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Livrustkammaren
Stockholm, Sweden
Situated in the vaults underneath the Royal Palace, The Royal Armory Museum is truly a historical treat. The museum’s collection spans over 500 years of royal history replete with sagas of love and murder, weddings and death, victory and defeat. While at the museum, you can enjoy everything, from royal costumes, weapons, armors and carriages to preserved stomach contents of conspirators and assass...
Museu da Marioneta (Puppet Museum)
Lisbon, Portugal
This magical museum is housed in the 17th century Convento das Bernadas and showcase all sorts of puppets the world over. There are familiar favourites like Punch and Petrushka but there are also Vietnamese water puppets, Sicilian opera marionettes and Burmese shadow puppets. The museum also offers workshops where children can try their hand at puppetry. Address: Rua da Esperanca 146 Tel: +21...
West Lake
Hanoi, Vietnam
Ho Tay, or West Lake, is the largest lake in Hanoi and is popularly known as the Lake of Mists. During medieval times, kings as well as warlords had their palaces built on its banks while in more recent times the lakeside has seen the sprouting of villas, hotels and restaurants; and is now a trendy locale which many expatriates and young Hanoians call home. The lake is also steeped in legend and i...
Topkapi Palace
Istanbul, Turkey
Topkapi Palace was the primary residence of the Ottoman sultans from 1465-1856. Construction began in 1459 under orders from Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople. The palace was built on the original site of Byzantium, on top of the old Greek acropolis. Upon its completion, Topkapi Palace became the political center of the Ottoman Empire. As the empire continued to expand, so did ...