In summer, in Mtskheta – the old Georgian capital which has been populated since the second millennium BC – when the Mtkvari River ebbs and its water level drops, an ancient construction comes out of hiding as the Roman-built Bridge of Pompeus (circa 65 BC) can be seen soaring out of the water, still linking [...]
Archives for settembre, 2010
Discovering polish art: Magdalena Abakanowicz
Today, our Life Beyond Tourism University Delegate Katarzyna Galicka from Poland is going to introduce us to her favorite polish artist: Magdalena Abakanowicz. “One of the most popular modern artists in Poland is Magdalena Abakanowicz. She was born into an aristocratic Polish-Russian family. When she was nine Nazist Germany invaded and occupied Poland. Her family [...]
“In the Same Shoes” in Different Countries
By Margaret Shakarashvili, Georgia The below article was published in the English-Georgian magazine ‘Focus’, 2007 (special addition about Italy). Although ‘every road leads to Rome,’ the diplomatic road brought Fabrizio Romano from Rome to Tbilisi with the mandate of an Italian Ambassador while Georgian Zaal Gogsadze was sent to Rome, where this son of a [...]
