4 days ago by Miss Cellania

Hey, it’s hard to keep a tower on the straight and narrow! The Leaning Tower of Pisa may be the most famous, but there are towers that lean all over the world. Web Urbanist looks at thirteen of them, including the Round Tower of the Kilmacduagh Monastery in Ireland pictured. It leans 1.5 feet, but i ...

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7 days ago by Alison

Italy’s top five destinations for travel, according to the Italians themselves on the Trivago travel site, have turned up a couple of surprises. For future travel tips to Italy, you can check out these destinations yourself, a couple of which are off the beaten track and not part of the major touris ...

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8 days ago by bluetigers

Labyrinth, Lucca Cathedral Ten days of flu and tonsillitis and one week of missed classes later, I rejoined the real world on Saturday with an art history excursion to Pisa and Lucca. It was a perfect autumn day, bright and crisp, and warm enough for a light blouse and a scarf most of the time, espe ...

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11 days ago by Dan Bowen

The brekkie here is belter, €5 for as much as you want. I had a big plate of bacon and scrambled eggs, some cereal, a croissant and 2 glasses of orange juice. I also made four rounds of toast and whacked some cheese and ham in them for my lunch later. €5 for 2 meals, jobs a good ‘n. I’m now on route ...

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14 days ago by redhatrob

Galileo Galilei is one of the key figures in the history of science. One of his most famous exploits occurred when he was a young man of 26 at the very beginning of his career. In 1589, he had just been appointed as a Professor at the University of Pisa. Refusing to take Aristotle’s word as final on ...

Contending with the Culture - redhatrob.com · 7 references

17 days ago by Kert

E Cho asked: Europe is full of old-world style, culture, and history. If you’re planning a trip to Europe and want to visit some of the best landmarks in Europe, investigate these top picks for your next trip to Europe. Big Ben, London When people think of Big Ben, they think of the clock tower near ...

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22 days ago by swimathonpete

I have just been on a lightning trip to Tuscany. The weather was amazing for 4 days in a row. On the way over there was a crystal clear view of the Alps: We were staying in Florence. I was trying very hard to think where it reminded me of. Maybe Oxford – pretty, touristy, once a place with power and ...

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24 days ago by Dubbs

The host did Brian a favor as far as I’m concerned. If you’re striving to be immortalized in the Guiness Book of World Records for building the largest Jenga block replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, what’s next? A life size Play-Doh sculpture of the “Sex and the City” cast? Or maybe the most Beda ...

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25 days ago by le Président du Web

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31 days ago by admin

Elsabe Smit asked: Have you ever seen a real fairy? Or a giant, or a dwarf, or a troll, or a mermaid, or an angel? No? Then that means they do not exist, right? If you have never been to Africa, would you be able to identify a giant African elephant, or a giraffe, or a male lion with a huge mane, or ...

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