SMETANA MUSEUM
SMETANA MUSEUM The central position occupied by the Smetana museum in Prague powerfully symbolizes the place that Bedrich Smetana holds in Czech music: it occupies the former Old Town …
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COVERED BRIDGE MAPS
COVERED BRIDGE MAPS It is little wonder that covered bridges have been called “kissing bridges” and “tunnels of love.” Set in bucolic landscapes, often off the beaten path, they …
BOB GRAHAM SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE MAP
BOB GRAHAM SUNSHINE SKYWAY BRIDGE MAP To celebrate the Sunshine State, the stays are painted a brilliant yellow. From a distance, the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks like …
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 …
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 …