Ogliastra Map Ogliastra is a province in East Sardinia in Italy. Ogliastra is a beautiful place that opens up to the mountains and provides some of the best views in Italy. It is known for its beautiful coastal area that is surrounded by majestic cliffs and hills, and it […]
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Villa Adriana in Tivoli
Villa Adriana is a unique complex of beautiful buildings, constructed in the 2nd century A.D. by the Roman emperor Hadrian, as a getaway from his palace on the Palatine Hill in Rome. The villa brings together the best architectural elements from diverse ancient cultures such as Rome, Greece, and Egypt. The complex was built as Hadrian’s version of the […]
Sant’Agata di Puglia
Sant’Agata di Puglia. Depositphoto.com/milla74 Sant’Agata di Puglia is a town and a commune located in the Apulia region in the province of Foggia. The town is located in the Colaggio valley and had gained much importance in the ancient times due to its strategic location. The town had a […]
Carbonia
Secluded beach in Carbonia Iglesias Carbonia is a small town located on the island of Sardinia about one hour away from Cagliari, in the province of Carbonia-Iglesias. Mussolini himself had given orders for building this city and he had been present at its inauguration in 1938. This small town had […]
Montecatini Thermal Baths
Montecatini Thermae – Town Center Montecatini has often been described as a rich treasure chest which is full of culture and art and is considered to be one of the most important tourist destinations in Tuscany. Montecatini is a charming town which is known to be the capital of spas […]
Idiomatic Phrases and the Human Body II
When you are learning a language, it is the idioms and the slang that make you feel as you can really speak it. As all other languages, Italian is also rich of curious expressions used by its speakers to define something not always related in meaning to the words used […]
Famous Italian American TV Personalities
When talking about TV personalities, can you forget Jay Leno, or Jimmy Kimmel? Well, aside from the fact that they are witty, spontaneous, and smart, there is another thread which binds them: they have an Italian heritage. Yes, while names like Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel don’t sound particularly Italian,they […]
The era of Italian comedy
Italian Comedy emerged in Italy in the second half of the 1950s and later developed in the 1960s and ‘70s. It indicated a happy period when Italy produced many different kinds of movies, all sharing common features such as satire, bourgeois settings, and characterized by a bittersweet approach to story […]
Shopping in Trentino
Trentino-Alto Adige is a region located in northern Italy. It consists of two provinces, Bolzano and Trento. It had once been part of Hungary-Austria and, before that, of the Austrian Empire, in the olden times. It had remained a part of the empire from 1389 until 1919 when it was annexed to Italy. […]
Viterbo
Viterbo is a city located in the Lazio region in Italy. It is situated close to Rome in a hilly landscape. The ancient quarter of the city is very well restored and quite a lot of interesting buildings and churches are located here; the entrance to the old quarter of the city […]