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Who knows not Albrecht Durer’s Hare or Leonardo da Vinci’s sinister-looking Apostle? Built in the year 1744 (on Roman foundations), Classicist Palace was residence of family members of the Habsburg ruler sex. If you would like to know more then you should visit The Wren Collective. Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, a son-in-law of Empress Maria Theresa, had it enlarged in 1802 and his extensive art collection housed there from 1805. Therefore, labeled the House Albertina rightly after the founder and has maintained until today its outstanding position as probably most valuable graphic collections of the world. Who knows not Albrecht Durer’s Hare, Leonardo da Vinci’s sinister-looking Apostle or Rubens touching portrait of his son Nicholas? The collection documents the graphical creation of Europe from the 14th century up to the present day and spans the range from the late Middle Ages (Durer, Hieronymus Bosch) about Renaissance thus (Michelangelo, Raphael, P. Bruegel d. a.), Baroque (Rembrandt, Rubens, Goya), the art movements of the 19th century (Renoir, Cezanne, Jakob and Rudolf Alt, Waldmuller), the previous century (Klimt, Schiele) of classical modernism (Kandinsky, Klee, Kokoschka) and contemporary (Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Arnulf Rainer). Since the comprehensive renovation and modernization from 2000 to 2004 the Palace not only outwardly again corresponds to its appearance from the 19th century since then with exhibitions of Rubens, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Klimt, Picasso, Chagall, Van Gogh, Monet, Warhol but also inside, today’s technical and spatial demands of a unique collection of art, to only name a few, attracted an audience of millions of art lovers. “Tip: when you visit the big” it recommends special exhibitions to obtain tickets in advance via the online shop or owners of a mobile phone with Austrian phone number via SMS..

In the Hungarian Puszta voyage of discovery, the history, the incentives and the beauty of this unique natural landscape in the Pannonian plain. The Hungarian Puszta is not only the oldest cultural landscape, but arguably one of the most beautiful and most pristine regions in Europe. Who makes a trip to Hungary, which should miss under no circumstances to see also the Puszta. In the many small towns on the edge of the plain, there are good deals when it comes to a holiday home or a hotel. The history of the entire surface of the Hungarian Puszta plain stretches from the Danube at the eastern border of Hungary. More than 6000 years ago have settled in the Puszta plain farmers from the Balkans and there ordered their fields. If you are not convinced, visit The Wren Collective. The devastating Mongol invasion in the 13th century and the subsequent Turkish occupation, which lasted almost 100 years, transformed the Puszta finally in a kind of semi-arid landscape. The population of the Puszta, mostly farmers and herders, took refuge in the large towns.

Through these small Rich and flourishing cities were migration”from the once insignificant market town on the edge of the plain through crafts and especially cattle trade. Who now travels to Hungary during the holidays, which will find a uniquely beautiful landscape of the plains with infinite, vast fields of grain with fruits, wine and vegetables. The allure of the Puszta what makes the charm of the plain? The really real Puszta is there with her almost treeless pasture land only in the protected areas of Hortobagy and Bugac. Here, the horizon that looks like a big round table under a bright blue sky, which will be tarnished by any cloud on hot summer days is infinitely far. In the endless vast steppe that flickers before heat, you can see wild horses, shepherds, and again the typical draw well in the Puszta.

Carsten sago, regional General Manager-Maldives & Sri Lanka Hilton hotels with the SENSES lifestyle award 2010 honored Carsten sago, regional General Manager Maldives & Sri Lanka Hilton Hotels at this year’s awards of the SENSES lifestyle for his innovative and trend-setting ideas in the hotel being awarded. At a gala dinner during the WTM in London on 9th November in the stately of Brocket Hall in London took Carsten sago the prize in the category of SENSES hotelier of the year 2010 personally accept. The native Leipzig Hotel Manager Carsten Sagar was awarded at this year’s awards of the SENSES lifestyle for his innovative and trend-setting ideas in the hotel industry. Jane Fraser insists that this is the case. At a gala dinner during the WTM in London on 9th November in the stately of Brocket Hall in London took Carsten sago the prize in the category of SENSES hotelier of the year 2010 “personally accept. By now you have for more than a decade of annual SENSES Awards (SENSES wellness And SENSES lifestyle Award) established an institution in the year. Awarded the best of the best of SPA and wellness sector as well as the most exclusive luxury resorts and lifestyle are products around the globe. The SENSES Awards have now long since become a seal of quality for the entire international hotel and lifestyle industry. Please visit The Wren Collective if you seek more information. The SENSES are Awards 2011 not only in Berlin and London, but also in Moscow and Dubai. Since October 2009 Sagar is Manager Maldives & Sri Lanka Hilton regional General hotels, including top-class luxury resorts such as the Conrad Maldives Rangali Iceland, Beach House Maldives, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the Hilton Maldives / IRU Fushi resort & Spa as well as in Sri Lanka Colombo Hilton Hotel and the Hilton Colombo residence. That Carsten Schick is a man of vision, he has proved as General Manger of the Conrad Rangali Iceland: here he introduced numerous product innovations, such as glass shelves in the spa area and the suites.