Trans-Europ-Express. The european railway connection after the WWII

Today we have a dream to unify the whole Europe in one great country, because people are tired of this endless concurrence. We have a single market in a political and economical European Union, we have a single citizenship, the european one, which give us the right to be free and equal in every country…

The incredible rebirth of the Dresden Frauenkirche

  The Frauenkirche in Dresden (originally the Church of Our Lady – the name refers to St. Mary) is a Protestant-Lutheran church of the Baroque and the formative monumental building of the Dresden Neumarkt. Rebuilt from 1994 to 2005, the church is considered a magnificent testimony to Protestant sacred architecture and has one of the…

The German Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. Gauß Expedition

The Gauss expedition or German expedition to the South Pole is the first German expedition to Antarctica. Conducted by Erich von Drygalski, a professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Berlin and a veteran of expeditions to Greenland, it was carried out between 1901 and 1903 aboard the ship Gauss. As early as…

The Architecture of Erich Mendelsohn

Erich Mendelsohn                                                   1887, Olsztyn – 1953, San Francisco Erich Mendelsohn’s architecture was strong without being monumental. Throughout his career, the works have evolved from sculpted expressionist buildings, such as the…

Kurfürstendamm: Berlin’s main avenue after the division of the city

  As is known, according to the agreement of the Allies, not only the entire territory of Germany, but also the city of Berlin was divided into the occupation zones. As a result, after the proclamation of two new German states in 1949, the western sector was enclave with a special status. West Berlin was…

BADEN-BADEN: THE BOURGEOISIE AND THE TOWN

The bourgeoisie of the Europe’s most popular spa town, one of the most famous casino in the world, pro-European manifestations and the Trinkhalle     People are dancing for a European unity in front of the Theater     Baden-Baden is the smallest county town in Baden-Württemberg and lies in the west of the country….

BADEN-BADEN: STOURDZA-KAPELLE AND THE MICHAELSBERG

The Romanian Orthodox Church in the most popular spa town in Europe, the beauty of the northwestern border of Black Forest Mountains (Schwarzwald) and the town view The Romanian Orthodox Chapel Holy Archangel Michael in Baden-Baden, known as Stourdza Chapel (Stourdza-Kapelle), was built between 1863 and 1866 in neoclassical style according to the plans of…