History
The history of Italy is as rich, colorful and varied as the country itself. It is the history of Roma the master of the world, successively center of a world empire, of Christendom and of today's Repubblica Italiana. But it is also the history of many very different regions and cities, from Turin to Bari and from Venice to Palermo. The result is a theater piece that has been running for 3.000 years with always fascinating actors.
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in HistoryWho were the Etruscans?
The Etruscans populated much of what is now Italy from about 900 to 90 BC. The Etruscans had their own language, which disappeared as a living language around 20 AD. The homeland of the Etruscans (Etruria) was on the site of present-day Tuscany, in the Tiber Valley in Umbria and on […] More
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Liberated art shines in Rome
"Waging war in Italy is like fighting in a bloody museum!" sighed Mark Clark, the leader of the Allied advance in Italy from 1943-45. The American four-star general was right, and it is actually a miracle that so many works of art and monuments in the country survived the war unscathed. This is mainly due to […] More
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in The Culture, History
From Rome to Anatolia: Göblekli Tepe, Karahan Tepe and Arslan Tepe
An exhibition from 3 years ago in the Musei Capitolini gave a nice picture of the very first, prehistoric beginnings of the city of Rome. (Some of the exhibits can still be seen today in the Museo Nazionale Romano in the Baths of Diocletian near the Stazione Termini.) Around 1000 BC, so […] More
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in History
Adrian VI: the anniversary of the failing Dutch Pope
In the Santa Maria dell'Anima you will also find the information leaflets in Dutch. That is understandable, because in this church just behind Piazza Navona, which is now the house of God of the German Catholics in Rome, lies the only Dutchman who has ever made it pope: Adrian VI. 500 years ago, on January 9 […] More
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Farnese frescoes in Caprarola
Even if you have lived in Rome for decades, you can still discover new gems in the vicinity of the capital. Such a revelation for me recently was the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, a tiny town in the Tuscia, the olive- and hazelnut-strewn hill country of northern Lazio, on the border with […] More
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