• Switzerland
  • Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn – from Grosse Scheidegg to First

    This is part of a series of posts dedicated to the exploration of Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, a UNESCO World Heritage site covering an entire area of 82,400 ha. The next few paragraphs will be about the site’s universal value (the reason why it is inscribed on the World Heritage list) and a brief introduction to various […]

    Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn – from Grosse Scheidegg to First was last modified: August 4th, 2020 by Dong
  • Switzerland
  • Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn – Wengen & the Staubbach Falls

    This is part of a series of posts dedicated to the exploration of Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, a UNESCO World Heritage site covering an entire area of 82,400 ha. The next few paragraphs will be about the site’s universal value (the reason why it is inscribed on the World Heritage list) and a brief introduction to various […]

    Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn – Wengen & the Staubbach Falls was last modified: August 1st, 2020 by Dong
  • Switzerland
  • Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn – Lauterbrunnen Valley & Trümmelbachfälle

    This is part of a series of posts dedicated to the exploration of Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, a UNESCO World Heritage site covering an entire area of 82,400 ha. The next few paragraphs will be about the site’s universal value (the reason why it is inscribed on the World Heritage list) and a brief introduction to various […]

    Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn – Lauterbrunnen Valley & Trümmelbachfälle was last modified: July 20th, 2020 by Dong
  • Switzerland
  • World Nature Forum Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch Exhibition – Dynamic in Space and Time

    The World Nature Forum Information and Visitor Center of the UNESCO World Heritage Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch is located in Naters, 5 mins away by foot from the train station of Brig. If you have already seen my previous 5 posts about the Aletsch Glacier (for example the three viewpoints within the Aletsch Arena, the UNESCO […]

    World Nature Forum Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch Exhibition – Dynamic in Space and Time was last modified: August 2nd, 2018 by Dong
  • Austria
  • Salzburg – W. A. Mozart’s Birthplace and Residence & the Festival Halls

    In this post I’ll mainly focus on Salzburg’s role as a musical metropolis, or in other words, a “stage of the world“. The highlights will of course be the birthplace and residence of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Festival Halls, where the world-famous Salzburg Festival founded by Max Reinhardt together with a group of intellectuals and […]

    Salzburg – W. A. Mozart’s Birthplace and Residence & the Festival Halls was last modified: April 27th, 2018 by Dong
  • Italy
  • Villa Valmarana ai Nani – a noble residence lavishly frescoed by the Tiepolo family

    In my previous three posts about Vicenza, I wrote about Palladio’s works not only in the historic center but also in the Veneto region (outside the city wall of Vicenza and in the municipality of Caldogno). Together with another 22 villas, all the works are inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list. In this post, […]

    Villa Valmarana ai Nani – a noble residence lavishly frescoed by the Tiepolo family was last modified: April 12th, 2018 by Dong