The villa Breidablikk, built in 1881, was commissioned by Lars Berentsen, a leading merchant and ship owner in Stavanger. Breidablikk gives a good idea about the local ... read more
The Villa il Gioiello, or Villa Galileo, is the home where the great scientist spent the last part of his life, from 1631 until his death in 1642, confined to house ... read more
Villa Tugendhat was built in 1929–1930 for Greta and Fritz Tugendhat, and was designed by the famous architect Mies van der Rohe. It is the only example of modern ... read more
The Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum, housed in an elegant, renovated neoclassical building, is dedicated to Vytautas Kasiulis (1918 – 1995), a celebrated Lithuanian ... read more
Reginald’s Tower, Ireland’s oldest civic building, houses an exhibition on Viking Waterford. It was built by Vikings after 914 and formed the apex of the triangular ... read more
The Windmills at Kinderdijk is a Dutch cultural heritage group of 19 monumental windmills, built in 1738 and 1740 in the Alblasserwaard polder, to keep water out of the ... read more