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Isola Bella Italy

<b><i>©Angela M Lobefaro < i>< b><b> <a href= http bighugelabs com flickr scout php mode=history amp id=3618780137 rel= nofollow ><b>Explore< b>< a> DO NOT < b> Download or use my photos without my written permission <b> <a href= http darckr com username php username=89441939 N00 rel= nofollow >View on Dackr< a>< b> <a href= http feeds feedburner com PhotosFromAngie real rel= nofollow >< a><a href= http feeds feedburner com PhotosFromAngie real rel= nofollow >Subscribe to my stream< a> Shot taken by <b>Max< b> during <b>Gad< b>i s <a href= http www flickr com photos hexter ><b>gadihext< b>< a> great 10 days visit with us in Italy Thanks Gadi and Smadar for your kind visit <b>Isola Bella < b>is one <b>of the Borromean Islands < b>of Lago Maggiore in north Italy The island is situated in the Borromean Gulf 400 meters from the lakeside town of Stresa Isola Bella is 320 meters long by 400 meters wide and is entirely occupied by the Palazzo Borromeo and its Italianate garden <b> History < b> Until 1632 the island known only as l isola inferiore or isola di sotto 1 was a rocky crag occupied by a tiny fishing village but that year Carlo III of the influential House of Borromeo began the construction of a palazzo dedicated to his wife Isabella D Adda from whom the island takes its name He entrusted the works to the Milanese Angelo Crivelli who was also to be responsible for the planning the gardens The works were interrupted around middle of the century when the Duchy of Milan was struck by a devastating outbreak of the plague Construction resumed when the island passed to Carlo s sons Cardinal Giberto III 1615 1672 and Vitaliano VI 1620 1690 the latter in particular with the financial backing of his elder brother entrusted the completion of the works to the Milanese architect Carlo

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Christmas in Italy

This is my city one of the most beautiful cities of Italy This image is now a banner for the web site of Italian Studies at Oxford an interdisciplinary network of scholars working on Italy at the <a href= http www italianstudies ox ac uk home ><b>University of Oxford< b>< a> In Explore

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Meta di Sorrento Italy

HDR A view of Meta di Sorrento Italy

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Italy Political 1986 199K

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Explosion of Colors Cinque Terre Italy

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意大利 佛罗伦萨 美第奇家族 桥

从乌菲兹美术馆向外拍 这是在该美术馆唯一能用相机的地方

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the different regions Italy has been a republic since 1946 the 21 regions regione enjoying a large degree of self government some such as Sicily and Sardinia are semi¬autonomous Italians would be the first to agree that there is no such thing as an Italian Ask an Italian where he s from and the answer will be from Tuscany from Rome from Naples from Sicily but

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0669 Pisa Tuscany Italy

<a href= http bighugelabs com flickr onblack php id=2999326691 amp size=large rel= nofollow >View On Black< a> Pisa is a city in Tuscany central Italy on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa The city is known worldwide for its famous bell tower Pisa s origins remained unknown for centuries The city lies at the junction of two rivers Arno and Serchio in the Ligurian Sea forming a laguna area The Pelasgi the Greeks the Etruscans and the Ligurians have variously been proposed as founders of the city Archeological remains from the 5th century BC confirmed the existence of a city at the sea trading with Greeks and Gauls The presence of an Etruscan necropolis discovered during excavations in the Arena Garibaldi in 1991 allowed to clarify its Etruscan origins ancient Roman authors referred to Pisa as an old city Servius wrote that the Teuti or Pelopes the king of the Pisei founded the town thirteen centuries before the start of the common era Strabo referred Pisa s origins to the mythical Nestor king of Pylos after the fall of Troy Virgil in his Aeneid states that Pisa was already a great and developed centre by the times described foundation of the city in the Etruscan lands credited to settlers from Alpheus coast The maritime role of Pisa should have been already prominent if the ancient authorities ascribed to it the invention of the rostrum it took advantage of being the only port along the coast from Genoa then a small village to Ostia Pisa served as a base for Roman naval expeditions against Ligurians Gauls and Carthaginians In 180 BC it became a Roman colony under Roman law as Portus Pisanus In 89 BC Portus Pisanus became a municipium Emperor Augustus fortified the colony into an important port and changed the name in Colonia Iulia obsequens From 313 it became the seat of a bishopric + information in <a href= http en wikipedia org wiki Pisa target= blank rel= nofollow >

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vernazza italy

Where i stayed in the cinque terre View is right after sunset from the trail coming over from Monterosso where there are 1300 steps 650 up and 650 down Purchase a print at my fine art site <a href= http 88zero etsy com rel= nofollow >88zero etsy com< a> or view my portfolio at <a href= http 88zero com rel= nofollow >88zero com< a>

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Girl on vacation in Italy

On vacation in Italy this girl won the beauty contest She is from Sweden

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Cinque Terre Italy

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Li Galli Island Positano Italy

HDR A sunset on the Amalfi coast Island quot Li Galli quot on the left near Positano Italy 30 776 views until 12 08 2008 <a href= http bighugelabs com flickr onblack php id=376856266 amp size=large >View On Black< a>

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Positano Italy

Positano Italy

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Rome Italy Colosseum

Taken at Colosseum in Rome Italy You can view the rest of my photos during the trip <a href= http www flickr com photos deepstone sets 72157601638601472 >here< a>

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Capri Between Rock and Sea n 5 Torre Saracena

This first series of photographs is called Capri Between Rock and Sea It shows several Capri s views some very famous some other less but all have in common the point of view the exact point hard rocks meet soft sea The Photograph No 5 is taken at the beginning of 2009 at Marina Piccola one of the most beautiful places of the island It shows the beach of Torre Saracena a guard tower built during the barbaric invasion In the background the Faraglioni the most famous rocks of the island La prima serie di fotografie è intitolata Capri Between Rock and Sea In essa vengono mostrate varie vedute dell isola alcune molto famose altre meno ma tutte hanno in comune il punto di vista il punto esatto in cui la dura roccia si incontra con il fluente mare La fotografia N 5 è stata scattata a Marina Piccola una delle località più belle dell isola Mostra la spiaggia di Torre Saracena una torre di avvistamento costruita durante le invasioni barbariche Nello sfondo i Faraglioni Sei nell aria anzi letteralmente nel cielo On Explore To buy <a href= http alessandroscoppa altervista org >alessandroscoppa altervista org< a>

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Venice Italy

It was close to zero degree when we visited Venice Italy in Jan 2005 Cold but lots fun 2nd most interesting

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Canals of Venice

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Reproduction of 1st century Mature Hercules in Herculaneum Italy

Photographed at the <a href= http www auav46 dsl pipex com >Herculaneum Excavation Site< a> near Naples Italy

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Italy Cinque Terre Vernazza

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