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1. Colosseum The Colosseum is the largest and most famous amphitheater in the Roman world. Its construction was started by emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty in 72 AD and was finished by his son Titus in 80 AD. The Colosseum was capable of holding some 50,000 spectators who... Read More

 Ravello, Ravello, where have you been all my life? In all the times I’ve made the trip from Rome or Naples to the Amalfi Coast – that cliffside, vertical jewel box that hovers over the bluest of blue seas – I’ve never climbed the hill to see you. I had no idea you were up... Read More

Italy offers so many appetizing types of food it’s going to be hard to choose just one…   Post by Denis Carravetta Corá.   Read More

1200 inhabitants, 90% has an instrument. On June 21, at sunset an exceptional happening with all the musicians playing in the street.   Camerota is a village perched on the Cilento coast, in the middle of the National Park of Cilento Vallo di Diano, a little more than 1200... Read More

1. Buy some good bread and then go to Campo de’ Fiori in the morning and sample the olive oils and balsamic vinegars at the market 2. Mail your postcards from Vatican City. Aside from the cool stamps and postmark, the Poste Vaticane is Swiss run and famously more efficient than... Read More

The Christ of the Abyss is a bronze statue placed in 1954 on the bottom of the bay of San Fruttuoso, between Camogli and Portofino inside Portofino’s Protected Natural Marine Area, 15 meters deep. The statue was born from an idea by Duilio Marcante following the death of... Read More

Calcio fiorentino was an early form of football that originated in 16th century Italy. The Piazza Santa Croce of Florence is the cradle of this sport, that became known as giuoco del calcio fiorentino ("Florentine kick game") or simply calcio (later being the name applied to... Read More