Italië – Tempel-teater Monte San Nicola

* Volgens 'n artikel bestaan daar millennia lank 'n tempelteater in Italië waarvan niemand die bestaan  geweet het nie.   Dit is ongelooflik om te dink dat daar, tot en met die ontdekking daarvan in 2000, agter die klein dorpie Pietravairano (CE) 'n versteekte Romeinse teater was wat so mooi was dat dit die asemrowende natuurskoon… Continue reading Italië – Tempel-teater Monte San Nicola

Venice – Venesie – VENEZIA IN ACQUA ALTA

What is Acqua Alta?    Water reached 1.87 m height. Worse damages on record since the flooding of 1966.  The flooding in #Venice was due to #acqualta which means high water & is the term used in Veneto for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the N Adriatic Sea. It is very common… Continue reading Venice – Venesie – VENEZIA IN ACQUA ALTA

Caterina Sforza – Italian regent of Forlì and Imola

In 1473, when Caterina was 10, her family made a political alliance and betrothed her to Girolamo Riario, a man 20 years her senior and nephew of Pope Sixtus IV.    Lord of Imola and Forlì—a city south of Milan in Romagna—Girolamo took his child bride to live in Rome after she turned 14. The move… Continue reading Caterina Sforza – Italian regent of Forlì and Imola

Venice collision – #MSC Opera #River_Countess – Michelangelo tourist boat

  Oral skarrel mense rond en hardloop om weg te kom voor die #MSC_Opera wat eenvoudig voortsnel in die kaai in, bo oor en teenaan die #River_Countess.   As mens die video sien het die boot totale beheer verloor om "ankers" te gooi. There has been a collision this morning between #MSC_Opera and the river cruise ship #River_Countess.    The… Continue reading Venice collision – #MSC Opera #River_Countess – Michelangelo tourist boat