just returned from a three-day immersion in the green of Ireland ... I feel the urgent need to share this experience. I leave out descriptions of the city, climate, food, transport or the cost of living to focus on a single topic of vital interest: the museums (and exhibitions). I have visited in the order: Hugh Lane Collection, Old Library (Trinity College), National Gallery of Ireland, Natural History Museum, National Museum (History and Archaeology). The entrance to the Old Library costs 9 € and allows access to the exhibition hall that contains the Book of Kells (one of the most beautiful illuminated books that they exist) and two illuminated medieval manuscripts in rotation among the four in their possession, besides the visit to the ancient college library; cost perfectly acceptable when you consider that before arriving at the sight of the book has a large interactive display that explains the historical context, techniques of miniature, simobologie, materials, use of illuminated books, both in general, is reported in particularly exposed to books, absolutely amazing (and who, like me medievalist will understand me perfectly). The other galleries are free and within these I could see Impressionists, the entire study of Francis Bacon (Hugh Lane Collection), Caravaggio, Picasso, Goya, Velasquez, Veermer (National Gallery), archaeological Egyptians, Vikings, Romans in the building at the end of 1800 was designed precisely for this (National Museum) ... again absolutely amazing. Finally, the Natural History Museum, not only is also located in the building originally designed to host not only the entrance is free, but also allows entry to hordes of children who are rubbed against the windows, touch the untouchable, run, scream, roll around, chat ... it will be why, on Sunday afternoon, plus a few haggard tourists, was crowded small families of gay Irish (I can not avoid comparison with Italy and the sad small families to the mall on Sunday afternoon)?
But we Sandrino.
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