Museums

Coordinates: 41° 54′ 51″ N, 12° 28′ 22″ E

Andersen was born in Bergen, Norway in 1872, and immigrated as an infant with his family to Newport, Rhode Island the following year. As a young man in Newport, Andersen began his work as a sculptor and learned to mingle among the city’s wealthy… [Read more]

Coordinates: 41° 54′ 14″ N, 12° 29′ 45″ E

The Aula Ottagona is part of Diocletian’s Baths and used to be called the Hall of Minerva. Probably designed originally to provide a concourse area, it is octagonal in shape with four semi-circular niches in the corners. [Read more]

Coordinates: 48° 14′ 46″ N, 11° 33′ 26″ E

The Flugwerft Schleißheim is an aviation museum located in the German town of Oberschleißheim near Munich, it forms part of the Deutsches Museum collection and complements the aviation exhibits on display at the main site. The museum was opened on… [Read more]

Coordinates: 48° 10′ 36″ N, 11° 33′ 25″ E

The BMW Welt (BMW World) is a combined exhibition, museum and delivery site, located near the Olympic Park in the immediate vicinity of the BMW Tour (BMW four-cylinder). It was built from August 2003 to summer 2007. The laying of the cornerstone… [Read more]

Coordinates: 41° 54′ 28″ N, 12° 28′ 47″ E

In January 1818, at the height of his European fame, Antonio Canova signed a contract for a property destined for the practice of sculpture. This was to favour his favourite pupil, the promising Adamo Tadolini. The housings, located on the corner… [Read more]

Coordinates: 41° 53′ 36″ N, 12° 28′ 59″ E

The Capitoline Museums (Italian Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three palazzi surrounding a central trapezoidal… [Read more]

Coordinates: 47° 45′ 40″ N, 7° 19′ 45″ E

The Cité de l’Automobile, Musée National de l’Automobile, Collection Schlumpf contains the largest and most comprehensive collection of Bugatti motor vehicles in the world. Brothers Hans Schlumpf and Fritz Schlumpf were Swiss citizens born in Italy… [Read more]

Coordinates: 47° 44′ 59″ N, 7° 17′ 39″ E

The Cité du Train (Musée Français du Chemin de Fer), the French National Railway Museum is the biggest railway museum in the world. In 1961, Mulhouse City Council offered land in Dornach to allow the SNCF to present their historical rolling stock,… [Read more]

Coordinates: 48° 8′ 46″ N, 11° 33′ 56″ E

The Glyptothek is a museum in Munich, Germany, which was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures. It was designed by Leo von Klenze in the neoclassical style, and built from 1816 to 1830.… [Read more]

Coordinates: 53° 12′ 44″ N, 6° 33′ 56″ E

Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. With a population of around 188,000, it is by far the largest city in the north of the Netherlands. Groningen is a university city, inhabited on average by about 50,000… [Read more]

Coordinates: 52° 23′ 1″ N, 4° 38′ 31″ E

Haarlem, in the past usually Harlem in English, is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Netherlands. Haarlem lies in the northern part of… [Read more]

Coordinates: 52° 6′ 39″ N, 4° 16′ 43″ E

Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse. The beach is popular for water sports like windsurfing and kiteboarding. The Beelden aan Zee (“Pictures to the sea”) museum in the Scheveningen… [Read more]

Coordinates: 48° 8′ 50″ N, 11° 34′ 7″ E

The State Museum of Egyptian Art (Staatliche Museum Ägyptischer Kunst) in Munich is the most important in Germany after the collections in Berlin (Egyptian Museum) and in Hildesheim (Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum). It displays exhibits from all eras… [Read more]

Coordinates: 42° 5′ 7″ N, 12° 13′ 6″ E

The Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) is the air force of the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana). It has held a prominent role in modern Italian military history and its Aerobatic display team is the Frecce Tricolori. [Read more]

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