Curiosities of Europe ,part II !!

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Looking at my vault, found some older pictures on paper and took my electronic camera to take picture of the pictures and use them in my blog. This allows me to show in my blog places not shown or pics with new angles of places shown in the blog. Nostalgia sets in and here I go on the curiosities of Europe, part II !! Hope you enjoy the post as I

The Place Clairefontaine square ,and the statue of Grand Duchess Charlotte who ruled between 1919 and 1964 graces the space done in 1990. It was redesigned in the late 1980s as part of a complete restoration and reconstruction of the whole from the neighborhood , Grouped around the square, one can see a legion of government buildings, mostly former cloisters dating from the 17C.

Luxembourg

The city of Luxembourg ville on the square : https://www.luxembourg-city.com/en/place/monument/place-clairefontaine

The Herengracht or Canal of the Lords is one of the main canals of the city of Amsterdam, located in the borough Center, it is the second of the four concentric canals that form the district of the Grachtengordel or literally Canal Belt with the Singel and the Keizersgracht between which it is located, and the Prinsengracht. With a length of 2.4 km, it was dug in the 17C. It took the name Herengracht in 1612, in honor of the “17 Gentlemen” , governors of the East India Companies, who played a major role in the management of the city in the 16C. You can see around ,the Bible Museum located at numbers 366-368. The Cabinet des Chats presents a collection of works on the cat in a mansion at number 497. The Geelvinck-Hinlopen Museum is located at number 518, the Hendrikje Bag Museum at number 573 and the Willet-Holthuysen Museum at number 605 The official residence of the Mayor of Amsterdam, the Column House or Huis met de Kolommen, is at Herengracht 502. The building, built in 1672, has had official residence status since 1927.

Amsterdam Herengracht neighborhood

The unoifficial Amsterdam tourist guide on Herengracht : https://www.amsterdam.info/herengracht/

There you go folks, a walk of nostalgia from my very earlier trips to and within Europe. The wonders of Europe that still rings many nice memories to my mind on each stretch of meter I take on it. Again,hope you enjoy the post on curiosities of Europe, part II !! as I  

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

 

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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