The Italianista and the Dilapidated Castle. My dream was to become an archaeologist, just like Indiana Jones. Like the majority of people I succumbed to. Choosing to travel the safest route possible in life. Instead, I spent twenty unfulfilled years in an industry that I did not enjoy. You should become a lawyer.

They tell us that an artist is. I had an amusing experience back in the summer of 2003 when Tony and I visited my godfather, Fulvio, in the outskirts of Milan. Fulvio took us to an art exhibit at the. In the centre of the city. The exhibit featured works from several world renowned artists of the past five centuries. It was in that pr.

Many of the clay urns found in Tuscany today are reproductions of ancient Etruscan artisanship. The Etruscans, an advanced society inhabiting the Tuscan plain long before the Romans, created unique and ornate pottery resembling classical Greek design. Throughout the region there is a resurgence of traditional ceramic urns featuring the archaic majolica design. This archetype was introduced by Majorcan Spanish merchants who travelled to Italy during the Middle Ages. The Great Lorenzo De Medici.

I glanced over at my dear friend leaning heavily against the mahogany bar. He looked old now, solemn and beaten. No longer was he the exuberant, dashing man of his youth. That led him and several of his immediate family to their deaths.

The Taino are sadly gone, extinct from disease as well as by the toil of slavery. The people Cuba today are mainly descendants of Spanish settlers and African slaves. Cuban music and dance is a medly of African and European influences. The Sunny Roads of Tuscany.