History of Tourism in Ancient Greece Olympia + Colossus of Rhodes + Sparta + Pyramid of Giza + Temple of Artemis + Lighthouse of Alexandria + Gardens of Babylon + Mausoleum at Halicarnassus In 776 BC, the first Olympic Games were held, which consisted of athletic competitions in honor of the Gods of Olympus. Artistic and athletic offerings were offered as a gift. Many times sacrifices and prayers were also performed in honor of some god in …
What was the history of the Orient Express? Since 1883, Paris and Istanbul have been linked by a legendary railway. During the Belle Époque, its luxurious carriages were the scene of select feasts, clandestine love affairs and all sorts of diplomatic intrigues. The original route of the Orient Express, which crossed France and the Central Powers, was interrupted with the Great War. Then everything changed. The Orient Express was a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by the Belgian …
Guido Reni, an Exhibition at the Prado Museum Guido Reni : from 03/28/2023 to 07/09/2023 This ambitious exhibition, sponsored exclusively by the BBVA Foundation, includes almost a hundred works from more than 40 museums, institutions and public and private collections in Europe and America to offer a complete vision of the career of this great Bolognese artist of the seventeenth century and draw attention to its decisive contribution to the configuration of the aesthetic universe of the European Baroque. Visitors to …
Leda and the Swan da Vinci – Michelangelo – Veronesse. – Rubens. – Boucher – Delacroix is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, or Jupiter, in the Roman version, in the form of a swan, seduces or rapes Leda, the daughter of the King of Aetolia, and married to the Spartan King Tyndareus. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and …
The Amphitheatre of Pula in Croatia Also known as the Pula Arena, is a well-preserved Roman amphitheater located in Pula, Croatia. Here is a brief history of the Amphitheatre: Ancient Origins: The construction of the Amphitheatre of Pula began during the reign of Emperor Augustus in the 1st century AD. It was built on the site of an earlier Hellenistic period theater. The exact date of its completion is uncertain but is believed to be around the 1st century …