Last month I was in Brussels and I finally managed to visit the ADAM, Art & Design Atomium Museum di Bruxelles, opened in 2016. What is special about this museum? It is a museum entirely dedicated to plastic, with a unique collection of about 2000 plastic objects dating from the late 1950s to the 21st century. Of the entire collection, 500 are the products currently on display in the ...
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César Manrique’s must visit architectures in Lanzarote
Last May I visit Lanzarote for few days and fell in love with this island. Lanzarote is the most northeastern island of the Spanish Canary archipelago, the fourth largest and the third most populous. You'll love the lunar landscapes and the black color of its land covered with volcanic ash. Lanzarote has in fact 300 volcanic cones and the big eruptions that took place between 1730 and 1736 ...
6 MUSEUMS OF DESIGN TO VISIT IN EUROPE
In Europe we have some of the most important museums dedicated to the design of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In their collections, you will see the most iconic pieces that have made the history of design. This is my selection of my 6 favorite European design museums. LA TRIENNALE – MILAN La Triennale di Milano, housed in the Palazzo dell'Arte, is a cultural ...
Hotel La Gran Francia: a gem of colonial architecture
This summer I had the pleasure of visiting the colorful city of Granada in Nicaragua (read article here) and staying one night at Hotel La Gran Francia. Proclaimed Historic Heritage of the City of Granada, La Gran Francia is a jewel of Colonial Architecture of Nicaragua. It is a large and old house situated in the center of the city, a few steps from the cathedral. According to historians, ...
The colorful facades of Granada, Nicaragua
If you travel to Nicaragua, you cannot miss the city of Granada. I visited it this summer and I was fascinated, every corner has been a source of inspiration! Granada is certainly the most beautiful city in Nicaragua, known for its colonial buildings (such as the beautiful Hotel La Gran Francia), for its churches but especially for the bright colors that alternate on the facades of the ...
