today the ruins their testimony to a variety of architectural styles romanesque and gothic renascence and bar rock. but the fortress never enjoyed soul supremacy over this region. right from the start opposite and subordinate merely from a geographical point of view there existed another bastion that demanded respect and knowledge meant the church. and super regional history whether of a roman catholic or a hungary and imperial nature shed its influential light alternately on these two realms of power. this biscuit company to this based chapter with its castle like fortifications was built at the same time as the castle. or gnostic communities like the benedictines lived here even before the early middle ages like the castle the roman as a silica was altered many times today it's one of slovakia's most valuable cultural assets the romanesque frescoes have disappeared and only five of the original thirteen altars have been preserved however they are masterpieces slovaks like gothic. because of its influence and its independence the tiny ecclesiastical enclave of space got coffee tool w

an exhibition that's opened in milan on the renascence painted kind of agile doesn't include a single painting instead the museo del up at him and then to is presenting a multimedia show. this scene there are no physical paintings but there are absolutely captivating high definition images and it's aimed at the greater public . i'm thinking about our children they're used to learning from increasingly sophisticated technological to. take me to see. the exhibition tells the eventful life story of michelangelo the cut about who changed western painting with his realism kind of a job beyond the canvas and in most of show will run until january twenty ninth. from one italian artist to another now as we travel to venice whether five hundredth birthday of ten thought i was being celebrated the painter was born on the twenty ninth of september fifteen eighteen and is the only world famous for an autist from venice his works were known for their impressive depiction of the human body and they were said to be ahead of that time so to mark his anniversary two major exhibitions showing the paint

we not only have statues from antiquity but also quite a lot from the middle ages and from the renascence in the sources rome is a kind of historical isn't here because they always built on top of and next to the old rome everywhere you look you see different eras. preserving it all is a never ending task and financing it's an endless challenge the golden hour to underwent restoration some thirty years ago funded by allowed to be a jockey a pioneer of fashion industry sponsorship. of the colosseum too isn't bright and shiny as in its days of gladiator glory. its restoration was funded with twenty five million euros from italian leather goods label diego del a valet. restorers are hard at work in the narrow streets of the old town. the pier vanno family business stands woodcutting mosaics and gold plating. the father and two daughters have clients from all over the world and also carry out renovation work for the city of rome. we carry enormous responsibility. when working on historical artworks. we have to bring out the beauty of these and preserve them without consciousness why is it no.

i rail travel in ecuador is experiencing a renascence right now the railway was completed more than a hundred years ago when illinois far was president it made him a national hero. but up or to have their way. back then the only way to get from grier cuter kyoto was by horse alone and it took a month we urgently needed a better connection between the coast and the highlands. and the route was so dangerous that travelers used to make a will because they didn't know if they'd be coming back alive or it was they want that that meant the organizations you know how to set. the journey is still an adventure a few security guards on mopeds have joined us there are no railway gates on the roads so the guards will secure the crossings for us. when the railway was completed in nineteen or wait it became a symbol of national unity today it's reconstruction sense the same purpose. the project has become known as a patriotic challenge that aims to unite ecuador's various ethnic groups. to transact with dorian railway is four hundred fifty kilometers long and runs from the pacific coast eastward in