Prezentari din data de 21 noiembrie 2022 - 4 prezentari

China (Suzhou) - Steve

Suzhou is a city located in eastern China, about 100 km west of Shanghai. It lies on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and has more than 11 million inhabitants. The city is famous for its classic landscape gardens, which have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. These gardens represent the development of the design of Chinese landscape gardens over a period of more than two thousand years. They have become the standard in Chinese garden design. The basis was the idea of the lan [...]

Greece (Meteora Monasteries) - Steve

Meteora is a rock formation in central Greece near the town of Kalampaka on the northwestern edge of the Thessel Plain. There is one of the largest complexes of Orthodox monasteries. Monks and hermits began to settle here as early as the 11th century. At the instigation of the monk Athanasius, the first monastery, named Megalon Meteoro, was built between years 1356 and 1370. According to him, the name Meteora then began to be used for all local monasteries. A total of 24 of them were built durin [...]

Iran (across the centuries) - Steve

Iran is a country in West Asia. Its 85 million inhabitants live in an area of over 1.65 million. km². The capital is Tehran. Iran is home to one of the oldest civilizations in the world. The country's rich cultural heritage includes 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites. It is located in a seismically active area and is one of the most mountainous countries in the world. More than half of Iran's territory is occupied by deserts. The most famous are Kavir and Lut. The only large lowlands are located al [...]

Tufanele

Acum peste două luni, Doamna Cristina G, ne-a oferit o altă variantă a toamnei cu pps Les feuilles mortes (Frunzele veştejite) – Yves Montand - tradus în limba română, pe care l-am apreciat admirativ : „O melodie celebră cântată de un interpret foarte cunoscut, cu imaginile excelente care ilustrează textul și muzica, într-un pps realizat cu măiestria cunoscută de Doamna Cristina G....” Și pentru că în comentariul său de răsuns Doamna Cristina G, a remarcat că „Am [...]