The Quintain tournament was born in 1946 when, in very casual circumstances, the “Association for Mutual Aid among workers, farmers and other citizens from Foligno” wanted to celebrate the 85th anniversary of its foundation. For this purpose they took up again an old horse competition in period costume: a Quintain racing that had been made […]

Today we have been attracted by the beauties of the Modenese Appennines and, in particular, by the nature which is contained in the Park of Rocca Malatina Rocks. The park is situated a few kilometres away from Guiglia (province of Modena) and you can reach it from Emilia road, driving along the Provincial road […]

If you have the possibility to go to Tuscany, we suggest you to stop in San Gimignano, a place that has been declared as UNESCO’s heritage because of its typical medieval structure, consisting of some famous and characteristic towers.
In the Middle Ages the towers were even more numerous (it seems that there were 72 of […]

We have recently had the opportunity to go on a trip to Tuscany, in the wonderful area of Chianti. The natural landscape of these places is really magnificent in spring: on the hills the wooded bush with oaks, chestnuts and holm-oaks follow the vineyards and the cultivations of olive trees. This region of Tuscany is […]

The It-Schools pages of the Travel&Culture section have been enriched by some information about the beautiful town of Trapani, which is called “the town between the two seas” because of its peculiar position. In fact, this town is situated on the furthermost western strip of land of Sicily, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Sicily […]

This time we would like to tell you about a new accomodation facility that will give you the opportunity to be alternative tourists this summer: the widespread hotel.
The widespread hotel can be defined as a “horizontal accomodation facility”, generally situated in an old town centre, with rooms and bathrooms placed in different buildings, (even […]

St. Valentine’s Day has very ancient origins, which perhaps aren’t known by everybody. Everything began in the ancient Rome in February, which was considered propitious to the preparation for the coming of spring, so to the rebirth.
Among the Romans the rites of purification began in this month. They cleaned their houses, sprinkled salt and some […]

The town of Soverato is situated in the southern extremity of the Gulf of Squillace and it is one of the most known and beautiful tourist resorts in the Ionian coast, so much that it was called ‘The gem of Ionian Sea’.
This town has a mild climate, a very clean sea and wonderful sunny and […]

We are getting close to Christmas and we are going to better understand the symbology of the Christmas Tree, which, at this moment, is in our houses and in our towns.
We realised there are a lot of stories about the origin of the Christmas Tree: some of them send us back to the Celtic Druids […]

For two consecutive days (from 18th to 19th November 2006), the nougat is becoming the absolute protagonist of Cremona, which is dedicating to this typical local product a well-organized and full of surprises festival.
This event, named “Cremona la dolce” (Sweet Cremona), uses nougat as symbol and puts together the gastronomy, the culture and the artistic […]