Moderne architecture in the United States

29 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Architecture Reading Time:  4 minutes

Coca-Cola Building in Los Angeles, California © Library of Congress - Carol M. Highsmith

Coca-Cola Building in Los Angeles, California © Library of Congress – Carol M. Highsmith

Moderne architecture, also sometimes referred to as Style Moderne, Art Moderne, or simply Moderne, Jazz Age Moderne, jazz modern or Jazz Style, describes certain styles of architecture popular from 1925 through the 1940s. It is closely related to Art Deco.   read more…

National Taiwan University in Taipei

28 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  4 minutes

College of Liberal Arts © Sdfery/cc-by-sa-4.0

College of Liberal Arts © Sdfery/cc-by-sa-4.0

National Taiwan University (NTU) is a national public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as Taihoku Imperial University, the seventh of the Imperial Universities of the Empire of Japan, it is the oldest university in Taiwan and is supervised by the Ministry of Education.   read more…

Central Market Atarazanas in Malaga

27 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Bon appétit Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Derbrauni/cc-by-4.0

© Derbrauni/cc-by-4.0

The Atarazanas Central Market is a municipal market in the Spanish city of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. The current building, the work of architect Joaquín de Rucoba, was built between 1876 and 1879 on the site of a Nasrid naval workshop. Only a marble door remains, hence its name: atarazana.   read more…

Theme Week Odesa – Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater

26 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Alex Levitsky & Dmitry Shamatazhi/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Alex Levitsky & Dmitry Shamatazhi/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Odesa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Ukrainian: Одеський національний академічний театр опери та балету) is the oldest theatre in Odesa, Ukraine. The Theatre and the Potemkin Stairs are the most famous edifices in Odesa.   read more…

Financial District in New York City

26 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, New York City Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Hu Totya/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Hu Totya/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Financial District of Lower Manhattan, also known as FiDi, is a neighborhood located on the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by the West Side Highway on the west, Chambers Street and City Hall Park on the north, Brooklyn Bridge on the northeast, the East River to the southeast, and South Ferry and the Battery on the south.   read more…

Theme Week Odesa – Odesa catacombs

25 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Memorial musuem of Partisans Glory © ЛКвасова/cc-by-sa-4.0

Memorial musuem of Partisans Glory © ЛКвасова/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Odesa catacombs are a labyrinth-like network of tunnels (subterranean cavities) located under the city of Odesa and its outskirts in Ukraine, that are mostly (over 90%) the result of stone mining, particularly coquina. The system of Odesa Catacombs consists of a network of basements, bunkers, drainage tunnels and storm drains as well as natural caves.   read more…

Croft Castle in Herefordshire

25 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Tabbipix/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Tabbipix/cc-by-sa-3.0

Croft Castle is a country house in the village of Croft, Herefordshire, England. Owned by the Croft family since 1085, the castle and estate passed out of their hands in the 18th century, before being repurchased by the family in 1923. In 1957 it was bequeathed to the National Trust. The castle is a Grade I listed building, and the estate is separately listed as Grade II*. The adjacent Church of St Michael is listed Grade I.   read more…

March of the Living

24 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Gatehouse Auschwitz II (Birkenau) © Oleg Yunakov/cc-by-sa-4.0

Gatehouse Auschwitz II (Birkenau) © Oleg Yunakov/cc-by-sa-4.0

The March of the Living is an annual educational program which brings students from around the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the Holocaust. On Holocaust Memorial Day observed in the Jewish calendar (Yom HaShoah), thousands of participants march silently from Auschwitz to Birkenau.   read more…

Theme Week Odesa – Bristol Hotel

24 April 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Hotels Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Сарапулов/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Сарапулов/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Bristol Hotel is a hotel in Odesa, Ukraine. Built between 1898 and 1899, it is located in the city centre in Italiiska Street, opposite the Odesa Philharmonic Theater. This stylish four-star 19th century hotel belongs to the same company as the nearby four-star Londonskaya Hotel which is roughly half the size.   read more…

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