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Matterhorn Mountain Zermatt

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It is Switzerland’s most famous landmark, the most beautiful mountain in the world and considered by many true mountaineers to be the peak of all peaks: the Matterhorn

Each year hordes of climbers from all corners of the globe attempt to scale the Matterhorn. And it is a genuine challenge, too: those venturing up the peak don’t just have to be very fit and have prior mountaineering experience, but above all they need a good head for heights, because the route to the top is highly exposed.

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Upper and Lower Belvedere Palace Vienna, Wien

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The Belvedere is a baroque palace complex built by Prince Eugene of Savoy in the 3rd district of Vienna, south-east of the city centre.

After buying the plot of land in 1697, Prince Eugene had a large park created. The Schloss Belvedere began as a suburban entertainment villa: in 1714 work began to erect what is now called the Lower Belvedere, not as a palace but as a garden villa, with an orangerie and paintings gallery, with suitable living quarters. The architect was Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, one of the most important architects of the Austrian Baroque, who produced in the complex of buildings his masterwork.

In 1720-1723, the Upper Belvedere was built, originally intended simply to provide a suitable end to the main garden axis. The architect was again Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. Once again there is a central Marmorsaal—the site of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty, that formed modern Austria, May 15, 1955—but the Schloss was soon enlarged to provide the main summer residence of Prince Eugene. Its painted ceilings are by Carlo Carlone, with an altarpiece in the chapel by Francesco Solimena.

The complex was sold in 1752 to Maria Theresa by the prince’s heiress. Maria Theresa first named the Schloss “Belvedere”. Under the Habsburgs it was further extended. Since 1775, the Belvedere has housed the imperial picture gallery on behalf of Joseph II, and in 1806 the collection of Ambras Palace was moved to the Lower Belvedere as well. Both were transferred to the Museum of Art History (Kunsthistorisches Museum) in 1890. The last to reside here was Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Since World War I, the Austrian Gallery museum resides in the Belvedere.
The building suffered heavy damage during World War II. The Gold Cabinet burnt out and had to be reconstructed.
The building is currently being given a facelift, with the beautiful restored garden already finished. The work is scheduled to be complete by 2008.

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Upper Belvedere – main view
Lower Belvedere – Goldkabinett
Lower Belvedere – Grotesksal
Lower Belvedere – Marmorgallerie
Lower Belvedere – Marmorsal

Alte Donau River Vienna, Wien

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Alte Donau is a portion of the river Donau which is separated from the river by a dam, located in Vienna.

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Alte Donau panorama 01
Alte Donau panorama 02
Alte Donau panorama 03

Sunken City Donauinsel Wien, Vienna

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The Sunken City on the Donauinsel is an Island in the middle of the Vienna’s river which offers a great beach as well as restaurants and nightlife.

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Sunken City Donauinsel Wien panorama 01
Sunken City Donauinsel Wien panorama 02
Sunken City Donauinsel Wien panorama 03
Sunken City Donauinsel Wien panorama 04

Burgtheater Wien, Vienna

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The Burgtheater (en: (Imperial) Court Theatre), originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1920 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world. The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as “die Burg” by the Viennese population; its theater company of more or less regular members has created a traditional style and speech typical of Burgtheater performances.

It was created on 14 March 1741 by Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa of Austria to be a theatre next to her palace, and her son, Emperor Joseph II called it the “German National Theatre” in 1776. Three Mozart operas premiered there: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782), Le nozze di Figaro (1786) and Così fan tutte (1790). Beginning in 1794, the theatre was called the “K.K. Hoftheater nächst der Burg”.

The theatre was moved to a new building at the Ringstraße on 14 October 1888 designed by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer.

On March 12, 1945 the Burgtheater was largely destroyed in a bombing raid, and, one month later, on April 12, 1945, the Burgtheater was further damaged by a fire of unknown origin. After the war, the theatre was restored between 1953-1955. The classic Burgtheater style and the Burgtheater-German language were trend-setting for German language theaters.

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Burgtheather Wien, Vienna – Stairs
Burgtheater Wien, Vienna – Pausen Foyer
Burgtheater Wien, Vienna – view from the Roof
Burgtheater Wien, Vienna- Zuschauerraum – view on Stage
Burgtheater Wien, Vienna – exterior

Doge’s Palace Venice, Palazzo Ducale di Venezia

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The Doge’s Palace is a gothic palace in Venice (Italian Palazzo Ducale di Venezia). The current palace was largely constructed from 1309 to 1424 on 9th centuryorigins, designed perhaps by Filippo Calendario. Giovanni and Bartolomeo Bon created the so-called Porta della Carta, a monumental late-gothic gate on the Piazzetta side of the palace.

The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice and contained the offices of a number of political institutions, arranged around a central courtyard. The first floor was occupied by lawyers offices, the Chancellery, the Censors and the Naval Offices. On the second floor were the Grand Council chamber, the Ballot chamber and the Doge’s apartments. The third floor boasts the Sala del Collegio (adorned with paintings, including those of several Doges, and Paolo Veronese’s Lepanto) where foreign ambassadors were received. There are rooms used by the government bodies like the Council of Ten as well. The building also contains the Bussola chamber, where citizens could submit written complaints; The Sala dei Tre Capi and the State Inquisitor Room.

Perhaps the most spectacular room is the Grand Council chamber or Sala del Maggior Consiglio, originally the meeting place for the legislature. This huge space is lined, walls and ceiling, with paintings, particularly portraits of the Doges, but one of which, Tintoretto’s vast Paradise, is reputedly the world’s largest painting on canvas.

Another great room is the Sala dello Scrutinio, with some more Doges, and other interesting paintings, including Andrea Vicentino’s Lepanto. At the rear of the palace is the Bridge of Sighs, connecting to the prison.

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Palazzo Ducale Venezia- Hall of the Senate
Palazzo Ducale Venezia – courtyard
Palazzo Ducale Venezia – balcony from the Hall of the Maggior Consiglio
Palazzo Ducale Venice – Golden Stairs
Palazzo Ducale Venezia – Hall of the Scrutiny
Piombi prison Venice – Casanova’s cell 01
Piombi prison Venice – Casanova’s cell 02
Bridge of Sighs Venice – exterior
Palazzo Ducale Venice – balcony
Prigioni Nuove Venice – cell
Piombi prison Venice – torture chamber
Palazzo Ducale Venice – Grand Council chamber
Palazzo Ducale Venice – Sala del Collegio
Palazzo Ducale Venice – Shield Room
Prigioni Vecchie Venice – Inquisitor’s room

Marciana Library, Sansovino, Venice, Venezia

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The Marciana Library (the Library of St. Mark, patron saint and symbol of the Venetian State) owes its origin to the patronage of Cardinal Bessarion, who donated his collection to it in 1468: about 750 codices, to which he subsequently added a further 250 manuscripts and some printed works. Venice solemnly accepted the donation: thus the project of a “public library” in Venice was finally put into effect: a project that Petrarch had conceived a century earlier, in 1362, but had been unable to realise. The Venetian State committed itself to housing the volumes in a building worthy of the donation; but not until 1537 was work begun on building the Library. It was designed by Jacopo Sansovino, who succeeded in harmonising the noblest classical style of the Renaissance with the picturesque Venetian setting. The Library, after its transferral to the new building, was enriched by further donations and bequests. The Marciana collections were also enlarged by the acquisition of portions of the libraries of some monasteries. Furthermore, printers were obliged by law to donate one copy of every book published to the library; the law was introduced in 1603, the first of its kind in Italy. After the fall of the Venetian Republic, the Library came into possession of portions of the libraries of the religious institutions that were suppressed during the Napoleonic period. The Marciana remained in its original building until 1811; in that year, by decree of the Italian Kingdom, it was transferred to the Doge’s Palace. In 1904 the Library was moved to the Zecca (Mint), another Sansovino building. In 1924 the Marciana, in addition to the Zecca, regained possession of the original Library, as well as part of the Procuratie Nuove. Thus, it now occupies not only its historical site, but also the severe palazzo of the Zecca, where the coins of the Republic were minted; the Zecca was built by Sansovino between 1537 and 1547. The Marciana now contains around a million volumes, including about 13,000 manuscripts, many of which are richly illuminated. There are 2,883 incunabola and 24,055 cinquecentine. The Marciana conserves a valuable heritage of Greek culture, Venetian history and Venetian publishing. The Library plays an important role in the cultural life of Venice and serves scholars from all over the world.

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Marciana Library Venice Roof Laguna View
Marciana Library Venice – Roof
Marciana Venice Sansovino’s Library 1
Marciana Venice Sansovino’s Library 2
Marciana Library Venice – Reading room 1
Marciana Library Venice – Reading room 2
Marciana Library Venice – Vestibolo
Marciana Library Venice – Golden Stairs
Marciana Venice Sansovino’s Library 3

Panoramic images of Venetian Gondola Venice, Venezia

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Venice is not for the cheap of wallet. But don’t let your fiscal sensibilities stop you from enjoying one of its main attractions: the gondola ride. “What!” I hear you shriek, “100 Euros for a 45-minute ride along the canals?” While it may seem crazy to spend that kind of money on a water taxi, rest assured that you will not regret the experience. Although the Grand Canal may be more famous, Venice’s quieter side canals are cozier and more comfortable for gondola rides. As you glide effortlessly through the dark waters and soak up the uniquely historic atmosphere and near visceral sense of long-ago power and drama – think 16th century courtesans and grand dinner fetes on the water – you’ll be glad you partook in a pleasure that has thrilled the likes of Shakespeare and Byron, among countless others, over the centuries.

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The Gondola Venice Venezia 1 – 16.42
The Gondola 2 Venice Venezia – 16.50 Rialto Bridge
The Gondola 3 Venice Venezia – 17.00
The Gondola 4 Venice Venezia – 17.03
The Gondola 5 Venice Venezia – 17.44 Canale Grande – Fish Market
The Gondola 6 Venice Venezia – 17.51 – Rialto from North East
The Gondola 7 Venice Venezia – 18.03
The Gondola 8 Venice Venezia – 18.15

La Biennale Venezia Your Black Horizon – Olafur Eliasson

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On the outlying island of San Lazzaro, Olafur Eliasson exhibited a haunting light piece at the 2005 Venice Biennale called ‘Your Black Horizon’ in a custom-designed pavilion by David Adjaye, part of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Limited Edition Art Pavilions, which host unique specially commissioned sight-specific art projects on a rotating basis. David Akjaye designed the Pavilions to be flexible and easily adaptable structures with multi-purpose capabilities and over 400 square meters exhibition space.

In a windowless pavilion a thin horizontal line directed through a narrow gap at eye level serves as the primary light source. The light is constantly changing colors and rotates through the color spectrum of an accelerated day every 15 minutes – from reds and blues to white, pink and purple, fading into the blue evening lights – and is calibrated to the specific light condition of Venice. Light recordings were taken from sunrise to sunset to study the spectrum of light and its intensity.

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Art installation Your Black Horizon – Olafur Eliasson entrance
Art installation Your Black Horizon – Olafur Eliasson (violet light)
Art installation Your Black Horizon – Olafur Eliasson (orange light)

The Biennale di Venezia, Venice

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The world’s most prestigious contemporary art exhibition, the 2005 Venice Biennale (Biennale di Venezia), running from June and until November, has already set a record for the largest number of participants in the Biennale’s 110-year history, with 70 countries presenting exhibitions.

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- Fabrizio Plessi’s Mare Verticale (Vertical Sea) is a 44 m high steel and aluminum boat-shaped light-emitting structure on the water in front of the entrance to the Giardini.

- Kicsiny’s “Pump Room” and “Winterreise” (Winter Journey), part of his four video-and assemblage-based works, entitled “An Experiment in Navigation”, explore the peculiar existence of Venice as viewed through the lens of a landlocked country with strong images and absurdist humor, along with a dose of Magrittean Surrealism. In “Pump Room”, twelve kneeling human figures wearing pajamas and diver’s helmets drink out of a sacrificial chalice. And in “Winterreise”, two cassock-wearing mannequins with fencing masks and light bulbs for heads face opposite directions on a pair of long skis.

Kicsiny’s Pump Room and “Winterreise” (Winter Journey), part of his acclaimed “An Experiment in Navigation” series; the Italian Pavilion; and the Nordic Countries Pavilion.

- The soundproofed, dark spaces of the Italian Pavilion allow paintings and sculptures by such late artists as Francis Bacon, Philip Guston and Agnes Martin to remain the focal point of the exhibition.

- The Nordic Pavilion houses distinct projects of alternate days: Miriam Bäckström’s sound installation, “Amplified Pavilion” and Matias Faldbakken’s video work “Black Screen”.

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Biennale di Venezia Italian Pavilion
Biennale di Venezia An Experiment in Navigation by Balaz Kicsiny – Pump Room (Hungary)
(Hungary)
Biennale di Venezia An Experiment in Navigation by Balaz Kicsiny Winterreise (Hungary)
Biennale di Venezia Nordic Pavilion
Biennale di Venezia Pavilions Entrance – Fabrizio Plessi, MARE VERTICALE (Vertical Sea)
Biennale di Venezia VRWay Team Group shooting – break time

Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, City of Arts and Sciences Valencia

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The Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències (Valencian), Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (Spanish) or City of Arts and Sciences is an ensemble of five areas in the dry river bed of the now diverted River Turia in Valencia, Spain.

Designed by Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava and started in July 1996, it is an impressive example of modern architecture.

The “city” is made up of the following, usually known by their Valencian names:

* El Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía — Opera house and performing arts centre
* L’Hemisfèric — Imax Cinema, Planetarium and Laserium
* L’Umbracle — Walkway / Garden
* El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe — Science museum
* L’Oceanogràfic — Open-air oceanographic park

Surrounded by attractive streams and pools of water, it and the surrounding areas of the “city” are typically used as a relaxing place to walk day or night, with an open air bar outside El Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe during the evening (especially during events).

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Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias – Entrance
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias – L’Hemisfèric
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias – Museu Príncipe Felipe 01
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias – Museu Príncipe Felipe 02
The city of Arts and Sciences by night

Teatro Regio di Torino, Turin Royal Theatre

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The Teatro Regio di Torino (Turin Royal Theatre) is a prominent opera house and opera company in Turin, Italy. Its season runs from October to June with the presentation of eight or nine operas given from five to twelve performances of each.

Rebuilt Teatro Regio after 1973: following the fire, a national competition was launched to find an architect. However, due to the war and the overall financial situation, the foundation stone was laid on 25 September 1963. Even then, work did not start until September 1967 under architect Carlo Mollino.

The rebuilt theatre, with its striking contemporary interior design but hidden behind the original facade, was inaugurated on 10 April 1973 with a production of Verdi’s I Vespri Siciliani directed by Maria Callas and Giuseppe Di Stefano.

The new house seats 1,750 and is elliptical in shape with a large orchestra level and 37 boxes around its perimeter. An acoustic shell was added to improve its sound.

The house presents a wide range of operas during its seasons, including contemporary works, although in the first years of the new century financial pressures have made the programming somewhat more conservative and favoring more 19th Century operas.

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Teatro Regio Torino – sala
Teatro Regio Torino – foyer del toro

Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Olympic Stadium Turin

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Stadio Olimpico di Torino (before 2006: Stadio Comunale di Torino) is a multi-use stadium in Turin, Italy.

It was built in 1933 for the FIFA World Cup 1934, the first World Cup held in Italy, and originally held 65,000 spectators. It was originally named Stadio Mussolini, after Benito Mussolini. It was renamed to Stadio Comunale after the Second World War. For many years it was home to Juventus and Torino Calcio before Stadio delle Alpi opened in 1990. The stadium was abandoned for several years, before being chosen as an Olympic venue. Much of the original structure was demolished in this refurbishment.

The new version of the stadium has 27,128 covered seats. The playing area is not roofed. It hosted the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics as Stadio Olimpico (Olympic Stadium). After the Olympic Games, upon further reconstruction, it was to be renamed to Stadio Grande Torino (Great Torino Stadium) after the Torino players who died in the Superga air disaster on May 4, 1949. The “Olimpico” will be renamed at the end of its sharing between Torino F.C. and Juventus. In fact the stadium is to be used as the home ground of local football team Torino F.C. and to be temporarily used by Juventus, while its own stadium (Stadio delle Alpi) is restructured.

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Stadio Olimpico di Torino 01
Stadio Olimpico di Torino 02

Oval Lingotto Indoor Arena Turin, Torino

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Torino Oval Lingotto is an indoor arena in Turin, Italy. It was built for use at the 2006 Winter Olympics, during which it hosted speed skating events. It has a capacity of 8,500 spectators and was designed by HOKSVE, Studio Zoppini Associati of Milan and Buro Happold.

After Olympic competition at the venue concluded on February 25, 2006, plans for the structure now include use for fairs and exhibitions in connection with the Lingotto Fiere exhibition centre. It will also be able to accommodate 2,000 spectators for ice skating events.

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Oval Lingotto Indoor Arena – ingresso
Oval Lingotto Indoor Arena – interno

Museo Egizio Torino

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The ‘Museo Egizio’ was formally founded in 1824 with the acquisition by King Carlo Felice of a collection of 5,268 objects gathered by Bernardino Drovetti.

The site of the museum is the 17th century palace, built as a Jesuit school by the architect Guarino Guarini that in the 18th century passed to the Academy of Sciences.

The Museo delle Antichità Egizie is the only museum other than the Cairo Museum that is dedicated solely to Egyptian art and culture. Many international scholars, since the decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs Jean-François Champollion, who came to Turin in 1824, spend much time pouring over the collections. It was Champollion who famously wrote, “The road to Memphis and Thebes passes through Turin”.

The collections that make up today’s Museum, were enlarged by the excavations conducted in Egypt by the Museum’s archaeological mission between 1900 and 1935 (a period when finds were divided between the excavators and Egypt).

The Ministry for Culture allowed the management and use of the collections for a period of thirty years to an appropriate foundation, the Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino, whose shareholders include the Region of Piedmont, the Province of Turin, the City of Turin, the San Paolo and the CRT banking Foundations.

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Museo Egizio Torino 05
Museo Egizio Torino 04
Museo Egizio Torino 03
Museo Egizio Torino 02
Museo Egizio Torino 01

Lingotto Fiat rooftop car test track Torino

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The 355 160m² steel and concrete Fiat factory, at Lingotto, Turin, built in 1927, is an outstanding example of early reinforced concrete industrial architecture, famous for its rooftop car test track, 2.4km long x 24.4m wide at 21.3m above ground. The factory was planned so that executives could drive around the building and view all the production processes without stepping out of their cars, taking the “drive-in” principle further than ever before or since.

But as with many famous old buildings, the Fiat factory depended for survival on its adaptability to a new function. It has been restored, refurbished and converted into a multi-purpose facility with trade exhibition hall, conference centre, hotel, shops, offices and education facilities.

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Lingotto Torino rooftop car test track 01
Lingotto Torino rooftop car test track 02

Turin Cathedral, Cattedrale Duomo di San Giovanni Battista Torino

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Turin Cathedral, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist (Italian Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista) is the major church of Turin, Italy. It was built during 1491-1498 and it is adjacent to an earlier campanile (1470). The Chapel of the Holy Shroud, the current resting place of the Shroud of Turin, was added to the structure in 1668-1694.

In passages underneath the church a free tour is available for tourists to view artifacts relating to the shroud, as well as a video regarding the shroud and other historical artifacts. The main church is also open for tours a few hours a day outside of mass. In the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, only a replica can be viewed, as the Shroud itself is brought out for special occasions.

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Turin Cathedral, Duomo di San Giovanni Battista Torino – exterior
Turin Cathedral, Duomo di San Giovanni Battista Torino – interno – interior

Borgo, Rocca Medievale, Museo Torino

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Il Borgo e la Rocca medievali sono un caso unico all’interno del panorama museale torinese, più simili ad un sito archeologico o monumentale che ad un museo in senso stretto formato da collezioni incrementabili. In effetti il complesso non nacque come museo, ma come padiglione dell’Esposizione Generale Italiana Artistica e Industriale, che si svolse a Torino dall’aprile al novembre del 1884. Mentre la Rocca, il castello, fu costruita per durare nel tempo, il villaggio fu destinato alla demolizione, una volta che la manifestazione fosse terminata.

L’enorme successo ottenuto dal complesso fece sì che esso fosse acquistato dalla Città di Torino a fine manifestazione, entrando a far parte dei Musei Civici solo molto più tardi (le carte amministrative dicono dal 1942). Dal 2003 la gestione del Borgo Medievale è affidata alla Fondazione Torino Musei.

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Borgo e Rocca Medievale Torino – fontana
Borgo e Rocca Medievale Torino – cortile
Borgo e Rocca Medievale Torino – orto
Borgo e Rocca Medievale – sala da pranzo
Borgo e Rocca Medievale Torino – camera da letto
Borgo e Rocca Medievale Torino – cappella
Borgo e Rocca Medievale – sala baronale

Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Torino

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The Castle of Rivoli is a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy in Rivoli (province of Turin, Italy). It is currently home to the Museum of Contemporary Art of Turin.

The castle was probably built in the 9th-10th centuries, but its existence is mentioned for the first time only in 1159, in a diplom by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa that ceded the Rivolese territories to the bishops of Turin.

The House of Savoy acquired Rivoli in the 11th century, and soon began a feud with the bishops that as soon as 1184 provoked damage to the castle. In 1330 Amadeus VI of Savoy moved in the castle the Consiglio dei Principi, senior administrative council of the countryside. The castle was also the first place of public veneration of the Shroud of Turin in his path towards Turin under Amadeus IX.

The edifice was heavily damaged during World War II, and remained in a substantial state of abandon until 1979, when new works of restoration were begun. In 1984 the castle was reopened as seat of the Museo di Arte Contemporanea (Contemporary Art Museum), one of the most known in Europe.

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Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 2
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 4
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 7
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 8
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 10
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 12
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 14
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 15
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 33 01
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 33 02
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, scala museo
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, entrata museo
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Clarinetto
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 22
Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sala 24

Palazzo Reale Torino, Royal Palace Turin

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Royal Palace of Turin or Palazzo Reale, was the royal palace of the House of Savoy, built for the Madama Reale Christine Marie of France in the seventeenth century.

Turin, today the capital of Piedmont, was a capital of the House of Savoy from the 12th to the 19th centuries and the Royal Palace contains much evidence of their aristocratic lifestyle. The royal family resided in the palace from 1645. Its rooms are decorated with rich tapestries and a collection of Chinese and Japanese vases. The Royal Armory houses an extensive array of arms, including examples from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Scala degli Forbici is a much-admired staircase by Filippo Juvarra.

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Palazzo Reale Torino – exterior
Palazzo Reale Torino di sera
Palazzo Reale Torino – sala da ballo
Palazzo Reale Torino – sala pranzo
Palazzo Reale Torino – salone guardie svizzere
Palazzo Reale Torino – scala forbici

Museo Civico d’Arte Antica e Palazzo Madama Torino, Turin

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The Museo Civico d’Arte Antica di Torino was founded to document the visual art of the city and its territory after the Unity of Italy, when the establishment of civic museums was felt as a need to conserve the local specificities of the various Italian states. The Museum also had a strong educational value in as much as it presented models of art as inspiration for the nascent industrial production.

When the museum was moved to Palazzo Madama in 1934, its large collections paintings, sculptures, furniture, ceramics, fabrics, implements, glasswork and enamels, were staged in evocative settings of the epochs which the palace had lived through. The new staging has a chronological course, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque Age, as well as a typological course for the objects of applied art. The museum’s masterworks will be exhibited in the Torre Tesori (Treasure Tower).

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Museo Civico d’Arte Antica e Palazzo Madama Torino
Museo Civico d’Arte Antica e Palazzo Madama Torino, Turin – camera Madama
Museo Civico d’Arte Antica e Palazzo Madama Torino – sala feste

GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Turin

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Turin was the first Italian city to promote a public collection of modern art as the main part of its own Civic Museum, which opened in 1863. Initially the collections were conserved along with the collections of ancient art in a building near the Mole Antonelliana.

The artistic heritage of the gallery comprises 15,000 works of paintings, sculptures, installations and photographs, in addition to a large collection of drawings and engravings. The collections, which date from the end of the 18th century to the present day, mainly document Italian art but also contain important specimens of foreign art. There are over 700 works exhibited permanently.
From the 1800s it has the famous works of Massimo d’Azeglio, landscape artists Fontanesi and Delleani, Pellizza da Volpedo, Mancini, Fattori, and sculptors Medardo Rosso and Vincenzo Gemito. The 1900s collection has several works by Casorati, Martini, Morandi, De Pisis, Manzù, Melotti, Burri, Fontana, Mastroianni. A selected whole of paintings documents the international historical avant-gardes from Modigliani to Balla, Severini, Boccioni, De Chirico, and from Dix to Ernst, Klee and Picabia.
A broad international array of contemporary art includes the informal current, Neo-Dada works and Pop Art as well as an abundant selection of Italian works of the 1960s from the Museo Sperimentale di Arte Contemporanea and a select nucleus of Arte Povera.

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GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino, Turin 02
GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino, Turin 03
GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino, Turin 04

Museo Nazionale del Cinema alla Mole Antonelliana, Torino

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The National Museum of Cinema
Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation
Archives of cinema, photography and image

In the summer of 2001 the collaboration between the National Museum of Cinema and CSP gave life to the MultiMuseum project.

Its aim is the creation on the Internet of an innovative communication model that can represent the dynamics of a cultural reality such as that of the National Museum of Cinema and can make available online to the public the amplitude of its heritage through simple and immediately accessible tools.
The website offers useful and detailed information but it is also a state-of-the-art environment where one can renew the emotions of “being” inside the Museum through the link to the internal webpage.

In addition to the Website, the integrated communication model MultiMuseum also gives access to its contents through several technologies and terminals: in a wireless mode using PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) and through the Reseau network’s VDSL broadband access.

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Museo Nazionale del Cinema Torino alla Mole Antonelliana 01
Museo Nazionale del Cinema Torino alla Mole Antonelliana 02
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Museo Nazionale del Cinema Torino alla Mole Antonelliana 04

Stockholm City Hall and Bell Tower

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Stockholm City Hall (Swedish: Stockholms stadshus or Stadshuset locally) is the building of the Municipal Council for the City of Stockholm in Sweden. Located on the island of Kungsholmen, the city hall was built on the location where the grand mill Eldkvarn once stood.

The building was designed by architect Ragnar Östberg, and built between 1911 and 1923. Consisting of eight million red bricks the building is centered on two large squares, an outer yard and an indoor hall. The indoor hall was originally intended to be in blue, and is also called the “Blue Hall”, or Blå hallen, despite the fact that Östberg changed his mind and decided to keep the red bricks, because he found the colour more beautiful. The Blue Hall is perhaps best known as the dining hall used for the banquet held after the annual Nobel Prize award ceremony. The organ in the Blue Hall is with its 10,270 pipes the largest in Scandinavia.

At the top of the 106 metre (348 foot) tall tower the Three Crowns are visible, an old national symbol for Sweden.

The City Hall of Stockholm is one of the most beautiful and well known buildings in the world and the most exclusive ballroom in Stockholm, frequently used for e.g. the yearly Nobel Banquet. Behind the brick walls, several different activities take place.

The City Hall is known for its hospitality, its unique art treasures, magnificent banquettes and an intriguing history attracting close to 400,000 visitors a year.

From the City Hall, which is the main symbol for the capital of Sweden, the City of Stockholm is being governed. Around 200 politicians and civil servants have their offices in this building.

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City Hall Stockholm – golden room
City Hall Stockholm – panoramic view from the museum bell tower
City Hall Stockholm – bell tower
City Hall Stockholm – panorama from bell tower
City Hall Stockholm – blue hall

Cinecittà, Roma, Rome

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Cinecittà nasce a nove chilometri dal centro di Roma. I lavori per la sua costruzioni iniziano il 26 gennaio del 1936 per terminare dopo 457 giorni. L’inaugurazione degli studi avviene il 28 Aprile del 1937 alla presenza del capo del regime fascista Benito Mussolini.

L’idea di costruire la più grande città del cinema in Europa fu di Luigi Freddi, capo della Direzione Generale per la Cinematografia dell’epoca. Il progetto fu affidato all’ingegnere Carlo Roncoroni e all’architetto Gino Peressutti.

Inizialmente, su una superficie di 600.000 mq, sorgono 73 edifici comprensivi di 16 teatri di posa, 40.000 mq di strade e piazze, 35.000 mq di giardini, e di tutti i reparti tecnici necessari per la produzione e realizzazione di film: dal primo ciak fino alla stampa della prima copia. Si tratta di un complesso totalmente autosufficiente. L’impulso dato da Cinecittà alla produzione nazionale è notevole: nel 1943, in soli sei anni di attività degli studi, vengono realizzati circa trecento film. Registi come Alessandro Blasetti, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Luchino Visconti con le lo loro opere cinematografiche hanno dato vita al mito di Cinecittà, consolidato in tutto il mondo dall’arte di Federico Fellini.

Negli anni Cinquanta, con l’arrivo dei cineasti americani, Cinecittà diventa la Hollywood sul Tevere e le sue potenzialità vengono utilizzate per la costruzione di grandi set come quelli di “Quo vadis?” (1949), diretto da Mervyn LeRoy, o di “Ben Hur” (1958), diretto da William Wyler.

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Basilica San Paolo fuori le Mura, Roma, Rome

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(St. Paul’s Outside the Wall)

S. Paolo fuori le Mura is located outside the ancient walls of Rome. The original 4th century basilica, built under Constantine, was destroyed by fire in 1823 and only a few of the original fragments remain. The basilica was formed with the union of the pre-existing Church of San Lorenzo (330 A.D.) and the Church of the Blessed Virgin (432 – 440 A.D.). The confessional below the altar contains the Tomb of St. Paul, who was buried here after his martyrdom in 67 A.D. The spiral columns of the cloisters survived the fire and were built in 1214 by the Vassalletto family, and the gold mosaics by Pietro Cavallini, originally on the facade, were moved to the nave.

Unlike most of Rome’s basilicas, which have three aisles, S. Paolo is a five-aisled church. Eighty granite columns separate the four side aisles from the central nave. Above the columns are mosaic portraits of all 263 Popes, with only the current Pope’s portrait illuminated. Currently, there are only eight vacant spots left for Popes and tradition states that when space runs out the world will end.

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San Paolo Fuori le Mura Roma, Rome – statue of St. Paul
San Paolo Fuori le Mura Roma, Rome – high altar
San Paolo Fuori le Mura Roma, Rome – entrance

Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano, Roma, Rome

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(St. John Lateran)

San Giovanni in Laterano is the oldest and ranks first among the four patriarchal churches of Rome; it is the head of all churches throughout Rome and the world. Originally the palace of Constantine, it was later adapted to serve as the church of the Pope. The arch-Basilica was built later on the site of the original church and is known as St. John Lateran or the Lateran Basilica, and is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The top of the facade boasts huge statues of Christ and the Apostles. In the five-arched portico, there are as many doors, the last on the right being the Holy Door, which is accessible only every 25 years, during Jubilee years. This church has survived two fires and a terrorist attack.

This is Rome’s cathedral; it’s here that the pope officiates in his capacity as bishop of Rome. The towering facade dates from 1736 and was modeled on that of St. Peter’s Basilica. The 15 colossal statues (Christ, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, and the 12 Apostles of the church) look out on the sea of dreary suburbs that have spread from Porta San Giovanni to the lower slopes of the Alban Hills.

The Papal Altar in this church is reserved for the Pope and only he can celebrate mass from this pulpit. The residence of the Popes until 1309 is also here (The Lateran Palace) and was rebuilt by Domenico Fontana in 1586. In the piazza is an ancient obelisk, dated to the 15th century BC, and parts of Nero’s Aqueduct.

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San Giovanni in Laterano Rome, Roma – square
San Giovanni in Laterano Rome, Roma – sanctuary and apse
San Giovanni in Laterano Rome, Roma – high altar

Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica, Rome

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(St. Mary Major)

Santa Maria Maggiore is a patriarchal basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The appellation of this church is confusing to many – it means that this is Rome’s major orprincipal church dedicated to St Mary.

S. Maria Maggiore was built in 431 A.D. and the apse was rebuilt in the 13th century. The basilica is rich in works of art, among them the frescos by Guido Reni (1575 – 1642) and the coffered ceiling by Giuliano Giamberti, called Giuliano da Sangallo (1443 – 1516). Under the altar is a crypt containing the remains of St. Matthais, who was the Apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot. In front of the confessional, which holds the relics of the Nativity, is a kneeling statue of Pope Pius IX.

It lies on the summit of the Esquiline Hill, which was mainly laid out as gardens in ancient times. Legend claims that the plan of the church was outlined by a miraculous snowfall in August (possibly in 358). The legend is commemorated every year on August 5th, when white rose petals are dropped from the dome during the festal Mass.

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Santa Maria Maggiore square
Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore
Santa Maria Maggiore – Sistine Chapel
Santa Maria Maggiore – Pio IX

The Roman Coliseum, Colosseum, Rome

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(Colosseum, Coliseum, Colosseo )
In the first century AD, the Amphitheatrum Flavium, a.k.a. Colosseum or Coliseum (though in antiquity Romans referred to it as to Amphitheatrum Caesareum or hunting theater), was erected as a gift to the Roman citizens. Vespasian started construction of the Coliseum in 72 AD in the grounds of Emperor Nero’s (37-68 AD) private residence, Domus Aurea, and his son Titus inaugurated it in 80 AD. Over 160 ft high with eighty entrances, the Coliseum could hold upwards of 50,000 spectators. Public events such as gladiator fights, mock naval battles and wild animal hunts were held at the Coliseum. From the fourth story of the Coliseum wooden masts supported a linen awning that protected spectators from the sun. The Coliseum boasted seats of marble for the upper class, and benches of wood for the lower.

Inaugural games lasted for 100 days and nights, during which some 5,000 animals were slaughtered. Trajan once held games that lasted for 117 days, during which some 9,000 gladiators fought to the death. Fighters wereslaves, prisoners or volunteers. Spectators saw persecuted Christians killed by lions. After 404 AD gladiatorial battles were no longer held, but animals such as lions, elephants, snakes and panthers continued to be massacred in the name of sport until the 6th century.

With the fall of the Empire, the Coliseum was abandoned and gradually became overgrown. During the middle ages, stones from the Coliseum were removed for new buildings. Today, in Rome, the Coliseum is one of its most famous landmarks and tourist attractions. Although it survives only as a ruin, it still rates as one of the finest examples of Roman architecture and engineering.

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Colosseum Roma, by night
Colosseum Roma by night with olive tree
Colosseum Roma – interior, first floor, twd East 01
Colosseum Roma – interior, first floor, twd East 02
Colosseum Roma – interior, first floor, twd N-W

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

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The Stedelijk Museum (lit. City/Urban Museum) of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is a museum for modern art. It is located at Museum Square (“Museumplein”), close to the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum.

Its collection includes a room painted by Karel Appel and a large collection of paintings by Kazimir Malevich. The Stedelijk had been temporarily relocated from its old Museumplein venue to the Oosterdokskade 3–5, just east of the Central Station. This former postal building also houses a number of media- and art-related companies. The top floor offers one of the best views of the city. It is a lunchroom / restaurant by day and a dance club by night.

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Stedelijk Museum – Mapping the Studio
Stedelijk Museum – Breaking the Rules

Nobel Peace Center, Oslo

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The Nobel Peace Center (Norwegian: Nobels Fredssenter) opened in June 2005, in the old west-bound railway station in Oslo, Norway. It presents all Nobel Peace Prize laureates, arranges exhibitions, and tells the story of Alfred Nobel and all the other Nobel prizes.

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Nobel Peace Center – Nobel Field
Nobel Peace Center – The Register
Nobel Peace Center – Bar
Nobel Peace Center – Shop
Nobel Peace Center – Vestbane

Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, “Am Tunnel” Art Gallery, Luxembourg (BCEE)

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Founded in 1856, Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, Luxembourg (BCEE), Luxembourg’s State Savings Bank, is the doyen of the country’s financial institutions and one of the cornerstones of the financial community. BCEE’s capital is entirely owned by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, making it the only important financial institution in the country without foreign shareholders.

Today, BCEE is a fully-fledged universal bank and offers the full range of services that a national and international clientele expects from its financial intermediary. The Bank not only has the largest branch office network in Luxembourg but also has a vast network of correspondent banks worldwide. With some 1600 employees, it is one of the 15 biggest employers in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The excellent ratings of AA+ by Standard & Poor’s and Aaa by Moody’s make BCEE the best-rated commercial bank in Luxembourg.

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Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat – courtyard
Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat – exterior
Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat – Am Tunnel 01
Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat – Am Tunnel 02
Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat – Am Tunnel 03
Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat – Am Tunnel 04
Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat – panorama from the tower

Palace of the Grand Dukes, Palais Grand-Ducal, Luxembourg

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The Grand Ducal Palace (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogleche Palais, French: Palais grand-ducal, German: Großherzogliches Palais) is a palace in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the official residence of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and where he performs most of his duties as head of state of the Grand Duchy.

As the official residence of the Grand Duke, the palace is used by him in the exercise of his official functions. He and the Grand Duchess, together with their staff, have their offices at the palace, and the state rooms on the first floor are used for a variety of meetings and audiences. On Christmas Eve, the Grand Duke’s Christmas message is broadcast from the Yellow Room.

Foreign heads of state are accommodated at the palace, as guests of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess, during official visits to Luxembourg, and the Ballroom is the setting for state banquets in their honour. Throughout the year, numerous other receptions take place at the palace, such as the New Year’s reception given for members of the Government and the Chamber of Deputies.

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Palace of the Grand Dukes panorama 01
Palace of the Grand Dukes panorama 02
Palace of the Grand Dukes panorama 03
Palace of the Grand Dukes – exterior

Grand Théâtre de la Ville, Luxembourg

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Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg – exterior
Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg – foyer
Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg – stage

Cultural Center Abbaye Neumünster, Luxembourg

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Its own history seems to have predestined the abbey to become a place of encounters, committed to expose and to enrich the disputes arising from tensions, within new relations, between identity and multiculturalism. Indeed, the big powers of Europe, dominating the land around Neumünster at one time or another and fighting to get hold of the fortress of Luxemburg, have left tangible marks of their influence. Through their entire history the city and the country had to bear the scars of often violent confrontations, of conflicts and treaties, which in their dramatic way helped to shape Europe. Luxembourg has grown to what it is today on a long and painful road, conscious of its unique location, once the envy of its neighbours and a privilege today, at the crossroads of the Germanic and Roman worlds, which conferred to it the natural role of a bridge, of a mediator between cultural expressions and artistic streams. A few hundred meters from the house where Robert Schuman was borne, a symbol, if any, of this reality, Neumünster Abbey has been in the past the tragic setting for one of the parties in the dialectic confrontation between identity and multiculturalism. Thousands of Luxemburgers lost their freedom here, sometimes their lives, as they were held in prison simply because they refused to give up the fundamentals of their identity. Facing the efforts of the Nazis to eradicate any national feeling among Luxemburgers, the peoples’ reaction clearly revealed their attachment to their language, to their traditions and culture, with such determination that even the bloodthirsty sanctions of Gauleiter Simon were unable to suppress them. The former abbey, turned into a prison, became the stage for the dialogue mentioned above, less consensual than it might have appeared, between the legitimate demands for an identity and the development of a multicultural society.

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Cultural Center Abbaye Neumünster
Cultural Center Abbaye Neumünster, view from rue Plaetis
Cultural Center Abbaye Neumünster – internal courtyard

Philharmonie Luxembourg

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A concert hall with a European spirit – Philharmonie Luxembourg, a house for people.
Ideally, a concert hall is a place where people from all generations and all places congregate. It is a European place of culture, equally a place of surprises and of silence. It is a place of discourse, one of confrontation with art and reality in all its guises. The rooms dedicated to music are spaces of perception, of acute listening and communication, but also spaces of imagination and spectacle. A place that will remain uncompleted as long as it hasn’t attained the significance that culture warrants within the human being.

It is in this spirit that musicians, ensembles and orchestras that find a home in the Philharmonie Luxembourg either as the orchestra in residence, as permanent partners or as guests of one evening, seek the closeness with the public. And in this spirit, the team of the Philharmonie accompanies them all.

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Philharmonie Luxembourg – entrance
Philharmonie Luxembourg – parade
Philharmonie Luxembourg – auditorium
Philharmonie Luxembourg – exterior
Philharmonie Luxembourg – musique de chambre, stalls
Philharmonie Luxembourg – musique de chambre
Philharmonie Luxembourg – view from the top

Mudam Museum, Musée d‘Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg

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Famous architect I.M. Pei chose the historic site of the Fort Thüngen for the construction of the Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean (Mudam). Mudam, located on the Kirchberg-Plateau, between the Place de l’Europe and the Old Town of Luxembourg, invites the public to an exploration of contemporary art. The public spaces are laid out on three levels over nearly 5.000 m_. The museum gives artists and designers “carte blanche” to invade the museum and offer interpretations of its spaces. These artists intervene directly in the traditional exhibition spaces, but also in its intermediary ones (the reception area, the café, the shop, the auditorium, …), by proposing original creations which thus become a part of the collection (photography, painting, drawing, video, new media, fashion, design, graphics, sound, architecture), in a “house” created for the public and by artists. Mudam proposes temporary exhibitions, a presentation of works from the collection, guided tours, encounters, workshops, etc.

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Mudam Museum – Lower floor 01
Mudam Museum – Lower floor 02
Mudam Museum – Hall 01
Mudam Museum – Hall 02
Mudam Museum – Hall 03

Grund with River, Luxembourg

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Grund (Luxembourgish: Gronn) is a quarter in central Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is located in the valley below the centre of Luxembourg City on the banks of the Alzette River and, in addition to being a picturesque area, is a popular nightlife precinct which can be accessed via a lift which descends through the cliff.

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Grund with River
Grund with River at dusk

Bock Casemates, Luxembourg

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In the 17th century, the first casemates were built; initially, Spain built 23 km of tunnels, starting in 1644.[2] These were then enlarged under French rule by Marshal Vauban, and augmented again under Austrian rule in the 1730s and 1740s. By the late eighteenth century, Luxembourg’s fame as an impregnable fortress was such that it became known as the ‘Gibraltar of the North’, second to only Gibraltar itself. The fortifications and environs are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Bock Casemates – interior
Bock Casemates – exterior

Jerónimos Monastery, Lisboa, Lisbon

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The Jerónimos Monastery, the Tower of Belém and the Chapel of St. Jerome have the potential to become lively and stimulating places. In order for this to happen, they need not only to be recognised as belonging to all humanity, but also to become part of the day-to-day lives of those who live and work around them. It is those closest to the buildings who can take on the responsibility of protecting this unique part of our heritage. We believe that it is by doing this that people start to become aware of the universal nature of culture. By acknowledging our heritage at the local level, this awareness can then spread until it becomes regional, national, and eventually universal.

The year 2001 is an important moment in the history of the Jerónimos Monastery. It is with great pride that earlier this year we celebrated the anniversary of the laying of the first stone of the monastery on 6th January 1501. We want to share with everyone the 500th anniversary of the Jerónimos Monastery.

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Jeronimo’s Monastery – right side entrance
Jeronimo’s Monastery – cloister arcade
Jeronimo’s Monastery – central nave
Jeronimo’s Monastery – Courtyard overview
Jeronimo’s Monastery – choir balcony
Jeronimo’s Monastery – exterior
Jeronimo’s Monastery – courtyard
Jeronimo’s Monastery – Cloister
Jeronimo’s Monastery – choir
Jeronimo’s Monastery – refectory

Kölner Dom, Cologne Cathedral

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With a total surface area of almost 7000 m2, the west façade of Cologne Cathedral is the largest ever church façade created. Its form, with its two imposing 157 metre spires crowned with magnificent filigree spires, can be traced back to a medieval architectural drawing known as Facade Section F, a parchment document drawn in the year 1280, almost one hundred years before work actually commenced on the building of this facade In 1360. Work on the spires was not however completed until 1880.

Despite a richness verging on excess of detailed shapes and decorative details, the facade is nonetheless based on a very clearly visible and simple structure. To reflect the five parallel aisles running down the main body of the cathedral, the lower two floors of the cathedral facade are constructed down five separate axes. The two lower floors of the spires with their narrower axes occupy the same width as the outermost side aisles while the broader central axis, featuring the centrally located Marienportal doorway and the giant West Window above it effectively echo the centre aisle of the interior which, de facto, extends as far as the centreline axis of this window.

At ground floor level, three of these five axes feature portals. The largest of these, the centrally arranged Marienportal is flanked on its northern side by the Dreikönigenportal (Three Kings) and, on its southern side by the Petersportal which is actually the only genuine medieval doorway to the cathedral. The outermost axes are home to double stained glass windows. On the upper storey, the giant central window is framed by four narrower windows, arranged in pairs in each spire. All floors are arranged in a similar pattern: a filigree stained glass window rises above a plinth area and its crowning feature provides a transition to lead the eye up to the next floor, thereby lending emphasis to the verticality of this façade.

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Cologne Cathedral – South side
Cologne Cathedral – panoramic view from the Vierungsturm
Cologne Cathedral – Vierungsturm panoramic view
Cologne Cathedral – interior of nave
Cologne Cathedral – interior of nave and central aisle
Cologne Cathedral – nave surround, North side
Cologne Cathedral – North side of longitudinal axis
Cologne Cathedral – nave surround, nave partition
Cologne Cathedral – West facade
Cologne Cathedral – iron roof construction
Cologne Cathedral – Vierungsturm

Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki

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When the Ateneum was placed under government administration in 1990, its collections were divided between the Ateneum Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art. The contemporary collection includes all Finnish and international art made after the year 1960. Thus the Ateneum collections introduce Finnish art from the Gustavian period of the mid-18th century to the modernist movements of the 1950s. The collections are exhibited on the second and third floors of the Ateneum building.

In addition to Finnish art, the Ateneum also houses a small collection of international art, featuring quality works by such masters as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Fernand Léger, and Marc Chagall.

The works on show at the museum are of course just a fraction of its collection, formed over one and a half centuries. Prior to its government administration, the Ateneum Art Museum had a collection of some 20,000 works. Most of them are drawings or prints.

The Ateneum produces extensive exhibitions of Finnish art, and the different movements and phenomena it has been influenced by. Another task is to arrange exhibitions introducing Finnish art for international exhibition exchange. The programme of special events produced for Ateneum’s exhibitions includes guided tours, concerts, and films or videos.

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The Ateneum Art Museum – stairs
The Ateneum Art Museum – exhibition

Finnish National Theatre, Helsinki

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The first Finnish-language professional theatre to be established in Finland was founded in 1872 and given the name The Finnish Theatre. The birth of The Finnish Theatre was closely linked to the emergence of a national consciousness. All forms of culture were fully employed in the struggle against Russian domination. Moreover, the effort to resist the dominant Swedish-speaking culture created its own agenda for the Finnish language.

The theatre moved to its current premises in 1902, when it also acquired the name of Finnish National Theatre. It was never to become a state-owned theatre however. Although it enjoys public funding, the theatre is still owned by a private foundation and nominates its own Director. In 1954, the theatre expanded to include a second stage which was chiefly used for performing modern drama. A third stage was built in 1976, and a fourth, the smallest, in 1987.

The fundamental artistic policy of the theatre has remained largely unchanged throughout its 135-year existence. European classics have always been seen as an essential part of the programme. The theatre also takes pride in being a gateway to the avant-garde of world drama. A major, important responsibility of the theatre is to nurture and promote Finnish-language drama. The programme regularly includes old and modern world classics as well as many new international plays.

The Finnish National Theatre has played a decisive role in Finnish cultural life for over 130 years, and it continues to do so today with a repertoire which explores new forms of theatre, aims for artistically challenging productions, and responds to those barely perceptible, burgeoning new currents in society.

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The Finnish National Theatre – interior
The Finnish National Theatre – exterior

Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

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Kiasma is an active centre for visual culture and a meeting place where you can seek information, encounter new experiences or just enjoy yourself. We offer the public exhibitions, selections from our collections, performances at the Kiasma Theatre, seminars, lectures and much more.

Kiasma arranges a wide range of activities. The main exhibitions are accompanied by short-term shows and projects in Studio K and Kontti. The collections comprise more than 9,000 works of art, presented in collection exhibitions with varying themes. Kiasma Theatre extends the activities towards performing arts. Visitors are also provided with an opportunity to gain advanced knowledge and participate in a wide range of happenings, courses and interactive events.

Kiasma was opened, accompanied by festivities, on the last weekend of May in 1998. During the opening weekend, the museum attracted 30,000 visitors. Kiasma has subsequently established its position as a national, and especially a local, meeting place. Kiasma welcomed its millionth visitor in May 2001. The milestone of two million visitors was reached five years later, in May 2006.

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Kiasma – Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art – room 4
Kiasma – Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art – room 5
Kiasma – Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art
Kiasma – Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art – exterior

Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, Helsinki

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The open-air museum of Seurasaari is located on a beautiful green island just a few kilometres from the heart of Helsinki. The island is a tranquil oasis in the midst of the city and at the museum the traditional Finnish way of life is displayed in the cottages, farmsteads and manors of the past four centuries that have been relocated from all around Finland.

Seurasaari Open-Air Museum was founded in 1909. All the different provinces of Finland are represented in the well preserved old buildings and they give an overall view of Finnish countryside life from the 18th to the 20th century. At present, there are 87 separate buildings at Seurasaari Museum.

The Niemelä tenant farm from Central Finland and the Antti farmstead from southwestern Finland form complete environments with all of the original outbuildings intact.The life of the rural gentry is illustrated by the wooden church from Karuna (1686), the Kahiluoto Manor House from south-western Finland and the parsonage from Iisalmi.

The museum also includes a country shop and several farmhouses and smaller cottages such as the Kurssi and Ivars houses from Ostrobothnia, the Selkämä house from eastern Finland, the Halla house from northeastern Finland, and the Pertinotsa house from Karelia.

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Seurassaari Open-Air Museum – Ivars Närpiö, interior
Seurassaari Open-Air Museum – Ivars Närpiö

Town of Porvoo, in Arounder Helsinki

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In today’s Porvoo, the past and the present merge in perfect harmony. The strata from different epochs can be discerned in the structure of the town. Porvoo is a dynamic town centre fostering culture and traditions which offers its inhabitants humane and pleasant surroundings.

The town of Porvoo has about 47 000 inhabitants and an area of 654 km2. The town is a thriving centre for the economic region of the eastern part of the province of Uusimaa. Porvoo is a bilingual town with about 33% of the inhabitants speaking Swedish as their mother tongue. More than half of the citizens of Porvoo gain their livelihood from trade and services, compared to a third who work in the industrial sector.

The traditions and structure of industry and commercial life are based on three vibrant industrial branches in Porvoo – the graphics, electrotechnical and petrochemical industries. The publishing house, Sanoma-WSOY Oyj, has the longest traditions within the graphics industry. The Ensto Group has specialized in the electrotechnical field as well as in automation and electronics. The oil refinery belonging to the national oil company Fortum and the petrochemical production plant of Borealis Polymers Oy are nowadays part of the modern profile of Porvoo.

Porvoo originally grew up as a trade centre and it continues to be an attractive focal point as a centre of business and commerce. The volume of retail trade makes Porvoo one of the bigger municipal centres. People from the wide surrounding area come to the town to do their shopping.

Porvoo is an attractive tourist destination and the importance of tourism is considerable both for the retail trade and the service sector. The Old Town provides one of its most colourful sights and tourist attractions. Old Porvoo is famous for its narrow lanes and brick-coloured riverside warehouses. In the Empire-style part of the town, the low wooden houses belong to the classical town plan where the streets form squares. It is here that the home of Finland’s greatest poet, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, provides one of Porvoo’s most popular tourist attractions.

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Porvoo – street
Porvoo town view

Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, Helsinki

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The Suomenlinna sea fortress is part of Finland’s national cultural heritage and a valuable monument. Suomenlinna has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List to be preserved for future generations as an example of the European fortification architecture of its time. Its historical significance in the defence of three separate states – Sweden, Russia and Finland – gives the fortress its own special importance. Suomenlinna is today a lively city district and one of Finland’s most popular tourist attractions.

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Suomenlinna Sea Fortress – gun
Suomenlinna Sea Fortress – Interior of Bastion Höpken, a defence wall next to the Castle Courtyard
Suomenlinna Sea Fortress – A view to the sea from the sandbanks from the Russian period

Florence’s Baptistry, Battistero di Firenze

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The octagonal Florence Baptistery, located in front of the famous Duomo, was built between 1059 and 1128 and is one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is the spiritual heart of Florence and at one time every child born in the city was baptized inside its great stone font. The Baptistery is renowned for Ghiberti’s 15th century bronze doors with relief sculptures – considered so beautiful that Michelangelo christened them the “Gates of Paradise” – and his creation is often cited as the dawn of the Renaissance.

The interior is decorated with a shimmering gold mosaic and features the tomb of the pirate pope, Baldassare Cossa, made by Donatello and paid for by the Medici family. The designs for the mosaics were provided by some of the finest Florentine artists of the pre-Renaissance era. Work began on the arch over the altar in 1225 and continued to cover the entire roof vault during the next hundred years or so.

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Florence Baptistry – San Giovanni square
Florence Baptistry interior

Florence cathedral, Duomo di Firenze

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It is often said that Florence’s Cathedral is turned inside out: Its white, green and pink marble exterior boasts the famous dome and bell tower, while its interior is spare and almost barren.

Florence’s distinctive Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, or Duomo, is the result of six centuries of work. The city hired Arnolfo di Cambio to design a new Duomo to replace the tiny 6th century Santa Reparata in 1296 and numerous local artists continued to work on it during the following century and a half. The painter Giotto designed its sturdy bell tower (Campanile) in 1334. The massive octagonal cupola that dominates both the church and the city was the proud achievement of master architect and sculptor Filippo Brunelleschi in the 15th century, who ingeniously designed it to support itself both during and after its construction, while the neo-Gothic façade that completed it was completed in the late 19th century.

Gaddo Gaddi was commissioned to mosaic an Enthronement of Mary in the lunette above the inside of the main door and Lorenzo Ghiberti designed the stained-glass windows set in the facade. Paolo Uccello, a painter obsessed by the newly developed perspective, frescoed the huge hora italica clock with its four heads of Prophets in 1443. The frescoes on the interior of the dome were designed by Giorgio Vasari but painted mostly by his less-talented student Frederico Zuccari by 1579. Climb up the 414 steps between the two shells of the cupola for one of the classic panoramas of the city.

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Duomo – San Giovanni square by night
Duomo – entrance
Duomo – central nave
Duomo – altar
Campanile di Giotto – interior
Campanile di Giotto – panoramic view

Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos, Panagia tou Kykkou, Cyprus

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At the top of a mountain 1318 m high, in the northwest of Troodos, stands the famous Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos (Panagia tou Kykkou). Kykkos Monastery was founded in AD 1100 by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081 – 1118) and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It houses one of the three surviving icons painted by the Apostle Luke. The icon, which is covered in silver gilt and enclosed in a shrine of tortoise shell and mother-of-pearl, holds an eminent position in the church and in 1997 miraculously wept for a month. There is also an impressive museum within the Monastery grounds housing a collection of icons, woodcarvings and manuscripts.

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Kykkos Monastery (Panagia tou Kykkou)
Kykkos Monastery (Panagia tou Kykkou) – corridors
Kykkos Monastery (Panagia tou Kykkou) – stairs

Asinou Church, Cyprus

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Early 12th century church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, with frescoes of the 12th century and later periods. It is considered to be among the finest examples of Byzantine mural painting on the island.

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Asinou Church – narthex
Asinou Church
The Church of Our Lady of Asinou – exterior

Kykkos Museum, Cyprus

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The Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos has followed all the formal specifications of modern museums but it is substantially different from them. It is not a museum that is completely separate from the functional space of the items it exhibits and neither is it a museum that contains exhibits only on the strength of their artistic value as are the museums of ancient Greek art. It is a museum situated inside the monastery itself and like its treasury it forms an integral part of it. Its exhibits such as icons, holy objects, woodcarvings, vestments, embroideries, manuscripts etc, are exhibited as part of the living adoration and the history of the monastery.
The Museum contains invaluable religious relics which have been collected by the zeal and piety of the monks, objects that have overcome the ravages of time, objects full of meaning and history.

The visitors who come to the Holy Monastery of Kykkos for worship and contemplation and who visit the Museum can come across the piety that inspired the exhibits and they can also get to know some of the history of the Monastery and of the Cyprus Church more generally.

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Kykkos museum – room 3
Kykkos museum – room 2
The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos

Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Bruxelles

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Founded two centuries ago, the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium hold some twenty thousand paintings, sculptures and drawings. Located in Brussels, they consist of the Ancient Art Museum (XV – XVII century), the Modern Art Museum (XIX ­ XX century), the Wiertz Museum and the Meunier Museum.

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The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium – exterior
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium – lower floor
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium – higher floor
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium 01
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium 02

BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles

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Creativity, quality, and artistic diversity have been at the heart of the Centre’s mission since its foundation. But for art not to be something abstract and distant, for it to be truly part of the “culture” of a society – and particularly in a city as variegated and international as Brussels – the public must be able to experience it in a way that is both natural and lively. Art and people must find and recognise each other, must interact with and enrich each other. For the greater happiness of all.
Our commitment, accordingly, is not only to the provision of a range of artistic activities, but also to achieving a “total experience”. Whether with friends, as a family, alone, as a couple, in a group, or with a class, whether young or old, fans of video or of string quartets, you are all invited to feel, to breathe, to view and to check out the atmosphere of the Centre for Fine Arts. To let yourselves be seduced by the strange beauty of a building that is at once imposing and intimate. To appreciate, day after day, the remarkable quality of the events programmed here. To discover that, when it comes to art, “total experiences” are the most intense and the most precious, that they cannot be repeated, that they represent, each time, a unique experience…

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BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts – Henry Le Boeuf Hall
BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts – Henry Le Boeuf Hall stage

St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral, Bruxelles

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St Gudule and St Michael’s Cathedral, seat of the
roman catholic diocese of Malines-Brussels.
The cathedral is a vibrant cultural place. The arts often contribute to the
liturgy. Various concerts and exhibitions take place, mainly organised by
‘Culture et Tourisme’.
The cathedral is also a remarkable archaeological site. Its history covers
12 centuries.

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St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral – exterior
St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral – central nave
St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral – interior
St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral – side chapel

Town Hall, Bruxelles

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The Town Hall (French: Hôtel de Ville, Dutch: Stadhuis) of Brussels, Belgium, stands on that city’s famous Grand Place.
The oldest part of the present Town Hall is its east wing (to the left, when facing the front). This wing, together with a small belfry, was built from 1402 to 1420 under direction of Jacob van Thienen.
The 96-meter-high tower in Brabantine Gothic style emerged from the plans of Jan van Ruysbroek, the court architect of Philip the Good. By 1455 this tower had replaced the older belfry. Above the roof of the Town Hall, the square tower body narrows to a lavishly pinnacled octagonal openwork. Atop the spire stands a 5-meter-high gilt metal statue of the archangel Michael, patron saint of Brussels, slaying a dragon or devil. The tower, its front archway and the main building facade are conspicuously off-center relative to one another. According to legend, the architect upon discovering this “error” leapt to his death from the tower. More likely, the asymmetry of the Town Hall was an accepted consequence of the scattered construction history and space constraints.

The facade is decorated with numerous statues representing nobles, saints, and allegorical figures. The present sculptures are reproductions; the older ones are in the city museum in the “King’s House” across the Grand Place.

The Town Hall accommodated not only the municipal authorities of the city, but until 1795 also the States of Brabant. From 1830, a provisional government assembled here during the Belgian Revolution.

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Town Hall Bruxelles – stair 01
Town Hall Bruxelles
Town Hall Bruxelles – wedding hall
Town Hall Bruxelles – corridor
Town Hall Bruxelles – stair 02

Kunstmuseum, Museum of fine arts, Berne

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Works by Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Ferdinand Hodler and Meret Oppenheim have made the Museum of Fine Arts Bern an institution with an international reputation. At the present time, the constantly growing and evolving collection consists of over 3,000 paintings and sculptures as well as 48,000 drawings, prints, photographs, videos and films.

The roots of the museum’s history reach back to the revolutionary ideas proliferating towards the end of the 18th century which, in 1809, led to the founding of the National Art Collection in Bern and, in 1879, to the opening of the first museum building.

The Museum of Fine Arts Bern is the oldest art museum in Switzerland with a permanent collection and houses works covering eight centuries.

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Kunsthaus – entrance
Kunstmuseum – Quattrocento
Kunstmuseum – Hodler
Kunstmuseum – Kirchner
Kunstmuseum – Stairs

Ono Theater, Bern

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A Thousand and One Nights at ONO.
Deep underneath the arches in the historic part of Bern, in converted coal cellars, exists the most important raw material of our society: its culture. ONO provides an inclusive place of culture for everyone. Literary performance, modern dance, affections music, dynamic pictures or exciting parties will lure a fastidious public into the atmospheric vaulted cellars at the Kramgrasse 6. ONO captivates and extends horizons. Night after night. Further information regarding our poetry slams, concerts, theater and the whole program can be found on www.onobern.ch look at PROGRAMM.

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Bühne “live in concert: Nina Dimitri at ONO”
Bar and Gallery – ONO

Zytglogge Tower, Bern

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The Zytglogge tower is a landmark medieval tower in Berne, Switzerland. Built at around the turn of the 13th century, it has served the city as guard tower, prison, clock tower, center of urban life and civic memorial.

Despite the many redecorations and renovations it has undergone in its 800 years of existence, the Zytglogge is one of Berne’s most recognisable symbols and, with its 15th century astronomical clock, a major tourist attraction. It is part of the old town of Berne, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.

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Zytglogge view from the tower
Zytglogge – interior 01
Zytglogge 4 west view
Zytglogge – interior 02

Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern

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On June 20th 2005 the Zentrum Paul Klee opened its doors to visitors interested in art and to art lovers from all over the world. At the heart of this new cultural institution is the artist Paul Klee (1879–1940), his life and his work. Today Paul Klee, who was also a musician, teacher and poet, ranks as one of the 20th century’s most significant artists. The Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, where the artist spent a half of his life, is a monument of international renown and a personal tribute to Paul Klee himself.

Of the 10,000 or so works that make up Paul Klee’s oeuvre a good 40 per cent, that is to say around 4,000 paintings, watercolours and drawings as well as archives and biographical material, has been brought together at the Zentrum Paul Klee. The Centre’s collections are considered as the largest collection of a single artist of world renown.

The Zentrum Paul Klee is not an art museum in the traditional sense. It is to become the leading centre of competence worldwide for research into and the mediation and presentation of Paul Klee, his life and his work, as well as the way in which his art is received. Given the diversity of Paul Klee’s artistic activities the Centre therefore not limits itself merely to showcasing Klee’s pictorial work but acts as a platform for interdisciplinary forms of artistic expression.

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Zentrum Paul Klee – exterior
Zentrum Paul Klee panorama 01
Zentrum Paul Klee – auditorium
Zentrum Paul Klee by night
Zentrum Paul Klee dokumentation
Zentrum Paul Klee Eingang
Zentrum Paul Klee kasse
Zentrum Paul Klee shop
Zentrum Paul Klee shop
Zentrum Paul Klee 02

Münster of Berne, Bern

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The Münster of Berne (German: Berner Münster) is the Gothic cathedral (or minster) of the city of Berne, Switzerland. Construction started in 1421. Its tower with a height of 100 m (328 ft) was only completed in 1893. It is the tallest in Switzerland.

Everyday at noon and 6 p.m., the bells in the tower are rung. You are allowed to climb the tower for a small fee and stand right next to the bells as they ring. The one bell is over 8 ft tall and shakes the room you are in as it swings. To safely stand next to it, one has to cover their ears to insure no hearing damage.

Münster of Berne
Münster of Berne – bell tower

Sanssouci Castle, Berlin

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Sanssouci (French “without cares”) is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia at Potsdam, just outside Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it is notable for the numerous temples and follies in Sanssouci Park. Designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfil Frederick’s need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court, the palace is little more than a large single-storey villa—more like the Château de Marly than Versailles.

Sanssouci Castle
Sanssouci Castle – Marble Gallery
Sanssouci Castle – corridor

Palao de la Música Catalana, Barcelona

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Palau de la Música Catalana (Music Palace) is one of the world’s most extraordinary music halls, with facades that are a riot of color and form. From its polychrome ceramic ticket windows to its overhead busts of Palestrina, Bach, Beethoven, and Wagner, the Palau is a flamboyant Barcelona landmark. Constructed between 1906 and 1909 by the Catalan architect Lluis Domènech i Montaner, this Modernista building was restored between 1983 and 1989 by the architect and designer Óscar Tusquets, and in 1997 it was designated a World Heritage Site.

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Palau de la Música Catalana – exterior
Palau de la Música Catalana – 2nd floor stalls
Palau de la Música Catalana – stalls

Park Guell, Barcelona

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Park Güell is an urban park to the north of the Barcelona district of Gràcia designed by the great Antoni Gaudí, who planned and directed the construction of the park from 1900 to 1914 for Eusebi Güell as a luxury villa, where 60 houses for the richest families of the Barcelona bourgeoisie would be built. The sale of the houses was not as successful as expected and, a few years later, it became a public park. It is considered one of Gaudí’s most colorful and playful works even though it was never fully completed.

The park extends beyond the structures covering the hill with stepped pedestrian paths and gardens amid the lush foliage. Near the base stands the house Gaudí had built for his own use in the park, the work of his disciple Francesc Berenguer (1905). The house has since been converted into the Casa-Museu Gaudí and houses furnishings designed by Gaudí as well as personal memorabilia. UNESCO declared Güell Park a World Heritage site in 1984.

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Park Güell panorama 01
Park Güell – fountain
Park Güell – columns
Park Güell panorama 02

St. Nicholas Church, St Nicholaas kerch, Amsterdam

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The music foundation of the st. nicholas church
West front of St. Nicholas Church, Amsterdam

The Stichting Muziek in de Nicolaas (SMN – the Music Foundation of the St. Nicholas Church) was established in 2000. Its purpose is to facilitate the use of the St. Nicholas Church for the presentation of choral and instrumental music of a high standard. It aims to do this by organising frequent concerts and regular choral services.

The 19th century St. Nicholas Church – recently magnificently restored and renovated – provides a prime setting for this goal.It is one of the most beautifully decorated churches in Amsterdam, has a fine acoustic and an excellent pipe organ. Its prime location (adjacent to Amsterdam’s Central Station) makes it easily accessible for many.

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St. Nicolaaskerk – central nave
St. Nicolaaskerk

Van Loon Museum, Amsterdam

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MUSEUM VAN LOON: A HOME ON THE CANAL
Museum Van Loon is situated on the Keizersgracht 672, in Amsterdam. The double-sized canal house dates from 1672. The first resident was the painter Ferdinand Bol, one of Rembandt’s most famous pupils.

In the nineteenth century, the Van Loon family came to live in the house. The family’s history is closely intertwined with that of Amsterdam. Several Van Loons held important positions as city-mayors. Others, such as Willem van Loon, fulfilled decisive functions in the Dutch East-India Company. The last resident of the house, before it became a museum, was Thora van Loon – Egidius. She was Dame du Palais of Queen Wilhelmina for forty years, and as such invited important royal guest to the house. Throughout time, the interior and exterior have remained practically intact. Today they form a fascinating historical monument. Museum Van Loon proudly invites you to visit the house and its collection.

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Van Loon Museum – first floor 01
Van Loon Museum – first floor 02

Our Lord in the Attic, Ons’ lieve Heer op Solder, Amsterdam

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Our Lord in the Attic is one of the oldest and most remarkable museums in Amsterdam. Behind the characteristic facade of the house by the canal lies a largely original 17th-century home and a complete hidden church. This hidden church ‘in the attic’ was built during the Reformation, when Catholics were forbidden to hold public services. Today, the church and the house form the backdrop to a succession of striking exhibitions highlighting religion and contemporary art.

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Museum Our Lord in the Attic – second floor
Museum Our Lord in the Attic – exterior
Museum Our Lord in the Attic – first floor

Scheepvaart Museum, Amsterdam

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Renovation of the Maritime Museum

On 8 January 2007, the Netherlands Maritime Museum Amsterdam closed its doors for a major renovation that will take more than two years. Upon completion, the refurbished Maritime Museum will be ready for the future. In the years after the Museum first opened, the annual number of visitors was around 40,000. At present, 200,000 people visit each year. The layout and interior will have to change to cope with this increase. Moreover, the Museum reckons the number of visitors might double in the coming years. What museum visitors want has also changed. They wish to make shorter visits and be able to have a choice in what they want to see. The building itself was also in need of renovation. The Maritime Museum is the last national museum without climate control. High time, therefore, to install such a system. ‘The market has changed radically’, explains museum director Willem Bijleveld, ‘and different audience groups require different modes of presentation. Particularly with young people, creating a vivid experience is the key to success. If we don’t change now, visitor numbers will undoubtedly go down again in the coming years’. And after 350 years, the building is certainly in need of a facelift. After the reconstruction, visitors will first enter the courtyard, where they can select an exhibition of their choice. The layout will present different routes to different exhibitions, so that visitors can choose how they want to experience maritime history. One group may opt for an exhibition that centres on specific objects, for example globes or paintings. Another group will want to undergo history more directly, for example by actually standing, as it were, in the Behouden Huys. The courtyard, which will be given a glass roof supported by a metal frame, is to become the heart of the museum. From there, visitors can choose the way in which they wish to experience what the museum has to offer. The shops, party rooms and catering facilities can also be accessed directly from the courtyard.

During the renovation, the East Indiaman Amsterdam will remain open to the public. It will, however, be towed to the NEMO science centre.

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Scheepvaartmuseum 01
Scheepvaartmuseum 02
Scheepvaartmuseum 03

Visit Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ’, Amsterdam

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The concert hall of the 21st century
More than 100 years after the Concertgebouw, the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ is opening its doors as the concert hall of the 21st century. At last, Amsterdam has a fully-equipped medium-sized hall for a classical repertoire which is becoming increasingly broader and more varied.

The buildings
A glass showpiece on the harbour front
The Danish firm of architects, 3xNielsen, was selected in 1997 by the Amsterdam Council to design this new showpiece for the city. Amsterdam wanted a Dutch building with a strongly international character.

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Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ’ (Music Building) – exterior 01
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ’ (Music Building) – exterior 02
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ’ (Music Building) – blue stage
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ’ (Music Building) – pink stage
Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ’ (Music Building) – audience
Muziekgebouw (Music Building) at dusk
Muziekgebouw (Music Building)

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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The Golden Age in surprising combinations

From December 2003 to 2010 the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam will undergo the biggest rebuilding, renovation and modernisation programme in its history. During this period the finest works from the 17th century in the Rijksmuseum will continue to be on view under the title The Masterpieces. The redesigned Philips Wing will provide an opportunity to see the highlights of the Golden Age together in surprising combinations. The more than 400 masterpieces will be on display in the Philips Wing from 20 December.

Highlights of Dutch history and art

The famous dolls’ houses, the finest Delftware, a wealth of silver, icons of Dutch history and of course the paintings by the great masters of the 17th century, Frans Hals, Jan Steen, Vermeer and Rembrandt will have a provisional new home in the Philips Wing. For many of these works this will be the first time that they have left their place in the Rijksmuseum. Rembrandt’s Night Watch, for example, has rarely left the main building designed by Pierre Cuypers since it opened in 1885.

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Rijksmuseum Exterior
Rijksmuseum – The late Rembrandt
Rijksmuseum Fran Hals – room 2
Rijksmuseum Rembrandt – room 8
Rijksmuseum Rembrandt Multimedia presentation
Rijksmuseum Vermeer
Rijksmuseum Wereldmachtala
Rijksmuseum Republiek

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

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A visit to the Van Gogh Museum is a unique experience. The museum contains the largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh in the world. It provides the opportunity to keep track of the artist’s developments, or compare his paintings to works by other artists from the 19th century in the collection. The museum also holds an extensive offer of exhibitions on various subjects from 19th-century art history.

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Van Gogh Museum Panorama 01
Van Gogh Museum Panorama 02
Van Gogh Museum Exterior
Van Gogh Museum Sunflowers Room