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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 …
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 …