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30 địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu cực sang chảnh dành cho du khách Việt

https://otavietnam.com/?p=6248 30 địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu cực sang chảnh dành cho du khách Việt Booking.com Châu Âu luôn là một điểm đến mơ ước của bất cứ du khách nào. Các địa điểm du lich Châu Âu là những nơi vừa mang đến cho bạn sự hiện đại, cổ kính lẫn nhiều khung cảnh rất thơ mộng. Kinh nghiệm du lịch đảo Koh Rong – nơi làn nước trong như pha lê 30 địa điểm du lịch Lào view đẹp đáng để đi tham quan nhất 30 Địa điểm du lịch Trung Đông view đẹp nhất định phải thử trong đời Địa điểm du lịch Đức Đức là đất nước có nhiều thăng trầm nhất trong lịch sử châu Âu. Dân tộc German cũng chính là những người đã làm nên rất nhiều điều vĩ đại (dù có lúc là tàn độc) mang đến nhiều bước ngoặt của lịch sử thế giới. Chính vì thế, Đức là một cái tên luôn được chú ý trên bản đồ du lịch Châu Âu. 1. Berlin Thủ đô của Đức là một trong những thành phố gi��u có, hiện đại nhất thế giới. Thành phố này cũng là một địa điểm du lịch châu Âu thú vị với rất nhiều điểm tham quan nổi tiếng thế giới như: Cổng Brandenburg Thư viện hội họa East Side Nhà thờ lớn Tháp truyền hình Bảo tàng thành phố Lâu đài Charlottenburg 2. Munchen Munchen là thủ phủ, thành phố lớn nhất của xứ Bavarian ở Đức. Đây là thành phố lớn thứ 3 ở đất nước này và là một trong những thành phố quan trọng bậc nhất tại Đức. Những điểm tham quan nổi tiếng tại Muchen là: Tòa thị chính Marienplatz Lâu đài Nymphenburg Cug điện Muchen SVĐ Alianz Arena và CLB Bayern Muchen Nhà thờ Đức Bà Công viên Olympiapark Bảo tàng BMW 3. Hamburg Hamburg là một phố cảng nổi tiếng không chỉ ở Đức mà trên toàn châu Âu. Đây là thành phố lớn thứ 2 ở Đức và cũng là nơi có cảng thương mại Hamburg lớn thứ 2 ở EU. Thành phố này từ lâu đã là một địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu nổi tiếng khi có mặt trong rất nhiều tác phẩm văn học về nước Đức. Các điểm tham quan chính ở Hamburg là: Kênh đào Speicherstadt Nhà hát Elbphilharmonie Townhall Michael’s Church Dòng sông Alster Cảng Hamburg Nhà thờ St. Nikolai Memorial Địa điểm du lịch Anh Anh được mệnh danh là Đảo quốc sương mù, một đất nước mộng mở và nổi tiếng trên bản đồ du lịch châu Âu. Đất nước này luôn mang đến cho du khách một cảm giác lâng lâng, khó tả nếu có một dịp nào đó được may mắn đặt chân đến đây. 1. London Thủ đô London là một trong những địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu đẹp và nổi tiếng nhất dành cho bất cứ vị du khách nào. London là một thành phố rất nổi tiếng và đặc biệt bởi sự cổ kính, bởi văn hóa người London cực kỳ “châu Âu” và bởi sự yên bình khó tả mà nó mang lại cho du khách của mình. Một số điểm tham quan chính tại London bao gồm: Tháp đồng hồ Big Ben Cung điện Buckingham London Eye Tháp London Cầu tháp London Tu viện Westminster Cung điện Westminster Nhà thờ Thánh Paul 2. Liverpool Liverpool là một phố cảng nổi tiếng tại vùng Merseyside cũng rất nổi tiếng ở Anh. Thành phố này là một địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu đẹp, một điểm dừng chân thú vị dành cho du khách trên hành trình chinh phục lục địa già. Thành phố Liverpool là một đô thị vừa mang nét hiện đại lại có nét cổ kính bởi các thì xã bao quanh, bởi dòng sông Mersey hiền dịu. Có thể nói, thành phố này là một trong những hình ảnh điển hình về phố cảng ở châu Âu. Một số địa danh mà bạn phải ghé qua khi đến với Liverpool là: Royal Albert Dock Liverpool The Beatle Story Cavern Club Nhà thờ cơ đốc giáo Liverpool Sân vận động Anfield và CLB bóng đá Liverpool Bãi biển Crosby Beach Cảng Liverpool Thư viện trung tâm 3. Manchester Nếu là một fan của môn đá bóng thì Manchester có lẽ đã quá nổi tiếng khi là nơi đóng quân của 2 CLB hàng đầu châu Âu là Manchester United và Manchester City. Tuy nhiên ít ai biết rằng Manchester là thành phố công nghiệp đầu tiên trên thế giới và là một trong những thành phố công nghiệp lớn nhất ở Anh. Một điểm đến thú vị tại Manchester: Sân vận động Old Tranfford và CLB bóng đá Manchester United Sân vận động Etihad và CLB bóng đá Manchester City Sân khấu the Lowry Nhà thờ lớn Manchester Catherdral Công viên Heaton Park Kênh đào Castlefield Bảo tàng lịch sử, bảo tàng bóng đá… Thư viện trung tâm thành phố East Lancashire Railway Luxury Dining Trains Địa điểm du lịch Pháp Nhắc đến du lịch Châu Âu thì không thể bỏ qua nước Pháp, một đất nước lãng mạn với không gian cổ kính và những con người “nghệ sĩ” bậc nhất ở Châu Âu. Du khách thích Pháp bởi sự náo nhiệt nhưng không kém phần cổ kính và khí chất “Châu Âu” mà nó mang lại. 1. Paris “Kinh đô ánh sáng của thế giới” – Paris hoa lệ chính là điểm đến đầu tiên mà bạn phải ghé qua khi đến du lịch Pháp. Thành phố này có thể nói là đã quá nổi tiếng trên bản đồ du lịch Châu Âu không chỉ ngày nay mà từ ngàn xa xưa nữa. Các điểm tham quan thú vị tại Paris như: Tháp Eiffel Bảo tàng Louvre Nhà thờ Đức Bà Khải Hoàn Môn Đại Lộ Champs-Elysees Nhà thờ Sacré-Cœur Paris Lâu đài Versailles Bảo tàng Orsay Vườn Luxembourg Disneyland Paris Le Marais 2. Bordeaux Bordeaux là một cảng quan trọng tại hạ nguồn dòng Garonne hiền hòa. Thành phố này là đô thị lớn thứ năm của Pháp và được gắn với biệt dành “Hòn ngọc vùng Aquitaine”. Chưa hết, Bordeaux còn nổi tiếng hơn nữa khi được biết đến là “thủ phủ của rượu vang” trên thế giới. Các địa danh bạn nên ghé qua khi đến với Bourdeaux. Place de la Bourse Bordeaux Cathedral Pey Berland Tower Pont de pierre Musée d’Aquitaine Puerta de Cailhau Girondins Monument Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas 3. Cannes Cannes là thành phố diễn ra liên hoan phim Cannes nổi tiếng hàng năm. Đây là một thành phố cổ, một nơi rất đặc biệt trong văn hóa dân tộc của người Pháp. Thành phố không chỉ là một nơi đặc biệt đối với Pháp mà còn là một địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu cực kỳ nổi tiếng. Khi đến với Cannes, các bạn có thể ghé thăm những địa danh sau: Lerin Islands Île Sainte-Marguerite Abbaye De Lérins Marché Forville Church of Our Lady of Esperance Plage du Midi Croisette Beach Plage 4. Marseille Nhắc đến các địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu nổi tiếng ở Pháp thì chắc chắn không thể bỏ qua Marseille, đô thị lớn thứ 2 tại đất nước diễm lệ này. Thành phố Marseille tọa lạc ngay bên bở Địa Trung Hải huyền thoại chính là nơi đên đến một không gian cực kỳ đặc biệt trong bất cứ vị du khách nào ghé thăm. Các địa điểm tham quan chính tại Marseille là: Cảng Marseille cũ Lâu đài IF Nhà thờ cổ Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde Núi và vườn quốc gia Calanques Nhà thờ chính Marseille Công viên Parc Borely Tu viện Abbaye Saint-Victor Sân vận động Velodrome Calanque de Morgiou Calanque d’En-Vau Vallon des Auffes Địa điểm du lịch Italy Italy là quốc gia trung tâm của văn hóa châu Âu. Nơi đây từng là trung tâm của đế chế La Mã cổ đại, nơi đã mang đến cho văn hóa thế giới rất nhiều huyền thoại, nhiều câu chuyện vĩ đại. Chính vì thế, ngày nay Italy luôn là một trong những địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu hút khách nhất. 1. Rome Rome là thủ đô của Italy, là một đô thị vô cùng đặc biệt đóng vai trò thủ phủ của vùng Lazio, Italy. Rome cũng là thủ phủ quan trọng nhất của đế chế La Mã, thành Vatican trong lòng thành phố được cấp phép như một quốc gia độc lập và nơi có tòa thành Vatican nổi tiếng của công giáo. Trải qua một lịch sử hào hùng, đầy rẫy những cuộc trường chinh và nhiều biến động. Rome là một đô thị cực kỳ quan trọng bởi văn hóa, con người tại đây luôn khiến bạn cảm nhận được một sự gần gũi, bình yên, mộc mạc. Các điểm đến quan trọng tại Rome mà bạn có thế ghé qua: Đấu trường La Mã Vương Cung Thánh Đường Thánh Phêrô Công trường La Mã Đài phun nước Trevi Đền Pantheon Bảo tàng Vatican Thành Vatican Piazza Navona Nhà nguyện Sistina Lâu đài Thiên Thần Palatine Hill Và còn rất nhiều địa danh nổi tiếng khác nữa sẽ cho bạn một trải nghiệm tuyệt vời tại địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu trứ danh như Rome. 2. Venice Venice mộng mơ là thành phố của các kênh đào, là địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu nổi bật nhất tại đất nước Italy. Thành phố là thủ phủ của tỉnh Venezia được gọi tên là Vơ-ni-dơ để diễn tả sự thơ mộng, cổ kính cùng những huyền thoại bên trong lòng thành phố. Các địa danh tham quan nổi tiếng tại Venice bao gồm: Quảng trường San Marco Vương cung thánh đường Thánh Marco Dinh tổng trán Venice Kênh đào Venezia Cây cầu than thở Kênh đào Murano Bảo tàng nghệ thuật Lido di Venezia Nhà hát lớn Teatro la Fenice 3. Milan Milan được biết tới là một trong những thành phố phát triển nhất trên bản đồ dịch Châu Âu. Đây chính là thành phố lớn thứ 5 tại EU với nhiều công trình kiên trúc La Mã cổ đại vẫn được lưu giữ, bảo tồn đến ngày nay mang đến nhiều sự thích thu cho du khách mỗi khi đến với Milan. Các điểm tham quan nổi tiếng tại Milan bao gồm: Nhà thờ chính tòa Milano Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II Sforzesco Castle Teatro alla Scala Pinacoteca di Brera Nhà thờ Santa Maria delle Grazie Sempione Park Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio Royal Palace of Milan Sân vận động Giuseppe Meazza/ San Siro và 2 CLB bóng đá thành Milan Địa điểm du lịch Tây Ban Nha Với sự chuyển biến phức tạp của lịch sử đã tạo cho Tây Ban Nha trở thành một vương quốc kỳ lạ với nhiều vùng, nhiều khu tự trị có nét văn hóa khác biệt. 1. Barcelona Barcelona là thành phố lớn thứ 2 ở Tây Ban Nha, thủ phủ của vùng tự trị Catalunya. Thành phố tọa lạc dòng theo bờ Địa Trung Hải là một trong những đô thị thơ mộng, cổ kính nhất ở châu Âu. Các địa danh nổi tiếng tại Barcelona dành cho hành trình du lịch châu Âu của bạn gồm: Sân vận động Camp Nou và CLB bóng đá Barcelona Vương cung thánh đường Sagrada Família Tòa nhà trung tâm Casa Batlló Tòa nhà La Pedrera Con phố La Rambla, Barcelona Bảo tàng Picasso Nhà thờ Chính tòa Barcelona Đài nhạc nước Magic Fountain of Montjuïc 2. Madrid Madrid là thủ đô và là thành phố lớn nhất vương quốc Tây Ban Nha. Cùng với London và Berlin, Madrid là một trong những địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu nổi tiếng nhất khi bạn đến với lục địa già. Những địa chỉ thú vị cho hành trính khám phá Madrid: Cung điện hoàng gia Tây Ban Nha Quảng trường Plaza Mayor Bảo tàng nghệ thuật Prado Công viên El Retiro Park Khu mua sắm Gran Vía Bảo tàng Reina Sofia Đền cổ Temple of Debod Nhà thờ chính tòa Almudena Puerta de Alcalá Palacio de Cristal Sân vận động Santiago Bernabéu và CLB Bóng đá Real Madrid Bảo tàng quốc gia 3. Zaragoza Zaragoza chính là thủ đô của vươn quốc Aragon xa xưa. Nay thành phố này và cả Aragon đã trở thành một phần của Tây Ban Nha thống nhất. Thành phố Zaragoza vì thế cũng là một nơi rất đặc biệt với nhiều kiến trúc thuộc dạng cổ kính, vĩ đại bậc nhất châu Âu. Sau đây cùng điểm qua một số nơi vui chơi tại địa điểm du lịch châu Âu thú vị này nhé. Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar Nhà thờ chính tòa La Seo Plaza of Our Lady of the Pillar Puente de Piedra Cung điện Aljafería Thủy cung Aquarium River of Zaragoza Dòng sông Ebro Nhà thờ San Pablo 4. Mallorca Đảo Mallorca là một quần đảo nằm trên biển Địa Trung Hải. Thủ phủ của Mallocar chính là Palma. Quần đảo này là một địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu cực kỳ hút khách. Đặc biệt hơn nữa, quần đảo Mallorca còn là sự lựa chọn của nhiều siêu sao giải trí, siêu sao bóng đá của giải La Liga đến để nghỉ dưỡng. Một số điểm tham quan thú vị của Mallorca có thể kể đến là: Nhà thờ Catedral-Basílica de Santa María de Mallorca Eo núi Cap de Formentor Lâu đài Castell de Bellver Các động Drach Bãi biển Cala Millor Thủy cung Palma Aquarium Bãi biển Caló des Moro Khu bảo tồn Parc Natural de s’Albufera de Mallorca Công viên biển Mondragó Natural Park Địa điểm du lịch Hy Lạp Cộng Hòa Hy lạp là một quốc gia nằm trên bán đổ Balkan phía nam châu Âu. Hy Lạp là cái nôi của văn minh châu Âu. Đế chế Hy Lạp cổ đại là một trong những vương quốc tạo nên sự ảnh hưởng lớn nhất trên vùng biển Địa Trung Hải. Chính vì thế, quốc gia này là một điểm sáng của bản đồ du lịch Châu Âu. 1. Athens Athens là thủ đô của Hy Lạp. Thành phố được ghi nhận là một trong những đô thị cổ nhất khi đã xuất hiện trong sử sách từ hơn 3.000 năm trước. Ngày nay, Athens là một trong những đô thị lớn nhất châu âu, là một trong những trung tâm kinh tế, du lịch hàng đầu trong khối EU. Các địa danh nổi tiếng tại Athens bao gồm: Di tích Acropolis Đền Parthenon Bảo tàng Acropolis Museum Đền thần Zeus – Temple of Olympian Zeus Bảo tàng ng hệ thuật cổ đại National Archaeological Museum Đền cổ Erechtheion Núi Mount Lycabettus Nhà hát lớn Odeon of Herodes Atticus Đền thờ thần Hephaestus Tàn tích nhà hát Theatre of Dionysus Sân vận động Panathinaiko Đền thờ thần Athena Nike 2. Santorini Santorini chính là hòn đảo Thera nổi tiếng trong các câu chuyện thần thoại. Hòn đảo này nằm tách biệt đối với đất liền cách 200km về phía đông Nam. Hòn đảo Santorini chính là một trong những địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu về biển được nhiều du khách quốc tế yêu thích nhất. Các địa danh nổi tiếng tại Santorini có thể kể đến như: Tàn tích của ngôi làng tiền sử Akrotiri Núi lửa Santorini caldera Thành phố Thera cổ đại – Ancient Thera Nhà máy rượu vang Santo Bảo tàng nghệ thuật thời tiền sử Prehistoric Thera Bãi biển Paralia Vlichada Tu viện Profits Ilias Bảo tàng rượu vang Wine Museum Hòn đá Skaros Rock 3. Đảo Crete Crete là một hòn đảo nổi tiếng của Hy Lạp, đảo xuất hiện trong rất nhiều câu chuyện dân gian khiến bao du khách phải thích thú về địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu này. Chưa hết, Crete còn được biết đến là một trong những hòn đảo đẹp nhất Châu Âu. Du khách thường chọn đến đây vào mùa hè để du lịch, nghỉ ngoi, an dưỡng sau những thời gian làm việc căng thẳng. Cung điện Knossos Hẻm núi Samariá Gorge Đầm phá Elafonisi Bãi biển Balos Beach Di tích Spinalonga Bãi biển Vai Tu viện Arkadi Monastery Bãi biển Preveli beach Bãi biển Gramvousa Hồ Lake Kournas Bãi biển, hẻm núi Frangokastello Lâu đài Koules Fortress 4. Thessaloniki Thành phố Thessaloniki là một đô thị cổ kính của Macedonia xa xưa. Thành phố tồn tại từ thời Ottoman nên vẫn tồn tại rất nhiều kiến trúc cổ kính, thích thú. Chính vì thế Thessaloniki luôn là một địa điểm du lịch châu Âu đặc biệt khiến cho bao du khách thích thú. Các địa danh du lịch tại thành phố này là: Bảo tàng White Tower of Thessaloniki Quảng trường Aristotelous Square Lăng mộ Galerius Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki Nhà thờ Church of St. Demetrios Bảo tàng nghệ thuật Museum of Byzantine Culture Nhà thờ cơ đốc giáo Rotunda Địa điểm du lịch Bồ Đào Nha Bồ Đào Nha nằm ở phía Nam ban đảo Iberia. Đây chính là cực Tây của lục địa già khi giáp với biển Đại Tây Dương vĩ đại. Bồ Đào Nha còn được biết đến là đất nước có những đội thuyền vượt biển đâu tiên đóng góp công sức lớn đối với thế giới. 1. Lisbon Lisbon là thủ đô, là thành phố lớn nhất của Bồ. Thành phố này là đô thị đứng thứ 11 ở EU là một thành phố yên bình cổ kính đã từng làm mê đắm biết bao vị khách du lịch Châu Âu khó tính khi đến du lich Bồ Đào Nhà. Một số địa chỉ đáng tham quan tại Lisbon như là: Tháp Belém Tower Tu viện Jerónimos Monastery Lâu đài cổ São Jorge Công trình cổng Praça do Comércio Thủy cung Oceanário de Lisboa Phố cổ Alfama Tu viện cổ Carmo Convent Cầu Cầu 25 de Abril Nhà thờ quốc gia National Pantheon Di tích Arco da Rua Augusta Bảo tàng National Coach Museum Cầu dẫn nước Águas Livres Nhà thờ Church of Sao Roque 2. Porto Là thành phố lớn chỉ xếp sau Lisbon, Porto là một trong những đô thị đáng tham quan nhất nếu bạn có dịp đến Bồ Đào Nha. Tại Porto, một không gian yên lành điều hòa giữa sự hiện đại lẫn cổ kính khiến khách du lịch Châu Âu đi rồi nhớ mãi. Môt số địa diểm du lịch thú vị tại Porto dành cho bạn như: Cầu Luis I Tháp nhà thờ Clérigos Church + Clérigos Tower Hiệu sách Livraria Lello Cung điện Bolsa Palace Nhà thờ chính tòa Porto Nhà thwof cổ Monument Church Of St Francis Nhà hát Casa da Música Công viên Jardins do Palácio de Cristal Bảo tàng Serralves Nhà thờ cơ đốc Igreja do Carmo Cầu Arrábida Bridge Thủy cung SEA LIFE Porto Sân vận động Dragão và CLB bóng đá Porto Công viên thành phố Porto City Park 3. Madeira Quần đảo Madeira nằm ở phía nam của đất nước là một quần đảo được hưởng chế độ tự trị. Địa điểm du lịch châu Âu này nổi tiếng với rượu vang, ẩm thực, cảnh đẹp và những giá trị văn hóa, nghề thủ công đặc biệt. Chưa hết Madeira còn là quê hương của Cristiano Ronaldo. Các địa chỉ thú vị tại Madeira bao gồm: Vách đá Cabo Girão Núi Pico do Arieiro Núi Pico Ruivo Khu vườn Madeira Botanical Garden Khu sinh quyển Paul da Serra Khu bảo tồn Desertas Islands Nhà thờ chính tỏa Funchal Cathedral Công viên Santa Catarina Park Bảo tàng CR7 – Museu CR7 Bãi biển Praia Formosa Thác nước 25 Fontes Falls Tượng Christ the King 4. Faro Faro là tên chung để gọi về vùng cực nam của Bồ Đào Nha. Thành phố Faro là trung tâm hành chính, kinh tế, văn hóa và chính trị của vùng này. Hằng năm Faro thu hút rất nhiều khách du lịch biến nó trở thành một trong những khu vực giàu có nhất tại đất nước này. Một số địa điểm du lịch tại Faro bao gồm: Bãi biển Praia da Rocha Vách đá Cape St. Vincent Vách đá Ponta da Piedade Bãi biển Praia da Marinha Đảo Tavira Island Đảo Culatra Island Công viên nước Zoomarine Algarve, Portugal Lâu đài bạc Castle of Silves Địa điểm du lịch Áo Áo được mệnh danh là kinh đô văn hóa của châu Âu với rất nhiều thành phố, nhiều địa điểm, công trình cổ kính từ ngàn xưa. Áo lãng mạn không thua gì pháp, cổ kính không kém gì Italy và bình yên chẳng thua gì Anh. 1. Vienna Thủ đô Vienna của Áo là thành phố xếp thứ 7 trong khối liên minh EU. Vienna nằm bên bờ Danube hiền hòa là biểu tượng của truyền thống, văn hóa của Áo và châu Âu. Một thành phố Vienna cổ kính, mơ mộng là một trong những địa điểm du lịch châu Âu đẹp nhất dành cho du khách. Các điểm tham quan nổi tiếng tại Vienna có thể kẻ đến là: Cung điện Schönbrunn Cung điện Hofburg Nhà thờ cổ St. Stephen’s Cathedral Nhà hát lớn Vienna State Opera Bảo tàng Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Khu giải trí Prater Bảo tàng Albertina Bảo tàng nghệ thuật MuseumsQuartier Nhà thờ cơ đốc giáo Karlskirche Thư viện Quốc gia Áo 2. Salzburg Thành phố Salzburg là một đô thị yên bình xếp thứ tư ở Áo. Thành phố này có phần kiến trúc chung cổ kính với những ngôi nhà mang phong cách châu Âu trung cổ khiến du khách rất thích thủ. Một số địa danh thú vị tại Salzburg là: Lâu đài Hohensalzburg Cung điện Mirabell Palace Điện Schloss Hellbrunn Nhà thờ tòa chính Salzburg Cathedral Tu viện St Peter’s Abbey, Salzburg Công viên Mirabellgarten Bảo tàng âm nhạc Mozart Nhà thờ Petersfriedhof Núi Kapuzinerberg 3. Innsbruck Thành phố Innsbruck nằm ở bang Tirol nằm trong vùng thung lũng giữa Inn và Wipptal. Chính vị trí địa lý thú vị này đã biến thành phố trở thành một trong những địa điểm du lịch châu Âu cực kỳ thú vị tại Áo. Các điểm tham quan tại Innbruck dành cho du khách bao nổi bật gồm: Golden Roof Cung điện Ambras Castle Nhà thờ Court Church Núi Nordkette Cung điện Hofburg, Innsbruck Nhà thờ chính tòa Innsbruck Cathedral Cáp treo Nordkette Cable Car Bảo tàng Tyrolean State Museum Bảo tàng nghệ thuật Tyrolean Museum of Popular Art Di tích Triumphal Arch, Innsbruck Địa điểm du lịch Hà Lan Xứ sở hoa Tu-lip là một trong những đất nước thú vị nhất trên bản đồ du lịch châu Âu. Hà Lan từ xa xưa đã rất nổi tiếng khi là một trong những đế quốc đầu tiền trong lịch sử nhân loại. Ngày nay, tại Hà Lan vẫn còn rất nhiều điểm tham quan thú vị khiến bao du khách phải mê mẫn. 1. Amsterdam Ít ai biết rằng, thủ đô Amsterdam của Hà Lan lại là một trong những đô thị cổ kính nhất của nhân loại. Địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu nằm bên dòng sông Amstel huyền thoại và giữ một vai trò rất quan trọng đối với thương mại châu Âu thời kỳ mới phát triển công nghiệp. Nhờ vậy, giờ đây Amsterdam vẫn mang trong mình nhiều nét chấm phá đặc biệt khiến du khách không khỏi yêu mến. Một số điểm tham quan nổi tiếng tại thành phố này là: Bảo tàng tranh Van Gogh Bảo tàng nghệ thuật Rijksmuseum Công viên Vondelpark Nhà máy bia Heineken Bảo tàng Stedelijk Amsterdam Cung điện hoàng gia Hà Lan Vườn bách thú Natura Artis Magistra Tu viện Begijnhof, Amsterdam Sân vận động Johan Cruyff Arena và CLB bóng đá Ajax Amsterdam Nhà thờ Ons’ Lieve Heer op Solder 2. Rotterdam Rotterdam là thành phố lớn nhất nằm ở phía nam của đất nước. Thành phố là một địa điểm du lịch châu Âu nổi tiếng nhờ nhiều công trình, kiến trúc độc đáo mang đến sự thích thú cho du khách. Chưa hết, Rotterdam còn là một trong những thành phố biển, sở hữu cảng Rotterdam lớn hàng đầu trên thế giới. Một số địa danh tham quan nổi tiếng tại thành phố này co thể kể đến là: Bảo tàng Cube house Cầu Erasmusbrug Vườn thú Rotterdam Zoo Cảng thương mại Rotterdam Bảo tàng ng hệ thuật Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Tòa kiến trúc the Rotterdam Dòng sông Nieuwe Maas Hồ Kralingen Lake Bức tượng điêu khắc The Destroyed City Thủy cung Oceanium 3. Eindhoven Eindhoven là một trong những đô thị nhộn nhịp nhất ở phía Nam đất nước Hà Lan. Thành phố từng nằm ở ngã ba của các nhanh sông Dommel và Gender. Đây là thành phố đông dân thứ 5 Hà Lan và là một trong những địa điểm du lịch Châu Âu cực kỳ nổi tiếng của đất nước hoa Tu-lip. Một số địa danh tham quan của Eindhoven là: Bảo tàng Van Abbe Museum Vườn thú Dierenrijk Nhà thờ St. Catherine’s Church Khu cắm trại Strabrechtse Heide Khu trượt tuyết Montana Snow Center Sân vận động Philips và CLB bóng đá PSV Eindhoven Châu Âu là một trong những nơi đáng đi du lịch nhất dành cho bất cứ ai. 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A Cycling Legends Secret War Mission: Saving Italys Jews

Italy and bicyclesthe first thing they bring to mind is likely the neo-realist masterpiece The Bicycle Thieves, which will soon celebrate its 75th anniversary. But theres another story thats even more powerful and all the more remarkable for being true: the tale of Gino Bartali, Italys wartime cycling champ andunbeknownst to all but a fewsecret agent for the Italian Resistance who saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust.

Gino Bartali was born in 1914, the son of a laborer and an embroiderer, in Ponte a Ema, a village along the Arno River a few miles outside Florence. When he turned 11, Bartali had to commute to school and bought a used bicycle to make the trip. As he rode, he discovered an unusual talent for cycling: He regularly blew past other riders, despite his poor equipment. At first, even I was astounded and embarrassed by this discovery, Bartali wrote in his memoirs. When he took a part-time job as a bike mechanic in town, his ability was spotted by his boss, who convinced Bartalis reluctant parents to let him pursue the sport competitively. By the time he was 17, he had won his first race; he turned pro at 21, catching a wave of intense interest in cycling among Italian sports fans who followed the champions and their lives in the greatest of detail. In 1936, Bartali won the Giro dItaliaItalys version of the Tour de Franceand became a national hero. Even the pope became a bartalini, as his fans were called.

His victory brought him to the attention of Benito Mussolini, who had made physical fitness and sports a centerpiece of his political program. I dont want a nation of mandolin players, Il Duce famously quipped. I want a population of fighters. Italians had claimed the heavyweight boxing championship, the World Cup, and second place in the medal count at the Los Angeles Olympics. Now Mussolini wanted a victory in the Tour de Franceto prove the racial superiority of the Italian people. Bartali would represent his nation at the 2,740-mile race across the Pyrenees and Alps in 1938. In an epic performance in which he displayed what he viewed as critical to a cyclists successa profound capacity for suffering; at one point he began coughing up bloodBartali wore the race-leader yellow jersey through the streets of Paris to victory at the Parc des Princes velodrome.

With the win, Bartali became the most celebrated athlete in Europe. The international press swarmed him. Triumphant Italians were expected to dedicate their victory to Il Duce, as boxer Primo Carnera had done. But Bartali was a devout Catholicand the church was the only force strong enough to counter the Fascists, who were militantly anti-religious. Bartali was an active member of Catholic Action, an association of laypeople with such powerful support that Mussolini, who had shut down the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, could never seriously attack it.

Bartali refused to be used for Fascist propaganda, and so thanked only his fans for their support and then laid his victory wreath before a Madonna at the Notre-Dame-des-Victoires. The snub to Mussolini did not go unnoticed. Plans for him to present Bartali with a medal were canceled, and newspapers were instructed to ignore his homecoming. One French journalist was stunned: Not a cat at the train station. No organized reception. Nothing. I dont understand. And the risk of isolation and ostracism was not the only one Bartali faced for his bravery. The only other Italian to win the Tour, Ottavio Bottecchia, had also spoken out against the regime. He had died nine years earlier under mysterious circumstances during a training run.

The year 1938 was also a dark turning point for the Jews of Italy. Their community in Rome was the oldest in the world and Jews had been well-integrated into Italian society for centuries. But seeking to move closer to Nazi Germany, Mussolini played host to Hitler and enacted anti-Semitic laws, banning Jews from certain professions, from schools, and depriving them of key rights, such as the right to own property. Foreign-born Jews were stripped of their citizenship and placed in internment camps.

Although most Italian Jews were physically unharmed, the persecution continued until the Allied invasion of Italy in the summer of 1943 toppled Mussolini and an armistice was declared. Within days, however, German forces occupied the north of the country and reinstated Il Duce, dividing Italy in two as fierce fighting continued. The threat became dire as the Nazis took immediate action more deadly than the legalization of discrimination under Mussolini. The Germans and their Fascist allies began arresting Jews and sending them east to death camps. On Oct. 16, 1943, even the Jews of Rome were rounded up.

This black event pushed another prominent anti-Fascist into action. The cardinal of Florence, Elia Angelo della Costawho had pointedly refused to participate in festivities held for Hitlers visitsummoned Bartali to the citys storied Duomo. Della Costa, in collaboration with a local rabbi and the underground Jewish Desalem agency, was developing a network of hiding places in convents, monasteries, and other church properties, including the basilica of St. Francis at Assisi, where the bishop protected some 300 Jews seeking to escape the Nazis. The 71-year-old cardinal was a spiritual mentor of Bartalis and had presided over his wedding and baptized his son. Now he had a special mission for him.

When Italy had declared war on France and Britain three years earlier, Bartali had been drafted but spared front-line duty due to an irregular heartbeat. Instead, he was assigned to be a messenger for the army, a stroke of luck that allowed him to continue to use his bicycle and to race. Della Costas clandestine network was working to help Jews escape to safety in the south or into neutral countries. Crucial to its success was the ability to get forged identity papers and other false documents to the terrified refugees in hiding. As one of the only men in Italy with a legitimate excuse to bike long distances and official permission to do so, Bartali wouldDella Costa saidbe the perfect courier. The cyclist accepted the assignment.

Clad in his national racing uniform, Bartali hid forged visas underneath his seat in his bicycle frame, often unbeknownst to his training partners. He rode thousands of miles from Rome to Venice to Genoa, delivering his lifesaving contraband, often without meeting its ultimate recipient. On his rides, Bartali was also able to obtain forward intelligence and coordinate with smugglers working to move Jews across the border. At police checkpoints, the conversation inevitably turned to cycling and Bartali would ask the guards not to touch his bike, explaining that all the parts had been adjusted precisely to maximize his speed. Had his cargo been discovered, Bartali could have been executed on the spot.

In an even more dramatic ploy, Bartali would sometimes arrive in his national racing colors at the train station at Terantola, a major transit point. Without fail, a large crowd of admirers would notice the champion and surround him, distracting the police, who headed into the mix to maintain order. In a well-coordinated action, underground partisans would simultaneously move Jews to a different train with lightning speed, sending them south to freedom instead of north to concentration camps. And Bartali not only delivered documents and created diversions. He once personally brought a group of refugees to safety in the Swiss Alps by concealing them in a wagon behind his bicycleunder the pretense that it was an endurance-training technique.

Bartali also did his part in hiding his Jewish neighbors. When he was a young mechanic in Florence, he had met a a Jewish lumber importer from Moldova named Giacomo Goldenberg, who was a friend of his cousin. After the passage of the anti-Jewish laws, Goldenberg had quietly lived with his family in a villa in the hills above Florence. The cousin had visited him often and Bartali had on one occasion even brought Goldenbergs son Giorgio a blue bicycle. Following the Nazi occupation, Bartali hid Goldenberg and his family in an apartment he owned in the city, soon moving them to a hidden basement where they sheltered until the liberation the next year. He not only saved our lives but he saved the lives of hundreds of people, recalled Giorgio Goldenberg. He put his own life and his familys in danger in order to do so.

By 1944, with the Second World War raging, sporting events were largely canceled, and Bartalis cover began to look suspicious. He was hauled in for interrogation at the infamous Villa Tristethe House of Sorrow in Florence where Major Mario Carita, sadistic head of Mussolinis feared Department of Special Services, tortured prisoners and extracted confessions to real or imagined crimes (often with Neopolitan music playing on a piano). Carita was convinced Bartali was helping the Vatican in anti-Fascist activities despite his denials. By coincidence, one his questioners, Olesindo Salmi, had been his commanding officer during Bartalis wartime service. Salmi was the cycling fan who had allowed Bartali to ride a bicycle instead of a scooter to stay in condition. Now, the interrogator vouched for the prisoner: He doesnt lie, Salmi declared. Carita let Bartali go without further investigation.

After the war, an exhausted Bartali returned to competition. The Iron Man of Tuscany went on to win the Tour de France again in 1948, becoming the oldest man to do sodramatically surging ahead of the pack at the Catholic pilgrimage town of Lourdes. His victory, occurring during a period of dangerous civil strife in post-war Italy, united Italians and helped diffuse somewhat a political powder keg.

Bartali rarely talked about his work during the war, sharing stories with his son Andreabut swearing him to secrecy. On occasion, he would visit paintings by Giotto at a monastery at Assisi, one of the focal points of the Underground, for a quiet moment of reflection. Do good, but dont talk about it, he told his son. I dont want to talk about it, or act like a hero. Heroes are those who died, who were injured, who spent many months in prison. When Bartali died, his obituary mentioned the unifying effect of his Tour de France victory in 1948 and in passing his work with the partisans. It made no mention of his aid to his Jewish countrymen. His headstone does not even mention his athletic achievements. He was very modest about it, noted another friend. He held a profound sense that so many had suffered in much greater capacity than he had. He didnt want to be in the spotlight or diminish the contributions of others.

It is estimated that Bartali was responsible for saving 800 people and that the network he was a part of rescued 9,000. In 2013, 14 years after his passing, Bartali was given the honor of being named Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Israel. His son spoke at the ceremony. I want to be remembered for my sporting achievements, Andrea Bartali recalled his father telling him. Real heroes are others, those who have suffered in their soul, in their heart, in their spirit, in their mind, for their loved ones. Those are the real heroes. Im just a cyclist.

This May, for the first time, the Giro dItalia will start outside of Europe. The race will begin in Jerusalem and the first three stages will be held throughout Israel before moving on to Italy. Bartali, no doubt, would have been proud that a race that defined his life and gave him the opportunity to save so many would bring its message of peace to the Holy Land that united him and those he rescued.

At a time when so many in the world are turning on each other in anger, Bartalis actions deserve to be recognized. Good is something you do, not something you talk about, he said. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket.

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A Cycling Legends Secret War Mission: Saving Italys Jews

Italy and bicycles–the first thing they bring to mind is likely the neo-realist masterpiece T he Bicycle Thieves , which will soon celebrate its 75 th commemoration. But there’s another story that’s even more powerful and all the more remarkable for being true-life: the tale of Gino Bartali, Italy’s wartime cycling champ and–unbeknownst to all but a few–secret agent for the Italian Resistance who saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust.

Gino Bartali was born in 1914, the son of a laborer and an embroiderer, in Ponte a Ema, a village along the Arno River a few miles outside Florence. When he passed 11, Bartali had to commute to school and bought a exploited bicycle to attain the trip. As he rode, he discovered an unique aptitude for cycling: He regularly blew past other riders, despite his poor gear.” At first, even I was astounded and humiliated by this uncovering ,” Bartali wrote in his memoirs. When he took a part-time task as a bicycle machinist in town, their capabilities was discerned by his boss, who persuasion Bartali’s willing mothers to let him haunt the athletic competitively. By the time he was 17, he had acquired his first race; he moved pro at 21, catching a motion of intense those who are interested in cycling among Italian sports fans who followed the endorses and their lives in the greatest of detail. In 1936, Bartali won the Giro d’Italia–Italy’s form of the Tour de France–and became a national hero. Even the pope became a bartalini , as his followers were called.

His victory wreaked him to the attention of Benito Mussolini, who had induced physical fitness and sports a centerpiece of his political program.” I don’t want a society of mandolin players ,” Il Duce famously quipped.” I want a population of soldiers .” Italians had claimed the heavyweight boxing championship, the World cup finals, and second place in the honour count at the Los Angeles Olympics. Now Mussolini craved a victory in the Tour de France–to prove the racial supremacy of the Italian parties. Bartali would represent his society at the 2,740 -mile race across the Pyrenees and Alps in 1938. In an epic recital in which he displayed what he viewed as critical to a cyclist’s success–a profound” ability for abiding “; at one point he began coughing up blood–Bartali wore the race-leader amber jersey through the streets of Paris to victory at the Parc des Princes velodrome.

With the prevail, Bartali grew “the worlds largest” celebrated athlete in Europe. The international press swarmed him. Triumphant Italians were expected to dedicate their victory to Il Duce, as boxer Primo Carnera had done. But Bartali was a devout Catholic–and the church was the only coerce strong enough to counter the Tyrants, “whos” militantly anti-religious. Bartali was an active member of Catholic Action, an association of laypeople with such powerful subsistence that Mussolini, who had shut down the YMCA and the Boy Scouts, could never seriously attack it.

Bartali refused to be used for Fascist publicity, and so thanked exclusively his fans for their carry and then laid his victory crown before a Madonna at the Notre-Dame-des-Victoires. The snub to Mussolini did not go unnoticed. Hopes for him to present Bartali with a medal were canceled, and newspapers were instructed to ignore his homecoming. One French writer was stupefied:” Not a cat at the develop depot. No unionized receipt. Good-for-nothing. I don’t understand .” And health risks of lonelines and exclusion was not the only one Bartali faced for his fearlessnes. The only other Italian to prevail the Tour, Ottavio Bottecchia, had also expressed out against the existing regime. He had died nine years earlier under strange events during a improve run.

The year 1938 was also a dark turning point for the Jews of Italy. Their home communities in Rome was the oldest in the world and Jews had been well-integrated into Italian civilization for centuries. But seeking to move closer to Nazi Germany, Mussolini played host to Hitler and passed anti-Semitic rules, banning Jews from particular professions, from academies, and depriving them of its most important privileges, such as the right to own property. Foreign-born Jews were stripped of their citizenship and placed in internment camps.

Although most Italian Jews were physically unharmed, the persecution resumed until the Allied invasion of Italy in the summer of 1943 toppled Mussolini and an truce was said. Within periods, however, German personnels dominated the north of the country and rehabilitated Il Duce, fractioning Italy in two as ferociou opposing continued. The threat grew horrendous as the Nazis took immediate action more deadly than the legalization of discrimination under Mussolini. The Germans and their Fascist friends embarked detaining Jews and mailing them east to death camps. On Oct. 16, 1943, even the Jews of Rome were rounded up.

This black event pushed another prominent anti-Fascist into action. The cardinal of Florence, Elia Angelo della Costa–who had pointedly refused to participate in revelries held for Hitler’s visit–summoned Bartali to the city’s storied Duomo. Della Costa, in collaboration with a local rabbi and the underground Jewish Desalem agency, was developing a network of hiding places in convents, monasteries, and other religion belongings, including the basilica of St. Francis at Assisi, where the bishop protected some 300 Jews was striving to escape the Nazis. The 71 -year-old cardinal was a spiritual mentor of Bartali’s and had presided over his marry and christened his son. Now he had a special assignment for him.

When Italy had declared battle on France and Britain three years earlier, Bartali had been drafted but saved front-line responsibility due to an irregular heartbeat. Instead, he was assigned to be a messenger for the military forces, a stroke of luck that allowed him to continue to use his bicycle and to race. Della Costa’s clandestine system was working to help Jews escape to safety in the south or into neutral countries. Crucial to its success was the ability to get forged identity papers and other untrue documents to the terrified refugees in hiding. As one of the only humen in Italy with a lawful excuse to motorcycle long distances and official granted permission to do so, Bartali would–Della Costa said–be the perfect courier. The cyclist agreed with the assignment.

Clad in his national race attire, Bartali concealed forged visas underneath his seat in his bicycle frame, often unbeknownst to his qualifying partners. He razzed thousands of miles from Rome to Venice to Genoa, extraditing his lifesaving black-market, often without satisfying its ultimate recipient. On his goes, Bartali was also able to obtain forward intelligence and coordinate its activities with smugglers working to move Jews across the border. At police checkpoints, those discussions unavoidably turned to cycling and Bartali would ask the guards not to touch his motorcycle, explaining that all the areas had been adjusted precise to maximize his accelerate. Had his merchandise been discovered, Bartali could have been executed on the spot.

In an even more dramatic subterfuge, Bartali would sometimes arrive in his national race colorings at the develop depot at Terantola, a major transit extent. Without fail, a large gang of supporters would notice the endorse and encircle him, distracting the police, who headed into the concoction to maintain order. In a well-coordinated action, underground partisans would simultaneously move Jews to a different train with lightning speed, casting them south to freedom instead of north to concentration camps. And Bartali not only gave the documentation and caused recreations. He once personally brought groupings of refugees to safety in the Swiss Alps by disguising them in a wagon behind his bicycle-under the pretense that it was an endurance-training proficiency.

Bartali too did his part in hiding his Jewish neighbours. When he was a young auto-mechanic in Florence, he had met a a Jewish lumber importer from Moldova appointed Giacomo Goldenberg, who was a friend of his cousin. After the passage of the anti-Jewish constitutions, Goldenberg had softly lived with their own families in a villa in the hills above Florence. The cousin had inspected him often and Bartali had on one occasion even raised Goldenberg’s son Giorgio a blue-blooded bicycle. Following the Nazi occupation, Bartali obscures Goldenberg and members of their families in an accommodation he owned in the city, soon moving them to a hidden basement where they sheltered until the liberation the next year.” He is not simply saved our lives but he saved the lives of hundreds of parties ,” recollected Giorgio Goldenberg.” He set his own life and his family’s in danger in order to do so .”

By 1944, with the Second World War raging, boasting happenings were largely canceled, and Bartali’s extend began to look suspicious. He was hauled in for inquisition at the notorious Villa Triste–the” House of Sorrow “– in Florence where Major Mario Carita, brutal head of Mussolini’s panicked Department of Special Business, tortured prisoners and extracted admissions to real or suspected violations( often with Neopolitan music playing on a piano ). Carita was persuasion Bartali was helping the Vatican in anti-Fascist pleasures despite his negations. By co-occurrence, one his questioners, Olesindo Salmi, had been his commanding officer during Bartali’s wartime service. Salmi was the cycling devotee who had allowed Bartali to razz a bicycle instead of a scooter to stay in condition. Now, the interrogator attested for the hostage:” He doesn’t lie ,” Salmi swore. Carita told Bartali go without further investigation.

After the struggle, an exhausted Bartali returned to competition. The” Iron Man of Tuscany” will continue to be prevail the Tour de France again in 1948, becoming the oldest guy to do so–dramatically surging ahead of the parcel at the Catholic pilgrimage town of Lourdes. His victory, passing during a period of dangerous civil strife in post-war Italy, united Italians and facilitated permeate somewhat a political powder keg.

Bartali rarely “was talkin about a” his task during the course of its struggle, sharing narratives with his son Andrea–but cuss him to secrecy. On reason, he would visit paints by Giotto at a monastery at Assisi, one of the focal points of the Underground, for a quiet instant of reflection.” Do good, but don’t talk about it ,” he told his son.” I don’t want to talk about it, or act like a hero. Heroes are those who died, who were injured, who invested numerous months in prison .” When Bartali died, his obituary mentioned the unifying effect of his Tour de France victory in 1948 and in passing his work with the partisans. It prepared no mention of his aid to his Jewish countrymen. His headstone does not even mention his athletic accomplishments.” He was very modest about it ,” noted another friend.” He maintained a profound sense that so many had suffered in much greater capacity than he had. He didn’t want to be in the spotlight or diminish the contributions of others .”

It was found that Bartali was responsible for saving 800 beings and that the network he was a part of rescued 9,000. In 2013, 14 times after his give, Bartali was given the honor of being named Righteous Among the Societies by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Israel. His son speaking at the ceremony.” I want to be remembered for my sport accomplishments ,” Andrea Bartali withdrew “his fathers” telling him.” Real heroes are others, those who have suffered in their mind, in their middle, in their heart, in their thinker, for their loved ones. Those are the real heroes. I’m just a cyclist .”

This May, for the first time, the Giro d’Italia will start outside of Europe. The race will commence in Jerusalem and the first three theatres will be held throughout Israel before moving on to Italy. Bartali , no doubt, would have been proud that a race that defined his life and caused him the opportunity to save so many would bring its content of quietnes to the Holy sites that combined him and those he rescued.

At a epoch when so many in the world are growing on one another in indignation, Bartali’s actions deserve to be recognized.” Good is something you do , not something you talk about ,” he said.” Some medallions are pinned to your being , not to your case .”

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Part 1, Monday, April 10th, 2017

International News:

--- "Families of victims of Sunday's bombing at Alexandria's Coptic cathedral gathered at the Monastery of Saint Mina under heavy security on Monday as Egypt's cabinet approved a three-month state of emergency ahead of a scheduled trip by Pope Francis. Hundreds of mourners, many outraged by what they said was the state's failure to keep them safe on one of their holiest days, carried wooden coffins to the beat of drums interrupted by the wails of those dressed in all black. "Where should we go pray? They are attacking us in our churches. They don't want us to pray but we will pray," said Samira Adly, 53, whose neighbors were killed in the attack. "Everyone is falling short...the government, the people... nothing is good." The blast in Egypt's second largest city, which killed 17 including 7 police officers, came hours after a bomb struck a Coptic church in Tanta, a nearby city in the Nile Delta, that took the lives of 28 and wounded nearly 80. The twin attacks marked one of the bloodiest days in recent memory for Egypt's Christian minority,the largest in the Middle East. Both attacks were claimed by the Islamic State, which has waged a campaign against Egypt's Christian minority. The Copts, whose presence in Egypt dates to the Roman era, have long complained of religious persecution and accused the state of not doing enough to protect them."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-violence-idUSKBN17C1AV

--- "Pope Francis' trip to Egypt this month is expected to go ahead despite twin attacks on Christian churches that killed 44 people, Vatican officials said on Monday. However, diplomats and Vatican sources cautioned that the trip could be put in jeopardy or parts of it changed if the security situation worsened. The pope is due to spend about 27 hours in the Egyptian capital Cairo on April 28-29, meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, grand imam Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb and the country's Coptic Pope Tawadros. Archbishop Angelo Becciu, the Vatican deputy secretary of state, told Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper that the events on Sunday, however tragic, "could not impede the pope from carrying out his mission of peace.""

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-violence-pope-francis-idUSKBN17C1T0?il=0

--- "The International Monetary Fund sees a more favorable outlook for the global economy this year and next than in 2016, but it has concerns beyond the near term, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday. "Our forecast for 2017 and 2018 is certainly more favorable than what we have seen in 2016, and probably a bit more so than we had forecast previously," she said before the IMF releases its world economic outlook later this month. "So there is a positive short-term outlook on the horizon, which is unfortunately tainted by the risks that are still there, and that lead us to be concerned about the risk of complacency," Lagarde added. "I have also identified two key concerns that we at the IMF have: one is persistent low productivity and, second, excessive inequalities that grow together with that low productivity," she said after meeting the chiefs of other leading global economic organizations and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. On the influence of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, Merkel said she had no reason to believe the IMF's mission was endangered in any way."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-economy-imf-idUSKBN17C21Y?il=0

--- "Syrian or Russian warplanes dropped incendiary bombs on areas of Idlib and Hama provinces just days after a deadly gas attack in the region, activists and a monitoring group reported on Monday. Moscow and the Syrian army were not immediately available for comment. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Russian jets had used an incendiary substance called thermite in bombs they dropped over the towns of Saraqeb in Idlib and al-Latamenah in Hama, further south, on Saturday and Sunday. A rescue worker in Saraqeb said warplanes had dropped phosphorus bombs there, but he had not heard of the use of thermite. He said use of phosphorus was not a new development. "It's normal, these are often used," said Laith Abdullah of the Syrian Civil Defence, also known as the White Helmets, a rescue group working in rebel-held areas."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idlib-idUSKBN17C1MK?il=0

--- "Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen drew protests from her political rivals and the Israeli government on Monday by denying the French state's responsibility for a mass arrest of Jews in Paris during World War Two. Two weeks before the first round of the election in which she is a frontrunner, Le Pen touched a raw nerve by reopening debate about the state's role in one of the darkest episodes in French history under the Nazi occupation. "I think France isn't responsible for the Vel d'Hiv," Le Pen said on Sunday, referring to the German-ordered roundup by French police of 13,000 Jews in July 1942. Most were crammed into the Velodrome d'Hiver cycling stadium, commonly known as the Vel d'Hiv, before being deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. "I think that, in general, if there are people responsible, it is those who were in power at the time. It is not France," Le Pen said in an interview with media groups Le Figaro, RTL and LCI. Le Pen's rivals pounced on her comments, which could set back her attempts to clean up the image of her anti-immigration National Front and distance it from the anti-Semitic views of her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the party's founder."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-election-le-pen-idUSKBN17C0V8?il=0

--- "The United States military is still able to deconflict operations with Russia over Syria, a U.S. military spokesman said on Monday, but it was unclear how that was happening. On Friday, Interfax news agency, citing a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, said Russia had notified the Pentagon it would close down a communication line used to avoid accidental clashes in Syria. "We have continued to deconflict as necessary with the Russians because whenever we are flying we have to use all the available means to make sure that we don't have any mid-air incidents. That particular line and how it is used, we are not talking about it," U.S. Central Command spokesman Colonel John Thomas told reporters."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-communication-idUSKBN17C1YT?il=0

--- "Forces aligned with a U.N.-backed government in Tripoli said on Monday that three of their men had been killed in air raids against a desert air base by rivals allied to eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar. The oil-producing North African state slipped into turmoil during the 2011 uprising that ended Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year-old and has been riven by factional strife since then. The struggle for control around Tamanhent air base 30 km (19 miles) northeast of Sabha risks escalating into the first major confrontation between forces officially linked to the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA). Haftar is aligned with an eastern parliament and government that have spurned the GNA since it arrived in the capital Tripoli, in the far west of the country, a year ago. His forces have been extending their reach along Libya's central Mediterranean coastline and into the desert regions of Jufra and Sabha, and say they also intend to take control of Tripoli. After an LNA strike against Tamanhent last week the GNA warned of the risk of civil war and said it was mobilising forces to repel the attack."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-security-idUSKBN17C1Z3?il=0

--- "An Oslo court ruled on Monday that Norwegian police could continue to detain a Russian teenager while they investigate suspicions that he was plotting an attack with a primitive explosive device. The 17-year-old was detained on Saturday night, accused of possessing a container of lighter gas with nails taped around it in what his lawyer said was a "boyish prank". The bomb squad used a robot to blow up the object in central Oslo. No one was hurt...In Oslo, judge Mads Wilhelm Ruland ruled police could detain the Russian for two weeks, the maximum allowed for a minor, while they investigate under anti-terrorism laws."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-police-idUSKBN17C1PY?il=0

--- "The role of trade as a driver of global growth is threatened by a slowdown in trade reform since the early 2000s and an uptick in protectionism after the financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and World Bank said on Monday. Unveiling a joint report in Berlin entitled 'Making Trade an Engine of Growth for All,' the three organizations urged governments to address the negative effects that global trade has had on manufacturing jobs, workers and communities, especially in advanced economies. "Recent evidence on the effect of import competition on manufacturing jobs in certain locations in Europe and the United States demonstrates how harsh such impacts can be in the absence of accompanying policies," the IMF, WTO and World Bank said. "The role of trade in the global economy is at a critical juncture." The report said a lack of reform to make trade more beneficial to broader sections of societies has been a drag on productivity and income growth."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-germany-imf-idUSKBN17C1AN?il=0

--- "German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a joint statement on Monday with leaders of top international economic organizations saying they wanted to strengthen the global trade system in the face of protectionism. Merkel joined the heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization, OECD and the International Labor Organization in calling open markets and free trade necessary for economic growth. They also said stressed the importance of fighting climate change and protecting resources."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-germany-merkel-trade-idUSKBN17C1VT?il=0

--- "The United States has made slight adjustments to its military activities in Syria to strengthen protection of American forces following cruise missile strikes last week on a Syrian air base that heightened tensions, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday. The officials, citing the need to safeguard operations in Syria, declined to specify exactly what measures the United States has taken after the strikes, which Damascus, Tehran and Moscow have roundly condemned. They spoke on condition of anonymity. Asked about the Reuters report, a U.S. military spokesman later told a Pentagon news briefing that the U.S. commander for the campaign has been "calling in the resources that he needs" to protect U.S. forces in the wake of the strikes. The spokesman, Colonel John Thomas, also said U.S. strikes in Syria had become more defensive and acknowledged the pace had slowed somewhat since last Friday. "I don't think that is going to last for very long, but that is up to (Lieutenant General Stephen) Townsend," Thomas said, stressing there had been no attempts by Syria or its allies to retaliate against U.S. troops so far."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-syria-idUSKBN17C1S3?il=0

--- "On banners hung from mosques, cultural centres, construction sites and bridges, President Tayyip Erdogan's face punctuates the landscape along the highway to his ancestral home town of Rize on Turkey's northern Black Sea coast...Viewed with deepening suspicion by liberal Turks and some Western allies, who fear his Islamist ideals and authoritarian leadership are eroding Turkey's secularism and democracy, here Erdogan is seen as a hero of the pious, patriotic, working man...But Erdogan - Turkey's most powerful leader since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk founded the modern secular republic almost a century ago - is also its most divisive. Polls show a close race, putting the "yes" vote slightly ahead, but with nearly half the country rejecting changes that would replace Turkey's parliamentary system with the executive presidency Erdogan says is needed to give the country strength. Even around Rize, there are pockets of dissent among conservative Turks who, while sharing the ideals of Erdogan's ruling AK Party, are uncomfortable with the powers being amassed in one individual's hands..."Why would I vote Yes? I'm not a sheep. There's a republic, there's our constitution. Why are we throwing all this away?," said Ibrahim Ceylan, a waiter at a nearby fish restaurant."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-referendum-erdogan-conservativ-idUSKBN17C1TP?il=0

--- "Serbia and the United States agreed to step up efforts to bolster regional security including joint military and police training drills, Serbian Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday. Serbia is maintaining a balancing act between the West and Russia, its traditional Orthodox Christian and Slavic ally. Although it wants to join the European Union, Belgrade has adamantly refused to join NATO which bombed it in 1999 during the war in Kosovo. In 2008, with the U.S. backing, Kosovo declared independence. After meeting Republican Senator John McCain, who also chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, Vucic told reporters that the two sides will have "six or seven" joint training drills this year. During his one-day visit to Serbia, McCain attended a training between country's elite SAJ police unit, a detachment of the U.S. Special Operations Command and a military unit from Slovenia, a ex-Yugoslav republic and now NATO member...Vucic said the two also discussed regional stability, including talks between Serbia and Kosovo on normalizing relations, and the political crises in ethnically divided Macedonia and Bosnia."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-serbia-usa-idUSKBN17C1RF?il=0

--- "Sweden's Prime Minister said on Monday the country would never yield to terrorism, as he led a minute's silence for those killed and injured when a truck driver mowed down pedestrians on a Stockholm shopping street.Four people died and 15 were hurt in Friday's attack, the first of its kind in the country. "We will never surrender to terror," Lofven said in his speech outside Stockholm's city hall, as flags flew at half mast across the capital and church bells chimed while shoppers and tourists thronged the city center. Lofven was flanked by the royal family dressed in black, government ministers, and members of the emergency services."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sweden-attack-silence-idUSKBN17C18W?il=0

--- "A panel of global regulators could police a new system that allowed Britain and the European Union to use each other's financial rules after Brexit without disrupting markets, an advisory group said on Monday. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney called last week for such a "mutual recognition" system, and on Monday the International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG) fleshed out how it could work in practice. The IRSG, backed by TheCityUK, which promotes Britain as a financial center, and the City of London Corporation, home to the "Square Mile" financial district, said a dispute resolution model would be needed as the EU and UK regulatory systems diverge over time. The IRSG set out several options, some currently used in free trade agreements, and some that would have to be started from scratch..."A joint UK-EU committee or forum could be established to make sure that regulation and principles of supervision are monitored as they evolve over time," the IRSG said."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-city-idUSKBN17C1KX?il=0

Domestic & International News:

--- "U.S. President Donald Trump is open to authorizing additional strikes on Syria if the use of chemical weapons continues in the country, the White House said on Monday. "The sight of people being gassed and blown away by barrel bombs ensures that if we see this kind of action again, we hold open the possibility of future action," White House spokesman Sean Spicer said at a briefing on Monday."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-whitehouse-idUSKBN17C25O?il=0

Domestic News:

--- "Donald Trump reveled in the biggest political victory of his presidency at a White House ceremony on Monday in which his Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch was sworn in, poised to make an instant impact on a court once again dominated by conservatives. Trump was able to fulfill a top campaign promise when the Republican-led U.S. Senate voted to confirm the conservative Colorado-based federal appeals court judge to the lifetime job on Friday despite vehement Democratic opposition. With Gorsuch aboard, the court has five conservative justices and four liberals, a majority that could be pivotal in deciding a range of issues including abortion, gun control, the death penalty, presidential powers, political spending, environmental regulation and religious rights. Standing in the White House Rose Garden under bright sunshine on a warm spring day, Trump tied the occasion to the political aims of his administration, as the eight other members of the nation's highest court looked on. "Together we are in a process of reviewing and renewing and also rebuilding our country," Trump told an audience that included conservative activists and administration officials. "A new optimism is sweeping across our land and a new faith in America is filling our hearts and lifting our sights." Gorsuch filled a vacancy that had lingered for nearly 14 months after conservative Justice Antonin Scalia's February 2016 death. Gorsuch's judicial oath was administered by Justice Anthony Kennedy, for whom Gorsuch worked as a clerk as a young lawyer. Gorsuch becomes the first justice to serve alongside a former boss."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-gorsuch-idUSKBN17C10J?il=0

--- "Shareholder activism is rare in Islamic finance, but one wealth manager has staked out new territory as the most outspoken voice among Muslim investors in the United States. Working from an office in Falls Church, Virginia, Bashar Qasem was the only Islamic financial representative among religious shareholder advocates who sent a letter in February to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s travel ban. It was only one of a number of such moves since 2015, when Qasem's Azzad Asset Management firm started weighing in on issues like worker safety, climate change and lobbying disclosures. This direct advocacy will test whether many U.S. Muslim investors will support the sort of faith-based shareholder activism common among other religious groups even as many cite safety concerns or have experienced bullying. Qasem said his clients seemed to welcome his growing public role. Most are Muslim, and about half are immigrants. "Most of them, they feel it's about time," said Qasem, who grew up in Jordan, moved to the United States in 1987 and became a citizen in 1996."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-islam-investing-idUSKBN17C0AT?il=0

--- "Measures of U.S. inflation expectations dropped to their lowest levels in four months in March, reversing a brief run-up, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey released on Monday that could temper hopes for broader price pressure. The survey of consumer expectations, an increasingly influential gauge of prices for the U.S. central bank, showed that both year-ahead and three-year-ahead expectations fell to 2.7 percent, from 3 percent in February."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-survey-idUSKBN17C1PG?il=0

--- "Efforts to breathe new life into an ageing Manhattan office building that is the flagship property of the family of President Donald Trump's son-in-law has gained a green light after a partial owner of the building indicated a willingness to sell. Steven Roth, chairman and chief executive of Vornado Realty Trust, said in a letter to its shareholders that there had been "much press" recently about 666 Fifth Avenue, a 60-year-old building that Vornado owns with the Kushner family. "This is an ongoing, complex, dynamic, and unpredictable situation," Roth said in the letter dated April 4. Vornado has a joint venture in the building with Kushner Cos., a real estate company whose chief executive until recently was Jared Kushner, an adviser to Trump who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka. Jared sold his interests to a family trust in January..."Kushner Cos. is in active, ongoing discussions around 666 Fifth Avenue," spokesman James Yolles said in a statement. A previous statement had termed talks as "advanced." Kushner said two weeks ago it ended talks to re-develop the 39-story building, valued for its proximity to Rockefeller Center, the Museum of Modern Art, and St. Patrick's Cathedral, with China's Anbang Insurance Group [ANBANG.UL]."

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-property-kushner-vornado-realty-idUSKBN17C1UT?il=0

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A Cycling Legends Secret War Mission: Saving Italys Jews