Peter Paul Rubens Archives - Blog STORYIMAGE

My Journey with the ship ARTANIA in 2023

By admin13. October 2023Antwerp, ARTANIA, Belgium, Cathedral, Church Art, Cities, France, Gothic, Northern Spain, Peter Paul Rubens, Rijksmusum, ship journey, South England, Western EuropeARTANIA, Belgium, France, Mauritshuis, Netherlands, Rijksmuseum, Ship Voyage, South England, Spain, Western Europe

My Journey through Western Europe Last Year I got an offer to visit several cultural highlights in Western Europe by ship. My wife and I agreed the offer and in 10/2023 we started our journey. On the left side you can see the map with the ship destinations. Starting in Hamburg we sailed to South England then to Spain after to France continue to Belgium and Netherlands. In the following topics I will describe the destinations shortly in a topic and give you my photo impressions. I often take photos of images and sculptures. As it is sometimes not clear […]

Visiting P.P. Rubens at Antwerp

Antwerp has very old roots and with the decline of of Bruges as harbor Antwerp become important and with the garment industry rich. But also the faith of Antwerp was often changing. Also in modern times. In the Second World War the City was heavily destroyed. Cathedral of Our Lady The Cathedral is an impressive building including also some masterpieces of P.P. Rubens. I shot several photos to give you an idea of the building inside. In the Town After visiting the Cathedral we went to the Grote Markt, the Center Place of Antwerp. Here you can visit the glory […]