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Five Unusual Places to Visit in Milan
by Felipe Tofani | Jan 14, 2022
Milan is one of the leading destinations in Europe and the world, and many people visit the city every year. Most of them end up seeing the same places over and over again. Since our idea with Fotostrasse was always to bring excellent people to fantastic places, we decided to come up with this list of unusual places to visit in Milan.
Read MoreMarx and Engels Forum in Berlin
by Felipe Tofani | Oct 19, 2020
Marx and Engels Forum is a small public park in the heart of Berlin. Named after two of the most famous and influential German philosophers, Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, authors of The Communist Manifesto. The park was opened to the public in 1986. The statues found there used to have quite a significant location with the Palast der Republik, the German Democratic Republic’s parliament, on its back.
Read MoreSt Bartholomew Flayed inside the Duomo di Milano
by Felipe Tofani | Sep 24, 2020
There is one particular sculpture that caught my attention when I visited the Duomo di Milano for the first time. The piece is called St Bartholomew Flayed, and it was created by Marco d’Agrate back in 1562. And that skinless statue is so unusual that I had to research it and write this article with everything I know now about it.
Read MoreWhere to find the Beer Belly of Ukraine
by Felipe Tofani | Aug 13, 2020
Beer Belly of Ukraine One of the most unusual sights in Lviv ; Next to the Lviv town hall and the...
Read MoreIl Dito in Milan: Libertà, Odio, Vendetta, Eternità in Piazza Affari
by Felipe Tofani | Feb 16, 2020
When you cross the Piazza Affari in Milan, you will need to stop and take a picture of a huge middle finger statue in front of the Palazzo Mezzanotte. This provocative art piece is the work of Maurizio Cattelan. It receives the name of L.O.V.E., but the Italians decided to call it Il Dito.
Read MoreThe Unearthed Head of Lenin at Zitadelle Spandau
by Felipe Tofani | Jul 10, 2019
The Unearthed Head of Lenin A visit to a piece of East Germany in Zitadelle Spandau ; It weighed...
Read MoreHunting Down Lenin Statues in Fürstenberg
by Felipe Tofani | Sep 14, 2018
Lenin Statues in Fürstenberg Hunting down what is left of the Red Army around Berlin ; It’s 2018,...
Read MoreThe Sphinx of Saint Petersburg
by Felipe Tofani | Nov 27, 2015
Not that many people know that the northernmost location of an Egyptian Sphinx is actually in Russia. Making the Sphinx of Saint Petersburg, probably, the only place in the world where you can see a three thousand old sphinx covered in snow. But we were in Saint Petersburg in May with Timetravels and it was too hot for snow. But the sight of these sphinxes was so weird that made us research everything we could about them.
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