Italy - One picture every day

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You guys should build a bridge between Sardinia and Corsica. Then perhaps the corsicans will feel as a natural part of Italy.

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1685, Padova, Veneto, aperitivo time in Piazza dei Signori

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piazza dei signori padova di tonyinthecountry, su Flickr

bonus pic: the famous venetian Spritz (and Villa Contarini, Padova in the background)

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Spritz is good! di cianotico, su Flickr

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1686, Turin (Piedmont), Castle of Valentino

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L'alcova della Madama Reale - The alcove of the Royal Madam di Cristina 63, su Flickr

The Castle of Valentino (Italian Castello del Valentino) is an historic building in the north-west Italian city of Turin. It is located in Valentino Park, and is the seat of the Architecture Faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin. It is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997.
The ancient castle was bought by Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy on the advice of Andrea Palladio. The name Valentino, first mentioned in 1275, seems to derive from a saint called Valentine whose relics were venerated in a church which stood nearby.


A cutaway drawing of the palace.The current structure is due to Princess Christine Marie of France (1606–1663), wife of Victor Amadeus I, who dwelt here from 1630. It has a horseshoe shape, with four round towers at each angle, and a wide inner court with a marble pavement. The ceilings of the false upper floors are clearly in transalpino (i.e. French) style. The façade sports a huge coat of arms of the House of Savoy. Works lasted until 1660.

On the figure of the French noblewoman malignant rumors, that told of a place of Castle del Valentino amorous encounters with gentlemen and servants that ended at the bottom of a well thrown by the noble lover, who seems to have also built an underground passage, and true own gallery that also crossed the bed of the Po, to connect the Royal Castle to the Royal Vineyard, the scene of amorous encounters between her and his advisor Filippo of Agliè.

Minor modifications were made in the early nineteenth century; at this time, too, much of the seventeenth-century furniture was carried off by French troops. For the next half century the palace was more or less abandoned and fell into a state of disrepair. Renovations were carried out in 1860 when it was selected as the seat of the engineering faculty of Turin; it has been further restored in recent years.

Today it is the central building of the Architecture faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin.
(source: Wikipedia)

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1687, Orvieto, Umbria: wine, cheese, salami.

Tuscany and Umbria are famous for their salami, for their cheese, for their wildpigs, for their wines...Italy is beautiful, but when you enter a shop like this it can get even more beautiful.

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Orvieto Charcuterie di jtdiego, su Flickr

bonus pic: a perfect combination of art and wine...the attonishing Duomo di Orvieto refelcted in a glass of local white wine.

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CinCin / Cheers di s@brina ... few days of break, su Flickr

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1688, Le Piramidi di Segonzano, prov. Autonoma di Trento

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Piramidi di Terra di Giuseppe Desideri, su Flickr

The Segonzano "Pyramids" are spectacular pinnacles and an attonishing geological phaenomenon, created around 50k years ago by erosion. They are not made out of rock, but of soil and small stones.

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1689 - Barrea, a village on the shore of the Lake of Barrea, Abruzzo.

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Barrea por peet-astn, no Flickr

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1690. The brackish pond of Molentargius, it is located near the city of Cagliari, Sardinia.

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La sfilata de "sa Genti Arrubia" (la "Gente Rossa&quot / The parade of the "Red People" di simonetta manca (Always more busy! Sorry!), su Flickr


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1691, Gallipoli is an ancient town in Apulia, located on the Ionian Sea.

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0028 - Italy - Gallipoli di NetFred-2007, su Flickr

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1692. San Romedio Sanctuary, Val di Non, Trentino - Alto Adige.

The Sanctuary lies on a rock 90 m tall and consists several churches and chapels that follow the orography of the rock and are linked together by a steep staircase of 131 steps.
The buildings have been built in different periods. The oldest one is dated back to 1000 A.D. and lies upon the grave of the hermit Romedio.
The whole complex consists of 5 churches:
the Addolorata Church, built as thanksgiving for the peace after the First World War,
the Church of S. Giorgio built in 1489,
the Church of S. Michele built in 1514 ,
the Main Church of S. Romedio built in 1536,
the Old Church , the first one to be built, with the relics of the Saint. In particular the first churches were built on the stones that the first pilgrims brought to the sacred place as a sort of votive offerings.
www.dolomiti.it

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VALDINON (8) di AGRITURISMO LA CANONICA, su Flickr


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1693. Gradara (PU), Marche. Food festival "Cuochi senza frontiere"

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Cuochi senza Frontiere a Gradara di glauco's & antonella's, su Flickr

Gradara is a town and comune in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, in the region of Marche in central Italy. It is located 25 km from Rimini and 13 km from Pesaro.
The ancient town is characterized by a double line of medieval walls and by the massive Castle, one of the best preserved in Italy. It is famous as being the location of the episode of Paolo and Francesca described by Dante Alighieri in the V Canto of his Inferno.

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1694. Jesolo (Venezia), Jesolo Beach Houses (Richard Meier).

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Richard Meier: it's nearly over, but I'm over for sure... di Guido Ranieri Da Re (away), su Flickr

One of the new projects in the dynamic coast city of Jesolo

bonus pic: view from the Merville tower in Jesolo

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Merville "Casa nel Parco" Jesolo Lido (VE) - Terrazzi della Torre di Setten Genesio SpA, su Flickr

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1695 - Aerial view of Craco ruins, Basilicata.

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Craco por Basilicata Turistica, no Flickr

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1696. Torre Colimena, Apulia.

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torre colimena di Antonio_Trogu, su Flickr


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1697. Sant'Apollinare in Classe

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Sant'Apollinare in Classe di saintpeg, su Flickr


The Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe is an important monument of Byzantine art near Ravenna, Italy. When the 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 sumptuous nature of its decoration".

The imposing brick structure was erected at the beginning of 6th century by order of Bishop Ursicinus, using money from the Greek banker Iulianus Argentarius. It was certainly located next to a Christian cemetery, and quite possibly on top of a pre-existing pagan one, as some of the ancient tombstones were re-used in its construction.

Sant'Apollinare in Classe was consecrated on May 9, 549 by Bishop Maximian and dedicated to Saint Apollinaris, first bishop of Ravenna and Classe. The Basilica is thus contemporary with the Basilica of San Vitale of Ravenna. In 856, the relics of Saint Apollinaris were transferred from the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe to the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna.

The exterior has a large façade with two simple uprights and one mullioned window with three openings. The narthex and building to the right of the entry are later additions, as is the fine 9th century round bell tower with mullioned windows.

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Great Basilica! The interior is amazing.

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1698, Maratona dles Dolomites, climb of Passo Gardena (prov. autonoma di Bolzano)

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Gardena di BikeTrotter, su Flickr

The Maratona dles Dolomites (Dolomites Marathon), is an annual single-day road bicycle race covering seven spectacular mountain passes in the Dolomites. Open to amateurs cyclists, the Maratona—with 9,000 riders from over 40 nations—is one of the biggest Italian Granfondo bicycle races.[1] National Geographic described it as "one of the biggest, most passionate, and most chaotic bike races on Earth." wikipedia

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1699, Barolo and the Langhe landscape, province of Cuneo, Piedmont

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Barolo ed i suoi cru di claudio marchini, su Flickr

This charming little village (739 inhabitants) is home for the production of the famous Barolo wine.

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1700, Aqua Claudia, Park of the roman aqueducts, Rome, Lazio

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Quasi come ai tempi del "Grand Tour".... di leosagnotti, su Flickr[/IMG]

The Parco degli Acquedotti is a public park in Rome, Italy. It is part of the Appian Way Regional Park and is of approximately 15 ha. The park is named after the aqueducts, crossed on one side by the Aqua Felix and containing part of the Aqua Claudia and the remains of Villa delle Vignacce to the South East. The park is served by the subway stations Lucio Sestio and Giulio Agricola (line A).
Although just 8 km from the centre of Rome, the park has been protected from development and retains a rustic air. Towards the South and East of the park crops are still grown and sheep can be found grazing

wikipedia

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1701 - Sperlinga, Sicily

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1702, Watermill in Refrontolo, Veneto


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Molinetto della Croda di Teone!, su Flickr