Europe Explored » sant andrea https://europeexplored.com Travel through the most beautiful places in Europe Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:36:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Positano – the most beautiful town on the Amalfi Coast in Italy https://europeexplored.com/2010/11/30/positano-small-town-on-the-amalfi-coast-in-italy/ https://europeexplored.com/2010/11/30/positano-small-town-on-the-amalfi-coast-in-italy/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:16:21 +0000 Claire https://europeexplored.com/?p=1474 Positano is the most beautiful town on the Italian coast of Campania. Beautiful picturesque town is situated on a steep hillside above the sea. The area was inhabited already in ancient times. Today Positano is a luxury seaside resort, which offers plenty of hotels, restaurants, wonderful sea, clean beaches and lots of attractions. Major sights […]

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]]> Positano is the most beautiful town on the Italian coast of Campania. Beautiful picturesque town is situated on a steep hillside above the sea. The area was inhabited already in ancient times. Today Positano is a luxury seaside resort, which offers plenty of hotels, restaurants, wonderful sea, clean beaches and lots of attractions. Major sights include Duomo Sant’Andrea from the 9th century and Capuchin monastery from the 12th – 16th century.

Positano, Campania, Italy
Positano, Campania, Italy by Stefano Costantini

Positano is one of the world’s most beautiful resorts and, of course, one of the most expensive. The most renowned beaches here are sandy beaches Spiaggia Grande and Spiaggia Fornillo. There is also the rocky beach Scogliera. Of course you can do a wide range of activities here. The most popular is the diving and surfing. However the area is suitable for hiking as well. During the summer season Positano holds many festivals and celebrations. Among the most significant is the celebration of the landing Saraceno – “Festa di Santa Assunta” or Festival of Dance – “Premio Positano“.

The city was an important port during the 16th and 17th centuries, but later in the 19th century many people moved out and those remaining lived very poorly. Around the year of 1950 a poor fishing village has been discovered again and opened to a new and lucrative industry. Today the inhabitants live solely from tourism. Currently Positano has around 4,000 inhabitants.

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Positano, Campania, Italy by Jensens

There are several sights that you can find here, but visitors are coming here mainly for romantic sunsets. One of the best ways to enjoy a sunset is sitting on the beach with a glass of Limoncello.

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]]> https://europeexplored.com/2010/11/30/positano-small-town-on-the-amalfi-coast-in-italy/feed/ 0 Màntova – centre of the art and education, Italy https://europeexplored.com/2010/08/12/mantova-centre-of-the-art-and-education-italy/ https://europeexplored.com/2010/08/12/mantova-centre-of-the-art-and-education-italy/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 07:46:17 +0000 Claire https://europeexplored.com/?p=957 Màntova is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy. Màntova’s historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the whole country itself. Màntova is noted for its significant role in the history of opera, and the city is known […]

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]]> Màntova is a city and comune in Lombardy, Italy. Màntova’s historic power and influence under the Gonzaga family, made it one of the main artistic, cultural and notably musical hubs of Northern Italy and the whole country itself. Màntova is noted for its significant role in the history of opera, and the city is known for its several architectural treasures and artifacts, elegant palaces, and its medieval and Renaissance cityscape.

Màntova is surrounded by the three artificial lakes created during the 12th century. They are Lago Superiore, Lago di Mezzo, and Lago Inferiore. A fourth lake, Lago Pajolo, which once completed a defensive water ring of the city, dried up at the end of the 18th century.

Main Màntova’s sights

  • Palazzo Te (1525–1535)
  • Palazzo Ducale, famous residence of the Gonzaga family, made up by a number of buildings, courtyards and gardens gathered around the Palazzo del Capitano, the Magna Domus, and the Castle of St. George
  • Basilica of Sant’Andrea
  • Duomo
  • Rotonda di San Lorenzo
  • Bibiena Theater
  • Church of San Sebastiano
  • Palazzo Vescovile (“Bishops Palace”)
  • Palazzo degli Uberti
  • Torre della Gabbia (“Cage Tower”)
  • Palazzo del Podestà (museum of Tazio Nuvolari)
  • Palazzo della Ragione with the Torre dell’Orologio (“Clock Tower”)
  • Palazzo Castiglioni Bonacolsi
  • Palazzo Valenti Gonzaga


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