Entertainment and attractions Karlovy Vary is an amazingly baroque resort. Here is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city – the Castle Tower – and it was repaired and decorated in this style. Once this elegant donjon was part of the castle, erected by Charles IV himself, and probably looked more severe. Today, […]
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According to clothingexpress, Lübeck is a port on the Baltic Sea, dating back to 1143, when a new city grew up on the site of a burned-out Slavic settlement. Its geographical position is very advantageous – it is the intersection of important land and water routes, thanks to which the city grew and developed rapidly […]
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Szekesfehervar for Hungary is no less, and perhaps in some ways even more significant than the capital Budapest. “City of Kings”, “White City with a Throne”, “Cradle of Hungarian Statehood” – what epithets this settlement has not earned over the long years of its history. And the thing is that it was in the local […]
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Luxembourg is an ancient picturesque city located at the confluence of two small rivers – Alzette and Petrus. The city is divided into 24 districts, but only 4 of them are of interest to tourists: Upper Town (Ville Haute), the historical center of Luxembourg The lower city (Ville Basse), located on the opposite bank of […]
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Having stepped on the land of Prague for the first time, having barely looked around, the traveler understands that this first meeting with the city will not be the only one. It turns out that it’s not enough to run around the center and check in with a flashlight at the main attractions. Upon closer […]
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Faro has an international airport, railway station and bus station. There are no direct flights from Russia to the Algarve, but you can quickly get here with a transfer in Lisbon, Frankfurt or Düsseldorf. You can fly from Moscow with Aeroflot, Es Seven, Lufthansa or Portuguese Airlines. The cheapest flights are offered by Es Seven […]
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It should come as no surprise to many that Croatia, and especially the Croatian coast, has many beautiful places. According to behealthybytomorrow, the country has been preparing for the influx of tourists who discover the country for years. This is also the case in the southern city of Dubrovnik and the port of Port Gruž. […]
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According to beautypically, Frankfurt am Main is a modern city located in the west of Germany. The presence of the European Central Bank, headquarters of several German banks and the German stock exchange make Frankfurt an important financial center within Germany and Europe. Frankfurt came out of the Second World War badly damaged, after which […]
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Almost everyone knows that Spain is one of the best places on earth for recreation. Indeed, at the moment it is one of the most democratic resorts in Europe. The ratio between the price of a vacation and the quality of service in Spain is perfect, and you can absolutely say what each piseta is […]
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According to watchtutorials, the city of Mirny is located 820 km west of Yakutsk. The Mirny settlement was founded in 1955 in connection with the development of a diamond deposit – the Mir kimberlite pipe. It received city status in 1959. Today, Mirny is the center of theRussian diamond industry. The main enterprise of the […]
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All tips (10%) and other additional payments are best left after the service, in case it was of acceptable quality. But you shouldn’t deprive service personnel of tips – many of them work for a meager salary, receiving the main income from tips. In restaurants, tips are usually given directly into the hands of the […]
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Rich traditions in the sphere of culture, science and education are closely connected with the values of European culture. In 1364 a university was founded in Krakow, and in 1474 the first printing house was opened there, and in 1748 the Public Library in Warsaw. Between 1773 and 1775, the first Ministry of Education in […]
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Territorial variations. – On June 27, 1946, the Italian islands of the Aegean were assigned to Greece; the decision became enforceable on September 15, 1947. The islands were incorporated into the kingdom on March 7, 1948, and divided into four provinces: Rhodes, Calino, Karpathos and Kos. Population. – A census held in 1940 found, on […]
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In the last twenty years the artistic panorama in China has been characterized by a significant decline of the abstractionist current, preeminent until then and with which Swiss art had often been identified abroad: just think of the figures of RP Lohse (m. 1988) and above all by M. Bill (d. 1994). On the other […]
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Of these populations the Romans in general did not propose a violent assimilation, nor did they try to impose their language, because rather the use of Latin as an official language they considered as the highest honor and as an object of gracious concession. Nor did the Romans hinder the different idioms of the Italic federates, […]
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In Corinth excavations continued, especially of the buildings around the agora: the south portico with a double row of tabernas, ending towards the west in small but interesting Roman baths; at the center of the agora the row of Roman shops that divide the square into two terraces with a marble staircase for communication. The bema was found […]
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According to trackaah, the proportion of the urban population in France is very low (40%), if compared to that of the countries where in recent times the industry has occupied the first place in national activity (Germany 64%, Great Britain 68%), or that of newly emerged countries, such as the United States (75%) and Australia […]
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Excavations and discoveries. – Numerous excavations promoted in the years preceding the Second World War by various foreign archaeological schools and by Greek archaeologists, and which are slowly recovering in the main centers even in the current difficult conditions, have largely expanded the historical framework of Greek civilization with the rich series of monuments brought […]
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Army. – The Reich government with the law of March 16, 1935 re-established compulsory military service and a new organization of the armed forces, declaring the military clauses of the Versailles treaty invalid. According to the new order, the German army is made up of: 4 army group commands, with offices in Berlin, Kassel, Dresden […]
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After four centuries of a culture that deserved to be positively appreciated, Polish music, which had never yet preceded the musical creation of other nations, could reach its greatest flower in the activity of Federico Francesco Chopin (v.; 1810-1849), whose work represented the most perfect musical emanation of the Polish national spirit. Chopin’s work, which […]
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Although the oldest monuments of Polish music we know today do not surpass 550 years of material existence, the principles of indigenous music culture in Poland date back to much earlier times. Some of the popular songs, which are performed today during the wedding ceremonies at the young bride’s house (the texts of which still […]
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Aquitaine denotes a historical area, which today is known as a french region in the southwest of the country. In the south of the area are the impressive landscapes of the Pyrenees, to the west are the beaches of the Atlantic. This area offers everything from high mountain ranges to magnificent Sandy beaches really everything. […]
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In »Vardar Macedonia« a (socialist) Yugoslav republic with its own constitution (1945) was created in 1944–46 – based on the AVNOJ program of Jajce (1943). The republic arose from the communist partisan struggle that had been victorious since spring 1943 under the Montenegrin Svetozar Vukmanović-Tempo (* 1912, † 2000) sent by Tito. The Macedonian People’s […]
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Quedlinburg Quedlinburg is located on the northern edge of the Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt. The city has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a so-called “area monument” since 1994 and impresses with its historical ambience and an eventful city history that goes back more than a thousand years. Quedlinburg was the royal palace […]
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Here you will find study trips and round trips through the metropolises of Bosnia-Herzegovina Sarajevo Take a group tour to Sarajevo, the capital and seat of government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tour Sarajevo’s highlights such as Bascarsija Square in the old town, the National Theater, the Academy of Arts, the Gazi Husrev Beg Mosque, the […]
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John IV (1640–56), founder of the Bragança dynasty, secured the independence of Portugal through treaties with France, the Netherlands and England, through the construction of the army and the navy and the expansion of the fortresses. The army reformed by F. Graf von Schomberg (actually Frierich Hermann von Schönberg, * 1615, † 1690) had to […]
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Population 95.3% of the population are Slovenes. The minorities include Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats, Hungarians, Albanians, Italians and Macedonians. The share of foreign nationals in the total population is (2017) 5.54%; there are also 614 refugees. The average population density is (2017) 103 residents / km 2. The population is mainly concentrated in the often basin-like […]
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Join us in Mallorca and hike the famous trail GR221 across the Tramuntana Mountains – not only a fantastic hike but also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We live in various small hotels and also in the monastery itself in Lluc. We get the luggage transported between our homes so we only have to bring a day […]
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From the first major public protest (August 1987, anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact), the strong nationalist charge acquired a growing political value, leading in a short time to the foundation of a National Front (October 1988); at the same time, the secessionist vocation was transformed from an element of support to the democratizing action of […]
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Bratislava: Recommended excursions Cerveny Kamen Castle Easily reached by car from Bratislava is this lovingly restored medieval castle, which also has a museum. Donauauen National Park This national park belongs to Lower Austria and impresses with the largest wetland wetlands in Central Europe. It can be accessed via (guided) bike tours and hikes. Driny Cave […]
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