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Grand Tour Italy

Connie Romano
A Grand Tour discovering History and stories, pics, food and people. Not only tourists, but travelers. This is the way to see Italy, out of the route...
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THE PLACE OF YOUR HEART

Grand Tour Italy ― Thanks to the FAI  (the Italian Foundation for the Environment)  we can report a site,in Italy, that we carry in our hearts.   It 's a place that we love, for the beauty of its landscape,  its history, its artistic importance,... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted 2 days ago
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GRADARA. STRONGHOLD OF ETERNAL LOVE

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 Connie Romano ― Posted 14 days ago
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MANTOVA. SOMETHING YOU DON’T EXPECT

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 Connie Romano ― Posted 26 days ago
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UNUSUAL NAPLES. SAINTS, KNIGHTS AND ANCIENT GODS

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 Connie Romano ― Posted on Apr 15th, 2012
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VENICE. PIECES OF LIFE DOWN IN THE LAGOON

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 Connie Romano ― Posted on Apr 5th, 2012
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COCULLO. THE GODDESS ANGIZIA AND HER SERPARI

Grand Tour Italy ― Serpente or serpe is the Italian name of the snake.And there’s an ancient traditional festival of the snakes and men in Cocullo, a small town in Abruzzo, in the mountains of Marsica and Pelino, 870 meters above sea level. A country that counts just... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Feb 29th, 2012
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ITALY, ICE AND SNOW

Grand Tour Italy ― Right at the end of January ('till now) my country fell into a vortex of frost. Snow falls almost everywhere. For someone has been a real surprise.Can you identify some of the places I'm goint to show here?  Follow me, let's go through the snow...... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Feb 5th, 2012
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TRANI. VAMPIRES AND ANCIENT APULIAN TOMBS

Grand Tour Italy ― In 1740 the Archbishop of Trani, Giuseppe Davanzati, wrote his "Treatise on Vampires", a famous script in which an important man of the church analyzes in depth the phenomenon of vampirism and all the mysterious legends, that have always been told... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Jan 30th, 2012
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VAL DI STAVA. THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORY

Grand Tour Italy ― On July 19, 1985 was a hot summer day in the Val di Fiemme (South Tyrol).The mountain was animated, as always, with many tourists all around the woods and trails. Suddenly a mighty roar went through the green valleys. Everyone stopped for a moment,... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Jan 15th, 2012
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SATURNIA. A DIVINE GIFT TO MEN

Grand Tour Italy ― According to an ancient legend the god of the underworld, Saturn, once became angry with men because they were always at war with each other. To be heard he grabbed a thunderbolt and hurled it on the ground, so he brought forth, from the crater of a... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Jan 3rd, 2012
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A LEGENDARY CAKE: THE NEAPOLITAN PASTIERA

Grand Tour Italy ― The Neapolitans, one day, wanted to pay homage to the mermaid Partenope which was delighted them with her wonderful songs.   They decided to bring her a gift, through seven beautiful girls, the seven most precious things that all them had: ... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Dec 24th, 2011
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AOSTA. CHRISTMAS DAYS IN GOOD COMPANY

Grand Tour Italy ― With the arrival of Christmas days Aosta prepares itself to  warmly welcome thousands of tourists, curious, and local inhabitants. August arch  Walking through the colorful and lighted streets in downtown   ...you reach Piazza Caveri, a ... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Dec 17th, 2011
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CUMA AND AVERNO LAKE. SINCE ALWAYS SACRED PLACES

Grand Tour Italy ― The fame of the Sibilla Cumana is lost in ancient times.  In Greek and Roman mythology, she was a woman of whom Apollo fell in love and from which she had been given the power of divination. This girl has always been a mythical depicted as priestess... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Dec 4th, 2011
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TRIORA. WITCHES AND INQUISITION

Grand Tour Italy ― Here we are in an ancient typical medieval town, perched for centuries in the Alps of Liguria, which has reached the present day perfectly preserved.   There still lingers an unreal atmosphere, heavy, it talks about dark curses and mysterious... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Nov 27th, 2011
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LIVING IN A GREAT NATIONAL PARK. IN DEFENSE OF NATURE

Grand Tour Italy ― The “National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise” is not only an awful area in which the main human task is to protect Nature in all its aspects.  Villavallelonga It includes 24 ancient villages, belonging to three different Italian regions ... (more)
 Connie Romano ― Posted on Nov 20th, 2011

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