The Black Death

The Plague in the history of Milan. The causes and cures, both real and imagined, of one of the most horrific events in European history.

Milano

Inglese

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The City of Music

From Paganini to Mameli, from De André to Bresh

Genova

Inglese

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The City-States

Reading the development of the Italian comune in the Middle Ages in the beautiful architecture of medieval Piacenza.

Piacenza

Inglese

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The English Genoa

When Charles Dickens came to live in Genoa in the 1840s, he found close ties with England, and both parallels and contrasts with his own life and writings. From football to industrial steelworks, to the flag of St George: this is the English Genoa.

Genova

Inglese

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The Epic of the Longobards

The story of the Longobards, from barbarian invaders to an important civilisation.

Pavia

Inglese

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The Farneses - Renaissance Tyranny

The fiery tale of the Dukes who rose from the corruption of the Papal court to help shape the face of modern Europe at the Battle of Lepanto and beyond.

Parma

Inglese

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The Gonzaga Dynasty: Patrons of the arts

A tale of breathtaking art, music, and literature, but also of passionate lovers, unspeakable violence, and lonely ghosts. The gripping story of one of Italy's great dynasties.

Mantova

Inglese

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The Original History Walks for KIDS / Pavia

NOVITA' 2024 PER LA SCUOLA PRIMARIA

Pavia

Inglese

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The Palio

Discovering the history and culture of Siena through the story of the Palio and the traditions that surround it.

Siena

Inglese

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The Pilgrims

The life of pilgrims, and how this phenomenon left its mark in European literature from Dante to Boccaccio, Chaucer to T. S. Elliot.

Piacenza

Inglese

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The Poets' Walk

Where imprisoned poets sing the praises of eternal love, and dragon-slaying paladins meet Romantic adventurers: come walk with Ariosto, Tasso, Byron and even Shakespeare in the city of poets.

Ferrara

Inglese

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The Prisoners of Voghera

Psychology, crime and captivity: from Cesare Lombroso's theories to Franco Basaglia and pet therapy.

Voghera

Inglese

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Turin Français

Rigolades avec Rabelais, aventures avec Alexandre Dumas, méditations avec Montesquieu, révolutions avec Rousseau et les lois de l'univers avec Lagrange: voilà le Turin Français

Torino

Francese

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Verdi and Toscanini

Parma, city of music, and the careers of two great musicians, the composer Verdi and the conductor Toscanini.

Parma

Inglese

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Virgil and the Immortals

Travel to the Underworld and back again with Aeneas, Orpheus and Dante, with Virgil as your guide. See immortal works of literature and music spring to life in Virgil's native city.

Mantova

Inglese

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Volta vs Galvani

How electricity has been used through history for medical purposes, leading to the dream of reviving the dead, and the work of Volta and Galvani.

Museo della Tecnica Elettrica, Pavia

Inglese

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Was Shakespeare Italian?

Was the author of 'Romeo and Juliet', and 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', really the semi-educated son of a glove-merchant from Stratford on Avon? Or is there something Italian in the greatest writer of English history?

Verona

Inglese

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