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January 17, 2009 07:09 PM EST (shared with group: January 20, 2009) — We left Rome for Naples on my birthday, October 10, 2008. This was not a wholly good idea, unless one thrives on travel tension. The day started off innocently enough when we took a taxi to the Termini . . . more
January 03, 2009 11:21 AM EST (shared with group: January 11, 2009) —   The late Middle Age, "the decay of the Middle Age", was a period of transition. It was an economic junction - which causes remain without explanation - that originated a certain insecurity . . . more
January 03, 2009 11:23 AM EST (shared with group: January 11, 2009) —   The development of the commerce and the passage to the monetary economy - the commercial revolution - had also important political consequences. In Europe appeared a series of national States, . . . more
January 05, 2009 03:18 PM EST (shared with group: January 11, 2009) —   The word Renaissance designates to be reborn of the Roman cultural heritage in Italy, after a long interruption that extended until the final of the Middle Age. The word is of French origin, . . . more
January 05, 2009 03:30 PM EST (shared with group: January 11, 2009) —   With the Renaissance emerged not only a new conception of man and of life, but also a different sentiment before the world and the scientific-natural reality. In the diffusion of the new ideas . . . more
January 05, 2009 03:33 PM EST (shared with group: January 11, 2009) —   Is has been affirmed that in the Renaissance appeared the "modern" man. That assertion pretends to demonstrate the active, enthusiast character, about the progress of the society, . . . more
December 13, 2008 03:59 PM EST (shared with group: January 01, 2009) — La Primavera by Botticelli on behalf of the erudite brother of the ruling Medici, using also part of a choreography made by the ruling Medici. It is a mysterious work, but the more you look at it, . . . more
December 17, 2008 08:21 AM EST (shared with group: January 01, 2009) — The central figure can be seen both inside an egg-shaped cave as well as imagining the cross point of an eight shaped movement going across the painting of 8 figures. It is a painting of birth and rebirth . . . more
November 21, 2008 03:32 PM EST (shared with group: November 29, 2008) — About 500 b. C., epoch in which Rome was getting free from the Etruscan dominion, toppling the monarchy and bringing the republic that lasted until some decades before the birth of Christ, though, . . . more
November 21, 2008 03:43 PM EST (shared with group: November 29, 2008) —   The Roman Empire stretched along the entire Mediterranean basin, grasping very diverse peoples and habits. The civilization that the Romans created and bequeathed was Roman-Hellenistic , this . . . more
November 21, 2008 03:58 PM EST (shared with group: November 29, 2008) —   Monumental constructions and other vestiges served of testimony of the times of splendor of the Romans. In the entire Empire emerged cities well planned, with temples and theatres, basilicas . . . more
November 24, 2008 04:13 PM EST (shared with group: November 29, 2008) — Academic Travel Abroad (ATA) began in 1950 after the Marshall Plan opened Europe back up as a travel destination for the world to help rejuvenate the western European countries.  David Parry, . . . more
November 21, 2008 03:28 PM EST (shared with group: November 29, 2008) — When, in history, we talk about Rome, we think in the Roman Empire, the high-powered that, during several centuries, dominated the Mediterranean and the south of Europe and the Rhine and the Danube. . . . more
November 21, 2008 03:30 PM EST (shared with group: November 29, 2008) —   The growing dominion of Rome and its work for dominating the Western Mediterranean carried her to face the biggest maritime city of the epoch: Cartage . Initially, it took the power . . . more
November 06, 2008 09:06 PM EST (shared with group: November 11, 2008) — Dinner at Barbetta Restaurant featuring: the best  Northern Italian Cuisine, the “diamonds and jewels of Piemonte Regionale”     Fungi, either aromatic or odiferous, . . . more
October 20, 2008 12:48 PM EDT (shared with group: October 27, 2008) —    Part III of my account of a recent tour of Sardinia where I had the opportunity to explore the countryside  experiencing the unique tastes of wine & food of this jewel of . . . more
October 14, 2008 06:05 PM EDT (shared with group: October 17, 2008) — SEADE ( say Ah da ) There is a curious little pastry made in Sardinia that a friend tasted once and loved. She was on a 2 week driving tour of Sardinia with her family when she first tasted Seade. . . . more
September 26, 2008 01:00 PM EDT (shared with group: October 12, 2008) — When Kaneety returned home in the early evening hours, he took a refeshing shower changed his cloths, and together with his spouse made a quick survey of the dinning table; and went on embraced both . . . more
September 16, 2008 04:52 PM EDT (shared with group: October 12, 2008) — I am not the'good Lady' of any Gentleman; I am my own person with opinions about the things of the world. (Sorry for the mediocre people, the London middle-aged conservatives.)  Who am . . . more
October 07, 2008 02:30 PM EDT (shared with group: October 12, 2008) — I'm baaaackkkkk.  Okay, that was a bit melodramatic.  It's been a long day/week/month/year or whatever.  A bit of stress here...a bit of trauma there [may my Uncle Scrap rest in . . . more
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