6 June 2018 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , Museums, Exhibitions
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The Musée des Confluences is a
science centre and
anthropology museum which opened on 20 December 2014 in the
2nd arrondissement of
Lyon , (
Rhône department ). It is located at the southern tip of the
Presqu’île at the confluence of the
Rhône and the
Saône , adjacent to
Autoroute A7 , and comprises part of a larger redevelopment project of the Confluence quarter of Lyon. The
deconstructivist architectural design, said to resemble a floating crystal cloud of stainless steel and glass, was created by the Austrian firm
Coop Himmelb(l)au .
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5 September 2015 | Author/Destination: European Free Trade Association | Rubric: General
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Sion is the capital of the Swiss
canton of Valais . It has a population of 33,000. On 17 January 1968 the former municipality of
Bramois and on 1 January 2013 the former municipality of
Salins merged into the municipality of Sion. Landmarks include the
Basilique de Valère and
Château de Tourbillon . Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use which serves as a base for countless life-saving air rescue missions.
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16 May 2015 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General , French Riviera , UNESCO World Heritage
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Arles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the
Bouches-du-Rhône department , of which it is a subprefecture, in the former
province of Provence . As part of the cultural initiative of the European Union’s
European Capital of Culture , Arles is one of the convention and exhibition venues of Marseille-Provence 2013.
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