Palaces

Rivers rise and fall, low bridges make routes iffy, and the wait staff might not be veterans, but a European river cruise can still enchant. VILSHOFEN, Germany — Delayed at the airport in Nuremberg and thoroughly frazzled, we checked and rechecked our watches as the miles ticked by, with the Danube River and our Scenic … Continue reading »

Tilman2007 (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons) As the seat of power from which the Habsburg emperors ruled over their vast empire –  the furthest of which points extended from the modern Czech Republic to Croatia, from Italy to the borders of today’s Russian Federation – the Hofburg Palace … Continue reading »

Household / Department – Master of the Household’s Office Location – Windsor Castle Contract/recruitment type – Permanent Starting salary – £22,000.00 per annum plus 15% employer contribution pension scheme and benefits. Hours of work – Full time About the role It’s knowing your curtains add the finishing touch to the state rooms It’s protecting heritage … Continue reading »

The Italian Environmental Fund (FAI) is holding its annual “Spring Days” event on March 25th and 26th, opening up buildings, villages, and gardens to visitors that are usually closed. The initiative has now reached its 25th edition, and draws long lines in cities all around Italy as residents wait for hours to peek into “hidden” … Continue reading »

A view of the Imperial Palace across one of its moats. Credit to Benjamin Hollis via Flickr Within the burgeoning and hyper-modern metropolis of Tokyo, surrounded by a valley of skyscrapers, apartment complexes and dazzling electric lights, sits a timeless oasis of green trees, elegantly sloping roofs, and graceful European-style structures. It is here that the … Continue reading »

Johannes Jansson/norden.org [CC BY 2.5 dk (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/dk/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons The Royal Palace of Christiansborg is located in the centre of Copenhagen on Slotsholmen (Castle Island) and is the working palace for the Queen, as well as being the centre from which the Danish Parliament and the offices of the Danish prime minister govern. From … Continue reading »

Drottningholm Palace. Photo: Gomer Swahn/Royal Court, Sweden The private residence of the Swedish Royal Family, Drottningholm Palace, was built in the 1600s and is listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. The Swedish Monarchy says that it is the “most well-preserved royal castle built in the 1600s in Sweden and at the same time is representative of … Continue reading »

What I loved most about southern Punjab were its narrow rural roads making their way through the heart of countryside along fields and orchards, connecting the lives of small villages and towns. We were driving on one such road to Ahmedpur Sharqiya leaving Derawar Fort and Cholistan desert behind. Dera Nawab Sahab near Ahmedpur Sharqiya … Continue reading »

The president was not present at the time. Bomb experts detonated a suspicious device attached to a tree in the publicly accessible part of the Presidential Palace’s garden on March 7th. “The device resembled a voice recorder and microphone which were connected by cables,” the president’s spokesperson, Roman Krpelan, informed the TASR newswire. The employees … Continue reading »

( Jérémy André)On top of a hill in eastern Mosul called Nebi Yunus sits the sacred shrine containing what’s believed to be the tomb of the Prophet Jonah (as he was known in the Bible) or Yunus (in the Koran). Islamic State militants destroyed the Prophet’s tomb in July 2014, after they captured Mosul along … Continue reading »