![]() ItalyInfo & CuriositiesItaly: Search Info & CuriositiesInfo & Curiosities ... featuredItaly Sardinia is a land rich in mineral resources. The exploitation of these resources has been around for millennia. Eight thousand years ago, people learned to work Sardinian obsidian, a type of volcanic glass, to produce sharp objects. Italy I Sassi, declared World Heritage by UNESCO in 1993, are an intricate succession of narrow stairs, stately palaces and caves, arches and balconies, gardens and large terraces from which leap out, suddenly, the ... Italy From the late Neolithic period (3400-3200 BC) funerary cults are spreading, especially documented by man-made caves, called Domus de Janas (Home of the Fairies), sometimes decorated with symbols elementary or painted. Info & Curiosities Italy Select a Region to obtain a list of Info & Curiosities in its territory. Italy The liver of Piacenza (or Etruscan liver) is a model bronze sheep's liver with Etruscan inscriptions. Was found by a farmer plowing during the September 26, 1877, at Seventh fraction Gossolengo (PC) in area ... Italy The Sardinian bronze statuettes are small bronze sculptures of warriors, ships, figures of female mother goddess or priestess. Italy Common name: Arbutus, Albatross Family: Ericaceae Description - evergreen shrub or tree of 1-4 m in height, which can reach up to 10 m. Bark brown, rough, which crumbles into flakes. Leathery leaves, scattered on the stem ... Italy Vicissitudes of power, love and passion, dynasties of noble families, court gossip and political strategies, we are at the time of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza in the land located between the Apennines and the Po, where medieval castles and ... Italy Regional Natural Park Archaeological History of the Rock Churches of Matera, which is also World Heritage by UNESCO, is surely one of rock's most spectacular landscapes of Italy, which testifies to the ancient ... Italy Manual Harvest of Myrtle Berries (January-February) The berries as well known, are used by fermentation into alcohol, to get the famous liqueur, while the leaves are also used to get with the same method, the liqueur white, ... |