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Experience the unique acoustics and let yourself be enchanted by the unique architecture of the Margravial Opera House. From May the 18th this year visitors will be able to visit the foyer, the two rooms above the foyer and the Royal Box where they can enjoy a state-of-the-art exhibition all about the listed building and its painstaking restoration.

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Mozartfest Wuerzburg – the very name evokes images and sounds: Mozart’s melodies, over 200 years old and still the most often played pieces of classical music, and Wuerzburg, the city on the river Main surrounded by picturesque vineyards and shaped by the reign of the prince-bishops.

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The picturesque grounds of the Residence Palace’s court gardens are the location of this charming wine festival, a courtesy of the Staatlicher Hofkeller vineyard estate since 1974. Catering is provided by the adjoining “Residenzgaststätten” restaurant and features traditional Franconian specialties such as grilled sausages and other hearty snacks. Overlooking the UNESCO World Heritage Site Residence Palace locals and visitors alike enjoy fine Franconian wines in an unforgettable baroque setting. Admission is free. Opening hours daily from 3pm to 11pm.

Organizer: Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg, Phone +49 (0)931/30509-31.
Website: www.hofkeller.de

Prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall visiting the city to the south-west of Berlin meant a lengthy journey. At that time the trip from Berlin to Potsdam took something like half a day. And even the area which is today a World Heritage Site was carved up by the border posts and other such installations. Views that had in the past been taken for granted were suddenly reduced to perspectives that were mere shadows of their former selves.

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In the Light of Amarna. 100 Years of the Neferiti Discovery

The most beautiful woman in Berlin is celebrating her centenary: the famous bust of Nefertiti was discovered on 6 December 1912 during excavations conducted by the German Oriental Society in Tell Amarna and has been housed on the River Spree since 1913. In order to mark this event, the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection are presenting an extensive special exhibition on the Amarna period at the Neues Museum on Berlin's Museum Island.


Triennial of Modernism

From 27 September until 13 October 2013, the three cities Weimar, Dessau and Berlin will launch a Triennial of Modernism. Numerous examples of modernist architecture can be found in Berlin..

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Tourists of Potsdam can experience “Prussia’s Arcadia” in a number of different ways. Following the enormous success of the anniversary year marking the 300th birthday of King Frederick II, cultural events organisers in many locations are busy organising new programmes full of surprises. Audiences can look forward to the prospect of attending some exciting events which will open the door on Prussia’s rich heritage. We are especially reminded of “Frederick’s Potsdam”, most of which is still there for all to see, with the Park of Sanssouci dominating everything.

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Goethe and Schiller, Bach and Liszt, Bauhaus and UNESCO – that is Weimar. A small residence town in the middle of Europe. From this place, ideas and artworks took their path into the world. The fascination of this pretty city captured many great spirits who dreamed of an arcadia for humanity.Generous park landscapes, open squares and narrow alleys: ideal stages for street festivals, music performers, warm film evenings and great concert events. During the summer, artists, audiences and strollers go outdoors and discover a relaxed elegance in Weimar that is unique in European cultural cities. In the summertime, Weimar offers an interchange between light enjoyment and creative art.

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The “Herb and Harvest Market” to be held on 14 and 15 September in the courtyard of the UNESCO cultural monument fits in well with the farming tradition of the former Cistercian Maulbronn Monastery – and this is already the fifth time it is being held!  

For many centuries, farming assured the prosperity of Maulbronn Monastery. Unmistakable traces of this have survived to the present in the sturdy buildings, such as the huge granary (Fruchtkasten), today’s municipal hall. It used to be used above all for storing grain but also for other produce from the bounteous arable farming in this fertile region. The monastery provides the most delightful setting for a harvest market, and the region around the former monastery supplies an opulent range of wares.

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2013 is the year of Pop Culture at the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks. On Saturday 14th September 2013 the World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte is presenting the large-scale exhibition “Generation Pop!”. The epoch of Pop will be presented in an exhibition space of more than 6,000 m². “Generation Pop” makes the feeling of life of those generations formed by Pop Culture both vivid and palpable. In theme-spaces dedicated to Pop Culture of the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s up to the 21st century the visitor is taking on an emotional journey through time along the tracks of Pop.    

A part of the Pop focus in 2013 at the World Cultural Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte is the Open-Air-Festival “Electro-Magnetic”, voted Europe’s best new festival in January. The largest show to date of works by Pop artist Allen Jones is still to be seen in the Ore Shed until Sunday 16th June 2013. Allen Jones is one of the most important proponents of British Pop Art. His “furniture sculptures” count amongst Pop Art’s masterpieces. Another thrilling music project is the opera “Rigoletto” in the Blower Hall. This cooperation between Saarland State Theatre (SST) and the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks is a unique opportunity to experience an opera production in a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. The premiere will be on Saturday 27th April 2013, other dates are to follow until 2nd June 2013.  

The “Urban Art Biennale® 2013” features the art that has emerged from graffiti. From 2013, every two years, the World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks offers this young art form of the 21st century a regular platform. Of the artists of the “Urban Art Biennial” stars of the scene such as Jef Aérosol (Lille), Seen (New York), Invader (Paris), JonOne (Paris), Futura (New York) and Retna (Los Angeles) will be featured. The World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks possesses the ideal exhibition site for such art: the Burden Shed, where the raw material for the Völklingen Ironwork’s blast furnaces was stored. 

World Cultural Heritage Site at the Völklingen Ironworks European Centre for Art and Industry Culture 66302 Völklingen / Saarbrücken
Contact person : Karl-Heinrich Veith M.A., Jocelyne Pallu, Dr. Armin Leidinger
Tel. +49 6898/9100-100, Fax +49 6898/9100-111 mail@voelklinger-huette.org

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Events at Bremen's UNESCO World Heritage site: 
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In 1758, at the age of 18, Prince Leopold III. Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau (1740-1817) succeeded to the throne of the little principality on the rivers Elbe and Mulde. As a result of the experience gained abroad, the Prince started as early as 1765 to make calculated changes to countryside in order to improve it. The starting points as well as the culmination of these changes were the gardens at Wörlitz, which became the first landscape garden in continental Europe. The country house (or Schloss) Wörlitz became the first neo-classical building in Germany.

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