Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Italy is quite crucial European country which is situated on the Italian Peninsula in the southern Europe. Italy is geographically a long peninsula shaped like a boot, surrounded on the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea and on the east by the Adriatic. Italy is a nation of a lot of rivers, lakes, mountains, plains, volcanoes and seas. It is challenging to cover the organic wonders of Italy but we’ve collected the photos of the seven well-known organic wonders of Italy

1- Mont Blanc :  The highest mountain of Italy in the Alps, Western Europe, and the European Union. It rises 4,810.45 m (15,782 ft)

Mont Blanc: The highest mountain peak of Italy ( Image:masondan )
Mont Blanc: The highest mountain peak of Italy ( Image:masondan )

two- Vulcano :  A little volcanic island in the Tyrhennian Sea, about 25 km north of Sicily and the southernmost of the eight Aeolian Islands.

Vulcano: The famous natural wonder of Sicily, Italy - Image: Johannes Zielcke
Vulcano: The famous natural wonder of Sicily, Italy – Image: Johannes Zielcke

3- Lake Garda : The biggest lake in Italy. It is positioned in the Northern Italy, about half-way between Brescia and Verona, and between Venice and Milan. Glaciers formed this alpine area at the finish of the final Ice Age.

A view of the Garda Lake - Image: Richard Palmer
A view of the Garda Lake – Image: Richard Palmer

four- Dolomites Mountain Range : This mountain variety is located in north-eastern Italy. It is a component of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley (Pieve di Cadore) in the east.

Dolomite Mountain Rnge, Italy : This image is owned by Philip Bouchard
Dolomite Mountain Rnge, Italy : This image is owned by Philip Bouchard

five- The Blue Grotto Sea Cave: This is a noted sea cave on the coast of the island of Capri, Italy. Sunlight, passing by means of an underwater cavity and shining by means of the seawater, creates a blue reflection that illuminates the cavern.

Blue Grotto: A noted Sea Cave in Italy - Image: S J Pinkney
Blue Grotto: A noted Sea Cave in Italy – Image: S J Pinkney

six- Tuscany: Tuscany is a region in Italy having an area of about 23,000 square kilometres (8,900 sq mi) and a population of about 3.eight million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is recognized for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy and its permanent influence on higher culture.

Tuscany: A famous region of Italy full of biodiversity and landscapes ( Image: Maarten Van Hoof )
Tuscany: A famous area of Italy full of biodiversity and landscapes ( Image: Maarten Van Hoof )

7- The Tiber River :  The third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia–Romagna and flowing 406 kilometres (252 mi) through Umbria and Lazio to the Tyrrhenian Sea. It  drains a basin estimated at 17,375 square kilometres (six,709 sq mi). The river has achieved lasting fame as the major watercourse of the city of Rome, founded on its eastern banks.

Afternoon kayaking on the Tiber River - Image: Ed Yourdon
Afternoon kayaking on the Tiber River – Image: Ed Yourdon

Apart from these seven renowned organic wonders of Italy, there are lots of other magnificent areas where nature appears at its sublime.

 

 

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Climate you call Style , a trend , a hobby or a habit but it is an integral element of the human life. Fashion can be understood  a sense of an individual through which he or she feels gratified to put on and adhere to to the trends of the time. It also pertains to a human’s  personal mode of expression which might differ from rest of the people. These days , style has become more diversified and the idea of the planet as global village has brought the people of various communities and cultures so close to to every other. Today style industry has turn into a single of the most prominent industries of the globe and in order to grab the interest of the masses , the style designers and brands conduct  fashion events in numerous parts of the globe. Generally such events are identified as Fashion Week which last for a week in which the designers present their latest creations and trends.The most well-known style weeks are held in the 4 style capitals of the globe: New York City, London, Milan, and Paris.

Milan Fashion Week
Milan Fashion Week, Image : Modelos

Settimana della moda or Style Week Milan is the glamorous event of Italy which is held twice in a year in the historic city, Milan. It in fact is the continuity of the international fashion events with Paris , London and New York. It is the second last event of the annual schedule which begins from New York , London and then Milan and lastly ends in Paris. The fashion week of Milan is carried out by a nonprofit  association recognized as Nazionale della Moda Italiana ( The National Chamber for Italian Fashion), which functions to market the Italian fashion market and domestic style events in Italy.

Milan Fashion Week Fall Winter
Fashion Week Milan © Blog.stylert Milan

Given that the last three decades the city of Milan is attracting every single year thousands of folks, fashion journalists and purchasers from all more than the planet, for its glamorous event “Fashion Week Milan”, to witness  the greatest glamour complete of luxury and delicacy, purely in “Produced in Italy” style.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

This is actually difficult to realize the philosophy of nature. We are often the beneficiaries of Nature and often the victims of its aggression. The history of the human development is filled with the catastrophic acts of Nature. Nature becomes furious occasionally in shape of the harassing oceans, often with the calamitous tsunamis and often by the disastrous earthquakes.


By : Trey Ratcliff ( A great image of the ruins of Pompeii with the Mount Vesuvius)

In Europe, Italy is effectively known for its marvelous archaeological heritage. Pompeii is one of it’s the most renowned historic ruins. This famous internet site is actually a sepulcher town which was a center of the Roman civilization, culture, art and customs. This ancient city was destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption almost 1700 years ago. It was an unlucky day of 79 A.D when the Mount Vesuvius exploded ash and lava that destroyed the prosperity of the folks of Pompeii and their amazing cultivation forever.


The Historic Pompeii Ruins ( Image: JAMES MARSHALL D )

It was not achievable for the people of Pompeii to get any thought about the eruption of Vesuvius at the time of the disaster. People have been busy in their day to day affairs and they had been damn positive that the volcano is inactive for a lot more than centuries so it would never explode again. They have been totally unaware of the fact that a longer inactivity of a volcano coupled with mounting seismic activity is a pure sign of forthcoming fiasco. Though they had firm belief in the might of their gods and their potential to predict about the future, but they remained blind about the happenings of 24th August of 79 A.D. On this day Mount Vesuvius detonated its huge lava and inside no time the entire city was buried below a 20 feet layer of ash and pumice. The complete population and the architecture of Pompeii have been covered in up to twelve various layers of tephra, in total 25 meters deep, which rained down for about six hours. Rest of the planet was completely oblivious about this tragedy till the rediscovery of Pompeii in 1738 by some laborers, who were functioning in the building a summer season palace for the then King of Naples. Nevertheless, Pompeii was correctly identified once again as the result of intentional excavations in 1748 by a Spanish group.


A dead physique of Pompeii inhabitant ( Image: CameliaTWU )

Even so, right after this many excavation activities had been executed in order to bring out the proper facts about Pompeii. The different theories of the historians suggest that Pompeii was inhabited with far more than 20,000 people at that time and it was an best town exactly where the Romans spent their holidays. Pompeii was situated near the contemporary day Naples in Campania area. The building style adopted by the individuals of Pompeii was luxuriant and they possessed a very opulent way of life. The walls, pavements and floors of their villas had been embellished with magnificent mosaics.


POMPEII – ITALY ( Pavement ) Image Courtesy : Ggarner

Pompeii is today a UNESCO Planet Heritage Internet site and the archaeologists from all over the globe have created tremendous study on the remains of Pompeii which includes the Greek-inspired buildings, cobble-stoned streets, brothels, frescoes and several artifacts. These all remained under perfect situations of preservation when they had been out of sight. The lack of air and moisture had been the primary contribution elements that safeguarded these objects from deterioration. Even so after their rediscovery they are on the verge of speedy decay due to the each natural and man-made forces. Weathering, erosion, light exposure, water damage, poor approaches of excavation and reconstruction, introduced plants and animals, tourism, vandalism and theft have all damaged the website in some way. For the final 250 years, Pompeii, the historic ruins of Italy are attracting millions of visitors annually to visit this phenomenal web site and it is one particular of the most common tourist web sites of Italy.