Traveland – How to love Udine
Elegant squares, open-air lounges and eighteenth-century artworks of great fame: Udine is a city of art to be discovered between a good glass of wine and a walk downtown. Not really considered as a the tourist destinations, Traveland will show you how easy it is to love the capital of Friuli Venezia Giulia at first sight.
Old castle for sale in northern Italy | Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia - Ref. 1348
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This magnificent luxury residence for sale is located in the province of Udine, in an area where it is believed that in ancient times there was a lookout post that looked out for the Consular Julia Augusta.
The date of construction of the castle is not known, but it is possible to trace its history intertwined with the story of its noble owners, of which we have evidence from the 12th century.
Over the centuries the building has undergone several changes of ownership and structural changes, especially in the 18th century, when it was transformed into a country house; in 1800, an era in which castles no longer had a military function, was used as an estate and here there were several hunts organized in its vicinity.
The northwestern part still has elements of medieval times.
Luxury estate for sale in Como | Lombardy, Italy - Ref.1903
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This historical luxury villa a few steps away from Lake Como is currently for sale.
This important and prestigious historic building dates back to the early 1700s and was commissioned by Francesco Sala, the forefather of an important and rich bourgeois family in Milan.
This property was used as a summer home by the family and has undergone various renovation works during the centuries, while maintaining the main and highly-charming features of the period
Besides the main villa, which as been finely restored over the years, there is still part of the building that needs to be renovated.
This property measures 2,000 m2 overall and is accessible though a big portico.
Luxury villa for sale on the Tuscan coast | Livorno, Italy - Ref. 0731
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This luxury villa with a splendid view overlooking the coast and the city of Livorno is for sale.
Located in a highly exclusive area, well known to many Italian and international personalities, this villa overlooks the spectacularly beautiful scenery of the Tuscan coast and archipelagos.
This Tuscan villa for sale, with its imposing and majestic design, features a beautiful white façade corniced by a two armed stairway.
With its sun kissed and exclusive position, this residence welcomes its guests with a first class relaxation area: a swimming-pool and the surrounding area are a true jewel in this property of general great visual impact.
Digital Diary FVG 2012 | The wonderful taste of life: a chapter from the Digital Diary of Italy
The wonderful taste of life: a chapter from the Digital Diary of Italy is a video project by Caspar Diederik, filmed in Friuli Venezia Giulia for Can't Forget Italy.
Caspar said: Hi there! This is my creation for the competition of the Digital Diary 2. If you like this video you'd help me getting the most views and so winning the award and so letting me make more stories. I'd appreciate it infinitely if you share it. Thank you so much!
Story:
Young man wakes up in a mediterranean never-never-land. He finds out instantly the primary and most important subject where it's all about....Food. He's made to understand the only way to survive this journey is to taste everything and never say no to any dish. He undertakes a voyage of discovery through this wonder world of tastes. Will he conquer gloriously all tastes that lie underneath these skies? Can he can return safely to where he came from?
This tasty fairytale is based on the true experiences of the Digital Diary Team. 7 video artists cruised through the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia to unveil it's local treasures. Digital Diary is a series of heartfelt tales from the Boot harvested on
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FVG short for Friuli Venezia Giulia is a beautiful region that lies in the north-east corner of Italy, just to the east of Venice-Veneto, bordering Slovenia and Austria, and with the Adriatic Sea along the southern coast. To get more inspiration go to
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This Time by Ian Blumfield
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I'd like to thank the people of FVG for their kindness and hospitality. You invited me into your homes and lives to share your story. Thank you for that from the bottom of my heart.
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Ep. 3 Portiamo il Broccolo Fiolaro agli Chef americani per il GIÀZ
Per il terzo episodio di Entroterra Condivide andiamo in trasferta.
Direzione Mezzolombardo (Trento) Con Enrico Battistello che porta il Broccolo Fiolaro al GIAZ:
NEI PROSSIMI GIORNI CARICHEREMO INTEGRALMENTE I SEMINARI TENUTI AL GIAZ da:
Lane Selman
Adriano Zago
Josh Volk
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ITALY - WikiVidi Documentary
Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301338 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. Due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as lo Stivale . With around 61 million inhabitants it is the fourth most populous EU member state. Since classical times, ancient Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Greeks established settlements in the south of Italy, with Etruscans and Celts inhabiting the centre and the north of Italy respectively and various different ancient Italian tribes and Italic peoples dispersed throughout the Italian Peninsula and insular Italy. The Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom, which eventually became a republic that conquered and assimilated other nearby civilisations. Ultimately the Roman Empire...
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00:06:58: Etymology
00:08:21: Prehistory and antiquity
00:09:56: Ancient Rome
00:12:15: Middle Ages
00:15:22: Early Modern
00:20:37: Italian unification
00:24:54: Fascist regime
00:28:55: Republican Italy
00:34:17: Geography
00:36:51: Volcanology
00:38:17: Environment
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00:48:58: Law and criminal justice
00:50:38: Law enforcement
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00:54:16: Military
00:57:10: Administrative divisions
00:57:39: Economy
01:03:20: Agriculture
01:05:01: Infrastructure
01:07:30: Science and technology
01:11:04: Tourism
01:12:41: Demographics
01:15:20: Immigration
01:17:44: Languages
01:19:42: Religion
01:23:32: Education
01:25:35: Health
01:27:25: Culture
01:28:29: Architecture
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01:46:54: Cinema
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ITALIAN PUNK HARDCORE 1980-1989 | Il Film | The Movie [COMPLETE]
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Indice/Index:
00:01:46 Le origini/The Beginning
00:10:05 Le città e i centri nevralgici/The Cities and the Hot Spots
00:21:55 Le band/Bands
00:41:48 L'autoproduzione e le etichette indipendenti/The D.I.Y. and Indipendent Labels
00:53:35 Le fanzine e il passaparola antagonista/The Fanzines and the Antagonist Word of Mouth
01:05:00 Il rapporto conflittuale tra punk e stampa/Controversy with the Press
01:09:28 I concerti/Gigs
01:40:40 Le droghe/Drugs
01:47:36 L'apice e il declino/Climax and Decline
(ENGLISH BELOW) Un film di Angelo Bitonto, Giorgio S. Senesi, Roberto Sivilia
Produzione esecutiva: OZFILM (Bari)
Le origini dell'hardcore punk in Italia. Le città e i centri nevralgici. L'autogestione, i posti occupati, la politica. L'autoproduzione, le cassette a nastro e i dischi in vinile. Le etichette indipendenti. Le fanzine e il passaparola antagonista. I concerti, i raduni, le manifestazioni. Gli scontri, la violenza, gli eccessi, le droghe. Il rapporto conflittuale tra punk e stampa, i quotidiani e le riviste di costume. L'inizio, l'apice e il declino delle grandi band degli anni 80. Interviste a Raw Power, Wretched, Negazione, CCM, Indigesti, Kina, Peggio Punx, Impact, Upset Noise e molti altri.
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The birth of Italian hardcore punk. The cities and the hotbeds of punk. Self-management, squats, politics. D.I.Y., tapes and vinyl. Independent labels. Fanzines and counter-culture word-of-mouth. Concerts, rallies, demonstrations. The battles, the violence, the excesses and the drugs. The antagonistic relationship between the punk movement and the press, daily papers and magazines. The beginnings, rise and fall of the big bands of the '80s. Interviews and rare live footage from Raw Power, Wretched, Negazione, CCM, Indigesti, Kina, Peggio Punx, Impact, Upset Noise and many others.
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SUMMARY
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Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja] (listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana [reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna]), is a country in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in southern Europe.
Due to its central geographic location in Europe and the Mediterranean, Italy has historically been home to a myriad of peoples and cultures. In addition to the various ancient Italian tribes and Italic peoples dispersed throughout the Italian Peninsula and insular Italy, beginning from the classical era, Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Greeks established settlements in the south of Italy, with Etruscans and Celts inhabiting the centre and the north of Italy respectively. The Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC, which eventually became a republic that conquered and assimilated its neighbours. In the first century BC, the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became the leading cultural, political and religious centre of Western civilisation. The legacy of the Roman Empire is widespread and can be observed in the global distribution of civilian law, republican governments, Christianity and the Latin script.
During the Early Middle Ages, Italy endured sociopolitical collapse and barbarian invasions, but by the 11th century, numerous rival city-states and maritime republics, mainly in the northern and central regions of Italy, rose to great prosperity through shipping, commerce and banking, laying the groundwork for modern capitalism. These mostly independent statelets served as Europe's main trading hubs with Asia and the Near East, often enjoying a greater degree of democracy than the larger feudal monarchies that were consolidating throughout Europe; however, part of central Italy was under the control of the theocratic Papal States, while Southern Italy remained largely feudal until the 19th century, partially as a result of a succession of Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Angevin and Spanish conquests of the region.The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, bringing a renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration and art. Italian culture flourished, producing famous scholars, artists and polymaths such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Galileo and Machiavelli. During the Middle Ages, Italian explorers such as Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John Cabot and Giovanni da Verrazzano discovered new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the European Age of Discovery. Nevertheless, Italy's commercial and political power significantly waned with the opening of trade routes that bypassed the Mediterranean. Centuries of infighting between the Italian city-states, such the Italian Wars of the 15th and 16th centuries, left the region fragmented, and it was subsequently conquered by European powers such as France, Spain and Austria.
By the mid-19th century, rising Italian nationalism and calls for independence from foreign control led to a period of revolutionary political upheaval. After centuries of foreign domination and political division, Italy was almost entirely unified in 1871, establishing the Kingdom of Italy as a great power. From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, Italy rapidly industrialised, namely in the north, and acquired a colonial empire, while the south remained largely impoverished and excluded from industrialisation, fuelling a large and influential diaspora. Despite being one of the main victors in World War I, Italy ...
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00:05:29 1 Etymology
00:07:32 2 History
00:07:41 2.1 Prehistory and antiquity
00:10:01 2.2 Ancient Rome
00:12:39 2.3 Middle Ages
00:16:23 2.4 Early Modern
00:22:12 2.5 Italian unification
00:25:24 2.6 Monarchical period
00:28:54 2.7 Fascist regime
00:33:04 2.8 Republican Italy
00:38:12 3 Geography
00:41:35 3.1 Waters
00:43:03 3.2 Volcanology
00:44:50 3.3 Environment
00:47:15 3.4 Biodiversity
00:49:29 3.5 Climate
00:51:07 4 Politics
00:51:54 4.1 Government
00:54:33 4.2 Law and criminal justice
00:56:05 4.2.1 Law enforcement
00:57:06 4.3 Foreign relations
00:59:22 4.4 Military
01:01:48 4.5 Administrative divisions
01:02:22 5 Economy
01:06:56 5.1 Agriculture
01:08:49 5.2 Infrastructure
01:11:15 5.3 Science and technology
01:15:27 5.4 Tourism
01:17:01 6 Demographics
01:19:22 6.1 Metropolitan cities and larger urban zone
01:19:34 6.2 Immigration
01:21:58 6.3 Languages
01:24:28 6.4 Religion
01:27:01 6.5 Education
01:29:07 6.6 Health
01:30:44 7 Culture
01:32:10 7.1 Architecture
01:33:47 7.2 Visual art
01:37:33 7.3 Literature
01:43:21 7.4 Theatre
01:45:41 7.5 Music
01:50:13 7.6 Cinema
01:53:33 7.7 Sport
01:57:08 7.8 Fashion and design
01:58:54 7.9 Cuisine
02:01:04 7.10 Public holidays and festivals
02:03:08 8 See also
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SUMMARY
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Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja] (listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana [reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna]), is a country in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in Southern Europe.
Due to its central geographic location in Europe and the Mediterranean, Italy has historically been home to a myriad of peoples and cultures. In addition to the various ancient Italian tribes and Italic peoples dispersed throughout the Italian Peninsula and insular Italy, beginning from the classical era, Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Greeks established settlements in the south of Italy, with Etruscans and Celts inhabiting the centre and the north of Italy respectively. The Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC, which eventually became a republic that conquered and assimilated its neighbours. In the first century BC, the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became the leading cultural, political and religious centre of Western civilisation. The legacy of the Roman Empire is widespread and can be observed in the global distribution of civilian law, republican governments, Christianity and the Latin script.
During the Early Middle Ages, Italy endured sociopolitical collapse and barbarian invasions, but by the 11th century, numerous rival city-states and maritime republics, mainly in the northern and central regions of Italy, rose to great prosperity through shipping, commerce and banking, laying the groundwork for modern capitalism. These mostly independent statelets served as Europe's main trading hubs with Asia and the Near East, often enjoying a greater degree of democracy than the larger feudal monarchies that were consolidating throughout Europe; however, part of central Italy was under the control of the theocratic Papal States, while Southern Italy remained largely feudal until the 19th century, partially as a result of a succession of Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Angevin and Spanish conquests of the region.The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, bringing a renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration and art. Italian culture flourished, producing famous scholars, artist ...
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja] (listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana [reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna]), is a country in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in southern Europe.
Due to its central geographic location in Europe and the Mediterranean, Italy has historically been home to a myriad of peoples and cultures. In addition to the various ancient Italian tribes and Italic peoples dispersed throughout the Italian Peninsula and insular Italy, beginning from the classical era, Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Greeks established settlements in the south of Italy, with Etruscans and Celts inhabiting the centre and the north of Italy respectively. The Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC, which eventually became a republic that conquered and assimilated its neighbours. In the first century BC, the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became the leading cultural, political and religious centre of Western civilisation. The legacy of the Roman Empire is widespread and can be observed in the global distribution of civilian law, republican governments, Christianity and the Latin script.
During the Early Middle Ages, Italy endured sociopolitical collapse and barbarian invasions, but by the 11th century, numerous rival city-states and maritime republics, mainly in the northern and central regions of Italy, rose to great prosperity through shipping, commerce and banking, laying the groundwork for modern capitalism. These mostly independent statelets served as Europe's main trading hubs with Asia and the Near East, often enjoying a greater degree of democracy than the larger feudal monarchies that were consolidating throughout Europe; however, part of central Italy was under the control of the theocratic Papal States, while Southern Italy remained largely feudal until the 19th century, partially as a result of a succession of Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Angevin and Spanish conquests of the region.The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, bringing a renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration and art. Italian culture flourished, producing famous scholars, artists and polymaths such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Galileo and Machiavelli. During the Middle Ages, Italian explorers such as Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John Cabot and Giovanni da Verrazzano discovered new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the European Age of Discovery. Nevertheless, Italy's commercial and political power significantly waned with the opening of trade routes that bypassed the Mediterranean. Centuries of infighting between the Italian city-states, such the Italian Wars of the 15th and 16th centuries, left the region fragmented, and it was subsequently conquered by European powers such as France, Spain and Austria.
By the mid-19th century, rising Italian nationalism and calls for independence from foreign control led to a period of revolutionary political upheaval. After centuries of foreign domination and political division, Italy was almost entirely unified in 1871, establishing the Kingdom of Italy as a great power. From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, Italy rapidly industrialised, namely in the north, and acquired a colonial empire, while the south remained largely impoverished and excluded from industrialisation, fuelling a large and influential diaspora. Despite being one of the main victors in World War I, Italy entered a period of economic ...
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SUMMARY
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Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja] ( listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana [reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna]), is a country in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in southern Europe.
Due to its central geographic location in Europe and the Mediterranean, Italy has historically been home to a myriad of peoples and cultures. In addition to the various ancient Italian tribes and Italic peoples dispersed throughout the Italian Peninsula and insular Italy, beginning from the classical era, Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Greeks established settlements in the south of Italy, with Etruscans and Celts inhabiting the centre and the north of Italy respectively. The Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC, which eventually became a republic that conquered and assimilated its neighbours. In the first century BC, the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became the leading cultural, political and religious centre of Western civilisation. The legacy of the Roman Empire is widespread and can be observed in the global distribution of civilian law, republican governments, Christianity and the Latin script.
During the Early Middle Ages, Italy endured sociopolitical collapse and barbarian invasions, but by the 11th century, numerous rival city-states and maritime republics, mainly in the northern and central regions of Italy, rose to great prosperity through shipping, commerce and banking, laying the groundwork for modern capitalism. These mostly independent statelets served as Europe's main trading hubs with Asia and the Near East, often enjoying a greater degree of democracy than the larger feudal monarchies that were consolidating throughout Europe; however, part of central Italy was under the control of the theocratic Papal States, while Southern Italy remained largely feudal until the 19th century, partially as a result of a succession of Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Angevin and Spanish conquests of the region.The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, bringing a renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration and art. Italian culture flourished, producing famous scholars, artists and polymaths such as Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Galileo and Machiavelli. During the Middle Ages, Italian explorers such as Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John Cabot and Giovanni da Verrazzano discovered new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the European Age of Discovery. Nevertheless, Italy's commercial and political power significantly waned with the opening of trade routes that bypassed the Mediterranean. Centuries of infighting between the Italian city-states, such the Italian Wars of the 15th and 16th centuries, left the region fragmented, and it was subsequently conquered by European powers such as France, Spain and Austria.
By the mid-19th century, rising Italian nationalism and calls for independence from foreign control led to a period of revolutionary political upheaval. After centuries of foreign domination and political division, Italy was almost entirely unified in 1871, establishing the Kingdom of Italy as a great power. From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, Italy rapidly industrialised, namely in the north, and acquired a colonial empire, while the south remained largely impoverished and excluded from industrialisation, fuelling a large and influential diaspora. Despite being one of the main victors in World War I, Italy entered a period of economic crisis and social turmoil, leading to the ...
Italian food | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:58 1 History
00:02:07 1.1 Antiquity
00:03:05 1.2 Middle Ages
00:06:32 1.3 Early modern era
00:09:51 1.4 Modern era
00:13:18 2 Ingredients
00:17:06 3 Regional variation
00:17:36 3.1 Abruzzo and Molise
00:19:42 3.2 Basilicata
00:21:33 3.3 Calabria
00:22:56 3.4 Campania
00:25:02 3.5 Emilia-Romagna
00:26:53 3.6 Friuli-Venezia Giulia
00:27:57 3.7 Liguria
00:29:15 3.8 Lazio
00:30:04 3.9 Lombardy
00:31:41 3.10 Marche
00:32:31 3.11 Piedmont
00:34:36 3.12 Puglia (Apulia)
00:35:51 3.13 Sardinia
00:36:45 3.14 Sicily
00:38:18 3.15 Trentino-Alto Adige
00:39:31 3.16 Tuscany
00:41:16 3.17 Umbria
00:42:02 3.18 Valle d'Aosta
00:42:39 3.19 Veneto
00:44:51 4 Meal structure
00:45:48 5 Food establishments
00:46:06 6 Drinks
00:46:14 6.1 Coffee
00:48:35 6.2 Alcoholic beverages
00:48:44 6.2.1 Wine
00:50:03 6.2.2 Beer
00:50:45 6.2.3 Other
00:52:03 7 Desserts
00:53:13 8 Holiday cuisine
00:54:27 9 Abroad
00:54:35 9.1 Africa
00:54:59 9.1.1 Libya
00:55:34 9.1.2 South Africa
00:56:23 9.2 Europe
00:56:31 9.2.1 France
00:56:56 9.2.2 Great Britain
00:57:16 9.2.3 Slovenia
00:58:28 9.3 North and Central America
00:58:37 9.3.1 Canada and the USA
00:59:05 9.3.2 Mexico
00:59:49 9.4 South America
00:59:58 9.4.1 Argentina
01:00:37 9.4.2 Brazil
01:01:24 9.4.3 Venezuela
01:01:50 10 See also
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Italian cuisine is food typical of Italy. It has developed through centuries of social and economic changes, with roots stretching to antiquity.Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, maize and sugar beet, this last introduced in quantity in the 18th century. Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula. It offers an abundance of taste, and is one of the most popular and copied in the world. It influenced several cuisines around the world, chiefly that of the United States.Italian cuisine is generally characterized by its simplicity, with many dishes having only two to four main ingredients. Italian cooks rely chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather than on elaborate preparation. Ingredients and dishes vary by region. Many dishes that were once regional have proliferated with variations throughout the country.
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Benito Mussolini
00:05:30 1 Early life
00:07:28 1.1 Emigration to Switzerland and military service
00:09:41 1.2 Political journalist, intellectual and socialist
00:13:32 1.3 Expulsion from the Italian Socialist Party
00:19:51 1.4 Beginning of Fascism and service in World War I
00:25:43 2 Rise to power
00:25:52 2.1 Formation of the National Fascist Party
00:33:42 2.2 March on Rome
00:34:48 2.3 Appointment as Prime Minister
00:37:25 2.4 Acerbo Law
00:38:03 2.5 Squadristi violence
00:39:36 3 Fascist Italy
00:39:45 3.1 Organizational innovations
00:41:17 3.2 Police state
00:44:51 3.3 The Pacification of Libya
00:46:45 3.4 Economic policy
00:49:55 3.5 Propaganda and cult of personality
00:52:53 3.6 Culture
00:56:40 3.7 Foreign policy
01:12:30 4 World War II
01:12:39 4.1 The gathering storm
01:19:49 4.2 War declared
01:22:04 4.3 Path to defeat
01:26:19 4.4 Dismissed and arrested
01:31:05 4.5 Italian Social Republic (Salò Republic)
01:35:10 5 Death
01:36:43 5.1 Mussolini's corpse
01:39:13 6 Personal life
01:40:40 7 Religious views
01:40:49 7.1 Atheism and anti-clericalism
01:43:09 7.2 Lateran Treaty
01:46:27 8 Mussolini's views on antisemitism and race
01:54:55 9 Legacy
01:55:04 9.1 Family
01:56:10 9.2 Neo-fascism
01:57:06 10 In popular culture
02:01:11 11 See also
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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; Italian: [beˈniːto mussoˈliːni]; 29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF). He ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 to 1943; he constitutionally led the country until 1925, when he dropped the pretense of democracy and established a dictatorship.
Known as Il Duce (The Leader), Mussolini was the founder of Italian Fascism. In 1912, Mussolini had been a leading member of the National Directorate of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), but was expelled from the PSI for advocating military intervention in World War I, in opposition to the party's stance on neutrality. Mussolini served in the Royal Italian Army during the war until he was wounded and discharged in 1917. Mussolini denounced the PSI, his views now centering on nationalism instead of socialism and later founded the fascist movement which came to oppose egalitarianism and class conflict, instead advocating revolutionary nationalism transcending class lines. Following the March on Rome in October 1922, Mussolini became the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history until the appointment of Matteo Renzi in February 2014. After removing all political opposition through his secret police and outlawing labor strikes, Mussolini and his followers consolidated their power through a series of laws that transformed the nation into a one-party dictatorship. Within five years, Mussolini had established dictatorial authority by both legal and extraordinary means and aspired to create a totalitarian state. In 1929, Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty with the Vatican, ending decades of struggle between the Italian state and the Papacy, and recognized the independence of Vatican City.
After the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935–1936, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in the Second Italo–Ethiopian War. The invasion was condemned by the Western powers and was answered with economic sanctions against Italy. Relations between Germany and Italy improved due to Hitler's support of the invasion. In 1936, Mussolini surrendered Austria to the German sphere of influence, signed the treaty of cooperation with Germany and proclaimed the creation of a Rome–Berlin Axis. From 1936 through 1939, Mussolini provided huge amounts of military support to Franco's forces in the Spanish Civil War. This active intervention further distanced Italy from France and Britain. Mussolini had sought to delay a major war in Europe, but Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, resulting in declarations of war by France and the UK and the start of World Wa ...
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Italian cuisine is food typical of Italy. It has developed through centuries of social and economic changes, with roots stretching to antiquity.Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, maize and sugar beet, this last introduced in quantity in the 18th century. Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula. It offers an abundance of taste, and is one of the most popular and copied in the world. It influenced several cuisines around the world, chiefly that of the United States.Italian cuisine is generally characterized by its simplicity, with many dishes having only two to four main ingredients. Italian cooks rely chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather than on elaborate preparation. Ingredients and dishes vary by region. Many dishes that were once regional have proliferated with variations throughout the country.
Italy | Wikipedia audio article
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00:05:43 1 Etymology
00:07:52 2 History
00:08:01 2.1 Prehistory and antiquity
00:10:26 2.2 Ancient Rome
00:13:10 2.3 Middle Ages
00:17:04 2.4 Early Modern
00:23:06 2.5 Italian unification
00:26:26 2.6 Monarchical period
00:30:05 2.7 Fascist regime
00:34:27 2.8 Republican Italy
00:39:49 3 Geography
00:43:19 3.1 Waters
00:44:50 3.2 Volcanology
00:46:41 3.3 Environment
00:49:12 3.4 Biodiversity
00:51:31 3.5 Climate
00:53:15 4 Politics
00:54:04 4.1 Government
00:56:51 4.2 Law and criminal justice
00:58:27 4.2.1 Law enforcement
00:59:30 4.3 Foreign relations
01:01:52 4.4 Military
01:04:24 4.5 Administrative divisions
01:04:59 5 Economy
01:09:44 5.1 Agriculture
01:11:43 5.2 Infrastructure
01:14:12 5.3 Science and technology
01:18:34 5.4 Tourism
01:20:11 6 Demographics
01:22:39 6.1 Metropolitan cities and larger urban zone
01:22:51 6.2 Immigration
01:25:21 6.3 Languages
01:27:57 6.4 Religion
01:30:37 6.5 Education
01:32:48 6.6 Health
01:34:30 7 Culture
01:36:01 7.1 Architecture
01:37:41 7.2 Visual art
01:41:37 7.3 Literature
01:47:39 7.4 Theatre
01:50:05 7.5 Music
01:54:48 7.6 Cinema
01:58:15 7.7 Sport
02:02:02 7.8 Fashion and design
02:03:51 7.9 Cuisine
02:06:06 7.10 Public holidays and festivals
02:08:19 8 See also
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Italy (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja] (listen)), officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica Italiana [reˈpubblika itaˈljaːna]), is a country in Europe. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, and Vatican City. Italy covers an area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. With around 61 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous EU member state and the most populous country in Southern Europe.
Due to its central geographic location in Europe and the Mediterranean, Italy has historically been home to a myriad of peoples and cultures. In addition to the various ancient Italian tribes and Italic peoples dispersed throughout the Italian Peninsula and insular Italy, beginning from the classical era, Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Greeks established settlements in the south of Italy, with Etruscans and Celts inhabiting the centre and the north of Italy respectively. The Italic tribe known as the Latins formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th century BC, which eventually became a republic that conquered and assimilated its neighbours. In the first century BC, the Roman Empire emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean Basin and became the leading cultural, political and religious centre of Western civilisation. The legacy of the Roman Empire is widespread and can be observed in the global distribution of civilian law, republican governments, Christianity and the Latin script.
During the Early Middle Ages, Italy endured sociopolitical collapse and barbarian invasions, but by the 11th century, numerous rival city-states and maritime republics, mainly in the northern and central regions of Italy, rose to great prosperity through shipping, commerce and banking, laying the groundwork for modern capitalism. These mostly independent statelets served as Europe's main trading hubs with Asia and the Near East, often enjoying a greater degree of democracy than the larger feudal monarchies that were consolidating throughout Europe; however, part of central Italy was under the control of the theocratic Papal States, while Southern Italy remained largely feudal until the 19th century, partially as a result of a succession of Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Angevin and Spanish conquests of the region.The Renaissance began in Italy and spread to the rest of Europe, bringing a renewed interest in humanism, science, exploration and art. I ...
Cuisine of Italy | Wikipedia audio article
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Cuisine of Italy
00:00:58 1 History
00:02:07 1.1 Antiquity
00:03:05 1.2 Middle Ages
00:06:32 1.3 Early modern era
00:09:51 1.4 Modern era
00:13:18 2 Ingredients
00:17:06 3 Regional variation
00:17:36 3.1 Abruzzo and Molise
00:19:42 3.2 Basilicata
00:21:33 3.3 Calabria
00:22:56 3.4 Campania
00:25:02 3.5 Emilia-Romagna
00:26:53 3.6 Friuli-Venezia Giulia
00:27:57 3.7 Liguria
00:29:15 3.8 Lazio
00:30:04 3.9 Lombardy
00:31:41 3.10 Marche
00:32:31 3.11 Piedmont
00:34:36 3.12 Puglia (Apulia)
00:35:51 3.13 Sardinia
00:36:45 3.14 Sicily
00:38:18 3.15 Trentino-Alto Adige
00:39:31 3.16 Tuscany
00:41:16 3.17 Umbria
00:42:02 3.18 Valle d'Aosta
00:42:39 3.19 Veneto
00:44:51 4 Meal structure
00:45:48 5 Food establishments
00:46:06 6 Drinks
00:46:14 6.1 Coffee
00:48:35 6.2 Alcoholic beverages
00:48:44 6.2.1 Wine
00:50:03 6.2.2 Beer
00:50:45 6.2.3 Other
00:52:03 7 Desserts
00:53:13 8 Holiday cuisine
00:54:27 9 Abroad
00:54:35 9.1 Africa
00:54:59 9.1.1 Libya
00:55:34 9.1.2 South Africa
00:56:23 9.2 Europe
00:56:31 9.2.1 France
00:56:56 9.2.2 Great Britain
00:57:16 9.2.3 Slovenia
00:58:28 9.3 North and Central America
00:58:37 9.3.1 Canada and the USA
00:59:05 9.3.2 Mexico
00:59:49 9.4 South America
00:59:58 9.4.1 Argentina
01:00:37 9.4.2 Brazil
01:01:24 9.4.3 Venezuela
01:01:50 10 See also
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Italian cuisine is food typical of Italy. It has developed through centuries of social and economic changes, with roots stretching to antiquity.Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, maize and sugar beet, this last introduced in quantity in the 18th century. Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula. It offers an abundance of taste, and is one of the most popular and copied in the world. It influenced several cuisines around the world, chiefly that of the United States.Italian cuisine is generally characterized by its simplicity, with many dishes having only two to four main ingredients. Italian cooks rely chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather than on elaborate preparation. Ingredients and dishes vary by region. Many dishes that were once regional have proliferated with variations throughout the country.
Cuisine of Tuscany | Wikipedia audio article
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Cuisine of Tuscany
00:00:58 1 History
00:02:07 1.1 Antiquity
00:03:05 1.2 Middle Ages
00:06:32 1.3 Early modern era
00:09:51 1.4 Modern era
00:13:18 2 Ingredients
00:17:06 3 Regional variation
00:17:36 3.1 Abruzzo and Molise
00:19:42 3.2 Basilicata
00:21:33 3.3 Calabria
00:22:56 3.4 Campania
00:25:02 3.5 Emilia-Romagna
00:26:53 3.6 Friuli-Venezia Giulia
00:27:57 3.7 Liguria
00:29:15 3.8 Lazio
00:30:04 3.9 Lombardy
00:31:41 3.10 Marche
00:32:31 3.11 Piedmont
00:34:36 3.12 Puglia (Apulia)
00:35:51 3.13 Sardinia
00:36:45 3.14 Sicily
00:38:18 3.15 Trentino-Alto Adige
00:39:31 3.16 Tuscany
00:41:16 3.17 Umbria
00:42:02 3.18 Valle d'Aosta
00:42:39 3.19 Veneto
00:44:51 4 Meal structure
00:45:48 5 Food establishments
00:46:06 6 Drinks
00:46:14 6.1 Coffee
00:48:35 6.2 Alcoholic beverages
00:48:44 6.2.1 Wine
00:50:03 6.2.2 Beer
00:50:45 6.2.3 Other
00:52:03 7 Desserts
00:53:13 8 Holiday cuisine
00:54:27 9 Abroad
00:54:35 9.1 Africa
00:54:59 9.1.1 Libya
00:55:34 9.1.2 South Africa
00:56:23 9.2 Europe
00:56:31 9.2.1 France
00:56:56 9.2.2 Great Britain
00:57:16 9.2.3 Slovenia
00:58:28 9.3 North and Central America
00:58:37 9.3.1 Canada and the USA
00:59:05 9.3.2 Mexico
00:59:49 9.4 South America
00:59:58 9.4.1 Argentina
01:00:37 9.4.2 Brazil
01:01:24 9.4.3 Venezuela
01:01:50 10 See also
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Italian cuisine is food typical of Italy. It has developed through centuries of social and economic changes, with roots stretching to antiquity.Significant changes occurred with the discovery of the New World and the introduction of potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, maize and sugar beet, this last introduced in quantity in the 18th century. Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula. It offers an abundance of taste, and is one of the most popular and copied in the world. It influenced several cuisines around the world, chiefly that of the United States.Italian cuisine is generally characterized by its simplicity, with many dishes having only two to four main ingredients. Italian cooks rely chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather than on elaborate preparation. Ingredients and dishes vary by region. Many dishes that were once regional have proliferated with variations throughout the country.
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Roman roads (Latin: viae Romanae IPA: [ˈwjjae̯ ˈrɔːmaːnae̯]; singular: via Romana IPA: [ˈwjja rɔːˈmaːna]; meaning Roman way) were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. They provided efficient means for the overland movement of armies, officials, and civilians, and the inland carriage of official communications and trade goods. Roman roads were of several kinds, ranging from small local roads to broad, long-distance highways built to connect cities, major towns and military bases. These major roads were often stone-paved and metaled, cambered for drainage, and were flanked by footpaths, bridleways and drainage ditches. They were laid along accurately surveyed courses, and some were cut through hills, or conducted over rivers and ravines on bridgework. Sections could be supported over marshy ground on rafted or piled foundations.At the peak of Rome's development, no fewer than 29 great military highways radiated from the capital, and the late Empire's 113 provinces were interconnected by 372 great roads. The whole comprised more than 400,000 kilometres (250,000 miles) of roads, of which over 80,500 kilometres (50,000 mi) were stone-paved. In Gaul alone, no less than 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi) of roadways are said to have been improved, and in Britain at least 4,000 kilometres (2,500 mi). The courses (and sometimes the surfaces) of many Roman roads survived for millennia; some are overlaid by modern roads.
World War 1 | Wikipedia audio article
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00:07:53 1 Names
00:09:18 2 Background
00:09:27 2.1 Political and military alliances
00:12:19 2.2 Arms race
00:14:49 2.3 Conflicts in the Balkans
00:16:20 3 Prelude
00:16:29 3.1 Sarajevo assassination
00:18:51 3.2 Expansion of violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
00:19:55 3.3 July Crisis
00:24:37 4 Progress of the war
00:24:46 4.1 Opening hostilities
00:24:55 4.1.1 Confusion among the Central Powers
00:25:50 4.1.2 Serbian campaign
00:26:38 4.1.3 German Offensive in Belgium and France
00:30:16 4.1.4 Asia and the Pacific
00:31:30 4.1.5 African campaigns
00:32:18 4.1.6 Indian support for the Allies
00:34:01 4.2 Western Front
00:34:10 4.2.1 Trench warfare begins
00:36:45 4.2.2 Continuation of trench warfare
00:40:58 4.3 Naval war
00:46:23 4.4 Southern theatres
00:46:32 4.4.1 War in the Balkans
00:50:38 4.4.2 Ottoman Empire
00:55:59 4.4.3 Italian participation
01:01:03 4.4.4 Romanian participation
01:04:21 4.5 Eastern Front
01:04:29 4.5.1 Initial actions
01:05:28 4.5.2 Russian Revolution
01:08:23 4.5.3 Czechoslovak Legion
01:10:01 4.6 Central Powers peace overtures
01:12:01 4.7 1917–1918
01:12:21 4.7.1 Developments in 1917
01:15:52 4.7.2 Ottoman Empire conflict, 1917–1918
01:19:27 4.7.3 15 August 1917: Peace offer by the Pope
01:20:37 4.7.4 Entry of the United States
01:24:44 4.7.5 German Spring Offensive of 1918
01:28:54 4.7.6 New states enter the war
01:30:24 4.8 Allied victory: summer 1918 onwards
01:30:35 4.8.1 Hundred Days Offensive
01:33:03 4.8.1.1 Battle of Albert
01:34:50 4.8.2 Allied advance to the Hindenburg Line
01:37:00 4.8.3 German Revolution 1918–1919
01:38:08 4.8.4 New German government surrenders
01:39:15 4.8.5 Armistices and capitulations
01:43:13 5 Aftermath
01:43:58 5.1 Formal end of the war
01:46:10 5.2 Peace treaties and national boundaries
01:51:31 5.3 National identities
01:55:38 5.4 Health effects
01:59:52 6 Technology
02:00:01 6.1 Ground warfare
02:06:16 6.1.1 Areas taken in major attacks
02:08:06 6.2 Naval
02:09:08 6.3 Aviation
02:11:34 7 War crimes
02:11:43 7.1 Baralong incidents
02:12:46 7.2 Torpedoing of HMHS iLlandovery Castle/i
02:13:40 7.3 Blockade of Germany
02:14:36 7.4 Chemical weapons in warfare
02:16:51 7.5 Genocide and ethnic cleansing
02:17:01 7.5.1 Ottoman Empire
02:18:56 7.5.2 Russian Empire
02:19:24 7.6 Rape of Belgium
02:21:01 8 Soldiers' experiences
02:21:42 8.1 Prisoners of war
02:25:59 8.2 Military attachés and war correspondents
02:26:27 9 Support for the war
02:30:55 10 Opposition to the war
02:37:30 11 Conscription
02:37:58 11.1 Canada
02:38:29 11.2 Australia
02:39:46 11.3 Britain
02:41:31 11.4 United States
02:43:52 11.5 Austria-Hungary
02:44:39 12 Diplomacy
02:45:36 13 Legacy and memory
02:46:01 13.1 Historiography
02:46:49 13.2 Memorials
02:48:45 13.3 Cultural memory
02:52:07 13.4 Social trauma
02:53:27 13.5 Discontent in Germany
02:55:43 13.6 Economic effects
03:02:54 14 See also
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World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as the war to end all wars, it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history. It is also one of the deadliest conflicts in history, with an estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilian deaths as a direct result of the war, while resulting genocides and the 1918 influenza pandemic caused another 50 to 100 million deaths worldwide.On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb Yugoslav nationalist, assassinated the Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, leading to the July Crisis. In response, on 23 ...