Italy

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• Travel

Tarpeian Rock: in the early Roman empire, people deemed traditors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock

2 years ago Danilo G.

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• Abandoned Places

Saint Marcel, a castle haunted by hooded souls

2 years ago arthurodas

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

San Severino di Centola: a medieval hilltop village that was abandoned at the end of the 19th century after existing for more than 500 years.

2 years ago arthurodas

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• Travel

Pozzo del Diavolo: was this cave created by Hercules’s wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

2 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Rosa Bathurst, the sleeping beauty of the Tiber river

2 years ago Ivan

6 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

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

2 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Hands of madness: Italino and his grave at Staglieno Monumental Cemetery

2 years ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

The legend of the haunted house known as Villa Clara

2 years ago Anya016

7 min read

• Food

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

3 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Travel

Torre Argentina – the Roman Cat Sanctuary

3 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

Francesco Petrarca’s house: a modest museum in the final home of Italian poet

3 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The witches of Benevento and their walnut tree Sabbats

3 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• History

The mysterious case of dance mania that broke out in Medieval Europe

3 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Breaking News

Is Saint Corona the patron saint of epidemics?

3 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Travel

Temple of Valadier: a refuge for the souls in Genga – Italy

3 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Art and Photography
• Breaking News

The images of a Venice free of tourists transformed by COVID-19

3 years ago Anya016

1 min read

• Art and Photography
• Breaking News

Quarantine in Milan: here’s what it’s like in a coronavirus red zone.

3 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• History

#April 21, 753 BC: according to tradition, Romulus and Remus found Rome

3 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Milltown Cemetery – Belfast, Northern Ireland

3 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• History

#April 18, 1480: wicked or sinless? The controversy life of Lucrezia Borgia, born on this day.

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Food

Easter Lamb: in Sicily, Italy, it is sweet, caloric and made of almond paste!

3 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The eternal sleep of Rosalia Lombardo

3 years ago Danijel90

4 min read

• History

The curious history of the Milan area that remained immune to the plague: an eccentric marquis, a witch or simply coal?

3 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• History

#March 30, 1282: when Sicilian’s bells rang out for freedom

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

The “100 Giorni”: the official countdown to the final High School state examination

3 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

The truth behind the haunted house that fascinates all Bologna – Italy

3 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Travel

Libreria Acqua Alta: one of the most interesting bookshop in the world.

3 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The abandoned disco Par hasard: it was the VIPs’ club

3 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

The “anomalous” burial of a child in a 5th century Umbrian cemetery

3 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Travel

Venice: the only city in the world whose shape resembles a Swan

3 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• History

January 1985-2020: the anniversary of the greatest snowfall of the (last) century.

3 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

Sostila, the uninhabited village where the road don’t go

3 years ago Anya016

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The beautiful letter of 1973 from an illiterate woman to a distant husband

3 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

#13 Cuccía: a Sicilian tradition on Saint Lucy’s day

3 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Random Christmas 2019

10# Struffoli: Neapolitan Christmas Tradition

3 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• Abandoned Places

Poveglia: the “cursed” Venetian island between history and legend.

3 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• History

The massacre of Gorla and the sad story of its little martyrs

3 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Fontanelle Cemetery, Naples, and the cult of “pezzentelle” souls.

3 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

Caracciolo Castle: an abandoned jewel in the heart of Abruzzo – Italy

3 years ago Anya016

2 min read

• Breaking News

The mystery of the abandoned plane on the Linate Airport runway.

3 years ago Anya016

4 min read

• Travel

Scanno, Italy: A heart surrounded by mountains

3 years ago Anya016

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

The light above Como, Italy: Volta’s Lighthouse dedicated to Alessandro Volta

3 years ago Anya016