Paula Rego Museum, is located just outside the Portuguese capital by the beaches of Cascais. The museum includes paintings and drawings by Portugal’s most acclaimed living artist. The museum is named after Paula Rego, who was born in Lisbon but has been living between Cascais and London since the 1970s. In the British capital she married artist Victor Willing and was appointed the first associate artist of England’s National Gallery. She’s also considered one of the best living painters in Britain, and her works can be seen in several museums around the world, from the British Museum in London to the MoMA in New York. Continue reading Paula Rego Museum
Rio de Janeiro has budgeted $US10.7 million for further permanent construction at the site, and an additional $US9.6 million for temporary construction to get the venue ready for the Games. International Olympic Committee members shocked everyone at the Bella Convention Centre in the Danish capital by eliminating favorites Chicago in the first voting round. Rio de Janeiro received 66 votes compared to Madrid’s 32 in the final round of voting. Continue reading Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics
Aqueducts are impressive structures of housing pipelines. It’s from the word “aqua” meaning water and “ducere” which means to lead. The Romans made them out of large blocks, and this one still stands relatively straight after 2000 years. One of the best conserved Roman aqueducts in the world is located in Segovia, Spain. Just half an hour’s drive from Madrid, the Aqueduct is Segovia’s best known historical monument. Continue reading One of the greatest of ancient Roman engineering achievements in Europe
Tabogaisland is established in 1524 as a deepwater harbour for Panama City visible at night 18km away on the horizon. Taboga was the very first Spanish port in the Pacific. As well as it passed the gold, pearls and treasures of the Incas, in transit to Madrid, while the trinkets to buy them. Continue reading Taboga
Palacio de Cristal is a very lovely building made of metal and glass, built in 1887 as a winter garden. The building was planned as a magnificent hothouse to display exotic plants and flowers. It stands in the heart of the Retiro Park( Madrid), reflecting charismatically in a small lake inhabited by ducks, grey lag and geese. Continue reading Crystal Palace, Madrid
This museum property located in Madrid also containing the Jerónimos Cloister would and it is used as a venue for temporary exhibitions, restoration workshops, technical offices and other museum services, contained in a new building connected at its lower levels with Villanueva’s. Continue reading Moneo Museum Madrid
Madrid is the most Spanish of all cities. Today you can see there little girls dressed exactly in 1940s-style dresses and matching topcoats. But exactly that is the charming part of the sleepy sister to Barcelona. The city is absolutely fantastic with stylish hotels and flirt bars. Continue reading Madrid
