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Tak wygląda kamienica ruskiego oligarchy w Londynie


@yosemitesam:

In 1696 in England, William III introduced the infamous Window tax, taxing houses based on the number of windows they had. Houses with more than ten windows had to pay a steep ten shillings. Many houses bricked up their windows to reduce the number which caused health problems.

The tax was repealed in 1851