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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

The Basílica de la Sagrada Família, is a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), his work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed…

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

São Jorge Castle, Lisbon, Portugal

São Jorge Castle is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior. Human occupation of the castle hill dates to at least the 8th century BC while the first fortifications built date from the 1st century BC. The hill on which…

São Jorge Castle, Lisbon, Portugal

Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence, Italy

The Salvatore Ferragamo Museum in Florence, Italy is a fashion museum dedicated to the life and work of Italian shoe designer Salvatore Ferragamo and his eponymous company. The museum contains 10,000 models of shoes created and owned by Ferragamo from the 1920s until his death in 1960. Following Ferragamo’s death…

Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence, Italy

Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain

The Metropol Parasol project, also officially named since its opening as Setas de Sevilla is a wooden and concrete pergola-shaped structure located in the central Plaza de la Encarnación in the city of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia (Spain). It has dimensions of 150 meters long, 70 meters…

Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain

Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalonia, Spain

Santa Maria de Vilabertran is a Romanesque monastery located in Vilabertran (Alt Empordà). It has been a cultural heritage site of national interest since 1930. It is currently part of the Museum of History of Catalonia. History The canonical church of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, erected on the site of…

Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalonia, Spain

Savassona Palace, Barcelona, Spain

The Savassona Palace is a work of Barcelona declared a Cultural Asset of National Interest. It is the headquarters of the Ateneu Barcelonès. Ateneo Barcelonès The Ateneu Barcelonès is an association founded in Barcelona in 1860 (with the initial name of Ateneu Català ) located in the Savassona Palace. Its…

Savassona Palace, Barcelona, Spain

Sabina Knowledge Park School, São Paulo, Brazil

Sabina Escola Parque do Conhecimento (popularly known as Sabina ) is a public institution under the Municipal Education Secretariat of the municipality of Santo André. On site, visitors are provided with interaction in scientific playful experiments, in addition to integrating laboratories, multimedia libraries and the Johannes Kepler Planetarium. The center…

Sabina Knowledge Park School, São Paulo, Brazil

Snail Museum, Mexico City, Mexico

The Museo del Caracol (History Gallery), known for its spiral form of sea snail, was conceived as a didactic and expressive museum for children and young minors. It has twelve rooms in descending form that are equivalent to two floors of exhibition. The museum offers the opportunity to approach the…

Snail Museum, Mexico City, Mexico

Santo Domingo Church, Mexico City, Mexico

Santo Domingo in Mexico City refers to the Church of Santo Domingo and its Plaza, also called Santo Domingo. Both are located three blocks north of the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral following Republica de Brasil Street with Belisario Dominguez Street separating the two. The Church of Santo Domingo is a…

Santo Domingo Church, Mexico City, Mexico

Shikisai Hill, Kamikawa-gun, Japan

Shikisai no Oka is a tourist attraction located in Biei-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido. The formal name is “Okinawa Flower Field Shikisai no Oka”. A hill of sightseeing that spreads across the earth. Speaking of Biei, hills. The beautiful scenery is not nature itself. This patchwork pattern is the scenery of human…

Shikisai Hill, Kamikawa-gun, Japan

Sapporo Clock Tower, Sapporo, Japan

Sapporo Clock Tower is a historic building located in Kita 1-Jo Nishi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido. Important cultural property (designated on June 17, 1970). The official name is called “Old Sapporo Agricultural School Ensemble”. It is now known as “Sapporo Clock Tower” or simply “Clock Tower” and has become a…

Sapporo Clock Tower, Sapporo, Japan

State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

The State Library of South Australia, or SLSA, formerly known as the Public Library of South Australia, located on North Terrace, Adelaide, is the official library of the Australian state of South Australia. It is the largest public research library in the state, with a collection focus on South Australian…

State Library of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

Sintra National Palace, Portugal

The Sintra National Palace, also known as Vila Palace, is located in the parish of São Martinho, in the village of Sintra, Lisbon District, in Portugal. It was one of the Royal Palaces and today is owned by the Portuguese State, which uses it for tourist and cultural purposes. Urban…

Sintra National Palace, Portugal

Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, Moscow, Russia

The Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (Russian: Московский академический Музыкальный театр имени народных артистов К. С. Станиславского и Вл. И. Немировича-Данченко) is a music theatre in Moscow. The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre was founded in 1941 when two companies directed by the legendary reformers of…

Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre, Moscow, Russia

State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Russia

The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg is one of the largest historical museums in Russia, which presents the three hundred year history, culture and life of the northern capital of Russia. The headquarters of the museum are located in the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was established…

State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Russia

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