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House of Juliet – Casa di Giulietta – Verona Italy Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet made Verona a household word. Locals marvel that each year, about 1,600 Japanese tour groups break their Venice-to-Milan ride for an hour-long stop in Verona just to stand in a courtyard. The House of Juliet, where the real-life Cappello family once […]

BACI PERUGINA Reimbelli has developed a signature ganache that uses olive oil instead of dairy cream to create an ethereal taste experience. The result delivers extraordinary chocolate flavor and a show-stopping velvety texture. “Chocolate & olive oil are Italy’s most popular culinary exports and using two of its finest brands, Perugina and Colavita, I’ve been […]

L’ Antica Pizzeria da Michele In 1870, the Condurro family started what was to become a long tradition of master pizza makers in the center of Naples. Michele Condurro son of Salvatore, improved the family’s art of preparing the pizza, whose secrets he had learned from the famous masters in Torre Annunziata (district outside city), […]

Pizza a Metro from “Gigino” The University of pizza The history of the local began in the ’30s, when Gigino Dell’Amura invented “pizza by the meter”. Today Gigino’s son continues to keep alive the tradition of the “pizza by the meter” managing one of the most renowned restaurants in Campania, which was given the title […]

Duomo di Monreale The Cathedral of Monreale is one of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture in the world. It was begun in 1174 by William II, and in 1182 the church, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, was, by a bull of Pope Lucius III, elevated to the rank of a metropolitan cathedral. The church is a national […]

Spello Spello (in Antiquity: Hispellum) is an ancient town and comune (township) of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the lower southern flank of Mt. Subasio. It is 6 km (4 mi) NNW of Foligno and 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Assisi. The old walled town lies on a […]

Ravenna San Vitale MosaicsThe Basilica of San Vitale is a church in Ravenna, Italy, and one of the most important examples of early Christian Byzantine art and architecture in western Europe. The building is styled an “ecclesiastical basilica” in the Roman Catholic Church, though it is not of architectural basilica form. It is one of […]

Assisi, Italy Assisi (Italian pronunciation: [asˈsiːzi], from the Latin: Asisium) is a town and comune of Italy in the province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It was the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare (Chiara […]

Matera Matera (Italian pronunciation: [maˈteːra] or [maˈtɛːra]) is a city and a province in the region of Basilicata, in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera and the capital of Basilicata from 1663 to 1806. The town lies in a small canyon carved out by the Gravina. Known as “la Città […]

Cinque Terre The Cinque Terre is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera. It is in the Liguria region of Italy, to the west of the city of La Spezia. “The Five Lands” comprises five villages: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. The coastline, the five villages, and the surrounding hillsides […]