Offida, the accent is on the "i" as "wine." Do you understand sporgendoti the railing behind the apse of the church of Santa Maria della Rocca thousand years, that this is a divine place: the sanctity of the shadows of this monolith of spirituality, just pierced by small arcades dwarfs, nicely minimal, and the lightness of the vineyards clinging to the slopes, down there.

The down-and-white vertical cliff, a limestone wall on which leaches the honeyed light of the afternoon Offida.
offida piantaA city that exudes a grandeur that seems just passed: the current population is just over half of the fifties.

It remains the glory, in the vast square where you can admire the Town Hall, an antiphon of brick town of Tuscany interior.

In the silence of the streets of downtown just bogged down with some effort you can hear the noises of the irons and the screams of the wounded who were in these parts daily at the time of the wars against Ascoli Still, the Guelphs against Ghibellines slew as calves forget the wonders around.

OffidaA glass of garrulous Pecorino - white DOC Offida - or polpacciuto Rosso Piceno to settle any dispute, perhaps generous to the tables of these places.
Other sights
  • The Palazzo Comunale ("Town Hall"), built between the 13th and 14th century. It has a merloned central tower, while the façade is preceded by a protico with seven arcades and a loggia added in the 15th century. The interior houses a small art gallery with works by Pietro Alamanno and Simone de Magistris.
  • Sanctuary of St. Augustine, built in 1338-1441. The façade is in Baroque stle (1686), while the interior was modified and expanded in the 18th century with Latin Cross plan and late Baroque decorations. It houses a precious silver !relic cross" executed in Venice in the 13th century.
  • Church of Madonna dell Suffragio, with an external fresco by Simone de Magistris.
  • Monastery of San Marco, built by the Franciscans in the 14th century. The church with the same name is from 1738 (a rose window and other Gothic-style details from a pre-existing structure can be seen today).


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The Palazzo del Leone has always been an icon and "fifth" of the Piazza della Signoria. Five floors and a mezzanine space business, for a total of 3,000 sqm., With frescoed ceilings and large mullioned windows overlooking the Piazza della Signoria, just in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, reopened after about 2 years of meticulous renovations.

The complex in question is part of a block located in the historic center within the walls of the City of Florence, and is essentially composed of a factory late planting ottecentesco, overlooking the Piazza della Signoria, the Via Vacchereccia laterally and Alley Malespini and tergalmente part of the Piazza Santa Cecilia and partially bordered by a separate housing unit.

palazzo del leone7The Palazzo delle Assicurazioni Generali is the last large building erected in Piazza Della Signoria in Florence. Before the construction of the building in 1871 to a design by architect Landi, in its place were the famous Loggia dei Pisani, where since 1352 he established the Art of the Exchange, and the church of Santa Cecilia.

The statements are characterized by architectural elements typical of the architectural decoration of the period as the ashlar, the mullioned windows, the string courses and brackets under the eaves.

The building, which forms typical of the early Florentine Renaissance, echoes the forms of the buildings of the great Florentine families, but to dispense with the typical sockets arranged in a continuous seat to open instead of a continuous series of arches which are hosted big commercial funds, including the famous bar "RIVOIRE" and store "CHANEL".

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To increase the availability of useful surfaces, has four floors instead of the traditional three. Another significant deviation from the inspirations is the fact that it was made of stone instead of the traditional pietraforte.

Since its construction, the building did not have residential purposes, but its only purpose was to house the offices of the local insurance company, founded in Trieste in 1831.

Generally, the architecture of the offices was designed to harmonize with the surrounding buildings, especially when, for reasons of prestige, the buildings were to stand in an urban context of world renown. Florentine building the perfect symmetry of the prospectus and its mass makes it immediately apparent, despite the attempt to harmonize with the surrounding well-oldest buildings

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1.- The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level.

The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes. Mere administrative districts of the central state during the Kingdom of Italy, Regions were granted political autonomy by the 1948 Constitution of the Italian Republic.
Nevertheless, the actual implementation of regional autonomy was postponed till the first Regional Elections of 1970, as the ruling Christian Democracy party didn't want the opposition Italian Communist Party to gain government in many of them where it was historically rooted (the red belt of Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria and Marche).

2.- Royal Palace of Caserta, the best example of Italian Baroque.

The best example of Italian Baroque, such as the Fountain of Dolphins which is nearly 500m in length, or the Eolo fountain, the project was done by Vanvitelli, or the Fountain of Diana and Actaeon, behind which is a large artificial waterfalls.
One ofthe reasons which persuaded the jury to award this prestigious prize is thè recent restoration of the flourishing English Garden. Hills, glades, lakes and canals have aver the years been enriched by new plants from ali aver the world.

3.- The Castle De Cesaris of Spoltore has returned to live.

castello de cesaris2The Castle De Cesaris of Spoltore (Abruzzo) is an ancient building, whose foundation is shrouded in mystery. It is now a private residence. It consists of a courtyard, a stable for twelve horses, the cellar, the barn and the dungeons.Some properties are due to the restructuring of the '500 and '700 presuppose an existing structure, probably related to the fortress on top of the hill on which the village stands.
Seen from outside the country, the castle looked like a fortress from the perimeter wall and homogeneous with some impressive window and a single opening at the bottom.

4.- The Best Romantic Getaways in Italy.

Costa Esmeralda (Sardinia): Since the 1960s, The Emerald Coast of Sardinia has been a mecca of the rich and famous, many arriving on million-dollar yachts for an off-the-record vacation. Heavenly bays are overlooked by olive tree covered hills. The coast with its sandy beaches is studded with some of the poshest beach resorts in Europe.

  • Spoleto: Spoleto is as ancient as the Roman Empire and as timeless as the music presented there every summer during its world-renowned arts festival. The architecture of this quintessential Umbrian hill town is centered on a core of religious buildings from the 13th century. It's even more romantic during the off season, when the crowds are less dense.

    5.- The Best Ruins in Italy.

    Hadrian's VillaThe Colosseum (Rome): Rome boasts only a handful of other ancient monuments that survive in such well-preserved condition. A massive amphitheater set incongruously amid a maze of modern traffic, the Colosseum was once the setting for gladiator combat, lion-feeding frenzies, and public entertainment whose cruelty was a noted characteristic of the empire (just ask Russell Crowe). All three of the ancient world's classical styles (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) are represented, superimposed in tiers one above the other.

    6.- The Best Cathedrals in Italy.

    duomo-baptistry-florenceItaly has many majestic cathedrals, often with spectacular works of art inside. A cathedral is a city's main church and is usually called the duomo but also can be named basilica, cattedrale or chiesa madre (mainly in the south). There are a few rules to observe when visiting a cathedral such as no skimpy clothing, speaking quietly, and sometimes not taking photos inside. While most cathedrals do not charge admission there are a few that do.

    7.- A beautiful mountain lake in the Dolomite Mountain Range.

    The Dolomites are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley (Val Sugana). The Dolomites are nearly equally shared between the provinces of Belluno, South Tyrol and Trentino.

    8.- In Italy there are approximately 1500 the most important museums of the world heritage museum.

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    In Italy there are approximately 1500 museums, among them the most important find heritage museum in the world, due to its rich artistic heritage which represents almost half of the world's heritage. The importance of Italian museums exceeded scientific interest and research, about 30 years to become an important social educational tool.

    Italy has a wealth of museums displaying art and artifacts from prehistory through modern days. Whether you're looking for archeology, Renaissance paintings, or modern art, Italy has something for you. Find out which museums have what you want to see with this guide to the best museums in Italy.

    9.- The Fort Ceraino, originally called Fort Hlawaty, is a fortress built by the Austrians in the Veneto region.

    FortediCeraino The Fort Ceraino, originally called Fort Hlawaty, is a fortress built by the Austrians, which rises in the territory of the municipality of Dolcè on the left bank of the Adige. Passed in 1866 in Italian hands, took the name of Fort Ceraino (from the locality of the municipality is located).
    Currently decommissioned by the army, is in a state of neglect.
    The Ceraino Fort, built by the Austrians between 1850 and 1851, was called by them to the Lieutenant Field Marshal Johann von Hlavaty in recognition for his work as a military architect. After 1866, when Veneto was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy, was called Fort Ceraino.

    6.- The Uffizi Gallery is the one of the oldest and most famous art 10useums of the Western world.

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    The Uffizi Gallery  is a museum in Florence, Italy. It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world. Building of the palace was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici as the offices for the Florentine magistrates — hence the name "uffizi" ("offices"). Construction was continued to Vasari's design by Alfonso Parigi and Bernardo Buontalenti and ended in 1581. The cortile (internal courtyard) is so long and narrow, and open to the Arno River at its far end through a Doric screen that articulates the space without blocking it, that architectural historians treat it as the first regularized streetscape of Europe.

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    1.- The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level.

    The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes. Mere administrative districts of the central state during the Kingdom of Italy, Regions were granted political autonomy by the 1948 Constitution of the Italian Republic.
    Nevertheless, the actual implementation of regional autonomy was postponed till the first Regional Elections of 1970, as the ruling Christian Democracy party didn't want the opposition Italian Communist Party to gain government in many of them where it was historically rooted (the red belt of Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria and Marche).

    2.- Royal Palace of Caserta, the best example of Italian Baroque.

    The best example of Italian Baroque, such as the Fountain of Dolphins which is nearly 500m in length, or the Eolo fountain, the project was done by Vanvitelli, or the Fountain of Diana and Actaeon, behind which is a large artificial waterfalls.
    One ofthe reasons which persuaded the jury to award this prestigious prize is thè recent restoration of the flourishing English Garden. Hills, glades, lakes and canals have aver the years been enriched by new plants from ali aver the world.

    3.- The Castle De Cesaris of Spoltore has returned to live.

    castello de cesaris2The Castle De Cesaris of Spoltore (Abruzzo) is an ancient building, whose foundation is shrouded in mystery. It is now a private residence. It consists of a courtyard, a stable for twelve horses, the cellar, the barn and the dungeons.Some properties are due to the restructuring of the '500 and '700 presuppose an existing structure, probably related to the fortress on top of the hill on which the village stands.
    Seen from outside the country, the castle looked like a fortress from the perimeter wall and homogeneous with some impressive window and a single opening at the bottom.

    4.- The Best Romantic Getaways in Italy.

    Costa Esmeralda (Sardinia): Since the 1960s, The Emerald Coast of Sardinia has been a mecca of the rich and famous, many arriving on million-dollar yachts for an off-the-record vacation. Heavenly bays are overlooked by olive tree covered hills. The coast with its sandy beaches is studded with some of the poshest beach resorts in Europe.

  • Spoleto: Spoleto is as ancient as the Roman Empire and as timeless as the music presented there every summer during its world-renowned arts festival. The architecture of this quintessential Umbrian hill town is centered on a core of religious buildings from the 13th century. It's even more romantic during the off season, when the crowds are less dense.
  • 5.- The Best Ruins in Italy.

    Hadrian's VillaThe Colosseum (Rome): Rome boasts only a handful of other ancient monuments that survive in such well-preserved condition. A massive amphitheater set incongruously amid a maze of modern traffic, the Colosseum was once the setting for gladiator combat, lion-feeding frenzies, and public entertainment whose cruelty was a noted characteristic of the empire (just ask Russell Crowe). All three of the ancient world's classical styles (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) are represented, superimposed in tiers one above the other.

    6.- The Best Cathedrals in Italy.

    duomo-baptistry-florenceItaly has many majestic cathedrals, often with spectacular works of art inside. A cathedral is a city's main church and is usually called the duomo but also can be named basilica, cattedrale or chiesa madre (mainly in the south). There are a few rules to observe when visiting a cathedral such as no skimpy clothing, speaking quietly, and sometimes not taking photos inside. While most cathedrals do not charge admission there are a few that do.

    7.-  A beautiful mountain lake in the Dolomite Mountain Range.

    The Dolomites are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley (Val Sugana). The Dolomites are nearly equally shared between the provinces of Belluno, South Tyrol and Trentino.

    8.- In Italy there are approximately 1500 the most important museums of the world heritage museum.

    musei italiani map

    In Italy there are approximately 1500 museums, among them the most important find heritage museum in the world, due to its rich artistic heritage which represents almost half of the world's heritage. The importance of Italian museums exceeded scientific interest and research, about 30 years to become an important social educational tool.

    Italy has a wealth of museums displaying art and artifacts from prehistory through modern days. Whether you're looking for archeology, Renaissance paintings, or modern art, Italy has something for you. Find out which museums have what you want to see with this guide to the best museums in Italy.

    9.- The Fort Ceraino, originally called Fort Hlawaty, is a fortress built by the Austrians in the Veneto region.

    FortediCeraino The Fort Ceraino, originally called Fort Hlawaty, is a fortress built by the Austrians, which rises in the territory of the municipality of Dolcè on the left bank of the Adige. Passed in 1866 in Italian hands, took the name of Fort Ceraino (from the locality of the municipality is located).
    Currently decommissioned by the army, is in a state of neglect.
    The Ceraino Fort, built by the Austrians between 1850 and 1851, was called by them to the Lieutenant Field Marshal Johann von Hlavaty in recognition for his work as a military architect. After 1866, when Veneto was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy, was called Fort Ceraino.

    6.- The Uffizi Gallery is the one of the oldest and most famous art 10useums of the Western world.

    museo uffizi

    The Uffizi Gallery  is a museum in Florence, Italy. It is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world. Building of the palace was begun by Giorgio Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I de' Medici as the offices for the Florentine magistrates — hence the name "uffizi" ("offices"). Construction was continued to Vasari's design by Alfonso Parigi and Bernardo Buontalenti and ended in 1581. The cortile (internal courtyard) is so long and narrow, and open to the Arno River at its far end through a Doric screen that articulates the space without blocking it, that architectural historians treat it as the first regularized streetscape of Europe.

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    In the heart of Apulia more beautiful, suspended between the blue Adriatic and the green hills of olive trees.

    Ostuni the White City famous in the world, is home to the "White City Resort" incomparable setting for relaxation, entertainment and quality restaurants.

    Words are a pretext to peek at the photos, which are an excuse to talk of Ostuni. Because of Ostuni the author might say, the White City.

    ostuni43But more than that the lightning can remember who mistreats his eyes when the sun finally makes its way into a patch of sky free of rainclouds.

    Exit a twilight heated by white reflections and feel the light that embraces first, and then crushes. Against the walls, to him succulents, between the legs of cats curled up.

    Under the faces, in the porticoes, in the shadow of clothes hanging. What else would just be demeaning flags of slovenliness, here are a symptom of that goes inside out: palazzi - multi-storey houses stacked one on the other - are huddled, sunken, narrow, covet each other.

    And instantly to flow into an exterior that is only continuation: the streets as corridors, squares as small rooms, decorated with the same care. Vases of flowers painted shutters, cats, ostuni_maprats nothing.

    "Ostuni is the scenic city par excellence, every house is a belvedere, every restaurant is the Bellavista, at each window there is a poet who looks in the plain below the olive trees that cangian color to every wind [...] In Ostuni houses are white, milk and lime, are white to hurt the eyes are pure white walls, windows, doors, stairs, everything is impossibly white. [...] A Ostuni going to understand what it means to be sheltered from the sun [...] not to want more novels, not to think more distant travel, here is the charm of all the cities of the seas South, here is the 'equator at hand. "

    (Ettore Della Giovanna)

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