November 25, 2010
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Paestum – major Graeco-Roman city in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Paestum is a major European seaside resort and unforgettable tourist destination. It is also the main objective of the excavations for history lovers. Paestum is located in Campania region, about 40 km south of Salerno and 85 km southeast […]
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Categories: Italy, Sights
November 14, 2010
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Orvieto is one of the most spectacular hill towns in Italy — a volcanic tufa plateau rising almost vertically from the Umbrian plain whose crown jewel is the Duomo di Orvieto, one of the greatest Gothic cathedrals in Italy, with a glittering facade of gold mosaics, carved biblical scenes, and rose windows that the art […]
Tags: 15th-century, architectural-treasures, artistic, belvedere, celebrations, central-italian-region, city, economic-center, etruscan-necropolis, etruscan-period, etruscans, festa-della-palombella, gusto, italy, noble-families, olive-oil, orvieto, pozzo-di-san-patrizio, remnants, tourism-center, town, traditions-in-italy, typical-products, volcanic-rock, wine, wine-traditions
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 10, 2010
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Best European skiing destinations Updated: January 4, 2020 | By Claire | 2 Replies More Have you already started to choose some good skiing destination for this winter? We had. Here are some of the possibilities that we suppose to be the best skiing destinations in Europe. France – Offers the best value for money […]
Tags: austria, beautiful-mountain, best-ski-resorts, carrying-capacity, cortina-d-ampezzo, courchevel-1850, dolomites, europe, europe-france, four-villages, france, international-atmosphere, italy, local-architecture, monte-cristallo, mountain-sceneries, mountains, national-park, olympic-winter-games, parc-national-de-la-vanoise, quality-ski, ski, ski-resort, ski-resorts-in-france, ski-slopes, ski-tows, skiing, snow, switzerland, wooden-houses
Categories: Austria, France, Italy, Wellness, Relax & Sports
November 8, 2010
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Spoleto – an ancient city of the arts festival “The Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds)” | Italy Updated: November 14, 2020 | By Claire | More In the region of Umbria, in the central Italy, there is a picturesque historical town called Spoleto (Spoletium), which history stretches back to medieval times. It […]
Tags: ancient-city, archaeological-findings, architectural-modifications, architectural-treasures, aristocratic-families, arts-festival, broad-valley, central-italy, city, current-view, festival-of-two-worlds, french-occupation, geographical-position, italy, occupation-period, political-significance, prehistoric-times, revivals, rich-villas, roman-architects, roman-colony, romanesque-churches, spoleto, target, the-festival-dei-due-mondi, town, umbri, unification-of-italy
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 7, 2010
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Assisi – the city of the peace in Italy Updated: August 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Assisi is a town located in the central Italian region of Umbria and one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the country. It is linked with the life of St. Francis, who lived here from 1181 […]
Tags: albornoz, assisi, birthplace-of-st-francis, calendimaggio, city, city-of-the-peace, franciscan-monastery, goddess-minerva, italy, medieval-castle, papal-jurisdiction, peace, perugia, pilgrimage-basilica, religious-buildings, renowned-festival, roman-forum, roman-period, santa-chiara, santa-maria-sopra-minerva, santo-stefano, secular-franciscan-order, st-francis-of-assisi, town, tuscany, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site
Categories: Italy, Sights
November 4, 2010
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Capri island – the centre of luxury | Italy Updated: January 29, 2020 | By Claire | More The picturesque island of Capri lies in the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Gulf of Naples. Not like the many islands in the vicinity, Capri has not been created by volcanic activity arose, but was separated from the […]
Tags: anacapri, capri, dark-cave, emperor-tiberius, grotta-azzurra, gulf-of-naples, island, island-of-capri, italian-countryside, italy, luxury, many-islands, marina-grande, marina-piccola, napoli, picturesque-island, picturesque-square, picturesque-view, romantic-beauty, sea-cave, sorrento-peninsula, swedish-writer, villa-jovis, villa-san-michele, white-cliffs
Categories: Italy, Nature
October 30, 2010
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Perugia – the major center of Italian art and chocolate Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Perugia is the capital of the central Italian province – Umbria and is considered a major center of Italian art. Even if Perugia is surrounded by not very nice suburb and messy highway lines, it is […]
Tags: behin, central-italy, chocolate-lovers, city, comfortable-shoes, corso-vannucci, etruscans-romans, fontana-maggiore, giovanni-pisano, italian-art, italian-painter, italian-province, italy, medieval-heart, medieval-influences, nicola-and-giovanni, papal-state, pedestrian-zone, perugia, pietro-vannucci, public-traffic, renaissance-artist, splendid-monuments, tiber-river, town
Categories: Italy, Sights
October 23, 2010
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Pienza – the model of the Renaissance town in the heart of Tuscany, Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | More Pienza is a lovely town, whose small chamber center had been almost totally rebuilt by Pope Pius II. in 15th century. In 1405 in Corsignanu, as Pienza was called at that time, […]
Tags: 15th-century, balcony, bernardo-rossellino, cathedral-project, cheese-production, cheeses, city, flavors, florentine-architect, heart-of-tuscany, humanist, inhabitants, italy, palazzo-piccolomini, papal-palace, philosopher, pienza, pope-pius-ii, renaissance-city, renaissance-town, sculptor, stunning-panorama, town, tuscany, tuscany-italy, village-walls
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October 18, 2010
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Napoli – busy city under Mount Vesuvius in Italy Updated: May 20, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Naples (or Napoli in Italian), with more than a million inhabitants, is the capital of Campania and lies in the Gulf of Naples. It is the third most populous city in Italy, the entire area has […]
Tags: biblioteca-nazionale, capital-of-campania, capri, castel-dell, city, costiera-amalfitana, giuseppe-garibaldi, golden-eggs, gulf-of-naples, italy, jesuit-church, mount-vesuvius, naples-cathedral, napoleon-bonaparte, napoli, palazzo-reale, piazza-del-plebiscito, piazza-municipio, santa-chiara, teatro-di-san-carlo, third-most-populous-city, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, what-to-see-in-napoli
Categories: Italy, Sights
October 16, 2010
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Crete Senesi – Siennese Clays with its diversified “lunar” landscape in Tuscany, Italy Updated: May 23, 2020 | By Claire | More Crete Senesi is the area not far from Siena, in the valley of rivers Arbia, Ombrone, and Asso. The area includes the towns like Asciano, Buonconvento, Monteroni d’Arbia, Rapolano Terme and San Giovanni […]
Tags: ancient-churches, brick-tower, brunello-di-montalcino, buonconvento, crete-senesi, etruscans, fortified-village, growing-corn, italy, landscape, lunar, lunar-landscape, medieval-atmosphere, medieval-costumes, medieval-towns, mill-dates, monte-oliveto-maggiore, nature, outskirts-of-town, rapolano-terme, san-giovanni, sant-agata, siennese-clays, thermal-water, tuscany, tuscany-italy
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