#Piazza Bra

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Kaffee mit Aussicht: das La Costa in Bra, Verona

Von den beigen Korbstühlen vor dem La Costa aus überblickt man den ganzen Platz. Elegante klassizistische Gebäude säumen das Areal, die “Arena”, das zweitausend Jahre alte Amphitheater des Kaisers Tiberius im Osten, die gepflasterte Piazza Brà mit dem kleinen Park in der Mitte, dahinter der Palazzo Barbieri, das heutige Rathaus von Verona und schließlich das Portoni della Brà, die beiden Torbögen…

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The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.

Diana Vreeland

The origins of contemporary bikini day may be traced back to a French engineer, a Parisian exotic dancer, a nuclear testing site in the United States, and a postwar fabric shortage.

In 1946, Western Europeans joyously greeted the first war-free summer in years, and French designers came up with fashions to match the liberated mood of the people. Two French designers, Jacques Heim and Louis Réard, developed competing prototypes of the bikini. Heim called his the “atom” and advertised it as “the world’s smallest bathing suit.”

French fashion designer Louis Reard was determined to create an even more scandalous swimsuit. Réard's swimsuit, which was basically a bra top and two inverted triangles of cloth connected by string, was in fact significantly smaller. Made out of a scant 30 inches of fabric, Réard promoted his creation as “smaller than the world’s smallest bathing suit.”

Réard claimed that the bikini was named for Bikini Atoll, the site of nuclear tests by the United States in the Pacific Ocean.

Louis Réard's bikini was so little that he couldn't find anyone brave enough to wear it. After being rejected by a number of fashion models, he came across Micheline Bernardini. She was a 19-year-old nudist at the Casino de Paris who consented to be the first to try on his daring bikini. Michelle Bernardini debuted this revealing costume at the Piscine Molitor in Paris during a poolside fashion show, and it revolutionised swimwear on 5 July 1946. The bikini was a hit, especially among men, and Bernardini received some 50,000 fan letters.

Before long, bold young women in bikinis were causing a sensation along the Mediterranean coast. Spain and Italy passed measures prohibiting bikinis on public beaches but later capitulated to the changing times when the swimsuit grew into a mainstay of European beaches in the 1950s. Réard's business soared, and in advertisements he kept the bikini mystique alive by declaring that a two-piece suit wasn’t a genuine bikini “unless it could be pulled through a wedding ring.”

But it really took when what we would call cultural influencers took to it. It was in 1953, thanks to Brigitte Bardot, that the bikini became a "must-have" and the history of the bikini became historic, when she was photographed wearing one on the Carlton beach at the Cannes Film Festival. She also wore one in 1956, in the film "Et Dieu… créa la femme".

The United States also caught on to the trend, as it was only two years later that Ursula Andress posed in a white bikini on the poster for the James Bond film, Dr. No. The poster created a considerable marketing coup, and women adopted the bikini. According to a study by Time, 65% of younger women adopted the bikini in 1967.

There is no question the bikini is hardly modern. Many think they date back to ancient Roman times because of the murals uncovered in excavated ruins in Sicily. This isn’t really true.

Despite the celebrated images from the mosaics in Piazza Armerina, of the ancient Roman girl wearing what looks like a bikini, the answer is, “not really”.  The ancient Roman girls weren’t even first to wear what to our eyes looks like a bikini. However, the fact that we seem to find “bikinis” in ancient depictions should make us rethink our hubristic bias that we in modern times have invented everything and that people in ancient times didn’t know how to live.

Archaeologists have found evidence of bikini-like garments that date to as far back as 5600 BC. That’s roughly 5000 years before the Romans did so. In the Chalcolithic era of around 5600 BC, the mother-goddess of Çatalhöyük, a large ancient settlement in southern Anatolia, was depicted astride two leopards while wearing a bikini-like costume.

Two-piece garments worn by women for athletic purposes are depicted on Greek urns and paintings dating back to 1400 BC. In fact, even just the notion that women participated in sports in the ancient world should make us sit up and take notice.

Today we tend to imagine women in the ancient world as being practically sequestered in their homes, spinning, weaving and having babies. But this is a gross oversimplification of their role.

Active women of ancient Greece wore a breast band called a mastodeton or an apodesmos, which continued to be used as an undergarment in the Middle Ages. While men in ancient Greece abandoned the perizoma, partly high-cut briefs and partly loincloth, women performers and acrobats continued to wear it.

In the famous mosaics to be found at Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina, the girls who seem to be wearing the “bikini” are Roman and the so-called bikini had already been around for at least 5,000 years by then. In the artwork “Coronation of the Winner” done in floor mosaic in the Chamber of the Ten Maidens (Sala delle Dieci Ragazze) in Sicily the bikini girls are depicted weight-lifting, discus throwing, and running.

The bikini was gradually done away as Christianity became more influential as the centuries wore on. Christian attitudes towards swimming restricted the clothing of women for centuries, the bikini disappeared from the historical record after the Romans until the early 20th century with Louis Beard’s re-invention of the two piece bathing suit as the ‘bikini’.

Photos: In 1956 Emilio Pucci designed this bikini inspired by the mosaics of the Villa Romana Del Casale in Sicily.

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Verona, Venice, Lake Garda Itinerary

Verona

Day 1:

Juliet’s Tomb - €7 (pays for Juliet’s house) 

Juliet’s Statute - FREE

Juliet’s House - paid for

Castelvecchio Museum - €7 pays for Lapidary Museum 

Lapidary Museum Maffeiano - paid for 

Ponte Pietra - FREE

Teatro Romano - €4

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Matricolare - €4

Piazza delle Erbe

Piazza dei Signori + Statue of Dante FREE

Scaliger Tombs - FREE

Giusti Garden - €11

Day 2:

Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore

Verona Arena - €9

Piazza Bra - FREE

Porta Brosari - ancient entrance to the city - FREE

Santuario della Madonna di Lourdes - 40 min hike + sanctuary on a hilltop overlooking Verona

Day 3 VENICE:

9:22 train arrives 10:50 - £20 

St. Mark’s Square - FREE

St. Mark’s Basilica - €20 + Pala D’Oro + Museum Loggia Cavalli 

St Mark’s Clock Tower

Doge’s Palace

Bridge of Sighs - FREE

Grand Canal - FREE 

Rialto Bridge - FREE

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute

Librairie Aqua Alta - FREE

Venetian Arsenal (12th-century shipyard) - FREE

Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo

Museo Correr

Ponte Chiodo - FREE

Squero di San Trovasco - FREE

Gondola Ride - £80

La Tecia Vegana for food   

Return train at 9 pm

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Regione #veneto

Città di Verona.

La Mastodontica Stella Cometa che collega lo spazio interno dell’Arena con quello esterno di Piazza Bra.

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[altenabergfeld]

On October 2nd 2001, in Cavaria, a town in the province of Varese, a child made a macabre discovery. While playing in a meadow next to an elementary school he found a boot in which there were human bones: a fibula and a foot. It was a woman's black "amphibious" boot, size 37, with a thick "armored tank" sole. About one month before, for the start of the school year, the town's gardener had cleaned the meadow, and the boot was not there.

The rest of the body was found over the following days, hidden in a hole, in the little wood near the school. The model of the bra worn by the victim was produced only after mid-1995. To recover the skeleton the investigators decided to turn to Milan's Institute of Forensic Medicine. "A very particular technique was used," explains Cristina Cattaneo, a doctor at the Institute, "called 'forensic archaeology', which makes it possible to avoid damaging the bones." 

Thus is was discovered that the body belonged to a woman between 20 and 25 years old, of European race, about 1.60-1.65 meters tall, normal build, and medium-length brown hair with a layered haircut. Starting from the skull, a reconstruction was made of the woman's face. "The features could bear a resemblance, but not be identical, while the teeth correspond perfectly to those of the dead woman." She had very visible spaces between the upper front teeth, her upper lateral incisors were missing antemortem, she had various caries and no dental treatments. She was wearing a round wristwatch with a rubber strap, and she had three gold colored earrings in her right ear, two shaped like a flower and the other in a ring shape.

The young woman, probably a prostitute and killed with a stab wound to the lower abdomen, was probably buried in the wood between 1995 and 1998.

 According to a number of those questioned, the woman could have been a young prostitute who used the name Viola and is thought to have disappeared around 1995, a period that would coincide with the date of the murder (considering that she could've died around 1995 and 1998). At the time, Viola, a young Albanian prostitute, was twenty-three years old. She had been arrested during police round-ups in Milan, and probably went to the Tuscany and Emilia regions as well, before retuning to Lombardy. In Milan she could frequently be found in the Piazza Duca D'Aosta, on the Via Vittor Pisani and in the ''Gran Bar'' café at the train station. It is not known whether any records of her arrest exist. Several users on the internet agree with the fact that, if Viola were really Albanian, her non-identification situation would not be strange. During the years of her disappearance, given the countless riots and the complex political situation, many disappearances were never reported or were reported with very long delays (sometimes up to ten years). Furthermore, most of the women who emigrated to Italy ended up becoming prostitutes and when they disappeared, as Italy did not have much contact with Albania, their relatives had no news of them.

On Reddit and Websleuths, users have proposed various matches for Viola; 

Miranda Bajrami, Date of Birth:10-02-1977, Last contact:15-12-1994 from Italy

Shqiponja Muça, Date Of Birth:18-07-1979, Last Contact:22-03-1995 from Italy

Albana Onuzi, Date Of Birth:27-06-1975, Last Contact:May of 1994 from Italy

Brunilda Alla, Last contact 1995 from Italy

Lirije Pjeci, Date Of Birth:08-08-1965, Last Contact:1995 from Italy

A possible match is Violeta Skender Dudia. Violeta left her home in Lushnje on July 30, 1994, she was around 22/23 years old. After a couple of days, she contacted her family confirming she was finally in Italy. In a phone call, she told her mother that she worked for an Italian family (probably as a cleaning lady or caregiver, considering these jobs are very common for immigrant women in Italy) and that she was planning her return in Albania soon. There, she was known as Xhuljeta. Until October of the same year, Violeta kept in touch with her relatives and then disappeared without a trace.

Another possible match, suggested by Reddit user u/elania_c, is Luljeta Hyseni. She lost contact with her family in 1997, her family waited for Luljeta to call them back so that they could communicate with her.

Luljeta was from the town of Korçë, from Southeast Albania. She married Arbe Xhanbaz at the age of 15. The first daughter, Rudina, was born in 1989, and then the son Festimi in 1992. Relations between them were good. Conflicts began as Arbeni had other parallel relationships, and Luljeta could no longer bear the situation that had been created in the family. There were constant arguments between the couple that turned into physical violence. Luljeta decided to divorce Arbe when her daughter was 4 years old and Festimi was 1 year old. Luljeta filed for divorce and the court gave her a room in the house where she lived with her ex-husband. Arbe married again, while Demira (Luljeta's mother) helped her daughter to raise her children in her daughter's condition. Soon after, Luljeta got to know a neighbornamed Kozeta Murati, and they became friends. Luljeta went to Tirana in 
October 1996 and stayed with her aunt for 2 nights, then she left. After 6 mont
hs, in1997, she called her family and told them that she was in Milan, Italy, and wanted to return home. Her family waited for Luljeta to call them again so they could communicate with her, but she never did.

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(sources: https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Viola

https://www.doenetwork.org/cases-int/291ufita.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20030509060753/http://www.chilhavisto.rai.it/clv/English/Misteri/2001-2002/CavariaGialloStivale.htm

https://www.labanof.unimi.it/old/10.htm

https://www.laprovinciadivarese.it/chi-lha-visto-d-un-nome-allo-scheletro-di-cavaria-56366/

https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/italy-whtfem-20-25-skeletal-stabbed-cavaria-varese-4-oct-2001.433890/

https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldoe/comments/18tdft1/who_is_viola/)

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Verona: in Piazza Bra l'ambulanza ucraina bombardata, simbolo della guerra

Verona: in Piazza Bra l'ambulanza ucraina bombardata, simbolo della guerra. La campagna 'Ukraine is Calling' ha l'obiettivo di raccogliere donazioni per l'acquisto di 112 nuove ambulanze. Un invito a riflettere sulla tragedia ucraina e sensibilizzare l'opinione pubblica sulla necessità di fornire supporto e assistenza. Un simbolo forte, per far comprendere gli orrori della guerra e per schierarsi, ancora una volta, dalla parte della pace e della non violenza.... Leggi articolo completo su La Milano Read the full article

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Pasquetta in piazza: una celebrazione unica a Bra

Bra, il 1° aprile 2024, ospiterà la manifestazione di Pasquetta in Piazza Giolitti. Un evento che si caratterizza per un programma variegato, che avrà come protagonisti i bovini di razza Piemontese. Questi saranno esposti sotto l’ala in cemento in occasione della 147ª edizione della rassegna zootecnica.  Nel centro della piazza avrà luogo il mercato dei prodotti tipici, con le eccellenze di…

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Preparati per il Natale con le offerte di novembre in Italia

Il Natale si avvicina e, con esso, la voglia di fare shopping per trovare i regali perfetti per amici e familiari. In Italia, novembre è il mese delle offerte, con tanti negozi che propongono sconti e promozioni per attirare i clienti. Shopping nei negozi Anche nei negozi fisici è possibile trovare offerte e promozioni per il Natale. Molti negozi offrono sconti su una vasta gamma di prodotti, tra cui abbigliamento, accessori, elettrodomestici e articoli per la casa. Alcuni esempi di offerte nei negozi: H&M: H&M offre sconti su abbigliamento e accessori per uomo, donna e bambino. Zara: Zara offre sconti su abbigliamento e accessori per uomo, donna e bambino. Unieuro: Unieuro offre sconti su elettrodomestici, elettronica e prodotti per la casa. Ikea: Ikea offre sconti su mobili, accessori per la casa e decorazioni natalizie. Decathlon: Decathlon offre sconti su articoli sportivi, abbigliamento e accessori. Mediaworld: Mediaworld offre sconti su elettronica, elettrodomestici e prodotti per la casa. Fnac: Fnac offre sconti su elettronica, libri, musica e giocattoli. Trony: Trony offre sconti su elettronica, elettrodomestici e prodotti per la casa. Mercatini di Natale Un'altra opzione per fare shopping natalizio è quella di visitare i mercatini di Natale. In Italia, ci sono mercatini di Natale in tutte le città e i paesi. Questi mercatini offrono una vasta gamma di prodotti, tra cui artigianato, prodotti tipici locali e, naturalmente, decorazioni natalizie. Alcuni esempi di mercatini di Natale in Italia: Mercatino di Natale di Bolzano: Il mercatino di Natale di Bolzano è uno dei più famosi d'Italia. Si tiene in Piazza Walther, nel centro storico della città. Mercatino di Natale di Trento: Il mercatino di Natale di Trento è un altro mercatino molto famoso. Si tiene in Piazza del Duomo, nel centro storico della città. Mercatino di Natale di Verona: Il mercatino di Natale di Verona si tiene in Piazza Bra, nel centro storico della città. Mercatino di Natale di Roma: Il mercatino di Natale di Roma si tiene in Piazza Navona, nel centro storico della città. Mercatino di Natale di Milano: Il mercatino di Natale di Milano si tiene in Piazza Duomo, nel centro storico della città. Mercatino di Natale di Firenze: Il mercatino di Natale di Firenze si tiene in Piazza della Signoria, nel centro storico della città. Mercatino di Natale di Napoli: Il mercatino di Natale di Napoli si tiene in Piazza del Plebiscito, nel centro storico della città. Mercatino di Natale di Palermo: Il mercatino di Natale di Palermo si tiene in Piazza Pretoria, nel centro storico della città. Consigli per lo shopping natalizio Ecco alcuni consigli per lo shopping natalizio: Fate una lista dei regali che dovete fare: Questo vi aiuterà a non dimenticare nessuno e a non spendere troppo. Confrontate i prezzi: Non comprate il primo regalo che vedete. Confrontate i prezzi dei diversi negozi per trovare l'offerta migliore. Approfittate delle offerte: In questo periodo dell'anno, molti negozi offrono sconti e promozioni. Approfittatene per risparmiare. Non dimenticate di fare i regali in anticipo: In questo modo, avrete tutto il tempo per trovare il regalo perfetto e non rischierete di arrivare al ultimo minuto. Read the full article

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9 set 2023 19:01

FAR WEST ROMA – A 24 ORE DAL LINCIAGGIO DELLO SCIPPATORE INDIANO AL QUARTICCIOLO, OGGI A TOR BELLA MONACA UN NORDAFRICANO HA SPEZZATO UN BRACCIO A UNA VOLONTARIA CHE STAVA RIPULENDO LA STRADA – MARICETTA TIRRITO ERA INSIEME AD ALTRI CITTADINI ALL’ASSOCIAZIONE “TOR PIÙ BELLA”, QUANDO È STATA AGGREDITA CON UNA BOTTIGLIA VUOTA – SECONDO IL PRESIDENTE DEL VI MUNICIPIO, NICOLA FRANCO, “È STATO UNO DEI TANTI SPACCIATORI DI ZONA CHE HA VISTO OCCUPATA LA SUA PIAZZA…” -

Estratto dell'articolo di Silvia Mancinelli per www.adnkronos.com

Colpita con una bottiglia di Coca cola vuota che le ha fratturato il braccio solo perché, insieme ad altre donne del quartiere e all’associazione Tor Più Bella, stava pulendo via Scozza. E' successo questa mattina a Roma a Maricetta Tirrito, volontaria da sempre impegnata nel sociale, aggredita da un uomo di origine nordafricana mentre ripuliva la strada.

“Quell'uomo, uno dei tanti spacciatori di zona, ha prima offeso le donne impegnate a ripulire quella che è una delle vie di Tor Bella Monaca abbandonate al degrado, poi le minacce perché evidentemente 'occupavamo' la sua piazza di spaccio, infine quella bottiglia lanciata contro un sasso in direzione della volontaria - racconta all'Adnkronos il presidente del VI Municipio Nicola Franco, stamattina sul posto insieme all'associazione - Voglio esprimere tutta la mia solidarietà a Maricetta Tirrito che, assieme ad altre mamme, aveva deciso di rispondere all’appello di don Coluccia, il prete antimafia, e di pulire via Scozza, a Tor Bella Monaca".

"La reazione scomposta del nordafricano, che ha causato 25 giorni di prognosi a Maricetta, segnala il fatto che la criminalità è in difficoltà - aggiunge - Con la società civile presente e le Istituzioni, don Coluccia e il Dg di Ama Alessandro Filippi con gli operatori, gli spacciatori hanno dovuto interrompere la loro attività. L’aggressore è stato fermato e portato in caserma.

Come per l’operazione blitz di giovedì mattina, inoltre, rileviamo che non sia un caso la nazionalità di quest’aggressore e di quella degli altri manovali della criminalità organizzata: sono tutti extra comunitari. La criminalità si serve di questi soggetti, spesso in possesso già di più fogli di via; non possiamo tollerarli oltre, devono essere portati nei Cie di tutta Italia per poi essere spediti nelle rispettive patrie. Durante le operazioni di bonifica ho trovato e consegnato ai carabinieri un machete e un coltello nascosti in un divano su cui abbiamo poi scoperto che faceva prostituire donne e anche ragazzine. Questa è la strada giusta, non molliamo un centimetro di territorio”. [...]

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Milan & Venice, Italy

Our overnight train ride departed Munich at 8:00PM, I reserved a sleeper train on the OBB Railjet. The accommodations were as expected with our own private room, that can sleep up to four, I would not recommend it for four adults, but for two there is plenty of space. We brought snacks, sandwiches and wine for the ride which helped :) The trip was smooth and we were served breakfast in our cabin, shortly thereafter we arrived in Milan with little delay at 9:00AM.  I planned half a day in Milan that began with a couples massage at QCTermeMilano, a spa in the heart of the city that offers an array of relaxation rooms, thermal spas and saunas. After a much needed recharge I could not imagine a better way to spend our time, at about 2:00PM we ordered an Uber to take us to Milano Centrale to catch our train to our next destination Venice. 

For this leg of the trip I reserved two Business Class seats on the FrecciaRossa 1000 due to depart at 3:45PM for €98 (about $50 each), this proved to be the best train experience thus far; the business class cabin was very nice, seats were comfortable and the complimentary snack and drink selection included Prosecco and Italian beer. The train ride was an easy two and half hours, along some beautiful sceneries that changed from the urban view near Milan though the countryside and into the Gulf of Venice. Upon arriving to Venezia San Lucia, our hotel the Grand Canal Suites was conveniently located just across the canal from station. We checked in, dropped our bags and went off in search of some food and wine. Just around the corner from our hotel we found a small restaurant,Trattoria Agli Amici, we looked over the menu and quickly decided on the mussels and vino della casa bianco (white house wine) We were given a tip by our newly made Dutch friends in Germany “In Venice always order the house wine” they said “It may not be on the menu, it will always be delicious, served in a carafe and it will be cheaper than the cheapest bottle on the menu” needless to say they were right! Both items were delicious and our bill was €20 = $20! Being that this was our first taste of Venice it definitely set the bar high. The rest of our evening consisted of restaurant hopping and simply taking in the fact that we were in The City of Love. We found scrumptious prosciutto e melone at Osteria Leone Alto and ended the evening at Mira Hosteria to have dessert which was located just under our hotel with tables right alongside the Grand Canal. We would end up dining at Mira both evenings in Venice, it was that good! 

On our second day in Venezia we decided we would make our way over to Basilica di San Marco and Piazza San Marco or Saint Mark’s Square. In this same area you find the Palazzo Ducal or Doge’s Palace all iconic landmarks of Venice dating back to the 8th Century. Once you start walking towards San Marco and crossing the various walking bridges and canals the crowds begin to thicken. It is much like a labyrinth walking through Venice, I coined my husband with the name human compass because if I would have been alone I would have surely gotten lost! I am a C level conversational Italian speaker but when I mix that with my Argentinian Spanish I can pass for B+ so we were doing alright exploring the quintessential Venetian streets. The alleys and canals are breathtaking in themselves, to think how long they have been there and the talent and time it took to build this city is remarkable. Additionally, since there are zero motorized vehicles allowed there is a sense of peace and quiet, you do not see people even riding bicycles or scooters. Time just goes a bit slower in Venice and we enjoyed every minute. We stumbled upon Bacaro Jazz, the neon cocktail sign drew us in but the jazz music and giant house sangria container made us stay. It was a small venue with friendly bartenders and patrons, strung along the entire ceiling were hundreds if not at least a thousand bras, all different colors and sizes with notes on them from their past owners…I know what you must be thinking and the answer is no… I packed very light for this trip and fit everything in a carry-on and a backpack so my apparel was limited, I could not leave anything behind! (LOL)

At sunset time on our last night we checked an item off of our bucket list that I am sure many of us share, a Gondola ride. During the trip our Gondolier, Pietro shared a lot of great information with us about the town he lived in his entire life.  He let us know that each Gondolier owns his gondola and that there is a rigorous process including school, training, exams and internship before becoming a Gondolier. We asked about cost of living, and how much an apartment or home would cost monthly, he proceeded to shake his head “It has become very expensive” he said “a two bedroom furnished apartment in the heart of Venice would be €1000 per month” in that moment my husband and I looked at each other and gave each other a small nod almost as if to say “huh, not bad actually” As our sunset ride turned into night we ended the jaunt on a high note, as we fantasized about living in Venice for a year or two…

On our last day we checked out, stored our luggage and went out for breakfast at a nearby cafe. We decided that before our 3:00PM train we would walk around a bit and find Cacio e Pepe to eat for lunch it translates to literally mean “cheese and pepper” Anthony Bourdain (rest in peace) had this dish in Italy and claimed to have been the “best thing he’s ever eaten” We embarked on our quest and did not have much luck for a little while until a restaurant host advised that there was a place just over a nearby bridge that serves it.  Upon arriving to this said restaurant, I entered and asked this tall grizzly chef if they served cacio e pepe there? He looked at me and his eyes widened, he raised his hands up and said “Qui non troverai cacio e pepe! Non è di questa regione. Io non lo faccio!” I tried to hold back my laughter and quickly went outside and my husband asked what happened?! I laughed and let him know we were set up! This man was obviously triggered by the question, what he said to me was that I would not find cacio e pepe because it is not from that region of Italy and he does not make it! We were not discouraged  because I remembered seeing cacio e pepe written on a chalk board as a special at one of the restaurants we had a quick bite at the day before. I tracked down the place via my pictures on my iPhone and realized it was on the other side of Venice but we had time and the walk helped build our appetites. We ordered the Cacio e Pepe upon arriving at Trattoria Da Gigi and it was the BEST dish we had thus far. They cook the pasta and then dump it in huge parmesan cheese wheel *drool* top it with freshly shaved cheese and pepper, delizioso! With full tummies and happy hearts, to have found our dish, we made it back to the train station with about a half hour to spare and prepared for our next destination FLORENCE, ITALY, be sure to keep an eye out for my next post to see how it went…

[coffeenewstom]

Kaffeemitbringsel aus dem Sommerurlaub

In einem Straßencafé an der Piazza Bra neben dem Kolosseum von Verona. Wir atmen die warme Frühlingsluft, blinzeln in die Sonne und beobachten wie Kräne die Dekoration zu Verdis Nabucco von Lastern abladen. Einige Kinder spielen, ein Hund bellt, als römische Zenturien verkleidete Studenten lassen sich mit Touristen fotografieren. Am Nebentisch unterhalten sich Italiener. Der melodiöse Singsang…

[dicasdacapi]

Verona

13 de outubro de 2017.

Acordamos, arrumamos as coisas no carro e nos despedimos de Roma, rumo a Verona.

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Depois de almoçar partiu estrada, depois de quase 6 horas de carro chegamos no nosso hotel. Cristallo em Azzano, porém fui pesquisar no google e diz que ele está temporariamente fechado (que pena pois achei ele com um preço bacana e bem confortável e limpo) 

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Como chegamos lá de noite e super cansados, só saímos para jantar e fomos em um restaurante que ficava na mesma rua do hotel! 

Pizzeria Trattoria La Ghiaia, que fica na Via P. Mascagni, 83, 37060 Castel D’Azzano VR, Itália

Você não dá nada para o lugar, mas lá foi onde comi uma das melhores comidas da Itália! 

Pedimos pizza e voltamos para o hotel para descansar para o outro dia.

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14 de outubro de 2017.

Acordamos cedo e fomos para o centro de Verona, 

Não visitamos nenhum lugar que precisou de ingresso, então vou postar a foto do nosso dia só andando por todos os lugares!  Chegando no centro de Verona, paramos o carro em um estacionamento pago. Roteiro por onde andamos e conhecemos o dia todo: 1- Piazza Bra 2- Arena Verona (não entramos) 3- Piazza Delle Erbe 4- Arco Della Costa e Piazza Dei Signori 5- Castel San Pietro 6- Casa Di Giulietta 7- Torre Dei Lamberti 8- Ponte Scaligero e Castelvecchio

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Paramos para almoçar no Accademia Cafè que eu pesquisei no google e está permanentemente fechada também kkkk Eu pedi uma carbonara e o Denis uma lasanha, como era bem no centro os valores eram altos e vinha pouca comida, porém muito boa.

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Depois de bater perna o dia todo, voltamos para o hotel e jantamos no mesmo restaurante da noite anterior e foi o melhor macarrão ao sugo que eu já comi na vida.

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Verona

Verona was a favorite of Shakespeare, and Romeo and Juliet are still the city’s favorite lovers, even if they were fictional. One can visit Juliet’s house, complete with balcony. It is a hot ticket for tourists. We skipped it. We also skipped the Romeo and Juliette hotel, restaurant, bar and stores.

The attraction to Verona for us was the Arena, which was built in 30AD. That is forty years before the Coliseum was built in Rome. It is still used today. It boasts perfect acoustics so hosts the Verona Opera Festival every summer as well as regular theater productions and concerts. While it held 30,000 people when it opened in 30AD, current safety laws limit the audience to 15,000.

The arena was all that I had expected. What surprised me was how beautiful the rest of Verona is. It is a really lovely city.

As you enter the historic city center, you step into Piazza Bra. At 10am it was packed with people. The piazza and connecting shopping street stayed crowded all day. But the rest of the city was fairly quiet.

The Arena abuts Piazza Bra and is the centerpiece of the historic city. It looks pretty good for a 2000 year old structure!

Originally there was an outer facade around the entire structure. Most of this has been lost to time.

The interior looks much as it did when it was opened, although it has been restored several times.

Tourists are welcome to climb all over the arena, which we did.

View of the city from the castle of St Peter of Verona.

The Old Castle which is now the art museum.

The Old Castle bridge

View from the bridge.

We like to try the local fare wherever we go. At Osteria Macafama we tried the Tagliata di Cavallo ( tenderloin of horse) and a rabbit stew. Both were delicious. This is a photo from their website. Today at lunchtime, every table was full.

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#nostalgieveronesi viaggio nel tempo Invece delle badanti, ai giardini di piazza Bra c'erano le baby sitter https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2SG5CrkSq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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👩🏻 @silvia_maccacaro_painter . Artista @sivmaar . ‘Il buio splendente’ #acryliconcanvas 120x100x4 2022 November . #artista #colore #quadro #artecontemporanea #painting #breradesigndistrict #breramilano #bling #deeppainting #contemporaryart #pittrice #verona #artemilano #arredare #abstract #loveabstractart #arredamentointerni #interiordecor #contemporarypaintingart #arteastratta #abstractart #artverona15 #artverona #giovaniartisti #youngartist #silviamaccacaropainter #sivmaar (presso Verona Piazza Bra) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClWwRqmLMli/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Verona, tre giornate di musica con "Medici per Strada"

Verona, tre giornate di musica con "Medici per Strada" Una festa speciale della musica, per la pace, la solidarietà e il supporto concreto all'operato di Emergency e Medici Senza Frontiere. Un evento culturale no-profit di raccolta fondi, promosso per il secondo anno da Medici per Strada APS, e a cui tutte le band e le associazioni hanno aderito gratuitamente. Ricordare e portare avanti l'impegno e la passione di Gino Strada, che è stato un esempio professionale e morale per i medici. Torna nella seconda edizione, nelle piazze e nelle vie del centro cittadino, il lungo fine settimana in musica, per divertirsi e fare del bene. E' 'Medici in Strada', la manifestazione culturale promossa dall'omonima associazione con la partecipazione del Comune di Verona e di tante imprese e associazioni di volontariato del territorio per la raccolta fondi in favore di Emergency e Medici Senza Frontiere. "Una bellissima manifestazione – spiega l'assessore alle Pari opportunità –, che già lo scorso anno ha attivato in una maniera innovativa e diversa il centro cittadino con tantissimi gruppi e soprattutto con un'altissima attenzione ai diritti umani, alla solidarietà. Una iniziativa che rientra in quell'ampia attività che nell'ultimo anno stiamo portando avanti per guardare anche oltre i confini cittadini e richiamare l'attenzione su tutti quei conflitti che nel mondo continuano a perdurare e per dare visibilità a tutte le OMG che a livello internazionale si attivano e sono presidio medico e di solidarietà per le popolazioni vittime di conflitti e per chi ha difficoltà ad accedere alle cure". "E' stato un piacere seguire e sostenere il percorso di realizzazione di questa manifestazione, che ha un'altissima capacità di coinvolgimento in una causa importantissima in favore di associazioni che tanto fanno nel mondo per la salute e la vita di chi è più in difficoltà – dichiara l'assessora alla Salute –. La musica e la volontà di tutti i professionisti coinvolti diventano veicolo per animare un'intera città, attraendo anche i tanti turisti che vi sono in questo periodo presenti. Sarà una grande festa, per una raccolta fondi speciale". La musica è iniziata  da venerdì pomeriggio  in piazza Bra, per proseguire fino a domenica 2 giugno con eventi anche in via Mazzini, porta Borsari, Cortile Marcato Vecchio, Porta Leoni, Cortile del Tribunale, piazza dei Signori. Oltre ottanta le band impegnate tra cui molte composte da medici-musicisti, insieme a scuole di musica veronesi e il Conservatorio di Verona. Le band si alterneranno con spettacoli in 12 piazze, per una splendida maratona di beneficenza dalle 10 alle 20, per proseguire in serata sul palco del Mura Festival ai bastioni di San Zeno, con dei momenti di approfondimento sul diritto alla salute come valore universale, con Medici senza Frontiere, Medici per la Pace e Libera. La manifestazione è stata presentata ieri mattina dall'assessora alla Salute e dall'assessore alle Pari opportunità. Presenti per l'associazione Medici per Strada Emilio Confetti, Chiara Chiappa e Beatrice Zuin e per l'associazione Medici Senza Frontiere Giovanni Di Cera. "Le parole d'ordine sono 'Gentilezza e Pace' che sono i valori universali alla base dei diritti umani – sottolinea Emilio Confetti –. Abbiamo incontrato tantissima solidarietà e tante adesioni che hanno fatto crescere in modo importante la manifestazione, quest'anno realizzata su tre giornate. Tutte le band e le associazioni hanno aderito gratuitamente. Circa cinquecento persone sono coinvolte in questa questa kermesse sulle ali della musica per far volare la possibilità di fare del bene attraverso le donazioni che saranno raccolte dai 'medical buskers' di Medici per Strada".... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article