In 2004 I have visited the Japanese garden in the Schonbrunn Park, in Vienna. You may find it near the Zoological Garden. Japanese gardens are designed to mirror nature. The two principal elements are simplicity and asymmetry. Water is an … Continue reading
Schonbrunn Palace together with Schonbrunn park entered UNESCO heritage in 1996. While in Vienna, I visit often the Palm House, a marvellous Art Nouveau metal construction, the biggest in Europe of this kind. Sometimes there is a special exhibition there. … Continue reading
Today I want to show you how nice is preparing Vienna for Christmas. I will not write about the Christmas fairs, not today. I will only emphasized on the street decorations and the way the shops are adorning their windows … Continue reading
Alhambra, together with the Great Mosque in Cordoba are the most important examples of islamic art in the world. Alhambra is a complex of buildings and gardens developed during a period of over ten centuries. Water abundance, flowers and trees, … Continue reading
I arrived in Granada during Corpus Christi Festival and so I had the chance to see all those beautiful and colourful dresses, to see the flower altars and the dances on the streets. I even have seen the toreadors coming … Continue reading
Canary Wharf is a modern financial district in East-End London. Over 90,000 people work there and the place is overcrowded during late afternoon, when they are going home. The tallest building in UK and the 5th in Europe can be … Continue reading
In a gloomy day we visited Southwark, in South-East London, to see the Millenium Bridge. It was a very good spot for taking photographs because there were there Tate Modern, Globe Theatre, St. Paul’s Cathedral and many of London Bridges. … Continue reading
The famous La Fayette Galeries in Paris, attracted me like a magnet because of the Art Nouveau Dome, constructed in 1912. An admirer of this style, I am looking for it everywhere I go. In Paris, it mingled with the … Continue reading
A less touristic part of Prague is Vysehrad. We walked there in a cold and bright March day. The ruins of the tower, were Lybuse’s Bath is, the church of St. Peter and Paul, the medieval Rotonda, the casemats and … Continue reading
With little time to visit when in Udine, I still managed to see the most important parts of the town like: Piazza della Liberta with two palaces (Loggia del Lionello – today the City Hall, and Porticato di San Giovanni), … Continue reading