WORLD HERITAGE: The Garden Kingdom
THE GARTENREICH DESSAU-WÖRLITZ
Beautiful castles and dreamlike parks from the 18th century
The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, located in Saxony-Anhalt in the Middle Elbe Region, is an exceptional example of landscape design and planning from the Age of the Enlightenment in the 18th century. Its diverse components – the outstanding buildings, English-style landscaped parks and gardens, and subtly modified expanses of agricultural land – served aesthetic, educational, and economic purposes in an exemplary manner.
Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
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UNESCO: Messel Pit Fossil Site
Messel Pit is the richest site in the world for understanding the living environment of the Eocene, between 57 million and 36 million years ago. In particular, it provides unique information about the early stages of the evolution of mammals and includes exceptionally well-preserved mammal fossils, ranging from fully articulated skeletons to the contents of stomachs of animals of this period.
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ITALY: Museo del Violino
Museo del Violino Antonio Stradivari based in Cremona, is dedicated to cremonese luthery of all time. At the same time it is a Museum, an Auditorium and a Research Centre about antique and modern luthery.
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GERMANY: World Heritage Sites
EUROPE: The Great Spa Towns
COLOMBIA: Gabriel García Márquez Itinerary
BELIZE: Maya Ruins
UK: Sounds of Blossom
In collaboration with the Royal College of Music, Sounds of Blossom will bring the spring blooms to life. Music students from the college have composed new music, commissioned by Kew and inspired by the glory of spring. These new compositions will be played around the Gardens in Kew’s blossom hotspots.
Sounds of Blossom
Meet the Sounds of Blossom composers
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