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 On this page we present a list of curiosities and miscellaneous information about the region of Italy. In the first part we present some info together with the preview at the bottom you will find the complete list of items included in the database, while the right-hand menu you can select another region to browse.


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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.
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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 ...
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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.

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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 ...
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The Sardinian bronze statuettes are small bronze sculptures of warriors, ships, figures of female mother goddess or priestess.

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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 ...
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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 ...

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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 ...
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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, ...