CITY OF LONDON SIGHTS
CITY OF LONDON SIGHTS S MONUMENT. Raised in 1677, Christopher Wren’s 202 ft. column stands exactly that distance from the bakery on Pudding Lane where the Great Fire started …
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LOIRE VALLEY VAL DE LOIRE MAP
LOIRE VALLEY (VAL DE LOIRE) MAP The Loire, France’s longest and most celebrated river, meanders to the Atlantic through a valley overflowing with gentle vineyards and majestic chateaux. Loire …
Holiday in France
Holiday in France OPERA BASTILLE. Lake its namesake, the Opera Bastille has stirred up a lot of opposition. One of Mitterrand’s Grands Projets, the Opera, designed by a Canadian, …
HOFKIRCHE AUSTRIA
HOFKIRCHE AUSTRIA Twenty-eight bronze statues of Habsburg saints and Roman emper ors line the nave, and the elegant Silver Chapel holds the corpse of Archduke Fer dinand II. (In …
CENTRAL AND WEST GERMANY MAP
CENTRAL AND WEST GERMANY MAP Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), which stretches from the North Sea to the hills of central Germany, has foggy marshland and broad agricultural plains inland. Just …
GAY AND LESBIAN NIGHTLIFE IN LONDON
GAY AND LESBIAN NIGHTLIFE IN LONDON London has a very visible gay scene, ranging from flamboyant to mainstream. Time Out devotes a section to gay listings, and gay newspapers …
ROUEN PARIS
ROUEN PARIS However strongly Gustave Flaubert may have criticized his home in Madame Bovary, Rouen (pop. 108,000) is no provincial town. The pathos of the Joan of Arc story …
TOSCANINIHOF, CATACOMBS, AND THE DOM AUSTRIA
TOSCANINIHOF, CATACOMBS, AND THE DOM AUSTRIA Steps lead from Toscaninihof, the courtyard of St. Peter’s Monastery, up the Monchsberg cliffs. Stiftskirche St. Peter, a church within the monastery, features …