Villa Bonaparte Porto San Giorgio
Villa Bonaparte Porto San GiorgioPhoto By: Baldassarri GiuseppeCopyright, LicenseOwn work, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Villa Bonaparte Porto San GiorgioVilla Bonaparte Porto San Giorgio in Porto San Giorgio, in Italy. Villa Bonaparte Porto San GiorgioVilla Bonaparte Porto San Giorgio, Via Girolamo Bonaparte, 63822 Porto San Giorgio FM, Italy.The villa, now Villa Pelagallo, was built in the early 19th century by the architect Ireneo Aleandri. It was commissioned by Girolamo Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and ex-Westphalia king of exile, who stayed in Porto San Giorgio between 1829 and 1832.The villa, with a vast estate that reached the sea, is in pure neoclassical style and is adorned with bas-reliefs with weapon trophies. It is also known as Villa Caterina, named after Bonaparte's wife, Catherine of Württemberg who called Porto San Giorgio a true, earthly paradise.The villa was confiscated in 1831 …

Pedaso Monte Serrone the OVERVIEW ROAD
Monte Serrone 63827 Pedaso, Province of Fermo, ItalyPhoto By: Baldassarri GiuseppeCopyright, LicenseOwn work, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Pedaso Monte Serrone the OVERVIEW ROADPedaso Monte Serrone the OVERVIEW ROAD in Pedaso, in Italy, Marche, 63827, Via Panoramica, Monte SerroneAbove the old Pedaso, along the panoramic road that climbs towards Campofilone, you find yourself surrounded by a very wide band of wood in which there are endemic and rare plant species that constitute one of the best preserved forest formations, you can to see in the path, first a noteworthy fissure of the mountain called "La Cupa", testimony of the landslides that have occurred over the centuries, then what was a lookout point of the Navy, now turned into a fixed radar position. pedaso astronomical observatory By continuing on the plateau …

Lapedona between the blue of the Adriatic sea and the green of the rolling hills of Fermo in the Marche region.
Italy: the most beautiful country in the world.Photo By: Baldassarri GiuseppeCopyright, LicenseOwn work, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Lapedona between the blue of the Adriatic sea and the green of the rolling hills of Fermo in the Marche region. Lapedona between the blue of the Adriatic sea and the green of the rolling hills of Fermo in the Marche region.Porta Marina epoch: XIII - XV - terracotta doors, In reality it is a counter door built a few meters from the real entrance to the village, on the access ramp, which was mainly used to dampen the heat of the besieging charges. Of the original, demolished in the early 1900s, only the terracotta decoration of the arch installed above the current archway remains. With a pleasant scenic impact, it leans against the remains of the eastern civic walls and the battlements are added in recent times. A loophole completes the defense of the structure…

Pedaso Monte Serrone, 63827 Pedaso, Province of Fermo, ItalyPhoto By: Baldassarri Giuseppe Visual Storytelling - Own work, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, Link Pedaso Monte Serrone, 63827 Pedaso, Province of Fermo, ItalyMonte Serrone is the high hill that surrounds Pedaso, a place where in the past the city inhabitants found refuge in case of attacks by Saracen soldiers. Despite the relative distance from the sea, it is also popular in summer and this thanks to the sea breeze that ensures coolness. It is located above "old" Pedaso and can be reached by taking the Panoramic Road. The Astronomical Observatory is located there. The history of Pedaso begins with the Greeks (the Pelasgians), then the Picenes and the Romans, as evidenced by some archaeological findings around the mouth and sides of the Aso river, the Roman ruins in the nearby mountain Villa and archaeological finds that still recover from the sea , testify to the civilizations that have alternated here. The barbarian invasions fo…

TORRE DI PALME CHIESA DI SANTA MARIA A MARE, Piazza Amedeo Lattanzi 2, 63900 Torre di Palme FM, ItalyPhoto By: Baldassarri Giuseppe Visual Storytelling - Own work, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, Link 63900 Torre di Palme FM, Italy.CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA MARE OF TORRE DI PALME is dating back to the 11th century, the church consists of a complex of three interconnected churches that demonstrate a particular artificiality of the restoration interventions that have taken place over the years. The facade overlooking Piazza Amedeo Lattanzi, dating back to the seventeenth century, is built of bricks and stones. Without decorations, it has a portal and a rose window. Stupendous is the robust and thirteenth-century bell tower, original and decorated with pointed arches. Through the four large single lancet windows, you can see the trusses of the roof built in the restoration of the eighteenth century after the collapse of the cusp, which occurred following a lightning strike. To the right of the building, th…

... We are in Italy and we know that we have one of the most visited countries in the world under our feet, a unique country, rich in history, culture, natural resources, and a consolidated artisan and gastronomic tradition. Yes an open-air museum, in every corner, in every street, in every small neighborhood hides a piece of history, tradition, and culture. If you can meet the expectations of tourists they will talk about it with relatives, friends, in blogs, share photos and comments on social media, encouraging you to visit the white beaches of Salento, to take a photo in front of the imposing Colosseum, to watch the view from a high altitude refuge in the Dolomites, to be lulled in the lagoon on a gondola in Venice, to taste a plate of freshly baked lasagna in a typical Emilian inn ... But there is more but much more. The Italian Small towns and "Borghi" villages that tourists should see, large and small, medieval and baroque, perched on high mountains or along coasts…

Marine foam. Endless ribbons of seafoam twist along the shore left by the waves, waves have drawn into the sea. Many waves, their numbers will never be known. With a walk, I trace their path on the edge of the water. Even if the path I have traveled leads nowhere, it still gives me direction. My body follows my eyes, my eyes follow the foam, the infinite twisted foam. Reassuring, frightening, peaceful, stormy, disturbing, dark, romantic. The sea, for each of us, can represent many things, remember many moments, arouse many sensations. There are those who fear it, those who love to look at it, those who approach it timidly, those who cannot stay away from it. And you, what relationship do you have with the sea?
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The church is an excellent example of the sober and essential architecture that characterizes most of the local buildings, even the most relevant ones. The facade is linear, devoid of any decorative element. At the top, above the entrance portal, there are some majolica basins arranged in the shape of a cross, according to Augustinian use, unfortunately very ruined. The facade is concluded by a simple gable roof. The apse of the church, oriented towards the sea, has a fortified aspect, as frequently happens in ancient local churches which also constituted a garrison against enemy incursions: it is embattled and crossed externally by two buttresses. Next to the apse is the severed bell tower which, according to tradition, was reduced in this way because the Augustinian monk Martin Luther was hosted in the convent during his journey to Rome before the great schism. The church has a longitudinal plan, with a single covered nave with a gable roof and wooden trusses. The church has three a…

Marina di Altidona, a seaside village in the municipality of Altidona, located on the bottom of the hill, part of the valley of the Aso river in the province of Fermo, dominates part of the Aso valley.
Marina di Altidona beach has a large beach and sand mixed with pebbles and gravel. Easy to access from the coast surrounded by a comfortable cycle path.
Located between the beaches of Marina Palmense and Pedaso, in the Marche region, it shares with them the peace of a quiet seaside resort without having to give up the comforts offered by the bathing establishments (chalets).
The seabed is sloping and the breakwater cliffs form real pools where even the youngest members of the family can play safely on the shore.

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63824, Altidona, Province of Fermo, Marche Region, Italy. In the Marche region, especially in the province of Fermo, the progressive rise of the reliefs gives rise to multiple micro-climates. Many towns in the area that rest in the hills. 
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The great palace of Caserta, near Naples, probably the largest building erected in Europe in the eighteenth century, became an archetypal expression of absolute monarchy. It was begun in 1752 for Carlo di Borbone, King of the Two Sicilies, who worked closely with its chief architect, Luigi Vanvitelli. Author: George L. Hersey
La Reggia di Caserta, Viale Douhet, 2/a, 81100, Caserta, CE, Italy
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Taormina in addition to being a place, a landscape that inspired art, poetry, and fantasy. Taormina is a wonderful picture.
The Sicilian places are, as Pindar would have said, "a pillar of the sky", they are the places that hold heaven, earth, and sea. The whole eastern coast of Sicily seems to have stood still for an eternal spring, its panorama says it, the charm of nature that allows itself to be admired in all its wonder. Eliot wrote: "in Taormina, it is as bright as the snow on the top of Etna".
The Ancient theater of Taormina ("Teatro Antico di Taormina" in Italian) is an ancient Greek theater in Taormina

“How much landscape.
A man can wander through it a lifetime and never find himself,
if he was born lost "
- José Saramago, A land called Alentejo





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Midday on the still and warm sea:
she accepts me without shouting: a silence and a smile.
Latin spirit, Antiquity, a veil of modesty on the tortured cry!
Latin life that knows its limits,
reassuring past, oh! Mediterranean!
Silent voices still triumph on your banks,
who say yes because they denied you!
Huge and light,
assure and satisfy and murmur the eternity of your minutes,
Oh! Mediterranean! And the miracle of your story,
you enclose it all
in the explosion of your smile.

From the Mediterranean by Albert Camus


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Marina di Altidona The light of the clouds with a colorful winter sea Photo and Copyright By Baldassarri Giuseppe Travel is the traveler in Italy itravelinitaly.com
The light of the clouds with a colorful winter sea. I like the winter sea. He puts the waves in it, I put my thoughts into it. Lie on the sand of the winter sea, open your hands to the sun and let your identity evaporate. The sea in winter has magic that summer will never understand. I like the winter sea because it is for a few. There are parts of me that exist only when the wind blows from the west and the sea is stormy and the clouds flow fast in a sky full of wonder and strange colors.
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"You are in a wonderful country".

We are in Italy and we know that we have one of the most visited countries in the World under our feet, a unique country, rich in history, culture, natural resources, and a consolidated artisan and gastronomic tradition.
Yes an open-air museum, in every corner, in every street, in every small neighborhood hides a piece of history, tradition, and culture.
If you can meet the expectations of tourists they will talk about it with relatives, friends, in blogs, share photos and comments on social media, encouraging you to visit the white beaches of Salento, to take a photo in front of the imposing Colosseum, to watch the view from a high altitude refuge in the Dolomites, to be lulled in the lagoon on a gondola in Venice, to taste a plate of freshly baked lasagna in a typical Emilian inn ...

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Reflecting in the winter twilight I walk...
Color tilt, Yellow yolk, and blue, chalk and gray paint.
Distant horizons on a Sunday morning form an intense blue.

The beautiful seaside village of Pedaso, in the province of Fermo, in the Marche region. Small, but very characteristic, with its lighthouse and the beautiful promenade called 'of the 20th century songwriters'.

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The sense of beauty and the spirit that enlivens every place inhabited by man as guides for a fuller and more meaningful existence. Places have a soul. Our job is to find out. Exactly as it happens for the human person. " (James Hillman - The Soul of Places).
"What does it mean that places have a soul?" Have you ever had that feeling, upon entering a place (a city, a museum, a landscape), of being able to feel vividly as a sort of distinctive mark of that place, specific psychic energy characterizing that particular place? The ancient Romans, this energy, called it Genius Loci (the genius of the place). Last shots and stories for The Soul of Places in Italy, continue here.



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The Must-Visit Attractions in Florence, Italy, Basilica di San Lorenzo Church, Da Vinci Museum, Galileo Museum, National Museum of Bargello, Boboli Gardens Park, Michelangelo's David Museum, Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) Cathedral, Palazzo Vecchio, Uffizi Gallery. The Tuscan capital has no equivalent; scour the land and you won’t find anywhere quite like it. While its history spans millennia, a well-planned visit reveals that the inner circle of its rulers, writers, and architects was so small and exclusive that their names are synonymous with the city. From palaces, churches and gardens to ateliers and bell towers, there is plenty to explore in the city of the Italian masters. To make the most out of your trip, be sure to include these must-visit sights. FLORENCE Cradle of the Renaissance and Italian culture on the banks of the Arno. Florence, Italy Museums and Uffizi Gallery Tour. Maximizing your vacation means planning ahead. Weekend in Italy brings you access to all of the be…