It was during the last summer break‚ my husband and I went to hike across the Alps on an ‘inn_ to_inn’ treak starting in the Alpi maritime nature reserve in Italy and finishing at the Mediterranean sea near the stunning town of Menton on the French Riviera. On our way from the mountains to the seaside‚ which is known as‚ ‘Route ‘de sel’ we explored classic‚ high alpine landscapes‚ bronze age‚ petroglyphs‚ and the historical villages and hamlets of the royal valley which boasts exquisite painted chapels
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Italian culture is considered flirting. If you say hello to a man on the street he will think you are interested in him and start following you – it happened to one of my friends! A second difference I am noticing quite frequently is catcalling. In Italy‚ it is very normal for a man across the street to yell “ciao bella” if he thinks you are attractive and is interested in you. Again‚ this is very different from American culture and something difficult to get used to. Initially‚ I was very thrown
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Benetton was founded as a single shop in Italy in 1965. Three years later the company expanded into France. Eventually‚ Benetton spread throughout Europe and by 1979 it was established in the United States. Benetton Group S.p.A is a unique global group that is a part of a larger organization known as the Edizione Holding Group. This is the holding company through which the Benetton family has ownership in many different businesses including hotels‚ publishing‚ and real estate. The Edizione Holding
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Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 . Born out of wedlock in Vinci‚ Italy (just outside Florence)‚ Leonardo’s illegitimate standing kept him from receiving a good education and excluded him from the most lucrative occupations. However‚ such limitations never hindered (and perhaps even fueled) da Vinci’s desire for knowledge and great ambition. At the age of 15‚ da Vinci became the apprentice of the painter Andrea del Verrochio in Florence‚ where his skills as an artist developed‚ flourished and even
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Many Italies‚ Other Italies Emily Cormack May 3‚ 2010 Magic and Religion depicted in Southern Italians Magic and Religion has always had a very prominent and distinct role in the lives of Southern Italians. Magic serves as their form of hope and believing in something bigger than themselves‚ something they cannot see and that is how it is integrated into religion. In both‚ Nuovo Mondo and Christ Stopped at Eboli‚ the role of magic and religion are explored and the impact that it has on
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Donatello Donatello is known as one of the most important sculptors of the Early Renaissance. His techniques are still used today. Donatello‚ or Donato di Niccolò Betto Bardi‚ was born in Florence‚ Italy around 1386. He was an Italian sculptor and became an associate of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi‚ with whom he traveled to Rome to study the classical art and the Roman Ruins. Donatello started sculpting at the age of 20 and later became a humanist. He did not marry and had no children
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It was the investment in land and agricultural production that made Italy wealthy. The slaves were thought of as property and not people. Even though humane legislation outlawed the mutilation or murder of slaves‚ the masters continued with the disfigurement and excessive amounts of cruelty shown towards
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The Renaissance was "A revival or rebirth of cultural awareness and learning that took place during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ particularly in Italy‚" according to Art In Focus. It followed the Middle Ages‚ and was basically a time of the revival of learning after the Middle Ages‚ or Dark Ages‚ a time with little increase of ideas‚ inventions or developments. During the Renaissance‚ art was a branch of knowledge. It was a way to show God and his creations‚ as well as a science‚ of anatomy
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lasted from 1400 BC to 1600 BC. During this time Italy was made up of a number of city-states that were ruled by Princes. The population was divided into aristocracy‚ the merchant class‚ artisans‚ town laborers and peasants of the countryside. The rulers set the standards for fashion and wore lavish garments that were depicted in artwork‚ but merchant classes would imitate these styles. From 1494 to 1549 the countryside was an area of war and Italy lost many of these areas to northern countries. The
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Baroque style period Baroque is a period of artistic style that started around 1600 in Rome‚ Italy‚ and spread throughout the majority of Europe. baroque period‚ era in the history of the Western arts roughly coinciding with the 17th century. Its earliest manifestations‚ which occurred in Italy‚ date from the latter decades of the 16th century‚ while in some regions‚ notably Germany and colonial South America‚ certain of its culminating achievements did not occur until the 18th century. The
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