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Futile Plans

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Via Po, Turin, (osm)

Mole Antonelliana was planned as the highest Synagogue in the world by the Jewish community of Torino, but when the political circumstances changed and Torino lost its importance as capital to Florence in 1864, there was not enough money available any more to finish that extravagant showcase of architectural art. So the city of Torino…

House Of The Mountains

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Haus der Berge, Berchtesgaden

This is the visitor centre for Berchtesgaden National Park, our humble German counterpart of Yellowstone 😉 According to Alexander von Humboldt (in his biased opinion, as he was German) one of the most beautiful places of the earth. Not the visitor center of course (price-worthy as it might be, you choose the category), but the…