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 History of the Swiss National Museum
Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
The Swiss National Museum, ZurichThe 19th century is generally regarded as the century of nations and nation states. While other countries were busily erecting memorials, monuments and institutions, though, the young federal state of Switzerland struggled with the idea of setting up a national museum.
Plans to create one met with widespread scepticism, and there were also entirely pragmatic reas ... |
Park Guell Country: Spain
City: Barcelona
The Park Güell is an absolute must-see when visiting Barcelona!The park was commissioned by Graf Eusebi Güell in 1900. Eusebi was very much adherent to the idea English garden cities.
However, the project failed before its completion due to financial reasons. In the run-up to the project 60 villas were supposed to be sold in order to finance the garden city. Unfortunately Gaudí’s and Güell’s ide ... |
Town HallCountry: Belgium
City: Brussels
The Town Hall of Brussels, Belgium, stands on that city's famous Grand Place.
The oldest part of the present Town Hall is its east wing. This wing, together with a small belfry, was built from 1402 to 1420 under direction of Jacob van Thienen, and future additions were not originally foreseen. However, the admission of the craft guilds into the traditionally patrician city government probably spu ... |
KabulCountry: Afghanistan
City: Kabul
Kabul, city in east central Afghanistan, capital of the country and Kabul Province. Kabul is on the Kabul River, situated at an elevation of about 1800 m (about 5900 ft) making it one of the highest capital cities in the World. The population is around 1 million people. The nation's chief economic and cultural center, it has long been of strategic importance because of its proximity to the Khyber ... |
The Getty Center Country: United States
City: Los Angeles
The Getty is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts and the humanities that includes an art museum as well as programs for education, scholarship, and conservation.
The Getty Center opened to the public in December 1997, unites the J. Paul Getty Trust's museum, institutes, and grant program on one site in Los Angeles. It has received well over one mill ... |
St Paul's CathedralCountry: United Kingdom
City: London
A Cathedral dedicated to St Paul has overlooked the City of London since 604AD, a constant reminder to this great commercial centre of the importance of the spiritual side of life.
The current Cathedral – the fourth to occupy this site – was designed by the court architect Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1675 and 1710 after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London. Its ar ... |
The Archaeological Museum, CarnuntinumCountry: Austria
City: London
The ancient city of Carnuntum, the capital of the Roman province Upper Pannonia covered an area of about 10km² in today's municipalities of Petronell-Carnuntum and Bad Deutsch-Altenburg. From 35 to 40 AD the legion XV Apollinaris erected a fortified military camp. This was the start of the flourishing of the city later on as a centre of trade. Situated at the crossroads of the Amber Road and the L ... |
SalzburgCountry: Austria
City: Salzburg
Tourism: Salzburg is one of the smaller Austrian provinces but it is one of the most important for the tourism industry. Hundreds and thousands of visitors from all over the world visit the “Small Paradise” of Salzburg throughout the year. Unspoilt countryside with unique natural attractions such as the Hohe Tauern National Park, the beauty of the “Baroque Jewel” of the old town centre of Salzburg ... |
The Panjshir ValleyCountry: Afghanistan
City: Salzburg
"Soon the valley broadened to half a mile. We crossed the river, now a weaving crystalline band the colour of sapphire, several times on narrow wooden bridges reinforced with lengths of military truck chassis or rusting Russian pontoons ... everywhere these forgotten splinters of what had been the pride of Soviet armour were being absorbed organically back into the land."- Jason Elliot, An Unexpec ... |
Crooked Tree Wildlife SanctuaryCountry: Belize
City: Salzburg
What To See
This mosaic of elongated lagoons, connected by creeks, savannas and logwood thickets is excellent for birds. As the dry season gets underway, they arrive in huge numbers from the Peten and Yucatan as swamps in these areas dry up. By April, the Crooked Tree landscape is alive with flocks of different water birds. Huge congregations of Double Crested Cormorants, Egrets, Herons, and diff ... |
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