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Mont Saint-Michel | A must-see in North France

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island is located about one kilometer (0.6 miles) off the country’s northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 7 hectares (17 acres) in area. The mainland part of the commune is 393 hectares (971 acres) in […]

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About last weekend at Sagrada Familia, Barcelona…

And so I went for my 3rd visit inside the Sagrada Familia last weekend. Barcelona‘s architecture jewel, considered the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. A lot has been done outside since my previous visit in 2012, but I could notice new things in the interior too, like the Evangelists’ spires already surmounted by (colourful) […]

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Boca do Inferno | A unique rock formation in Portugal

Earlier in september I had the pleasure to visit for the second time this scenic cliff formation located west of Cascais, Portugal known as Hell’s Mouth (Boca do Inferno in portuguese), formed by the erosion of a weak vein of limestone in the cliff face. This initially lead to a cave being excavated which slowly expanded over […]

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The Louvre Museum and its stunning Glass Pyramid

Oh the Louvre Museum. There is one place in Paris, France that I photographed many times already and I still have a lot of fun photographing over and over again: the Louvre Museum and its stunning glass pyramid. As one of the world’s largest museums and a historic monument, its pyramid was designed by the […]

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Have you ever been in jail? Meet Kilmainham Gaol, one of the largest unoccupied jails in Europe

Kilmainham Gaol (Jail) in Dublin, Ireland is one of the largest unoccupied gaols in Europe, it was involved in some of the most heroic and tragic events in Ireland’s history and its emergence as a modern nation from 1780s to the 1920s. When it was built in 1796, Kilmainham Gaol was referred to as the […]

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