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2013-06-14 08:33:48 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 19 +1s)

Visual chronicles of lonely bikes throughout Italy
http://slowitaly.yourguidetoitaly.com/2013/06/italian-bike-porn-visual-chronicles-of-lonely-bikes-throughout-italy/

#italia #italy #italyfriday #italyphotography #bikeporn #bicycle #bicycling #italytravel #travelphotography #bikefriendlycities #bikeart #bikephotography

2013-06-14 08:32:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Visual chronicles of lonely bikes throughout Italy

#bikeporn #italy #italyphotography #travelphotography #bicycle #bicycling #bicicletta #italia #italytravel

2013-06-12 06:52:18 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 35 +1s)

Monterosso al Mare, Cinque Terre

Photo: Pablo Pecora

#italy #italyphotography #italytravel #italia #cinqueterre #monterosso #Liguria #ligurian #charmingwednesday #picturesque

2013-06-11 15:35:58 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

Alberobello, Puglio

Photo: Vito Palmi

#alberobello #puglia #italia #italy #italytravel  

2013-05-29 08:08:08 (4 comments, 7 reshares, 27 +1s)

Lago di Bracciano and Castle Orsini-Odescalchi , Bracciano, Lazio

Photo: Raffaele Birnardo

#Italy #Italia #Lazio #bracciano #italianlakes #italiancastles  

2013-05-17 09:16:25 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

Five charming little Umbrian towns that are great to visit in May or June.

#Italy #Italia #Umbria #umbrian #spello #spoleto #gubbio #todi #assisi  

2013-05-06 08:45:57 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Italia Gelato Tour in May and June
Starting in Florence in a few days, the famous "Italia Gelato Tour", an itinerant festival celebrating traditional Italian gelato, will also be visiting Milan, Turin and Rome this year.

2013-05-02 13:52:01 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 10 +1s)

Important news for tourists coming to Europe:
A new five-euro banknote goes into circulation across the eurozone today.

The new banknote has the following features:
- a watermark with the portrait of the Greek goddess Europa
- a hologram with the portrait of Europa
- raised lines on both left and right edges
- an emerald-colored number 5, which changes color to deep blue when the note is tilted
- the word "Euro" is written in the three official European scripts: Latin, Greek and cyrillic.

Part of the reason for the new note is to introduce stronger security measures against counterfeit bank notes and also partly to update the designs based on the enlargement of the eurozone to new member-states.

Old five euro notes will remain valid for some time and the two notes will be in circulation together. The date when the old five-euro... more »

2013-05-02 13:48:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Hiking along the spectacular passage of the "via ferrata", Bocchette Centrali, on the Dolomiti del Brenta, Italy

Photo by Claudio Campa
http://on.natgeo.com/ZVxnpW

#Italy #Italia #hiking #dolomiti #dolomites #italytravel #italyphotography  

2013-04-27 18:53:49 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 33 +1s)

San Benedetto del Tronto, molo sud (south mole), Marche

Photo: zagor64

2013-04-25 10:49:52 (0 comments, 7 reshares, 15 +1s)

Festa della Liberazione: 25 Aprile 2013
Today is the Festa della Liberazione (Liberation Day) in Italy.
Italy celebrates its 68th Liberation Day, which marks the country’s liberation from Nazi occupation and fascist rule at the end of World War II.

It is a public holiday in Italy: all state schools and offices across the country are closed, as well as many shops.

2013-04-22 19:47:48 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 22 +1s)

Duomo di Urbino (Urbino Cathedral)

Photo: Anguskirk

#Urbino #marche #pesarourbino #italy #italia #italyphotography #italytravel #italianchurches #cathedral  

2013-04-22 19:37:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Italy's Gucci is buying distressed Tuscan porcelain maker Richard Ginori for 13 million euros ($17 million) as part of expansion plans into luxury tableware.

2013-04-21 20:02:57 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Modeled on Spain's Paradores, Italy's disused castles, historic monuments, prisons and islands are to be rented out to the highest bidders and converted into luxury hotels in order to boost tourism and help pay off some the country's trillion euro debt.

2013-03-15 11:27:23 (5 comments, 8 reshares, 46 +1s)

Taormina, Sicily

Photo by gnuckx

#italia #Sicilia #Sicily #Italy #italytravel #italyfriday #italyphotography #taormina  

2013-03-15 09:53:28 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 26 +1s)

"Il caffè dev’essere nero come il diavolo, caldo come l’inferno, puro come un angelo e dolce come l’amore."

"Good coffee should be black like the devil, hot like hell, pure like an angel and sweet like love."

(Talleyrand)

#caffè #coffee #coffeelovers #coffeetime #caffeine #italia #Italy  

2013-03-14 20:21:10 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

Amazing Photo - Pope election 2005 vs 2013.
by NBC News
Photo by Luca Bruno and Michael Sohn/AP

#pope #popefrancis #popebenedict #popeelection  

2013-03-14 18:08:26 (1 comments, 7 reshares, 29 +1s)

Piazza del Plebiscito (Napoli) with Italian oldtimers:
Fiat 500 Giardiniera, Fiat 500 and Autobianchi Bianchina (the latter was an automobile brand jointly created by Bianchi, Pirelli and Fiat in 1955).

Photo by Martha de Jong-Lantink

#Napoli #Italia #Naples #Italy #fiat500 #cinquecento #autobianchi #italiancars #vintagecars #piazzadelplebiscito  

2013-03-13 21:29:07 (4 comments, 9 reshares, 38 +1s)

Sirmione, Italy

2013-03-13 19:28:25 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

The 266th Pope is cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina, archbishop of Buenos Aires, who has chosen as papal name Francesco I (Francis I).

2013-03-13 18:18:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Fumata Bianca! Habemus Papam.
White smoke! A new pope has been elected.

2013-03-12 09:28:06 (6 comments, 9 reshares, 42 +1s)

Good morning to you all!! Buongiorno a tutti voi!

#cappuccino #latteart #coffee #caffè #caffeine

Via +Ludek Doudera

2013-03-11 12:40:20 (4 comments, 6 reshares, 39 +1s)

Abbazia di San Galgano, Chiusdino, Tuscany

Read more: 10 most unique churches of Italy http://bit.ly/OlhmRG

Photo: Giuseppe Peppoloni

#Italy #Italia #abbazia #siena #toscana #tuscany #italytravel #italyphotography #italyphotographers #church #italianchurches  

2013-03-09 15:20:51 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 14 +1s)

2013-03-09 12:44:30 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Photo by Kieran Lynam

#Italia #Italy #Venezia #Venice #palazzoducale #palazzistorici #palace #storiaitaliana  

2013-03-09 11:39:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

4 Useful Android Apps when traveling in Italy

#android #androidapps #italy #italia #italytravel #italytraveltips  

2013-03-09 11:26:05 (1 comments, 9 reshares, 34 +1s)

Fiat 500 Room on Wheels

#fiat500 #cinquecento #italy #italiancars #italia  

2013-03-09 11:17:40 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Fresco painting by Agnolo Bronzino, ceiling of the Cappella di Eleonora (Chapel of Eleonora of Toledo), Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Photo by loungerie

#Italy #florence #Firenze #palazzovechio #fresco #italianart #italianartist  

2013-03-09 09:22:25 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 22 +1s)

Good morning and happy week-end to you all!!

2013-03-08 11:44:56 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

In honor of International Women’s day, we would like to highlight some of Italy’s most influential women. Unlike most of Italy’s (more “visible”) celebrities, the really powerful women of Italy are often very discreet and reserved, shunning any media attention. Nevertheless, we thought that it would be a good idea to shed some light on the women who are really calling the shots in Italy (and the rest of the world).

#Italy #womensday #womensday2013 #women #womeninscience #womeninbusiness

2013-03-06 12:46:10 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Top 8 most spectacular caves and grottos in Italy.

#Italy #capri #sicily #sardinia #genga #grottaazzurra #siracusa #anacapri #cave #grotte #grottoes  

2013-03-06 12:45:56 (6 comments, 9 reshares, 39 +1s)

Why are gondolas asymmetric in design and other surprising facts about Venice's icon: http://slowitaly.yourguidetoitaly.com/2012/11/venice-gondolas-squero-san-trovaso/

Photo: R Alescio

#Venice #italy #gondo #veneto #italytravel  

2013-03-05 16:05:35 (5 comments, 6 reshares, 21 +1s)

Ferrari unveils its first-ever hybrid car
FERRARI - which once said it would never build a hybrid car - has unveiled the world's fastest and most powerful: the LaFerrari.

The V12-powered hybrid supercar has 0 to 100km/h time of “less than 3 seconds” making it almost as fast as a Formula One race car.

#ferrari #italiancars #italiansportscars #sportscar #italy  

2013-03-01 18:55:39 (1 comments, 10 reshares, 31 +1s)

Today is Botticelli's birthday.
The early Renaissance painter, Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli, was born on March 1, 1445.

2013-03-01 12:56:49 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Read all about our winter weekend in Bellagio, Lake Como.

#italianlakes #italytravel #italytraveltips #italyfriday #wintermagic #winterlandscape #Italy #bellagio #lakecomo #Lombardy #lombardia #lagodicomo  

2013-02-27 12:47:33 (147 comments, 60 reshares, 197 +1s)

"The Italian Dream", a wax sculpture of Silvio Berlusconi by the Italian artists Antonio Garullo and Mario Ottocento, showing Italy's former prime minister as being dead or asleep inside a glass shrine, smiling, wearing funny slippers and the trousers open. The controversial work was exhibited on May 29, 2012 at the Ferrajoli Palace in the center of Rome. (Photo by Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

2013-02-26 17:56:17 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Overshadowed by the Italian elections, yesterday was also the 10th anniversary of the death of the great movie legend and Italian icon Alberto Sordi.

2013-02-26 17:56:09 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Overshadowed by the Italian elections, yesterday was also the 10th anniversary of the death of the great movie legend and Italian icon Alberto Sordi.

2013-02-20 17:46:26 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

The Mysterious Park of Monsters of Bomarzo

#Italy   #Bomarzo #viterbo #Lazio   #parks #italytravel #renaissance  
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2013-02-12 21:33:11 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

San Remo Festival opening
The 63rd edition of the San Remo festival kicked off today with an homage to Verdi, "Va, Pensiero" performed by the Arena di Verona Chorus, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth.

#sanremo #sanremo2013 #italianmusic #italianmusicandculture  

2013-02-01 17:57:14 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Ferrari unveils new F138 Formula One car for 2013

Source: http://bbc.in/TlBRms

#ferrari   #formula1 #formulaone #italy  

2013-01-25 11:51:33 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

To this day, the most sought-after violins by both collectors and performers are those made by the Italians Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesu, both luthiers from the "Golden Age" of violin making in the late 1600s and beginning of the 1700s.

#italy #violins #instruments #luthiers #stradivarius #stradivari #musicinstruments #mostexpensive #rarest #cremona #brescia #paganini

2013-01-05 18:40:35 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 11 +1s)

Don't forget to hang out your stockings tonight! :)

2013-01-04 09:16:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

It's cash only for tourists in the Vatican as Italy's central bank blocks electronic payments

It's “cash only” now for tourists at the Vatican wanting to pay for museum tickets, souvenirs and other services after Italy's central bank decided to block electronic payments, including credit cards, at the tiny city state.

2013-02-27 21:27:17 (2 comments, 8 reshares, 25 +1s)

Ferrari sales suffer as Italians shun luxury cars

Domestic sales of the Ferrari and Maserati more than halved in 2012, a slump blamed on high taxes by Italian car dealers.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/03/ferrari-sales-fall-italy

2013-01-02 15:59:25 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 6 +1s)

2012-12-13 18:32:57 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 15 +1s)

Amazing!!! 28 climbers on the Ago del Torrone, Italy
Twenty-eight climbers pause in near-perfect symmetry while simultaneously climbing the Ago del Torrone (also known as Cleopatra's needle), at the border of Lombardy and Switzerland.

Photo: Robert Boesch

#Italy #Italia #climbing #amazing #amazingphotography #amazingphotos #amazinglandscapes

2012-12-13 18:32:36 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 14 +1s)

Did you know that 2013 has been officially declared "The Year of Italian Culture in the US"?
The happening will involve more than 180 events in 40 American cities, with the aim of presenting Italian historical and artistic traditions as well as innovative, research and tourism initiatives. The event was officially inaugurated today with the loan of a Michelangelo sculpture to the National Gallery of Art.
List of events: http://www.italyinus2013.org/en/

2012-12-13 18:31:59 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 16 +1s)

Christmas decorated house in Esanatoglia, Marche, Italy

Photo: Andrea Marinelli

#Italy #Italia #Marche #Esanatoglia #Christmas #christmasdecoration  

2012-09-14 11:41:01 (2 comments, 6 reshares, 39 +1s)

Aosta, centro storico

Photo: Pietroz