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1. Travel Tip:
Church and Art
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If you really love art, the best places to see it displayed are at Italian Churches and the Gesu Nuovo Church is a great example of this. The Baroque church has a wonderful display of tapestries,...
mke_maddie @
Italy >> Campania >> Naples >> Gesu Nuovo Church
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2. Travel Tip:
My passion for Venice
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I definitively have a deep passion for Venice! Every time I go there I just can’t take any photo in the first hours. It is like if being always my first time in that magic city: the osmosis is...
Sinbad the sailor @
Italy >> Veneto >> Venice
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3. Travel Tip:
Uffizi Gallery, some of the world's most legendary artworks
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The Uffizi Gallery houses some of the world's most well-known works of art. The museum opens at 8:15 and closes at 6:30. We were there around mid-morning and had to wait in line. It seemed...
kristin5683 @
Italy >> Tuscany >> Florence >> Uffizi
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4. Travel Tip:
St. Mark's Basilica
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Perhaps the best known sight in Venice, St. Mark's Basilica is a stunning sight! It is an elaborate structure with domes and arches and columns. The basilica is the resting place of St. Mark.
kristin5683 @
Italy >> Veneto >> Venice >> St Mark's Basilica
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5. Travel Tip:
Naples National Archaeological Museum
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For anyone who arrives in Naples in the rain (like we did) and is unable to go to Pompeii (like us!), then head to the Naples National Archaeological Museum. It's not that far from the train...
kristin5683 @
Italy >> Campania >> Naples >> Naples National Archaeological Museum
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6. Travel Tip:
Piazza del Popolo
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The Piazza del Popolo is yet another square in Rome that features a large Egyptian obelisk. It used to be the site of public executions in Rome and it used to be the edge of ancient Rome. It is...
kristin5683 @
Italy >> Latium >> Rome >> Piazza del Popolo
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7. Travel Tip:
The Fountain of the Four Rivers, Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
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The Fountain of the Four Rivers or the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi is one of the centerpieces of the Piazza Navona. Built in the 1650's by the famous Italian artist Bernini and commissioned by...
kristin5683 @
Italy >> Latium >> Rome >> Piazza Navona
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8. Travel Tip:
Piazza Mattei and The Fountain of Turtles
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Piazza Mattei is part of the Jewish quarter of Rome. Rome has the oldest European community of Jews. Fontana delle Tartarughe or the Fountain of Turtles is the centerpiece of the...
kristin5683 @
Italy >> Latium >> Rome >> Piazza Mattei
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9. Travel Tip:
San Pietro in Vincoli
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San Pietro in Vincoli translates into English to mean St. Peter in Chains. One of the basilicas main attractions is the statue of Moses, created by Michelangelo and commissioned by the Pope in the...
kristin5683 @
Italy >> Latium >> Rome >> San Pietro in Vincoli
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10. Travel Tip:
Piazza Navona
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Piazza Navona is one of Rome's most famous squares. Technically, it's not a square, it's a long rectangular space that features some of Rome's great works of art. One of which is the Fontana dei...
kristin5683 @
Italy >> Latium >> Rome >> Piazza Navona
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