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Edinburgh – or Athens?

Back in 1822, Charles Cockerell and William Playfair, created Edinburgh’s National Monument up on Calton Hill.  It was modeled on the Parthenon and made  to commemorate Scots who had died in […]

Royal Galleries near the Grande Place

Barely any distance from Brussel’s Grande Place, you’ll find these beautiful and stately shopping arcades: the Galleries of the Queen King and Princes (la Galerie de la Reine, du Roi et des Princes).  They […]