Dream of Italy Season 2: Full Bologna Episode
Bologna is one of Italy’s lesser-known big cities but is one of its more charming. Known its cuisine (this is where Italians go to eat) and as home to the oldest university in the western world. It also the center of Italy’s “motor valley” and host Kathy McCabe gets a test drive in a Lamborghini. Not only does she learn how to make Bologna’s famous tortellini but she attends Gelato University, yes it is real. Kathy and her friend Alessandro head for the Bologna Hills, La Dolce Vita-style in a convertible and meet the nonna (grandmother) who makes some of the best ragu in the world. Plus much more… For more information, visit dreamofitaly.com
Places to see in ( Avellino - Italy )
Places to see in ( Avellino - Italy )
Avellino is a town and comune, capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains 50 kilometres (31 mi) northeast of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. Before the Roman conquest, the ancient Abellinum was a centre of the Samnite Hirpini, located on the Civita hill some 4 kilometres (2 mi) outside the current town, in what is now Atripalda.
The city could correspond to the ancient Velecha, documented by coins found in the area. Abellinum was conquered by the Romans in 293 BC, changing name several times in the following centuries (Veneria, Livia, Augusta, Alexandriana, and Abellinatium). However, the edification of a true Roman town occurred only after the conquest by Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 89 BC.
The town was Christianized around 500 AD, becoming an episcopal seat. There followed the invasions of the Goths and Vandals. After the Lombard conquest of southern Italy, the ancient city was abandoned (it is disputed if completely or partly), and a new settlement grew on the Terra hill, corresponding to the modern Avellino. Defended by a castle, it became part of the Duchy (later Principality) of Benevento and, after the latter's fall, of the Principality of Salerno. In 1820 Avellino was seat of revolutionary riots. However, the Unification of Italy some fifty years later did not bring any benefit to the city, being cut off from the main railway line Naples-Benevento-Foggia, and far from the sea as well.
The 1980 Irpinia earthquake represented a turning point for the town and for the entire province of Avellino. Large amounts of money flowed in for infrastructure investment, and the extra money generated innovation and economic expansion more generally. By 2008 a per capita annual income level of €20,180 placed Avellino well above the regional average in terms of individual prosperity.
The station, located where the city limits of Avellino meet Atripalda, was once the terminus for passenger rail services to Benevento, Cancello, and Rocchetta Sant'Antonio. Avellino is served by two access points (Avellino Est/East and Avellino Ovest/West) on the A16 Autostrada (originally numbered A17, and known also as Autostrada of the two seas) which runs approximately west–east and links Naples to the west with Canosa and Bari on the farther side of the country.
Some ruins (mostly foundings) of the ancient Abellinum can be seen near the modern village of Atripalda, 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) east of modern Avellino. They include the forum, faced by some temples, baths, parts of the Serino aqueduct and a patrician domus. There was also an amphitheatre and a brothel. Avellino Cathedral, with its Romanesque crypt, stands on the site of a rich Roman villa which was built around 129 BC and abandoned after the eruption of Vesuvius, and an earthquake in 346 AD. The church and convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie were built in 1580. There are some remains of the Lombard castle in Piazza Castello (Castle Square). Because the castle was built at the base of a small valley, its tactical purpose continues to puzzle modern-day historians throughout Europe. The Fountain of Bellerophon was executed in the 17th century by Cosimo Fanzago.
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Genoa: a sightseeing artistic walk | Italia Slow Tour
An artistic walk through the historic area of Genoa, Via Garibaldi, World Heritage since 2006. It was created in the 16th century as a street of representation, with all rich buildings of the nobility. Just like the building named by Tobia Pallavicino, which contains frescos and gilded rooms in the Baroque style, like it were a small Versailles!
Cover pic by Andrea Puggioni (Flickr User @Cebete)
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The new Milan: Cadorna and Skyscrapers | Italia Slow Tour
Milan is Italy's operational capital, created by a number of brilliant minds, headed up by the mastermind par excellence: Leonardo Da Vinci. Our slow tour of Milan starts by bike from Cadorna station, where Malpensa Express departs. Discover something more about the famous and discussed art work needle and thread, representing Milan's industriousness. Then reach the brand new Gae Aulenti square, in the Garibaldi District, surrounded by skyscrapers. That is Milan's new technological and forward-looking image!
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Valtellina: The SPA resort of Bormio | Italia Slow Tour
The SPA resort of Bormio, Bagni Vecchi, attests man's ability to create something of such beauty on top of a wondrous nature. This place was discovered by the Romans and perhaps even by someone else before them. There are the baths that date from pre-Roman times, from the 1st century BC. Let's try SPA options: the open-air pool, the stua and all the treatments available, deep in the nature.
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The Voghera's housewife | Italia Slow Tour
Our slow tour through the Oltrepò Pavese starts from Voghera! Voghera was an important stopover on the Salt Route that began in Genoa, and a very important stopover for pilgrims travelling to and from the Holy Land. But Voghera instantly evokes the image of the housewife of Voghera that has become an emblematic figure... But who is she? Watch the video!
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CINQUE TERRE-ITALY [2019]-Manarola-Riomaggiore-Vernazza-Monterosso-Corniglia-La Spezia
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Cinque Terre
The villages that make up the Cinque Terre (Five Lands) sit on a rocky terrain, but it became land for the local people with the construction of artificial terraces, thus making it possible to develop the wine-growing and agricultural activities we see there today. In geographical terms, the Cinque Terre cover 3,800 hectares and about 13 miles (20 km) of coastline.
This part of the Ligurian coast is a repository of the cultural, historical and architectural patrimony of this region of Italy and the Cinque Terre portray it completely. Any tourist visiting these villages will be persuaded of that.
SOLOFRA (Avellino-Irpinia-Italy) - COLLEGIATA di SAN MICHELE ARCANGELO-Tour Completo-Esterno/Interno
La Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo,iniziata nel 1522 sulla matrice di un'antica cappella si erge nella piazza omonina,il cuore del centro rinascimentale di Solofra.Nel vasto complesso architettonico e' presente l'opera di artisti solofrani: I Guarino e la loro bottega,i battiloro e gli scalpellini con il contributo di generazioni di Solofrani.Uno dei tesori d'arte della provincia di Avellino.Assolutamente da visitare.
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Chioggia fish market | Italia Slow Tour
Do you know how to recognize fresh fish at fish market? Here at Chioggia we visit the fish market with our friend Emilio, a marine biologist, who will teach us how to distinguish fresh fishes from those that are not as good. Apparently, all you need is a good eye and to know a couple of things...
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