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Sprezzatura in Cinque Terre, The 5 Villages of Effortless Beauty

by Nicole Kennedy The Italians have an expression for art that the English language has still not found an equivalent for: sprezzatura. Sprezzatura is the…

LiteraryTraveler July 23, 2008

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Gods and Monsters

Towering mountains, the Cyclops Coast and the sparkling Mediterranean have beckoned seafarers, conquerors and tourists to Sicily since Neolithic times…

Carly Cassano February 21, 2006

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Michelangelo, The Flower of Florence

by David Sclar The city of Florence, Italy, is the unmistakable home of the great painter, architect, and sculptor, Michelangelo Buonarroti, known today simply as…

Amanda July 16, 2005

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James Joyce A Portrait of The Artist in Trieste

Trieste, Italy, is on the uneasy border where northern Italy flares out to touch Yugoslavia, with Austria hanging just above it like a storm cloud. It…

Carly Cassano February 1, 2000

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