Malta: Mario de Marco
Article by Mario de Marco, Minister for Tourism, Environment and Culture: Les Gavroches is undeniably one of Antonio Sciortino’s most famous sculptures. It was originally located in the iconic Upper...
View ArticleSweden: Joakim Stymne
Article by Joakim Stymne, State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture: This is a view of the Old Town in Stockholm, taken one winter day in 1900 by Swedish physician Carl Curman. I have chosen this...
View ArticleHungary: Géza Szőcs
Article by Géza Szőcs, Minister of State for Culture: We have no knowledge of any equestrian statue on public display, or indeed, any statue at all which was completed by Leonardo during his lifetime....
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Ed Vaizey / Fiona Hyslop
Article by Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in the UK Government, and Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs in the Scottish...
View ArticleLithuania: Arūnas Gelūnas
Article by Arūnas Gelūnas, Minister of Culture: One of the greatest contributions of old Lithuania to European and World science and culture is the work of Kazimieras Semenavičius ‘Artis Magnae...
View ArticleCyprus: Giorgos Demosthenous
Article by Giorgos Demosthenous, Minister of Education and Culture: Cultural heritage can be items of a historical nature or items of present day creation. From all items in Europeana I choose to...
View ArticleDenmark: Uffe Elbæk
Article by Uffe Elbæk, Culture Minister of Denmark: At first look, this seems to be an unremarkable image. Three men in front of a brick wall, quite ordinary, except perhaps for their very fine and...
View ArticleFinland: Paavo Arhinmäki
Article by Paavo Arhinmäki, Minister for Culture and Sport: In my childhood during the 80’s all the boys – no matter if they were sons of a bank manager or the mailman – we all had rubbery soccer...
View ArticleSlovenia: Žiga Turk
Article by Žiga Turk, Minister for Education, Science, Culture and Sports: Slovenia: Europeana as the Generator of New Artistic Pursuits Slovenia is strongly present in Europeana. Europeana Local,...
View ArticleEstonia: Rein Lang
Article by Rein Lang, Minister of Culture: This ethnographic drawing from the Estonian National Museum’s collection depicts a Khanty girl wearing traditional dress. Silvia Anslang’s watercolour sketch...
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