Heritage & Memory - Overview

Wednesday 23. of March 2005 Bojnice´s woven treasures

THE CONTENTS of the collection of textiles in Bojnice Museum are more important than its size. The most valuable are the fragments of three medieval gobelins that are among the oldest pieces of textile in Central Europe.

They...

Monday 21. of March 2005 "Schiller is calling, 2005 Thuringia"

Refering to this motto several Thuringian cities want to attract Schiller interested people with a comprehensive offer.

The Thuringian Tourism plc had created a catalogue of Schiller with the participating cities which was...

Friday 11. of March 2005 Churches come to the castle

Žilina's Budatín castle shows off wooden Carpathian churches

THE WOODEN church architecture of the Carpathian basin is one of the most valuable pieces of Central European culture heritage. Many traditional churches, temples and...

Tuesday 15. of February 2005 The rescue of 50 000 Bulgarian Jews - the last great secret of the Holocaust era

As many other political and social issues in Bulgaria the issue about the rescue of 50 000 Bulgarian Jews during World War II is a ground of contradiction. The recent versions of some historians, underline the role of King Boris...

Monday 31. of January 2005 Palace of Arts is ready for opening

Budapest is famous for its brand new cultural palace. „The Hungarian nation is repaying a 150-year-old debt with the opening of the Palace of Arts” – say the leaders of the new complex at the river bank of Danube. „This...