Posts Tagged monument
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A monastery (Hurezi Monastery) and a curiosity!
As I mentioned here, on December 31st we went visiting some places, including Hurezi Monastery. I told you in the post that I'll dedicate a special article to this monastery – for we've discovered a very-very interesting thing! So here's the articl
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Nicolae Iorga’s villa from Sinaia – photo of the week
Called the “Pearl of the Carpathian Mountains”, Sinaia is a place where elegance&nature come together. Here we can find not only wonderful landscapes, but also the largest number of architectural monuments from Romania. Among the main attr
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Photo of the week: Statue of Liberty, New York
Undoubtedly a symbol for almost anyone on this planet. Statue of Liberty - (Liberty Enlightening the World) – is, as we find out from Wikipedia too, a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bart
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Follow “The Sound of Music”: Salzburg
Last year, just before Christmas, I followed the sound of music and got to the Castel of Salt - Salzburg - where I participated in an international project on cultural identities. Salzburg is a modern city at the foot of an old city, quite calm, pict
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If you’re not from UK you can no longer take a tour of Big Ben
There are some monuments in the world that you can visit. One often travels to a city having in mind the famous buildings and trying to take as many visiting tours as possible. If in London then you most probably want to visit Big Ben. Guess what
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Colosseum’s dungeons opening for the first time in history to visitors
Next week seems to be a great week for traveling and new discoveries. The Roman Colosseum's dungeons are opening for the first time in history to visitors. The Colosseum is one of the greatest Roman relics. In 1970s a part of the monuments wa
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Vienna – The Red (Soviet) Army memorial „Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee”
If you are walking trough Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna, near Hochstrahlbrunnen (the giant fountain) (that we've presented here) you can see The Soviet memorial „Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee", a monument raised short after WWII (the Second World Wa
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Light show fountain in Vienna
Vienna is a city with many places worth seeing. Walking around Schwarzenbergplatz you'll see The Russian Freedom Monument (we'll present it in another dedicated post) and the Hochstrahlbrunnen (the giant fountain). This fountain was erected to com
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Karlskirche – a special place in Vienna
I was in Vienna with my dear husband for several days now, during our vacation. It was time to visit one of the most famous monuments from this beautiful capital: Karlskirche. The visit to this monument of Vienna was decided long before actually g
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