Italian Culture Museum
Italian Culture Museum
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Copy of the Baptism of Christ, by Andrea Sansovino, Museo dell Opera del Duomo, Photo Mugs Copy of the Baptism of Christ, by Andrea Sansovino, Museo dell Opera del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe…. |
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Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Photo Mugs Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe…. |
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, from Robert Harding $24.99 Photo Puzzle, Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany,. Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe. Chosen by Robert Harding. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. Thi… |
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Once Upon a Time in Italy: The Westerns of Sergio Leone $40.00 In the mid-1960s an unknown Italian film director named Sergio Leone was given $200,000 and some leftover film stock, and he went to make a Western. With an American TV actor named Clint Eastwood and a script based on a samurai epic, Leone wound up creating A Fistful of Dollars, the first in a trilogy of films (with For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) that was violent, cyni… |
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Vatican Treasures: 2000 Years of Art and Culture in the Vatican and Italy $40.00 This work traces the history of Western art and of the Catholic Church through a remarkable selection of 200 works from the Vatican’s collection. The works are to be used in a travelling exhibition, starting in the Colorado History Museum in 1993 and concluding in Rome in the year 2000…. |
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Italian Film Posters $21.34 Thanks to a variety of factors–among them a culture uniquely rich in the visual arts, an artisanal pride in fine printing, and an innate predisposition toward the grand and passionate–Italy produced perhaps the finest film posters in the world for much of the 20th century. Though the distinctive tradition of Italian film posters is well known to European collectors and cinephiles–and the work o… |
Learning Everything About Italian Cookery And Culture, In Italy
Where do recipes come from? Do you want to unfold the secrets of Italian cookery?
If we close our eyes and try to imagine Italy, many famous features of this country come to our minds: history, top art making and rich museums, architectural beauties, a gorgeous climate, fashion, people’s warmth and a delicious cooking.
Italy is famous as a country of one hundred towns, several churches, and numerous cookeries.
What about the worldwide known Tiramisù? A cake loved by Italians and foreigners, where the strong taste of coffee, the softness of the mascarpone cheese and the fragrance of the cookies meet and create one of the most famous cake you can ever taste…and most exquisite too!
It is true that eating is the first need for a human being, but “you do not live only on bread”, as the famous Italian proverb says. Food is a pleasure too. Eating what we like can help us to be in good spirits and feel satisfied and relaxed. Cooking, watching, smelling and tasting good food not only introduce us into a world of emotions, but it is also a way to get to know better the Italian culture.
As Scuola Leonardo da Vinci is convinced that food culture is an important part of an Italian experience, it has been offering for many years Italian Cooking Courses at various levels in all its seats, Florence, Rome, Milan and Siena.
Who loves cooking and tasting the most secret flavors of the Italian Cookery, has to attend the group lessons with a chef’s guidance. Typical Italian recipes are prepared, traditions rediscovered and homemade pasta kneaded. Appetizers, courses, ice creams, cakes and so on, everything will be eaten up at the end of the lesson!
Professional courses are available on request only in Florence, from basic to refined techniques. Check the school website www.scuolaleonardo.com for further information.
A curiosity about the Tiramisù: its fame has no borders, everywhere in the world is appreciated and you can find it on the menus of the most important restaurants. But who invented it?
Many legends were born, due to its alleged aphrodisiac virtues. Its origins are not certainly known, but it is officially believed that it firstly appeared in Tuscany in the 17th century, prepared in honor of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo de’ Medici, a famous glutton for sweets and cakes.
The pastry cooks wanted to prepare a cake reflecting the Grand Duke’s personality: tasty but not too complicated, something great with simple ingredients. And so the Tiramisù was born. Its original name was “soup of the duke”, in honor of Cosimo de’ Medici.
The cake quickly became the courtiers’ favorite one just because it was told to have aphrodisiac properties. And that’s why the “soup of the duke” changed name and took on the allusive one of “tiramisu” (turn me on!).
About the Author
Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most important Italian language schools for foreigners in Italy, and organizes Italian courses since 1977. It is present in the most beautiful cities of Italy (Florence, Milan, Rome, Siena), and each year the company welcomes thousands students from 60 different countries in the world.
What are some must-do’s in the 10 European cities (8 weeks) I’m traveling to?
My best friend and I (both males, age 22) are planning to travel to Europe for eight weeks over the summer next year after college graduation. We are both pretty much interested in anything that a city has to offer (nightlife, culture, museums, beautiful/historical architecture, parks, restaurants, beautiful landscapes, FOOD, anything that is ‘fun’ etc..). Language shouldn’t be a problem for us since I speak fluent Spanish and Italian, and my friend speaks fluent French and German (and both English obviously). How should we divide our trip and what are some things we should consider doing? The cities we’re hitting up are:
Seville
Madrid
Barcelona
Edinburgh
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Munich
Florence
Rome
Thank you in advance!
Your question requires a very big answer so I suggest you to search in http://wikitravel.org for every city you are interested.
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Copy of the Baptism of Christ, by Andrea Sansovino, Museo dell Opera del Duomo, Photo Mugs Copy of the Baptism of Christ, by Andrea Sansovino, Museo dell Opera del Duomo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe…. |
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Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Photo Mugs Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe…. |
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Photo Jigsaw Puzzle of Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, from Robert Harding $24.99 Photo Puzzle, Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany,. Tourists and visitors in the Michelangelo Room, Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe. Chosen by Robert Harding. 10×14 Photo Puzzle with 252 pieces. Packed in black cardboard box of dimensions 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 1 1/5. Puzzle image 5×7 affixed to box top. Puzzle pieces printed on RA4 paper at 300 dpi. Thi… |
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Once Upon a Time in Italy: The Westerns of Sergio Leone $40.00 In the mid-1960s an unknown Italian film director named Sergio Leone was given $200,000 and some leftover film stock, and he went to make a Western. With an American TV actor named Clint Eastwood and a script based on a samurai epic, Leone wound up creating A Fistful of Dollars, the first in a trilogy of films (with For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) that was violent, cyni… |
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Vatican Treasures: 2000 Years of Art and Culture in the Vatican and Italy $40.00 This work traces the history of Western art and of the Catholic Church through a remarkable selection of 200 works from the Vatican’s collection. The works are to be used in a travelling exhibition, starting in the Colorado History Museum in 1993 and concluding in Rome in the year 2000…. |
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Italian Film Posters $21.34 Thanks to a variety of factors–among them a culture uniquely rich in the visual arts, an artisanal pride in fine printing, and an innate predisposition toward the grand and passionate–Italy produced perhaps the finest film posters in the world for much of the 20th century. Though the distinctive tradition of Italian film posters is well known to European collectors and cinephiles–and the work o… |