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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: Check out the Vatican Museums
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Monday, March 24, 2008. Check out the Vatican Museums. An entire article could easily be taken up solely by listing the names of all the galleries and museums comprising the Vatican Museums. Naming the artists and their works would take up several more. Describing them takes entire catalogs, held in the Vatican Library. Nearby is the Gallery of the Maps, named after its painted walls. Forty different panels devoted to varying regions around the globe form a collection that was once as practical as it...
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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: 2/17/08 - 2/24/08
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Poble Espanyol (The Spanish Village). One of the most popular shopping areas of Barcelona, the Poble Espanyol is an array of houses, shops and other buildings done in every style seen across Spain. Enter through the gateway simulated to look like the great walled city of Avila and experience the many sights within. Art of many kinds can be seen throughout the poble. At the Fundació Fran Daurel, you can find works by contemporary Catalan artists along with their more famo...
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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: 3/23/08 - 3/30/08
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Monday, March 24, 2008. Check out the Vatican Museums. An entire article could easily be taken up solely by listing the names of all the galleries and museums comprising the Vatican Museums. Naming the artists and their works would take up several more. Describing them takes entire catalogs, held in the Vatican Library. Nearby is the Gallery of the Maps, named after its painted walls. Forty different panels devoted to varying regions around the globe form a collection that was once as practical as it...
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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: 2/10/08 - 2/17/08
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Thursday, February 14, 2008. The Seine River in Paris. Whether seen by a long, leisurely walk or from one of the many excellent tour boats, the view along the Seine in Paris is a delight. The river flows nearly 800km (480mi) from Dijon through Paris and into the English Channel. But even the short section through the city provides enough sights to satisfy the most discerning traveler. But not only youth and age are represented along these shores. Elegant beauty, in the form of the Alexander III, is a...
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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: The Gothic Quarter in Barcelona
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Sunday, March 30, 2008. The Gothic Quarter in Barcelona. Between Las Ramblas and the Passeig de Picasso lies one of Barcelona's most famous areas: Barri Gotic, the Gothic Quarter. Its fame is well deserved. For, here, visitors can find streets and buildings from the Middle Ages that will provide hours of fascinating exploration. There are small winding alleyways where tourists can find all manner of Gothic-era buildings, shops housed in centuries-old structures, cafes and much more. Lovers of religious a...
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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: Barcelona Zoo
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Barcelona Zoo receives over a million visitors per year. It isn't hard to see why, once you know about all the things it has to offer animal lovers. Built in 1892 these 13 hectares located in Ciutadella Park house thousands of animals from 400 different species, many of whom are not typically found at other conservation facilities. The zoo is home to a number of interesting bird species to delight visitors, including night herons, egrets and storks. But other species get a...
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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: Poble Espanyol (The Spanish Village)
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Poble Espanyol (The Spanish Village). One of the most popular shopping areas of Barcelona, the Poble Espanyol is an array of houses, shops and other buildings done in every style seen across Spain. Enter through the gateway simulated to look like the great walled city of Avila and experience the many sights within. Art of many kinds can be seen throughout the poble. At the Fundació Fran Daurel, you can find works by contemporary Catalan artists along with their more famo...
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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: A Visit to San Gimignano in Tuscany
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Thursday, February 28, 2008. A Visit to San Gimignano in Tuscany. Once an ancient Etruscan settlement, San Gimignano's first walls were erected much later, in 998 AD. It became one of Italy's smaller city-statues in the 12th century. The Communal Palace is another of San Gimignano's outstanding offerings. Home of the Town Gallery it houses works by Filippino Lippi, Pier Francesco Fiorentino and others. From Dante's Hall it's a short walk to the fresco by Lippo Memmi. Not much further is the T...There is ...
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TravelEuroCities - Walking you through Europe's fascinating cities...: 8/17/08 - 8/24/08
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Sunday, August 17, 2008. The one and only, Casa Milà (La Pedrera). In the ultra-fashionable neighborhood along Passeig de Gràcia stands one of the most unusual examples of Barcelona architecture - or anywhere else in the world: Casa Milà, otherwise known as La Pedrera. The first name is drawn from the patron who commissioned renowned architect Antonio Gaudi to build what became an apartment complex. The name is unfair. The balconies that wind around the exterior of the site are full of sea shapes. Th...
