Imperia on the Riviera di Ponente

14 November 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Porto Maurizio © flickr.com - Jukka1/cc-by-2.0

Porto Maurizio © flickr.com – Jukka1/cc-by-2.0

Imperia is a coastal city and comune in the region of Liguria. It is the capital of the province of Imperia, and historically it was capital of the Intemelia district of Liguria. Mussolini created the city of Imperia on 21 October 1923 by combining Porto Maurizio and Oneglia and the surrounding village communes of Piani, Caramagna Ligure, Castelvecchio di Santa Maria Maggiore, Borgo Sant’Agata, Costa d’Oneglia, Poggi, Torrazza, Moltedo and Montegrazie.   read more…

Ascoli Piceno in the South of the Italian Marche region

9 November 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Piazza del Popolo © flickr.com - Alessandro Bonvini/cc-by-2.0

Piazza del Popolo © flickr.com – Alessandro Bonvini/cc-by-2.0

Ascoli Piceno is a town and comune in the Marche region of Italy, capital of the province of the same name. Its population is around 50,000 but the urban area of the city has more than 105,000. Ascoli has good rail connections to the Adriatic coast and the city of San Benedetto del Tronto, by highway to Porto d’Ascoli and by the Italian National Road 4 Salaria to Rome.   read more…

Bolzano in South Tyrol

26 October 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Waltherplatz © Mattes

Waltherplatz © Mattes

Bolzano is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is one of only five mainly Italian-speaking municipalities in South Tyrol. Bolzano is the seat of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, where lectures and seminars are held in English, German and Italian.   read more…

Laas in the Vinschgau Valley

22 October 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Wooden aqueduct © Hegedex

Wooden aqueduct © Hegedex

Laas (Italian: Lasa) is a municipality in the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 50 km west of the city of Bolzano. It has a population of 4,000 and an area of 110.1 km². The municipality of Laas (Lasa) contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Allitz (Alliz), Eyrs (Oris), Tanas, and Tschengls (Cengles).   read more…

Rimini on the Adriatic Sea

29 August 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Beach of Rimini © Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinna/cc-by-sa-3.0

Beach of Rimini © Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinna/cc-by-sa-3.0

Rimini is a medium-sized city of 145.000 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient Ariminus) and Ausa (ancient Aprusa).   read more…

Monopoli on the Adriatic Sea

10 August 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Idéfix/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Idéfix/cc-by-sa-3.0

Monopoli is a town and comune in Italy, in the province of Bari, region of Apulia. The town is roughly 156 square km in area and lies about 40 km southeast from Bari. It has about 53,017 inhabitants. The city is important mostly as an agricultural, industrial and touristic centre, and has a great number of historical sights.   read more…

The Mediterranean island of Elba

27 July 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Porto Ferraio © Nova77/cc-by-sa-3.0

Porto Ferraio © Nova77/cc-by-sa-3.0

Elba is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the coastal town of Piombino. The largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, Elba is also part of the Arcipelago Toscano National Park, and the third largest island in Italy, after Sicily and Sardinia. It is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about 50 kilometres (30 mi) east of the French island of Corsica.   read more…

Theme Week Veneto – San Donà di Piave

13 July 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Corso Silvio Trentin - historic city center © Kafésd

Corso Silvio Trentin – historic city center © Kafésd

San Donà di Piave is the largest city in Eastern Veneto and a comune of province of Venice, in the North East region of Italy. It bounds the communes of Noventa di Piave, Musile di Piave and Fossalta di Piave, that have become in practice a part of a single urban area, also known as Città del Piave. San Donà lies on the river Piave approximately 40 km north-east of Venice and 30 km (19 mi) east of Treviso.   read more…

Theme Week Veneto – Rovigo

10 July 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II © Atigra/cc-by-sa-3.0

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II © Atigra/cc-by-sa-3.0

Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy with 53,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the eponymous province. The northern border of the province is set on the Adige river from Badia Polesine to the sea, except for the territory of Cavarzere (in the province of Venice); the southern border is set on the Po river from Melara to the sea. The province includes the whole delta of the Po and the border is set on the Po di Goro channel of the delta.   read more…

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