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Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Benevento | No Comments »
... Read more..The Old City
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Bari | No Comments »
... Read more..About Bari
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 Posted in Bari | No Comments »
... Read more..Taormina’s Beaches - And Naxos
Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in Taormina | No Comments »
The coastline below town is unquestionably appealing - a mixture of grottoes and rocky coves - but too many of its beaches are either private ... Read more..Piazza Castello
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Turin - Torino | No Comments »
Via Roma continues north through the heart of Turin, passing near some of the key monuments of the Savoys and the Italian Unification. The Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento , ... Read more..History
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Turin - Torino | No Comments »
The Torinese are accustomed to absolutism. From 1574 Turin was the seat of the Savoy dukes, who persecuted Piemonte's Protestants and Jews, censored the press and placed education of the ... Read more..Sports and Outdoor Pursuits
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in About Italy | No Comments »
Spectator sports are popular in Italy, especially the hallowed calcio (football), and there is undying national passion for frenetic motor and cycle races. When it comes to participation, though, you ... Read more..The emergence of city states
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in History of Italy | No Comments »
Charles of Anjou , brother of King Louis IX of France, defeated Frederick II's heirs in southern Italy, and received Naples and Sicily as a reward from the pope. His ... Read more..Roman Italy
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in History of Italy | No Comments »
The growth of Rome , a border town between the Etruscans and the Latins, gained impetus around 600 BC from a coalition of Latin and Sabine communities. The Tarquins , ... Read more..Etruscans and Greeks
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 Posted in History of Italy | No Comments »
Greek settlers colonized parts of the Tuscan coast and the Bay of Naples in the eighth century BC, moving on to Naxos on Sicily's Ionian coast, and founding the city ... Read more..