Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo

Detail InformationEdit The Sanctuary of Monte Sant’Angelo sul Gargano, sometimes called simply Monte Gargano, is a Catholic sanctuary on Mount Gargano, Italy, part of the commune of Monte Sant’Angelo, in the province of Foggia, northern Apulia. It is the oldest shrine in Western Europe dedicated to the archangel Michael and has been an important pilgrimage […]

Sanctuary of Montenero

Detail InformationEdit The Shrine of Our Lady of Grace, also known as Sanctuary of Montenero, is a religious complex on the Monte Nero, in Livorno, central Italy. The complex, elevated to the rank of Basilica and maintained by Vallumbrosan monks, is devoted to Our Lady of Grace di Montenero, patron of Tuscany. It also includes […]

Synagogue of Casale Monferrato

Detail InformationEdit The Synagogue of Casale Monferrato, which was built in 1595, is particularly known for its exquisite Baroque interior with walls and ceiling embellished with elaborate painting, carving and gilding. It is located in Vicolo Salmone Olper, an alleyway in the traditionally Jewish quarter of Casale Monferrato, which in the eighteenth century became the […]

Guidonia Montecelio

Guidonia Montecelio is a town and comune in the province of Rome, Lazio, central Italy. The community of Guidonia Montecelio lies to the north-east of Rome, some kilometres from the Grande Raccordo Anulare – a ring-shaped motorway which forms a circle around the capital. The terrain of Guidonia Montecelio is mainly flat, and the community […]

Castiglione Messer Raimondo

Castiglione Messer Raimondo is a town and comune in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo, central Italy.It is a medieval borough near the Gran Sasso d’Italia massif. Economy is mostly based on agriculture. HistoryEdit N.A. Places to VisitAdd   How to ReachEdit By Air : N.A. By Train :N.A. By BUS :N.A. By Taxi :N.A. By […]

Belmonte Calabro

Belmonte Calabro, known simply as Belmonte prior to the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria (Southern Italy). The town is perched on a hilltop on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. HistoryEdit N.A. Places to VisitAdd   How to ReachEdit By Air : […]

Castello di Monte San Giovanni Campano

Detail InformationEdit The Castle of Monte San Giovanni is a medieval fortress built in the 11th century. The castle is best known as the place where Thomas Aquinas was imprisoned by his family ca. 1240 to 1242 in an attempt to dissuade him from joining the Dominican Order. It is also the first fortification ever […]

Monoszlo

Monoszló is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary.The village is a very ancient settlement mentioned in the old charters. One of the famous descendents of the village is Monoszlói Ladomér, archbishop of Esztergom in the 13. c. A. D.Archbishop of Esztergom was the second highest rank in Hungary, so that is the reason that a […]

Stalin Monument

Detail InformationEdit The Stalin Monument in Budapest was completed in December 1951 as a “gift” to Joseph Stalin from the Hungarian People on his seventieth birthday (December 21, 1949). It was torn down on October 23, 1956, by enraged anti-Soviet crowds during Hungary’s October Revolution. The monument was erected on the edge of Városliget, the […]

Synagogue of Casale Monferrato

Detail InformationEdit The Synagogue of Casale Monferrato, which was built in 1595, is particularly known for its exquisite Baroque interior with walls and ceiling embellished with elaborate painting, carving and gilding. It is located in Vicolo Salmone Olper, an alleyway in the traditionally Jewish quarter of Casale Monferrato, which in the eighteenth century became the […]