Pilgrimages

In the footsteps of famous artists and thinkers…

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Students’ Cultural Center, Belgrade — Students’ Cultural Center, Belgrade, where some of the first performances by Marina Abramović took place, such as Rhythm 5 (1974)

Museum of Ivo Andrić, Belgrade — The Museum of Ivo Andrić in Belgrade operates in an apartment where the writer lived from 1958 until his death in 1975. Nevenka Urbanova, a famous Serbian actress, also lived in the same house.

Leoforos Eleftherias, Florina; Theo Angelopoulos; Beekeeper — The house on Leoforos Eleftherias in Florina featured in The Beekeeper (1986) by Theodoros Angelopoulos.

Port of Thessaloniki; Theo Angelopoulos; Landscape in the Mist — Landscape in the Mist (Angelopoulos, 1988); Port of Thessaloniki

Via San Maurelio 10, Ferrara; Michelangelo Antonioni — Via San Maurelio 10, Ferrara, where young Michelangelo Antonioni lived in 1918-1929

Michelangelo Antonioni Square, Ferrara

Church of Saint Charles Borromeo, Noto; Michelangelo Antonioni; L'Avventura — Claudia (Monica Vitti) and Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti) in the bell tower of the Church of Saint Charles Borromeo, overlooking the Noto Cathedral, L’Avventura (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1960)

Monastery of the Holy Saviour, Noto; Michelangelo Antonioni; L'Avventura — Claudia waiting for Sandro on a square below the stairs of the Monastery of the Holy Saviour in Noto, surrounded by groups of ogling men, L’Avventura

San Domenico Palace Hotel, Taormina; Michelangelo Antonioni, L'Avventura — San Domenico Palace Hotel, Taormina, where the famous last scene of L’Avventura was shot

Temple of Hadrian, Rome; Michelangelo Antonioni, L'Eclisse — Vittoria (Monica Vitti) meets Piero (Alain Delon) at the Rome Stock Exchange, Temple of Hadrian, L’Eclisse (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)

Mushroom Tower and houses near the junction of Viale della Tecnica and Viale del Ciclismo in the EUR district of Rome; Michelangelo Antonioni, L'Eclisse — Urban landscape of L’Eclisse: EUR district, Rome

Mirabeau Bridge, Paris; Guillaume Apollinaire — The Mirabeau Bridge in Paris, which inspired a famous poem by Guillaume Apollinaire (1912)

Viale Orlando Furioso, Ferrara — Viale Orlando Furioso in Ferrara is named after the romance epic (1516) of Ludovico Ariosto, who lived in the city.

Beatrixgasse 26, Vienna; Ingeborg Bachmann — Beatrixgasse 26, the first apartment of Ingeborg Bachmann in Vienna

Via Bocca di Leone 59, Rome; Ingeborg Bachmann — Via Bocca di Leone 59, Rome, where Ingeborg Bachmann lived in 1966-1971

Quai Voltaire 19, Paris; Charles Baudelaire — Hotel on Quai Voltaire 19 in Paris, where Charles Baudelaire wrote the The Flowers of Evil (1857)

Brunswick Palace, Martonvásár; Ludwig van Beethoven — Ludwig van Beethoven was a regular guest at the Brunswick Palace in Martonvásár.

Brunswick Palace, Martonvásár; Ludwig van Beethoven — Plaque dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven (Brunswick Palace, Martonvásár)

Palazzo Gravina Cruyllas, now Bellini Civic Museum, Catania — House of birth of Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Palazzo Gravina Cruyllas, now Bellini Civic Museum, Catania

Villagatan 22, Stockholm; Ingmar Bergman — House on Villagatan 22, Stockholm, where young Ingmar Bergman lived since 1920

Bialik Street 22, Tel Aviv; Hayim Nahman Bialik — Home of Hayim Nahman Bialik (1924-1934), Bialik Street 22, Tel Aviv; with beautiful Bezalel school tiles in the reception room

Fondamenta Zattere allo Spirito Santo, Venice; Joseph Brodsky — Fondamenta Zattere allo Spirito Santo, Venice; Watermark (1992) by Brodsky

Anton Bruckner, Church of Saint Nicholas, Bad Ischl — Anton Bruckner played organ at the Church of Saint Nicholas in Bad Ischl, to celebrate the birthdays of Emperor Franz Joseph I or the marriage of his daughter Marie Valerie in 1890.

George Gordon Byron, Hotel Imperiale, Ravenna — In 1819 George Gordon Byron stayed at the Hotel Imperiale in Ravenna (via Corrado Ricci 26).

Via Maria Callas, Catania — A street flanking the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania is named after Maria Callas, who sang Norma here in the early 1950s.

Statue of Miguel de Cervantes, Plaza de Zocodover, Toledo

Başkurt Sokak 19, İstanbul, Distant, Nuri Bilge Ceylan — House of Mahmut on Başkurt Sokak 19, İstanbul, in Distant (2002) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Ostrogski Palace, Warsaw; Fryderyk Chopin — The Ostrogski Palace in Warsaw houses a museum dedicated to Fryderyk Chopin.

Rue Dante, Paris — Dante Alighieri may have studied at the University of Paris in the early 14th century.

Strudlhofstiege, Vienna — Strudlhof Steps, Vienna, a focal point of Heimito von Doderer‘s eponymous novel (1951)

Strudlhof Steps, Vienna, Heimito von Doderer — Strudlhof Steps, Vienna, a focal point of Heimito von Doderer‘s eponymous novel (1951)

Fyodor Dostoevsky; Uus 10, Tallinn — Fyodor Dostoevsky visited Tallinn in 1843, 1845 and 1846. A memorial plaque on Uus 10 commemorates his stay. He wrote parts of The Double (1846) here and initially conceived Tallinn as the setting of Demons (1871-1872).

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach; St. Gilgen — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach spent her summers in 1889-1898 in St. Gilgen.

Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 6, Riga; Sergei Eisenstein — House where Sergei Eisenstein was born and grew up (1898-1916), Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 6, Riga

Statue of Desiderius Erasmus (Hendrick de Keyser, 1622) on Grotekerkplein in Rotterdam

Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum, Burgazada

Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum, Burgazada

Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum, Burgazada

Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum, Burgazada

Bust of Sait Faik Abasıyanık near the port of Burgazada

Largo Federico Fellini, Rome — Square named after Federico Fellini in Rome, near where much of La Dolce Vita (1960) was shot

Museum of Flaubert, Rouen — Gustave Flaubert was born in the house on Rue de Lecat 51 in Rouen.

Museum of Flaubert, Rouen

Museum of Flaubert, Rouen

Avenue Gustave Flaubert, Rouen — Avenue Gustave Flaubert, which leads to the Flaubert Museum from the old town of Rouen

Statue of Gustave Flaubert (by Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm, 1907; copy 1965) on Place des Carmes, Rouen

Sigmund Freund Museum, Vienna — Berggasse 19, Vienna, where Sigmund Freud lived and worked in 1891-1938, now Sigmund Freund Museum

Sigmund Freund Museum, Vienna

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Greta Garbos Torg, Stockholm — Square in Södermalm, Stockholm, named after Greta Garbo, who graduated the nearby Katarina södra skola in 1919

Jono Basanavičiaus & Mindaugo streets, Vilnius; statue of Romain Gary — Statue of Romain Gary at the corner of Jono Basanavičiaus and Mindaugo streets in Vilnius

Casa di Goethe, Rome — Via del Corso 18, Rome, where Johann Wolfgang von Goethe stayed during his Italian journey from 1786 until 1788, now Casa di Goethe

Palazzo Butera, Palermo; Goethe — Goethe stayed in a wing of the Palazzo Butera in Palermo during his visit in the spring of 1787.

Via Sistina 16, Rome; Nikolai Gogol — Nikolai Gogol lived in the house on Via Sistina 16 in Rome in 1838-1842 and wrote Dead Souls here.

Ara Güler Street, Istanbul — Street in Beyoğlu named after Ara Güler, the famous İstanbul photographer, whose café (Kafe Ara) also operates here

Knut Hamsun; Hotel London; Atoneli Street; Tbilisi — Knut Hamsun stayed at the Hotel London on Atoneli Street in Tbilisi during his visit in 1899.

Hotel London; Atoneli Street; Tbilisi — Hotel London, Tbilisi

Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Caddebostan, İstanbul — Monument dedicated to Nâzım Hikmet Ran, Caddebostan, İstanbul

Aci Trezza; Odysseus & Polyphemus — The rock formations off the coast of Aci Trezza, also known as the Stones of Polyphemus

Scylla and Charybdis; Strait of Messina — Scylla and Charybdis in the Strait of Messina

Dodona oracle — The sacred grove of oak trees in Dodona is the oldest known Hellenic oracle. Its first mention is from Homer.

Ibsen Museum, Oslo — Henrik Ibsen‘s last home (1895-1906), now Ibsen Museum, Oslo

Mārstaļu and Peitavas Streets, Riga; Otar Iosseliani — Plaque dedicated to Otar Iosseliani; corner of Mārstaļu and Peitavas Streets, Riga

Grand Canal of Trieste, James Joyce — Statue of James Joyce (by Nino Spagnoli) on Via Roma, overlooking the Grand Canal of Trieste, placed here in 2004 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Joyce’s arrival to the city

Via Giovanni Boccaccio 1, Trieste, James Joyce — House on Via Giovanni Boccaccio 1, Trieste, where Joyce lived from February to July 1906

Via Donato Bramante 4, Trieste; James Joyce — From September 1912 until June 1915 Joyce lived in the house on Via Donato Bramante 4 in Trieste.

Joyce Museum, Trieste

House in Gjirokastër where Ismail Kadare was born and raised (now a house museum)

Keats–Shelley Memorial House, Rome — House in Rome where John Keats died in 1821

Omar Al Hayyam Street, Haifa — Street named after Omar Khayyam, Haifa

Danilo Kiš Street in the Grbavica neighbourhood of Novi Sad — Street named after Danilo Kiš in the Grbavica neighbourhood of Novi Sad

Road leading to the Hohensalzburg Fortress; Oskar Kokoschka; Salzburg — Oskar-Kokoschka-Weg, Salzburg

Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch; Town Museum of Gödöllő — Bust of Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch, one of the founders of the Gödöllő Artists’ Colony (1901), a school of Hungarian Art Nouveau, near the Town Museum of Gödöllő

Balaton Pantheon, Gyula Krúdy, Balatonfüred — Plaque at the Balaton Pantheon commemorating the stay of Gyula Krúdy in Balatonfüred in the spring of 1927

Via dei Condotti 81; Rome; Giacomo Leopardi — Giacomo Leopardi stayed with Antonio Ranieri in the house on Via dei Condotti 81 in Rome from November 1831 until March 1832.

Nur-i Ziya Sokak 11, Istanbul; Ferenc Liszt — Ferenc Liszt spent five weeks in 1847 in İstanbul. He stayed in a flat on Nur-i Ziya Sokak 11 in Pera.

Ferenc Liszt Street in Lviv

Lönnrotinkatu, Helsinki; Elias Lönnrot — Statue of Elias Lönnrot with god Väinämöinen and maiden Impi (Lönnrotinkatu, Helsinki; Emil Wikström, 1902)

Veski 63, Tartu; Yuri Lotman — House where Yuri Lotman lived in 1970-1989 (Veski 63, Tartu)

Laulupeo puiestee 7, Tartu; Yuri Lotman — House where Yuri Lotman lived before his death in 1993 (Laulupeo puiestee 7, Tartu)

House of György Lukács (1945-1971) on Belgrád rakpart 2, Budapest

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Gustav Mahler; House of the Golden Pike; Ztracená, Michalská and Mahlerova streets, Olomouc — Gustav Mahler stayed in the building known as the House of the Golden Pike, located between Ztracená, Michalská and Mahlerova streets in Olomouc, in 1883.

Teréz körút 7, Budapest; Gustav Mahler — Mahler lived in the house on Teréz körút 7 in Budapest in 1888-1891, when he was the director of the Hungarian Royal Opera.

Grand Hotel des Bains, Lido of Venice; Death in Venice; Thomas Mann — Grand Hotel des Bains, Lido of Venice, which inspired Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice

Thomas Mann Museum, Nida — Summer house of Thomas Mann in Nida

Thomas Mann Museum, Nida

Thomas Mann Museum, Nida

Adam Mickiewicz; Bernardinų Street 11 in Vilnius — Adam Mickiewicz lived in 1822 in the house on Bernardinų Street 11 in Vilnius (now his memorial museum).

Didžioji Street 22 in Vilnius; Adam Mickiewicz — Adam Mickiewicz was deported to Russia from this house on Didžioji Street 22 in Vilnius on November 6, 1824.

House at the corner of Serdar Ömerpaşa Caddesi and Tatlı Badem Sokak, İstanbul, where Adam Mickiewicz died on November 26, 1855

Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul

This memorial plaque was placed on the external wall of the Church of Saint Bartholomew in Drohobych in 1998 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Adam Mickiewicz. — Plaque on the Church of Saint Bartholomew in Drohobych commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Adam Mickiewicz

A staircase leading to the Old Town of Vilnius is dedicated to Czesław Miłosz. — Staircase leading to the Old Town of Vilnius dedicated to Czesław Miłosz

Hauenschild House, Olomouc, in which young Wolfang Amadeus Mozart stayed with his parents and sister in 1767

Mozart Fountain (Carl Wollek, 1926) in St. Gilgen, a city which he never visited but where his grandfather, mother and sister lived

Trajan Square (Trajansplatz, Piaţa Traian) in Timişoara – a prominent location in The Land of Green Plums (Herztier) by Herta Müller (1994) — Trajan Square, Timişoara – a prominent location in Herztier by Herta Müller (1994)

House of the Two Suns, Nerudova 233/47, Lesser Town, Prague, where the young Jan Neruda lived. — House of the Two Suns, Nerudova 233/47, Lesser Town, Prague, where the young Jan Neruda lived

Monument of Sergei Parajanov on Bambis Rigi Street in Tbilisi, his native city, by Vazha Mikaberidze (2004)

Collage ‘Parajanov in Prison’ at the Sergei Parajanov Museum, Yerevan

Passageway named after Sergei Parajanov in the Armenian Quarter of Lviv

Reconstruction of the bedroom of Fernando Pessoa, in his last house, where he lived in 1920-1935, now Casa Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon

The bronze statue of Fernando Pessoa by Lagoa Henriques (1988) in front of the Café A Brasileira, which he frequented — Bronze statue of Fernando Pessoa by Lagoa Henriques (1988) in front of the Café A Brasileira, which he frequented

One of the houses where Luigi Pirandello (born in 1867) lived during his childhood, Via Luigi Pirandello 14, Agrigento — One of the houses where Luigi Pirandello lived during his childhood (Via Luigi Pirandello 14, Agrigento)

The House of Aunt Léonie in Illiers-Combray, where young Marcel Proust spent his summers in 1877-1880, thoroughly described in the first volume of À la recherche du temps perdu; now Marcel Proust Museum

Swann’s way, Combray

Guermantes way, Combray

The Loir, portrayed as the Vivonne in À la recherche du temps perdu, Combray

A fragment of the fresco cycle by Giotto at the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua (1305) depicting the Charity, which Proust compared to his pregnant kitchen maid in Combray in Swann’s Way

Boulevard Haussmann 102, Paris, where Proust lived in 1907-1919 and wrote most of his À la recherche du temps perdu — Boulevard Haussmann 102, Paris, where Proust lived in 1907-1919

Marcel Proust’s bedroom with original furniture from his three Paris apartments, as recreated at the Musée Carnavalet

House of birth of Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Via Posterla 84, Modica

House on Jodenbreestraat 4, Amsterdam, where Rembrandt lived and worked from 1639 until 1656 (now Rembrandt House Museum)

Many indoor and outdoor scenes of Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais (1961) were shot at the Schleißheim Palace in Munich.

Many indoor and outdoor scenes of Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais (1961) were shot at the Schleißheim Palace in Munich.

Many indoor and outdoor scenes of Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais (1961) were shot at the Schleißheim Palace in Munich.

Many indoor and outdoor scenes of Last Year at Marienbad by Alain Resnais (1961) were shot at the Schleißheim Palace in Munich.

Some scenes of Last Year at Marienbad, like this famous shot, were filmed at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. — Some scenes of Last Year at Marienbad were filmed at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich.

The Hall of Mirrors of the Amalienburg hunting lodge in the park of the Nymphenburg Palace featured at the end of the opening sequence of Last Year at Marienbad. — The Hall of Mirrors of the Amalienburg hunting lodge featured at the end of the opening sequence of Last Year at Marienbad.

In 1912 Rainer Maria Rilke visited Princess Marie Thurn und Taxis at the Duino Castle north of Trieste. The visit provided inspiration for his famous Duino Elegies (1923). — The Duino Castle, located north of Trieste, that inspired Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies

In 1918-1919 Rainer Maria Rilke lived in the house on Ainmillerstraße 34, Munich. The plaque is by Eberhard Luttner (1973).

In 1877 John Ruskin stayed at the La Calcina pension, in a room overlooking the Giudecca Canal in Venice.

On the façade of the building on Aspazijas bulvāris 34 in Riga there is a plaque from 2012 honouring Shota Rustaveli. It was a gift of the city of Tbilisi to Riga as a symbol of friendship, also indicated by the quote ‘Who seeks not a friend is his own foe!’. — Shota Rustaveli; Aspazijas bulvāris 34, Riga

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Statue of Umberto Saba (Nino Spagnoli, 2004) at the junction of Via Dante Alighieri and Via San Nicolò, Trieste

Libreria Antiquaria Umberto Saba, Via San Nicolò 30, Trieste, which the writer owned since 1919

Monument of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (by Volodymyr Tsisaryk, 2008) on Serbska 7, Lviv, the city where the writer was born

The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984) by José Saramago is full of beautiful descriptions of Lisbon. The most evocative passages for me are those describing the rainy Terreiro do Paço (Praça do Comércio). — The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984) by José Saramago and the rainy Terreiro do Paço of Lisbon

José Saramago Foundation, Casa dos Bicos, Lisbon (since 2012) — José Saramago Foundation (Casa dos Bicos, Lisbon)

In Nida, overlooking the Parnidis Dune, there is a bronze sculpture of Jean-Paul Sartre, who visited Lithuania with Simone de Beauvoir in 1965. The sculpture, by Klaudijus Pūdymas in 2018, was made on the basis of a photograph of Antanas Sutkus. — Bronze sculpture of Jean-Paul Sartre, who visited Nida with Simone de Beauvoir in 1965 (Klaudijus Pūdymas, 2018)

Arthur Schnitzler often spent his summer vacations in Bad Ischl and stayed at the Hotel Kaiserkrone, Salzburger Straße 8.

House on Judengasse 8, Salzburg, where Franz Schubert stayed with singer Johann Michael Vogl in August 1825

House on Bednarska Street (now Yuriya Drohobycha 12) in Drohobych, where Bruno Schulz lived in 1910-1941

The building on Tarasa Shevchenka 38, Drohobych, is known as Villa Bianca, after ‘Spring’, one of the stories that make up the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (1937) by Bruno Schulz. — Villa Bianca, Drohobych, which featured in the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (1937) by Bruno Schulz

The building on Tarasa Shevchenka 38, Drohobych, is known as Villa Bianca, after ‘Spring’, one of the stories that make up the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (1937) by Bruno Schulz. — Bruno Schulz Museum, Drohobych

The building on Tarasa Shevchenka 38, Drohobych, is known as Villa Bianca, after ‘Spring’, one of the stories that make up the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (1937) by Bruno Schulz. — Bruno Schulz Museum, Drohobych

The building on Tarasa Shevchenka 38, Drohobych, is known as Villa Bianca, after ‘Spring’, one of the stories that make up the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (1937) by Bruno Schulz. — Bruno Schulz Museum, Drohobych

The building on Tarasa Shevchenka 38, Drohobych, is known as Villa Bianca, after ‘Spring’, one of the stories that make up the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (1937) by Bruno Schulz. — Bruno Schulz Museum, Drohobych

The building on Tarasa Shevchenka 38, Drohobych, is known as Villa Bianca, after ‘Spring’, one of the stories that make up the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (1937) by Bruno Schulz. — Bruno Schulz Museum, Drohobych

The building on Tarasa Shevchenka 38, Drohobych, is known as Villa Bianca, after ‘Spring’, one of the stories that make up the Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (1937) by Bruno Schulz. — Bruno Schulz Museum, Drohobych

A plaque in the pavement near the building on Tarasa Shevchenka Street 6 indicates the place where Bruno Schulz was shot dead by a Gestapo officer in 1942 while walking back towards the Drohobych Ghetto with a loaf of bread — Plaque in the pavement on Tarasa Shevchenka Street 6, Drohobych, indicating the place where Bruno Schulz was shot dead by a Gestapo officer in 1942

Street named after William Shakespeare in the Liman neighbourhood of Novi Sad — Street named after William Shakespeare in Novi Sad

Pilies Street 10, Vilnius, where Taras Shevchenko lived in 1829-1830

A relief plaque on a building of the Vilnius University commemorates Taras Shevchenko, who studied here in 1829-1831. — Plaque on a building of the Vilnius University commemorating Taras Shevchenko, who studied here in 1829-1831

Theatre Square, Sarajevo, named after Susan Sontag, who staged Waiting for Godot in the besieged city in 1993

Monument of Baruch Spinoza (Nicolas Dings, 2008) on Zwanenburgwal in Amsterdam

Stendhal, who took part in Napoleon’s Russian campaign, stayed in the house on Didžioji Street 1 in Vilnius in December 1812.

Johann Strauss II spent his summer holidays in 1855-1899 in Bad Ischl and was a regular customer at Café Ramsauer.

Bertha von Suttner lived in the house on Queen Tamar Street 15 in Kutaisi in 1877-1878.

tatue of Italo Svevo (Nino Spagnoli, 2004) on Piazza Attilio Hortis, Trieste — Statue of Italo Svevo (Nino Spagnoli, 2004) on Piazza Attilio Hortis, Trieste

Rabindranath Tagore, who was treated in the cardiac hospital of Balatonfüred in 1926, planted a linden tree here. The main promenade of the town along the lake is named after him. — Rabindranath Tagore, who was treated in the cardiac hospital of Balatonfüred in 1926, is commemorated in various locations in that town.

Rabindranath Tagore, who was treated in the cardiac hospital of Balatonfüred in 1926, planted a linden tree here. The main promenade of the town along the lake is named after him. — Rabindranath Tagore, who was treated in the cardiac hospital of Balatonfüred in 1926, is commemorated in various locations in that town.

Rabindranath Tagore, who was treated in the cardiac hospital of Balatonfüred in 1926, planted a linden tree here. The main promenade of the town along the lake is named after him. — Rabindranath Tagore, who was treated in the cardiac hospital of Balatonfüred in 1926, is commemorated in various locations in that town.

Piazza dell’Indipendenza 5, Rome, where Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa died in 1957

Lesya Ukrainka stayed for a few days in the house on Kastani 65, Tartu, in the winter of 1900.

Location of The Little Street (1657-1658) by Johannes Vermeer, Vlamingstraat 40 & 42, Delft — Location of The Little Street (1657-1658) by Johannes Vermeer (Vlamingstraat 40 & 42, Delft)

Location of View of Delft (1660-1661) by Johannes Vermeer, Hooikade, Delft — View of Delft (1660-1661) by Johannes Vermeer (Hooikade, Delft)

Statue of François Villon (Marius van Beek, 1964) on Achter de Dom near the Cathedral of Saint Martin in Utrecht

Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi in Palermo, where the ball scene of The Leopard by Luchino Visconti was shot (1963)

House of birth of Elio Vittorini (1908), Via Vittorio Veneto 138, Syracuse — House of birth of Elio Vittorini (1908) (Via Vittorio Veneto 138, Syracuse)

Antonio Vivaldi was baptized at the Church of San Giovanni in Bragora, Venice, in 1678.

Otto Wagner‘s last home (1912-1918), Döblergasse 4, Vienna

The house on Riharda Vāgnera iela 4 in Riga was built in 1782 as the Riga City Theatre. The young Richard Wagner was its chief conductor in 1837-1839. Other famous people who worked here were Ferenc Liszt, Clara Schumann, Anton Rubinstein, and Hector Berlioz. — The house on Riharda Vāgnera iela 4 in Riga was built in 1782 as the Riga City Theatre. The young Richard Wagner was its chief conductor in 1837-1839.

The house on Riharda Vāgnera iela 4 in Riga was built in 1782 as the Riga City Theatre. The young Richard Wagner was its chief conductor in 1837-1839. Other famous people who worked here were Ferenc Liszt, Clara Schumann, Anton Rubinstein, and Hector Berlioz. — Richard Wagner Street, Riga

Wahnfried, the residence of Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, in which he moved in in 1874 — Wahnfried, the residence of Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, in which he moved in 1874

The Bayreuth Festspielhaus was established by Richard Wagner and dedicated to the performance of his own operas. It was opened with the premiere of Der Ring des Nibelungen cycle in 1876. — The Bayreuth Festspielhaus, established by Richard Wagner to perform his own operas

Richard Wagner died in Ca’ Vendramin Calergi in Venice in 1883. The palace now hosts the Wagner Museum.

Stefan Zweig spent many summers in Bad Ischl. In September 1895 he stayed with his parents in this house on Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 16. — In September 1895, Stefan Zweig stayed with his parents in this house on Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 16, Bad Ischl.

From 1907 until 1919 Zweig lived on Kochgasse 8 in Vienna.

A road leading up to the Kapuzinerberg in Salzburg is named after Stefan Zweig, who lived in a villa nearby from 1919 until 1934. — Road leading up to the Kapuzinerberg in Salzburg named after Stefan Zweig, who lived in a villa nearby from 1919 until 1934

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Entrance to the Cinecittà Studios, the largest film studio in Europe, where many great Italian films were produced, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. Parts of it are open to the public within the framework of the initiative Cinecittà Shows Off. — Entrance to the Cinecittà Studios, where many great Italian films were produced, especially in the 1950s and 1960s

A part of the Cinecittà museum is entirely dedicated to Federico Fellini.

Swedish Film Institute, the central institution of Swedish film industry

On the Arkhivna Street in Lviv there are signs with the names of famous film firectors like the Ukranian Yuri Ilyenko, but also international names such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Parajanov, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, François Truffaut, and Charles Chaplin. This was a side project of the local film festival, which honoured a particular filmmaker every year and added a new plate with his name on the wall at the street corner. — Arkhivna Street, Lviv, dedicated to famous film directors

Portraits of the great voices of fado in the Mouraria neighbourhood of Lisbon (by Camilla Watson, 2013). These musicians were either born here, grew up here, or Mouraria played an important part in their lives. — Portraits of the great voices of fado in the Mouraria neighbourhood of Lisbon (by Camilla Watson, 2013)

Portraits of the great voices of fado in the Mouraria neighbourhood of Lisbon (by Camilla Watson, 2013). These musicians were either born here, grew up here, or Mouraria played an important part in their lives. — Mouraria, Lisbon

Portraits of the great voices of fado in the Mouraria neighbourhood of Lisbon (by Camilla Watson, 2013). These musicians were either born here, grew up here, or Mouraria played an important part in their lives. — Mouraria, Lisbon

Portraits of the great voices of fado in the Mouraria neighbourhood of Lisbon (by Camilla Watson, 2013). These musicians were either born here, grew up here, or Mouraria played an important part in their lives. — Mouraria, Lisbon

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Taken between 2012 and 2025