Category: architecture
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Roaming around the desert – part 2
Continuing with the drive around the desert area near our camp, accompanied by some lively traditional Gnawa music. spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWYCFWZy4Gz9M … along the way, we stopped to see a herd of donkeys that gathered around a well in the middle of a featureless flat desert. The well was built by funds from the charity – Coeur…
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Former residence of Marshal Zhang 張學良, Taipei – part 2/3
This is the second post on our visit to the former residence of Marshal Zhang 少帥禪園 located just outside of Taipei. Click here to read the first part. We booked a table for lunch at the restaurant which offered a very limited tasting menu. The restaurant is in what seems to be the main building…
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St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral, Kyiv
Our last post on Ukraine … St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral (Володимирський кафедральний собор) is situated on Tarasa Shevchenko Blvd across the botanical garden and about 2 blocks from our hotel. It is one of Kiev’s major landmarks and the main cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchy. This neo-Byzantine monument was our first stop in downtown Kiev. It…
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Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Києво-Печерська лавра), also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery which gave its name to one of the city districts where it is located in Kiev. Since its foundation as the cave monastery in 1051, the Lavra has been a preeminent center of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe. Together with the Saint Sophia Cathedral, it…
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Lokremise, St Gallen
Back in June, we spent one day in St. Gallen, on our way to Kiev from Lindau. After seeing the Abby and its library (see the post here), we were looking for a place for dinner that was not far from the train station and our hotel. Not really expecting much, Lokal was the restaurant…
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Abbey of Saint Gall, St. Gallen
We spent a day in St Gallen, a historic town located in the northeast of Switzerland. It is best known for its university and the Abbey of Saint Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983. The collection of buildings in the abbey precinct including its magnificent Baroque cathedral form a unique historical ensemble. The appearance of…