Unique among the towns of Sorrento Coast, Massa Lubrense offers beaches and bays on both coasts: Marina di Puolo, San Montano, Marina della Lobra, Le Fontane, the Sirens Bay and Cala Mitigliano in the Gulf of Naples; Ieranto Bay, Marina del Cantone, Recommone and Crapolla Cove in the Gulf of Salerno. All this coastline is protected…
Category: Made In Italy
The Roman Villas in marina di Puolo
The Roman villas in marina di Puolo Even today there are remarkable archaeological remains that can be seen in three different areas of the coast adjacent to Marina di Puolo, and are found in them, with certainty, the remains of three Roman villas dating back to the I-II century AD. Following the coast of Massa…
Tuscany Wine
Tuscany and the Wine The Toscany is known for its famous red wines : Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile Montepulciano have made Tuscany one of the symbol of regions’ wine Italian. In Tuscany , however, also produce red wines from “international” grapes , such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot noir The area…
Montalbano: curiosity and info on the fiction
Montalbano: curiosity and info on the fiction Il commissario Montalbano (Inspector or Detective Montalbano) is an Italian TV series, that follows the life and investigations of the main character, Salvo Montalbano, in the imaginary sicilian town of Vigata. Up to this day, 12 seasons have been aired, for a total of 32 episodes. Each episode…
The Godfather: curiosity and info on the film
The Godfather: curiosity and info on the film The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert S. Ruddy, based on Mario Puzo’s best-selling novel of the same name. It stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a fictional New York crime family. The story, spanning 1945 to 1955, chronicles the family under the patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando), focusing on…
The best places to take photo in the Sorrento Peninsula
The best places to take photo in the Sorrento Peninsula If you are spending your vacation in Sorrento Peninsula, and you are also a entusiast photographer, you have to read this article, where we make a list of our favourite photographic spot in this beautifull place! The Sorrento Peninsula from Scutolo When you arrive in…
History of the Colosseum
History of the Colosseum What is Colosseum? Located just east of the Roman Forum, the massive stone amphitheater known as the Colosseum was commissioned around A.D. 70-72 by Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty as a gift to the Roman people. In A.D. 80, Vespasian’s son Titus opened the Colosseum–officially known as the Flavian Amphitheater–with…
Sorrentine Sandals: history and tradition
Sorrentine Sandals: history and tradition Sorrentine Sandals History Sandals are the oldest and most commonly found foot covering worldwide. Archaeological examples, uncovered from the Anasazi culture of the American Southwest, date back 8,000 years. These plaited and woven sandals provided a flexible protective sole and utilized a simple V-shaped strap. Sandals are most commonly…
Museum George Vallet Piano Di Sorrento
Museum George Vallet Piano Di Sorrento Villa de Sandro Fondi houses the Archaeological Museum dedicated to Vallet. The beautiful nineteenth-century building, in neoclassical style, has been fully restored after a complex and discussed restructuring plan that sees beyond the recovery of the existing one, the creation of a conference room basement of 200 seats, a range…
The origins of the tarantella
The origins of the Tarantella Rhythm, in the lands of southern Italy, has always been linked to a bloody dance, a dance ghettoized or prohibited, the tarantella, and for live or survive are forced to justify itself as a healing practice as an altered state, a kind of exorcism in music to drive away the…
