"Capodimonte porcelain Capodimonte porcelain (sometimes ""Capo di Monte"") is porcelain created by the Capodimonte porcelain manufactory (""Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte""), which operated in Naples, Italy, between 1743 and 1759. Capodimonte is the most outstanding factory for early Italian porcelain, the Doccia porcelain of Florence being the other main Italian factory. Capodimonte is most famous for its moulded figurines. The porcelain of Capodimonte, and later Naples, was a ""superb"" translucent soft-paste, ""more beautiful"" but much harder to fire than the German hard-pastes, or ""a particularly clear, warm, white, covered with a mildly lustrous glaze"". The Capodimonte mark was a fleur-de-lys in"
"Urbania Urbania is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region of Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro, next to the river Metauro. Urbania borders the following municipalities: Acqualagna, Apecchio, Cagli, Fermignano, Peglio, Piobbico, Sant'Angelo in Vado, Urbino. It is a famous ceramics and majolica production centre. In recent years, it has become more closely associated with the Befana folk tradition. Originally known as Castel delle Ripe, it was a free commune of the Guelph party. In 1277 it was destroyed by the Ghibellines, then rebuilt by the Provençal"
"middle years of high school. Urbania Urbania is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region of Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro, next to the river Metauro. Urbania borders the following municipalities: Acqualagna, Apecchio, Cagli, Fermignano, Peglio, Piobbico, Sant'Angelo in Vado, Urbino. It is a famous ceramics and majolica production centre. In recent years, it has become more closely associated with the Befana folk tradition. Originally known as Castel delle Ripe, it was a free commune of the Guelph party. In 1277 it was destroyed by the Ghibellines,"
"Liternum. In the feudal age Parete was a duchy and was a possession of several noble families of the Kingdom of Naples, including the Caracciolo, Cecaro, Sabatino-Falco and the Moles. It is the birthplace of Giambattista Basile. Parete Parete is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples and about southwest of Caserta. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 10,597 and an area of . Parete borders the following municipalities: Giugliano in Campania, Lusciano, Trentola-Ducenta. The area of Parete is famous for the production of peaches,"
"Mercato (Naples) Mercato (Italian:""market"") is a neighbourhood or quartiere of Naples, southern Italy. It is in the south-eastern part of the city, bounded by the industrial port of Naples on the south. At the center of the area is ""Market square,"" the medieval market place of the city. At the apex of the half-moon of the piazza, is the church of Santa Croce e Purgatorio al Mercato. To the east and west respectively, on can see the belltowers and parts of the facade of Sant'Eligio Maggiore and the church of Santa Maria del Carmine. The square was the site of"
"religious movement called Pythagoreanism. Local legend states the town was formed from members of Pythagorean school. Teana Teana is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Some of the local landmarks and points of interest are the ruins of a Lombard Castle, the Church of our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Chapel of San Christofaro, and the Chapel of Santa Maria delle Grazie. In the past, the region was known for the production of silk from silkworms. According to the corresponding article at Italian Wikipedia, the name Teana is a derivative"
"the baroque Church of the Abbey, that holds a Byzantine style painting of the Madonna. <br> Cerami Cerami (Sicilian: Cirami) is a ""comune"" in Sicily, southern Italy, part of the Province of Enna. The town itself is perched on a mountaintop above sea level. A river also named Cerami flows through this area. Cerami produces cereals, olives, grapes, and almonds. It also is known for cattle breeding and sheep herding. It holds a Cattle Fair during the month of August. Cerami was founded by the Greeks as part of Magna Graecia in the fourth century BC. The name Cerami derives"
"along with much of central Italy, threatened by the Saracens. <br> Nepi Nepi (anciently ""Nepet"" or ""Nepete"") is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, central Italy. The town lies southeast of the city of Viterbo and about southwest from Civita Castellana. The town is known for its mineral springs, sold and bottled under the ""Acqua di Nepi"" brand throughout Italy. The region was already occupied in the 8th century BC; neighbouring Pizzo had been occupied in the Bronze Age. Nepet became Roman before 386 BC, when Livy speaks of it and Sutrium as the keys of"
"marine creatures, with the statues of ""Christ and the Samaritana"", by Matteo Bottiglieri. San Gregorio Armeno San Gregorio Armeno (""St. Gregory of Armenia"") is a church and a monastery in Naples, Italy. It is one of the most important Baroque complexes in Naples. The church is located on a street of the same name just south of Via dei Tribunali and a few blocks south of the church of San Paolo Maggiore, Naples In the 8th century, the iconoclast decrees in Greece caused a number of religious orders to flee the Byzantine empire and seek refuge elsewhere. San Gregorio Armeno"
"Colonnata Colonnata is an Italian ancient village and a hamlet (""frazione"") of the ""comune"" of Carrara, (Massa-Carrara, Tuscany). It is situated in the Apuan Alps, and is known worldwide for the pork fat delicacy Lardo di Colonnata, and for its marble quarries. Colonnata's history dates back to its settlement, around 40 BC. It was built for the housing of slaves used in quarrying marble after Rome decided to replace expensive imported Greek marble with local (Luni) marble. The name of the settlement is believed derived from the Latin word ""columna"", indicating the place where columns of marble were extracted to"
"village fountain is known as ""Antana 'e Cartzonna"". Near the lake are the archaeological areas of Orrui and San Michele di Fonni. A Roman bridge is submerged beneath the lake. Mountain tourism is among the sources of income. Agriculture production include potatoes and cheese (the town is famous for its pecorino). The ""tumbarinu"" is a traditional drum made of lamb skin, and more rarely, dog or donkey skin. The tumbarinu is often accompanied with the pipiolu, the traditional sheppard's fife. The ""ballu tundu"", is a traditional dance in the round, as in the Balkan area. Poetry is esteemed, including extemporaneous"
"figurine groups became large and complicated, still often wearing 18th-century costume. Baskets of flowers made in porcelain became popular, as did pieces in openwork ""spagetto"". In the 20th century a style of ""raggedly dressed peasants of Walt Disney cartoon appearance"" developed, along with ""a sub-class of earthenware pieces, mostly boxes, of appalling quality with brassy gilding"" but still with the crowned ""N"" mark. Capodimonte porcelain Capodimonte porcelain (sometimes ""Capo di Monte"") is porcelain created by the Capodimonte porcelain manufactory (""Real Fabbrica di Capodimonte""), which operated in Naples, Italy, between 1743 and 1759. Capodimonte is the most outstanding factory for early"
"Salvatore Oliveri, the grandson of the famous puppet master Gaspare Canino, who worked in Alcamo for about 50 years, continuing the work of Luigi, his father. They often give performances inside the castles or in the square. It is also noteworthy the activity of Compagnia Piccolo Teatro, a theatre company founded in 1976, which has seen the rise (and success) of some actors and theatre directors. During the feasts in Alcamo there are often streets entertainers and pedlars selling sweets, dried fruit and different objects in their stands called """"baracchelle"""". Alcamo is a town rich with art: inside its churches"
"Pioppi Pioppi is an Italian hamlet (""frazione"") in the municipality of Pollica (Province of Salerno), located in Cilento, Campania region. Its name means ""poplars"" in the Italian language. The area of the actual village was a dependency of the Benedectine Abbey of Cava de' Tirreni. In the year 994 a church was built, named ""Sancta Maria de li Puppi"". Around the building grew a fisherman's village, totally destroyed during the Sicilian Vespers (1282-1302) and rebuilt some years later. This coastal village by the Tyrrhenian Sea is located between Acciaroli and Marina di Casalvelino (a civil parish of Casal Velino). It"
"the quarrymen, thus starting the traditional production of the famous pork fat delicacy, Lardo di Colonnata. Colonnata is located in the Apuan Alps (mounts Maggiore, Spallone and Sagro), and is accessible by the road that passes through the villages of Vezzala and Bedizzano. The village is surrounded by quarries in an area known as ""Gioia Calagio"", which includes the Gioia Pit, which produces the arabescato and bardiglio varieties of veined marble. The quarry was also used in ancient times, as evidenced by the finds of coins, inscriptions engraved directly on the rock, and a relief of the Roman tutelary deity"
"porcini mushrooms found in its forests, particularly in areas where chestnut trees grow. There is also a museum devoted to the famous singer Dalida, whose parents originally came from Serrastretta. The town is bordered by Amato, Decollatura, Feroleto Antico, Lamezia Terme, Miglierina, Pianopoli, Platania and San Pietro Apostolo. Serrastretta Serrastretta is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Catanzaro in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Serrastretta is noted for the production of furniture, kitchens, door-frames, casings and furnishings of every kind. Above all are the famous woven-straw chairs, for which Serrastretta is considered to be one of the"
"Acqualagna Acqualagna () is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about southwest of Pesaro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,304 and an area of . It is one of the main centers in Italy for truffle. The Candigliano is joined by the Burano in the vicinity of the town. Acqualagna borders the following municipalities: Cagli, Fermignano, Urbania, Urbino. The current name derives from the Latin name ""Aqua Lanea"", meaning ""Water Slaughter"", and which remembered the battle of Gualdo Tadino fought"
"which often lead to an impression of superficiality of his works. He left many works in Rome, and far more in Naples. Of the latter, his ""Christ expelling the Traders from the Temple"" in the church of the Padri Girolamini, a colossal work, full of expressive ""lazzaroni"" or beggars from Naples; also the frescoes of the ""Triumph of Judith"" at San Martino, and those in the Tesoro della Certosa, including the subject of ""Moses and the Brazen Serpent""; and the cupola paintings in the Church of Santa Brigida. This church contains the artist's own tomb. Other notable examples are the"
"Sperlonga Sperlonga (locally ) is a coastal town in the province of Latina, Italy, about halfway between Rome and Naples. It is best known for the ancient Roman sea grotto discovered in the grounds of the Villa of Tiberius containing the important and spectacular Sperlonga sculptures, which are displayed in a museum on the site. Surrounding towns include Terracina to the West, Fondi to the North, Itri to the North-East, and Gaeta to the East. Located near the Via Appia, but also on the edge of the Pontine Marshes, Roman ""Spelunca"" (Latin for cave or grotto) was originally only known"
"and prostitution. Among the historic churches in the district are: Quartieri Spagnoli Quartieri Spagnoli (""Spanish Quarters"") is a part of the city of Naples in Italy. The Neapolitan language is stronger here than anywhere else. It is a poor area, suffering from high unemployment and strong influence of Camorra. The area, encompassing c. 800,000 square metres, consists of a grid of around eighteen streets by twelve, including a population of some 14,000 inhabitants. The ""Quartieri"" were created in the 16th century to house Spanish garrisons, hence the name, whose role was to quench revolts from the Neapolitan population. Soon they"
"and dumb, the first in the Kingdom of Naples and the second in Italy after the one in Rome; Amadeo Bordiga, founder with Antonio Gramsci of the Partito Comunista d’Italia, the Communist Party of Italy; the philosopher Adriano Tilgher; the painter Alfonso Marquez as well as the already mentioned Marco De Gregorio. In the years after WWII in via Pugliano flourished the street market of Pugliano (or Resina) that quickly became nationwide famous for the selling of used clothes (""pezze"") and a mecca for seekers of vintage clothes and bargains. On 12 February 1969, following a formal request of the"
"Leopard"" (Il Gattopardo, by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa) which starred Burt Lancaster, Terence Hill, Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale. Ciminna Ciminna is a Sicilian city in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, located approximately southeast of its capital, Palermo. The city's economy is derived mainly from agriculture and traditional crafts. The artist (and Franciscan priest) Pasquale Sarullo was born in Ciminna. Its ancient history shows evidence of Punic and Roman settlements as well as Arab and Norman rule. There are Greek ruins overlooking the town which may be a temple to Demeter (Mother Earth), dating back to the time before Jesus."
"Frattamaggiore Frattamaggiore (locally also known as Fratta) is a ""comune"" in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy. It is located 15 kilometers north of Naples and 15 kilometers southwest of Caserta. It was awarded the title of ""City of art"" in 2008 and named Benedictine city in 1997. It is located in the Naples hinterland. It is bordered by the ""comuni"" of Afragola, Cardito, Crispano, Frattaminore, Grumo Nevano, and Sant'Arpino. The first records of Frattamaggiore date to 921 AD, although the area was probably settled in pre-Roman times. The people of Atella built a watchtower in response to the"
"them medieval and the third of the 16th‑18th centuries, of which the best is San Nicola, with a frescoed interior. The Renaissance humanist and poet Iovianus Pontanus (Giovanni Gioviano Pontano) was born here in 1426—although after his father had been murdered in a civil brawl his mother escaped with the boy to Perugia. <br> Cerreto di Spoleto Cerreto di Spoleto is an Italian village and ""comune"" of the province of Perugia in Umbria. It is a dispersed rural community with 1,158 inhabitants spread over 8 ""frazioni"". Its claim to fame is to be the root of the English term ""charlatan"","
"Narni Narni (in Latin, Narnia) is an ancient hilltown and ""comune"" of Umbria, in central Italy, with 19,252 inhabitants (2017). At an altitude of 240 m (787 ft), it overhangs a narrow gorge of the Nera River in the province of Terni. It is very close to the geographic center of Italy. There is a stone on the exact spot with a sign in multiple languages. The area around Narni was already inhabited in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages, as attested by finds in some of the caves. Around the start of the first millennium the Osco-Umbrian, a people with"
"Vigevano Vigevano ( ; Western Lombard: ""Avgevan"") is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Pavia, Lombardy in northern Italy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing agricultural district. Vigevano received the honorary title of city with a decree of Duke Francis II Sforza on 2 February 1532. It is famed for its beautiful Renaissance """"Piazza Ducale"""" in the centre of the town. The earliest records of Vigevano date from the 10th century AD, when it was a favoured residence of the Lombard king Arduin,"
"Vomero Vomero () is a central district of Naples, with a population of about 48,000. Vomero is a hilly and heavily urbanized area in the center of Naples, is inhabited by the wealthy middle class. To the north, Vomero borders the quarter of Arenella, to the west; Soccavo and Fuorigrotta, to the south; Chiaia, to the east; Montecalvario and to the north east; Avvocata. The name probably derives from its ancient agricultural function and from the word ""vomere"" (ploughshare). Due to the field work done here, the area for centuries was nicknamed ""Hill of Broccoli"". Nowadays Vomero is a residential"
"mosaics on the pavements and others. Gravellona Lomellina is twinned with: Gravellona Lomellina Gravellona Lomellina (Gravalùna in the local variety of Western Lombard) is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km southwest of Milan and about 35 km northwest of Pavia. It's an agricultural town (its main product is rice). Gravellona Lomellina borders the following municipalities: Cassolnovo, Cilavegna, Tornaco, Vigevano. The very first traces of a settlement in this location date from the late Bronze Age, with the pre-Celtic Golasecca culture. Toponomy could be from the etruscan. A Roman settlement"
"Marano di Napoli Marano di Napoli () is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northwest of Naples. Marano's main attraction is the so-called ""Mausoleo del Ciaurro"", one of the most important Roman funerary edifice in Campania, dating to the 1st-2nd century AD. The main economic sources of the city are agriculture and commerce. Many ancient typical noble arts have been lost during the years, like the handmade construction of stairs and cests. Strangely enough some renowned and typical local agricultural products are not produced anymore. In past years the peas"
"the famous operas of Verga and finally the Presepe Verghiano, the original staging of the Nativity in the world of Giovanni Verga. Cunziria Cunziria (also spelled Canziria) is an 18th-century village located in Vizzini, Sicily. Cunziria is situated in an open valley adjacent to hills covered with prickly pears. The buildings' structure and architectural details make it an example of the rural agricultural style of 18th-century Sicily. The ruins of the church of Saint 'Egidio, which may date from Roman times, are located in the village. Due to Cunziria's proximity to a spring, tanning was once a successful local industry,"
"Soragna Soragna (Parmigiano: ) is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Parma of northern Italy with a population of about 4,800. The town is known from 712, when it was mentioned in a document by the Lombard king Liutprand. From 1198 it was a possession of the Lupi family and was an imperial fief (a marquisate from 1347 and a principate from 1709), with the right to mint coins. It is home to a medieval rocca (fortress), turned into a palace, called the Rocca Meli Lupi. It has 16th century frescoes by Cesare Baglione, possibly Niccolò dell'Abbate, and"
"to expand during the First World War and, by the 1950s, Vigevano was known as Italy's ""shoe capital"". Vigevano Vigevano ( ; Western Lombard: ""Avgevan"") is a town and ""comune"" in the province of Pavia, Lombardy in northern Italy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing agricultural district. Vigevano received the honorary title of city with a decree of Duke Francis II Sforza on 2 February 1532. It is famed for its beautiful Renaissance """"Piazza Ducale"""" in the centre of the town. The earliest records of"
"It is known as “Cathedral” because of its arches. It displays train models and railway memorabilia as the famous Trecentotreni model. National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa The National Railway Museum of Pietrarsa () lies beside the Naples–Portici railway, between the city of Naples and the towns of Portici and San Giorgio a Cremano. Pietrarsa is an area among these villages in the past known as “Pietra Bianca” (white stone) but it was renamed Pietrarsa (burnt stone) after the eruption of the Vesuvius in 1631. The museum is housed in what was originally the old Bourbon workshop Officine di Pietrarsa, founded"