Italy Vacations Guide

Venice and its canals

robirax — Sat, 19 May 2012 17:50:07 +0000

Venice is an Italian city situated in the North-East of the country, and it is characterized by the fact that its buildings are partially sunken by the Venetian Lagoon’s waters. The city and lagoon are among UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. The city has a great history, since it was one of the strongest maritime powers during the Reinassance, with the result that Venice became one of the major trading centres, especially with regard to silk, and spices. All that changed after the 17th century, when another country, Portugal, took over a ...

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Casa Cavassa, from palace to museum

robirax — Sat, 19 May 2012 17:46:53 +0000

Casa Cavassa, nowadays municipal museum, was the stately home of deputy marquises Galeazzo and Francesco Cavassa. The building was finely renovated at the beginning of the 16th century, as testified by the marble portal with wooden door sculpted by Matteo Sanmicheli, the richly frescoed vaulted chamber and the grisaille frescoes painted in the inner courtyard by the Flemish artist Hans Clemer. At the end of the 19th century, the marquis Emanuele Tapparelli d’Azeglio (1816-1890) sponsored the restoration works and then donated the palace to the town so that it could become ...

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Rome Wine Festival 2012

robirax — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:35:06 +0000

Do you think you are a wine connoisseur? Do you love drinking wine? You should write this appointment on your agenda: Rome Wine Festival. Coming this May- the dates haven’t been decided yet-this event will be hed at Città del Gusto, in Rome, and it will offer you two-day wine extravaganza. Meetings, presentations and workshops, talks: these are the key words of this festival, in which the protagonist is of course the wine. The list of the attenders is impressive, and tourists will be very lucky because they will learn so ...

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Sant Peter’s Island

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:47:30 +0000

San Peter’s Island, friendly called “l’isola dell’isola” (the island of the island), is the biggest island of Sardinia, and the fifth bigger island of Italy. This island lies off the coast of Portoscuso, on the south-western side of Sardinia. It is a really vip destination, where wealthy people usually go with their yachts. The reason is quite simple ; here you can find a perfect crystal sea. Even if you still haven’t a personal yacht, we suggest you to visit this place, expecially if you like green, wild and unpollutted landscapes. ...

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Visit Siena in Italy

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:49:38 +0000

Visit Siena in Italy, one of most beautiful cities of Tuscany.

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