Harpa concert hall in Reykjavik
Harpa is a concert hall and conference center, the newest of the public buildings constructed in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The building was inaugurated with a concert in May 2011. It is an example of investment in culture, a way out of the grave economic crisis that hit the North Island. Harpa is designed [...]
Swarovski Crystal Worlds | The art museum of Innsbruck
Once inside, the visit is a series of rooms where works of art and installations issue the principal crystal and most of all are the masters. It is a imaginative – dedicated path dedicated to the senses, not to reason. So do not expect explanations or demonstrations on the working of crystal, rather entrust yourselves [...]
Bécherel | The ancient city of books in Brittany
Of course, the French region of Brittany is not just around the corner, since it is located in the north of the country. But with a little goodwill it can be achieved and fully appreciate. There are many places that we have already seen and reported (find here), but today we add another. It is [...]
Museum of Villa Margherita in Bordighera
The Villa, now in 2009, thanks to an intelligent agreement between the government and the family Terruzzi, which belonged to Queen Margherita has been converted into a museum displaying various works such as paintings, furniture, porcelain and paintings of great artistic value, from the Terruzzi collection. Too bad the villa, due to various historical events, [...]
Rococo Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg
Catherine Palace in Pushkin, the Tsar’s private resort is located 25 km south of San Pitroburgo, the summer residence of Catherine I, the rococo palace of the Tsars, the palace of the excesses of tsarinas. The building dates back to the eighteenth century and is the result of the different taste of the sovereign, which [...]
The Zadkine Museum in Paris
Ossip Zadkin was a Russian-born French sculptor. Born in Belarus then he became partof the Russian Empire from a Jew father and mother of Scottish descents as IoselAronovič Čadkin, after attending the art school in London, Zadkine settled in Paris around 1910. There he became part of the Cubist movement, however, developing a personal style, [...]
MuséoParc d’Alesia| A historical park in Burgundy
If you decide to spend a few days in that area – for instance near Sens, Dijon, Beaune, Macon and Nevers – bear in mind the MuséoParc d’Alesia, a historical theme park that seems rather peculiar. The Alise Sainte Reine Museum Park was built in 52 BC in the place where a famous battle took [...]
The Amphitheatre of Arles in Provence, France
“Mom, but is here the Colosseum?”. It was a Saturday in August when we arrived in the amphitheater of Arles, and if he wouldn’t want it to be a bullfight in the programme we were not going to be able to join this 20,000-seat amphitheater,which by the way is very well preserved. Bullfights aside, the [...]
Harpa concert hall in Reykjavik
Harpa is a concert hall and conference center, the newest of the public buildings constructed in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. The building was inaugurated with a concert in May 2011. It is an example of investment in culture, a way out of the grave economic crisis that hit the North Island. Harpa is designed [...]
