Agritourism or agrotourism, as it is defined most broadly, involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. Agritourism has different definitions in different parts of the world, and sometimes refers specifically to farm stays, as in Italy. Elsewhere, agritourism includes a wide variety…
Dancheong (Korean: 단청) refers to Korean traditional decorative coloring on wooden buildings and artifacts for the purpose of style. It literally means “cinnabar and blue-green” in Korean. It is based on five basic colors; blue (east), white (west), red (south), black (north), and yellow (center). Dancheong has various symbolic meanings.…
Hokkaido Museum, aka Mori no Charenga, is a museum introducing the nature, history and culture of Hokkaido.Hokkaido Museum opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 2015. Located within Nopporo Shinrin Kōen Prefectural Natural Park. Most of the permanent exhibitions are history-related, including archeology, and folklore-related. Educational activities are being conducted in…
The City of Architecture and Heritage (French: Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine) is a museum of architecture and monumental sculpture located in the Palais de Chaillot (Trocadéro), in Paris, France. Its permanent collection is also known as Musée des Monuments Français (Museum of French Monuments). It was first established…
Pen computing refers to any computer user-interface using a pen (or stylus) and tablet, rather than using devices such as a keyboards, joysticks or a mouse. For many years just about every portable device came with a stylus. Even the Tablet PC was tied closely enough to the stylus that…
Centre national du costume de scène (CNCS), is a French museum dedicated to stage costumes and sets. It was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 in Moulins, Allier by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres the Minister of Culture, Pierre-André Périssol the mayor of Moulins and Christian Lacroix, dressmaker and board chairman. The…
Garden tourism is a type of niche tourism involving visits or travel to botanical gardens and places which are significant in the history of gardening. Garden tourists often travel individually in countries with which they are familiar but often prefer to join organized garden tours in countries where they might…
A frequent flyer programme is a type of loyalty programme run by an airline or several airlines in conjunction, rewarding frequent passengers with extras and bonuses, and providing facilities aiding air travel with the sponsoring airline or airlines. The history of modern frequent flyer programmes started in 1970s and involved…
sRGB (standard Red Green Blue) is an RGB color space that HP and Microsoft created cooperatively in 1996 to use on monitors, printers, and the Internet. It was subsequently standardized by the IEC as IEC 61966-2-1:1999. It is often the “default” color space for images that contain no color space…
Teatro Real (Royal Theatre), is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain The Teatro Real opera is one of the great theaters of Europe and its seasons are home productions involving leading figures of the international singing, musical direction, stage direction and dance The theater also offers guided tours…
The buildings and architecture of Chicago have influenced and reflected the history of American architecture. The built [constructed] environment of Chicago is reflective of the city’s history and multicultural heritage, featuring prominent buildings in a variety of styles by many important architects. Since most structures within the downtown area were…
Mantua is a world heritage listed city in Lombardy, Italy. Because of the power and influence of the Gonzaga family, which used to own the city for over 400 years, Mantua was considered one of the most important cultural cities in the Renaissance and it still maintains a lot of…
Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port. Since 2013 it has been linked by two foot-bridges to the historical district Le Panier and to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations; the latter being the first French…
Adomas Galdikas (Oct 18, 1893 – Dec 7, 1969) was a Lithuanian painter, graphic artist, scenographer Galdikas attended painting studios in Saint Petersburg and Berlin Galdikas continued his studies in Sweden, Italy and France He studied in a gymnasium in Palanga, then in a grammar school in Libau In 1917…
The safety of a destination is always an important point when it comes to vacations. If you go on a trip instead of a vacation, there is a chance that you might end up in an unknown and perhaps less secure situation. You can reduce some risks, for example by…
Art Nouveau was born in Belgium in 1893, when Victor Horta built the Hôtel Tassel . The style of Horta is very popular with the upper middle class who, after the Hotel Tassel, he ordered many mansions, then deploys in the sector then developing department stores, before making many emulators.…
It is widely believed that Vincent van Gogh found it hard to stay friends with people, not completely. As an artist Vincent was in the centre of things. He had countless dealings with his fellow painters. He even worked with some of them, with varying degrees of success. Even in…
The Gyeonggi Provincial Museum of Art (京畿道美術館 경기도미술관) is a metropolitan museum located in Ansan City, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. Gyeonggi MoMA, is actively involved in a contemporary art scene and presents a future-oriented vision through collecting works of contemporary art, conducting research, hosting regular and special exhibitions and operating diverse…
Interest in the Architecture of Las Vegas began in the late 1960s, when in 1967 architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown travelled to the city accompanied by students in order to study its architecture. They wrote, with Steven Izenour, a report in 1972 on the subject entitled Learning From…
Russian architecture follows a tradition whose roots were in war Kievan Rus’. After the fall of Kiev, Russian architectural history continued in the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal, Novgorod, the succeeding states of the Tsardom of Russia, the including architecture). The great churches of Kievan Rus’, built after the adoption of Christianity…
Ancient Egyptian architecture is the architecture of one of the most influential civilizations throughout history, which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile, including pyramids and temples. Characteristics Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt…
Hong Kong Wedding Fair, as Hong Kong’s biggest Wedding Exhibition Series, organized by Hongkong-Asia Exhibition (Holding) Ltd., presents four seasons of wedding festivals every year. More than 500 booths gather wedding experts from Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Chinese Taiwan, Japan, Korea and other places to gather trendy wedding products and…
Haussmann’s renovation of Paris was a vast public works program commissioned by Emperor Napoléon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. It included the demolition of medieval neighborhoods that were deemed overcrowded and unhealthy by officials at the time; the building of…
Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of visible light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 570–590 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In the RGB color model, used to create…
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Agritourism
Agritourism or agrotourism, as it is defined most broadly, involves any agriculturally based operation or activity that brings visitors to a farm or ranch. Agritourism has different definitions in different parts of the world, and sometimes refers specifically to farm stays, as in Italy. Elsewhere, agritourism includes a wide variety…
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Dancheong (Korean: 단청) refers to Korean traditional decorative coloring on wooden buildings and artifacts for the purpose of style. It literally means “cinnabar and blue-green” in Korean. It is based on five basic colors; blue (east), white (west), red (south), black (north), and yellow (center). Dancheong has various symbolic meanings.…
Read moreHokkaido Museum, Sapporo, Japan
Hokkaido Museum, aka Mori no Charenga, is a museum introducing the nature, history and culture of Hokkaido.Hokkaido Museum opened in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan in 2015. Located within Nopporo Shinrin Kōen Prefectural Natural Park. Most of the permanent exhibitions are history-related, including archeology, and folklore-related. Educational activities are being conducted in…
Read moreCity of Architecture and Heritage, Paris, France
The City of Architecture and Heritage (French: Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine) is a museum of architecture and monumental sculpture located in the Palais de Chaillot (Trocadéro), in Paris, France. Its permanent collection is also known as Musée des Monuments Français (Museum of French Monuments). It was first established…
Read morePen computing
Pen computing refers to any computer user-interface using a pen (or stylus) and tablet, rather than using devices such as a keyboards, joysticks or a mouse. For many years just about every portable device came with a stylus. Even the Tablet PC was tied closely enough to the stylus that…
Read moreNational Center of Stage Costume, Moulins, France
Centre national du costume de scène (CNCS), is a French museum dedicated to stage costumes and sets. It was inaugurated on 1 July 2006 in Moulins, Allier by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres the Minister of Culture, Pierre-André Périssol the mayor of Moulins and Christian Lacroix, dressmaker and board chairman. The…
Read moreGarden tourism
Garden tourism is a type of niche tourism involving visits or travel to botanical gardens and places which are significant in the history of gardening. Garden tourists often travel individually in countries with which they are familiar but often prefer to join organized garden tours in countries where they might…
Read moreFrequent-flyer program guide
A frequent flyer programme is a type of loyalty programme run by an airline or several airlines in conjunction, rewarding frequent passengers with extras and bonuses, and providing facilities aiding air travel with the sponsoring airline or airlines. The history of modern frequent flyer programmes started in 1970s and involved…
Read moresRGB
sRGB (standard Red Green Blue) is an RGB color space that HP and Microsoft created cooperatively in 1996 to use on monitors, printers, and the Internet. It was subsequently standardized by the IEC as IEC 61966-2-1:1999. It is often the “default” color space for images that contain no color space…
Read moreTeatro Real, Madrid, Spain
Teatro Real (Royal Theatre), is a major opera house located in Madrid, Spain The Teatro Real opera is one of the great theaters of Europe and its seasons are home productions involving leading figures of the international singing, musical direction, stage direction and dance The theater also offers guided tours…
Read moreArchitecture of Chicago
The buildings and architecture of Chicago have influenced and reflected the history of American architecture. The built [constructed] environment of Chicago is reflective of the city’s history and multicultural heritage, featuring prominent buildings in a variety of styles by many important architects. Since most structures within the downtown area were…
Read moreTravel Guide of Mantua, Lombardy, Italy
Mantua is a world heritage listed city in Lombardy, Italy. Because of the power and influence of the Gonzaga family, which used to own the city for over 400 years, Mantua was considered one of the most important cultural cities in the Renaissance and it still maintains a lot of…
Read moreFort Saint-Jean, Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean
Fort Saint-Jean is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port. Since 2013 it has been linked by two foot-bridges to the historical district Le Panier and to the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations; the latter being the first French…
Read moreAdomas Galdikas
Adomas Galdikas (Oct 18, 1893 – Dec 7, 1969) was a Lithuanian painter, graphic artist, scenographer Galdikas attended painting studios in Saint Petersburg and Berlin Galdikas continued his studies in Sweden, Italy and France He studied in a gymnasium in Palanga, then in a grammar school in Libau In 1917…
Read moreSafety tips in travel
The safety of a destination is always an important point when it comes to vacations. If you go on a trip instead of a vacation, there is a chance that you might end up in an unknown and perhaps less secure situation. You can reduce some risks, for example by…
Read moreArt Nouveau in Belgium
Art Nouveau was born in Belgium in 1893, when Victor Horta built the Hôtel Tassel . The style of Horta is very popular with the upper middle class who, after the Hotel Tassel, he ordered many mansions, then deploys in the sector then developing department stores, before making many emulators.…
Read moreVan Gogh and the yellow house, friendship and influence, Van Gogh Museum
It is widely believed that Vincent van Gogh found it hard to stay friends with people, not completely. As an artist Vincent was in the centre of things. He had countless dealings with his fellow painters. He even worked with some of them, with varying degrees of success. Even in…
Read moreGyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, South Korea
The Gyeonggi Provincial Museum of Art (京畿道美術館 경기도미술관) is a metropolitan museum located in Ansan City, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. Gyeonggi MoMA, is actively involved in a contemporary art scene and presents a future-oriented vision through collecting works of contemporary art, conducting research, hosting regular and special exhibitions and operating diverse…
Read moreArchitecture of Las Vegas
Interest in the Architecture of Las Vegas began in the late 1960s, when in 1967 architects Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown travelled to the city accompanied by students in order to study its architecture. They wrote, with Steven Izenour, a report in 1972 on the subject entitled Learning From…
Read moreRussian architecture
Russian architecture follows a tradition whose roots were in war Kievan Rus’. After the fall of Kiev, Russian architectural history continued in the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal, Novgorod, the succeeding states of the Tsardom of Russia, the including architecture). The great churches of Kievan Rus’, built after the adoption of Christianity…
Read moreAncient Egyptian architecture
Ancient Egyptian architecture is the architecture of one of the most influential civilizations throughout history, which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile, including pyramids and temples. Characteristics Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt…
Read moreReview of Hong Kong Wedding Fair 2015, China
Hong Kong Wedding Fair, as Hong Kong’s biggest Wedding Exhibition Series, organized by Hongkong-Asia Exhibition (Holding) Ltd., presents four seasons of wedding festivals every year. More than 500 booths gather wedding experts from Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Chinese Taiwan, Japan, Korea and other places to gather trendy wedding products and…
Read moreHaussmann’s renovation of Paris
Haussmann’s renovation of Paris was a vast public works program commissioned by Emperor Napoléon III and directed by his prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, between 1853 and 1870. It included the demolition of medieval neighborhoods that were deemed overcrowded and unhealthy by officials at the time; the building of…
Read moreYellow color in culture
Yellow is the color between green and orange on the spectrum of visible light. It is evoked by light with a dominant wavelength of roughly 570–590 nm. It is a primary color in subtractive color systems, used in painting or color printing. In the RGB color model, used to create…
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