Hand Made Padua is a place of gathering for the faithful. Every June, pilgrims come from all over the world to honor St. Anthony of Padua, a 13th Century itinerant preacher whose spell-binding sermons packed the pews in churches throughout Italy. The Basilica di S. Antonio, built over his remains between 1232 and 1307, celebrates [...]
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Padova Travel Guide
March 14th, 2012 
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March 11th, 2012 admin Milan – Il Duomo – 12-01-2008 – 00h11 Milan is the largest and most important city of Northern Italy and is situated in the Po River Valley. For much of its history, Milan was subject to French and Austrian control until it was conquered in the 19th Century, subsequently becoming a part of Italy. Today, [...]
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February 7th, 2012 admin The gate is closed. The next boat is tomorrow Baveno, northwest of Stresa is a small quiet town near the islands and the site of many villas, among them the Castello Bianca where Queen Victoria spent the spring of 1879.
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February 2nd, 2012 admin Stairway to Heaven Begun in 1173, the structure had started to list by the time the third storey was completed. According to some accounts, it was here that Pisa's most famous son, Galileo, disproved Aristotle's theories about the acceleration of falling objects by dropping different-sized balls from the belfry. Believe it or not, the tower's [...]
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