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Museu Picasso, Barcelona
The Museu Picasso houses an extensive collection of artwords, including painting, drawing, engraving and ceramics, by the twentieth century Spanish artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso. It opened to the public 9 March 1963 becoming the first museum dedicated to Picasso’s work and the only one created during his lifetime. The museum…
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Antóni Gaudi – Palau Güell, Sagrada Familia
Antoni Guadi i Cornet, 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926 was a Catalan architect and designer from Spain, known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Gaudi’s works have a highly individualized, sui generis style. Gaudi’s work was influenced by his passions in life: archetecture, nature and religion. He…
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Barcelona
The origin of the earliest settlement of present day Barcelona is unclear. The ruins of an early settlement have been found, including different tombs and dwellings dating to earlier than 5000 BC. Archeological evidence in the form of coins from the 3rd century BC have been found on the hills…
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Sevilla, Spain and HS trains
Located in southern Spain, Seville is the most prominent city in the Andalusia region, famous for its oranges (and orange wine) and for upholding the country’s traditions of bull riding and dancing. Jamon Iberico – Ibérico pigs are slow-growth animals. Because they’re not fed hormones or fattened up on industrial corn, it…
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Faro, Portugal
Faro is the capital of southern Portugal’s Algarve region. These large graceful birds return to the same nest every year after their winter break in central Africa Other large birds seen in the Algarve include Osprey, Golden Eagle, Honey Buzzards, Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, Merlin, Hobby, Eleonora’s Falcon…
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Lisbon, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
This museum houses around six thousand pieces spanning 5000 years of history and is one of the most important private collections of international art. The Dance. Tapestry from the set “Children Playing” ROMANO, After Giulio. Italy, Mantua, c 1540. Wool, silk, gold and silver threads Scene in a Park, ROBERT,…
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Lisbon
Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world and the second oldest European capital city (after Athens). Settlement c. 1200 BCE, Roman Olissipo c. 138 BCE, Moorish rule 711 CE, Siege of Lisbon 1147 CE, Portugal’s Capital city 1256 CE. About 2.9 million people live in the Lisbon…
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Nazare, Portugal
Nazare attracts a huge target group of local and international tourists, especially surfers and those who like to watch the biggest shore waves in the world, up to 30 meters (100 ft), break close to the beach of Praia do Norte. Of note, in 2011 Garrett McNamara surfed a 23.8…
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Matosinhos, Portugal
Inspired by a painting by the famous Augusto Gomes, a great artist from Matosinhos, the sculptural ensemble ‘Tragedy at Sea’ by Jose Joao Brito (2005) remembers the greatest nautical tragedy every recorded on Portuguese waters: the tempest of 1-2 December 1947 in which several fishing boats sank off Leixoes Port,…
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