Bella Italia
WOW! What fantastic vistas. Italy anyone? Bella Italia Video
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a unitary parliamentary republic in Southern Europe. To the North, Italy borders France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia, and is approximately delimited by the Alpine watershed, enclosing the Po Valley and the Venetian Plain. To the South, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula and the two biggest Mediterranean islands of Sicily and Sardinia, in addition to many other smaller islands. The sovereign states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d’Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. Italy covers an area of 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and has a largely temperate climate. With 59.7 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe. Italy is also the fourth-largest economy on the European Union, third in the Eurozone and ninth in the world. Read more…
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The Sistine Chapel is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City. It is famous for its architecture and its decoration that was frescoed throughout by Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio and others. Under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted 1,100 m2 (12,000 sq ft) of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling, and especially The Last Judgment (1535–1541), is widely believed to be Michelangelo’s crowning achievement in painting.
To view every part of the Michelangelo’s masterpiece just click and drag your arrow in the direction you wish to see. In the low left, click on the plus to move closer, on the minus to move away. Choir is thrown in for free. Amazing. Move the arrow and you will see every part of the chapel.
To see the Sistine Chapel as you have never seen before: (click here)
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10 Things We Love About Italy (click here)
The Perennial Plate traveled across Italy to make this short film., searching out our favorite foods (we know, mozzarella and many other things are missing), seeing how they are produced (and eaten). Enjoy!
Note – this video is in “HD”. If your Internet speed is slow, then click on the blue HD in the
lower right corner to switch to normal mode. Otherwise the video will start/stop/start/stop…
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