Monte Palace in Madiera, Portugal dates back to the 18th century when a stunning estate was built. Through the years, the property has gone through several changes of owner, until it was bought by Rodrigues Berardo who set up the Berardo Foundation and turned the estate into the Monte Palace Tropical Garden. The gardens host [...]
Japanese Stone Lanterns or Ishidoro were first used in Japan around the 6th century AD. This would have been somewhere in the Asuka Period which saw not only artistic changes but also social and political changes in Japan caused in part by the introduction of Buddhism. The early stone lanterns in Japan were often used [...]