Category: big cities
Belém waterfront, Lisbon, Portugal
One evening after the day’s meetings are over, I(Chris) and friends walked along the Belém waterfront from the conference venue to a gala dinner. Here are some of the photos taken during the walk. We started from the Fundação Champalimaud at the western end of the waterfront – the sun was setting. The Monument to
Foro Italico, Roma, Italy
Foro Italico, formerly Foro Mussolini, is a Fascist-era sports complex in Rome, Italy. I(Chris) saw this as a part of a tour of modern Italian architecture. The forum was built between 1928 and 1938 as the Foro Mussolini (literally Mussolini’s Forum) under the design of Enrico Del Debbio and, later, Luigi Moretti (according to Wikipedia). At
Vatican Museums, Roma
Musei Vaticani – I (Chris) had in Rome an opportunity of a private guided tour of the Vatican Museums, including the Sistine Chapel. The tour was about 1 hour long and began at dusk after all the regular visitors had left. These are painted on the spaces at the top of columns. Notice the 3D
Moscow metro, part 3 – Московско метро snapshots
If you have been following the blog, you would have read about two Moscow metro stations – Komsomolskaya and Mayakovskaya – as well as the exhibition Subterranean Monument at the museum of architecture. Click on it to read. As I did not really have a chance to explore many of the interesting stations during my