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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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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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14.01.2012 - 0 CommentsThe city stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the…
05.01.2012 - 0 CommentsCapraia, called Capraria in ancient times, is an island of Italy, part of the Tuscan Archipelago, off the northwest coast; it is also a comune (municipality) belonging to the Province of Livorno. It is 62 km from the city of Livorno by sea, and 32 km northwest of the island of Elba; it is slightly closer…
21.02.2011 - 0 CommentsThe islands of the archipelago, whose substrata consist of limescale alternating with portoro, the rare black marble with characteristic yellow veining, represent the natural continuation of Porto Venere promontory: over 9,000 years ago, they formed a unit. Several sites in the Park territory bear…
28.05.2010 - 0 CommentsIt is presumed that the first Ligurian presence in the territory that would in future become Genoa, was between the end of the VI century b.c. and the III century a.d. The first to settle there was a very ancient society which was common in all of the region of Liguria and who’s culture disappeared…- 31.03.2013 - 0 CommentsFrom the Church of Valdinferno (7 km above Garessio) up along the concrete road to the Case Mulattieri (1418). Here, take the path (signposts) that goes right into the woods of beech and that comes out in the pastures of Pian Bersi in the immediate vicinity of the Refuge Savona (1528). From the…
- 23.12.2015 - 0 CommentsIngredients: 2 kg tomatoes - cherry, plum or ordinary - roughly chopped 250 g smoked bacon , cut into strips, or cubetti di pancetta 2 small red chillies 500 g bag bucatini 200 g pecorino,…
12.03.2025 - 0 CommentsGenoa 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. Genoa has a lot, if not everything. The sea, first of all. But also a strong identity, an urban development of its own, many faces and many worlds. Defined as “the…- 16.06.2012 - 0 CommentsRoccalbegna (GR) is located in the upper valley dell'Albegna, at the foot of the last propagini complex of Mount Amiata. His position is somewhat unique being located on a plateau between two rocks overlooking exploited over the centuries for defense purposes. The town is of medieval origin: it is…
29.02.2012 - 0 CommentsLake Maggiore is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the second largest lake in Italy and largest lake of the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Lake Maggiore is the most westerly of the three great prealpine lakes of Italy, it extends for about 70 km between Locarno and Arona. The…- 31.12.2024 - 0 CommentsThe historic centre of Genoa is the core of the Old Town, a place full of history and charm that after years of neglect and decay has finally been restored and returned to the city.. To discover the charm of ancient Genoa you have to walk and enter the "caruggi", the picturesque alleys of…
