“Sicilia antica dellu mi cori, quanti ricchezzi ch 'a'tteni tu!” - "Ancient Sicily, of my heart, how many riches you possess." Day 4 - February 24, Saturday As the last time we gave up going to Palermo and decided to go around Catania. There was a lot to see. A beautiful and colorful city. And very dirty. In Syracuse it was...
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“Sicilia antica dellu mi cori, quanti ricchezzi ch 'a'tteni tu!” - "Ancient Sicily, of my heart, how many riches you possess." Day 3 - February 23, Friday - Taromina We had many good reviews about this town from friends and acquaintances. It is located about 60 km north of Catania, at the foot of Mount Etna. The ancient city...
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“Sicilia antica dellu mi cori, quanti ricchezzi ch 'a'tteni tu!” - "Ancient Sicily, of my heart, how many riches you possess." The organization Even before Christmas, my colleague Dani and I decided to jump to Italy. Both of us felt like it, I speak the language, we decided to travel without an agency. We bought tickets for the Sofia-Catania-Sofia flight because...
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Dante Alighieri, often called simply Dante, was an Italian poet, romantic, writer, philosopher and thinker, politician in Florence during the Middle Ages. His most famous work is "Comedia", later called "Divine Comedy" as the pinnacle of medieval Italian literature and the basis for the development of the modern Italian language. He has been called the father of the Italian language. In Italy he is known as "The Poet". Dante, ...
Italo Calvino was an Italian poet and writer. He was born on October 15, 1923 in Santiago de Las Vegas, today part of Havana in Cuba. His parents are Italian agronomists. The family soon returned to Italy and he spent his childhood in Sanremo, where he also completed secondary education. The first few books that Calvino wrote were…
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The first inhabitants of the Italian peninsula were the Etruscans, who occupied a large territory between the sea and the rivers Arno and Tevere. They built numerous cities, some of which still exist today: Tarquinia, Arezzo, Perugia, Volterra. From there they began to take new lands to the north and to the south. The Etruscans never managed to create a state. Every city is…
Genoa - Genova Genoa is an Italian city located on the coast of the Ligurian Sea with a large port. It is the largest port not only on the coast of the Ligurian Sea, but also in the whole of Italy. Raw materials needed for industry are unloaded here from all over the world. Genoa was a maritime republic. In the 14th century, the Republic of Genoa extended its dominion...
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Today in Italy they celebrate Befana. Oggi in Itaia e'la festa della Befana. At the end of the calendar year, the holiday cycle ends on January 6 - Epiphany, and the people say that after that date the holidays go away. The term "Epiphany" is of Greek origin and means "manifestation"; it is used by the Christian tradition to indicate the first manifestation of...
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Until the end of the 19th century, Italy remained divided into small states, many of which were under foreign rule. The first to think about independence, liberation and unification at the beginning of the 19th century were Giuseppe Mazzini, King of Sardinia Vittorio-Emanuele II, Count Cavour – first minister and Giuseppe Garibaldi. Garibaldi's most famous battle is this…
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ITALY - HISTORY, ART, CULTURE-bilingual almanac Turin is the fourth largest city in Italy, but the third in terms of economic power. It is located in the northwestern part of the country and is an important industrial center as well as the capital of the Piedmont region. Despite its fame as the industrial center of Italy in the 20th century, Turin is actually an elegant and charming…
