body building [WATCH]: Fascination Italy

December 21, 2012 by: joma12


Rating: 4
Bella Italia! An historic picture book, from the snow covered Alps in the north to the dreamy lagoon city of Venice whose palaces are built on wooden stakes and whose “Carnevale” is world famous. From the romantic hill landscape of Tosca where the aromas once inspired Leonardo Da Vinci, to Rome, the city that during antiquity was the centre of the Roman Empire and that is now the seat of the Catholic Pope. To Sicily in the south, an island of gods and natural forces. A journey through time in one of the most beautiful counties in Central Europe. Venice, a town with a hundred and twenty churches. The largest and most famous is the Basilica Di San Marco and, due to its magnificence, it is also called, “The Golden Basilica”. Byzantine elements and Late Gothic lines unite in the beautiful domed ceiling of the Basilica. The Canal Grande is regarded as Venice’s main street. It weaves through the main lagoon city past palaces, churches and houses. The boat service called, Vaporetto, plus gondolas and small motorboats, replace buses, cars and bicycles. Pope Pius The Second was born in Corsignano. At the height of his papacy he ordered the Florentine architect, Rosselino, to build a cathedral with a Bishop’s Palace and further palaces. In only a few years of building the only city of the Renaissance was founded and was then renamed Pienza, The City of Pius. At approximately one hundred and ninety seven thousand acres and divided into over seven hundred wine growing estates in the

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