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The navigation lock of Governolo brings us back to the period of Attila king of the Huns.
According to the tradition, this is the place where, in 452, the historic encounter took place between Attila and Pope Leo The Great, who managed to dissuade the former from continuing his invasion of the Italian peninsula...
Right in the centre of the village, where the river Mincio flew till the 1980s, there are the remains of the lock, probably ...
Camino has its beginnings firstly as a Roman settlement and its castle has an important strategic position, dominating the hills of lower Piedmont, looking out over the banks of the River Po and the plain of Vercelli. It was for this strategic importance that the castle was built around the year 1000 on the hill of Camino and which was enlarged and fortified even further over the centuries. . Today the castle is one of ...
Mirror of the Dolce Vita at Federico II court, the gentle first born of Isabella d’Este Gonzaga, cultured patron of Giulio Romano’s genius. Impudent celebration of himself and of Charles V imperial might.
“Te” seems to be a place-name and has no relation with the word “tea” ("te" in Italian means tea)
Palazzo Te is a large suburban villa by Giulio Romano (Rom, 1492/99 - Mantua, 1546) built, between 1525 and 1535, for Federico II Gonzaga (1500-1540) ...
The Centre de Musique Romantique Française is located in the spaces of Zane Casino, built at the end of 1600 as pleasure grounds of the nearby Palace Zane, now seat of the Institute Sanudo.
Zane Dominic entrusted the project to the architect Baldassare Loghena Palace, but he died before the end of the work leaving the management to his nephew Marino. The latter also used it as a place of study and concerts for the young ...
In 1476, the Confraternity of St Roch purchased a building in which to hold the meetings of the chapter. In 1525, work began on the present-day building, composed of two large halls, one above the other, which received the Bishop's blessing in 1542. In 1697, the altar-piece showing The Virgin and the Saints, by Alessandro Maganza, was placed on the altar in the lower hall.
An inside staircase leads to the upper hall, at least partly ...
The clock tower is one of many symbols recalling the era of the da Carrara family in the history of Padova. The monument and its mechanism became an abiding presence in the daily life of the townspeople — and others besides — during the 14th century. This impressive building, standing in the Piazza dei Signori, between the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi and the Palazzo del Capitanio, was erected between 1426 and 1430 over the ruins of ...
Unique and beautiful Fortress in the center of Val d'Orcia, Siena Province. Living History Centre. Heritage centre fo students, childre , family and adults. Summer medieval activities every day. Tower Museum and nightly catapult. Unesco area and patrimony. Available for medieval dinner for coach group and student all year.
Tuscolana Astronomical Association "Livio Gratton," the local office of Italian Amateur Astronomers Union, since 1995 is a point of reference for amateur enthusiasts, beginners and youth research and cultural institutions of the Lazio region.
Through a surprising number of activities and the availability of its facilities, the ATA wants to make the discovery of the Universe a shared experience that is culturally rich, exciting and fun, to ensure that astronomy and science are an ...
Annoluce snc – Annoluce360 (Italy) - Project PRADIGEO
BACKGROUND:
In 2009 ANNOLUCE (www.annoluce.net) partecipated to the Piedmont ICT Regional Call for
Bids (POR FESR 2007-2013). Supported by the Department of Literary and Philological
Sciences of the University of Turin and the Center of Excellence Geonetlab for the
Research in Tele Geomatics and Spatial Information of the University of Trieste, our
company got the 5th place in the Innovation area over a total number of 240 participants
and it was first in its ...
Vesuvius, or more properly the Somma-Vesuvius volcano is a layerof medium that reaches a maximum height of 1,281 m above sea level It is the oldest volcano of Mount Somma, whose summitcollapsed creating a caldera, and the most recent volcano of Vesuvius, who grew up within this caldera.
The volcanic activity in the Somma-Vesuvius goes back at least400,000 years ago, age of lava found in some deep holes 1345 m.
Italian Info: http://www.vesuviopark.it/pnv/home/LaParcumiera.html
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In the late 1920s, three progressive and influential patrons of the arts, Miss Lillie P. Bliss, Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan, and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., perceived a need to challenge the ...
1 January, 2013 at 8:22 pm | on Museums
Built in a historic area near temple of Gawdawpalin, on the banks of Ayeyarwaddy, a few steps away from Old Bagan Archaeological Museum.
The architect has combined influences that reflect the ancient and ...
Bottega Artigianale Lavacca is an artisanal workshop where love for wood, culture and respect for the traditions of master artisan Mario and his son Libero manifests in creations designed and made entirely ...
An extraordinary historical collection of exceptional interest, telling the technical evolution of the Fire Brigade National Corps.
The first and only Fire Brigade Historical Museum opened to the public and housed in a ...
21 March, 2012 at 2:26 pm | on Museums
The navigation lock of Governolo brings us back to the period of Attila king of the Huns.
According to the tradition, this is the place where, in 452, the historic encounter took place ...
