The Dazu Rock Carvings are about 1.5 hours drive north-west of Chongqing. At 75 different sites in the Chongqing Municipality, estimated 50,000 Chinese religious sculptures were carved in stone, with the oldest statues dating back to the early Tang Dynasty. Please watch the video here You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To […]
Visiting the Sera Monastery – Tibet
The Sera Monastery about 2 km north of Lhasa is one of the three major monasteries of the Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. The Sera Monastery once held 7000 Buddhist monks, yet today there are only 250. Yet this monastery is equally important as the Drepung Monastery. Please watch the video You are currently viewing […]
Hallstatt – Salzkammergut
Hallstatt a small town in the Salzkammergut is located at the south-western shore of the Hallstätter See in Upper Austria. Till the end of the 19.th Century the village could only be reached by ship or narrow paths. Nevertheless the place has a rich history. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a placeholder […]
Lienz in East Tyrol
Lienz, the most important city of East Tyrol lies in the broad muzzle valley of the Isel into the Drava. The region was populated as early as 2,200 BC, later the Celts settled here.It experienced its first major upswing after the Romans had secured the northern border along the Danube by the Limes. Please watch […]
Sintra – a town with centuries-old palaces
Sintra is approx. 25 km northwest of Lisbon and part of the Cultural Landscape of Sintra which became UNESCO world cultural heritage in 1995. In the municipality of São Martinho you find the Royal Palace, Palácio Nacional de Sintra, essentially built by King Manuel I. It is known by the distinctive shape of the two […]
Celtic Village and Saltmine in Hallein – Austria
Hallein, about 10 km south of Salzburg, was already settled by the Celts, who came to significant wealth by salt production. A Celtic Village next to the salt mines in Bad Dürrnberg, as well as a modern Celtic Museum in Hallein with significant finds give an insight into life at that time. Please watch the […]