SLAVENSKI MUSEUM
SLAVENSKI MUSEUM Josip Slavenski was one of the most adventurous composers of early 20th-century Yugoslavia. He was born with the name Stolzer’, in 1896, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but …
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PONT D’AVIGNON BRIDGE MAP
All that remains of this key medieval crossing are four arches and a famous folk song. Legend has it that in 1178 a total eclipse of the sun occurred …
0RESUND BRIDGE MAP
0RESUND BRIDGE MAP An ambitious civil engineering project also helped save the European green toad. Rising sea levels at the end of the Ice Age severed the dry-land connection …
SZYMANOWSKI MUSEUM
SZYMANOWSKI MUSEUM Karol Szymanowski was of course Polish, but he was born in 1882 in what is now Ukraine, in the village of Tymoshovka; his family were among the …
ANJI BRIDGE MAP
ANJI BRIDGE MAP Four hours southwest of Beijing, where the Xiao River flows over the North China Plain, stands the remarkable Anji Bridge. Designed by the master stonemason Li …
TSING MA BRIDGE MAP
TSING MA BRIDGE MAP A spectacular fireworks display celebrated the opening of Hong Kong’s Tsing Ma Bridge on April 27, 1997. Pedestrians were invited to walk over the bridge, …
ULLMANN MUSEUM
ULLMANN MUSEUM Viktor Ullmann was the senior figure among the Jewish Czech composers imprisoned in the Nazi transit camp at Terezm. He entered the camp in 1942, spent two …
STARI MOSTAR BRIDGE MAP
After this treasure of the Ottoman Empire was destroyed, an international team rebuilt it. Following the disastrous losses of art and architectural treasures in Europe during World War II, …