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The 43th Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter and Hong Kong World Boutique, last from January 16-19, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The fair welcome more than 1,900 exhibitors from 25 countries and regions, brings together exhibitors from all over the world to showcase the latest brand…
A bathtub Madonna (also known as a lawn shrine, Mary on the half shell, bathtub Mary, bathtub Virgin, and bathtub shrine) is an artificial grotto typically framing a Roman Catholic religious figure. Variations These shrines most often house a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary but sometimes hold the image…
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The Venice Carnival 2018 last from January 27 to February 14. Venice carnival is unique experience，the romantic water city sometimes covered by dense fog, full of stories and mysteries. Many events that was held during the carnival, grand costume balls, fierce mask contests, towering wigs and a parade of preening,…
Hakone Venetian Glass Museum (箱根ガラスの森美術館) was opened in August 8, 1996, as a specialized museum of Venetian glass. The museum is located at Sengokuhara in Hakone town, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and is surrounded by groves of green overlooking the Owakudani. Through the collection of the museum, including the masterpieces of…
The Episcopal Museum of Vic (Catalan: Museu Episcopal de Vic, MEV) is a medieval art museum that maintains a magnificent collection of masterpieces of painting and sculpture from the Romanesque and Gothic period in Catalonia. Located next to the Cathedral of Vic, in the Osona region (Barcelona) it is declared…
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