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. I continue to show you some things about Genoa, the Ligurian capital that marked my life for 20 years of living there before returning...
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Negrotto Villa Cambiaso is a late nineteenth century building located in the center of the city park of Arenzano near Genoa. Named aft...
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Gargano National Park is a park located opposite Mount Italian Gargano. It was instituted by Article 34 of the law of December 6, 199...
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The National Park of Gran Sasso and Montes de la Laga is a natural park in Italy, which was created in 1991. It covers an area of 2,014... -
The Gran Paradiso is a mountain group between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions of north-west Italy. The peak, the 7th highest mountai... -
1.- Unesco Italy sites proposed: Pelagos The Cetacean Sanctuary. The Sanctuary includes marine areas within both inland waters and terri... -
Italy is home to three active volcanoes, all located in the south of the country. Mount Vesuvius, in Naples, is the only active volcano on...
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Genoa has a lot to offer: sea, mild climate, art and culture. A tour of the beauties to visit to discover it thoroughly and love it. ...
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- 11.06.2014 - 0 Comments1.- Unesco Italy sites proposed: Pelagos The Cetacean Sanctuary. The Sanctuary includes marine areas within both inland waters and territorial waters (twelve mile zone) of France, Italy and the Principality of Monaco. It also includes the neighbouring high seas. The Italian regions involved are: Liguria,…
17.12.2020 - 0 CommentsJetsurf, as its name suggests, is a sport that combines a surfboard with a propulsion engine (Jet).This engine works thanks to the storage of electric energy.A jetboard is a motorised surfboard, where the rider controls the speed using a handheld remote control and uses the weight transfer to manoeuvre…
01.07.2010 - 0 CommentsThe Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. It is situated behind the Cathedral and is the third oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo) after the Cathedral and the…- 21.09.2013 - 0 CommentsThe church of Santa Maria di Ronzano stands alone on a hill in the valley Mavone, in the town of Ronzano, in the municipality of Castel Castagna Abruzzo, in the province of Teramo. The building belonged to the monastery of the Benedictine abbey who conceived the convent, now disappeared. The architectural…
02.04.2011 - 0 CommentsSanta Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated just across from the main railway station which shares its name. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church. The church, the adjoining cloister, and chapterhouse contain a store of art…- 31.03.2012 - 0 CommentsLucky for those of us who speak English as our native language, most menus in restaurants in Italy will have plenty of things that look completely familiar from the Italian restaurants you’ve eaten in back home. We all know what spaghetti, ravioli, lasagna, ragu and cappuccino mean. I always used to tell my…
- 31.10.2013 - 0 CommentsThe 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…
29.02.2012 - 0 CommentsLake Como is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of 146 km², making it the third largest lake in Italy, after Lake Garda and Lake Maggiore. At over 400 m (1320 ft) deep it is one of the deepest lakes in Europe and the bottom of the lake is more than 200 metres (656 ft) below…
08.04.2022 - 2 CommentsIt is said that Ernest Hemingway, yes he himself, the Nobel Prize-winning writer with a passion for bullfighting, safaris and boxing, defined Val Trebbia as “the most beautiful valley in the world”. The sources that confirm this statement are uncertain and are lost in word of mouth that has reached…
06.03.2015 - 0 Comments1.- The Rewards of Walking the Cinque Terre. I hiked the Cinque Terre. Yes I did. Ok, not all of it – one pathway is impassable due to a landslide in 2011, but I walked as much as I could. I climbed up a plethora of stairs, rocks, and all for what? All to see the 5 stunning villages of the Cinque Terre;…
