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Santa Maria della Vittoria The interior of this tiny church follows all of the rules of the Baroque period—sumptuousness, gold everywhere and lots of colour. The real interest in the church is the masterpiece by the alter on the left in the Cornaro Chapel. It is none other than Bernini's "Ecstasy

The Chain Bridge

The Chain Bridge The Chain Bridge – In 1832, count István Széchenyi, “the greatest Hungarian” began to organize the construction of the bridge. While travelling in England, Széchenyi became personally acquainted with William Thierney Clark, who was commissioned to draft the plans for the bridge, and his namesake Adam Clark was

Amsterdams Historisch Museum

Amsterdams Historisch Museum Situated in a former monastary this museum tells the story of the city of Amsterdam. You will be fascinated by the interactive tools and all the daily stuff of Amsterdam people of the last centuries. Discover how they build ships or how flats looked like 200 or 300

Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower The Eiffel tower (Tour Eiffel in French) was built in 1889 for the World Exposition, which was held in Paris for the centennial of the French Revolution. The architect and builder of the tower, Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923) is also famous as the architect who designed the iron backbone of

Archeological Museum : Barcelona

Archeological Museum Holidays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Exhibition of found objects dating from early prehistorical times until the 7th century tel: 93 42 32 149 address: Pg Santa Madrona 39 - 41 open: Tue-Sat 9.30-19. Sun/Bank holidays: 10-14.30

Casa Vincens : Barcelona

Casa Vincens This was Gaudís first architectonic work and seems to have escaped from 1001 Arabian nights. address: Carrer de les Carolines 18-24

Tierpark Friedrichsfelde (Zoo) : Berlin

The tierpark is the largest landscape zoo of Europe. On 160 hectares surface is led the visitor by the animal world of the 6 continents. Salient high points are the Alfred Brehm house with the valuable groups of breeds of large cats, the Dickhaeuterhaus with elephants, sea-cows and Nashoernern, the

Rome - Getting There

Rome - Getting There All ways lead to Rome - like the Romans said. This is more or less still true today. by car: You can easily reach Rome by car. Four motorways lead to the urban ring road (A 12 from Fiumicino - west, A 1 from Firenze and Orvieto -

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) : Berlin

Museum Island (or, in German, Museumsinsel) in Berlin, Germany, is the name of the northern half of an island in the Spree river, in the center of the city. The island received its name for several internationally renowned museums that are now occupying all of the island's northern half (originally a

Allard Pierson Museum : Amsterdam

Allard Pierson Museum Good museum of Antiquities, collections of Egyptina, Etruskan, and Near Eastern artefacts. An important part of the collection was donated from the private collection of the Royal family. The museum is located in an old Bank Building dating from the mid 19th century. Jerome: It's a great museum