From its headquarters at Špilberk Castle, Brno City Museum documents the history of Brno, from its earliest origins to the present day. Its famously diverse collections encompass more than 400,000 items, including more than 25,000 works of fine art, alongside archaeological and historical artefacts, and materials relating to architecture.
This curated selection of 50 works, each strikingly illustrated, represents the breadth of the institution’s collections in a clear, accessible guide. Four thematic, colour-coded chapters celebrate intriguing objects from the Museum’s various collections, from Gallery (blue) to Architecture (green), History (red) to Archaeology (brown). In addition to Špilberk Castle, where its main exhibition rooms are located, the Brno City Museum oversees Villa Tugendhat, Villa Arnold, Villa Wittal and the Měnín Gate, all of which hold further exhibitions.
Brno City Museum: 50 is the inaugural volume in Kulturalis’s vibrant new series – Numbers – which showcases highlights from a collection based on a number chosen to reflect an anniversary or other special significance.
Experience Taiwan’s breathtaking roads with Stefan Bogner and the CURVES team. The Suhua Highway, one of the most spectacular coastal roads, runs from Su’ao to Hualien, offering unforgettable views and exhilarating curves.
Cultural and Culinary Treasures: Off the beaten track, Taiwan whisks you away to night markets brimming with local delicacies like stinky tofu and bubble tea. Marvel at the Taroko Gorge and enjoy the tranquility of the Alishan Mountains—Taiwan offers an impressive array of experiences.
Practical Planning and Inspiration: The 26th volume of CURVES combines stunning photography with valuable travel information, including maps, suggested itineraries, and hotel recommendations. Ideal for car enthusiasts, motorcyclists, and cyclists planning their next adventure.
– Volume 26 of the bestselling CURVES series, known for its breathtaking journeys
– Diverse sources of inspiration through images, routes, and culture
– A new chapter for all those who want to discover the world’s most exotic curves
Text in English and German.
111 Places in Salt Lake City That You Must Not Miss invites locals and frequent travellers to travel deeper into the heart of this small yet mighty metropolis. Founded in 1847 by Brigham Young as a religious refuge, Salt Lake City has become a promised land for urban artists, outdoor enthusiasts and powder-seekers drawn to the Wasatch Mountains and nearby Park City. Beyond the city’s beloved attractions, hidden treasures await around every corner. Readers can learn about the first woman to cast a ballot under an equal suffrage law, search for the Great Salt Lake’s saline cryptid, visit the world’s biggest pit, discover Mark Twain’s stagecoach stop and check into an Enchanted Forest or Ancient Egypt at a historic inn. Whether you’ve lived in Salt Lake City for 10 years or are visiting for the 10th time, this guide reveals places that surprise, delight and perhaps even shock — rediscovering the true Crossroads of the West.
Saint-Tropez celebrates the most legendary of French towns, and certainly the most chic. Rich in archival material, it showcases a festive and flamboyant past and a chic, ever-evolving present. With its unmissable events like Les Bravades and Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, as well as exclusive happenings such as the mythical ‘white’ parties, celebrity sightings, naturist beaches, Champagne battles at Caves du Roy, and the world’s most beautiful yachts moored in the small fishing port. Despite evolving over the years, the spirit of Saint-Tropez remains the same, and this volume is an ode to the unique joie de vivre that keeps everyone coming back. The place to be for the rich and famous people from all over the world.
In the heart of Milan, the Civic Museums of the Sforza Castle hold an extraordinary heritage spanning centuries of history and art. Room after room, through one hundred masterpieces selected from paintings, sculptures and artefacts, the volume takes the reader on a fascinating journey from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The guide, agile and richly illustrated, retraces the variety of the Sforza collections, along with the most representative works, such as the Madonna Trivulzio by Andrea Mantegna, the Pietà Rondanini by Michelangelo, the engravings by Albrecht Dürer, the Funerary monument of Gaston de Foix by Bambaia, the Argo by Bramantino in the Treasury Room or the decorations by Leonardo da Vinci in the Sala delle Assi.
An introductory essay illustrates its history, from its origins to the transformation into a museum, while clear and rigorous notes guide the reader through contexts, styles and iconographies. An accessible yet meticulous guide, designed for enthusiasts, scholars, and visitors, offering an organic selection of the treasures preserved in the Sforza Castle.
Welcome to 111 Places in Richmond That You Must Not Miss, a collection of the sites and experiences that make the River City such a special place. To those who don’t know Richmond, Virginia, USA, you’ll find the city itself to be a hidden gem, the cradle of 400 years of American history, steward of the magnificent James River, and the unlikely home to heralded culinary masters.
To those who do know Richmond, the self-deprecating but proud populace inured to its remarkable features, by flipping through these pages you will uncover secrets about your city, new and old. You know Hollywood Cemetery, but do you know the final resting place of our famous psychic horse? Have you kept an open mind about our smaller neighbours to the North and South and gazed at the Heavens from “the Center of the Universe” or seen the Petersburg residence constructed entirely from tombstones?
Palazzo Giovanelli in Santa Fosca is certainly one of the most prestigious private buildings in Venice. While its first nucleus dates back to the fourteenth century, in 1527 it was donated by the Doge Andrea Gritti to Francesco Maria I, Duke of Urbino. The palace remained property of the family until its transfer to the Donà family, which gathered an important collection of works of art inside. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, the palace reached the Giovanelli family, who expanded and modernised it. However, it was during the nineteenth century that the residence took on its definitive appearance. In an initial neoclassical phase, Count Andrea commissioned the arrangement of his private apartment to Giuseppe Borsato and Francesco Hayez. Shortly afterwards, in 1847, Giovambattista Meduna arranged one of the façades like that of a small Ducal Palace. In 1860, Meduna carried out further expansions, setting up a prestigious collection of paintings, including a masterpiece of Venetian art: Giorgione’s Tempest. The volume, in both Italian and English, reconstructs the history of seven centuries of the palace, the events it witnessed, and the artistic treasures inside it.
Text in English and Italian.