La Galleria Borbonica, the Bourbon Tunnel, a dusty passage full of lost items, the carcasses of cars and motorbikes, the remains of old electrical equipment and of statues, is the tunnel located under a hill called, ironically, God’s Mountain, Monte di Dio.
It is a segment barely longer than 500 meters/1,600 feet and was dedicated in 1855 to the Bourbon King Ferdinand II.
"Buongiorno Siora maschera!" ( Good morning, Lady mask ): This was the greeting along the streets and canals of the city during Carnival: nothing in those days was more important, neither gender, neither social class, let alone the person's identity.
The Craftsmen who produced masks were called "maschereri", they belonged to the class of painters and they had their own statutes dating back to 1436. The manufacture of masks was not limited to the carnival period, because they were worn throughout the year even in official banquets or parties of the Republic.
The museum is situated in a group of rural buildings, adjacent to the vast archeological area of the ancient Roman city, Altinum, located near the edge of the Venice lagoon.
Exhibits are divided between the first and second floors of a former nineteenth century rice mill and are organized into two categories, pre-historic and the Roman era.
In the Venetian tradition, the Epiphany which occurs on January 6th, is celebrated with ornate fireworks and a huge bonfire created to “burn the witch” (brusare a vecia). Our ancestors used this bonfire as a way of presaging the weather for the coming year, not unlike Groundhog Day in the United States.
This tradition has different names depending which part of the Veneto you are in. In the countryside it may be called "Pirola Parola”; around Treviso it is called "Pan e Vin”; in the eastern Veneto, “Casera”; or any number of other strange names.
The fascinating Amalfi Coast is one of the most beautiful and famous of all Italian locations, rich with small towns and villages and full of nature and wonderful views.
Here we have tasted the best lemons of our entire lives 
They were so sweet and flavorful…
Did you know that Michelangelo had a secret room inside Florence Cappelle Medicee?
It was just 2x7 meters with one window; here he have create a lot of drawings on his old works and new projects, all of them were discovered in 1975 by Paolo del Poggetto during some refurbishment works.
The room was never been opened to the public, but from 2020 the world can see this amazing secret and the works that Michelangelo did during his prisonery for surviving at Medici's revenge.
Cervara combines reality with imagination, and history with legend; a rare concentrate of wonders similar to that kept in the Benedictine Abbey, is hard to find.
The structure includes the church of San Girolamo, a beautiful quadrangular cloister, a watchtower built to guard the area from attacks, a wonderful Italian monumental garden overlooking the sea and a beautiful botanical garden filled with the scents of Florentine lemon trees and Chinese mandarin oranges.
When you visit it, you can see the bigger natural room of a grotto, someone told that it can contain the entire St. Peter's Basilica!
This huge grotto (about 328 feet height, 557 lenght, 262 width) was discovered at the end of XIX age from Anton Federico Lindner.
It is magnificent not just for the room dimensions, but also for the size of its calcareous formation like Colonna Ruggero, its bigger stalagmite, 40 feet tall.
You can visit it all the year in Carso Triestino, North Italy.
Have you ever tried to lose your way through Venice?
Every corner has a story and every sculpture has something to tell you.
We spent an entire a day walking through this historical city, searching for those things that the normal tours don’t show you, and we found a lot of inspiration for new itineraries and walking tours.
You could see Venice with everybody else, but we can show you the little known corners of this city and its ancient history.
Next year, after Florence, Bologna and Genoa, the title European Capital of Culture will be awarded once again to another Italian city, Matera, located in Basilicata in Southern Italy. This city will have passed a selection process, which already had begun in 2012, by the European Commission in conjunction with the Italian government.
