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Misty atmospheres
Making-up for a long weekend with no snow and plenty of… atmosphere. Read more “Misty atmospheres”
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Castello dell’Innominato
One of the landmarks of all time Italian literary best seller I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), which is staged in the surroundings of Lecco, is the Castle of the “Unnamed”. That is a character that author Alessandro Manzoni conceived after Francesco Bernardino Visconti, an offspring of a noble family, a local war lord and a criminal who haunted the area in the XVI century. Read more “Castello dell’Innominato”
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Next moon, different perspective
Portovenere, Manarola, Vernazza
Due to the conformation of the coast and the presence of the near island of Palmaria, Portovenere provided an ideal shelter for the ships of the Romans who, in the first century B.C., established here a military port. Portovenere is connected to the “Cinque Terre” (“Five Lands”, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso) via a trail that runs up on the mount along the coast. Read more “Next moon, different perspective”
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Cristina and I have taken an extension to our summer-vacation for a short visit to Italy’s “Far East”, with a quick border crossing to Slovenia. Read more “Friuli-Venezia Giulia”