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2013-05-16 17:10:21 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

The Carciofo Moretto (Moretto Artichoke) of Brisighella (Emilia-Romagna)

#Italy #Italia #brisighella #emiliaromagna #ravenna #sagra #festival #italianfood #localfood  

2013-05-14 17:31:25 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 5 +1s)

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

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

2013-05-13 17:48:44 (4 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Top 12 most beautiful and unique gardens of Italy

#Italia #Italy #gardendesign #lakecomo #lakemaggiore #Portofino #Tivoli #villadeste #merano #rosegardens #botanicalgardens #Lazio #Tuscany #Lombardy #trentinoaltoadige #roses #peonies #gardens  

2013-05-08 06:10:15 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 12 +1s)

Florence WineTown event
The same day as the kick-off of the Italia Gelato Tour http://bit.ly/15nKzan
will also start the "Florence WineTown" event. Plenty of tasty things to do in Florence in May!

#firenze #florence #Italy #Italia #wine #winetasting #winetastingevents #italianwine #tuscany #winetourism #italianfestivals #festivals2013  

2013-05-08 06:12:05 (0 comments, 7 reshares, 11 +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.

#gelato #italiagelatotour #italia #italy #florence #milan #rome #turin #torino #milano #roma #gelateria #gelateriaartigianale #festivals2013 #italianfood  

2013-05-02 13:44:58 (0 comments, 7 reshares, 11 +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 »

2013-05-01 16:32:02 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 11 +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  

2013-04-25 08:52:06 (5 comments, 13 reshares, 27 +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.

2013-04-17 07:09:01 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

10 movies filmed in Florence

#florence #Firenze #Tuscany #Toscana #Italy #Italia #italianmovies #italianfilms #filmlocations #filmset #films #movies #palazzovecchio

2013-04-12 12:02:52 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 14 +1s)

Top 10 most beautiful Piazze in Tuscany

#tuscany   #toscana   #Siena   #Pistoia   #Livorno   #Lucca   #Florence   #Firenze   #Pisa   #sangimignano   #Volterra   #Arezzo   #piazza   #italytravel   #italyfriday   #italyphotography   #Italy   #italia  

2013-04-11 16:12:04 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza

The Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza is the oldest surviving indoor theater in the world, and superlative in many other ways. Read more: http://bit.ly/10Zuuls

#Italia #italy #vicenza #Veneto #theatre #palladio #renaissance #teatroolimpico  

2013-04-11 06:43:25 (1 comments, 10 reshares, 10 +1s)

Top 15 historic cafes of Italy

A guide to Italy's historic coffee houses.

#italy #italia #coffeehouse #coffee   #cafes #caffe #venice #bergamo #naples #napoli #venezia #aosta #florence #firenze #rome #roma #turin #torino #cosenza #genova #genoa #lucca #milan #milano #montepulciano #pisa #padova #padua #italytravel

2013-03-26 20:58:05 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

Due mondi - Two worlds

Church of Sant'Agostino seen through the Tibetan prayer wheels inaugurated in honor of Dalai Lama's visit to Pennabilli in 2005. The town of Pennabilli, Emilia Romagna (formerly part of the Marche region), has had a strong link with Tibet since the 1700s.

Photo lo.tangelini

#Italia #Italy #emiliaromagna #Pennabilli #Rimini #tibet #dalailama #italytravel #italyphotography  

2013-03-26 08:29:14 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

An ode to the Carretto Siciliano (Sicilian cart)

#sicilia #sicily #sicilian #Palermo #catania #folklore #italytravel #Italy #Italia  

2013-03-22 12:23:15 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 24 +1s)

Casa della Venere in Conchiglia (House of the Shell Borne Venus), Pompeii, Campania

Photo: Dannels

#Pompeii #campania #italia #italy #italyfriday #italytravel  

2013-03-20 12:55:08 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Colossi of Italy
How many of them did you know or have you seen in person?

#Italia #Italy #Tuscany #barletta #puglia #piedmont #vaticanmuseums #lazio #bomarzo #lakemaggiore #lagomaggiore #museicapitolini #arona #roma #rome #tosca #vaglia #statue #colossus #colossal  

2013-03-15 09:38:05 (8 comments, 9 reshares, 25 +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  

2013-03-15 06:39:06 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 16 +1s)

Frammento di terra campana
A bit of Campania

Photo by foodriver

#italia #italy #campania  

2013-03-15 23:49:54 (5 comments, 19 reshares, 28 +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 18:05:09 (0 comments, 10 reshares, 20 +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 21:09:51 (1 comments, 7 reshares, 21 +1s)

Baroque crypt of the Cathedral Santa Maria degli Angeli e di San Matteo of Salerno, Campania

Photo by Queralt jqmj

#Salerno #Italia #Italy #italianchurches #Campania  

2013-03-13 20:23:38 (1 comments, 8 reshares, 12 +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), in honor of Francis of Assisi.

Francesco the 1st is the first pope of the Americas and the first non-European one in more than 1,000 years. He is also the first Jesuit priest chosen to be pope.

2013-03-13 18:18:02 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 12 +1s)

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

2013-03-12 10:12:58 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 26 +1s)

Good morning!! Buongiorno!!

#cappuccino #caffè #coffee #latteart  

2013-03-11 08:36:19 (7 comments, 22 reshares, 55 +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 21:29:22 (1 comments, 16 reshares, 34 +1s)

Island of Capri

Islands of Capri, Ischia and Procida: http://bit.ly/Ir6W1H

Photo by Golden Puppy

#Italy #Italytravel #Capri #italianislands #Italia  

2013-03-09 13:58:19 (2 comments, 10 reshares, 11 +1s)

2013-03-09 12:26:50 (0 comments, 7 reshares, 26 +1s)

Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Photo by Kieran Lynam

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

2013-03-09 11:27:38 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

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

Photo by loungerie

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

2013-03-09 11:28:21 (1 comments, 10 reshares, 19 +1s)

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

#Italia #Italy #coffee #caffè #italian  

2013-03-09 11:28:52 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 6 +1s)

Detail of the Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus (250–260 AD) which was found near the Porta Tiburtina in Rome in 1621 and named after its first owner Ludovico Ludovisi. From Ludovisi collection, Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps, Rome

Photo: Nick in exsilio

#Italy #Italia   #Rome #Roma   #Museonazionale #sarcophagus #ancientrome #ancientromanart  

2013-03-08 09:09:36 (0 comments, 4 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

2013-03-07 11:18:07 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 7 +1s)

Some useful Android apps when traveling in Italy.

#italytravel #Italy #androidapps #italianwine  

2013-03-09 11:29:28 (2 comments, 11 reshares, 23 +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 #venezia #italia   #italy #gondo #veneto #italytravel  

2013-03-09 11:30:02 (4 comments, 4 reshares, 8 +1s)

Top 8 most spectacular caves and grottos in Italy.

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

2013-03-01 18:49:25 (0 comments, 18 reshares, 24 +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 12:28:18 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +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 15:59:06 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

Alberto Sordi and Vittorio Gassman in La Grande Guerra (1959)

See: http://slowitaly.yourguidetoitaly.com/2013/02/alberto-sordi/

2013-02-27 11:06:17 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +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 17:57:40 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +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.

#albertosordi #italianfilms #italianactors #italianfilmdirectors

2013-02-20 17:46:11 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 5 +1s)

The Mysterious Park of Monsters of Bomarzo

#Italy   #Bomarzo #viterbo #Lazio   #parks #italytravel #renaissance  
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2013-02-12 21:31:29 (2 comments, 2 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 07:50:44 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

History and meaning of Venetian masks

#Venice #venezia #carnival2013 #carnival #carnevale #masks #bauta #italy #italyfriday #italytravel #italyphotography #italybest #maschera

2013-01-31 21:53:21 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 30 +1s)

From: Types of Venetian masks
http://slowitaly.yourguidetoitaly.com/2013/01/carnival-of-venice-types-of-venetian-masks/

Photo by Paolo Vercesi

#Venice #Italy #venicecarnival #veniceitaly #carnival #carnival2013 #carnevale2013 #carnevale #carnevaledivenezia #maschera #mask #veneto  

2013-01-23 16:23:59 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 5 +1s)

"Saying that mathematical science has a long tradition in Italy is an understatement. It was the enormous prestige of Italian scholarship acquired in the sixteenth century that spread some of the concepts brought from the East to the rest of pre-Cartesian Europe."

2013-01-06 06:45:44 (2 comments, 7 reshares, 30 +1s)

Buona Befana e buon cappuccino!!

2013-01-03 18:57:30 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Struffoli (a Neapolitan sweet made of deep fried balls of dough mixed with anise liqueur, bits of orange rind and other ingredients and coated in honey).

#Italy #italianfood #neapolitan #neapolitanfood #Napoli #napolitano #Italia #struffoli

2013-01-03 18:54:00 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 27 +1s)

Piazza Navona, Rome

Photo by Slow Italy

#Italy #Rome #lazio #piazzanavona #Italia #Roma  

2012-12-30 20:42:48 (0 comments, 5 reshares, 8 +1s)

2012-12-25 12:58:31 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

Buongiorno e Buon Natale!!

Photo: Slow Italy