The Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra pays tribute through his mural painting to two great men of humanity, Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Mahatma Gandhi.
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The Vessel at Hudson Yards – New York
Inaugurated recently on March 15, 2019, the “Vessel” has quickly become an attraction of Manhattan, in New York City (New York, USA). It is the focal and centerpiece of the square called, Hudson Yards.
The Coimbra Chapel – Braga, Portugal
The “Capela de Nossa Senhora da Conceição” in Braga, Portugal, is better known as the Coimbra Chapel, because it is integrated into the small palace known as “Casa Dos Coimbras”. Continue reading “The Coimbra Chapel – Braga, Portugal”
I raise my lamp beside the golden door! – New York
Strolling along the High Line in Manhattan, in New York City, we find the mural entitled “I Lift My Lamp Beside the Golden Door”, work of the artist Dorothy Iannone. Continue reading “I raise my lamp beside the golden door! – New York”
The Rajoy Palace – Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Currently, the seat of the City Council of the city of Santiago de Compostela is the “Pazo Raxoi” or Palace of Rajoy, located on the west side of the Plaza de Obradoiro. In its origins it was built to be the residence and seminary for confessors and the children’s choir. Continue reading “The Rajoy Palace – Santiago de Compostela, Spain”
Circus Theater – Braga, Portugal
The needs that arose from a growing city and the plans to extend the “Avenida da Liberidade”, the City of Braga (Portugal) took control of the abandoned “Convent dos Remédios” to develop a urban project that included the construction of a new theater. Work on the construction of the Circus Theater began in 1911, in order to revive the arts in the city. Continue reading “Circus Theater – Braga, Portugal”
“Plaza de Cervantes” – Santiago de Compostela, Spain
During medieval times, the popular meeting point in Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain) was known as the “Forum”, a place where the town crier announced news of the municipality and the Archbishopric. The place later became the mercantile center of the city earning itself the name of “Plaza do Campo”. Continue reading ““Plaza de Cervantes” – Santiago de Compostela, Spain”
Escadiaria do Bom Jesus – Braga, Portugal
From any part of the historic center of Braga one can be view on the top of the mountain in the town of “Tenões (Santa Eulália)” and at a height of over 400 meters (over 1,312 feet) above sea level, the Bom Jesus do Monte Sanctuary, a place of pilgrimage in Portugal. Continue reading “Escadiaria do Bom Jesus – Braga, Portugal”
Church of Saint Anthony of the Congregated – Porto, Portugal
With its front in the Rua Sá da Bandeira and a few steps from the Ferrovial Station of São Bento in Porto, Portugal, is the Church of Saint Anthony of the Congregated. Continue reading “Church of Saint Anthony of the Congregated – Porto, Portugal”
Church of Our Lady of Loreto – Lisbon, Portugal
The “Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Loreto”, better known as the “Church of the Italians” because the community of immigrant merchants, mainly from Venice and Genoa, which commissioned its construction from Fillipo Terzi, architect and engineer from Bologna, Italy. Continue reading “Church of Our Lady of Loreto – Lisbon, Portugal”