Curiosities in Europe

A total of 168 curiosities is found.

Stadhuis Brussel

Brussel, Belgium

The Town Hall of Brussels is the Grand Place of Brussels. The architectural style is an example of flamboyant Gothic. The building is on top of its 96 meters high tower topped with a gilded statue of the Archangel Michael fighting a dragon fells.

Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Berlin, Germany

In the Tiergarten park, in the former Congress Hall, the House of World Cultures is a forum for dialogue between the multifarious cultures alive in the world today. The emphasis is on contemporary arts from Africa, Asia and Latin America. The house...

Casino de Monte Carlo

Principality Of Monaco, Monaco

The casino in Monte Carlo is one of the most expensive and most exclusive casinos in the world. If you want to go in, you need a big purse but the casino is very nice from the outside. It is a listed building with a large front yard and in the...

De Astronomische Klok

Prague, Czech Republic

The Czech name for The Astronomical Clock is Orloj. The cook is in the facade of the town hall on the Old Town Square. This gives not only the time the days and month position again. Hourly two small doors open and you see a parade of Christ and...

Colosseum

Rome, Italy

The Colosseum is one of the largest remaining ancient structures. It is also the largest amphitheatre. The oval base (measured between the axles) 188 by 156 meters, has a circumference of 527 meters and officially offered to 50.000 people at the...

Pendrechtse Molen

Barendrecht, The Netherlands

In 1731, the Pendrechtse Mill built in the polder New Pendrecht. This round stone mill was built in place of a wooden hollow post mill that stood on the same site. Of these hollow post mill had the usable parts (all wheels are in the transmission of...

Jardin Du Luxembourg

Paris, France

The Jardin du Luxembourg is a beautiful urban park in the northern part of central Paris. The park covers 25 acres along the Boulevard St-Michel. The gardens are in the busy Parisian life an oasis of calm, yet theatrical activity. The benches...

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Tréminou

Plomeur, France

The Chapelle Notre-Dame de Treminou (or: Our Lady Chapel Treminou) is a masterpiece of municipal assets, nestled in a wooded country. The building dates from the thirteenth century, was first restored in the fourteenth and then in the sixteenth...

Stadhuis van Haarlem

Haarlem, The Netherlands

The Town Hall of Haarlem is situated on the Grote Markt where first the hunting lodge of the Counts of Holland was. The town hall was built in 1340, once the hunting lodge was burned. Graves Hall is the largest room in the Haarlem city hall....

Colonne de Vendôme

Paris, France

Colonne Vendôme (also called the Austerlitz column) is the name of a column that Napoleon I had put down on the Place Vendome in 1810 while he was also given for the Arc de Triomphe. Colonne de Vendôme is a triumphal column made...

Zollverein

Essen, Germany

In Essen in the Ruhr area are old factories and old coal mine Zollverein. In 1986 the work in the mines and the company put stop, after which the Zollverein buildings have stood empty for some time. Since 2001, the complex on the world heritage list...

Barockschlösschen Waisenhaus

Bitburg, Germany

This charming former medieval castle is a jewel of the Baroque period and was built around 1750. Since 1960, the castle houses various types of schools, while previously temporarily served as an orphanage in the century. Currently there is a...

Schloss Moritzburg

Moritzburg, Germany

Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, was the representative of Schloss Moritzburg and jbouwde for hunting and pleasure lodge on the walls of the former Renaissance building just outside the gates of Dresden. Not only the...

Fort Rammekens

Vlissingen, The Netherlands

8 kilometres from Flushing you Rammekens fort, surrounded by woods, creek, meadow, marsh and a deafening silence. Fort Rammekens is the oldest sea of western Europe (1547). Once the fort played a major role in Zeeland rich maritime history. The...

Mont Saint Michel

Mont-saint-michel, France

Mont Saint Michel is a rocky island located off the coast of Normandy, near the town Avranche. It was founded by Saint Aubert, the island in question and on a AWhen had built, which was completed in 709. Later there is a monastery built by...

Berliner Dom

Berlin, Germany

The Berlin Cathedral, the largest church in the city, sees itself as the central place of the Protestant Church in Germany. Far beyond the boundaries of the parish and the town, he attracts every year thousands of visitors from home and...

Stadhuis (City Hall)

Bruges, Belgium

The Bruges Town Hall from 1376 is one of the oldest in the Netherlands. From here, the city of Bruges governed for more than seven hundred years. The Gothic Hall, with its magnificent 19th-century wall paintings and polychrome ceiling, is a...

Schlösser Augustusburg und Falkenlust

Brühl, Germany

Palaces Augustusburg und Falkenlust (Castle August and Falkenlust) are both in Bruhl, Germany. In the Schloss Brühl Park are around 1700 built two castles, which now adorn the World Heritage List. Both castles are worth a visit and the entrance...

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