With this entry, I will guide you through the streets of Vicenza city centre, a marvel full of Renaissance buildings and palazzi in North-Eastern Italy.
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The end of #100ItalyFacts + the latest Instagram campaign
Dear friends,
my challenge about the #100ItalyFacts was completed almost one month ago and after that, I worked on making a collection of said “facts” that I linked here. The lovely Manja kindly reminded me that I shared it on social media, but I didn’t write a blog post about it, so here you are the announcement.
In the meantime I have also completed another “Instagram campaign”: “Prealpine Contradas“. As I mentioned to the people who follow me there, the contradas at the foothills of the Venetian Prealps are small rural villages surrounded by woods and where people entertain a slow-paced kind of existence. I guess you can say it’s a good example of the typical Italian way of living 😉 I plan on writing about these fascinating realities also in here, keep following the blog if you’re interested.
As for now, here you are the last ten days of the #100ItalyFacts. Enjoy!
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Vicenza’s Monte Berico, where Saints and troubles live together
Italy is often depicted as an ambiguous country and Vicenza is obviously no different. As we often say in here, “it has multiple lives as the cats” and polar opposite characteristics coexist without too much of a hassle.With this series of posts about Vicenza, I will try to underline the city’s “split personality”, by identifying the major paradoxes you can find in its layered territory.
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#100ItalyFacts on Instagram: day 70-76
Hi guys,
Still editing the post about Vicenza, my city; for now here you are the usual Instagram review. Have a nice Sunday!
My Dear Italia 