SPOHR MUSEUM
SPOHR MUSEUM A museum to Louis Spohr was established in Kassel as early as 1912. He spent nearly 40 years in the city, first as musical director of the …
MENDELSSOHN MUSEUM
MENDELSSOHN MUSEUM In the autumn of 1845, Felix Mendelssohn and his family rented a spacious first-floor flat in a newly built block at Konigstrafie 3, now Goldschmidtstrafie 12, just …
EADS BRIDGE MAP
EADS BRIDGE MAP Steamboats traveling up and down the mighty Mississippi had brought St. Louis great prosperity. By 1860, however, the city was losing business to Chicago, which was …
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV MUSEUM
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV MUSEUM To a traveller unused to Russia, a tour of Rimsky-Korsakov sites – his birthplace in Tikhvin, his St Petersburg apartment and grave, and his summer homes near …
Foundations of Troy & Divine Interventions
There are several contradictory myths about Troy’s foundation. One tells that Cretans escaping famine first occupied the land. When mice overran their camp, they recalled an oracle advising them …
CONFEDERATION BRIDGE MAP
CONFEDERATION BRIDGE MAP Extreme ice and the well-being of lobsters determined the bridge design. In 1997 the Confederation Bridge, one of the world’s longest continuous multispan bridges, opened, crossing …
HUMMEL MUSEUM
HUMMEL MUSEUM Deep within the Old Town of Bratislava, just off the square dominated by the Primatial Palace, a little architectural pearl is hidden behind an improbable shell of …
Hiking Trails in Europe as Worthy of World Heritage Status as the Lake District
Earlier in the year, in June, the Lake District in Cumbria was named a UNESCO World Heritage site, which was not a surprise at all, considering the district’s unique …