A trip to Olympus Cyprus

…ights of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, and Panagia tou Asinou Araka. The first is located north of Kakopetria and its walls are completely covered with murals of the eleventh to seventeenth centuries, while Araka Panagia tou XII century and contains some of the best fresh comneniano style. The church is situated, like most, on the outskirts of town, in this case Lagoudera, and once there to look for the priest to open the doors and power and go into… Continue reading

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District of Bogota Guide

Bogota is a city of contrasting styles, which highlight the various international influences in the capital of Colombia for 500 years of history. Being a typical Spanish colonial city during the 17th century, 18 and 19, Bogotá began to reflect other European influences during the 20th century. For example, the city of palaces built at the beginning of 20th century French influence, while residential areas built in the mid-20th century British in… Continue reading

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Venice in the moonlight

…r. The fateful Fenice, burned twice, also resists, like the rest of the city, years and hardship. Reopened in 2003 and since then the program shows first. There is no better stage than this, in place since the late eighteenth century, to hear an Italian opera or a work of Wagner, the great composer who died in love with Venice in the Palazzo Vendramin Calergi. On the banks of the Grand Canal, this palace in 1500, with the typical gallery, houses … Continue reading

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A walk through Valladolid The Heretic

Do not have a plan for this weekend? We suggest a very opportune. Come to the city and runs Pisuerga places where the writer Miguel Delibes set his last and best-selling novel. Deeply linked to Valladolid, Miguel Delibes reflected in his novel The Heretic daily life of the Castilian city in the mid-sixteenth century, its moment of maximum splendor. He chose a historical fact: the two great autos de fe held in the Plaza Mayor in 1559 and the schi… Continue reading

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Cantabria: beauty triangle

…enth and seventeenth centuries, becoming one of the leading shipyards in the Spanish Armada, San Vicente had its greatest splendor. It gives us an idea of its rich architectural heritage, as the convent of San Luis (fifteenth century), the family palace Corro (XVI century), the sanctuary of the Barquera or bridges de la Maza and New Bridge, saving the mouths of the two estuaries. Circulatory collapse of these bridges during the tourist developmen… Continue reading

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