Borghi, arte e storia minore
Si occupa di borghi, centri storici, chiese e siti archeologici: paesi sotto i mille abitanti e architetture fuori dalle guide turistiche ufficiali.
In the free park of Karlberg Palace, in Stockholm, lie the grave of Charles XII's dog, the Temple of Diana and a runestone.
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In Stockholm, Engelbrekt Church: a masterpiece of Swedish National Romanticism on a rock in Östermalm, with a 32-metre nave.
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In Dublin, the crypts of St Michan's let you see bodies mummified by limestone, on small-group tours 130 metres from the Jameson Distillery.
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In Dublin, beside St Patrick's Cathedral, Marsh's Library has preserved since 1707 its oak shelves, rare books and the reading cages.
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In Dublin a London plane tree has swallowed a cast-iron bench: the Hungry Tree in the grounds of King's Inns, a quiet botanical curiosity.
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In Takanawa, the temple where the 47 ronin of Ako are buried beside their lord. Incense, stone and a 1703 act of revenge.
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Kagurazaka in Tokyo: cobbled lanes of a former geisha district, the Bishamonten temple, French cafes and stairways behind the hill.
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A free museum in Meguro, Tokyo, devoted solely to parasites: 300 specimens and the longest tapeworm in the world, 8.8 metres.
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Beyond Arashiyama, in Kyoto, a hillside temple with 1,200 rakan statues in the moss: each face is different, carved by amateur devotees.
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