Gil Amelio – Photo courtesy of globalnerdy.com Italian-Americans have made their mark on the business scene in America since their arrival in the late 19th century. From Gil Amelio, former CEO of Apple and National Semiconductor to Samuel DiPiazza, the current CEO of Pricewaterhousecoopers, it is a long list, which […]
Castellaccio dei Monteroni Castellaccio of Monteroni is one of the most important historical monuments of the town of Ladispoli. The castle is actually a fortified farmhouse built during the Middle Ages close to the ancient route of Via Aurelia. The castle is located in the heart of the Monteroni archeological […]
Castello Massimo is located in the town of Arsoli, in the province of Rome, Italy. The castle rises from the top of a steep rock outcrop, which partly overlooks Arsoli. The castle’s other side overlooks a beautiful park and the castle’s formal gardens. There is a tree-lined avenue from the […]
The Caetani Castle of Sermoneta Italy was built for the Annibaldi family in the early 13th Century. Designed as a military fortress, the castle served at the time as a bastion of strategic importance between Naples and Rome, though it also served as a noble house in its earliest years. […]
Castello Boncompagni is the ducal castle on the beautiful Isola del Liri in Abruzzo, Italy. The palace is an ancient fortified castle full of history. It’s located close to the Isola del Liri island’s old town, where the two branches of the Liri River form the island mass. Two beautiful […]
Lake Vico – Panorama Legend has it that beautiful Lake Vico was created when Hercules threw his club into the ground and created a hole that was soon filled with water from a nearby stream. Realistically it is much more likely that the lake, which is surrounded by […]
Panoramic of Varese Lake from Biandronno – Photo courtesy of Alessio Facchin/Wikimedia Lake Varese – Suggestive View in Fog – Photo courtesy of Fvatwimediao/Wikimedia Lake Varese is a smallish lake in the Lombardy region fed by underground springs. The lake is surrounded by rolling hills and to the south […]
Tazio Nuvolari – Photo courtesy of Everywhere West/Wikimedia Tazio Nuvalori, or the Flying Mantuan as he became known, was a famous Italian racecar and motorcycle driver. The European Champion in Grand Prix motor racing in 1932, Nuvalori won dozens of races and was known as one of the […]
Val Grande National Park Enter Val Grande National Park and leave the modern world behind. There are no paved roads here or modern amenities, no people who live here either, just miles and miles of natural wonder and trails to help you explore it. Just try to restrain your wonder as […]
Stelvio National Park – Mountain In the heart of Italy’s Central Alps is a park dominated by the Ortles-Cevedale massif group, where one can watch the majestic beauty of ice and water pouring from the summits into the waterways of the green valleys below. Lucky visitors will spy glaciers, grassland, […]
