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Location: Pesaro | Italy |
| Pesaro offers a little bit of everything: it is situated directly by the sea and has one of the cleanest and most popular beaches on the Adriatic coast; on top of this, the city and its surroundings o.....
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| Mozart Festival | |
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Location: Warsaw/ Warszawa | Poland Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| Every year, from the 15th of June until the 26th of July, Mozart lovers from all over the world make a pilgrimage to Warsaw. For almost a month and a half the Warsaw Chamber Orchestra performs its bri.....
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| Festival de Carcassonne | |
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Location: Carcassonne | France |
| All festivals of classical music in this guide take place in extraordinary locations, but Carcassonne is truly one of a kind in the world. No matter from which direction one approaches, the fortress-t.....
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| Bath International Musical Festival | |
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Location: Bath | Great Britain Event period: Ascension Day |
| “Simply Bath”. With a name like that you couldn't possibly fall out fashion, and Bath really doesn't!
According to legend, Bath was founded 2000 years ago by Bladud, the father of Shakespeare's Kin.....
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| Warwick Festival | |
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Location: Warwick | Great Britain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| Warwick owes its uniform architectural image to a devastating fire in 1694. Because of it, Sir Francis Greville entrusted the brilliant British architect Lancelot 'Capability' Brown with the completio.....
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| Canterbury Festival | |
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Location: Canterbury | Great Britain Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| Everybody is familiar with 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer, in which one of the most moving events in English history – the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Beckett, by four h.....
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| Salzburger Festspiele | |
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Location: Salzburg | Austria Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| There are only few other festivals besides the Salzburg Festivals with such a range of music from theatre to opera to chamber and church concerts. The Salzburg Festivals are, now as ever, still except.....
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| Bregenzer Festspiele | |
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Location: Bregenz | Austria Event period: Feast of Corpus Christi |
| Ever since 1946, when the play by the lake took place on two gravel stages, the Bregenz Festivals have been developing into one of the high-points of the international festival scene. Every year durin.....
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| Uluslararasi Istanbul Mŭzik Festivali/ International Istanbul Festival | |
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Location: Istanbul | Turkey |
| Few other cities have changed their name as often, and have still made such an impact on world history, as Istanbul, formerly known as Constantinople, formerly known as Byzantium. Three names for one .....
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| Budapest Spring Festival | |
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Location: Budapest | Hungary |
| Budapest recalls Vienna, Prague, Berlin and Paris all at the same time, and yet retains its very own character too. Budapest is the place where during springtime 'the whole city smells of violets like.....
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"As a European I welcome the publication of this Top 500 Events guide. It's really much more. It's an encyclopaedia of regional traditions and customs in Europe , and a valuable journey planner for every European citizen. It will be my vademecum on trips throughout Europe in future.
I hope that you too will derive plenty of enjoyment from the guide, and that it will help to bring Europe still a little closer together."
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Former Prime Minister of Luxemburg
Former President of the European Commission
