quarta-feira, 10 de setembro de 2014

BUENOS AIRES - AV. 9 DE MAIO AND RETIRO (MONUMENTAL TOWER)




Hello. A special gift by family. Thanks a lot.

We can see 9 de Julio Avenue, located in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the widest avenue in the world. Its name honors Argentina's Independence Day, July 9, 1816.
The avenue runs roughly 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the west of the Río de la Plata waterfront, from the Retirodistrict in the north to Constitución station in the south. The avenue has up to seven lanes in each direction and is flanked on either side by parallel streets of two lanes each. There are two wide medians between the side streets and the main road.
Torre Monumental and before 1982 Torre de los Ingleses (Tower of the English) is a clock tower located in the barrio (district) of RetiroBuenos AiresArgentina. It is situated in the Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina (formerly Plaza Británica) next to the Rua San Martín and Avenida del Libertador. It was a gift from the local British community to the city in commemoration of the centennial of the May Revolution of 1810.
Visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires

sábado, 6 de setembro de 2014

STRASBOURG - LES MUSEES DE LA VILLE

Palais Rohan - Synode Salon - Decoratif Arts Museum

 Outside site of Alsatian Museum - Renascent Epoque

Hello again, a special gift from Strasbourg Museums. Thanks a lot.

Alsatian Museum - is a museum of art and folk tradition, offering museum visitors a charming tour of Strasbourg’s old houses linked together via staircases and wooden passageways (like we see in postcard). 

Museum of Decorative Arts - Located on the ground floor of the Palais Rohan, the former residence of Bishop-Princes from 1732 to 1742

Visit: http://www.musees.strasbourg.eu/