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Sat
3
Jul '10

San Gimignano

Here are few pictures of San Gimignano. One of my favorites town in Tuscany. San Gimignano is famous in Tuscany for its many towers. San Gimignano was on the “Via Franchigena”, the road that was build by the Franks in the Middle ages that was connecting the North of Europe to Rome. This road was [...]

Tue
8
Sep '09

The Ancient Roman Port of Ostia

During my recent trip to Italy, I stopped in Ostia. The city of Ostia is really close to the Rome Airport (Fiumicino), and it used to be the port of ancient Rome. All the goods directed to the capitol of the empire passed trough the port of Ostia. The archeological park of the ancient City [...]