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I mentioned it briefly in the calendar of art events 2013 in Ireland - this year artworks will be swapped again between the National Gallery american express platinum travel in London and Dublin's Municipal Gallery. A curious event that happens every six years. But just why? Well, blame the Germans. Or rather Kapit�nleutnant Walther Schwieger, a u-boat ace notorious for his sinking of ocean liners. Amongst which the Lusitania.
american express platinum travel It was the sinking of the RMS Lusitania that led to the moving artworks of Dublin and London. Because the original owner, Hugh Lane, had left his collection to London, but later decided that Dublin was a better place for them. Unfortunately, the will to this effect had not yet been properly witnessed when a torpedo hit the Lusitania and Hugh Lane went down with her. So, by law the collection belongs to London. But it was Hugh Lane's expressed intention, that Dublin american express platinum travel should benefit. In a Solomonic compromise they collection was split in two, to be rotated.
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