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The coastal stretch north west of Rome, in addition to the natural and landscape beauties and the many archeological parks (some protected by UNESCO) also retains a rich submerged archaeological heritage that surely deserves to be visited,valued and protected in the best way. This region is too rich of historical, archeological and natural beauties to be covered in few lines, so, in this article, I will only mention and refer to some of the less known ancient ruins dating back to the Etruscan and Roman times and only to those found directly on the sea, or underwater.
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Visit the Capitoline Museums for free and its countless masterpieces and works of art through a virtual experience that goes beyond spatial limits, from computers, tablets and smartphones and also with additional media such as the special cardboard or VR viewers.
Read more: Visit for free the first and oldest museum in the world: the Capitol Hill Museums
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Experience easy but fascinating archaeological hiking tours through natural canyons and ancient paths dug into the rock of the volcanic hills, filled with thousand of picturesque and perfectly preserved ruins, waterfalls, rivers, all surrounded by the beautiful pristine Mediterranean forest.
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Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490[1] – 27 August 1576[2]) known in English as Titian(pron.: /ˈtɪʃən/) was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno (in Veneto), in the Republic of Venice. During his lifetime he was often called da Cadore, taken from the place of his birth.
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Here are some important regulation to be aware of before packing your luggage to catch a plane.
CARRY ON LUGGAGE REGULATIONS
Each passenger is allowed one carry-on item, the dimensions of which must not exceed 55 cm x 35 cm x 25 cm. Passengers may also carry one personal item, such as a purse, crib, laptop, wheelchair, pair of crutches, pushchair or stroller. The total weight of such items must not exceed 12 kg.
Security Rules for Liquids
What are liquids?
It is best to put as many of your liquid items as possible in your checked luggage.
For liquids, creams, pastes and gels taken on board, a specific regulation applies. All of these products must be presented at security checks in a transparent plastic bag (ex. freezer bag) of a maximum capacity of one litre (around 20 cm x 20 cm). Each liquid container cannot contain more than 100 ml and all containers must fit in the bag. Passengers may present only one closed bag, which must fit in the hand luggage. Any container over 100 ml is not allowed to pass through security checks, but is allowed in checked luggage
Lighters
Passengers are allowed to carry a lighter with them onboard. The lighter must be placed in a transparent bag and remain with them for the entire duration of the trip; it can not be placed in hand luggage. Note that lighters are not allowed in checked luggage either
Medication and medical equipment
Any necessary medications in containers over 100 ml may be taken with you onboard. However, all such drugs must be checked at the security point. In addition, you must obtain an agreement from the airport and the airline company you are travelling with prior to departure. You must also bring all relevant medical documentation (prescriptions, certificates...) which state that these drugs are essential to your health.
You may also take onboard any medical equipment you might need during the trip. If possible, this material must fit in only one piece of luggage and you must carry with you documentation showing it is necessary.
Children
You are allowed to take with you in cabin enough liquid baby food and sterilised water for the duration of the journey. However, you may be asked to taste a small amount of these items at the security checkpoint.
Duty Free
You can take liquid products bought after the security checkpoint onboard, regardless of their size. The majority of stores will handle your purchased items in a sealed bag; do not open it before reaching your final destination and keep your proof of purchase, as you will be asked to show it during transfer.
Note that if you have a connecting flight and your liquid items have been purchased in an airport's duty free area or onboard an aircraft from a non-EU company, you will be asked to check them.
Before you get to the airport
Take only items which are absolutely necessary in cabin and check as many liquid products as possible. Buy your plastic freezer bag before getting to the airport. If you have a doubt about regulations applying to your journey, contact the airport you are leaving from or your airline before getting to the airport.
Remember you cannot take wrapped gifts with you, as they will be unwrapped at the security checkpoint.
Upon arriving at the security gates
Be ready to show your freezer bag to the security agent; it will be checked at the same time as your hand luggage. Take off your coat or jacket so they can be checked and remove any metal objects from your pockets.
If you are travelling with a laptop or any other electrical appliance, remove it from your luggage and present it separately. In some cases, the security agent may ask you to take off your shoes or your belt.
FORBIDDEN AND AUTHORISED ITEMS
Sharp objects
Sports Equipment
Guns and weapons
Tools
Explosive materials
All explosive materials, without exception, including realistic replicas of explosives, are forbidden both in hand luggage and checked luggage, as they are flammable items (fuel, gasoline, lighter torches...).
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The Roman (Jewish) Ghetto was located in the rione Sant'Angelo, in the area surrounded by today's Via del Portico d'Ottavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto close to the Tiber and the Theater of Marcellus, in Rome, Italy.
Papal bull Cum nimis absurdum, promulgated by Pope Paul IV in 1555 segregated the Jews, who had lived freely in Rome since Antiquity, in a walled quarter with three gates that were locked at night, and subjected them to various restrictions on their personal freedoms such as limits to allowed professions and compulsory Catholic sermons on the Jewish shabbat.
The measures contained in Paul IV's bull, including the establishment of the Roman Ghetto, had the explicit objectives of segregating the Jewish population of the city from the Christian majority, both spatially and legally, and of placing the former on a level of legal and social inferiority with respect to the latter. However, the ghetto was welcome to some Jews who thought that its walls served also to protect the small Jewish community from the possible attacks of Christian mobs and from the drain which must follow from assimilation to the majority, at the same time enabling special religious customs to be observed without interference.]
İn 1798, during the Roman Republic, the Ghetto was legally abolished, and the Tree of Liberty was planted in Piazza delle Scole, but it was reinstated as soon as the Papacy regained control. In 1848, during the brief revolution, the Ghetto was abolished once more, again temporarily.
The Jews had to petition annually for permission to live there, and were disabled from owning any property even in the Ghetto. They paid a yearly tax for the privilege; formality and tax survived until 1850.
They had to swear yearly loyalty to the Pope by the Arch of Titus (it celebrates the Roman sack of Jerusalem).
The requirement that Jews live within the Ghetto was abolished when the last remnant of the Papal States was overthrown on September 20, 1870.
The city of Rome was able to tear down the Ghetto's walls in 1888 and demolish it almost completely, before the area was reconstructed around the new Synagogue of Rome.
The ghetto of Rome was the last remaining ghetto in Western Europe until its later reintroduction by Nazi Germany.
Now it is "one of the Rome's most charming and eclectic neighborhoods, [...] restaurants serving up some of the best food in the city”, like the Jewish specialty of fried artichokes ("Carciofi alla giudìa").
There is one remaining piece of the Ghetto wall, which was built into the wall of one of the courtyards off the Piazza delle Cinque Scuole.
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From the end of the 16th and for most of the 17th century, certain statues became a focal point for cutting satires and other works by unknown writers.
The so-called “Talking Statues” were those positioned on the city’s busiest roads, which were secretly posted at night with satirical verses or humanistic dialogue directed at people in power, very often the pope himself.
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Oriolo Romano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about 40 km northwest of Rome and about 30 km south of Viterbo on a hilly area near the ancient Via Clodia.
Main Sights:
- Palazzo Altieri di Oriolo, enlarged in 1674 during the papacy of Clemente X, a member of the Altieri family. It has frescoes with stories of the Old Testament and landscapes of Altieri's former fiefs.
- Fontana delle Picche, fountain designed by jacopo Barozzi da Vignola.
- Olmate, a complex of tree-sided alleys which connects Oriolo to Montevirginio, a frazione of Canale Monterano.
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London is justifiably proud of its markets, most of which date back to mediaeval times. They tell the history of London: Borough Market, the oldest, has lost its mediaeval clamour but retains its Dickensian air - it's currently seeing a revival as an organic produce market and film-lot. Some, like Camden and Portobello are thriving,Camden's turnover makes it Britain's 4th largest retailer
Others have not stood up to the 21st century as well: the same processes which worked on Les Halles in Paris have been at work here: disrepair and displacement, followed by commercial development.
Covent Garden market moved out of its central location to the wastes of Vauxhall years ago, to be replaced by a tourist-orientated market; Billingsgate, the fish market famous for the bad language of its traders has moved to the Isle of Dogs, and the original waterside building been taken over by city businessmen. Smithfield alone has remained in the centre: this huge temple of meat has retained its ancient working practices but it too has seen the encroachment of the twentieth century: the advent of Mad Cow disease, and deadly E Coli bacteria strains have seen it much modernised over the past few years - it has in the process lost much of its character.
If you want to see these ancient markets in operation you must get up early in the morning - by 03:00 hours Smithfield is well underway, and the pubs and cafes are doing good business. For the general markets, the earlier you visit a market the better chance you have of a bargain: grubbing around with a torch as a stallholder opens 04:00 is the norm.
Bermondsey Antiques market, famous for once being where thieves could sell their goods with impunity (a royal license meant that stolen goods bought here did not have to be returned, and subsequent legislation - repealed as late as 2000, restricted that to being before sunrise, hence the market's early hours) which has suffered a lot since that privilege was withdrawn and the site developed. Frankly it's over-rated and not worth the trip - don't believe the hype. Lots of small stalls. Come here early in the morning (from 04:00) for the best bargains, bring a torch. Reasonably good for silver (but not as good as the South Molton Street area - by Bond St Tube, or Portobello's off-road markets).. Friday 04:00 -12:00
Tube: London Bridge (Northern/Jubilee) Train: London Bridge Bus: Tower Bridge Road
Berwick Street Tiny, cheap, fruit and vegetable market in the heart of Soho. Comsumables need to be eaten on the same day. Haunted by the ghosts of the 1960s. It's difficult to lay a finger on why everyone loves it. Not really worth a special visit, but if you're after vinyl or CD the shops on Berwick Street are the best places to start. Mon-Sat 09:00-17:00
Tube: Piccadilly Circus (Piccadilly, Bakerloo) Leicester Square (Northern) Bus: Shaftsbury Avenue/Wardour St.
Borough One of London's trendiest markets, mainly for its unspoilt Victorian architecture and its location in 'Booming Borough' under the railway as it leaves London Bridge Station. A film location manager's dream, there's rarely a month when a film isn't being shot here it seems (eg. Bridget Jones, Richard III, Lock, Stock and....). Under threat from developers allied to railtrack. Not really worth a special visit (though you're likely to be close to it at some time during your London stay) except on Saturdays when there's a farmer's market - good quality food, to take away and also produce, though a bit on the expensive side. Get there early on Saturday as it gets very crowded. Quite a few good restaurants on the fringes including our favourite Brindisi. Excellent for breakfasts all week (esp The Monmouth Coffee Shop) Getting more expensive and more yuppified by the month though. Good for buying for picnics (eg in Greenwich Park) Excellent Cheese shop (Neal's Yard Dairy) a loaf and a piece of Montgomery Cheddar from here are sublime for eating outdoors. Fruit wholesale 04:00-08:00 Mon - Fri. Farmers' Market 1200-1700 Friday, 1000-1600 Saturday
Tube: London Bridge (Northern/Jubilee) Train: London Bridge Bus: London Bridge Station
Camden Market Currently recovering from a serious fire, and more damage by developers, Camden Market is one of London's top attractions. Virtually everything is on sale here, clothing, music, antiques (though this sector is shrinking - not a patch on Paris' St Ouen Marche aux Puces) , collectibles, ethnic art, rugs and kelims, food and drink.
However recent tasteless development of the Stables market has put up prices and destroyed the impromptu feel. It does tend to get a bit crowded on Sundays, and has a wide variety of food stalls, pubs and restaurants - and there's much live music and comedy in the evenings. Very mixed quality of goods on offer but there are few real bargains to be found. Recently it's become a haven for emerging fashion designers - the 'latest' club wear (yawn) is to be found here. It has, however peaked, and is sliding towards consumerist tat, but slowly. Weekends from about 09:30 to 17:00. Their Website
If you want to make a day of it walk up past Stables market to Chalk Farm tube station and follow the signs for Primrose Hill - a great little park with a view over London, merging into the huge Regent's Park (almost as large as the whole City of London). You can walk down through Regent's Park, past the Mosque to Madame Tussaud's (and vice versa) and beyond to the Wallace Collection Gallery in Manchester Square and finish up with an early meal in St Christopher's Place, just north of Oxford Street. You can also walk along the canal into Regent's park and along as far as Little Venice if the fancy takes you, which on a Saturday connects into Portobello Road Market.
Tube: Camden or Chalk Farm (Northern Line) Bus: Camden Town
Columbia Road Flower Market Somewhat off the beaten track this is one of the best ways to start a Sunday - there are several places to have brunch. Well signposted from Shoreditch tube station which opens specially on Sundays for the Market (special buses run from London Bridge also), and from the top of Shoreditch High Street by Liverpool St Station. Flowers and plants. Hardly the stuff to take back home but it's a great place to potter. Then on down Brick Lane to Spitalfields Market for a late lunch. Really great way of spending Sunday. Sunday: 09:00 -12:00.
For hardcore enthusiasts a SUNDAY circuit of: Liverpool St station - train to London Fields, walk back south to Broadway Market (good french delicatessan/cafe, good brunchy pubs and restaurants). Then continue south through Hackney City Farm (restaurant there won best family restaurant of the year 2005..) to Colombia road, along Colombia road then South to Brick Lane, Hugenot district, Spitalfields market and back to Liverpool Street station
Tube: Old Street (Northern Line) Shoreditch (East London) Bus: Shoreditch Church
Covent Garden Touristy place to hang out. You don't go for the market (overpriced tat) but for the atmosphere and the buskers. The old fruit 'n' veg market that appeared in old Hitchcock films has been converted to a piazza. If you're a Hitch fan you'll want to go and see his house/museum in Leytonstone, and the new murals at the tube station there - our favourite piece of public art (but ONLY if you're a fan) Don't eat or drink in Covent Garden, the quality is bad and the prices sky high (but if you do we recommend the 'All Bar One' chain or the Garden branch of Wagamama). Somerset House is nearby for a hit of culture. The London Transport Museum Shop in the corner of the Piazza is good for gifts.. Market: every day 1000-1800, atmosphere: all the time. PS we will go there as a group and you will have some free time to explore it.
Tube: Covent Garden (Piccadilly) Leicester Square (Northern) Charing Cross (Bakerloo) Bus: Shaftsbury Avenue/St Giles High Street
Gabriel's Wharf Small market on the South Bank next to the OXO building, selling mostly jewelry, ethnic nick-nacks and artsy paraphernalia. It's on our walk along the river (SeeItinerary Page) - most people stumble across it rather than head for it. You can hire bicycles here and there are one or two restaurants. Mainly Weekends 10:00-18:00, some stalls keep shop hours.
Tube: Southwark (Jubilee) Bus: Blackfriars bridge
Greenwich Market Sprawling series of weekend markets selling antiques, arts & crafts, clothing, books. A huge penumbra of flea markets. More of an attraction than a serious market. Not really worht a special trip so visit as part of a trip to Greenwich (Observatory, Maritime museum, Cutty Sark, Naval Academy, Park, Queen's House, Blackheath, Ranger's House.) There's also a covered market in the central square, near the DLR station and the Cutty Sark. The best way to approach this is to take the Docklands Railway through Canary Wharf and get off at Island Gardens, and walk the foot tunnel to Greenwich. Weekends.
Tube: Cutty Sark/Island Gardens (Docklands) Train: Greenwich Bus: Greenwich Town Hall
Leadenhall Well preserved Victorian food market, off Gracechurch St, just north of the Monument. Some of the shops don't look as if they've changed over the past century. More a historic building than a market - it's very busy weekday lunchtimes when it's crammed with city businessmen. Some good, but overpriced eateries, lively pubs. It's right next to the hyper-modern Lloyds building. Weekdays 08:00 -15:00 Tube:Bank (Central, Circle) Bus: Moorgate
Petticoat Lane/Brick Lane Petticoat lane is a famous but disappointing tat market in the East End. It's day has passed. Not recommended. However nearby Spitalfields/Brick lane is amazing - Sunday only. Try a SUNDAY circuit of: Liverpool St station - train to London Fields, walk back south to Broadway Market (good french delicatessan/cafe, good brunchy pubs and restaurants). Then continue south through Hackney City Farm (restaurant there won best family restaurant of the year 2005..) to Colombia road, along Colombia road then South to Brick Lane, Hugenot district, Spitalfields market and back to Liverpool Street station. Sunday 10:00-17:00 Tube: Aldgate/Aldgate East (Metropolitan/Hammersmith & City) Bus: Aldgate
Portobello Road Market We remember this market in the late 1960s when people dressed in Sgt Pepper costumes, and antiques could be picked up for a song. Sadly the stallholders have got wiser, and the prices steeper, but if you're after something special you'll find it here - remember to haggle. The South end of the street is mainly antiques, and make sure you go off-street as there are bargains to be had late afternoons ( especially in the smaller markets, underground) the middle is vegetables, and the north end bric-a-brac. About half the size of the antiques sections of Paris' St Ouen - but take this together with South Moulton Street and Chelsea's Kings Road and the two are comparable. As it's held in ultra-fashionable and expensive Notting Hill it's also great for just hanging out. Beautiful rows of white stucco'd houses abound. From Notting Hill tube you can walk south into Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park and down to the museum district.
One way of doing it involves the Hammersmith and City line to Ladbroke Grove (turn left out of tube, market begins 50m on your right) through the railway arch bit of the market, turn left (ie North) and continue to Goldborne Rd, walk it towards the huge ugly, but much loved, tower block (Trellick Tower, a listed building whose occupants were vociferous in their opposition to demolition) and start with coffee and pastry at Cafe Lisboa (on the right side of the road, as you're looking at Trellick)- a London institution - 2 large coffees and 4 cakes for £6, then walk back down Goldborne, turning left back onto Portobello and continue through the three markets towards Notting Hill tube. It's a mile at least.
My favourite way is to take the Bakerloo line to Warwick Avenue station and walk along the canal through Little Venice to where the canal meets Goldborne Rd - about 100m from Cafe Lisboa. Take cash as there are always huge queues for the ATMs. Saturdaysfrom about 06:00 to about 16:30.
Tube: Notting Hill Gate (Central, Circle) Ladbroke Grove (Hammersmith & City) Bus: Notting Hill
Spitalfields Old fruit and veg market, opposite Liverpool St Station on Bishopsgate, transformed over the past five years into a slightly (it for some time had its own opera house) boho weekend market - it's at its best on Sunday and a good starting point for exploring the Hugenot architecture and history of Brick lane and the surrounding area. Best to go to nearby Columbia Road Flower Market first (for Brunch). Organic vegetables, art, books, ethnic impedimentia, vintage cars - a whole rag tag of merchants. Many leading contemporary artists and sculptors have their studios there. This is what Covent Garden was like before it became a tourist trap, though developers allied to the local council want to turn it into another Covent Garden tourist trap. A good place for Sunday lunch, especially recommended is 'Meson Los Barilles' a spanish restaurant/tapas house - it's quadrupled in size over the past five years and it's still always packed - artists. Gilbert & George can sometimes be seen there in their classic 1950s three piece suits.
Sunday: 10:00-16:30 Tube: Liverpool St (Central) Bus: Bishopsgate
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