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Cosenza - Calabria, Italy
Cosenza is a major city in Calabria with a population of roughly 70,000 people. At one time it belonged to Naples and even today it bears some resemblance to that much larger city to the north. It is rustic, run down, chaotic but charming at the same time. While it is not a tourist destination, a visit will not be regretted. You can see a lot on a one day visit.
Pontine Islands - Italy
The Pontine Islands are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. The islands were collectively named after the largest island in the group, Ponza. The other islands in the archipelago are Palmarola, Zannone, and Gavi to the northwest, Ventotene and Santo Stefano to the southeast. These two groups are separed by 22 nautical miles. From Sabaudia-Cape Circeo peninsula to Zannone the distance is 12 nautical miles, while Ventotene faces Gaeta (21 miles). The minimum distance between Santo Stefano and the isle of Ischia is 22 nautical miles.
The archipelago is the result of volcanic activity and has been inhabited for thousands of years. Neolithic artifacts and Bronze Age obsidians have been excavated on the islands. The islands were used by the Etruscans who carved the Blue Grottos. The earliest recorded history of the islands occurs with the Roman victory over the Volsci at 338 BC. According to a local legend, this was once the lost Kingdom of Tyrrhenia which sank with a narrow strip connected to mainland Italy.
During the reign of Rome's Caesar Augustus, residential expansion on the islands was encouraged and people spread from Ponza to Ventotene. Rome used the two islands as a retreat and a place to exile politically troubling citizens. Some two thousands years later the islands were used for the same reason by the Fascist regime.
The Pontine were abandoned during the Middle Ages due to constant raids by Saracens and pirates. During the 18th century, the Kingdom of Naples re-colonized the islands, and they later became part of the Kingdom of Italy.
Ponza and Ventotene are populated, while the smaller islands are not. Ventotene and Santo Stefano are land and sea conservation areas supervised by the Italian State.
Currently, tiny vineyards, wild herbs and flowers, and secluded beaches and grottos make them a popular tourist destination. ( source Wikipedia )
Taranto Tarent Italy Italien 10.10.2015
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Sightseeing in Krisenregionen, Armenviertel, Bürgerkriegsgebieten.
Along radioactive Death-Zones, MOAs, No-Go and Civil-War Areas.
The Naked Princess | Walks of Italy
We take a walk through the Borghese Gallery with our guide Simona to meet princess Pauline Borghese (Bonaparte), who shocked her husband and house guests with a naked statue of herself, created by Anthony Canova.
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Milan - Travel In Northern Italy
Milan was founded by Celts and later conquered by the Romans. It became the capital of the Western Roman Empire. Flourishing during the medieval period it developed into an economic center for the region. Over the centuries, it had been alternatively dominated by France, Habsburg Spain, and Austria, until 1859 when the city joined the rising Kingdom of Italy.
Today Milan is best known for industry, banking and fashion, but offers many cultural and historic features as well. Our visit begins at the Pinacoteca di Brera, the main art gallery.
Later we visit:
- Milan's cathedral and the Piazza Duomo
- The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
- Castello Sforzesco
- the Navigli (remaining canals),
and two of Milan's oldest (Romanesque) churches.
Summer in Venice
Made a short video while having a long weekend in Venice, thankfully Summer In... actually forces me to get round to finishing it.
Esplorando la Val D'Orcia
La Val d'Orcia è uno delle aree italiane a più alta concentrazione di bellezza, non a caso inserita nella lista dei Patrimoni dell'Umanità dall'Unesco. Divisa tra le province di Siena e di Grosseto, si allunga sui lati settentrionale ed orientale del monte Amiata ed è attraversata dal fiume che le dà il nome. I suoi paesaggi da cartolina ospitano alcuni dei borghi antichi più belli d'Italia e hanno dato vita ad alcuni dei prodotti enogastronomici più famosi della regione, su tutti il Pecorino di Pienza e il Brunello di Montalcino. Per l'Unesco, la Val d'Orcia esprime gli ideali del buon governo ed è uno straordinario esempio di come il Rinascimento abbia ridefinito il paesaggio naturale.
Tra le cose da vedere in Val d'Orcia ci sono sicuramente i suoi 6 borghi più famosi, Pienza, Monticchiello, Montalcino, San Quirico D’Orcia e Castiglione D’Orcia, attorno ai quali si dispiegano distese di vigneti, oliveti, cipressi, castagneti e faggeti.
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La Selva di Paliano, Natural Park in Italy, Day Trips From Rome
La Selva di Paliano is a natural park created in 1974 by Antonello Ruffo di Calabria, reachable in less than 1 hour drive from Rome.
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TREVI FOUNTAIN ROME AT NIGHT (FONTANA DI TREVI DI NOTTE) ROME ITALY
See the Trevi Fountain at night. ROME , ITALY.
We will visit the most famous fountain of them all, the largest in the Eternal City and, one of the most beautiful examples of Baroque architecture in the world. No trip to Rome is complete without a visit to the Trevi Fountain
As we walked through the narrow street of Via Lavoratori the street suddenly ends into Piazza Trevi and as we turned toward the fountain I immediately did not regret coming at night. No pictures or video can do justice to this magnificent scenery.
When talking about the Trevi Fountain, it is almost instantaneous to think of the coin to be thrown into the water while expressing a wish all in the name of eternal love. But this monument is much more.
This structure stands a massive 85 feet tall and 165 feet wide.
It spills (2,824,800 cubic feet) per day.
It was built close to one side of Palazzo Poli.
The dominant theme of the entire sculpture of the fountain,
is the marine world of course. The 16.4 ft high great statue is Oceanus, not Neptune,
Elegant is the shell-shaped carriage, driven by seahorses, which are in turn preceded by tritons. But the eye is also captured by the niches on the sides of this monument, the two statues, that of Salubrity and Abundance, exactly to the right and left of Oceanus.
The beginning of the construction took place in 19 BC, when the Roman Empire was erected by the Emperor Augustus: and precisely at that time that the generous Agrippa (BROTHER-LAW OF AUGUSTUS) brought water to the public baths he built in the Campus Martius, near the Pantheon.
The moment the order was given to build the now famous Aqua Virgo Aqueduct (Virgin Aqueduct) a legends starts on How it was named in honor of a young Roman girl who led thirsty soldiers to the source of the spring to drink.
This explains the bas-reliefs that are carved on the second level of the fountain, along with the depiction of Agrippa, approving the aqueduct project, on the opposite side is the Virgin young lady indicating to soldiers the source of water.
The fountain was built at the end point of the aqueduct, at the junction of three roads. These three streets (tre vie) give the Trevi Fountain its name, the Three Street Fountain. derives for the Latin word Trivium an intersection of 3 streets.
But back then, it was not decorated like it is today.
It almost fell in complete disuse after the the aqueduct was damaged by the invasion of the Ostrogoths in 537 AD. After all the barbaric invasions the last portion of the aqueduct was abandoned and all the medieval restorations did not go further than here.
In the beginning of the renaissance the popes start to restore and richly decorate the end of the aqueducts with large fountains, In 1453 Pope Nicholas 5TH (V) ordered the complete reconstruction of this fountain, and it was funded thanks mainly to a wine tax.
But What we see today is nothing more than the later work commissioned by Pope Clement XII to Nicola Salvi in 1732: and completed in 1762 by Giuseppe Pannini, and since then, it made the walks in the center of Rome even more romantic.
Where did the money come from to build what we see today?
The Pope used the third extraction of the lotto game of May 1732 to pay for it. That’s right, the money earned from the reintroduction of the lotto in Rome financed the Trevi Fountain! The numbers of the first extraction were 56, 11, 54, 18 and 6, in case you were interested.
This scenery has inspired many films,
the film that started the tradition of throwing coins over your shoulders in 1954, Three Coins in the Fountain, an American romantic comedy film starring Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Rossano Brazzi, and Maggie McNamara. it's about three American women dream of finding romance in the Eternal City.
Another film that made it even more popular was the 1960, La Dolce Vita the sweet life or the good life an Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. It follows a journalist (Marcello Mastroianni) writing for gossip magazines, over seven days and nights on his journey through Rome in a fruitless search. The Film won the Palme d'Or.
Today, The coins that tourists throw into the water Roughly €3,000 every day are retrieved daily to be donated to Caritas, an organization that promotes charity.
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