The importance for the Muslims of Mecca is inestimable. Here is the most sacred place in Islam for them: Ka'ba . It represents a mosque, which was built around a black stone by Abraham ...

The Empire State Building is a 102 – storey skyscraper in New York. It stood for the world’s tallest building for more than 40 years until World Trade Center was built. After ...

FRI, Nov 12, 8:30 pm IAmerican Museum of Natural History (Linder Theater, entrance at 77th St between Central Park West and Columbus Ave.) MY BEAUTIFUL DACIA premieres in NYC at ...

Michael Jackson is realeasing a new album in December. It is really weird to hear a news like that, but it is somehow possible. The King of Pop recordet his last album, a material which he ...

Halloween is celebrated every year on October 31 and it is a traditional American event. It is also a mix between ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and ...

Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984) was best known for his black and white photographs of the American West landscapes. One of the most famous photographs was "Moon and Half Dome". One of ...

Pablo Picasso was a genius and one of the greatest painters in the 20th century. Every year there are organized in his honore painting exhibitions. The highlights are exposed at the great ...

Movement Research, Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, National Center of Dance Bucharest, Dance Theater Workshop and Gabriela Tudor Foundation present MOVING DIALOGUE: A Bucharest/New ...

Maria Eva Duarte de Perón was born on May 7, 1919 and was the second wife of the President of Argentina, Juan Perón. She was the First Lady for six years, until her tragical ...

Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago and when he was only a child his family moved to a farm in Missouri. He was one of the greates film producers, ...

T he world’s most charming city - Venice - fascinate the visitors from all over the world with his monumental buildings, palaces, museums, architecture and the delicious seafood ...

Takashi Murakami was born in Tokyo in 1963 and he is a curator and an entrepreneur of contemporary Japanese society. His works represents paintigs of cartoons, minimalist sculptures, giant ...

Fondaco dei Tedeschi is Venetian historic building, which is situated on the Grand Canal. In the past this place represented the headquarters of the German merchants. It was built in 1228 ...

Julia Fiona Roberts was born in October 28, 1967 in Smyrna, Georgia. Her father was a vacuum cleaner salesman and her mother a church secretary. They were also actors and they met while ...

Marie Antoinnette was the daughter of the Austrian Emperor Francis I, the French Queen and the wife of Louis XVI. A controversial character of that epoch, was executed during the French ...

Fall is the time when people move indoors, because it is cold outside and the weather is rainy. A beautifully decorated home gives you a good, comfortable feeling. There is no need to ...

Dada or the Dadaism is the early 20th century art movement , which ridicule the contemporary and tradional culture and art forms rather than to promote a particulare style itself. The ...

The C.E.C. Palace is the former headquarters of the national savings house. The great building is located in Bucharest and was finalized in 1900. In the future it will host the Art Museum of ...

Farookh Bulsara, alias Freddie Mercury , was born on September 5, 1946 in Zanzibar. He studied piano in a boarding school in Mumbai, India. He moved together with his family in London, where ...