Curio may refer to:
Objects
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Bric-à-brac
Bric-à-brac () or bric-a-brac (from French), first used in the Victorian era, around 1840, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curios. The French phrase dates from the 16th century meaning "at random, any old way".
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, lesser objets d'art for display
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Cabinet of curiosities
Cabinets of curiosities ( and ), also known as wonder-rooms ( ), were encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. Although more rudimentary collections had preceded them, t ...
, a room-sized collection or exhibit of curios or curiosities
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Collectable
A collectable (collectible or collector's item) is any Physical object, object regarded as being of value or interest to a collecting, collector. Collectable items are not necessarily monetarily valuable or uncommon. There are numerous types ...
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Curio cabinet
A curio cabinet is a specialised type of display case, made predominantly of glass with a metal or wood framework, for presenting collections of curios, like figurines or other interesting objects that invoke curiosity, and perhaps share a co ...
, a cabinet constructed for the display of curios
People
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Eberhard Curio
Eberhard Curio (22 October 1932 – 11 September 2020) was a German ecologist, ethologist, and conservation biologist. He was involved in conservation in Southeast Asia, particularly in the Philippines.
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(1932–2020), German ecologist
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Gottfried Curio (born 1960), German politician
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Curio maximus
The ''curio maximus'' was an obscure priesthood in ancient Rome that had oversight of the '' curiae'', groups of citizens loosely affiliated within what was originally a tribe. Each curia was led by a ''curio'', who was admitted only after the age ...
'', a priesthood in ancient Rome that had oversight of the curiae
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Gaius Scribonius Curio (disambiguation), the name of several ancient Romans, especially a father and son who were active in the 1st century BC
Places
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Curio, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland
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Curio Bay
Curio Bay is a coastal embayment in the Southland District of New Zealand, best known as the site of a petrified wood, petrified forest some 180 million years old. It also hosts a yellow-eyed penguin colony, arguably the rarest of penguin speci ...
, a coastal bay best known as the site of a petrified forest some 180 million years old
Popular culture
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Curio (''Twelfth Night''), a character in the Shakespearean comedy ''Twelfth Night''
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Curio (band)
Curio (stylized as CURIO) was a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1995. They were best known to Western audiences for their song "Kimi ni Fureru Dake de", which was used as the fourth opening theme for the popular anime ''Rurouni Kenshin''.
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, a Japanese rock band
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Curio (''The Shak''), a character on the television program ''The Shak''
Other uses
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Curio (brand), a collection in the Hilton portfolio
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''Curio'' (plant), a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae
See also
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Curiosity (disambiguation)
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Curious (disambiguation)
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Curia (disambiguation)
Curia in ancient Rome referred to one of the original groupings of the citizenry.
Curia may also refer to:
Historical organisations
* , in medieval times, a suzerain lord's court, council and court of justice, consisting of vassals
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Curie (disambiguation)
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