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Mona Lisa Mosaic Made of Burnt Toast in Matera Friday 29 April 2011

With her Mona Lisa mosaic made of burnt toast, English artist Laura Hadland aroused the interest and curiosity of the inhabitants of Matera, an old town in southern Italy famous for its beautiful cave-houses. ...

Holidays summers in Italy: Dairy farm stay, near Potenza Friday 02 July 2010

If you have a passion for Italian cheese, then you could have the time of your life at the Locanda del Buon Formaggio or Good Cheese Inn in Tito, near Potenza. The owners also run a dairy farm, so you ...

Food and wine matching: Italian cheese and the best southern Italian wine Monday 19 October 2009

The world of Italian food and wine matching is vast and has many pleasures, if you have the time and the curiosity to explore. Today we look at Italian cheese “caciocavallo” and the possible ...

Ghost towns in Italy: Craco in Basilicata Thursday 21 May 2009

After looking at the abandoned casino on Lake Como, at Consonno, here is another ghost town in Italy, Craco in Basilicata. It’s the same kind of quiet, desolated place as Pripyat in the Ukraine, ...

Tourism in Italy: the rocky town of Matera in Basilicata Tuesday 13 January 2009

The above video takes us on a tour of Matera, a city of rock in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Fabled in cinema, the “sassi” or “rocks” of Matera have become a symbol ...

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