November 26, 2024 4:32 pm

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ON THE ROOF OF VENEZUELA: Journey in the Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada

You will have already tasted the horizons of the Llanos and Lake Maracaibo, those that fade up, showing you the grandeur of the Andes. If you want to – in just two hours – you get to step Pico El Aquila, next to the snow, but along the way do not miss the opportunity to observe the changing landscape, including …

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MAURICE UTRILLO (1883/1955), FRENCH PAINTER: Urban landscapes of a son of art, born and raised in Montmartre

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FRANCISCO GOYA (1746/1828), PAINTER SPANISH: The teacher who had difficulty writing, but not in the paint

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WATER AND LAND: LANDSCAPES – Poetry of José Emilio Pacheco

WATER AND LAND: LANDSCAPES It is time imperceptible that it is night. And no one asks how does the night, that matter secret is building the night. Sea, return at night the darkness that draws in your abyss. It rains and the world is concentrated in the rain. The water is absorbed. The whole Earth is sinking in the rain. …

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ALTHOUGH SO FRAGILE: Poetry of Akiko Yosano (1878/1942)

ALTHOUGH SO FRAGILE Although so fragile and so short love, blood has too young this girl, to burn poems spring. (Akiko Yosano)

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WELCOME TO ATHLONE: Westmeath, central Ireland, a river and a lake, next to Celtic crosses and ancient legends

True. At one time the city was famous for its castle, but what I want to talk to you is a different thing: the beauty of what encompasses this corner of Ireland. First, my suggestion is to walk next to what remains of its ancient walls (without losing the charm of what remains of an old Franciscan monastery). A trip …

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JOURNEY IN GREECE – The north eastern Aegean islands

Thassos and Samothrace, Limnos and Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Ikaria. Seven islands that – almost like a mosaic – reveal a complex natural and historical landscape, where memories Byzantine, Genoese and Ottoman open your eyes. Monasteries and small villages, castles, mountains and forests of pine, olive and cypress trees. But also beautiful springs and waterfalls of crystal clear water, rocky …

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JACQUES CALLOT (1592/1635), FRENCH ARTIST: Master of the graver, with shades of grotesque and gallantry

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TOUSSAINT DUBREUIL (1561/1602), FRENCH PAINTER: Highly elongated and undulating forms, same shades of the work of painter Primaticcio

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EUBEA, YOUR HOUSE IN GREECE: Holidays in Sporades Islands

Welcome. Even today, I have waited, to continue our tour of the archipelago of the Sporades Islands, on the island Euboea. We will find forests of chestnut trees and many pine trees, but if you love the sea, we will be able to go on the lonely coast north through winding roads. We have the opportunity to visit the Archaeological …

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