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| VENICE - (Venezia) |
The city was founded as a result of the influx of refugees into the marshes of the Po estuary following the invasion of northern Italy by the Lombards in 568. In the mid-8th century, the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of Pepin III and remained subject to the Byzantine Empire, at least theoretically. As the community continued to develop and as Byzantine power waned, however, an increasingly anti-Eastern character emerged, leading to the growth of autonomy and eventual independence. Venice was a city state (an Italian thalassocracy or Repubblica Marinara, the other three being Genoa, Pisa, and Amalfi). Its strategic position at head of the Adriatic made Venetian naval and commercial power almost invulnerable.
Venice is famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of more than 100 islands in a shallow lagoon. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railroad station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in the 20th century. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot. Venice is Europe's largest carfree area, unique in Europe in remaining a sizable functioning city in the 21st century entirely without motorcars or trucks.
Gondola on one of Venice's many waterwaysThe classical Venetian boat is the gondola, although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies, due to its cost. Most Venetians now travel by motorised waterbuses ("vaporetti") which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city's islands. The city also has many private boats. The only unmotorized gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges.
Venice is served by the newly rebuilt Marco Polo International Airport, or Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, named in honor of its famous citizen. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast so that visitors now need to get a bus to the pier, from which watertaxi or Aliliguna waterbus can be used. |
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| THE COLLI EUGANEI REGIONAL PARK - (Padova) |
The Colli Euganei Regional Park encloses many sites of archaeological interest, naturalistic museums, fortresses, abbeys, and historical castles of the Middle Ages, venetian villas, historical gardens, hermitages.
The Park offers many paths, interesting for vegetation, flora, fauna, and for the beautiful views.
The quiet of Colli Euganei has been inspiration and shelter for poets like Francesco Petrarca, Ugo Foscolo, George Gordon Byron and Shelley.
On foot, in bicycle, in mountain-bike or on a horse: they are the many ways in order to discover this rich earth of natural beauties; so, you can choose between the various panoramic roads that climb up the hills's sides or you can appreciate the plains of orchards and vineyards.
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| PARCO NAZIONALE DOLOMITI BELLUNESI - (Belluno) |
The Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park was created in order to protect a very precious area from the naturalistic and landscape point of view.
The Peaks of Feltre and Mount Serva were already very famous for their flora in the 18th century.
The presence of rare species and the amazing variety of environments are mainly due to the geographical location.
The park is situated at the South-eastern Alps margin, in wild areas which, in part, have not been covered by ice during the ice ages following one another in the Quaternary - the latest one ended around 10000-12000 years ago.
The Park shows different environments and different cultures.
The hamlets located on the slopes overlooking the Piave valley (Feltre and Belluno areas) are very different from the settlements of Agordo and Zoldo valley, situated on geologically and climatically completely different mountainsides.
The most interesting areas from the naturalistic point of view are located at a high altitude, in the plateaus, in the hollows of glacial origin, but there are also important sites in the valleyfloors and the most popular areas.
The most evident characteristic of the park is environment and landscape variety, which is particularly appreciable during the summer, when flowers are in full bloom everywhere.
The western area, that of the real Vette, is characterized by grassy summits (the most famous is Mount Pavione pyramid, 2335 m.) and large stratum drifts, glacial cirques and karstic hollows.
They can reached from the hills (Croce d'Aune, Col dei Mich, San Martino valley) along steep paths going up abrupt but very interesting slopes, with reminescent environments of the landscape of the foothills of the Alps.
Cimonega group presents the typical Dolomite characteristics, with its highest peak, "Sass de Mura" (2550 m.).
It can be reached from the deep Val Canzoi, the starting point of visits to Erera-Brendol plateau and Piani Eterni as well, in the eastern part of Alpi Feltrine.
Pizzocco and Agnelezze groups have characteristics of both the Dolomites and the foothills of the Alps.
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| PARCO NATURALE OF DOLOMITI D'AMPEZZO - (Ampezzo) |
Established with the approval of the General Meeting of Regolieri, management of the Park has been entrusted by the Region to the Comunanza delle Regole d’Ampezzo “by virtue of the specificity of the ancient forms of management of the Ampezzo natural heritage, by them preserved and protected for hundreds of years”.
The establishment of the park has considerably boosted cultural and scientific activities, as well as helped enhance the Ampezzo countryside and culture.
The protected area is shaped like a wedge, with two side branches, and borders, to the north, on the South Tyrol park of Fanes, Senes and Braies.
Land use in the Park is fairly uniform, as there are no human settlements and ski-ing facilities.
This has made it easier to split the area into different zones, some dedicated to woodlands and pastures - including alpine pastures and woods under normal forestry control - and others set aside as nature reserves; the latter are located in the best and less-spoilt parts of the park and include 9 full reserves and 11 oriented reserves.
These cover 25% of the protected area.
The Park has been recognised by the European Community as a community heritage site.
Various differentiated access roads exist at the disposal of visitors - from the main roads leading to the Falzarego, Cimabanche and Tre Croci passes, dozens of forest trails and paths depart, creating a network 300 kilometres long.
Among the tourist routes are 8 metalled roads and 6 equipped trails, some of which are what remains of the mountain roads used during the Great War.
There are 11 alpine huts in the Park and in the vicinity; on the Lagazuoi, Tofana and Cristallo massifs cableways operate throughout the summer months as well, reaching fairly high altitudes, while along the access road to Malga ra Stua, in the Croda Rossa group, a public shuttle service is available.
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| LAKE OF GARDA - (Garda) |
Lake Garda brings us the gift of a last and unexpected breath of Mediterranean before reaching the passageways of the Dolomites heading north. Here, the intense blue of Lake Garda touches the mountains; the olive branches speak with the wind, and the lemons mature in the sun.
At one time, Goethe, Kafka, Mann and Rilke found inspiration for their genius precisely here, in the Garda Trentino.
Today, the same atmosphere and natural beauty has remained intact and has become the ideal scenario for a vacation where it is both easy to relax and have fun: sailing and wind surfing on the waves of Lake Garda, mountain biking, trekking and free climbing on the mountains or canyoning along exciting torrent rapids are just some of the daily sports in a world where it is easy to run into old castles and where fairy tales are celebrated every year on magic, mid-summer's night.
Garda Trentino is all that: a world at man's dimensions where the flavours of food, wine and olive oil are real.
The activities offered by this splendid last-bit of Mediterranean, so unexpectedly close to the Alpine region, are countless.
The spectacular encounter of diverse natural surroundings - the lake and mountain - allows a vast choice between different water, air and land sports.
Within everybody's reach are excursions by foot or bike, visits to castles and museums, churches and breathtaking views.
If this isn't enough, you can visit one of the most important Trentino Garda destinations, easily accessible in a day by car, such as Rovereto's Museum of Contemporary Art (MART) and Trento's Buonconsiglio Museum, just to name a few.
The choice is up to you!
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| MURANO - (Venezia) |
Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges.
It lies about a mile north of Venice and is famous for its glass making, particularly lampworking.
Murano was settled by the Romans, then from the sixth century by people from Altino and Oderzo.
At first, the island prospered as a fishing port and through production of salt.
It was also a centre for trade, through the port it controlled on Sant'Erasmo.
From the eleventh century, it began to decline as islanders moved to Dorsoduro. It had a Grand Council, like that of Venice, but from the thirteenth century Murano was ultimately governed by a podesta from Venice.
Unlike the other islands in the Lagoon, Murano minted its own coins.
Murano and the Venetian Lagoon.In 1291, all the glassmakers in Venice were forced to move to Murano due to the risk of fires.
In the following century, exports began, and the island became famous, initially for glass beads and mirrors.
Aventurine glass was invented on the island, and for a while Murano was the main producer of glass in Europe.
The island later became known for chandeliers.
Although decline set in during the eighteenth century, glassmaking is still the island's main industry.
Santa Maria e San Donato, MuranoIn the fifteenth century, the island became popular as a resort for Venetians, and palaces were built, but this later declined.
The countryside of the island was known for its orchards and vegetable gardens until the nineteenth century, when more housing was built.
Attractions on the island include the Church of Santa Maria e San Donato, known for its twelfth century Byzantine mosaic pavement and said to house the bones of the dragon slain by Saint Donatus, the Church of San Pietro Martire and the Palazzo da Mula.
Glass-related attractions include the many glassworks, some Mediaeval and most open to the public, and the Glass Museum, housed in the large Palazzo Giustinian.
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| TORRI DEL BENACO - (Torri del Benaco) |
On the eastern side of lake Garda, from Torri del Benaco, you can quickly reach the western side thanks to the Navigarda ferry service.
The accommodation facilities are rich and varied consisting mainly of hotels able to cater for the most varied demands of tourism. Thanks to modern sports and nautical facilities it is well equipped for riding and fishing as well as for sailing, windsurfing, waterskiing and motorboat navigation. |
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| VERONA - (Verona) |
The origins of Verona are bound to three ancient civility: Venetian, gallica and retica but, its foundation goes back to 49 to. C. during the Roman domination that will be prolonged until the The century d. C. With the IV century it is affirmed the Christianity to work of San Zeno, bishop of the town. After the Roman domination Verona confronts a period of large brightness with the kingdom of Teodorico (489-526) that will precede the dominion longobardo of King Alboino.
Verona, besides, is well-known to be the important homeland of characters like Valerius Catullo and Vitruvio but is also the town of Carlo Main and of its son Pipino.
In 1136 the town is transformed in Commune and participates in the struggles between communes and empire.
Instead, during the medieval age, it will fall under the Signoria of the Scaligeri, imperial vicars, that will accommodate Giving in its "first exile".
With the Venetian domination, Verona, will cultivate the most intellectual appearance and cultural becoming fixed goal for thinkers and artists like Goethe, Heine, Stendhal and Valery and this period of calm will last until 1797.
Finally, in the October of 1866, the population of Verona scelse of to unite itself to the Kingdom of Italy and followed the events of the actual Country.
Verona, after Venice, is the town of art more mattering of the Venetian one like today testify the monuments and the artistic assets that connote the urban unit.
Between the ancient monuments Romen it is present the Roman Theater, of Age Augustea, provided of nicchioni and semicircular cavea.
Instead, risalente to the age Flavia, is the well-known Arena of Verona grandiose amphitheater built outside from the wall of the town. |
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