July 3, 2012
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Vacations in Dalmatia and Island Brac | Croatia Updated: July 3, 2020 | By Claire | More Island Brac, situated in the Adriatic Sea is the largest island in Dalmatia; boasting an average population at around 13,000 people. Most live in scattered settlements all over the island. At the highest peak of 778 meters you […]
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Categories: Croatia, Nature
August 26, 2010
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Modena – the capital of engines, Italy Updated: December 26, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Modena can be found in the southern end of the Po River valley. While the history of the town goes back to the prehistoric era, it is mostly known as the home of the finest Italian […]
Tags: 360-modena, accademia-militare, archeological-finds, biblioteca-estense, capital-of-engines, car-makers, city, corporate-headquarters, ducal-palace, duomo-modena, enzo-ferrari, etruscans, exotic-sports-cars, ferrari-360, ferrari-360-modena, ferrari-motor, francesco-ii, gabriele-amorth, invasion-of-italy, italian-service, italian-sports-car, italian-sports-cars, italy, luciano-pavarotti, medicine-and-law, military-academy, military-museum, military-stronghold, modena, modena-italy, nearby-university, operatic-tenor, pagani, palazzo-comunale, piazza-grande, po-river, queen-consort, rock-singer, tenor-luciano, top-sports, town, traditional-strengths, vasco-rossi, villanovans
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 24, 2010
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Ferrara – the city of the cyclists, Italy Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More The city of Ferrara can be found along the banks of the Po River, only 50 kilometers from where the river meets the sea. It is a historical town which today is home to more than 135,000 residents. […]
Tags: 14th-century, 15th-century, castello-estense, certosa, cities-in-italy, city, cyclist, cyclists, draw-bridge, emilia-romagna, emilia-romagna-italy, famous-artists, ferrara, hermitage-museum, initial-goal, italy, jewish-museum, kilometers, local-artists, main-stream, manuscripts, medieval-walls, moat, national-gallery, northern-edges, northern-italy, old-town-center, palaces, palazzo-dei-diamanti, palazzo-schifanoia, po-river, romanesque-cathedral, rusco, russian-museum, synagogue, tapestries, world-heritage, yunker
Categories: Italy, Sights
August 5, 2010
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Turin – Automobile and Chocolate Capital of Italy Updated: December 24, 2020 | By Claire | More Known as both the automobile and chocolate capital of Italy, the city of Turin is a flourishing state-of-the-art metropolis which is home to the nation’s automotive industry. While the metro area of Turin is home to more than […]
Tags: 2006-winter-olympics, alfa-romeo, automobile-manufacturers, car, chocolate, city, fiat-lancia, house-of-savoy, international-space-station, italy, palazzo-madama, piazzas, po-river, polytechnic-university, public-squares, shroud-of-turin, state-of-the-art-technology, torino, turin, university-of-turin, world-war-ii
Categories: Italy, Sights
