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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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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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. 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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The charm of this city nestled between the mountains and the sea, fragmented between past and present, a crossroads of different peoples a...
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Italy counts 22 national parks covering an overall surface of 1 million ha, corresponding to 5% of national territory. Furthermore, 50 Ital... -
The Vatican Grottoes extend under part of the nave of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, three meters below the current floor, from t...
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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…
29.02.2012 - 0 CommentsLake Garda is the largest lake in Italy. It is located in Northern Italy, about half-way between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan. Glaciers formed this alpine region at the end of the last Ice Age. The lake and its shoreline are divided between the provinces of Verona (to the…
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…- 30.04.2012 - 0 CommentsThe forts of Genoa are a set of military fortifications dating back to different eras, the Republic of Genoa built to defend the urban area of Genoa during its history. This defensive system marks the events of much of the city's history, as if to punctuate the complex theory of the seven walls which have…
- 30.04.2012 - 0 CommentsNegrotto Villa Cambiaso is a late nineteenth century building located in the center of the city park of Arenzano near Genoa. Named after the Marchioness Matilda Negrotto Cambiaso, her owner in the twentieth century. It is now the town hall of Arenzano. In the place where it is now Negrotto Villa…
12.09.2015 - 0 Comments1.- The capital of Salento and its beautiful architecture may become World Heritage. Lecce is a historic city of 93,300 habitants (2013) in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Apulia. It is…- 20.03.2014 - 0 CommentsSanta Maria delle Grazie ("Holy Mary of Grace") is a church and Dominican convent in Milan, northern Italy, included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites list. The church contains the mural of The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, which is in the refectory of the convent. he Duke of Milan Francesco I Sforza…
29.02.2012 - 0 CommentsThe 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. Each region is divided into provinces (except for…- 30.04.2012 - 0 CommentsPalazzo Ducale is one of the most important buildings in Genoa. Its history reflects in many ways the story of the power of Genoa, has been inhabited since the Captains of the People and the Doges, but not limited to, the history of the Palazzo Ducale can also be constituted by the history of remaking,…
- 30.03.2012 - 0 CommentsSicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea; along with surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana (Sicilian Autonomous Region). Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean. It extends from the tip of the Apennine peninsula from which…
