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Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Siena | No Comments »
Monasteries were essentially rural until the beginning of the thirteenth century, when the idea of an exclusively meditative retreat was displaced by the preaching orders of friars. Suddenly, in the ... Read more..City Transport
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Rome | No Comments »
... Read more..Genoa Addressses
Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in Genoa - Genova | No Comments »
Note that Genoa is one of the handful of Italian cities that, for some reason, has an unnecessarily complicated double system of street-numbering: commercial establishments (such as bars and restaurants) ... Read more..Parco Del Valentino And The Museo Dell’automobile
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Turin - Torino | No Comments »
The scruffy porticoes of Via Po lead down to the river from Via Roma, ending just before the bridge in the vast arcaded Piazza Vittorio Veneto. Turn off halfway down, ... Read more..Popes and Emperors
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in History of Italy | No Comments »
On the death of Otto III in 1002, Italy was again without a recognized ruler. In the north, noblemen jockeyed for power, and the papacy was manipulated by rival Roman ... Read more..Train
Sunday, March 25th, 2007 Posted in Getting Italy | No Comments »
Operated by Italian State Railways (Ferrovie dello Stato, or FS), there are seven types of train in Italy. At the top of the range are the " Pendolino " (CiS) ... Read more..Getting Italy from the USA and Canada
Friday, March 2nd, 2007 Posted in About Italy | No Comments »
You can fly to Italy direct from a number of US and Canadian cities: the main points of entry are Rome and Milan, although there are plenty of connecting flights ... Read more..