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Aarhus is the second largest city in Denmark after the capital Copenhagen and currently has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants.
It is one of the oldest and most important cities of this country having a large number of activities and places to visit if you decide to go for a holiday Aarhus.
Among the main attractions to visit in this city we can start touring the cathedral, a building that dates from the thirteenth century but which had an important reform that almost completely renovated in the mid-fifteenth century.
If we have enough time to make a cultural trip, the options are always very interesting museums to learn more about the city in which we live. Among them we choose the Viking Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum ARoS Silkeborg.
Museum: One of the most prominent is the Rijksmuseum Museum devoted to showing art, craft and history of Amsterdam. But it also has some of the most important works of writers such as Fra Angelico, Lucas van Leyden, Peter Paul Rubens and Rembrandt. The latter are considered two of the most important geniuses of painting the world.
There is also the Rembrandt House Museum, once the studio artists, and museum dedicated to Anne Frank House. The latter is still in hiding along with the Frank family members of other Jewish families from falling into Nazi hands. They eventually found, although the diary of Anne Frank have to go without being noticed and published by the girl’s father after the Nazi occupation ended.
Amsterdam, we know, is the cradle of diversity, almost made a museum city. But while going to Amsterdam is by definition going to a museum, we suggest a visit to the museums of the capital of the Netherlands, trying to get his story and see this diversity documented and clearly demarcated.
Find the Museumplein in Amsterdam, a trinomial with the most important museums of the city, among which the Rijksmuseum, icon of the city and one of the most important art museums worldwide. In it we find an exquisite collection of art Dutchman (especially its Golden Age), and very important works of Renaissance art world in a building that is a postcard of itself.
Located in the city of Paris, France this museum is undoubtedly the most famous and important in the world for quality and value of the parts present. More precisely it is located in the former Royal Palace of the Louvre as a point of vital importance in the city.
This great museum opened in 1793 and started with a large collection that belonged to French royalty who donated her artistic treasure in order to expose to the public. Then years later, little by little they were getting rich private collections and significant value donated by French citizens.
The building that houses this great museum has a rich history since its construction dates back to the twelfth century and later renovated several times but the most important was the one who left renaissance style looks today.
With regard to collections containing today can say that the Louvre Museum contains over 300,000 parts which for reasons of physical space are impossible to leave them in sight, only 35,000 of them are what the public can appreciate and enjoy each visit. The main and most famous work of this museum is undoubtedly the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci.
With over 10 million visitors each year is undoubtedly the most visited museum in all Europe and one of the tourist jewels of Paris.