Facts about Italy presents: Leonardo da Vinci Drawings
Leonardo da Vinci was famous Italian painter, sculptor, draftsman, engineer and architect who made some of the biggest art masterpieces in the history of a mankind. Probably the most famous works of Leonardo da Vinci are the paintings Mona Lisa (1503–1506) and Last Supper (1495–1498) .
Leonardo da Vinci - Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci - Vitruvian Man
Gomorra - A Must See Movie
Italian Mafia movie - Gomorra - was the biggest winner of the the 21st European Film Awards Festival held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Gomorra won 5 awards including the best European movie and best European director.
The story of Gommora is based on a non-fiction book by 29 years old Italian Roberto Saviano, who has lived under the police protection for more than 2 years because of the death threats he received from Italian gangsters, the hard-hitting movie shows us how Italian criminal organization Commora (based in Naples) actually works.
Gomorra made the debut at Cannes Film Festival, France, where the movie won the Grand Prix award and also received the Italian nomination for the 2009 foreign-language movie Oscar.Defiantely a must see! The 2009 European Film Awards will be held in Essen, Germany.
Facts about Italy presents Italy Vs Europe
The differences between Italians and Europeans, showed in very funny way. But as always there is some truth in this animated video. Check this video you won't regret, it really very funny!
Venice Italy – Quick Presentation
Venice is to the Northwest in Italy. It is also the capital of Veneto and has over 250,000 residents as of 2004. Not only is it a breathtaking city, there is no place you can go and not find romantic gondolas floating to and fro in the water that makes this the “City of Water”. It reaches across 118 tiny islands next to the Adriatic Sea in the northeastern part of Italy. It was built on what is commonly referred to as an Archipelago
Venice Canals
With so much water, it is no wonder that Venice is best known for its canals. Having the smaller islands makes hundreds of canals in the shallows of this lagoon. To keep everything connected, there are over 400 bridges. The canals are the roads of this city. Either you walk to where you need to go or you ride on the water.
View of Venice from St. Mark's Campanile
This is also true of transportation of goods to and from their destination. There is a railway line and an automobile passage but not directly in the city itself. It is the one place in Europe that can be considered to be free of cars and the most environmentally friendly town.
Gondoliers in Venice, Italy
Facts about Italy presents Michelangelo Facts
Michelangelo was a true genius of his time. He had the most extraordinary skills when it came to painting, engineering, math, philosophy, and architecture. His pride and joy can when he took the challenge and succeeded in painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling with “The Last Judgment”. His sculpture of David was simply magnificent to see and hard to believe this man could have the patience and care needed to complete this tedious task. He believed in finishing a task he started before moving to another.
Facts about Italy presents Florence, Tuscany, Italy – Quick Presentation
The great Julius Caesar founded Florence Italy in 59 BC as a choice spot to retire his soldiers after their fight in the war. It was built with the soldiers in mind and was an army camp with streets that soon became the hub of the commerce and trade. The beautiful architecture and artistic culture is still found today and is a true miracle to withstand the hundreds of years. Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo were part of those who resided in Florence as was Donatello and Brunelleschi.
Facts about Italy presents Facts About Enzo Ferrari
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Facts about Italy prsents Language Camps in Italy
Since US Dollar/Euro exchange rate is rapidly falling more and more Americans find it hard to visit Europe. But there is one great solution, you'll have a great time and even earn some Euros!Read on.........
ACLE is an Educational company that provides Italian students with fun and opportunity to learn the English language at their Summer Camps. They are recruiting enthusiastic, dependable, native English speakers to teach and work in English Camps throughout Italy. Summer Camps start in June 2008. City and Summer Camps are located all over Italy from North to South to name just a few of them: Rome, Milan, Bologna, Sicily, Pisa, Dolomites, Siena, Naples and many many more. All you need for this job is to be a Native English speaker and of course you got to love to work with kids, Italian language skills are not a must!
The ACLE program just upped wages to approximately €220-240 per week, depending on your experience and with some budgeting, you'll make enough money to actually afford the unique Europiean holidays this summer!
Facts about Italy presents Rules For Venice Tourists
Facts about Italy presents Rent a Car in Italy
Facts about Italy presents Is Pizza An Aphrodisiac?!
Facts about Italy presents Passeggiata
Seeing Italy on the back of a scooter is a thrilling, highly recommended and surprisingly, totally comfortable way to experience Italian cities and their people. A scooter will give you some kind of freedom and comradeship on the road. Check out this great video!
Facts about Italy presents Gelato
Well it's almost a sin not to have Gelato while being in Italy. If you don't know what Gelato is, then we can give you a tip, it's something very refreshing and very desired during hot Summer months...............yes you guessed it right; Gelato is Italian type of ice cream, if you want to get more information about Gelato, check this video!
Oh and one more tip; if you want to have very good Gelato, make sure it has real fruit and doesn't have the appearance of artificial colors!
Facts about Italy presents Roman Forum
The Roman Forum is probably one of the most important archaeological findings in the whole world, you can find it across the street from the Colosseum. The Roman Forum was the heart of life in Rome during ancient times. It was also the place where the administration of justice and commerce had their headquarters. Check this great video and learn more about the Roman Forum.
Facts about Italy presents More Quick facts
Facts about Italy presents Lasagna
Originating from Italy, Lasagna has become one of the most recognizable dishes in the world, just after pizza. Lasagna is both a form of pasta in sheets but also a single dish, sometimes named lasagna al forno (which in Italian means oven cooked lasagna) made with alternate layers of pasta, cheese and a meat or tomato sauce. Wanna know how to make delicious Lasagna? Check this great video!
How To Make Lasagna
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Facts about Italy presents Some Short Facts
Italy borders France, Austria, San Marino, Vatican City, San Marino, Switzerland and Slovenia (who took the presidency of European Union on January 1st 2008).
One of the biggest tourist attractions in Slovenia, Lake Bled
Italy has the longest border with the Switzerland.
Italian territory is a little bit larger than Arizona.
The Italian flag (vertically colored in green, white, red) was inspired by the French flag which was for the first time shown when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded the peninsula in 1797.
Some of worlds most famous explorers had Italian oregins, the most famous are: Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci.
Espresso was invented in 1903 by Luigi Bezzera, the owner of a manufacturing business. Mr. Bezzera was looking for the solution how to brew coffee faster, then wasting some time after work, one day he added pressure to the coffee brewing process and the revolution was made!
He later named his invention "Fast Coffee Machine", (espresso means "fast" in Italian).
Facts about Italy presents Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was one of the most famous Italian composers and violinists. He was born in Venice on the 4th of March. Vivaldi had a big influence on the baroque music and on the development of the concerto. Antoniao was in the priesthood and because his hair was red he also got a nickname "The Red Priest." From 1704 to 1740 he worked in the Ospedale della Pietŕ where he was a teacher, conductor, and composer. Antonio Vivaldi liked to travel and presenting his operas all across the Europe.
As for many artists Vivaldi's work was also forgoten for more then 100 years, but when J.S. Bach arrange some of Vivaldi's concertos, his music became again very interesting. He left Venice in 1741 in the apparent hope of finding his friends in Vienna, Austria where he died shortly after his arrival. The most famous of all Vivaldi's concertos are I'll quattro stagioni in english The Four Seasons!
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Facts about Italy presents Italian Riviera
Same as beautiful French Riviera, the Italian coast boasts blue seas, fancy tourist resorts with casinos and palm trees waving along the promenade. Attractive coastline, blue sea, sandy beaches, and very mild climate have long been the Italian Riviera's biggest attractions.
Federica Ridolfi
Sara Tommasi
Elisabetta Canalis
Ilary Blasi
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Read more...Facts about Italy present the best Olive Oil in the world!
Some say to have true and genuine Italian virgin olive oil, it's enough to be bottled in Italy, some other people say it's enough to have an Italian label. But the only fact that really stands is the fact that original virgin olive oil, the pride of Italy, has to be made with Italian olives, pressed and bottled in Italy to be called Italian virgin oil.
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Facts about Italy presents Lamborghini
No half measures. No compromises. Always exceeding expectations. Innovative design, the latest and best technology, the most modern of concepts - this is what Lamborghini excellence is all about.
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly known as Lamborghini, is based in the small Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese, near Bologna. The company was founded in 1963 by Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916–1993) as a spin-off from his very successful tractor factory, Lamborghini Trattori S.p.A.
This time Facts about Italy presents historical topic
Facts about Italy presents the famous Romulus and Remus Myth
When young men, the brothers decided to found a city. After studying the flights of birds, and signs in the sky, it was determined that each Romulus and Remus would be in charge of a section of the new city, but the signs also determined that Romulus section would be twice the size of Remus' section. Romulus, using a plow pulled by a white cow and a white bull, cut a furrow to mark the boundary of his section. Remus, angry at his brother getting the larger part, jumped over the furrow into his brothers section, where Romulus killed him (in another version of the story, invented later by the poet Ennius, Remus just disappeared during a storm).
Romulus went on to build the city, which was named Rome after him. He was later deified and became associated with Quirinus, under whose name he was worshipped.Facts about Italy presents beautiful Italian women
Why are Italian babes so attractive? Beautiful girls in Italy are not necessarily born that way, they make and keep themselves that way! How can this be done?
Most foreigners do not realize how important young Italian girls regard their physical appearance. Before going out in public they very carefully choose the correct clothing and facial treatments. When they exit their homes everything must look perfect.
It is not uncommon for Italian girls to spend few hours in front of a mirror putting on different kinds of cosmetics before they present themselves to the public.Facts about Italy presents Michelangelo Buonarroti
INTRODUCTION
Michelangelo Buonarroti is possibly the greatest artist and sculptor who has ever lived. His paintings and sculptures have changed the meaning of art for good!
BACKGROUND
Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6, 1475, in a town near Florence. His mother died by the time Michelangelo was six years old, leaving him to live with his father, a nobleman.
He began to show interest in art and drawing by the age of ten, and became an apprentice by age 12. When Michelangelo was 13 he was set to be an artist. He became a pupil of the great sculptor, Donatello. As he grew older, Michelangelo Buonarroti became interested in the male nude. Most of his paintings included pictures of nude males, though sometimes just in the background.
Michelangelo lived to the age of 89, and died in 1564.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Michelangelo was a great leader in the Italian Renaissance. His greatest glory, painting the Sistine Chapel, began in 1508, and was completed in 1512. In the beginning, Michelangelo was to paint twelve pictures of the apostles around the outside of the ceiling. Instead of doing so, Michelangelo made another suggestion. He used the central area of the ceiling to paint the history of the Old Testament. It included over 300 figures.
Beginning in 1491, Michelangelo carved Madonna of the Stairs. It took him one year to complete it. Next was the Pieta. It was started in 1498 and finished in 1500. He began Doni Tondo in 1503, taking him two years to complete the painting. In 1534, twenty-three years after the Sistine Chapel was completed, Michelangelo began to paint The Last Judgment, located over the altar at the same church as the Sistine Chapel.
Michelangelo was noted for use of color, light, tone design, and draftmanship. He excelled in architecture, sculture and anatomy.
IMPACT
Michelangelo set standards for sculpting, painting, poetry, and architecture. When sculpting, he always carved from front to back as shown on the unfinished piece, St. Matthew. His paintings were all equally proportioned, with very good perspective. All of his pictures had a 3-D effect to make his figures stand out from the background.
Michelangelo was also a poet and architect, but painting and sculpting were his specialties.
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Facts about Italy presents amazing Capri Island
There are plenty of well-known tourist destinations that don't live up to their billing, but Italy's Isle of Capri isn't one of them.
This beautiful island in the Bay of Naples, immortalized by Frank Sinatra's classic song, is every bit as mesmerizing and memorable as you would expect. Frank did get something wrong, though: the correct pronunciation is CAP-ri, not Ca-PRI.
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Here is another part of facts about Italy.
It is no secret that Italian men are very romantic here are few facts:
16% of Italian men agreed that honesty is the best policy.
84% of Italian men agreed that lies are sometimes okay.
73% of Italians have planned to bump into someone on purpose in the hope that it would lead to a date.
77% of Italian's regard their anniversary with their partner as the most important day of the year.
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This part of Facts about Italy speaks about costs of living in Italy
As fears of a recession circle the globe, DW-WORLD.DE asked people from seven European countries about their impressions of the cost of living. Here's the story from Italy:
Stefania lives in an apartment she owns about 10 minutes by subway from the center of Rome. She works two jobs: in the human resources department of an educational institute and as a private business consultant. 
Monthly income: 1,300 euros ($1,918.50)
Rent: 400 euros ($590) per month in maintenance fees
Monthly utilities: 130 euros ($192)
Bus / metro ticket: 1.00 euro ($1.47)
One liter milk: 1.50 euros ($2.21)
Facts about Italy: Italy - 5th Most Visited Destination
According to the the World Tourism Organization, Italy still keeps its 5th position as one of the most visited destinations in the world. Last year, tourist arrivals reached the record of 898 million travelers (+6,2%). Italy also recorded an increase of 6,6% from January through October 2007. France, Spain, USA and China are the leading countries.
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This part of Facts about italy presents world famous Venetian Masks
See how Venetian masks are formed and learn what they were used for in historic times.
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Facts about Italy present the most popular motorcycle in the while world Vespa!
There is only one Vespa and it remains the iconic scooter brand with its unique metal-bodied design. Over 60 years as a lead player,the history of the Vespa is a unique example of immortal
industrial design, so much that it has gone beyond a mere transport product to a part of social history.
The Vespa is a symbol of Italian creativity that is known worldwide!
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Read more...Facts about Italy presents Il Palio di Siena - Unique experience
Imagine this. A jostling, impatient crowd of 33,000 people closeted in a square. An absolute cacophony of bells, bugles, trumpets and drums. Fluttering flags, spectacular banners and myriad colors all around. Charged excitement in the air. A boom echoes around the arena and suddenly a group of horses appear goaded by their jockeys. The crowd goes crazy, voices at their peak. The horses race around the arena, the jockeys intent both on racing as well as displaying open hostility to fellow jockeys. For two minutes, the entire world is filled with thundering hooves and the din of the crowd.
Twice each summer ten horses are selected to represent ten of the seventeen contrades (or “city wards”) of Siena, in a horse race celebrating a famous apparition of the Virgin Mary. The Palio di Siena always sees the piazza packed with spectators, but it’s not due to the particularly complicated tradition and history of the event; in spite of the detail in its preparation, the Palio is really all about the spectacle – it’s a colourful cultural celebration, a high energy, patriotic sporting event. The pageant that precedes the race builds excitement amongst the crowd as flag-wavers in medieval costumes parade through the streets and mounted, sword-bearing carabaneiri charge around the track. The race has a history of being taken very seriously, and in the bleachers of the Piazza del Campo, it’s difficult not to be consumed by the infectious enthusiasm.
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Read more...Essential Facts about Italy
If you’re planning your next visit to Italy, then make sure you know some essential facts about traveling to this extra popular tourist destination in Europe, as it will help you plan and arrange your visit in the right way.
Here are some important Italy-Travel-Facts that you may want to know:
Italy Travel Facts
1. Accommodations
Italy offers a wide range of accommodations for all sorts of tourists. A lot of hotels can be found near train and bus stations and are usually low budget-types although some few are seedy. Inspecting a hotel before committing to it is often advisable. Italy hotels are generally rated by government system that does not take into account the appeal of the place. If you are staying longer, renting a house or apartment for a week is a good idea.
2. Italian Festivals
The best way to see more than what just an average tourist may see is finding sagras and Italian festivals. Sagras are blessing of such things as porcini mushrooms. One is likely to find great food served outdoors at communal tables and are a great way to meet Italians, all you need to do is dive in.
3. Language
Italy’s spoken language is Italian although you may hear some local dialects. In heavily tourist areas though, English is widely spoken. If there’s one Italian word you should remember, it is sciopero, pronounced as sho-per-o meaning strike. Strikes often happen in Italy that usually lasts for about a day or less, and seldom cause too many problems for tourists who are flexible. Labor issues are often displayed to public consciousness by short strikes so if you see papers on walls or windows of trains or bus stations, look for this word and you’ll know what’s up.
4. Italy Transportation
Italy public transport is served by extensive rail system and sometimes buses duplicate the rail routes. A lot of small cities in Italy have access to the larger cities nearby through twice-a-day bus conections. Bus stations are often very close to train stations. Since trains and busses are subsidized in Italy, they are slightly cheaper than most of the rest of Europe. Just take note that there are fewer trains on non-working days (weekends and holidays).
5. Maps of Italy
Providing yourself maps of Italy can be very helpfull, to plan your trip. There are a variety of maps of Italy that can be found online including rail map and region map.
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