"In 1745 Russias Empress Elizaveta Petrovna issued a decree ordering that cats be brought into the palace to control the rodent population. She specified that they must be the best cats the biggest capable of catching mice and accompanied by a person who will look after their health"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996911066450624894)  2025-12-05T11:54Z 753.1K followers, 15.1K engagements


"I thought might like to see this stunning bookstore in Buxton England"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997486972055720098)  2025-12-07T02:03Z 753.1K followers, 463.7K engagements


"Places on Earth that don't look real 🧵 X. Cycling above the clouds in Salar de Uyuni"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1971983695570784387)  2025-09-27T17:02Z 752.6K followers, 195.6K engagements


"The most famous keyhole in Rome Through the Aventine Keyhole youll see a perfectly framed view of St. Peters Basilica aligned through the beautiful gardens of the Priory of the Knights of Malta"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1982455380568355139)  2025-10-26T14:32Z 753K followers, 26M engagements


"One of the most beautiful views on Earth With a population of only XXX Portofino is among the most stunning towns on the Italian Riviera"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1982824106426028448)  2025-10-27T14:58Z 753.1K followers, 13M engagements


"What is the most breathtaking building you've ever set foot in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1983704484888056257)  2025-10-30T01:16Z 752.7K followers, 165.2K engagements


"What is the most beautiful building on Earth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1984071790331883735)  2025-10-31T01:35Z 753K followers, 698.2K engagements


"Claude Monets colorful gardens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1984682367374487662)  2025-11-01T18:02Z 752.7K followers, 172.9K engagements


"Why did we stop building cities like this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1986941466413822292)  2025-11-07T23:38Z 752.7K followers, 100.7K engagements


"What is the most beautiful country in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1987343008254099931)  2025-11-09T02:14Z 752.5K followers, 101.4K engagements


"Reminder that Michelangelo was just XX years old when he began carving the statue of David"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1989394706170855757)  2025-11-14T18:07Z 752.6K followers, 226.8K engagements


"This is the most beautiful corridor in the world Gallery of Maps Vatican Museums"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1991517500211872149)  2025-11-20T14:42Z 752.6K followers, 174.5K engagements


"Cat prints in medieval floor tiles"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1992272347441840430)  2025-11-22T16:41Z 752.7K followers, 182.2K engagements


"Water has flowed continuously from this ancient Roman fountain for almost 2000 years. The Antonin Fountain is located in the ancient city of Sagalassos in modern-day Turkey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993009688406110298)  2025-11-24T17:31Z 752.6K followers, 118.3K engagements


"There was a dream that was Rome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993121956032659751)  2025-11-25T00:57Z 752.7K followers, 110.8K engagements


"The beauty of detail Florence Cathedral Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993341525317779959)  2025-11-25T15:30Z 752.6K followers, 118.5K engagements


"The surreal beauty of Chora Church Istanbul"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993409853998743935)  2025-11-25T20:01Z 752.6K followers, 105.8K engagements


"For XX years Adele cooked thanksgiving dinner for troopers at the Hampton Bays/Riverhead barracks. Sitting by her window wearing her tiara for her 91st birthday Adele was overwhelmed to see that they all showed up for her to celebrate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993783476383076800)  2025-11-26T20:46Z 752.6K followers, 621.6K engagements


"This was the first marriage hosted at Notre-Dame in over XX years. Martin Lorentz XX a craftsman who spent three years reconstructing the cathedrals medieval wooden framework exchanged vows with his now-wife Jade this October inside the historic Paris monument"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995231293865611701)  2025-11-30T20:39Z 752.6K followers, 34.9K engagements


"In 2017 a reindeer hunter found a perfectly preserved Viking sword in the mountains of Norway which was just sticking out among the stones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995283102160355676)  2025-12-01T00:05Z 752.9K followers, 183.7K engagements


"@elonmusk The White Tree of Gondor Grok Imagine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996541150929543427)  2025-12-04T11:24Z 752.8K followers, 5390 engagements


"14. LeBron James falling into the crowd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1765806478454092197)  2024-03-07T18:27Z 753K followers, 105K engagements


"Looking at the world through a microscope 🧵 X. Terrifying photo of an ant's face"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1846241897699815912)  2024-10-15T17:29Z 753K followers, 55.2M engagements


"Switzerland doesn't look real a thread 🧵 X. Many scholars believe that Tolkien's 1911 hike through Lauterbrunnen directly inspired the valley of Rivendell in The Lord of the Rings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1903295524368789589)  2025-03-22T03:59Z 753.1K followers, 55.7M engagements


"Why did humans stop building like this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1943487216992301549)  2025-07-11T01:47Z 753.1K followers, 33.4M engagements


"15 places where nature doesnt look real 🧵 X. Grindelwald Switzerland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1953178278212079718)  2025-08-06T19:36Z 753K followers, 21.9M engagements


"The most surreal beaches on Earth 🧵 X. Navagio beach in Zakynthos Greece"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1957129774754623772)  2025-08-17T17:17Z 753K followers, 6.4M engagements


"Colorized videos feel like a time machine 🧵 X. This is what Jerusalem looked like in 1897"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1959721622958481794)  2025-08-24T20:56Z 753K followers, 14.9M engagements


"Life in America XX to 100+ years ago 🧵 X. This was Los Angeles in the 1950s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1961208707338973664)  2025-08-28T23:26Z 753.1K followers, 17.9M engagements


"This isnt AI. Tonight Michelangelos Piet was recreated with drones above St. Peters Basilica in Vatican City"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1967022831394234850)  2025-09-14T00:29Z 753K followers, 4.8M engagements


"Easily one of the coolest statues on Earth. The bronze sculpture of Neptune rising from the sea at Melenara Beach in Spain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1968011671793999923)  2025-09-16T17:58Z 753K followers, 269.2K engagements


"This is a marble sculpture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1979991645970907254)  2025-10-19T19:22Z 753K followers, 2M engagements


"These massive 14th-century swords of Hungarian origin are now exhibited at Istanbuls Topkapi Palace Museum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1984040211945550010)  2025-10-30T23:30Z 753K followers, 80.2K engagements


"In Budapest there is a fountain that looks like an open book where at regular intervals a sheet of water curves to one side creating the illusion of a page being turned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1984708585675202756)  2025-11-01T19:46Z 753.1K followers, 533.1K engagements


"Charles Bridge is a magnificent medieval stone arch bridge spanning the Vltava River in Prague Czech Republic. Commissioned by King Charles IV in 1357 and completed in the early 15th century it stretches XXX metres long and nearly XX metres wide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1985889052499870106)  2025-11-05T01:57Z 753.1K followers, 15.4K engagements


"Name a bigger downgrade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1987699274000576963)  2025-11-10T01:50Z 753K followers, 1.3M engagements


"Monet's Pond in Japan looks like a real-life Monet painting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1987882099248968033)  2025-11-10T13:56Z 753.1K followers, 606K engagements


"A 1870 photograph highlighting the semi-rural surroundings of the Colosseum at the time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1989474690411503901)  2025-11-14T23:25Z 753.1K followers, 1.2M engagements


"What is the most beautiful castle on Earth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1991935403654517125)  2025-11-21T18:23Z 753.1K followers, 264.5K engagements


"TheOrient Express This legendary long-distance passenger train launched in 1883 to connect continental Europe ran between Paris and Istanbul with branches extending to Athens Brussels and London"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1992661819513819146)  2025-11-23T18:29Z 753.1K followers, 145K engagements


"One of the earliest cat photos in history (1880)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993025765475295361)  2025-11-24T18:35Z 753.1K followers, 897.6K engagements


"The most beautiful art gallery on Earth Galleria Borghese Rome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993378148692713581)  2025-11-25T17:56Z 753.1K followers, 252.5K engagements


"This magnificent museum displays one of the most prestigious art collections in the world with masterpieces by artists such as Bernini Caravaggio Canova Raphael and Titian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993437861518229554)  2025-11-25T21:53Z 753K followers, 24.1K engagements


"This is not AI. Every year Brutus an 800lb grizzly bear sat down to Thanksgiving dinner with the Anderson family in Montana. He was adopted by naturalist Casey Anderson as a cub"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1993977947187802499)  2025-11-27T09:39Z 753K followers, 24.5K engagements


"For XX years Adele cooked thanksgiving dinner for troopers at the Hampton Bays/Riverhead barracks. Sitting by her window wearing her tiara for her 91st birthday Adele was overwhelmed to see that they all showed up for her to celebrate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994057133168496815)  2025-11-27T14:54Z 753.1K followers, 1.2M engagements


"Yes this place actually exists. Ravello perched above the Amalfi Coast was founded in the 5th century by people seeking shelter as the Western Roman Empire collapsed. Today its one of the most breathtaking corners of Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994403152226074691)  2025-11-28T13:49Z 753.1K followers, 175.3K engagements


"Leng Jun's art is considered by many experts to be the most hyperrealistic ever created"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994781917212979631)  2025-11-29T14:54Z 753.1K followers, 405.5K engagements


"This 3300-year-old bridge is still in use today. The Arkadiko Bridge was built between 1300 and 1190 BC making it one of the oldest crossable arch bridges still in existence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994849120943837460)  2025-11-29T19:21Z 753.1K followers, 496.4K engagements


"This is what Sweden looked like in 1955"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994934508592710096)  2025-11-30T01:00Z 753.1K followers, 49.2K engagements


"Martin a carpenter who helped bring Notre Dame back to life was given the rare honor of celebrating his wedding Mass inside the legendary Paris cathedral"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995097667781935370)  2025-11-30T11:48Z 753.1K followers, 709.8K engagements


"A deer strolls undisturbed in a village in Abruzzo Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995516737039876205)  2025-12-01T15:33Z 753K followers, 86.3K engagements


"Handfasting is an ancient Celtic ritual in which the hands are tied together to symbolize the binding of two lives. This is where the term "tying the knot" comes from"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995900026573263278)  2025-12-02T16:57Z 753.1K followers, 2.4M engagements


"Frameless exhibition in London The storm on the Sea of Galilee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995967208565174629)  2025-12-02T21:24Z 753.1K followers, 302.1K engagements


"The beauty of traditions Grandmother making homemade ravioli"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996261312502939896)  2025-12-03T16:52Z 753.1K followers, 466.3K engagements


"Can you imagine sailing these seas on a wooden ship XXX years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996343874948849701)  2025-12-03T22:20Z 753.1K followers, 51K engagements


"The Abbey library of St Gall is one of the oldest monastic libraries in the world Above the entrance door is a Greek inscription  (psukhs iatreion) which translates to healing place for the soul. This wording is inspired by an inscription found at the Library of Ramesses II"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996389689163436516)  2025-12-04T01:22Z 753.1K followers, 167.5K engagements


"Notre-Dame de Paris at Christmas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996559218753843247)  2025-12-04T12:36Z 753.1K followers, 53.4K engagements


"This is the best thing you'll read today Known as the Hermitage cats these felines have roamed the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg for centuries tasked with guarding the priceless artworks from rodents. The tradition began in the 18th century when cats were brought to the Winter Palace to protect the walls and paintings from rats and mice. Today the cats remain an essential presence at the museum. Once free to roam the galleries they now make their home in the basement emerging in the summer to lounge on the embankment and wander through the square. They have a press secretary three"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996649535951532314)  2025-12-04T18:35Z 753.1K followers, 314.6K engagements


"Words fail to describe the beauty of this gallery Galleria Colonna one of the largest private art collections in Rome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996706363020566786)  2025-12-04T22:21Z 753.1K followers, 28.1K engagements


"The art of calligraphy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996989042576011538)  2025-12-05T17:04Z 753.1K followers, 65.3K engagements


"In the early 1900s Argentina used to be as wealthy as the US and Buenos Aires was known as "the Paris of South America.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997023893052362836)  2025-12-05T19:22Z 753.1K followers, 265.1K engagements


"The Doni Tondo still in its original 16th-century frame is the only surviving finished panel painting by Michelangelo. Uffizi Gallery Florence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997090490596962502)  2025-12-05T23:47Z 753.1K followers, 186.9K engagements


"According to Maddison Project historical estimates Argentina was among the worlds highest-income countries in 1895 alongside the United States Belgium Australia and the United Kingdom. By 1913 it remained one of the ten wealthiest countries in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997102515104460830)  2025-12-06T00:35Z 753.1K followers, 18.1K engagements


"I wrote about this magnificent art gallery plus some of the most beautiful ones around the world in my latest article. Check it out here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997257387947012213)  2025-12-06T10:50Z 753.1K followers, 17.8K engagements


"@elonmusk If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter. George Washington"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997281076042195039)  2025-12-06T12:24Z 753.1K followers, 104.5K engagements


"The Doni Tondo portrays the Holy Family (the child Jesus Mary and Joseph) in the foreground along with John the Baptist in the middle-ground. Michelangelo completed it before beginning work on his frescoes on the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1508"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997284517443440813)  2025-12-06T12:38Z 753.1K followers, 12.4K engagements


"All roads lead to Rome. This map visualizes the famous roads built by the Roman Empire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997292176607482195)  2025-12-06T13:08Z 753.1K followers, 272.5K engagements


"Christmas in Venice is something else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997333788594942024)  2025-12-06T15:54Z 753.1K followers, 226.6K engagements


"Krakow Poland has one of the oldest Christmas markets in Europe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997412233375076728)  2025-12-06T21:06Z 753.1K followers, 80.1K engagements


"Named one of The Guardians ten best second-hand bookshops Scrivener's Books is located in the heart of the Peak District. Spread across five floors ground first second attic and basement it holds an impressive 40000 books. Photos by Fayaz Mohamed/Scrivenersbookshop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997632757527183821)  2025-12-07T11:42Z 753.1K followers, 18.6K engagements


"Roman concrete has been proposed as an alternative to modern concrete. It is believed to be far more durable having survived thousands of years in harsh conditions and may also have a smaller environmental footprint"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997671689363001366)  2025-12-07T14:17Z 753.1K followers, 102.7K engagements


"This is one of the most beautiful train rides in the world The Bernina Express runs from Chur in Switzerland to Tirano in Italy on the Rhaetian Railway crossing XXX bridges XX tunnels and reaching the Bernina Pass before descending into Italy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997702628973887964)  2025-12-07T16:19Z 753.1K followers, 1.8M engagements


"@KriderJackie The view is unmatched"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997728099950342261)  2025-12-07T18:01Z 753.1K followers, 17K engagements


"The Christmas tree in front of Milan Cathedral has been officially lit up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997825452019204286)  2025-12-08T00:28Z 753.1K followers, 133.1K engagements


"Tradition is not the worship of ashes but the preservation of fire. Every December X on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception firefighters in Rome honor the Virgin Mary by placing a wreath of flowers on her statue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998014737687167160)  2025-12-08T13:00Z 753.1K followers, 799.5K engagements


"This handmade tunnel book by Florence Sweryda reveals an English countryside landscape through its central opening"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998097006234050870)  2025-12-08T18:27Z 753.1K followers, 308.6K engagements


"In 1911 J. R. R. Tolkien traveled across Europe and hiked from Interlaken to the Lauterbrunnen Valley. The scenery he encountered there inspired the imagery and illustrations for Rivendell the fictional home of Elrond and his people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998139962336645575)  2025-12-08T21:17Z 753.1K followers, 17.8K engagements


"The Orient Express looks like a fairytale"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998257800883982409)  2025-12-09T05:06Z 753.1K followers, 52K engagements


"Beethovens Symphony No. X at Notre-Dame"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998356618132812275)  2025-12-09T11:38Z 753.1K followers, 84.5K engagements


"This is the Book of Kells It is believed to have been created c.800 AD It is a masterpiece of Western calligraphy and the highest achievement of Insular illumination Zoom in to see the details"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998378296464289880)  2025-12-09T13:04Z 753.1K followers, 36.8K engagements


"The Trevi Fountain light show in Rome Designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi in the 18th century this Baroque masterpiece is the largest fountain in the Eternal City and one of the most iconic in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998433729753264190)  2025-12-09T16:45Z 753.1K followers, 77.4K engagements


"Paris under the snow doesnt even feel real"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998465456236024051)  2025-12-09T18:51Z 753.1K followers, 24.5K engagements


"From autumn to winter in New York City"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998574135535157441)  2025-12-10T02:03Z 753.1K followers, 15.8K engagements


"The footprint of a Roman toddler has been preserved on this tile for over 2000 years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1964388088945295572)  2025-09-06T17:59Z 753K followers, 8.7M engagements


"First Class meal service on Air France 1988"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1975714152267313537)  2025-10-08T00:05Z 753K followers, 6M engagements


"Caravaggio the Master of Light"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1976449604137963769)  2025-10-10T00:48Z 753K followers, 1.5M engagements


"What is the greatest work of art you have ever stood in front of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1981110520460542141)  2025-10-22T21:28Z 753K followers, 248K engagements


"The first (1896) and last (1972) self-portrait of Pablo Picasso. Seventy-six years apart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994091857245294683)  2025-11-27T17:12Z 752.9K followers, 25.8K engagements


"Picasso was XX years old when he painted this First Communion 1896"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994172364209226149)  2025-11-27T22:31Z 753.1K followers, 126.6K engagements


"Its time for Art Deco to make a comeback. The lobby XXX Sutter Street in San Francisco"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1994495246630359176)  2025-11-28T19:54Z 753K followers, 23.2K engagements


"A passenger train through the Canadian Rockies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995541937101873374)  2025-12-01T17:14Z 753.1K followers, 191.8K engagements


"The oldest olive tree in the world is located in the village of Ano Vouves on the island of Crete Greece. The tree is estimated to be at least 2000 years old and some estimates suggest it could be as much as 35005000 years old"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995575141414437146)  2025-12-01T19:26Z 753.1K followers, 126.6K engagements


"What city has the greatest architecture in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995652421952184531)  2025-12-02T00:33Z 753.1K followers, 58.9K engagements


"A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1995814980462002652)  2025-12-02T11:19Z 753.1K followers, 1.3M engagements


"For a more in-depth look Ive just published an essay about this gem and a selection of truly breathtaking art galleries. Read it here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996729454123511875)  2025-12-04T23:52Z 753.1K followers, 33.8K engagements


"Galleria Doria Pamphilj Rome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1996751879842181163)  2025-12-05T01:22Z 753.1K followers, 45.9K engagements


"Christmas magic in Piazza Navona Rome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997447939749564423)  2025-12-06T23:27Z 753.1K followers, 112.9K engagements


"Chicago at Christmas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997863452467965952)  2025-12-08T02:59Z 753.1K followers, 54.7K engagements


"This is the Lauterbrunnen Valley in Switzerland It is famous for its XX magnificent waterfalls and is said to have inspired Tolkiens Rivendell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1997894155016761507)  2025-12-08T05:01Z 753.1K followers, 335.1K engagements


"Christmas in New York City"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998120632341627048)  2025-12-08T20:00Z 753.1K followers, 118.7K engagements


"Jackie and Shadow a famous bald eagle pair from Big Bear Valley protect their new eaglets amid 100-mph winds and heavy snowfall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JamesLucasIT/status/1998729062764712333)  2025-12-10T12:18Z 753.1K followers, 12.4K engagements