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CARDINALS, ALCHEMISTS AND COURTESANS – Walking in Renaissance Rome

You can choose a half-day tour or a full day. Renaissance Rome http://www.myvespatours.com/en/home/ is the tour dedicated to the Roman Renaissance, with its squares and the majestic palaces took the most important Roman noble families of the ‘500. You can choose a tour in Ape Calessino, or a tour on a Vespa (with or without driver). Crossing Via Giulia (rich …

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AUSTRALIAN INNER LANDSCAPES / SYDNEY

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THE FREE UNIVERSITY OF ALCATRAZ

Jacopo Fo (who founded the Free University of Alcatraz), has now began the construction of an ecovillage in Umbria, just off Alcatraz. http://www.ecovillaggiosolare.it/index.php/notizie-e-appuntamenti/english The Free University of Alcatraz is literally what you would define a ‘green heaven’. It is an amazingly beautiful four-million-square-metres of flourishing nature enclave (which hosts a cultural centre directed by Jacopo Fo), an Italian artist and …

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DRAMA, ART AND MUSIC STUDIES / BOLOGNA / DAMS – Degree programs in the arts disciplines, music and entertainment

To be admitted to a degree course, you need a diploma of secondary school five-year (or another qualification obtained abroad and recognized as equivalent), as well as a high school diploma. http://corsi.unibo.it/1Cycle/DramaArtsMusic/Pages/default.aspx To the degree in DAMS, knowledge and skills are a good general education; logic and reasoning skills; ability to read, understand and interpret texts and documents (in Italian); …

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THE METRO NEW YORK

The subway is the most convenient and economical way to move quickly between the neighborhoods, when you have to schedule various areas of the city to see. Welcome to the means of transport by which you will find more to do during your holiday in New York. If you use this means of transport for the first time, you might …

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THAT HORRIBLE RED LINE – Three Napoleonic battles, 46,000 deaths in six years

The German philosopher Hegel, said that “the Absolute” particular men used to determine the course of events. Throughout history, men were collecting special successes, but achieved their goal to “Absolute” left to their fate those heroes, precipitating in their human dimension. Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte are the personification of the profile of those heroes. In their …

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CHEESE EPOISSES DE BOURGOGNE, BLOOD AND ICE – Tastes of the glory, the times of Napoleon

The Epoisses de Bourgogne cheese was “overwhelming” that appealed to Napoleon, the man who asked God to give strength to his enemies, causing them to live long, so that they could witness his triumph. He, the man had no friends – he had only his fortune – he boasted of being able to train men to sacrifice their lives for …

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LITTLE STORIES & GREAT FLAVORS – Enjoy the pages of history, savoring the taste of glory

There is a “Little History”, that consists of episodes of daily life, which continue to walk – over time – next to the “Great Story.” One of these moments of “minor history”, is linked to Bonaparte. Imagine being in 1800. On June 14 of that year the battle of Marengo had been uncertain outcome for the French, but ultimately won …

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NO MORE ARQUEBUSIERS AND GALLEYS, BUT UNDER THE SAME SUN

Departing and arriving by sea from Italy to Greece, you’ll find a handful seven small islands, located right at the entrance of the Gulf of Patras. In the history of these islands there is only one time fixing the reputation of this place: October 7, 1571 (when a Christian fleet walked resolutely toward the mouth of the Gulf). Astakos is …

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PENNSYLVANIA’S LANDSCAPES

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