Rinaldi Niccolo: Secret Florence

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: «Escape from the crowds of tourists to visit little-known artistic masterpieces, visit superb private gardens that even the Florentines don't know about, head off to hunt for the 34 plaques displaying quotes from the «Divine Comedy», visit a church in a prison, learn how Florence became the centre of hermetism during the Renaissance and where you can still find traces of it today, fill up your…

Howard Rachel: Secret London: An Unusual Guide

Скачать книгу (размер 1 784 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 351) Аннотация: Mingle with the most impressive handlebar moustaches in the country, pay your respects at the dog cemetery in Hyde Park, visit a masonic temple, take trapeze lessons in a former power station, pray in a floating church, sail on a disused reservoir, discover the stone from which Arthur drew Excalibur, admire the sacred penis of a pharaoh, have a game on the City's last bowling green, examine a…

Muro Veronica Ramirez: Secret Madrid

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Have your favourite pet blessed, visit an underground mine in the centre of Madrid, see the astounding liquefaction of the blood of Saint Pantaleon once a year, meet Spain's only Catholic exorcist, find out how the king had his medicine made using alchemy, smell the apple odour that wafts once a year from the still-intact body of Mariana de Jesus who died in the 17'th century, visit an…

Secret Brussels

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: A “love hotel” where you can say a prayer, a reconstituted section of the Senne river at Saint-Géry, an extraordinary private museum devoted to plastic, a farm with sheep, goats, and turkeys at place de l’Yser, Masonic secrets in the Parc de Bruxelles, a hotel overlooking the Grand-Place, a surrealistic trip in a lift, a homage to the military pigeon, potholing at Koekelberg basilica, a…

Secret Barcelona

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «Discover the historic location of Rembrandt's famous «Night Watch», the origin of the invention of cognac; homage to prostitutes; decypher facade stones; make love quite legally in the open air ; visit magnificent interior courtyards; ski in the heart of the town, or become an adept of «boat-in» — the Amsterdam version of drive-in — and eat a pizza in your own boat. Away from the crowds and the…

Secret Rome

Скачать книгу (размер 1 620 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 319) Аннотация: Visit palaces closed to the public, admire exceptional works of art away from the tourist circuit, listen to a concert in a magnificent hidden oratory, have your dog or car blessed, observe the miraculous liquefaction of the blood of Saint Pantaleon, puzzle over a rare catoptric meridian or a wonderful anamorphic fresco, discover the remarkable motorised Rubens, enter into the secrets of the…

Secret Venice

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Discover the secrets of St. Mark’s Basilica with not a tourist in sight, finally crack the mystery of the pillars around the Doge’s Palace, take a trip on the only underground canal in Venice in search of the alchemical sculpture of the winged horse, lunch at a restaurant tucked away in a lagoon fisherman’s house, track down Teriaca, that miracle potion brewed in Venice from time immemorial,…

Unusual Nights in Paris

Скачать книгу (размер 886 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 175) Аннотация: Observe the stars from the top of the Sorbonne, see a film in a private flat, spend an astonishing night in the company of transsexuals, watch lawyers match wits in an oratory debating contest, go for a swim in the nude, crash celebrity parties, listen to a rock group in a squat, cross Paris in a Zodiac boat, meet Master Jodorowsky in person, discover the Baha’i faith and or theosophy, buckle…