Louis XV’s Corner Cabinet Restoration

Palace of Versailles: Louis XV’s Corner Cabinet Restoration At the Palace of Versailles, the corner cabinet of Louis XV regains its splendor after 18 months of restoration The corner cabinet of the Palace of Versailles has benefited from an exceptional restoration thanks to the sponsorship of Rolex © After 18 months of work, the restoration of the corner cabinet of the Palace of Versailles, where Louis XV worked, was completed. The restorers have restored the luster to the room and its furniture, restoring the gilding, paintings and marquetry, marked by the …

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Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Exhibition

Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Exhibition at Queen’s Gallery

The 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, is remembered this year. For this reason, an exhibition brings together more than 200 of the best drawings of the Renaissance master in the Royal Collection, forming the largest exhibition of Leonardo’s work in more than 65 years.

The drawing served as the laboratory of Leonardo da Vinci. This allowed him to develop his ideas and seek the universal laws that he believed that sustained and explained all creation.

Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Exhibition
Royal Collection Trust – Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Exhibition

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New Rules for Visiting Taj Mahal

Rules & Fines for Visiting Taj Mahal The travelers that think to visit the Taj Mahal will only count on three hours to be able to cross it. Otherwise, if they take longer, they will have to pay a fine equivalent to the total price of their ticket. Local authorities implemented new restrictions to visit the Taj Mahal, one of the Wonders of the Modern World and World Heritage of Unesco. It aims to limit the number of daily visitors …

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Opera Garnier Paris

Located in the Palais Garnier   The Opera Garnier is an imposing neo-Baroque building that, together with the Opera Bastille, makes up the National Opera of Paris. It is the place that inspired the well-known work The Phantom of the Opera. Following Napoleon III’s decision to create a new building for the opera, a competition was organized in which more than 170 architects presented their projects. Finally the young architect Charles Garnier was the one who managed to carry out …

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Scape Rooms at Buckingham Palace

Escape rooms at Buckingham Palace

The art gallery of Buckingham Palace transformed four rooms into Escape rooms with Puzzles and riddles related to Leonardo da Vinci; as a reason for the 500th anniversary of the death of the artist.

The activity called Escape Room: Leonardo Artmergency! You can enjoy until October 12, every Friday and Saturday at 18:15, 18:45, 19:15 and 19:45.

Scape rooms at Buckingham Palace
Scape rooms at Buckingham Palace

In the challenge, teams of between four and eight people can participate, who must work together to solve a mystery or a riddle. These activities can only involve travelers over 14 years and the price is 150 pounds sterling for each team.

 

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the official page of the Buckingham Palace art gallery. The Queen’s Gallery will be transformed into four rooms of thematic puzzles and riddles as you solve the mystery of the missing curator.

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The escape rooms match with the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition: A Live in Drawing, which is exhibited in the Buckingham Palace Gallery, and shows 200 of the artist’s best drawings, from the Royal Collection itself.

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