GAMBRINUS, Caffè Storico. Napoli, Italy. Coaster

GAMBRINUS
Caffè Storico
Via Chiaia, 1
80132 Napoli
www.grancaffegambrinus.com

Coaster.

The Caffè Gambrinus is a historic, private cafe in Central Naples. It is located in the rear of the Palazzo della Prefettura, which lies in front and to side of the Royal Palace of Naples, both of which face the Piazza del Plebiscito. The coffeehouse was founded in 1860 by Vincenzo Apuzzo, whose dream was to make his club the most important of the newborn Italy and he succeeded because he became the official supplier of the Real Casa. The cafe was also known for being a meeting site for intellectuals and artists, including Gabriele D'Annunzio, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Benedetto Croce, Giuseppe De Sanctis,  Eduardo De Filippo, Oscar Wilde, Ernest Hemingway, Jean Paul Sartre, Guy de Maupassant, Émile Zola and others.

Traveler's collection.

YUANMINGYUAN PARK, Haidian (Beijing), China (2001)

YUANMINGYUAN PARK
Ticket Nº 0098865
2001
¥ 10.00

Yuanmingyuan (圓明園), the Old Summer Palace was a complex of palaces and gardens in present-day Haidian District. It is 8 km (5 mi) northwest of the walls of the former Imperial City section of Beijing. Widely perceived as the pinnacle work of Chinese imperial garden and palace design, it was known for its extensive collection of gardens, its building architecture and numerous art and historical treasures. Constructed throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, the Palace was the main imperial residence of Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty and his successors, and where they handled state affairs. During the Second Opium War, French and British troops captured the palace on 6 October 1860, looting and destroying the imperial collections over the next few days. As news emerged that an Anglo-French delegation had been imprisoned and tortured by the Qing government, with 19 delegation members being killed, the British High Commissioner to China, James Bruce, retaliated by ordering the complete destruction of the palace on 18 October, which was then carried out by troops under his command.

Merci à Daniel.

PERGAMINO, Pcia. de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Estación / Station

PERGAMINO (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Estación del Ferrocarril General Mitre.

(Fuente: Blog Ciudad de Pergamino.)

La estación ferroviaria de Pergamino fue inaugurada el año 1860 por parte del Ferrocarril Central Argentino, en el ramal Victoria-Pergamino. Pertenecía al Ferrocarril General Mitre. 
A partir de 1992, este ramal (entonces perteneciente a Ferrocarriles Argentinos) fue dado
en concesión a la empresa privada Nuevo Central Argentino.