Farmers in the field in southern Poland. Near the Pieniński National Park and the Dunajec Gorge, traveling through this idyllic corner of Poland is like stepping back to an earlier century. It's not unusual to see farmers with horse-drawn plows working the fields, and horse-drawn carts on the roads.

Tags: Lesser Poland, Tatra Mountains

This is a type of boat known as a Rabelo, floating on the Douro River in the Ribeira area of Porto, Portugal. These traditional cargo boats were originally used to transport barrels of Port wine from the wine producers in the upper Douro Valley to the cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, just across the river from the old Porto.

Tags: Port Wine, Porto, Rabelo

Sculpted by Bevenuto Cellini in the middle of the 16th century this bronze statue stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi, adjacent to Florence's Palazzo Vecchio (which you can see in the background). The Greek hero Perseus is holding the head of the Gorgon Medusa, who turned men to stone if they even glanced at her. Her hair is a mass of snakes, and blood gushes from the neck

Cellini's work had to compete with the likes of Michelangelo's David, on the square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, as well as Donatello's Judith and Holofernes, located near Perseus in the Loggia dei Lanzi.

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Check out this video about the creation of a highly detailed 3D scan of Vermeer's famous painting, Girl with a Pearl Earring, and then examine the painting for yourself in unprecedented detail.

Tags: Mauritshuis, Vermeer

A typical scene in the streets of Pienza, a small village at the heart Italy's Val d'Orcia region.

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