Photos tagged as (italy)
Travel Photography Photos tagged as (italy)
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Umbria (Italy)
The agriculture of the region produces olives, grapes, wheat and tobacco. Industry is based on the steel factories of Terni that harness the hydroelectric power of the Marmore Falls created by the Romans, the food industry of Perugia (e.g. Perugina-Nestlè), the production of olive oil (Spoleto and Trevi) and wine (Lake Trasimeno, Montefalco). Tourism is an important factor in the regional economy, especially in the districts of Perugia, Assisi, and Spoleto.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Perugia, Italy
- Tags: umbria (italy)
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San Leo (Italy)
Infact in the fortress of San Leo the traditional round towers with corbels and machicolations exist together with the elbow-shaped walls which mark the giving up of the round walls experienced in the fortress of Sassocorvaro. The fortress bears the traces of the architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini's first work in the territory of the Montefeltros.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: San Costantino, Italy
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San Leo (Italy)
The fortress of San Leo is undoubtly the most well-known in the Dukedom; It enjoys a great fame as a military bulwark, unconquerable less for its fortifications than for its extraordinary geographical position. Nevertheless, this fortress too, necessitated remarkable restoration works during the course of the centuries, both because of the continuous landslides and the ambition to keep it always perfectly efficient.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: San Costantino, Italy
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San Marino (Italy)
The Most Serene Republic of San Marino is a country in the Apennine Mountains. It is a landlocked enclave, completely surrounded by Italy. One of the European microstates, San Marino has the smallest population of all the members of the Council of Europe.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: San Marino, San Marino
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San Marino (Italy)
San Marino claims to be the oldest constitutional republic in the world: it was founded on 3 September 301 by Marinus of Rab, a Christian stonemason fleeing the religious persecution of Roman Emperor Diocletian. San Marino's constitution, dating back to 1600, is the world's oldest written constitution still in effect.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: San Marino, San Marino
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Gradara (Italy)
Gradara is a typical medieval village, placed on a hilltop overlooking the Flaminia way and enjoying a beautiful landscape. The town is surrounded by trapezoidal fourteenth-century walls crowned by merlons and provided with rectangular bastions.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Gradara, Italy
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Gradara (Italy)
A further curtain of walls placed in between, the towers and an independent gate ensured a further defence to the fortress.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Gradara, Italy
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Gradara (Italy)
The only entrance to the tower was through the Porta dell'Orologio, an arch supporting a square tower (on whose walls hanged the coat-of-arms of the Montefeltros, the Sforzas and the Malatestas) provided by a draw-bridge.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Gradara, Italy
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Gradara (Italy)
Situated at 142 metres above sea level, with the Republic of San Marino, Rimini and Carpegna in the background, Gradara represents an extraordinary urban and architectural combination.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Gradara, Italy
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Cattolica (Italy)
Cattolica is a town in Province of Rimini, Italy with 16,233 (2007) inhabitants.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Cattolica, Italy
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Cattolica (Italy)
The town became an independent commune in 1896. At the end of World War I the tourism industry became predominant.
- Date: 8 December 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Cattolica, Italy
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San Leo (Italy)
The time of the fortress's first constrction is unknown, but surely it was during the Longobard age. The old body of the fortress dates to the time of the Malatestas, who restored and modified it. However, only under Federico the fortress underwent substantial changes. This happened around the second half of the 1470s at the same time of the fortress of Cagli, or at least few years before.
- Date: 26 May 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: San Costantino, Italy
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Gradara (Italy)
Legend has it that the castle was the scene of the famous and tragic love story of Paolo and Francesca, caught in each other's arms and killed by Gianciotto, Francesca's husband. This love story was immortalized by Dante in his Divine Comedy.
- Date: 26 May 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Gradara, Italy
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Gradara (Italy)
The whole perimeter of the walls were run by communication trenches. At the western corner the town wall was reinforced by a stout poligonal bastion, the rocchetta.
- Date: 20 May 2007
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Gradara, Italy
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Paestum (Italy)
Paestum is the classical Roman name of a major Graeco-Roman city in the Campania region of Italy. It is located in the north of Cilento, near the coast about 85 km SE of Naples in the province of Salerno, and belongs to the commune of Capaccio.
- Date: 1 August 2006
- Photographer: pelicon: gallery
- Location: Naples, Italy
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