Photos and the City

Author: Ursula Schmitz

  • One night in Bari

    After some days in Rome, Florence and Milan it was time to go south! The hours on the train flew by and I arrived in perfect time for  the blue hour in Bari and just had to walk to the lungomare. Finally at the sea!

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    For the next hours I strolled around the beautiful old town. It was a Sunday evening and the streets were filled with people eating, talking and wandering around like me.

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    Bari is a port town and the capital of Apulia (ital: Puglia) and is also known as a “southern Bologna” – an university town.

    bari, old town, italy, basilikata, blue hour, lungomare, seaBasilica di San Nicola – pilgrimage station for Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians. The church was built to shelter San Nicolas remains after they were stolen from Myra (Turkey) in 1087. Legend tells St. Nicolas himself choose Bari as his burial grounds.

    bari, old town, italy, basilikata, blue hour, lungomare, sea bari, old town, italy, basilikata, blue hour, lungomare, seaWhen there is a crowd, one have to look what is offered – a lady is selling deep fried polenta from her kitchen: Sgagliozze

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  • Baroque Baroque – Olafur Eliasson

     

    Thanks to the Igersvienna I had the opportunity to visit the new exhibition by Olafur Eliasson in the Winterpalais some days ago – to be honest I didn´t know Eliasson before but visiting the Winterpalais in the first district has been on my to-do-list for a long time!

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    Die organische und kristalline Beschreibung, 1996

    Despite of having no idea on what to expect I was hook as soon as I entered the building. This light installation was simply perfect to leave the city outside behind and getting ready to explore the meeting of modern art and baroque! It even got better on the staircase bathed in yellow light, which elimanted all the other colours and made the expirence even more surreal.

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    Entering the state rooms one was greeted by the beautiful “New Berlin Sphere”, (2009) which leaded to a room of your own colourful silhouette(s):

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    Entering even more breathtaking rooms – Prince Eugene did know how to have the most stunning Palais bulit – with two Vincenzo Coronelli Coronelli Globes (1688 / 1693) from the Augustiner­ Chorherrenstift Vorau. Every large library had to have globes during the Baroque era.

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    Beautiful chandeliers everywhere but I really did fell in love with the one in the red “room”

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    Fivefold tunnel, 2000

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  • Mercato Metropolitano

    I think the Mercato Metropolitano was opened for the EXPO or the time of the EXPO, but I do hope it will be continued – it´s simply amazing! Situated in the Navigli area the market offered street food, coffee, sweets of all kind and much more! Produced by small farmers and small craftsman from around Milan. The perfect place to let the world go by, enjoy some delicious food and good company.

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    Celebrating lovely news with caffè and mignon dolci!

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