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Americans go to London for social triumph, to Rome for art’s sake, and to Berlin to study music and to economize; but they go to Paris to enjoy themselves. And …
Why Americans travel to Europe for what? Read More
The Colosseum, of course, which charges no admission for entrance to its ground floor, and no admission at all to visit any part of the ruins on Sundays… Following that, …
Rome Low Cost Sightseeings Read More
‘I need no ivory temple for my delight,’ wrote Propertius in Augustus’ day, ‘enough that I can see the Roman Forum.’ Here, from immemorial times, had been the meeting place …
Rome: The Roman Forum Read More
Capri is an Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples, in the Campania region of Southern Italy. It …
Capri: A picturesque island and tourist attraction in Italy Read More
Venice is a city unlike any other. No matter how often you’ve seen it in photos and films, the real thing is more dreamlike than you could imagine. With canals …
Destination Venice Read More
A League of Latine cities is said to have been founded in the eighth century, and Rome under her kings gradually attained in it a leading position. The expulsion of …
Destination Rome Read More
Until the victory of the Left in 1876 the Ministers who governed Italy were almost all Northerners, who considered the Southerners as lively, witty and eloquent beings but politically immature. …
Italy: North and South Read More
Why such a separation? The difference between North and South is not greater in Italy than in France or in the United States; and it is less than in Germany. …
Italy: The difference between North and South Read More
The railways powerfully contributed to the fusion of North and South, after the historical dissolution, so long resisted, of the Pontifical State. But it was easy for the Italians to …
Italy and Foreign Visitors Read More
Within historical times, that is a length of time varying in different parts of Italy from 2,000-3,000 years, changes in the physical environment have of course been gradual and limited. …
Italy Geography: Changes in Historical Times Read More