Between Scylla and Charybdis: Where is it really?
Talking about places: Between Scilla and Cariddi In this picture, I am standing above the town of Scilla (pronounced “Sheel-lah”). It is in the tip of the Italian boot, on the Calabrian shores of...
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Besides the Black Death, what is Messina, Italy famous for?
The city of Messina had a key impact on the history of Europe. Messina has a natural harbor, a scythe-shaped peninsula. This is where the Black Death arrived to Italy.The plague arrived in Europe...
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II: How to Attract Good Luck?
The Gallery of Milano Almost every Italian town has a street called Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a united Italy. Milan is not just any Italian town. It is a metropolis, the...
