Cuneo in Piedmont

7 August 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Piazza Galimberti Panorama © Alessandro Vecchi

Piazza Galimberti Panorama © Alessandro Vecchi

Cuneo is a city and comune in Piedmont, Northern Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the third largest of Italy’s provinces by area. It is located at the foot of the Maritime Alps, on the Stura di Demonte river where it emerges from the Valle Stura.   read more…

Bergamo in Lombardy

27 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

Palazzo Medolago © MarkusMark

Palazzo Medolago © MarkusMark

Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan. The foothills of the Alps begin immediately north of the town.   read more…

The port city of Castellammare di Stabia

23 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Castellammare di Stabia seen from Monte Faito © Mentnafunangann/GFDL

Castellammare di Stabia seen from Monte Faito © Mentnafunangann/GFDL

Castellammare di Stabia is a comune in the province of Naples, Campania region, southern Italy. It is situated on the Bay of Naples about 30 kilometers southeast of Naples, on the route to Sorrento.   read more…

Alba in the Piedmont region

7 July 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Piazza Risorgimento © Davide Papalini

Piazza Risorgimento © Davide Papalini

Alba is a town and comune of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Cuneo. It is considered the capital of the hilly area of Langhe, and is famous for its white truffle and wine production. The confectionery group Ferrero is based in Alba. In addition to traditional agriculture, Alba is a very important center of wine. In the area of Alba, in fact, there are 290 wineries that cultivating an area of 700 hectares of land, producing an average of 61,200 hl of wine annually.   read more…

Rieti, the midpoint of Italy

25 June 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Vicentini Palace Gardens © Alessandro Antonelli

Vicentini Palace Gardens © Alessandro Antonelli

Rieti is a city and comune in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the capital of province of Rieti. The town centre rests on a small hilltop, commanding a wide plain at the southern edge of an ancient lake. The area is now the fertile basin of the Velino River. Only the small Ripasottile and Cantalice lakes remain of the original large one.   read more…

Tivoli, city of art, history, culture and monuments

21 June 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

View from Monti Tuburtini © Kleuske

View from Monti Tuburtini © Kleuske

Tivoli, the classical Tibur, is an ancient Italian town in Lazio, about 30 km east-north-east of Rome, at the falls of the Aniene river where it issues from the Sabine hills. The city offers a wide view over the Roman Campagna.   read more…

The European Federation of Napoleonic Cities

6 June 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Union for the Mediterranean Reading Time:  4 minutes

© napoleoncities.eu

© napoleoncities.eu

“This heritage deserves to be better known, highlighted, shared and visited”. Those observations led us to create a Federation for European cities of Napoleonic history. If we look into the great man’s deeds, the French Revolution, the French Age of Enlightenment, the ideals of ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’ are values which bind us together. Rehabilitating historical sites, encouraging historical research, promoting our museums and our culture through live events, opening up to our country and European citizens is a bit like travelling through the complex, contradictory and sometimes opposing tracks whereby those ideals established themselves in Europe.   read more…

Frascati, southeast of Rome

2 June 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Street view © Mac

Street view © Mac

Frascati is a town and comune in the province of Rome in the Lazio region of central Italy. It is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Rome, on the Alban Hills close to the ancient city of Tusculum. Frascati is closely associated with science, being the location of several international scientific laboratories. Frascati is renowned for its white wine, Frascati. It is also an important historical and artistic centre.  read more…

The port city of Ancona

29 May 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  10 minutes

The Vanvitelli's Lazzaretto, project of the architect Luigi Vanvitelli © Mungany

The Vanvitelli’s Lazzaretto, project of the architect Luigi Vanvitelli © Mungany

Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche region, in central Italy, with a population of 102,997. Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located 280 km (170 mi) northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic Sea, between the slopes of the two extremities of the promontory of Monte Conero, Monte Astagno and Monte Guasco. Ancona is one of the main ports on the Adriatic Sea, especially for passenger traffic, and is the main economic and demographic center of the region. Ancona is located in the mid Adriatic coast, 285 km. north-east of Rome and 424 km. south-east of Milan. Just south of the city, the Conero Mount (572 mt.) rises from the sea, with its picturesque regional park and its famous Riviera. The climate of Ancona is both mediterranean and continental.   read more…

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