AIZHAI BRIDGE MAP
AIZHAI BRIDGE MAP Lushly green, shrouded in mist, studded with ravines, gorges, and waterfalls, the Aizhai Bridge’s setting has an otherworldly beauty. Minimizing the bridge’s impact on the natural environment …
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Pejacevic MUSEUM
Pejacevic MUSEUM As Croatia’s first woman composer, Dora Pejacevic (1885-1923) might have been accorded some kind of memorial even if she hadn’t come from a distinguished family. She was the …
Winter Holidays on a Budget
If you have decided to head to the slopes for your next winter holiday, it’s very likely that you have noticed how expensive it could end up being. To begin …
4 Money Saving Tips to Avoid Going Broke on Vacation in NY
Apart from being a city with myriad of recreational facilities, entertainment spots, unique tourist attractions, and a cultural setting that encourages extravagant spending, New York is such an expensive city …
SUPPE MUSEUM
SUPPE MUSEUM Franz Suppe (as he signed his name) or Suppe (as it is now usually spelt), Croatian born (in 1819), part-Belgian in descent, nephew of Donizetti, Austrian by nationality, …
BEST BRIDGE MAPS OF THE WORLD
BEST BRIDGE MAPS OF THE WORLD Every bridge, no matter the size or length, must withstand and overcome the forces (or stresses) to which it is subjected. Bridges are designed …
REICHARDT MUSEUM
REICHARDT MUSEUM Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752-1814), at one time Kapellmeister to Frederick the Great, is commemorated not in Berlin but in Halle, where he spent most of his last 20 …
EAST BRIDGE MAP
EAST BRIDGE MAP Thanks to the Great Belt, every Dane saves on average 6.3 hours a year. The Great Belt Fixed Link is a multipart 11-mile (18-kilometer)-long crossing that carries …
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MUSEUM
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MUSEUM Ralph Vaughan Williams was born in 1872 in rural Gloucestershire, in the southern Cotswolds. Those who hear the ancestral dialects of the West Country in his music, …
PONTE SANT’ ANGELO BRIDGE MAP
PONTE SANT’ ANGELO BRIDGE MAP Crossing Tiber River, Rome Designer/Engineer Hadrian Completed c. a.d. 134 Span 60 feet (18 meters) Materials Masonry Type Arch Faced in travertine, a marble that …
PETRAUSKAS MUSEUM
PETRAUSKAS MUSEUM In 1930, the Petrauskas brothers, the composer of light opera Mikas (1873-1937) and the well-known operatic tenor Kipras (1885-1968), built a large, imposing house on a hill above …
MEMORIAL BRIDGE MAP
MEMORIAL BRIDGE MAP Built in a key structural and economic location, the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge had to meet the kinds of challenges that the Hoover Dam (1936) faced …
VAMVAKARIS MUSEUM
VAMVAKARIS MUSEUM Markos Vamvakaris (1905-72) was one of the leading composers in the genre of rebetika, urban low-life music which flourished in the early decades of the 20th century, particularly …
BROOKLYN BRIDGE MAP
BROOKLYN BRIDGE MAP LONGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE MAP 1883-1903 Crossing East River, Brooklyn-Manhattan, New York Designer/Engineer John A. Roebling Completed 1883 Span 1,595 feet (486 meters) Materials Steel, granite Type Suspension …
Packing Tips for Travelers
Tips for Packing Luggage You can find people that pack two types of travelers. Take advantage of these ideas to package among and accept you. Therefore that you may pack …