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VILLA D'ESTE BERNINI FOUNTAIN RESTORED

One of Villa d'Estes famous fountains, known as Il Bicchierone (or The Great Goblet), has been restored to its former glory after some years of neglect. Although the fountain, which takes the form of a banqueting cup sitting in a sea-shell shaped base, is not the most spectacular of the Tivoli gardens water plays, it is of special interest as it was designed by the great baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1661 for Cardinal Rinaldo d'Este.

The town of Corinaldo (Marche region) is preparing to celebrate the Celtic feast of Halloween in style......

the lost city of Pompeii, engulfed in the infamous eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, continues to be the object of research in many fields  including that of oenology. ....

On the occasion of the 44 th National White Truffle Fair at Acqualagna (Marche region),  Mayor Bruno Capanna is launching a new frontier that will delight food lovers everywhere  at the Gastronomic Republic of Acqualagna, ruled by King Truffle.

 CROWNE PLAZA STABIAE SORRENTO

The Crowne Plaza Stabiae Sorrento Coast is a landmark on the SS Sorrentina road that runs along the Bay of Naples on the way to Sorrento. ...

The Roman writer Suetonius mentioned the Emperor Neros revolving dining-room, but up till now most historians believed this was a figment of his imagination.....

The Royal Palace of Turin, known as the Venaria Reale, is now the 6 th most visited sight in Italy, after the Colosseum, Pompeii, the Vatican Museums, the Uffizi and the Venice museum circuit. ....

Botticellis famous and enigmatic painting, known as The Birth of Spring has been given a new interpretation by leading Italo-American researcher Mirella Levi D'Ancona.

As part of the Italian Autumn exhibition, promoted by the Italian Embassy in Japan, the town of Genzano, near Rome, Lazio, laid out a floral carpet in the centre of Tokyo. ...

The Via Francigena del Sud (the Southern Francigena Route), part of the ancient route that took pilgrims from northern Europe down through Italy to Brindisi (Apulia) where they embarked for Jerusalem and the Holy Land, is to be inaugurated on Sunday, 4 th October 2009 at the medieval Cistercian Abbey of Fossanova near Latina (Lazio).