Rome has fifty monumental fountains and hundreds of smaller fountains, over 2000 fountains in all, more than any other city in the world. From the great aqueducts to the famous fountains and “mostre” of the capital, an itinerary to discover the flow of water in Rome. For more than two…

Venetian is a Romance language and thus descends from Vulgar Latin. Although referred to as an Italian dialect even by its speakers, Venetian is a separate language. According to Tagliavini, it is one of the Italo-Dalmatian languages and most closely related to Istriot on the one hand and Tuscan–Italian on…

Rome Historic Centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Beginning with the Renaissance, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism. Famous artists, painters, sculptors and architects made Rome the centre of…

Daily life, religion, nature and protection of the Lagoon. Lido and Pellestrina are two islands forming a barrier between the southern Venetian Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea. In those islands, road traffic is allowed. There are bus services on islands and waterbus services linking islands with other islands (Venice, Murano,…

Italian Navy Museum of Naval History (Museo storico navale è un museo della città), A precious place with a collection from centuries of Naval History, with boats and artefacts that retrace history and traditions. The Naval History Museum is a museum of the city of Venice, owned by the Italian…

The Arab-Norman architecture of Palermo style are magnificently enriched with carving and colored inlay, a curious combination of three styles — Norman-French, Byzantine and Arab.. They incorporated the best practices of Arab and Byzantine architecture into their own art. Under the Normans, Sicily experienced a period of great artistic and…