Explore the Casemates Trail: Vineyards, Forest, and History 30 Minutes from Strasbourg

Explore the Casemates Trail: Vineyards, Forest, and History 30 Minutes from Strasbourg

Home / Nature escape / Vineyards, forest and history: hike on the casemates trail, 30 minutes from Strasbourg Nature escape Clearing your mind while discovering the historical curiosities of the region is the objective of this walk very close to Strasbourg between Soultz-les-Bains and Dangolsheim. A route as beautiful as it is interesting which follows … Read more

Innovative Exhibition of Jāzeps Grosvalds: A Unique Perspective on the Latvian Artist’s Life and Work

Innovative Exhibition of Jāzeps Grosvalds: A Unique Perspective on the Latvian Artist’s Life and Work

In a sense, there are even two exhibitions. One is in the Great Exhibition Hall of the National Art Museum, the other is supplied by “Neputns” in the just-released grand edition “Jāzeps Grosvalds. Persian Scenes”. The manuscript of the only book written by the artist was created in Paris in 1919, shortly after his return … Read more

Luise: A Character Study of Love and Conflict in War-Torn Germany

Luise: A Character Study of Love and Conflict in War-Torn Germany

In the character play “Luise”, the German director Matthias Luthardt fans out a character study. Inspiration is a story from 1922. Luise Aschenbrenner plays the eponymous “Luise” Photo: Salzgeber Luise (Luise Aschenbrenner) has settled into her solitude. After the death of her mother, she works the remote farm in Alsace without outside help. She takes … Read more

Fin de siecle. The exhibition approximates the time when art became a normal part of life

The West Bohemian Gallery in Pilsen included over a hundred Czech works from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in an exhibition called Golden Times with the subtitle Art of the Fin de siecle. The works of Alfons Mucha, František Kupka, Max Švabinský, Antonín Slavíček and Václav Brožík are among the best in … Read more

Football to tell the story

“Soccer and the earth have something in common: they are both a ball,” said Sócrates, a wonderful Brazilian soccer player who also lived up to his name by being a sort of philosopher of the people, a committed guy who contributed so much to the king of sports as well as the society of his … Read more

Where does the expression 08/15 come from? – SWR knowledge

The expression comes from the legendary machine gun 08/15. This got its name in a similar way to how the various software versions are today. Just as Word got version “5.1” at some point, iTunes version “9.2” and so on, so there was MG 08/15 at that time. “08” because the basic model was introduced … Read more

“France will be big, or not at all.” 130 years ago, Charles de Gaulle was born – ČT24 – Czech Television

“Believe me, he speaks to you with knowledge and says that nothing is lost for France. The same means that defeated us can bring us a day of victory. Because France is not alone! He can form a block with the British Empire, which controls the sea and continues to fight. She, like England, can … Read more

King commemorates Armistice at Congress Column in Brussels, …

King Filip commemorated Armistice Day at 11 a.m. on Wednesday morning at the Congress Column in Brussels. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo attended the commemoration at the Menin Gate in Ypres, for the first time without an audience. – On November 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. World War I came to an end, 102 years … Read more

The glacier on the highest peak of the Italian Dolomites disappears. He has 15 years left, says the scientist

The glacier on Mount Marmolada, the highest peak in the Italian Dolomites, could disappear within 15 years due to global warming. The ANSA agency writes about it with reference to the research of scientists from the University of Padua. Ten years ago, the glacier lost five hectares a year, and in the last three years … Read more