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 The Great Sphinx of Egypt

Country: Egypt
City: Cairo
The Great Sphinx of Egypt In a depression to the south of Chephren's pyramid sits a creature with a human head and a lion's body. The name 'sphinx' which means 'strangler' was first given by the Greeks to a fabulous creature which had the head of a woman and the body of a lion and the wings of a bird. The sphinx appears to have started in Egypt in the form of a sun god. The Egyptian sphinx is usually a head of a king weari ...

 St. Basil's Cathedral

Country: Russia
City: Moscow
St. Basil's Cathedral The famous St. Basil's Cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built on the edge of Red Square between 1555 and 1561. Legend has it that on completion of the church the Tsar ordered the architect, Postnik Yakovlev, to be blinded to prevent him from ever creating anything to rival its beauty again. The cathedral was built to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's successful military campaign a ...

 Stephansdom - St. Stephen's Cathedral

Country: Austria
City: Vienna
Stephansdom - St. Stephen's Cathedral Visit St. Stephen's Cathedral - Stephansdom, one of Vienna’s most famous sights. St. Stephen's Cathedral defines the city centre and has been the heart of Vienna for centuries. It is one of the most famous Viennese sights and was built in 1147 AD. For a long time it was uncontested as highest building in Europe measuring almost 137 m. Duke Rudolf IV of Habsburg ordered the complete restructuring ...

 Clock Museum

Country: Austria
City: Vienna
Clock Museum The City of Vienna Clock Museum has been housed since 1921 in the "Harfenhaus" (Harpist's House), one of the oldest houses in Vienna. The collection is on three floors and illustrates the development of clocks from the 15th C. to the present day. The 1,200 or so exhibits include very basic clocks, tower and table clocks, pocket watches, Austrian lantern timepieces of the Biedermeier period, clocks ...

 Castle Ashby

Country: United Kingdom
City: Northampton
Castle Ashby Castle Ashby is the magnificent ancestral home of the Compton family. Nestled amidst two hundred acres of beautiful parkland. Steeped in history, the House is one of the only Stately Homes truly available on an exclusive basis. An ideal venue to host meetings, corporate and incentive events. It is also a perfect setting for weddings and private celebrations. The 26 exquisite bedrooms and many ele ...

 Church of Our Lady (Fraumunster)

Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
Church of Our Lady (Fraumunster) Of all the church spires that pierce Zürich’s skyline, the slender, blue spire of Fraumünster (Minster of Our Lady) is the most graceful. And it is best known for housing magnificent stained glass windows by Marc Chagall. A Benedictine convent was founded on this site in 853 by Emperor Ludwig (Louis the German), the grandson of Charlemagne. There was already a convent on the site, for how long w ...

 History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection

Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection History of the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and the Kunsthaus collection Founded in 1787, the Künstlergesellschaft began to collect works of art in 1794. Every member donated either one of his or her own drawings or one by an artist towards what they termed a ‘Malerbuch’ – a painting book. In 1812 they took out a loan to acquire premises, which initially functioned as a club house and bar. Thank ...

 History of the Swiss National Museum

Country: Switzerland
City: Zurich
History of the Swiss National Museum 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
Park Guell 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 ...

 Island Of Lundy

Country: United Kingdom
City: Barcelona
Island Of Lundy This little, windswept, granite island lies at the mouth of the Bristol Channel where it meets the Atlantic . Only 5 kilometres (3 miles) long by 0.8 kilometre (1/2 mile) wide, with an area of just over 405 hectares (1,000 acres), it has fewer than 20 permanent residents, employed by the Landmark Trust, which manages the island for the National Trust. There are three lighthouses (two in use), one ...

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