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Old City Market - Jerusalem
Old City. The walls of the old city glow with 2500 years of history, for Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike. In the alleys of The Old City, you will feel as if you have gone back to an ancient time. Yet not five minutes away, you will enjoy an enchanting neighborhood built in the late 19th century -Yemin Moshe- a picturesque neighborhood of homes, artists' studios and art galleries. Named after Sir Moses Montefiore, it was built as the first neighborhood outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City.
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Old City Tower of David - Jerusalem
Old City. The walls of the old city glow with 2500 years of history, for Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike. In the alleys of The Old City, you will feel as if you have gone back to an ancient time. Yet not five minutes away, you will enjoy an enchanting neighborhood built in the late 19th century -Yemin Moshe- a picturesque neighborhood of homes, artists' studios and art galleries. Named after Sir Moses Montefiore, it was built as the first neighborhood outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City.
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Old Montreal - Montreal
Old Montreal. The history of Montr?al begins with its port. The Old Port site, which delights today's visitors, is rich with history. This history is inseparable from that of Old Montr?al, which was declared a historical district in 1963.
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Old Town Square - Prague - Czech
The Spanish Synagogue was built in 1868 on the site of the oldest Prague Jewish house of prayer (""the Old School"") in a Moorish style to a design by Vojtech Ignßtz Ullmann. The synagogue has a square ground-plan with a copula above the central area. The gallery is buil on an iron structure. The stucco arabesque and stylised oriental motifs of the interior are also applied on the walls and in the adornment of the doors, balustrades and gallery. The coloured window panes and interior decoration were designed by architects A. Baum and B. Munzberg and completed in 1893. FrantiÜek èkroup, the composer of the Czech national anthem, was the organist here in the years 1836 - 45. The most significant square of historical Prague. It originated in the 12th century and since then witnessed many events. Beside the Old Town Hall and the Church of Our Lady before Tyn the square has several other dominants, the baroque St. Nicholas church (K. I. Dienzenhofer, 1732 - 1735), the rococo Kinsky palace housing the National Gallery graphic collection, the Stone Bell house - a gothic city palace from the 14th century - now the Municipal Gallery concert and exhibition rooms, and the Memorial to Master Jan Hus sculptured by Ladislav Saloun (1915). The very place where the 27 Czech gentlemen were executed on 21 June, 1621, is marked in the square pavement. The Prague merdidian can be seen not far from there.
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Opera House - Stockholm - Sweden
The art of opera first made its appearance in Sweden at the beginning of the 18th century. The first performances were given by visiting theatre companies from abroad, and not until the early 1770s did any truly Swedish opera emerge. In 1771 King Gustaf III dismissed the French opera group that had for some decades been performing at the Bollhuset on the hill by the Royal Castle in Stockholm and founded a Swedish opera company instead. All opera was to be sung in Swedish. By ""importing"" Italian and German composers like Francesco Uttini, Joseph Martin Kraus, Johann Gottlieb Naumann and Abb? Vogler and getting them to compose operas to texts by Swedish poets, the King laid the foundations for a Swedish opera art. Gustavian opera stands out as a concept all of its own in the musical history of Sweden. During Gustaf's reign many great works were written, such as Naumann's Gustaf Wasa to a libretto by Johan Henrik Kellgren (following a concept by Gustaf III himself) and Kraus's Aeneas in Carthage, also to a text by Kellgren.
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Place D'Armes - Montreal
Place d'Armes. Originally built at the end of the 17th century, Place d'Armes has become a very prestigious address in Montr?al. The surrounding buildings are remarkable, mementos of all the major milestones in the City's history. Since 1895, a statue of Paul de Chomedey, ""Sieur de Maisonneuve"", the founder of Montr?al, stands in the centre.
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Place Jacques-Cartier - Montreal
Old Montreal. The history of Montr?al begins with its port. The Old Port site, which delights today's visitors, is rich with history. This history is inseparable from that of Old Montr?al, which was declared a historical district in 1963.
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Place Royale - Montreal
Place Royale. The marketplace of the 17th and 18th centuries was located here. To the southwest, at Pointe-?-Calli?re, we find the contemporary structure that is home to the Montr?al Museum of Archaeology and History, linked to the Old Customs House by an underground archeological circuit. This explains why part of the place is elevated.
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Portuguese Synagogue - Amsterdam
Portuguese Synagogue. Four former synagogues dating from the 17th and 18th-century have been converted into Amsterdam's Jewish Historical Museum. The four original buildings are linked with modern glass and steel constructions to form one whole - a unique museum lying at the heart of what used to be the Amsterdam Jewish quarter. The museum's permanent collection tells the story of Dutch Jewry. You can arrange for a guided tour of the museum, of the impressive Portuguese synagogue across the road, andn through old Jewish Amsterdam.
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Red Cross Museum - Geneva - Switzerland
Discover the fascinating history of the world's first humanitarian organization ! Photos, films, objects and documents are vividly presented through audio-visual displays and computer terminals. The unique setting of the Today area plunges you into the thick of current actions and gives you access to the latest news from the field. The Caf? Dunant is a multimedia area, which provides information on the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in an interactive and entertaining way.
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