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he decorations of the Bomarzo Monster Park are substantiated by large peperino statues and sculptures perfectly integrated into the nature of the perf… Read the rest

Archimedes had realized before anyone else how the reflective power of mirrors could intensify natural sunlight. But if the ingenious Greek inventor h… Read the rest

The world’s largest underground temple, certified by the Guinness Book of World Records. 850,000 m³ spread over five levels reaching a depth of… Read the rest

Preparation: Remove the head and liver from the rabbit, and keep them aside; reduce the remainder to pieces and expose them to the fire in a saucepa… Read the rest

The trabucco (in the Abruzzi and Molise variants also called trabocco, bilancia or travocco) is an ancient fishing machine typical of the Gargano, Mol… Read the rest

The Way of St. James of Compostela is the long route that pilgrims have taken since the Middle Ages, through France and Spain, to reach the shrine of… Read the rest

It was the year 1866 when Mr. Francesco Di Marzo, legend has it, saw two shepherd boys setting fire to a stone. The unusual fact distracted him from… Read the rest

The spectacle is evocative, to say the least, and the immediate reference to the Breton cycle of King Arthur and the "sword in the stone" su… Read the rest

Norcino, in the meaning of coming from Norcia, is a term that in medieval times was used in a derogatory sense to refer to one of the minor figures th… Read the rest

The Wieliczka Salt Mine was inscribed on the UNESCO list in 1978. In the Middle Ages this place was called Magnum Sal ("The Great Salt"… Read the rest