Places to see in ( Livorno - Italy ) Fortezza Vecchia
Places to see in ( Livorno - Italy ) Fortezza Vecchia
The Old Fortress of Livorno is a castle in Livorno, Italy. The Old Fortress is a successor building to a medieval fort built by the city of Pisa in the location of an older keep built by Countess Matilda of Tuscany in the 11th century.
The 11th century tower was incorporated inside the fort built by the Pisans. The castle has been described as a symbol of Medicean Livorno. The fort is located at the Medicean Darsena, or old dock of the port of Livorno, built by the Medici family. The ceremony proclaiming Livorno a city took place inside the fortress on 19 March 1606.
The plans to build the castle started with Cosimo I de' Medici in 1519 and the completion of the structure happened under the rule of Alessandro de' Medici in 1534. According to one source, the castle was built between 1521 and 1534 by Antonio da Sangallo the Elder. Antonio da Sangallo the Younger is also reported by another source as the builder. The fortress contains the remains of the older fort built by Pisa and the 11th century tower constructed by Matilda. Matilda's tower, known in Italian as Mastio di Matilde, or Mastio della Contessa Matilde, has been restored.
The castle built by the Pisans in 1377 is called Quadratura dei Pisani and is believed to have been built by Puccio di Landuccio. The fortress church is dedicated to San Francesco. The old castle also contains the ruins of an ancient Roman castrum. The old fortress has three bastions and two main gates. The bastion closest to the land is called Ampolletta, the bastion nearest to the port is the Canaviglia and the third bastion, the Capitana, is at the northeastern side of the fort.
Decades after the construction of the old fort, Livorno's fortifications were further enhanced by building a new fortress. The new fortress was named Fortezza Nuova or New Fort. A canal system was built to connect the two forts. The builders of the canals were either Venetian or residents of Livorno. In modern times, boats of the Italian Coast Guard and customs police use a marina located in the main canal between the two forts.
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Places to see in ( Sardinia - Italy ) Quartu Sant'Elena
Places to see in ( Sardinia - Italy ) Quartu Sant'Elena
Quartu Sant'Elena, located four miles East from Cagliari on the ancient Roman road, is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It is the third biggest city of Sardinia with a population of 71,216 as of 2015. The city's name comes from its distance to Cagliari (Quartum miles, Latin for “four miles”), and from the passage there of St. Helena, mother of emperor Constantine.
The first traces of human presence in Quartu are from the Prenuragic, Nuragic and Phoenician period, as attested by findings in Cepola, Geremeas, Is Mortorius and Separassiu localities. Roman findings were found near Sant’Andrea villa, a graveyard at S. Martino and a few tombs at Simbirizzi.
In the 11th century AD Sardinia was divided into four Giudicati: Quartu, which included fourteen villas, belonged to the Giudicato of Cagliari. In 1066 Quartu was given to Cagliari’s archbishop and then went back to Judge Torchitorio II of Cagliari. During the Aragonese rule, Quartu suffered from famines, plague, malaria and continuous raids from Saracen pirates, following the general path of decay of the whole of Sardinia.
In 1793 the soldiers of a French fleet landed on the coast of Quartu, with the intention of conquering the whole island; the people of the city, led by Antonio Pisanu, assailed the French and repelled them after a bloody battle. Feudalism ended in 1836 under the baron Pes di Villamarina. In 1956 Quartu Sant’Elena was upgraded to the status of “city” by the President of Italy Giovanni Gronchi.
There are five churches situated in the city. The most important are the churches of Sant'Elena Imperatrice (dating before 1589, but now in neoclassical style and recently proclaimed Basilica), Santa Maria Cepola (before 1089) and Sant'Agata. There is also Sa dom’e farra, a large peasant house of the 17th century with various rooms, objects and tools used by the peasant society. There are numerous nuraghi in the vicinity.
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After a few days in Alghero we moved to Cagliari. Our hotel in Alghero was tops, check out our video. But our second hotel, Hotel Califfo, in Cagliari wasn't what we expected.
At the reception desk they aren't friendly en the hotel has and old look. Some improvements should be done. The bar was small. For the swimming pool you had to go through the garage.
Breakfast was okay, basic, but that's it. Free Wifi wasn't working very well. Hotel Califfo is based at a very busy road, trafic all the time. No place for a nice evening walk.
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Approximately halfway between the coast of Tunisia and Sicily you will find one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It is situated on the island, which is a part of the pelagic archipelago, known as Lampedusa.
Here you find the beach that looks as it belongs rather somewhere to the Caribbean. It is called the Rabbit Beach (Spiaggia dei Conigli in Italian) and is made of white sand and washed by a crystal clear turquoise sea.
Lampedusa Island with an area of 20.2 square kilometres, which is home to about 6,000 residents, is located approximately 200 km from Sicily and 113 km from Tunisia. Locals are dependent mainly on fishing, agriculture and lately also on tourism.
Rabbit Beach is one of the main attractions of the island, also considered as one of the most beautiful beaches not only in Europe but throughout the whole world. The beach is about 200 meters long and is located on the southern coast of the island. It has a unique location in the picturesque bay opposite the small isle known as Isola dei Conigli.....
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