| Page Views: 21,564 Last Visit to Italy: March, 2001 | MEMORABLE ITALY by Goner - last update: Aug 15, 2003 |
Italy, the land of pasta and beautiful architecture, wonderful art, green mountains and valleys, more pasta, excellent wine, steep cliffs hanging over the sea, palm trees in the mountains, sophisticated ladies with gorgeous leather attire, very handsome men and young ladies that look like models. Varied countryside; Umbrian hilltop towns, green and yellow fields, Lemon Cello, more pasta, pastel buildings clinging to the cliffs overhanging the Mediterranian, so much to see. So much pasta to eat! |
Trip Outline I joined a Cosmos bus tour for a two-week tour of Italy with a few friends. I was hesitant about travelling in a bus with 35 people and being stuck with them for two whole weeks, but it couldn't have been better. Besides Americans from several states there were two Australian couples that added to our fun.
We flew into Rome from LAX, but had to change planes in Milan, this we found out was due to Alitalia Airlines going on strike. Other Cosmosnites who were coming on other flights were rerouted to London and Frankfurt, then into Rome. They all arrived in time for breakfast the next morning.
As usual, up at 6 a.m., breakfast at 7:00 a.m. and on the bus by 8 a.m., but it got me out of bed in the morning!!
In the two weeks we visited Rome, The Vatican, Florence, Pisa, Milan, Rapallo, Lugano into Switzerland, Lake Como, Bellagio, Verona, Venice, Assisi, Sorrento and Pompeii. |
The Treasures of ItalyMedieval and Early Renaissance ArtAndre Pisano -South Doors of the Bapistry, Florence Cathedral Lorenzo Ghiberti - Gates of Paradise, Bapistry, Florence Cathedral Donatello -David, Florence Cimabue -Santa Trinita Madonna, Uffuzi Museum, Florence Leonardo da Vinci -Mona Lisa (Louvre) Michelangelo - Sistine Chapel, Pieta in St. Peters Giovanni Bellini - St. Peter's Square, Monument to Pope Alexander VII, Baroque canopy above St. Peter's Tomb in St. Peter's Basilica Rafael -School of Athens and more, The Vatican Architecture
The Basilica di San Marco - Byzantine
The Leaning Tower of Pisa and Duomo and Bapistry - Pisan-Romanesque
St. Peter's Cathedral - Renaissance, Baroque
Triumphal Arches, Rome's Arch of Constantine - Classical
The Roman Colosseum - great use of the Roman Arch
Necropolises in Tuscany, Lazio and Umbria - Etruscan,
Santa Maria Novella, Florence- Renaissance
100,000 monuments, archeological sites, cathedrals, churches houses and statues.
Opera
Luciano Pavarotti - opera singer
La Scala Opera House in Milan
Monteverdi -madrigals and operas
Vivaldi - violin concertos
Rossini - comic opera
Verdi- first work for the La Scala
Inventors & Scientists
Galileo - proved the earth revolved around the sun
Archimedes - mathematician
Marconi - discovered radio signals
Leonardo da Vinci - many inventions used in modern day
Enrico Fermi - built the first nuclear reactor
Lombardy - found electric current
Volta - made an electric battery
Cassini - refined the telescope
Literary Culture
Carlo Colldi - Pinocchio
Dante - Divine Comedy
Petrarch - poet
Explorers
Christopher Columbus - discovered the Americas
Amerigo Vespucci - proved the New World was a separate land mass which bears his name
Marco Polo - explorer of the East
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Sohia Loren% - great Italian movie star
Clothing Designers
Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Gucci (love those bags)
Transportation
Ferrari, Fiat and Vespa Scooters
And pasta, and Gelato, and Lemon Cello, and delicious wine |
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| Pros: | "A country of many diverse regions and pasta*" | | Cons: | "Two weeks is not enough time to explore Italy" | | In A Nutshell: | "A really awesome place to visit and eat pasta!" |
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JessH Mon May 15, 2006 06:17 UTC
Hello Nancy. Gorgeous tips & insights into this wonderful country.. great photos & interesting writing style. I truly enjoyed reading your pages! Greetings from Dubai :-) Jess | mikestrada Mon Jan 24, 2005 02:24 UTC
I agree. Assisi was terrific. I wouldn't miss it, clean and interesting... | londonlover Wed Jan 19, 2005 06:31 UTC
Beautiful views of Bellagio...hope to see this in 2006! | JetlagCity Wed Oct 20, 2004 21:43 UTC
Wonderful page - you've reminded me that I still have so much to see in Italy, especially the Lake Como area! |
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