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Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood: Interior. Every inch of the images is constructed of very fine mosaic.  St. Petersburg, Russia. April 2015.

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Fun fact about this church: during the Soviet period this church was used to store potatoes which, as you might imagine, was not great for the art. The restoration was done by hand using the original method. It is dizzyingly gorgeous in person

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Potsdam, Schloss Sanssouci, Kleine Galerie (Sanssouci Palace, Little Gallery) by HEN-Magonza 

The long, light-filled Small Gallery is decorated with antique French Rococo sculptures and paintings by Watteau, Lancret and Peter. No other palace is connected with the personality of Frederick the Great as Sanssouci Palace.

The name Sanssouci - without worries - is to be understood as the  leitmotif of the king. His summer home was his favorite and his refuge in difficult times. The location of the castle on the famous terraced vineyards and the preserved decorations from the 18th Century allow visitors to immerse themselves in today. It is noteworthy that the king wanted to be buried on the top terrace vineyard in a tomb. Even in death he wanted to be near Sanssouci. His desire is, even if only in 1991, came true.

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Paris

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Vues d’un spectacle son et lumière donné en 2011 à l’occasion des 800 ans de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims.

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Greece Tom Blachford

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Time to go back

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Art Nouveau in Brussels

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6 rue de Lac, Brussels, Belgium

Architect: Ernest de Lune (Belgian,1859-1947)

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Berlin marks “fall of the wall” with 8,000 illuminated balloons

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St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, Bulgaria. One of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world.

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Villa d’Este, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy (XVI sec. - 16th C AC)

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I'd love to go 

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Budapest, Hungary (by André Baptista)

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I lived just on the other side of that bridge. I miss it. 

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In 1940, knowing that France was falling into the hands of the Germans, the workers of the Louvre took action. All 400,000 works were evacuated and sent to the south of France. In secret they transported the priceless paintings and statues, and held by wealthy families in Vichy,where they would remain for five years, only returning at the end of the war.The quick action of the workers without a doubt saved the masterpieces from becoming part of the over 5 million works that were looted by the Nazis during the war.

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Batalha Monastery, Portugal (by leroygp)

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Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (by Kritta)

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Sculpture Gallery.   Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Museum.  Copenhagen Denmark.

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Guess I have to go back to Copenhagen