Latvia: Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende

Arti­cle by Žaneta Jaunzeme-Grende, Minister for Culture: Latvian Song and Dance Celebration Tradition  During the 19th century, the tradition of public song celebration festivals as a European cultural phenomenon was born and spread as a patriotic movement, throughout several European countries, …

Meet Europeana: Lea Brunelle

Lea is an intern at Europeana, currently working in the business development department while studying towards her Master’s degree in European Project Management. Originally from the city of Nantes on the French Atlantic coast, Lea has been living in the Netherlands for …

Belgium: Joke Schauvliege

Article by Joke Schauvliege, Flemish Minister for Environment, Nature and Culture: Jean Fouquet depicts the virgin Mary seated on a throne, as becomes the Queen of Heaven. His style is inspired by that of the Flemish Primitives and the painter brothers …

Spain: José Ignacio Wert

Article by José Ignacio Wert Ortega, Spain’s Minister of Education, Culture and Sport: Towards 776, a monk called Beatus, perhaps the abbot of the San Toribio Monastery in Liébana, wrote a book titled Commentaries on the Apocalypse, which enjoyed extraordinary success over five …

Romania: Irina Marin Cajal

 Article by Irina Sanda CAJAL MARIN, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage: The Sleep, Constantin Brâncuşi Brâncuşi embodies, not only for me, but for anyone acquainted with his work, the universal Romanian. He is the artist whose sculptures …

Poland: Piotr Zuchowski

 Article by Piotr Zuchowski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Poland: One of the most valuable masterpieces of the Polish culture available through Europeana is the St. Florian Psalter dated at the turn of the 14th and 15th …