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La Grande Odalisque in Paris ?

BG — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:47:43 +0000

Who ? Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
When ? 1814
Where ? Louvre, Paris
What ? The peacock fan, the turban, the enormous pearls, the pipe and the title of the painting (odalisque, a female slave in an Ottoman seraglio), all refer us to the Orient.

Užupis, a new country ?

BG — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:53:23 +0000

Where ? A neighborhood In Vilnius old town, the capital of Lithuania.
When ? On April 1997, the district declared itself an independent republic with its own flag, currency, president, constitution, and army.
Now ? The houses are being restored, many by artists, bohemian atmosphere.

Cannes International Film Festival 2012 ?

BG — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:24:55 +0000

When ? From 16/05/2012 to 27/05/2012.
President of the Jury ? Italian film director Nanni Moretti.
To host the opening and closing ceremonies ? French actress Bérénice Bejo.
To open with ? Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson
The official poster of the festival ? Marilyn Monroe, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.
Films in Competition? 22 films, directors Alain Resnais, Audiard, Cronenberg, Haneke, Kiarostami, Hong SangSoo, Jeff Nichols, John Hillcoa, Ken Loach, Leos Carax, Walter Salles, Cristian Mungiu, Lee Daniels, Andrew Dominik…

Rouen Cathedral by Monet ?

BG — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:02:12 +0000

Monet painted the Rouen Cathedral series, more than thirty, made in 1892 and 1893, many views of the same subject under different lighting conditions.
Where to see them ?
Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Musée Marmottan, Paris, France
Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
Pola Museum of Art, Hakone, Japan
Beyeler Museum, Riehen, Switzerland
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, USA
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

The Sestieri of Venice ?

BG — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:26:41 +0000

Venice is divided into six areas or “sestiere”: Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca and Isola Sacca Fisola), Santa Croce, San Marco (including San Giorgio Maggiore) and Castello (including San Pietro di Castello and Sant’Elena).

The Timmelsjoch Experience ?

BG — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:23:46 +0000

- a journey through the history the famous Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road.
- North Tyrol, Austria.
- Werner Tscholl, architect.
- situated at an elevation of 2,509 m.

The World’s Most Expensive Cities ?

BG — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:34:02 +0000

Tokyo, Japan
Oslo, Norway
Osaka Kobe, Japan
Paris, France
Zurich, Switzerland
Sydney, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Frankfurt, Germany
Geneva, Switzerland
Singapore, Singapore

The Economist Intelligence Unit (2011)

Beatles Boutique Hotel Liverpool ?

BG — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:57:49 +0000

- Hard Days Night Hotel, a Beatles inspired hotel.
- in Liverpool’s ‘Beatles Quarter’, adjacent to the famous Cavern Club.
- in a Grade II listed Central Buildings, dating back to 1884.
- 110 rooms individually designed with Beatles-inspired artwork.

Silicon Valley of India ?

BG — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:14 +0000

Bangalore is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, known as the Silicon Valley of India because of the large number of information technology companies located in the city. Bangalore’s IT industry is divided into three main clusters: Software Technology Parks of India, International Tech Park, Bangalore and Electronics City. Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro, iGate, Tata Consultancy Services, Accenture, Nokia Siemens Networks and US based companies like Texas Instruments, Google, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell, Yahoo, Oracle Corporation, Cisco, Microsoft, Intuit and Intel have their research and development centers along with their corporate offices in Bangalore.

10 Largest Cities in the United States ?

BG — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:08:15 +0000

1 New York City (New York State) 8,175,133 (2010)
2 Los Angeles (California) 3,792,621
3 Chicago (Illinois) 2,695,598
4 Houston (Texas) 2,099,451
5 Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) 1,526,006
6 Phoenix (Arizona) 1,445,632
7 San Antonio (Texas) 1,327,407
8 San Diego (California) 1,307,402
9 Dallas (Texas) 1,197,816
10 San Jose (California) 945,942