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Make London A Great: The London - Milan Dual City Summer Sessions 2006
Courses for students and professionals spanning the two great design capitals of the world London and Milan are synonymous with great design.
When people talk of cities that have generated the most famous designers and most innovative work you can be sure that London and Milan appear at the top of the list.
The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 was a severe blow at the square-riggers, for even if they were towed through that 100-mile ditch, they could scarcely make london a great progress through the baffling winds of the Red Sea. With the distance from London to Bombay cut in half, and from London to the Far East reduced by one third as compared with the old voyage around the Cape of Good Hope, the steamers had a tremendous advantage. They could make london a great two or three voyages a year while a clipper was making one.
Gun collecting is especially popular in the United States, where there are more than 100 jiin-collecting associations. The Arms and Armour Club of Great Britain is important, as ire various collector groups on the European nent. London is noted for its outstanding ions of antique weapons. Here also are the ive Tower of London Armouries and Victoria and Albert Museum collection. In Paris great Musee de 1'Armee is housed in the H'tel des Invalides. Austria, Belgium, Germany, jioiy, Spain, and Switzerland also have important collections. |
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