The main attraction at Mingun is Mingun Paya, the huge cracked brick base of an unfinished pagoda that would have been five hundred feet tall and the world’s biggest …
Aegeus, Father of Theseus The greatest Athenian hero was Theseus. For many years childless, his father, Aegeus, son of Pandion, had tried everything, even introducing into Athens the worship …
A prudent bluffer should: • Refrain from offering them food – your shapeless cheese and tomato sandwiches won’t feed all of them and you will only encourage demands for …
NATIONAL PARKS Following the kerfuffle in Derbyshire over the Kinder Trespass, the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act created a handful of national parks designed to …
Until he was 18, Hector Berlioz lived in the house where, on 11 December 1803, he was born: 69 rue de la Republique, La Cote-Saint-Andre, in the Bas-Dauphine region. …
There is no museum devoted to Alban Berg. But his flat in a Viennese suburb and his Carinthian summer retreat,Waldhaus, on the south side of the Worthersee near the …
Peter Benoit, champion of the Dutch language and the music of the Flemishspeaking people of Belgium, was born on 17 August 1834 in a modest cottage at Markstraat 57 …
BENDA MUSEUM The Bendas were, indeed still are, one of the great dynasties of Czech music. The founding father was Jan Jin Benda, a linen weaver and village musician …
Carl Michael Bellman (1740-95) was more Swedish troubadour than composer, and is affectionately remembered by his Swedish countrymen as a poet. In his heyday he entertained at the court …
Best Travel Destinations 2018 Regarding our choice of transportation to Florence and Pisa, a bus or train might have been a lot cheaper; but, the taxi driver’s charming personality …