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Un racconto del Belpaese attraverso antiche e rare carte geografiche Un altro fine settimana all’insegna della bellezza italiana. Il ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo, in collaborazione con Enit e Touring Club Italiano propone un nuovo flash mob digitale per mantenere gli italiani a contatto con le meraviglie dei propri...

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 The director of Italy's Uffizi Galleries is predicting a boom in visitors after coronavirus restrictions end, judging by what happened after previous emergencies closed down one of the world’s most popular museums. Museum director Eike Schmidt recalled that after the Arno River flooded Florence in 1966 and shuttered the museum, the number of visit...

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Tourists travel to the Tuscan island of Giglio for its tranquility and natural beauty. Legend has it that when the Tyrrhenian Venus emerged from the depths of the sea, seven gemstones fell from her tiara and turned into the seven islands of the Tuscan archipelago: Gorgona, Capraia, Elba, Pianosa, Montecristo, Giglio and Giannutri. Where is Giglio I...

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THE ROTONDA DI SAN LORENZO is a church located in the main square of the city of Mantua in Northern Italy. It was constructed during the late 11th century during the reign of the powerful Canossa family. The church is a fine example of Romanesque architecture, with a central plan and Byzantine-style frescoes. It’s primarily composed of bricks, acco...

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Quando, Quando, Quando” was a hit single in 1962 or 1963. It means “when, when, when” in Italian — when will we share a love divine, in a year, a day, or an hour? Connie Francis sang it in Italian and English, and it’s delicious. I thought of it the other day, when Vermont’s governor extended our lockdown for another month. It’s not love divine I’m...

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This unique Byzantine monument, Basilica of Sant’ Apollinare in Classe is not included in the standard tourist itinerary. When UNESCO inscribed eight Ravenna sites on the World Heritage List, it cited this basilica as “an outstanding example of the early Christian basilica in its purity and simplicity of its design and use of space and in the sumpt...

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“Villa Adriana is an exceptional architectural legacy of the great Roman Emperor Hadrian. Built as a retreat from Rome between 117 and 138 AD, the villa was designed as an ideal city and incorporates the architectural traditions of Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt.” Thus Unesco introduces Hadrian’s Villa, a World Heritage site since 1999.   The remai...

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The ancient town of Como, Italy keeps getting better, far surpassing the level of hospitality afforded its founder, Julius Caesar. Though there have long been five-star properties in the towns along the lakeside, the city itself only saw its first open within the last two years. The proprietors, the Passera family and its Lario Hotels group, are de...

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Un Grand Tour a 360° tra chiese, musei e monumenti storici d’Italia. È questo lo scopo di ItalyArt, che in questo momento storico particolare, legato alle misure restrittive per cercare di limitare la diffusione del coronavirus, ha deciso di mettere a disposizione di tutti gli amanti dell’arte e della cultura italiana nel mondo il suo archivio di t...

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‘We are all pilgrims who seek Italy’ (Goethe) We are aware more than ever about the effect that CoVid19 will have on the future of travel. Perhaps the nature of tourism will change, which in a lot of ways would be welcome as many of Italy cities suffered through overtourism. Perhaps 'slow' and sustainable travel, like walking the Via Matilda descri...

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