The wide Baroque dome , the most beautiful of the Hohenzollern palaces, was built in the 17th and 18th centuries and named after Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Frederick I. In addition to the royal couple’s quarters in Frederick the Great-style Rococo, it houses the Gallery of the Romantics (C. D. Friedrich, Carl Blechen) in [...]
The Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) is housed in what was originally the Spanish Pavilion for the 1929 World’s Fair. Since 1934, the museum has been home to one of the most precious collections of medieval European art: paintings, board games, painted wooden ceilings, sculptures, altarpieces and chests.
Among the highlights are the original Romanesque [...]
The 700-foot high Montjuïc to the south of the city center is one of two mountains in Barcelona, the other being Tibidabo. Avant-garde architects created the sports facilities for the 1992 Olympic Games on the plateau of the mountain by converting and adding to what was already there.
Notable additions included the swimming stadium, the Olympic [...]
In 1973, the world’s greatest collection of works by the famous Dutch impressionist found a home in a white building of curving walls, designed by Gerrit Rietveld.
In addition to some 200 paintings, 600 drawings, and watercolors by the master, the exchange of letters between the artist and his brother Theo is also on display here. [...]
