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Salemi

Il viaggio alla scoperta dei luoghi meno noti e frequentati della Sicilia è quasi giunto al termine. Visitiamo un altro borgo, Salemi (Trapani), che fa parte de “I Borghi più belli d’Italia”. Anche qui il terremoto del 1968 ha causato numerosi danni costringendo la popolazione a spostarsi più a valle dando vita al “Paese Nuovo” ed abbandonando per anni il vecchio centro storico. Il punto più alto è dominato dal Castello Normanno-Svevo e dalla vicina Piazza Alicia dove si trovano i resti del Duomo di San Nicola di Bari (Ex Chiesa Madre). 

Rilevante è anche la Chiesa dei Gesuiti dalla bella facciata in stile barocco che conserva il crocifisso dell’antica matrice ed un magnifico organo ligneo del 1700. 

L’annesso convento è sede del Polo Museale comprendente il Museo del Risorgimento ed il Museo Civico che, oltre a custodire varie opere d’arte salvate dalle chiese andate distrutte, comprende anche una sezione archeologica.

Un’altra sezione è costituita dal Museo della Mafia che attraverso un percorso espositivo emozionale e provocatorio racconta questo fenomeno criminale.

Nel borgo le tradizioni sono ancora molto sentite: infatti, in una delle chiesette abbiamo potuto ammirare l’importante tradizione dei pani votivi, piccole opere d’arte intagliate che vengono utilizzate per creare cappelle decorative o per addobbare gli altari.

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Executive Order 13818 — Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption.

You are witnessing the death of the Pedo Elites and their twisted lifestyles. The false idols of the world are falling. It’s finally happening.

Celebrity homes for sale:

Ellen Degeneres, Johnny Depp, Mathew Perry, Eli Manning, Kat Von D, Shia Lebeouf, The Hemsworth brothers, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Brittany Snow, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Cindy Crawford and Rand Gerber, Gene Simmons, Bella Thorne, Tom Cruise, George Strait, Emily Blunt, Alonzo Mourning, Jemima Kirke, Kevin Jonas, Chelsea Handler, John McEnroe, Tommy Lee, Jason Derulo, Alicia Keys, Frankie Muniz, Keith Richards, Lil Wayne, Peter Thiel, Pharrell Williams, Loris Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, Rosie O’Donnell, Kellie Clarkson, Cheryl Tieg, Joe Pesci, Suzanne Somers, Adam Lambert, Meghan Markle, Sean Diddy Combs, Billy Joel, Gary Levinsohn, Dr Phil, Barry Manilow, Mel Gibson, Diane Keaton, 50 Cent, Heidi Klum, Ryan Seacrest, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jennifer Aniston, Katharine Hepburn, Christie Brinkley, Nicholas Cage, Ricky Martin, Angelica Huston, Charlie Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Emilia Clarke, J.Lo & Alex Rodriguez, Simon Cowell, Kris Jenner, Jeffree Star, Gordon Ramsay, Jason Aldean, Pamela Anderson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Dave Ramsey, Jon Bon Jovi, LeBron James, Matt Damon, J.J. Abrams, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ellen Degeneres, Sylvester Stallone, David Bowie, Clay Mathews, Michelle Pfiefer, David E Kelley, Shonda Rhimes, Rihanna, Pete Townshend, Britney Spears, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Shaquille ONeil, Glen Frey, Sammy Hagar, Stockard Channing, Michael Chiklis, Tom Petty, Serena Williams, Bill Russell, Kathryn Bigelow, Don Rickles, Bruce Kovner, Adam Neumann, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barb Ellison, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Herjavic, Josh and Heather Altman , Soleil Moon Frye, Jim Harbaugh, Anthony Kiedis, Fredrik Eklund, Meghan Trainor, Gideon Yu, Hellen Miren, Taylor Hackford, Bette Midler, Todd Phillips, Mitt Romney, Dianne Feinstein, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, A-Rod, Bobby Patton-LA dodgers co owner, Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union, Michael Amini, B-52 Kate Pierson, Bill Guthy, Victoria Jackson, Will Arnett, Zac Efron, Wayne Gretzky, Katy Perry, Derek Jeter, Mike Piazza, Shane Smith, Bryon Cranston, DJ Khaled, Leonard Ross, Ted Sarandos- Netflix co Ceo, Dustin Johnson, John Fogerty, Melissa Rivers, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Lena Dunham, Lyndsey Vonn, PK Subban, Robyne Moore

Cara and Poppy Delevingne, Big Sean, Steph Curry, Chris Bosh, Phil Collins, Liam Payne, Bryan Singer, Tom Ford, Robby Naish, Tom Brady & Giselle Bundchen, Anthony Davis, Emilia Clarke, Clare Bronfmsn-Seagrams heiress with ties to Nxivm, Jane Fonda, Carmen Electra, Morgan Moses, Bobby Cox, Danny Masterson, Evander Kane, Kate Winslet, Mark Teixeira, Jonah Hill, Judd Hirsch, Carlos Santana, Kennet Chesney, Brooke Shields.

G. Serpent symbolism is all over the catholic religion. In St. Peter’s Basilica in the vatican the pope literally sits in the mouth of a serpent as the tongue and preaches deception.The Druze bloodline of Jesus are the descendants of “Jethro” ,The Priest of Midian in The Bible & “Torah” (Exodus 2:18).

The 16th President Of The United States of America “Abraham Lincoln” descend from The Kahlooni family.

To Governments around the world, WE THE PEOPLE have a message for you;

For too long you have kept us at bay, indoctrinated and asleep, silenced and used but those times are over!

You have used our labor to enrich yourselves at our expense.

You have lied to us constantly through MSM to further ur personal agenda of global dominance.

You have sacrificed us in wars to for personal gain.

You have poisoned us to keep us dependent upon Big pharma

You have thrusted satanic idolatry to affect our future generations

You have played with innocent lives for too long, that ends now!

Liberatores servitutis.

[veale2006-blog]

Executive Order 13818 — Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption.

You are witnessing the death of the Pedo Elites and their twisted lifestyles. The false idols of the world are falling. It’s finally happening.

Celebrity homes for sale:

Ellen Degeneres, Johnny Depp, Mathew Perry, Eli Manning, Kat Von D, Shia Lebeouf, The Hemsworth brothers, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Brittany Snow, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Cindy Crawford and Rand Gerber, Gene Simmons, Bella Thorne, Tom Cruise, George Strait, Emily Blunt, Alonzo Mourning, Jemima Kirke, Kevin Jonas, Chelsea Handler, John McEnroe, Tommy Lee, Jason Derulo, Alicia Keys, Frankie Muniz, Keith Richards, Lil Wayne, Peter Thiel, Pharrell Williams, Loris Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, Rosie O’Donnell, Kellie Clarkson, Cheryl Tieg, Joe Pesci, Suzanne Somers, Adam Lambert, Meghan Markle, Sean Diddy Combs, Billy Joel, Gary Levinsohn, Dr Phil, Barry Manilow, Mel Gibson, Diane Keaton, 50 Cent, Heidi Klum, Ryan Seacrest, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jennifer Aniston, Katharine Hepburn, Christie Brinkley, Nicholas Cage, Ricky Martin, Angelica Huston, Charlie Sheen, Burt Reynolds, Emilia Clarke, J.Lo & Alex Rodriguez, Simon Cowell, Kris Jenner, Jeffree Star, Gordon Ramsay, Jason Aldean, Pamela Anderson, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Fallon, Dave Ramsey, Jon Bon Jovi, LeBron James, Matt Damon, J.J. Abrams, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ellen Degeneres, Sylvester Stallone, David Bowie, Clay Mathews, Michelle Pfiefer, David E Kelley, Shonda Rhimes, Rihanna, Pete Townshend, Britney Spears, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Robert Redford, Steve McQueen, Shaquille ONeil, Glen Frey, Sammy Hagar, Stockard Channing, Michael Chiklis, Tom Petty, Serena Williams, Bill Russell, Kathryn Bigelow, Don Rickles, Bruce Kovner, Adam Neumann, Leonardo DiCaprio, Barb Ellison, Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz, Kate Beckinsale, Robert Herjavic, Josh and Heather Altman , Soleil Moon Frye, Jim Harbaugh, Anthony Kiedis, Fredrik Eklund, Meghan Trainor, Gideon Yu, Hellen Miren, Taylor Hackford, Bette Midler, Todd Phillips, Mitt Romney, Dianne Feinstein, Miley Cyrus, Kelly Clarkson, A-Rod, Bobby Patton-LA dodgers co owner, Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union, Michael Amini, B-52 Kate Pierson, Bill Guthy, Victoria Jackson, Will Arnett, Zac Efron, Wayne Gretzky, Katy Perry, Derek Jeter, Mike Piazza, Shane Smith, Bryon Cranston, DJ Khaled, Leonard Ross, Ted Sarandos- Netflix co Ceo, Dustin Johnson, John Fogerty, Melissa Rivers, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Lena Dunham, Lyndsey Vonn, PK Subban, Robyne Moore

Cara and Poppy Delevingne, Big Sean, Steph Curry, Chris Bosh, Phil Collins, Liam Payne, Bryan Singer, Tom Ford, Robby Naish, Tom Brady & Giselle Bundchen, Anthony Davis, Emilia Clarke, Clare Bronfmsn-Seagrams heiress with ties to Nxivm, Jane Fonda, Carmen Electra, Morgan Moses, Bobby Cox, Danny Masterson, Evander Kane, Kate Winslet, Mark Teixeira, Jonah Hill, Judd Hirsch, Carlos Santana, Kennet Chesney, Brooke Shields.

G. Serpent symbolism is all over the catholic religion. In St. Peter’s Basilica in the vatican the pope literally sits in the mouth of a serpent as the tongue and preaches deception.The Druze bloodline of Jesus are the descendants of “Jethro” ,The Priest of Midian in The Bible & “Torah” (Exodus 2:18).

The 16th President Of The United States of America “Abraham Lincoln” descend from The Kahlooni family.

To Governments around the world, WE THE PEOPLE have a message for you;

For too long you have kept us at bay, indoctrinated and asleep, silenced and used but those times are over!

You have used our labor to enrich yourselves at our expense.

You have lied to us constantly through MSM to further ur personal agenda of global dominance.

You have sacrificed us in wars to for personal gain.

You have poisoned us to keep us dependent upon Big pharma

You have thrusted satanic idolatry to affect our future generations

You have played with innocent lives for too long, that ends now!

[personal-reporter]

Moon & Stars 2023 a Locarno

Torna a Locarno dal 13 al 23 luglio Moon & Stars, la manifestazione musicale più apprezzata in Ticino e la più bella della Svizzera. La Piazza Grande di Locarno è la cornice di una serata d'estate indimenticabile con musica dal vivo di prima classe, dove artisti di alto livello offrono concerti emozionanti per tutti gli amanti della musica, mentre la Food & Music Street tra Piazza Grande e il Lago Maggiore è un paradiso per tutti i buongustai. Oltre 20 food truck proporranno specialità di tutto il mondo e l’'intrattenimento sulla Food & Music Street è affidato a musicisti selezionati che ogni giorno danno concerti gratuiti nella cosiddetta Piazza Piccola. A iniziare i grandi concerti in Piazza Grande erano stati, nei primi anni Ottanta, alcuni promotori locali, con una manifestazione diversa dall’attuale Moon & Stars e da subito non erano mancati i nomi di richiamo sul palco di questa suggestiva sala all’aperto. La svolta decisiva per i grandi concerti in Piazza Grande arrivò nel 2004, grazie alla collaborazione con André Béchir, che fondò la Moon&Stars Sa, che ha messo subito in campo fin dall’esordio un cartellone di grande impatto, articolato su più giorni, per la piena stagione turistica. Il successo fu notevole, al punto che Locarno sottoscrisse subito un contratto a lungo termine per garantire una continuità dell’evento negli anni a venire. Alla storia di Moon & stars, è passata l’edizione del 2006, quando nel giro di pochi giorni sul palco locarnese si alternarono in rapida sequenza: Depeche Mode, Eric Clapton in duetto con Robert Cray, Bryan Adams, The Who, Ben Harper e Roger Waters chitarrista dei Pink Floyd. E Locarno nel corso degli anni si è via via, strettamente legata alla sua manifestazione musicale. Per celebrare i grandi artisti che ogni anno vi si esibiscono, nei giardini che costeggiano Largo Zorzi è stata creata la Walk of Fame locarnese. Una passeggiata di stelle dove su lastre in bronzo, si trovano i calchi delle impronte delle mani degli artisti, che nel corso degli anni hanno partecipato a Moon and Stars, in modo da lasciare un segno indelebile del loro passaggio a Locarno. Al momento sono 35 le lastre presenti, tra gli artisti che hanno lascito il loro ricordo, troviamo i R.E.M, Elton John, Carlos Santana, Zucchero, Joe Cocker, Status Quo, Sting, Brian Adams, Ben Harper, Billy Idol, ZZ Top, Gianna Nannini, Backstreet Boys. Oltre a questi, tra i musicisti presenti nelle edizioni passate si possono citare: Alicia Keys, Anastacia, The Coors, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, Muse, Neil Young, Massive Attack, Coldplay, Deep Purple, Stevie Wonder, Green Day, Tom Jones, Jamiroquai, oltre a tutti i big italiani. Alcuni di loro hanno per di più lasciato un segno tangibile, contribuendo a portare il nome di Locarno in tutto il mondo, come gli scozzesi Simple Minds che nell’album Live In The City Of Light, del 1987, hanno dedicato la copertina interna del doppio disco proprio a Piazza Grande, con una foto panoramica. La grintosa Tina Turner, nel suo album Live in Europe del 1988, raccontò dell’eccezionale atmosfera che trovò in occasione del suo concerto proprio a Locarno. Senza dimenticare il premio Nobel per la letteratura, Bob Dylan, che nella sua autobiografia Chronicless del 2004, racconta di come, durante il concerto in Piazza Grande, abbia ritrovato la voglia di continuare a esibirsi in pubblico, proprio grazie al calore trasmesso in quella particolare serata. Read the full article

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The Passion of Mike Piazza: How the midlife crisis of a baseball Hall of Famer led to the demise of a 100-year-old Italian soccer club

(Top photo: Paul Bereswill/Getty Images)

By Robert Andrew Powell Dec 18, 2018

When Mike Piazza arrived in Reggio Emilia, he was greeted as a hero.

It was June 18, 2016. Everyone remembers the exact date. Piazza had just purchased a controlling interest in A.C. Reggiana 1919, the Italian city’s soccer club. Few locals had heard of him. Even fewer understood his Hall of Fame career catching for the Mets, Dodgers, and three other teams in the American sport of baseball. “When I learned he was the new owner, I went out and bought his autobiography,” says Jacopo Della Porta, a reporter for La Gazzetta di Reggio. “I think I’m the only one here who has read it.” Piazza was obviously rich. His U.S. citizenship gave him a certain baseline allure. Above all, it was his stated plan to return Reggiana to the top flight of Italian soccer that inspired several thousand fans to squeeze into a public square to see him in person.

Reggiana had languished in Serie C, the Italian third division, since the turn of the century. For a club that has known glory—Carlo Ancelotti coached the team into Serie A, in 1996—the long spell of mediocrity has been dispiriting, even embarrassing. Piazza declared, in translated English, that the club was back in solid financial shape. He said he was in Italy for the long haul, invested in the community, and committed to Reggiana’s success. At the rally, smoke from ignited flares swirled around him. Maroon flags waved. Ultras raised their scarves and chanted songs and reached out to shake Piazza’s hand. “Dai c’andom!” Piazza shouted. “Come on!”

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Two years later, A.C. Reggiana no longer exists. The club is bankrupt. A court-appointed accountant is distributing its assets.

In what should have been Reggiana’s centennial season, a different team, not owned by Piazza, now represents the city, down in Serie D, which is only semi-pro. The mayor of Reggio Emilia accuses Piazza of “disrespecting” his town. Those ultras who initially cheered Piazza painted death threats on the walls of the team’s headquarters.

When it all ended last summer, Piazza and his family fled Reggio Emilia so abruptly that the fans—along with team, staff, and even the players—felt blindsided. “They ghosted us,” says Sonya Kondratenko, an American who handled social media for the second and final year Piazza owned the team.

Piazza thought he had embarked on a romantic new chapter of his life. He believed he would stay in Italy for the next three decades, running Reggiana and eventually handing the club down to his children. His wife, Alicia, who never wanted him to buy a soccer team, to whom Piazza handed control of the club after a disastrous first year, and who many in Reggio Emilia blame for the club’s implosion, saw the possibility of a different ending. As they stepped off the stage in the plaza, she pulled her husband aside.

“Either we’re going to have the best experience ever,” she told him, “or we’re going to get rolled.”

Reggio Emilia is a small city about an hour’s train ride south of Milan. Nestled in Italy’s “Food Valley” alongside Parma, Bologna, and Modena, Reggio Emilia is known for its pumpkin tortellini and its namesake cheese, Parmigiano Reggiano. The tricolor national flag first flew in Reggio Emilia, in 1797, its creation celebrated in a museum in the old town center. The headquarters of fashion house Max Mara sit not far from a new train station designed by Santiago Calatrava. Locals are well-educated; Reggio Emilia is known around the world for its progressive schools. They’re also wealthy, though they tend not to flaunt it. The city has a history with communism and retains a collectivist ethos. “We work,” one resident tells me, summing up the city’s view of itself.

The Piazzas, for the two years they ran Reggiana, lived in a rented villa outside the city. They spent their summers in South Florida, where they’ve kept a home for more than a decade. I visited them in Florida in August, arriving as the sun set on Sunset Island II, a triangle of extremely expensive homes connected by a short bridge to Miami Beach.

“This interview’s going to be wet,” Mike said soon after I arrived. He stepped toward a bar in the living room and smiled. “I hope that’s okay with you.”

Mike poured me a glass of Grande Alberone Quintus, a red blend. Alicia sipped a chardonnay. My crystal glass was etched with the letter P in a curled script. Mike cupped his glass in his fingers as if it didn’t have a stem or a base.

“We do this every night,” Mike said, popping a chunk of cheese into his mouth as he settled into a striped Louis XIV chair. Behind him glimmered a swimming pool, and then the calm waters of Biscayne Bay. Alicia sat opposite Mike, near a tray of vegetables.

“It’s a tragedy,” Mike said of his soccer-team ownership. “Like an opera.”

“It was fucking hell,” said Alicia.

After retiring, Mike slipped into the languid life of ex-athletes in Florida. I’d seen pictures of Mike and Alicia appraising paintings at Art Basel. They hosted a benefit for the National Italian American Foundation at their waterfront house. He smoked cigars and golfed with Mario Lemieux and Michael Jordan and James Pallotta, the American owner of Italian soccer club Roma. He golfed a bit more than he cared to, actually.

“I think we got to a point in Miami where we got a little too melancholy,” Mike said. “Maybe that was part of it what fueled what I was doing. I wanted to do something different. And I wanted to do something interesting, and I wanted to do something creative.”

Piazza, who recently turned 50, came of age during the best days of the North American Soccer League. Growing up in Pennsylvania, he was a fan of the Philadelphia Fury, and also the indoor Fever. After he retired from baseball, his appreciation for soccer blossomed. He sat in the stands in Genoa in 2012 when the U.S. men’s national team defeated Italy for the first time. He and a friend flew to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup—“a bucket list sort of thing.” He loved how, unlike baseball, soccer is truly global, played and watched in every country. He began to think that owning a soccer team might be the most interesting thing someone in his position could do.

“I was retired when my second daughter was born,” he said. “And it’s my kids—I would never trade them for the world—but I remember thinking, ‘Here I am, I used to be hitting home runs in front of 43,000 people, and now I’ve got shit under my fingernails from changing diapers.’ There is nothing you will ever do after you retire that will give you the same buzz as playing. I’m sorry. I was able to recognize that and rationalize it and come to a point in my mind where you know maybe it”—buying a soccer team—“was like this super rebound.”

First, he looked at the Premier League. Everton. He flew into London and took a train up to Liverpool, visiting the port city for the first time. Eventually, he concluded the numbers would never work. He dropped down a league to investigate Reading, and also Leeds United. (“I’ve always liked Leeds. It’s weird.”) He pivoted back to the Americas, meeting with the president of Liga MX to discuss maybe buying Las Monarcas de Morelia. (“That would have been crazy.”) Then he investigated his options in Italy. That country seemed like the best fit.

There was the chance to actually live in Italy. Mike’s maternal grandparents are from Sicily. (Piazza translates as “public square;” the welcome rally in Reggio Emilia was held in Piazza Prampolini.) He didn’t visit his homeland until he was in his 30s, but when he did, he felt Italian. He loved the food, the wine. He identified with the people. Also, the soccer landscape appeared much more open.

“I believe that Italian soccer clubs are the most undervalued assets in sports,” says Joe Tacopina, the American owner of Venezia FC. Tacopina was also part of the initial group of Americans that bought Roma, in 2011. “This worldwide club, one of the best-known teams on the planet. And we paid just 110 million euros. For the whole club! For Roma! You can spend that much on just one good midfielder!”

Piazza first wanted to buy Parma, a Serie A club then in bankruptcy. Ultimately he felt Parma carried too much debt for him to absorb. Reggiana looked more attractive. Despite being in Serie C, the team’s passionate fans bought an unusually high number of season tickets. Reggiana also played in a top-flight stadium shared with Serie A club Sassuolo. Unlike a Premier League team, or a team already in Serie A, this was a club he could buy cheap and build.

Alicia, who refers to Mike’s ownership dream as “his midlife crisis,” offered up a counter argument.

“Who the fuck ever heard of Reggio Emilia?” she asked. “It’s not Venice. It’s not Rome. My girlfriend said, and you can quote this—and this really depressed me. She said, ‘Honey, you bought into Pittsburgh.’ Like, it wasn’t the New York Yankees. It wasn’t the Mets. It wasn’t the Dodgers. You bought Pittsburgh!”

In their Miami living room, Mike tried to interject but she stopped him.

“And imagine what that feels like, after spending 10 million euros. You bought Pittsburgh!”

“It’s not easy for an American to come to Italy and try to do business in Italian soccer,” says Gaël Genevier, a midfielder and the Reggiana team captain during Piazza’s ownership. “It’s a jungle. And when you have money, it’s even worse. Mike had a big wallet, he was American, and he didn’t know the soccer in Italy. And I think that’s why he had a lot of problems.”

Soon after Piazza bought Reggiana, he set out to raise the visibility of the club. He gifted Jimmy Kimmel a maroon jersey, on air. The New York Times flew over a reporter for a feature story. On Sports Illustrated’s “Planet Fútbol” podcast, Piazza talked about market discipline, about having a financial plan, about sticking to the plan for the long haul.

“When I took over the club I had a meeting with all the staff,” he told host Grant Wahl. “I said, if you don’t believe we can get to Serie A in five years, then I respectfully ask you to leave right now.”

Turns out, that’s not how it works in Italy. Piazza was free to fire anyone, but whoever he did fire still had to be paid, often for years. Contribute, they call it. In the three months between Piazza’s purchase of Reggiana and the moment he actually took over operations, the number of people employed by the club ballooned. The sporting director he inherited collected a bigger salary than the sporting director of Lazio, in Serie A—and for three years, guaranteed, no matter what. The players’ contracts were exceptionally generous for the Italian third division. The team captain told Piazza so. “They were attractive contracts for even B, one level up,” Genevier says. Piazza was overpaying for everything.

The year before Piazza bought Reggiana, the club finished in seventh place in its division, with operational costs of around 500,000 euros. In Piazza’s first season with the club, Reggiana finished in fifth place, but at a cost to Piazza of more than six million euros.

“When the auditors told us that, it was deafening to our ears,” recalled Alicia. “I turned to Mike and said, ‘What the fuck did you just do?!”

Mike decided he could no longer work with the front office he’d inherited. He also cut ties with his original partner, an Italian he knew from Miami. Looking around for someone who could protect his interests, he didn’t see many options.

“Alicia became the only one I could trust,” Mike said. “I basically took the budget and I turned to her and went, ‘Help. I don’t know what to do.’”

From that point on, Alicia Piazza took charge of Reggiana. And she started making changes.

Alicia Piazza began modeling in her teens and kept at it for a decade. After appearing in Playboy—Miss October, 1995—she saved some lives on the TV show “Baywatch” before showcasing a Broyhill dinette set as one of Barker’s Beauties on “The Price is Right.” She earned a master’s degree in psychology while in Miami. For more than a decade, she had seen herself primarily as a mom to their three kids.

Suddenly, she was vice president of AC Reggiana 1919.

Cost-cutting became her priority, in a way that felt personal. Every dime squandered was a direct hit to the family’s net worth. She ordered the drivers for youth team buses to stop dropping off players at their houses, to save on gas. She ordered the players to wash their own uniforms. (“I don’t think she realized that in Italy not everyone has a washing machine,” says Kondratenko, the American who handled social media for Reggiana.) She typed angry texts, calling employees she fired “conmen” and “frauds” and “liars.” The salutation of one text Alicia shared with me, sent to the team’s former sporting director: “Fuck off, loser.”

“I was the bitch,” she admitted. “I was the bad guy. And I’m sure I have a lot of enemies, and I’m sure you heard a lot of bad things about me and I don’t give a shit. I ripped the mask off so many faces.”

The Piazzas put their Miami Beach house on the market in January. Alicia sent a general email asking if anyone in the front office might want to buy it, asking price $18.5 million. She encouraged a friend of hers in Parma—the one who compared Reggio Emilia to Pittsburgh—to design a jewelry line to celebrate Reggiana’s 100th anniversary. The whole office sat in meetings to decide which rings and bracelets in the collection worked best. “I always thought the club would never fold before the anniversary, just because of all the time she put in on the jewelry,” says Kondratenko. Deviating from her mission to cut costs, Alicia renovated the players’ locker room, adding new tile and an extra toilet. One day, Kondratenko was pulled from her regular work assignments to shuttle Angelica Bridges—a Playmate, a “Baywatch” lifeguard, and Alicia’s close friend—to the train station.

“My life plan is not to be doing errands for Playmates,” Kondratenko tells me.

The clear goal in the second season was for Reggiana to earn promotion to Serie B. New sporting director Ted Philipakos, an American who came over from Venezia FC, upgraded Reggiana’s quality on the pitch. He also found a new coach in Greece, where Philipakos holds dual citizenship and retains connections in the sport. They agreed on terms. The coach flew up to Reggio Emilia with his staff, ready to sign his contract and get started. Only after he arrived did the Piazzas balk at the compensation. Alicia offered to pay him and his staff 15,000 euros less than the original offer, a relatively small sum. After the coach protested, she floated a smaller cut of 7,500 euros. The coach flew back to Athens, on principle.

When Mike named Alicia the club vice president, he stepped back a bit. “He likes to stay above the fray,” she said. “It’s not like he’s a pussy or he needs his wife. It’s the way he’s comfortable. He’s always been like that.” In her newly elevated role as Reggiana’s “first lady,” she became a bit of a media sensation. She gave interviews at the team headquarters. She answered questions at restaurants when reporters approached her table, filming. “Alicia always talked down about Reggiana being a peasant team in a peasant town,” says Kondratenko. “She thinks these people have no class, but in some aspects they were super impressed with Alicia. She has money, she’s from the U.S., she has a Chanel bag and a Gucci bag.”

The influential magazine Sportweek invited Alicia to sit for a long interview. It’s her understanding that she was the first club vice president ever to be formally interviewed, and the first woman at any level in Italian soccer.

“I knew we had to get our story out about the stadium,” she said. “And I was feeling there was a conspiracy and I was feeling something (dark) in this underbelly.”

When Reggiana rose to Serie A in 1993, the club and the government of Reggio Emilia recognized the need for a home stadium worthy of the top flight. Locals funded much of the new stadium themselves, purchasing season tickets years into the future to cover construction costs. But Reggiana lasted only two campaigns in Serie A. The club itself went bankrupt. Ownership of the stadium reverted to the city, and the mayor put it up for auction. A billionaire named Giorgio Squinzi bought it, cheap.

Squinzi is the head of Mapei, a conglomerate that sells paint and adhesives. He also owns Sassuolo, a Serie A club which now plays its home games in Reggio Emilia, in the stadium Reggiana built, which Squinzi renamed after his company. Reggiana still played there, too, though they had to pay rent. In a development that Alicia noted on Instagram, the rent almost doubled in the short time between when Mike bought the club and when he actually took over its operation. That’s what Alicia wanted to talk about with Sportweek publisher Andrea Monti.

“He’s balding but he’s powerful and he’s become sexy,” she said of Monti. “He apparently never comes into these interviews, but he comes in and shakes my hand. Everyone thinks it’s because I’m cute, I know. But I was hungover and I was not cute that day. He crosses his legs and he stays for 45 minutes. Then he says this to me, which I will never forget:

“‘Reggio is a strange town and it’s run by the politicians. Don’t you wonder why that town has the (Calatrava) train station? There’s a lot of money there but it’s all controlled by Squinzi. But I think you, my dear, are going to give him a run for the money.’”

From that meeting on, Alicia vowed “not to give fucking Mapei another dime,” she said. “And let me tell you, that was the point where it was like, ‘Alicia sank the company.’”

On March 8th, reportedly at Alicia’s urging, Mike Piazza held a press conference to address Reggiana’s growing debt to Mapei. “It was the worst day of my life,” says Kondratenko, who recorded the press conference in a video that went viral, not just in Italy but around the world. Piazza sat at a table, Alicia silently on his right, an interpreter to his left. Ads for Riunite wine and Parmigiano Reggiano flashed and dissolved on a screen in front of his microphone. “We’re invested in this community,” he said in his opening. “I’ve moved my family here, my children here, to be part of this community.” He slapped the table, hard. “And we deserve respect!”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BgCH_OHhphk/

While Mike spoke in English, he showed impressive fluency in Italian hand gestures.

“We are not going to be PUSHED AROUND by a multi-billion dollar corporation,” he continued. “The stadium was built for this team.” He tapped his index finger on the table three times. “By these PEOPLE!” He tapped a couple more times, furiously. His voice almost cracked when he said, “We’ve reached out in friendship to try to form a coalition with the mayor, with Mr. Squinzi, with Sassuolo, with Mapei, and we’ve gotten”—he slammed down a fist—“NOTHING!” His hand slashed the air with a karate chop. “NOTHING!” He pointed his index finger. “And I’m sick of it! I’m tired and sick of Reggiana being pushed around. I’m frustrated and I’m….” He inhaled a breath. “Ffffffffreakin’ pissed off!” He fell back in his chair and let the translator have at it. Alicia remained motionless.

This went on for more than 10 minutes. He said he isn’t a quitter, but he has his limit. If the rent wasn’t lowered to at least the league average for Serie C, he’d walk away.

“Probably that was the first step in an exit strategy,” says Gazzetta reporter Della Porta.

https://www.facebook.com/Reggiana1919official/videos/2091634767736087/

There was a period early in the second season, in the fall of 2017, when Alicia wasn’t there. She returned to Miami for a bit, to prepare their house for sale. Right after she left, in a development Reggiana supporters tell me is no coincidence, the play of the team dramatically improved. Reggiana strung together two unbeaten streaks of eight games each, vaulting the club from 15th place into second, tantalizingly close to automatic promotion to Serie B. Mike, who stayed in Italy, got hands-on with the team, pulling players aside for one-on-one interviews.

“We knew he was a good athlete, he won a lot of things,” says Genevier. “His Italian wasn’t very good—he spoke in English and the translator translated everything to the players—but he was very, very positive inside the locker room. I remember the players were very happy after each speech of Mike’s. He was the president but he was like a player.”

Without the Greek coach they’d failed to sign, the team was forced to use a Frankenstein’s monster for a manager: One man, who had his coaching license but no experience in Serie C, became the titular leader, while two coaches from the youth teams—both lacking the proper licenses—picked the rosters and the tactics and ran the training sessions.

Somehow it worked. Mike witnessed away victories over Santarcangelo and AlbinoLeffe. Before kickoff, he’d shake hands with the ultras and give his pep talks in the locker room. He followed the action closely.

“When that ball went into the net, I felt like I was playing again,” Mike said. “I’ve never done cocaine, I’ve never done crystal meth, I’ve never done hard drugs, or any drugs for that matter besides aspirin. But let me tell you, that was fucking intoxicating.”

Reggiana finished the regular season in fourth place in their division. The team could still rise to Serie B by winning a playoff tournament. In the quarterfinals, Reggiana matched up against Siena, a strong club, for a home-and-home series. Reggiana won the opener, 2-1. In the second leg, down in Tuscany, Siena held a 1-0 lead deep into the second half. The tie in aggregate meant Siena would advance thanks to that club’s better regular-season finish. But in the first minute of stoppage time, Reggiana scored. In his box, Piazza leapt from his seat.

“Mike was into these games,” says Philipakos. “Obviously he had a lot of money on the line—that was a factor. But the raw emotion wasn’t just about protecting his investment. It was about competition. He was very engaged. When we equalized in stoppage time, he exploded. What followed minutes later was visible heartbreak.”

What followed was decried as “unjust” by Reggio Emilia mayor Luca Vecci. In the sixth minute of stoppage time, a Siena midfielder lofted a ball into the Reggiana box. In the scramble, a Siena player pushed over one of Reggiana’s defenders. Somehow, the referee called a hand ball on the toppled fullback. Yes, the ball briefly touches the player’s arm, but he was on his back from the fall, and he fell because he’d just been bodychecked. Still. Penalty. Siena converted in the 109th minute, with the last kick of the game. Reggiana lost the series. No promotion. Ultras stormed the pitch, looking for blood. Even the mayor ran to midfield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOMoHWpgitw

“It was horrible,” says Genevier, the team captain. “I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve played more than 300 games in Italy and this one was really the worst one.”

The next day, Mike Piazza posted a message on the official Reggiana website:

“Last night I could not comment because I had to go home with my children. I regret that they had to witness such corruption and incompetence. I’m deeply disgusted and angry. I’m really sorry for our fans, they do not deserve this. It’s really a sad day for Italy and for Italian football. I will never understand how some dirty and corrupt individuals managed to make something so beautiful so repugnant and ugly. I’m sick.”

Two days after the Siena loss, the Piazzas appeared to have emotionally recovered. They hosted a thank-you rally in a small, old stadium near the center of Reggio Emilia. The ultras turned out, as always. Flares burned, flags waved. Smoke floated around Mike, just as it had two years earlier at his grand arrival. The players trooped out in their jerseys, Genevier holding the hand of his young son. The Piazzas stood in front of them. Mike spoke first, in little snippets followed by pauses for translation.

“I want to thank the first lady,” he said, turning to Alicia. She curtseyed in her orange dress. The fans chanted her name. “I’m just going to tell you how much work she has done in the office behind the scenes. And it’s true when I tell you the only reason we’re here today after this beautiful season is because of Alicia. She convinced me to go on. So we all owe a debt of gratitude to her. Grazie!”

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Mike kissed her. The ultras continued chanting her name. A female fan stepped onto the grass to offer Alicia a bouquet of white flowers.

“These guys played their asses off and they played with so much heart and determination,” Mike continued, turning to the players. “And it’s really sad the way it ended. But that doesn’t change the effort and the drive and the love they applied.”

Mike held up his fists over his head, a signal of strength and resolve. “I salute this team,” he concluded. “God bless! Enjoy the summer! Well done.”

Everyone left the rally thinking the mission continued. The team would stay together, the Piazzas would remain as owners.

“From my perspective, we had righted the ship,” says Philipakos. “If not for a totally absurd referee’s decision maybe we’d be in Serie B right now. We still had all these great things in place. The key players weren’t going to go anywhere. Most of the starters were under contract. We could have hit the ground running, and should have been a really strong favorite for promotion.”

The rally took place on June 5th. Mike flew to New York to throw out the first pitch before a Mets-Yankees game. Alicia stayed in Italy. On June 8th, a Friday, she invited the front office to lunch at a neighborhood café. Everyone shared a spread of cured meats, cheeses, and fresh pasta. Corks popped off wine bottles. It felt upbeat and celebratory. Alicia told them that with the season over, they should all consider themselves on vacation.

She meant more than that. On Monday, a chain and lock hung on the front door to the offices. Zip ties secured the gates to the parking lot. The Piazzas were gone. The players didn’t know what to do. Should they find new teams? Kondratenko says she didn’t know any more than the players. Should she fly back to the States?

“I woke up to a thousand WhatsApp messages asking what was going on,” she recalls. “I couldn’t take a coffee because so many people were coming up to me asking for information.”

On the 13th of June, on the team website, Mike Piazza announced that he’d put the team up for sale. Alicia issued her own statement: “Unfortunately, Reggiana has been under attack from negative forces since Mike’s arrival. … The suspicious loss in Siena was the final blow. We are generous but we are not crazy.”

One week later, the Piazzas returned to Reggio Emilia and were spotted at the team offices. More than a hundred ultras marched into the office parking lot, chanting and demanding answers. Carabinieri—national police aligned with the military—showed up for the Piazzas’ safety. The police advised the Americans to avoid the front door of the complex and exit through the back. Mike assured them it wouldn’t be necessary—he had always enjoyed a good relationship with the fans.

The carabinieri informed him that the relationship had changed. The Piazzas slipped out the back door, under police escort.

At their house in Miami, drinking wine, both Piazzas told me the end was inevitable. The plane was in a nosedive when they entered the cockpit—when they first arrived in Reggio Emilia—and they knew it immediately. They hung on for two full seasons, at great personal expense, only to get robbed in the playoffs against Siena.

“And we had enough!” Alicia shouted. “And they’re like, ‘Well, let’s sign up for next year and lose another four million euros altogether.’ Who’s losing the four million? We are! We’re losing the four million and not you. So we each took a pill”—she’s speaking figuratively—“we said, ‘Romeo and Juliet did this, we’re going to kill ourselves before you fucking get to kill us.’”

The Piazzas and their Italian attorneys initially tried to sell the club to a group of Reggio Emilia businessmen. When a deadline for fielding a team in Serie C passed, the businessmen opted to simply start up their own, new team, with the mayor’s blessing. Reggio Audace—“Bold”—play down in Serie D, with a roster of amateurs and unpaid professionals. The president of the new team tells me he’s still friends with the Piazzas. He wants them to grant him the official Reggiana name, now that they are done with soccer in the city. The Piazzas have said they will probably turn over the name, once the dissolution is complete.

In the public square where Mike made his initial arrival, there’s a small sign stating that it was there, in the same plaza, that Reggiana was founded 100 years ago. The square is ringed with restaurants and shops, including the official Reggiana team store. Piazza still owns the store, technically. When I was there in August, team jerseys remained for sale even though the team itself no longer existed. One T-shirt featured the “C’mon!’ phrase that Piazza cried out at his introduction. A poster of Piazza, from his days in baseball, had been taken down. No one wanted to see it anymore.

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“Maybe it could have been different,” Mike told me in Miami Beach. “If I could re-engineer the whole thing I’d go back and save a lot of the money that was squandered. I’d put in my own people, people that knew what we’re doing. But that’s what we learn! We learn those lessons the hard way! There’s a lot of shoulda, coulda, woulda, but I don’t regret doing it.”

I can still see why it was attractive. In the States, Mike Piazza is a former great. A legend. In Reggio Emilia, with Reggiana, his role was active. Running a soccer team in Italy: It really is a romantic idea. He wasn’t simply a rich guy drinking wine on an endless vineyard tour. He wasn’t merely eating incredible food or lounging in a seaside cabana. He was living. He had an identity beyond his days of baseball, which by now are well behind him. “I need to have a project,” he once told Kondratenko. “I don’t want to just play golf all the time.”

I can also see why Alicia wanted out: She never wanted in. “I’m free,” she told me. Instead of sinking more of the family’s cash into a soccer team, they can spend that money weekending in Barcelona, or how about London? “My kids will be fluent in Italian and maybe also French,” she said. “I’m happy.” She didn’t want the soccer project the way Mike wanted it. But then, she’s never hit a home run in front of 43,000 people.

The Piazzas returned to Italy in late August. “I’m surprised they did this,” says Gian Marco Regnani, a calcio blogger in Reggio Emilia. “They’re the enemy.” The family rented the same villa outside of town from when they owned the team. Recently they moved closer to Parma, where the kids go to school. The Piazzas told me their status as outsiders might have been a central problem. They had the ability to pack up and fly away, while for everyone else Reggio Emilia is home.

“I always had a feeling that they were going to leave,” says Regnani. “I never thought they were going to be here forever.”

When I spoke with the Piazzas in Miami, Mike was careful to stress that he had not bankrupted Reggiana. He and Alicia were “dissolving” the club, he said. They were “executing a soft landing.” But they didn’t “bankrupt” a 100-year-old soccer team and civic institution, he insisted.

That was in August. On December 4th, the Piazzas asked a judge to declare the club bankrupt. On December 5th, the judge granted the request. More than 100 creditors, including Mapei, are currently carving up the Reggiana carcass.

In October, Mike flew to Scotland for a week on the Old Course at St. Andrews. In November, he posted a picture from a golf course in Tuscany.

I’ve spoken to him a couple times, at length, since he returned to Italy. The last time we talked, we discussed Reggiana for a while, naturally, but the team and its problems and his brief time running the club seemed like a closed chapter. We talked about Donald Trump and how being an American abroad has given Piazza a wider perspective on immigration. We talked about the Mets for a bit. He told me he’s started getting into rugby on TV. And also Formula 1. He said he doesn’t like to watch Italian soccer anymore. Not even Serie A. “I just don’t,” he said. “Or I think I’m just too hurt to care.”

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misidentified the Playmate, Baywatch actor, and close friend of Alicia Piazza as Brande Roderick. It was Angelica Bridges.

MY THOUGHTS

This is a beautiful article. I recall when I realized I would not be a paid athlete and I thought and think, with no shame, one day I will own a team. But, I have never thought about owning a team away from my community or owning a team in a way that risks the finance of the home, and that to me is the biggest financial lesson here. Piazza a very successful athlete, thought he could hand down an investment to his children that could give his life meaning beyond media shows. But why didn't he consider investing in a team in pennsylvania? Maybe making one up. I find it very telling that Piazza was raised in PEnnsylvania, but never once thought to make a team in Pennsylvania.  He first looked at the English premier league? why. Then the championship under said league ? why. Then Liga MX? why? I know he has Italian ancestry but... The article doesn't even state where Piazza's italian ancestry is from. I found out it is from Sciacca in Sicily. So the first problem is, Piazza wanted to make a team in Sicily but didn't even go to where his family came from. And anyone who knows anything about Italy, knows the Italian regions are not the same, they don't have the same people. Why couldn't he live in Reggio-Emilia and own a team in Sciacca. Find a geographic league in Lega Nazionale Dilettanti and start a club in Sciacca. Piazza in this article stated he wanted something to do, but I argue he didn't want to work hard enough at it. A soccer club is relatively inexpensive, if you are willing to start one from the bottom tier of whatever country and watch it grow. Piazza didn't. In the article they complain about the labor laws in italy but the work around that is to start a whole new club. The odd thing about people buying teams in UEFA or most places is the simple miscomprehension that you have to pay the people employed.

Piazza's wife hated the idea from the beginning and always wanted out.  I quote her < “Either we’re going to have the best experience ever,” she told him, “or we’re going to get rolled.”> I must admit I enjoyed the honesty of Piazza's wife, Alicia, in this article. She called it his midlife crisis and stated, who the F heard of reggiana. I concur that being a stranger with money is bad for the stranger anywhere. But, that is why you don't choose to be a stranger. It must be asked, why couldn't piazza buy a team in Miami? Why not Pennsylvania? Why not some place he actually lived? I think I quote the article in double brackets  << The year before Piazza bought Reggiana, the club finished in seventh place in its division, with operational costs of around 500,000 euros. In Piazza’s first season with the club, Reggiana finished in fifth place, but at a cost to Piazza of more than six million euros. “When the auditors told us that, it was deafening to our ears,” recalled Alicia. “I turned to Mike and said, ‘What the fuck did you just do?!” >> I love her honesty. But I love how Piazza said:<“Alicia became the only one I could trust,” Mike said. “I basically took the budget and I turned to her and went, ‘Help. I don’t know what to do.’”> And the penalty call that decided Reggia's fate in being promoted is clearly suspect. But Alicia proves that men with money need to realize their wives may not be interested, and have no right to be.

Piazza in my view still hasn't learned. It isn't about investing. It is about how or where. And Piazza chose the wrong place, and chose the wrong way.

ARTICLE URL https://theathletic.com/721275/2018/12/18/the-passion-of-mike-piazza-how-the-midlife-crisis-of-a-baseball-hall-of-famer-led-to-the-demise-of-a-100-year-old-italian-soccer-club/

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Your Fave Is Catholic: Mike Piazza

Known for: Former professional baseball player, he was best known for being one of the star players for the New York Mets for many years, & he is considered one of the best offensive catchers in baseball history. He initially got his start playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers playing as a first baseman, but later on jumped to the catcher position. He spent many years with the Los Angeles Dodgers & hit many milestones during that time, but eventually was traded to the Florida Marlins, & then shortly afterwards to the New York Mets where he garnered most of his fame & acclaim. During his baseball career, he managed to win 12 All Star games, 10 Silver Slugger awards, Rookie of the Year in 1993, was a runner up for the Most Valuable Player award in 1997, & has a record of 427 home runs. He retired from baseball in 2007, though he did at one point start a short lived Italian soccer team titled the A.C. Reggiana 1919. But since his retirement, he’s been inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame, & soon after the Baseball Hall of Fame as a New York Met.

Evidence of Faith: According to a Fabwags.com article about Mike’s wife Alicia Ricker, it states that when the two of them got married, they exchanged their vows at St. Jude Catholic Church in Miami, & the website shows a picture of them outside that church. Additionally, according to a ChristianPost.com article about Mike’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, it explains that before the ceremony, he received a special blessing at St. Mary’s Our Lady of the Catholic Church in Cooperstown, & during his acceptance speech, he highlighted the importance of his Catholic faith when it came to his baseball career. He mentions that it was his mother who helped instill his Catholic faith, calling it the greatest gift a mother could ever give her child. He also was very favorable towards Pope Benedict XVI, & goes in great detail about his love for Jesus & all the wonderful ways Jesus has influenced him as a person.

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Mike Piazza Net Worth 2022: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki

Mike Piazza Net Worth 2022: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki

Mike Piazza Celebrated Name: Mike Piazza Real Name/Full Name: Michael Joseph Piazza Gender: Male Age: 53 years old Birth Date: 4 September 1968 Birth Place: Norristown, Pennsylvania, United States Nationality: American Height: 1.90 m Weight: 82 kg Sexual Orientation: Straight Marital Status: Married Wife/Spouse (Name): Alicia Rickter (m. 2005) Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): Yes…

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[veale2006-blog]

Executive Order 13818 — Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption.

You are witnessing the death of the Pedo Elites and their twisted lifestyles. The false idols of the world are falling. It’s finally happening.

Celebrity homes for sale:

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Cara and Poppy Delevingne, Big Sean, Steph Curry, Chris Bosh, Phil Collins, Liam Payne, Bryan Singer, Tom Ford, Robby Naish, Tom Brady & Giselle Bundchen, Anthony Davis, Emilia Clarke, Clare Bronfmsn-Seagrams heiress with ties to Nxivm, Jane Fonda, Carmen Electra, Morgan Moses, Bobby Cox, Danny Masterson, Evander Kane, Kate Winslet, Mark Teixeira, Jonah Hill, Judd Hirsch, Carlos Santana, Kennet Chesney, Brooke Shields.

G. Serpent symbolism is all over the catholic religion. In St. Peter’s Basilica in the vatican the pope literally sits in the mouth of a serpent as the tongue and preaches deception.The Druze bloodline of Jesus are the descendants of “Jethro” ,The Priest of Midian in The Bible & “Torah” (Exodus 2:18).

The 16th President Of The United States of America “Abraham Lincoln” descend from The Kahlooni family.

To Governments around the world, WE THE PEOPLE have a message for you;

For too long you have kept us at bay, indoctrinated and asleep, silenced and used but those times are over!

You have used our labor to enrich yourselves at our expense.

You have lied to us constantly through MSM to further ur personal agenda of global dominance.

You have sacrificed us in wars to for personal gain.

You have poisoned us to keep us dependent upon Big pharma

You have thrusted satanic idolatry to affect our future generations

You have played with innocent lives for too long, that ends now!

[whereiwander]

VERONA ARENA, ITALY (4 April 2018) The light rains that day couldn’t deter us from joining a walking tour of Verona, the city celebrated by Shakespeare, and one of seven provincial capitals of Veneto, Italy. Our first stop, the Verona Arena in Piazza Bra. Built in 30 AD, the Roman amphitheater was repurposed during the Renaissance era to function as an opera theater, owing to its outstanding acoustics. It was only in 2011 when the arena had installed an electronic sound system; and today big names from Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran to Alicia Keys and One Direction have all performed at the venue, which can accommodate 15,000 in the audience. I bet the Verona Arena would be such a sight to behold, lit up at night.

[sleepykittypaws]

One Royal Holiday

Original Air Date: October 31, 2020 (Hallmark) Where to Watch?: Hallmark will replay it multiple times this season, and for every season in perpetuity

This one should have been called Hallmark Takes Advantage of the Broadway Shutdown to Get Tony Winners to Star in a Connecticut-Made Christmas Movie, but I guess that title was too long. 

Despite the screen being shared by Krystal Joy Brown (Diana Ross in Motown: The Musical and a little show called Hamilton, where she's played Eliza since December 2019), Victoria Clark (Tony for The Light in the Piazza), Laura Osnes (Tony noms for title roles in both Cinderella and Bonnie and Clyde), and, finally, current sole Best Actor in a Musical nominee Aaron Tveit (Moulin Rouge), all we got was a few bars of a capella caroling and Osnes and Tveit singing Winter Wonderland over the opening credits. Both great, but I wanted more. So much more. All that talent just sitting there and Hallmark doesn't have them do the most obvious thing of all…sing.

How come we can get full blown performances from people like Jana Kramer or Alicia Witt in movies this season, but royalty can't indulge in a little Christmas karaoke when they're staying at a small town B&B?

So, if you don't want to read the rest of the review and just get to the gist of my feelings it's…They should sing more.

The plot of this one is the royal family of "Galwick" (appreciate the lack of an “ovia” country) gets stranded by a snowstorm in a small town inn and the Crown Prince falls in love with both the holiday, and the daughter of the owner, who happens to be the nurse who took care of his father, all without ever knowing it.

Osnes and Tveit have considerable charm, on their own and together, and courtier Bradley Rose makes a meal of his fairly small role, but there's just too many ‘What's that, come again now?’ moments to make this really work for me.

They're actual ruling royalty, at an official benefit event at the exact same hospital where Osnes works as a nurse, but she's totally unaware of them. Em, OK. I mean, even if someone didn't care about those sorts of things, security would have been a nightmare at work that day, if nothing else.

The line about why these royals aren't traveling with a retinue is fine, but the idea that there's this huge storm, but it's totally safe (and smart) to drive an extra hour to some bed and breakfast they've never heard of in a stranger's car is the beginning of a horror movie, for sure. (Bonus: This debuted on Halloween.) Not to mention there's zero even attempt at an explanation of what kind of hotel would throw out literal royals.

Also, they're internationally famous enough that Osnes best friend/mayor, played by Brown, recognizes Tveit on sight as a prince, but we later learn Osnes spent weeks caring for his dad, the king, without a glint of recognition from either her, nor a single other hospital employee, since she never even heard a rumor about his identity. Yes, that is the way most places of business operate around celebrity.

Also, also, and even more galling…We're supposed to accept that the royals can fly back and forth from Galwick to Connecticut at the drop of a hat for a holiday pajama party, yet they never bothered to come visit their beloved father/husband as he recovered from a near-fatal heart attack? Seriously?!

I mean, there's suspension of disbelief and then there's insulting to our intelligence, and this one definitely tipped into the latter for me. And, the thing is, they didn’t even need any of these unbelievable and ridiculous things to tell the exact same story. Totally unnecessary elements, easily eliminated. 

And I haven't even mentioned our supposed nurse asking if the king was in the cardiac ward following a [checks notes] heart attack. Where else would he be? Guys, I’m beginning to worry about the quality of care at this hospital.

There's also the second or third meet cute moment where our Prince is in danger of "frostbite" due to poor footwear decisions, necessitating a romantic carriage ride for two, and yet no one is wearing hats or gloves, and you can't see anyone's breath. 

In fact, there's never any evidence of this week-long debilitating winter storm anywhere, other than a few white blanket snow drifts in front of the inn. Every road we see is clear. Every sky blue. No wind. Temps so mild not a single scarf is ever required. Yet every morning there's still a new weather-related reason they can't leave. Weird.

Other questions include, how is this inn in business? They have not a single other guest, despite the supposed lack of accommodations anywhere else due to the storm, and their ballroom isn't even booked for a holiday event. Sounds like a solid and stable business.

Anyway, I know it might sound like I hated this one, which I didn't, but it was kind of dumb. I didn't want it to be, because these actors were all amazing, and their charm alone carried me to the finish line. But, overall, yeah, underwhelmed, even when all I wanted was a silly, romantic Christmas story. And, did I mention they should sing more?

Final Judgement: 2 Paws Up

[tarditardi]

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[freedomtripitaly]

Programmare un weekend a Verona è semplice ma bisogna organizzare nel dettaglio la propria visita. Questa città infatti offre ai visitatori moltissimi luoghi imperdibili, di forte rilievo storico, culturale e tradizionale. La città è famosa in tutto il mondo in quanto scenario della tragedia di William Shakespeare “Romeo e Giulietta”. All’interno dell’opera dell’autore inglese infatti due giovani di due famiglie rivali veronesi si innamorano, creando così uno dei miti romantici e tragici più famosi della letteratura mondiale. Verona attira quindi turisti da tutto il mondo per la romantica storia di Romeo e Giulietta, ma anche per la grande offerta culturale e artistica della città. Sono moltissime infatti le attività da fare, basta sapere cosa vedere a Verona e, tra antichi palazzi, opere teatrali e musicali, mostre e strutture architettoniche imponenti, la città ha molto da offrire. Verona sorge su una delle aree più antiche d’Italia, abitata sin dal neolitico durante il quale vi erano villaggi lungo l’Adige, motivo per cui anche gli appassionati di storia trovano in questa città un punto di interesse. La città di Verona: cosa vedere Verona presenta moltissimi luoghi di interesse culturale e storico, risalenti all’epoca romana, medievale, moderna fino a quella più contemporanea. La città veniva chiamata anche Marmora o Marmorina per il grande utilizzo della pietra e dei marmi nelle proprie costruzioni. Sono tantissimi i monumenti storici presenti nel centro città e non solo, composti da marmi unici e molto antichi. Alcuni esempi sono l’Arena di Verona, il teatro romano, le porte Borsari e Leoni e l’arco dei Gavi. Durante la Signoria di Cansignorio della Scala questo soprannome venne scelto come simbolo della città. Tra le cose da vedere a Verona ci sono anche moltissimi musei per appassionati di diverse arti e periodi storici. Uno dei più conosciuti è lo Scipione Maffei, un museo lapidario che diede inizio alla raccolta di lapidi ed epigrafi nella musicologia europea. Inoltre c’è il Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, con esposizioni di geologia, paleontologia, zoologia, botanica e collezioni sulla preistoria. Il Museo di Castelvecchio presenta alcune opere rinomate dell’arte italiana ed europea, tra cui opere di scultura, pittura, disegni e armi. Infine il Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano è un centro di esposizione archeologica, suddiviso in numerose sezioni nelle quali sono presenti urne etrusche, statue in bronzo, vasi greci, epigrafi, statue ed eletti del teatro romano. Cosa vedere a Verona: L’Arena Visitare Verona e non ammirare l’Arena di Verona è un grande spreco. Questo monumento è il simbolo della città in tutto il mondo, viene stampato su cartoline, calamite, souvenir di ogni genere e menù. L’Arena è un anfiteatro romano, il terzo di dimensioni in Italia ed emblema di Verona in tutto il mondo. È situato nel centro della città, in piazza Bra, e può essere raggiunto da qualsiasi zona di Verona comodamente a piedi o tramite mezzi pubblici. La storia dell’Arena di Verona risale a numerosi secoli fa, l’edificazione avviene infatti nei primi decenni del I secolo dopo Cristo, sotto l’impero di Augusto. L’obiettivo dell’imperatore era quello di offrire al popolo un anfiteatro per diverse tipologie di intrattenimento, come spettacoli e sconti con i gladiatori. Nel 265 la struttura prese parte del perimetro urbano, in quanto l’imperatore Gallieno fece costruire delle mure esterne per proteggere la città. L’anfiteatro ha una forma ellittica e misura 75,68 x 44,43 metri. Nei secoli l’imponente monumento ha subito diverse opere di restauro ed è stato utilizzato per accogliere moltissimi viaggiatori. Negli anni sono state ospitate moltissime opere liriche e teatrali, alcune tra le più famose come La Santa Alleanza, Casino di Campagna e La fanciulla di Gand. Oggi la struttura ospita eventi sportivi e di intrattenimento, nonché moltissimi concerti di artisti italiani ed internazionali, come Leonard Cohen, Spandau Ballet, Duran Durant, Sting, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Alicia Keys, i Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Elton John, e molti altri. Se vuoi trascorrere un weekend a Verona potrai visitare la struttura interna, salvo eventi programmati. La Casa di Romeo e Giulietta La Casa di Giulietta è uno dei posti da vedere a Verona. Questo palazzo medievale situato in via Cappello ogni anno accoglie milioni di turisti che vogliono porgere omaggio alla famosissima tragedia di William Shakespeare. All’interno del cortile di questa villa medievale è presente poi la Statua di Giulietta ed è tradizione scattare una fotografia con essa toccando un seno, come augurio di buon auspicio. Inoltre all’ingresso di questa abitazione sono presenti muri sui quali è possibile scrivere un messaggio d’amore per il proprio partner o il proprio innamorato, questa parte è infatti coperta di graffiti, biglietti romantici e scritte lasciate dai visitatori. Moltissime persone che cercano cosa vedere a Verona rinunciano a visitare questo edificio perché non lo reputano autentico. A Verona però hanno vissuto veramente le due famiglie Montecchi e Capuleti (chiamata però Cappelletti), lo stemma di quest’ultima famiglia è all’ingresso della Casa di Giulietta. Lo stemma sulla chiave di volta testimonia quindi la presenza di questa famiglia all’interno del palazzo. Non è ancora stato provato con esattezza l’attinenza tra il famoso balcone della casa in via Cappello e l’effettiva esistenza di Giulietta, nonostante questo però ogni anno moltissimi romantici (e non solo) visitano questa abitazione affascinati dalle leggende e dalle storie delle antiche famiglie veronesi. Verona in un giorno: Piazza Brà Piazza Brà è una delle piazze principali della città, nonché uno dei posti da non perdere a Verona. In questa piazza è possibile assaporare un buon caffè in uno dei numerosi bar, oppure sedersi all’ombra di un albero ammirando il panorama. Questa piazza è situata nel cuore del centro storico e offre un’incredibile visione della città e del suo centro. Il nome di questa piazza deriva dalla parola longobarda “breit” che significa largo. Questa area viene realizzata nella prima metà del Cinquecento, quando venne realizzato il palazzo degli Honorj dall’architetto Michele Sanmicheli. In questo modo infatti viene delimitata l’area e nasce la piazza così com’è oggi. La piazza non ha un forma tradizionale quadrata o rettangolare, in quanto al centro è presente l’imponente Arena. Nel lato orientale è situato invece il Palazzo Barbieri, un edificio neoclassico progettato da Giuseppe Barbieri, da cui prende il nome la struttura, Danneggiato nel 1945 durante un bombardamento, oggi l’edificio è stato ricostruito ed ampliato e presenta moltissime sale, tra cui Sala del Consiglio, Sala degli arazzi e Sala di rappresentanza. Piazza delle Erbe Piazza delle Erbe è uno degli scorci più belli e unici della città. Nella lista delle cose da vedere a Verona questa piazza non può mancare, in quanto è un’area dove palazzi, stature, torri e elementi architettonici di epoche differenti coesistono con armonia. Nell’epoca romana in questa piazza era presente il Foro, il centro della vita di tutti i giorni, con il Campidoglio, Templi e Terme. La piazza è lunga 160 metri e ospita un coloratissimo mercato che ha origine nel 1401, quando Gian Galeazzo Visconti ordinò una colonna del mercato. La piazza più antica della città si interseca con Via della Costa e via Pellicciai, iniziando da via Cairoli e Corso Sant’Anastasia. Sono numerosissimi gli edifici storici che si affacciano su questa zona della città, tra cui il palazzo del Comune, la Torre dei Lamberti, la Casa dei Giudici, la Casa dei Mercanti e le case dei Mazzanti. Una vera ciliegina sulla torta è poi il Palazzo Maffei, in stile barocco e arricchito da statue di dei greci. All’interno di questa piazza c’è poi un monumento molto antico, la fondata della Madonna Verona, risalente al 380 e arricchita durante il periodo medievale. Un altro monumento importante è il capitello, detto Tribuna, del XII secolo. Infine davanti a palazzo Maffei è presente il leone di San Marco su una colonna in marmo bianco, che simboleggia la Repubblica di Venezia. Chiesa di San Zeno Maggiore La Chiesa di San Zeno Maggiore è una grande basilica visitata ogni anno da moltissimi turisti. Questo edificio viene realizzato tra il X e XI secolo e ospita moltissimi capolavori dell’arte Italiana. La struttura si sviluppa su tre livelli e oggi è uno degli esempi del periodo romanico meglio conservati in Italia. Numerosi sono gli elementi che caratterizzano questa basilica, dal rosone al protiro, dagli altorilievi al frontone. Al suo interno è presente la cripta, la parte centrale e il presbiterio. Il campanile invece è staccato dalla chiesa ed è alto 62 metri. All’interno della Chiesa di San Zeno è presente la Pala di San Zeno di Andrea Mantegna. Un itinerario di viaggio a Verona deve includere questa maestosa basilica. Piazza dei Signori e Arche Scaligere Un’altra famosissima piazza della città è quella dei Signori e Arche Scegliere. Simbolo di questa piazza è senza dubbio la grande statua di Dante situata al centro, dedicata allo scrittore toscano dopo che trovò rifugio nella città dopo essere stato esiliato da Firenze. All’interno della piazza ci sono la Loggia del Consiglio, il Palazzo degli Scaligeri e il Palazzo del Capitanio. Da questa piazza si può accedere poi al Mercato Vecchio, un cortile dove è presente la Scala della Ragione. Castelvecchio Castelvecchio, chiamato anche Castello di San Martino in Aquaro è un antico castello che oggi ospita l’omonimo museo. Numerose sono le vicende che riguardano la costruzione di questo imponente edificio, tutte includono il ruolo strategico della posizione del castello e il legame con la cinta urbana costruita per la difesa della città. Numerose sono le famiglie che hanno apportato modifiche a questa struttura, che oggi presenta una disposizione planimetrica complessa. A causa di queste continue fasi di costruzione infatti si possono distinguere tre parti: la Corte della Reggia scaligera, la Corte d’Armi e la Corte del Mastio. Tra le cose da vedere a Verona ci sono sicuramente le Corti del castello. La Corte della Reggia ha una planimetria a trapezio, la Corte d’Armi è quasi rettangolare e ha un recinto merlato e infine il Masti presenta un grande ponte fortificato composto da laterizio. All’interno della struttura è presente il museo civico, allestito tra il 1958 e il 1974 da Carlo Scarpa. Al suo interno sono presenti opere di scultura, pittura, armi antiche, ceramiche, miniatura, antiche campane e oreficerie. Weekend a Verona: tra piatti tipici ed esperienze uniche Visitare Verona in un giorno offre la possibilità di vivere moltissime esperienze e gustare piatti unici della tradizione veneta. Grazie ai numerosi eventi e concerti organizzati all’Arena infatti è possibile godere di spettacoli indimenticabili. Inoltre la cucina veronese offre una vasta gamma di risotti e polente cucinate in trattorie tradizionali e ristoranti moderni. Tra i piatti tipici della zona c’è sicuramente la Pearà, un piatto a base di manzo bollito con salsa di pane. Tra gli altri piatti tipici ci sono anche pasta e fasoi, bigoli con le sarde, riso al Tastasal, risotto all’amarone, Pastissada de Caval e le Fritole. https://ift.tt/2o98URX Itinerario per visitare Verona in una giornata Programmare un weekend a Verona è semplice ma bisogna organizzare nel dettaglio la propria visita. Questa città infatti offre ai visitatori moltissimi luoghi imperdibili, di forte rilievo storico, culturale e tradizionale. La città è famosa in tutto il mondo in quanto scenario della tragedia di William Shakespeare “Romeo e Giulietta”. All’interno dell’opera dell’autore inglese infatti due giovani di due famiglie rivali veronesi si innamorano, creando così uno dei miti romantici e tragici più famosi della letteratura mondiale. Verona attira quindi turisti da tutto il mondo per la romantica storia di Romeo e Giulietta, ma anche per la grande offerta culturale e artistica della città. Sono moltissime infatti le attività da fare, basta sapere cosa vedere a Verona e, tra antichi palazzi, opere teatrali e musicali, mostre e strutture architettoniche imponenti, la città ha molto da offrire. Verona sorge su una delle aree più antiche d’Italia, abitata sin dal neolitico durante il quale vi erano villaggi lungo l’Adige, motivo per cui anche gli appassionati di storia trovano in questa città un punto di interesse. La città di Verona: cosa vedere Verona presenta moltissimi luoghi di interesse culturale e storico, risalenti all’epoca romana, medievale, moderna fino a quella più contemporanea. La città veniva chiamata anche Marmora o Marmorina per il grande utilizzo della pietra e dei marmi nelle proprie costruzioni. Sono tantissimi i monumenti storici presenti nel centro città e non solo, composti da marmi unici e molto antichi. Alcuni esempi sono l’Arena di Verona, il teatro romano, le porte Borsari e Leoni e l’arco dei Gavi. Durante la Signoria di Cansignorio della Scala questo soprannome venne scelto come simbolo della città. Tra le cose da vedere a Verona ci sono anche moltissimi musei per appassionati di diverse arti e periodi storici. Uno dei più conosciuti è lo Scipione Maffei, un museo lapidario che diede inizio alla raccolta di lapidi ed epigrafi nella musicologia europea. Inoltre c’è il Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, con esposizioni di geologia, paleontologia, zoologia, botanica e collezioni sulla preistoria. Il Museo di Castelvecchio presenta alcune opere rinomate dell’arte italiana ed europea, tra cui opere di scultura, pittura, disegni e armi. Infine il Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano è un centro di esposizione archeologica, suddiviso in numerose sezioni nelle quali sono presenti urne etrusche, statue in bronzo, vasi greci, epigrafi, statue ed eletti del teatro romano. Cosa vedere a Verona: L’Arena Visitare Verona e non ammirare l’Arena di Verona è un grande spreco. Questo monumento è il simbolo della città in tutto il mondo, viene stampato su cartoline, calamite, souvenir di ogni genere e menù. L’Arena è un anfiteatro romano, il terzo di dimensioni in Italia ed emblema di Verona in tutto il mondo. È situato nel centro della città, in piazza Bra, e può essere raggiunto da qualsiasi zona di Verona comodamente a piedi o tramite mezzi pubblici. La storia dell’Arena di Verona risale a numerosi secoli fa, l’edificazione avviene infatti nei primi decenni del I secolo dopo Cristo, sotto l’impero di Augusto. L’obiettivo dell’imperatore era quello di offrire al popolo un anfiteatro per diverse tipologie di intrattenimento, come spettacoli e sconti con i gladiatori. Nel 265 la struttura prese parte del perimetro urbano, in quanto l’imperatore Gallieno fece costruire delle mure esterne per proteggere la città. L’anfiteatro ha una forma ellittica e misura 75,68 x 44,43 metri. Nei secoli l’imponente monumento ha subito diverse opere di restauro ed è stato utilizzato per accogliere moltissimi viaggiatori. Negli anni sono state ospitate moltissime opere liriche e teatrali, alcune tra le più famose come La Santa Alleanza, Casino di Campagna e La fanciulla di Gand. Oggi la struttura ospita eventi sportivi e di intrattenimento, nonché moltissimi concerti di artisti italiani ed internazionali, come Leonard Cohen, Spandau Ballet, Duran Durant, Sting, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Alicia Keys, i Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Elton John, e molti altri. Se vuoi trascorrere un weekend a Verona potrai visitare la struttura interna, salvo eventi programmati. La Casa di Romeo e Giulietta La Casa di Giulietta è uno dei posti da vedere a Verona. Questo palazzo medievale situato in via Cappello ogni anno accoglie milioni di turisti che vogliono porgere omaggio alla famosissima tragedia di William Shakespeare. All’interno del cortile di questa villa medievale è presente poi la Statua di Giulietta ed è tradizione scattare una fotografia con essa toccando un seno, come augurio di buon auspicio. Inoltre all’ingresso di questa abitazione sono presenti muri sui quali è possibile scrivere un messaggio d’amore per il proprio partner o il proprio innamorato, questa parte è infatti coperta di graffiti, biglietti romantici e scritte lasciate dai visitatori. Moltissime persone che cercano cosa vedere a Verona rinunciano a visitare questo edificio perché non lo reputano autentico. A Verona però hanno vissuto veramente le due famiglie Montecchi e Capuleti (chiamata però Cappelletti), lo stemma di quest’ultima famiglia è all’ingresso della Casa di Giulietta. Lo stemma sulla chiave di volta testimonia quindi la presenza di questa famiglia all’interno del palazzo. Non è ancora stato provato con esattezza l’attinenza tra il famoso balcone della casa in via Cappello e l’effettiva esistenza di Giulietta, nonostante questo però ogni anno moltissimi romantici (e non solo) visitano questa abitazione affascinati dalle leggende e dalle storie delle antiche famiglie veronesi. Verona in un giorno: Piazza Brà Piazza Brà è una delle piazze principali della città, nonché uno dei posti da non perdere a Verona. In questa piazza è possibile assaporare un buon caffè in uno dei numerosi bar, oppure sedersi all’ombra di un albero ammirando il panorama. Questa piazza è situata nel cuore del centro storico e offre un’incredibile visione della città e del suo centro. Il nome di questa piazza deriva dalla parola longobarda “breit” che significa largo. Questa area viene realizzata nella prima metà del Cinquecento, quando venne realizzato il palazzo degli Honorj dall’architetto Michele Sanmicheli. In questo modo infatti viene delimitata l’area e nasce la piazza così com’è oggi. La piazza non ha un forma tradizionale quadrata o rettangolare, in quanto al centro è presente l’imponente Arena. Nel lato orientale è situato invece il Palazzo Barbieri, un edificio neoclassico progettato da Giuseppe Barbieri, da cui prende il nome la struttura, Danneggiato nel 1945 durante un bombardamento, oggi l’edificio è stato ricostruito ed ampliato e presenta moltissime sale, tra cui Sala del Consiglio, Sala degli arazzi e Sala di rappresentanza. Piazza delle Erbe Piazza delle Erbe è uno degli scorci più belli e unici della città. Nella lista delle cose da vedere a Verona questa piazza non può mancare, in quanto è un’area dove palazzi, stature, torri e elementi architettonici di epoche differenti coesistono con armonia. Nell’epoca romana in questa piazza era presente il Foro, il centro della vita di tutti i giorni, con il Campidoglio, Templi e Terme. La piazza è lunga 160 metri e ospita un coloratissimo mercato che ha origine nel 1401, quando Gian Galeazzo Visconti ordinò una colonna del mercato. La piazza più antica della città si interseca con Via della Costa e via Pellicciai, iniziando da via Cairoli e Corso Sant’Anastasia. Sono numerosissimi gli edifici storici che si affacciano su questa zona della città, tra cui il palazzo del Comune, la Torre dei Lamberti, la Casa dei Giudici, la Casa dei Mercanti e le case dei Mazzanti. Una vera ciliegina sulla torta è poi il Palazzo Maffei, in stile barocco e arricchito da statue di dei greci. All’interno di questa piazza c’è poi un monumento molto antico, la fondata della Madonna Verona, risalente al 380 e arricchita durante il periodo medievale. Un altro monumento importante è il capitello, detto Tribuna, del XII secolo. Infine davanti a palazzo Maffei è presente il leone di San Marco su una colonna in marmo bianco, che simboleggia la Repubblica di Venezia. Chiesa di San Zeno Maggiore La Chiesa di San Zeno Maggiore è una grande basilica visitata ogni anno da moltissimi turisti. Questo edificio viene realizzato tra il X e XI secolo e ospita moltissimi capolavori dell’arte Italiana. La struttura si sviluppa su tre livelli e oggi è uno degli esempi del periodo romanico meglio conservati in Italia. Numerosi sono gli elementi che caratterizzano questa basilica, dal rosone al protiro, dagli altorilievi al frontone. Al suo interno è presente la cripta, la parte centrale e il presbiterio. Il campanile invece è staccato dalla chiesa ed è alto 62 metri. All’interno della Chiesa di San Zeno è presente la Pala di San Zeno di Andrea Mantegna. Un itinerario di viaggio a Verona deve includere questa maestosa basilica. Piazza dei Signori e Arche Scaligere Un’altra famosissima piazza della città è quella dei Signori e Arche Scegliere. Simbolo di questa piazza è senza dubbio la grande statua di Dante situata al centro, dedicata allo scrittore toscano dopo che trovò rifugio nella città dopo essere stato esiliato da Firenze. All’interno della piazza ci sono la Loggia del Consiglio, il Palazzo degli Scaligeri e il Palazzo del Capitanio. Da questa piazza si può accedere poi al Mercato Vecchio, un cortile dove è presente la Scala della Ragione. Castelvecchio Castelvecchio, chiamato anche Castello di San Martino in Aquaro è un antico castello che oggi ospita l’omonimo museo. Numerose sono le vicende che riguardano la costruzione di questo imponente edificio, tutte includono il ruolo strategico della posizione del castello e il legame con la cinta urbana costruita per la difesa della città. Numerose sono le famiglie che hanno apportato modifiche a questa struttura, che oggi presenta una disposizione planimetrica complessa. A causa di queste continue fasi di costruzione infatti si possono distinguere tre parti: la Corte della Reggia scaligera, la Corte d’Armi e la Corte del Mastio. Tra le cose da vedere a Verona ci sono sicuramente le Corti del castello. La Corte della Reggia ha una planimetria a trapezio, la Corte d’Armi è quasi rettangolare e ha un recinto merlato e infine il Masti presenta un grande ponte fortificato composto da laterizio. All’interno della struttura è presente il museo civico, allestito tra il 1958 e il 1974 da Carlo Scarpa. Al suo interno sono presenti opere di scultura, pittura, armi antiche, ceramiche, miniatura, antiche campane e oreficerie. Weekend a Verona: tra piatti tipici ed esperienze uniche Visitare Verona in un giorno offre la possibilità di vivere moltissime esperienze e gustare piatti unici della tradizione veneta. Grazie ai numerosi eventi e concerti organizzati all’Arena infatti è possibile godere di spettacoli indimenticabili. Inoltre la cucina veronese offre una vasta gamma di risotti e polente cucinate in trattorie tradizionali e ristoranti moderni. Tra i piatti tipici della zona c’è sicuramente la Pearà, un piatto a base di manzo bollito con salsa di pane. Tra gli altri piatti tipici ci sono anche pasta e fasoi, bigoli con le sarde, riso al Tastasal, risotto all’amarone, Pastissada de Caval e le Fritole. Sono moltissime le cose da vedere a Verona in una giornata: l’Arena, la bellissima Piazza Erbe, le Arche Scaligere e la casa di Giulietta.

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Hall of Famer Mike Piazza Slashes Price on His Tuscan-Inspired Miami Mansion

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Maybe a seaside villa on the Tuscan coast of Italy has always been a dream, but it just isn’t in the cards right now. Now, let’s also assume baseball is high on your list of loves.

Well, it might not be Tuscany and you might not be swatting home runs, but a stunning, Tuscan-influenced mansion is available for sale in Miami Beach, FL, and as of right now, the home belongs to baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza and his wife, Alicia.

“This grand estate evokes a true California-meets-Italy feel,” says co-listing agent Jill Herzberg. And with close proximity to all things South Beach, this 10,000-square-foot mansion is definitely a little slice of paradise.

Exterior

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Sitting room

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Living space

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The original owner of the home wanted a waterside villa that was an exact replica of his Tuscan abode. It features lush greenery, including a vine-covered exterior reminiscent of vineyards in Tuscany.

Speaking of vineyards, what’s an Italian home without a wine cellar? This home has a lovely place to store your finest vintages

Courtyard

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The sprawling main floor features Jerusalem stone flooring and crown molding. The open living spaces, the library, and several customized rooms offer water views.

Custom room

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Dining area

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Tired from too much wine or maybe the Florida sun has you a little beat? Not to worry. The elevator can take you upstairs.

The home was initially listed in December 2017 for $18.5 million, which reflected the housing market at the time. But this month, the price was trimmed to $16.9 million. It’s unclear why the former catcher decided to dial back on the price.

“It’s an outstanding opportunity for a smart buyer, and they priced it to sell,” says Herzberg.

Balcony

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Pool

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Whatever the reason, it might be high time to swing for the fences and get in on this place while the price is down. Eight bedrooms, 9.5 bathrooms, and an incredible poolside view of Miami’s Intracoastal Waterway are calling.

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Fashion Film Festival Milano: l’edizione 2018

Prime anticipazioni sulla quinta edizione del Fashion Film Festival Milano all’Anteo Palazzo del Cinema.

In primis le date della manifestazione ideata da Constanza Cavalli Etro: dal 20 al 25 settembre, ovvero durante la Milano Moda Donna, con il patrocinio della Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana e del Comune di Milano.

Resta saldo lo scopo iniziale di questo spettacolo (gratuito per il pubblico) di proiettare i cortometraggi che danno voce al mondo della moda al fine di scoprire e supportare giovani talenti registici. E con lo stesso spirito che continua ad animare il FFFMilano, quest’anno l’evento diventa luogo di confronto tra giovani talenti e marchi affermati per un pubblico trasversale, millenial e digitale.

Due i temi chiave: #FFFMilanoForWomen che viene riproposto con l’obiettivo di valorizzare il talento femminile nei settori di moda, cinema e arte, e – novità – #FFFMilanoForGreen che si propone la divulgazione della cultura e della moda sostenibile.

Oltre 200 i fashion film della Selezione Ufficiale, provenienti da più di 50 Paesi, che avvicinano i grandi nomi della moda italiana e internazionale accanto a collezioni di giovani designer; registi giovani emergenti accanto a icone del mondo del cinema e della moda come Wim Wenders, Prada, Hermes, Alicia Vikander, Dries Van Noten, Kate Mara, Rag & Mone, Benjamin Millepied, Karl Glusman, Valentino, Armani, solo per citarne alcuni. I criteri sostenuti dal Comitato Artistico e dalla curatrice Gloria Maria Cappelletti, si riconfermano a supporto dei giovani talenti nell’ottica dello slogan “il Grande aiuta il Piccolo”.

La giuria internazionale – composta da: Ana Lily Amirpour, vincitrice dello Special Jury Prize al Festival di Venezia 2016; Max Vadukul, fotografo inglese di fama internazionale con alle spalle grandi collaborazioni con riviste come The New Yorker e Rolling Stone; Caroline Corbetta, curatrice d’arte contemporanea; Pablo Arroyo, creative director di L’Officiel Hommes Francia, Orsola de Castro, fondatrice di Fashion Revolution e attivista ambientale per la moda sostenibile; Umit Benan, fashion designer di origini turche; Nicoletta Santoro, Creative Director at Large e stylist della rivista Town&Country; Piera Detassis, direttrice artistica dell’Accademia David di Donatello e della rivista Ciak – decreterà i vincitori.

Ma anche il pubblico sceglierà, attraverso il voto online, il proprio fashion film preferito, a cui verrà assegnato il premio People’s Choice Award.

Darà il via alle danze il nuovo corto di Andrea Pecora, regista dallo stile essenziale, elegante e di grande impatto visivo che ha prestato il suo occhio, tra gli altri a Dolce e Gabbana e Fendi. Pecora, che ha mosso i primi passi nell’animazione 3D per una grande azienda a Milano, decide di dedicarsi alla regia nel 2012, dopo aver partecipato a un seminario con Werner Herzog. Dal 2015 fa parte, come direttore creativo, del progetto “Revolution Department”, uno studio che realizza animazioni e video.

Quest’anno la nuova partnership con Grey Goose che arricchirà la kermesse persino con il premio speciale Live the Moment Tribute, all’artista che si distinguerà per aver interpretato la realtà contemporanea in modo innovativo.

L’appuntamento fa parte del programma della Vogue for Milano 2018, la grande manifestazione, organizzata da Vogue Italia con il patrocinio del Comune di Milano, che per una notte anima strade e piazze con l’apertura straordinaria dei punti vendita, experience nelle boutique, una mostra fotografica e una caccia al tesoro, mini cinema e music live performance in Piazza del Duomo.

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