Published on Thursday, August 6, 2009 by Cristiano Rubbi by Cristiano Rubbi [caption id="attachment_1695" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Rome, Italy"][/caption] Amalfi Coast - The most famous stretch of the Italian coastline lies south of Naples. It takes its name from the town that during the Middle Ages was one of the Italian Sea Republics and vied for supremacy at sea with Venice, Genoa and Pisa. The area i...

Published on Monday, August 3, 2009 by Cristiano Rubbi by Cristiano Rubbi Colosseum - Its name immediately brings to our minds images of people mauled by wild animals and gladiators fighting each other to the death. These events did actually took place, if experts have determined that about half a million people and 1 million animals were killed there. These days, obviously, things are somewhat different. Outside the Col...