Venice Hotels

Fish and chips came from Venice, Italian school chiefs tell pupils Nothing epitomizes British cuisine like fish and chips – the staple of every coastal town and city, considered by most Brits to be a truly home-grown creation. But children in Rome are being taught that the dish was brought to Britain by Venetian ……

The Appian way This is the most famous, the longest, the straightest of the old Roman roads, and also the best preserved. It starts, more or less, from the Baths of Caracalla and in an almost straight line, a good ninety kilometers, joins Terracina, Capua ( in Campania ), then goes through Benevento until it…

CONSULATES in Florence: AUSTRIA Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci, 58…………………… 055.26.54.222 BANGLADESH – Via Pellicceria, 6 …………………………………… 055.21.75.00 BELGIO – Via dei Servi, 28 ……………………………………………. 055.28.20.94 BRASILE – Via P. Pitti, 5……………………………………………………… 055.22.23.36 CAPO VERDE – Via dei Tornabuoni, 4………………………………055.21.66.89 CHILE – Poggio Magherini, 4 – Fiesole …………………………… 055.59.72.16 CHINA Repubblica Popolare Via dei Delia Robbia, 89…………

Capitol On this hill, there were built the most important temples of the city, such as that one of the triad Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. In the Middle Ages, it becomes the seat of the commune. From the beginning of 1536. by order of Paul III, Michelangelo planned this trapezoidal square and connected it with…

Florence is the capital city of the province of Florence. Florence is the most populous city in Tuscany and one of the most beautiful cities in Italy. THE CATHEDRAL-S. MARIA DEL FIORE The Cathedral was started in 1296 by Arnolfo di Cambio on behalf of the republic. Giotto continued the works until his passing in…

Many other Fora were built when the Roman Forum became too small for the ever-increasing Roman population. Today, they are called Imperial Fora. Many of these Fora are now in ruins because during the Middle Ages they were used as quarries, using the old stones to build new buildings. Today, if you walk from the…