Posted on June 18th, 2010 by by tanto
This excursion takes you to a most enchanting alpine world of the Bernese Oberland. Enjoy a guided tour in comfortable deluxe coach on scenic route via Interlaken to Lauterbrunnen. With the Wengernalp rack railway you will enjoy a 45-minute trip up through idyllic alpine meadows and forests up to Kleine Scheidegg (6762 ft). Here you [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2010 by by tanto
Premeditated as Town the Majuscule’s season castle, Sanssouci is considered by some a Teutonic challenger of Versailles.
The mansion of Sanssouci was improved on a midget terraced comic, at Potsdam, to fulfill Town’s requirement of a relaxing recede. The recite itself agency “offhanded”, “without cares” and the fact that it resembles a one-story revolutionist proves it [...]
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Posted on December 12th, 2009 by by tanto
Musée de la Vie Romantique (Museum of Romantic Life).
A visit to the charming Museum of the Romantic Life, dedicated to novelist George Sand (1804-76), will transport you to the countryside. In a pretty 1830s mansion at the end of a tree-lined courtyard, the small permanent collection includes drawings by Delacroix and Ingrès, among others, though [...]
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Posted on December 7th, 2009 by by tanto
Commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon, shortly after his victory at Austerlitz, it was not finished until 1836. There are four huge relief sculptures at the bases of the four pillars. These commemorate The Triumph of 1810 (Cortot); Resistance , and Peace (both by Etex); and The Departure of the Volunteers, more commonly known by the [...]
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Posted on December 5th, 2009 by by tanto
Chartres Cathedral (full name Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres) is one of the greatest achievements in the history of architecture, located in the medieval town of Chartres, about 50 miles from Paris. Until now its originality design and details were maintained carefully. In addition to its architectural splendor, Chartres Cathedral has been a major pilgrimage destination [...]
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Posted on November 17th, 2009 by by tanto
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Harvard University
24 Quincy Street (at Prescott Street)
Cambridge
Massachusetts 02138
USA
Le Corbusier 1963
The Carpenter Center is Le Corbusier’s only building in North America, and one of the last to be completed during his lifetime.
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