Images of Venice. April 2014. “Venice is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the […]
Images of Rovereto and Trento. April 2014. “Rovereto is a city and commune in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River. It was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier between the bishopric of Trento – an independent state until 1797 – and the republic of Venice, and […]
Images of Vaduz. January 2014. “Vaduz is the capital of the principality of Liechtenstein and the seat of the national parliament. The town, located along the Rhine, has about 5,300 inhabitants most of whom are Roman Catholic. Its cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vaduz. It has a lively tourist industry, […]
Images of Zürich. January 2014. “Zürich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland. The municipality has approximately 400,000 inhabitants, and the metropolitan area 1.83 million. “Permanently settled for around 2000 years, the history of Zürich goes back to its founding by the […]
Images of Fridingen, Beuron, Sigmaringen and Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. January 2014. “Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany and is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest of Germany’s states in terms of both area and population, with an area of […]
Images of the Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum and the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London. November 2013. “The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World. It is also home to London’s only planetarium, the Harrison timekeepers and the UK’s largest refracting telescope. The observatory was […]
Images of Holland Park, the Royal Albert Hall and the Albert Memorial in London. May 2013. “Holland Park has 22.5 hectares of gardens and contained within is the Kyoto Garden; a Japanese garden donated by the Chamber of Commerce of Kyoto in 1991. “It is spread across what used to be the grounds of Cope […]
Images of Westminster Abbey in London. November 2012. “Westminster Abbey is steeped in more than a thousand years of history. Benedictine monks first came to this site in the middle of the tenth century, establishing a tradition of daily worship which continues to this day. “The Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and […]
Images of Brompton Cemetery in London. April 2012. “Brompton Cemetery is located near Earl’s Court in South West London. Established by Act of Parliament, it opened in 1840 and was originally known as the West of London and Westminster Cemetery. “Consecrated by the Bishop of London in June 1840, it is one of Britain’s oldest […]