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• History

How the Nazis created Fanta

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Auvers-sur-Oise: the grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Schignano Carnival: between melancholy, myths, century-old traditions and local history

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

February 3: Saint Biagio’s Panettone

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

La Giubiana: a curious tradition linked to the last Thursday of January in Northern Italy

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 17: Saint Anthony the Abbot, The Great, or The Father of Monks

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

January 2: Berchtoldstag

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• Travel

The church of San Martino: a splendid balcony on Lake Como

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• Abandoned Places

The short and rich life of the abandoned Château de la Solitude of Plessis-Robinson

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• Abandoned Places

Collégiale Sainte-Croix de Liège: a once-magnificent collegiate church is falling into ruin.

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• Art and Photography

Wilson Bentley, the first snowflakes photographer

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• Travel

Santa Maria presso San Satiro and Bramante’s perspective

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• Travel

The Devil’s Column: a gateway to hell in Milan’s city center

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• Random Christmas 2021

December 20#: Murano Christmas Tree – Italy

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• Abandoned Places

“Bovisa’s drop”: history (and future?) of Milan’s secret wood

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• People, mysteries and stories

The curious story of Witch’s Ladder

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• Travel

Nikiszowiec: Katowice’s old mining district

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• Lighthouses of the world

Cape Disappointment Light: the oldest functioning lighthouse on the West Coast

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• Lighthouses of the world

Porphyry Island – Canadian Lighthouses of Lake Superior

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• Travel

Pescarenico: the fishing village which has kept intact its charm over time

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• Abandoned Places

Cereseto castle and its secrets

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• Travel

Salice Terme: the sad story of a beloved tourist destination and its decline

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• History

May 31, 1962: the Voghera massacre

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• History

May 14, 1983: the forgotten history of massacre of the Eros cinema in the suburbs of Milan, Italy

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• Abandoned Places

The impressive little Lourdes 30 km from Milan

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Telling the Bees: the curious folklore of Rural England and not only

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• Breaking News

Happy Birthday Venice, 1600 years!

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• Breaking News

Fukushima disaster: what happened 10 years ago at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

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• Travel

Praglia Abbey: a Benedictine monastery surrounded by the Euganean Hills

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Monumental Cemetery of Lecco – Italy

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• Travel

Corenno Plinio: enchanting medieval hamlet on the eastern branch of Como Lake

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Centuries of history and miracles: the beautiful Laorca Cemetery

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• Random Christmas 2020

10# A spider for Christmas?

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• Lighthouses of the world

When was the lighthouse invented? 👀

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• Travel

Old City Wall of Berlin: the last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city

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• Food

Pfunds Molkerei: in Germany, the world’s most beautiful dairy shop!

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Historical Regatta: in the Grand Canal the ancient Venetian maritime tradition between races and historical re-enactments

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• Lighthouses of the world

Créac’h: the most powerful lighthouse in Europe

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• Abandoned Places

The legend of the haunted house known as Villa Clara

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• Lighthouses of the world

Stiff lighthouse: the oldest lighthouse in Brittany that is still working

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• Lighthouses of the world

Saint-Louise – Sète’s historic Lighthouse

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• Food

Italy’s Moka Coffee Pot: why the iconic item has become an endangered species

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