August 31, 2011
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Museum of Music in Prague – popular museum in the Czech Republic Updated: August 30, 2020 | By Claire | More The Czech Museum of Music (or České muzeum hudby) is one of the most popular and beautiful museums in the Czech Republic. Situated in the thriving tourist destination of Prague, the Czech Museum of […]
Tags: acoustics, ambience, baroque-palace, classical-music, concerts, czech-composers, czech-republic, exhibitions, gleams, grand-assembly-hall, history-of-music, mozart, museum, museums, music, music-lover, old-manuscripts, original-score, prague, smetana, stonework, tourist-destination
Categories: Czech Republic, Sights
February 3, 2011
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Albrechtsburg Castle is one of Germany’s most important late Gothic buildings — an architectural milestone in the Saxon town of Meissen, believed to be the first castle in Germany to be conceived and built purely as a residential palace rather than a defensive fortress. Perched above the Elbe River, Albrechtsburg is also the birthplace of […]
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Categories: Germany, Sights
January 7, 2011
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Bardejov is one of Slovakia’s best-preserved medieval cities — a UNESCO World Heritage jewel in the north-eastern Šariš region whose perfectly intact central square (Radničné námestie), ringed by 46 colourful burgher houses and dominated by the magnificent Gothic Basilica of St. Egidius, is considered one of the finest medieval urban ensembles in Central Europe. Along […]
Tags: 14th-century, 15th-century, 18th-century, bardejov, bardejovske-kupele, city, craft-center, exhibitions, historic-city, historical-monuments, inhabitants, renaissance-style, saris, skanzen, slovak-village, slovakia, spa, town, town-hall, unesco, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-list
Categories: Sights, Slovakia