Topic: Europe
Fifty-five tapestries created by the French royal Manufacture des Gobelins and by contemporary artists like Picasso and Miro went on display from Friday in Bucharest, in a world premiere."A selection of tapestries of such scope and quality is unprecedented," said Bernard Schotter, ...
China and France have agreed a high-level deal for Beijing to lend two giant pandas to a French zoo for 10 years starting from early 2012, the zoo's director said on Wednesday.The pair will be the first pandas sent to France since ...
A French zoo has placed its white rhinos under video surveillance fearing poachers could kill them for their horns which can fetch hundreds of thousands of euros on the black market.The owner of the Thoiry zoo and wildlife park west of Paris ...
The Olympic torch will visit famous sights such as Stonehenge on its journey around Britain before the London 2012 Games, organisers said on Monday.The flame will also scale mountains, telescopes, take a ride on the train and a dash through a shopping ...
The Olympic torch will visit famous sights such as Stonehenge on its journey around Britain before the London 2012 Games, organisers said Monday.The flame will also scale mountains, telescopes, take a ride on the train and a dash through a shopping centre ...
Under the Soviets, they were plain wooden boxes upholstered in red satin. Today they come in different shapes and sizes and cater to a variety of tastes.Many are made of pine or mahogany hardwood, have a silk or satin lining, and some ...
The Statue of Liberty, iconic symbol of freedom, New York City and US immigration, celebrated its 125th birthday Friday, before closing for a year's repairs.More than 1,000 people from the United States and France, the country that gifted the statue in the ...
VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Take Paris, add palm trees and a handful of fruit to the wine, swap a snaking, sunken park for the Seine and paella for steak frites, put the whole thing on the sea and you get something like ...
The world's first off-road Segway course opens its doors in Denmark's second city of Aarhus on Friday modelled as a miniature version of Yellowstone National Park, the Segworld Park owner told AFP.Visitors can steer their two-wheel Segway scooters through mountains and waterfalls ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Shimmering giant bubbles carpeted with exotic plants are suspended within the vaulted hallway of a former Berlin railway station, in a new exhibition of the artworks of Tomas Saraceno.Visitors can enter the soap-like bubbles and experience a sense of ...
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