Museo del Prado Hardly any European capital has as many art galleries and art collections as Madrid. Undoubtedly, the Museo del Prado is the best known and belongs to the most important museums of the world. There are others like the Museo Reina Sofia and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, just to mention only the most important ones. […]
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Old Museum – Altes Museum – Berlin
The Old Museum (Altes Museum) on Museum Island in Berlin houses the Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities collection. The entrance area forms a rotunda, which is derived from the Roman pantheon. In the niches you see statues that have been acquired by Frederick II and G.R. Bianconi. (Old Museum – Altes Museum – Berlin – […]
New Museum – Neues Museum – Berlin
The New Museum (Neues Museum) on the Museum Island in Berlin houses two museums: the Egyptian Museum with the Papyrus Collection and the Museum for prehistory and early history. The construction of the museum began in 1841 and was completed in 1866. For the construction, steel structures were integrated into the masonry; this was the […]
Museu del Mar – Lloret de Mar
Museu del Mar, the Maritime Museum is right on the beach promenade, the Passeig de Cinto Verdaguer, in Lloret de Mar. It is housed in the former Casa Garriga, a surviving example of the glorious past. Casa Garriga was built on behalf of Eric Garriga i Mataró and completed in 1887. He was one of […]
Celtic world Froeg
The Celtic World Froeg is located in Rosegg, a village approx. 6 km from Velden at the Woerthersee*, Austria. Already 3.000 years ago the Celts settled here. The Celtic world Frög shows testimonials of this epoch in a vivid way. Please watch the video here!!! After Hallstatt, Froeg is the second important burial ground of […]
Girona Cathedral
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Girona is the most famous church in the city. The construction of this monumental building lasted over 400 years. The construction started in the 14th century, however, the vault was only completed in the 18th century. The nave has a width of 23 m and a height of 34 […]
Pergamon Museum Berlin
The Museum Island The Pergamon Museum is part of the museum ensemble on the Museum Island in Berlin. Original initiator of this unique art collection was King Frederick William III of Prussia. In 1810, he issued the instruction to create a public art collection here. However, this museum scene gained in importance by Wilhelm of […]
Plougastel-Daoulas – the city of strawberries in France
Plougastel-Daoulas in the department Finistère in Brittany is a commune which is famous for its strawberries, not only among gourmets. Therefore it is not surprising that the only strawberry museum of the world is located here. Calvary However, after our arrival the artistically arranged calvary from the 17th century in front of the church stabbed […]
Le Redoutable – the first French nuclear submarine
The Redoutable was the first nuclear submarine of the French navy. She was commissioned in 1971 and decommissioned in 1991. The 16 ballistic nuclear missiles had an explosive force of 500KT at a range of 3100 km. Please watch the 4k UltraHD video Since 2000 it is exhibited as a museum ship in the maritime museum […]