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Cinque Terre - Italy

The territory of the Cinque Terre is the result of a thousand years of work by peasant farmers who transformed the steep cliffs into fertile terraces for the cultivation of vines and the production of famous wine.  The delicate balance between the natural elements and human actions has created a unique scenery, is included in the list of cultural assest belonging to then"World Heritage" appointed by UNESCO. Zone A:   Cover the areas of greatest natural wealth Punta Mesco and Capo di Montenero,  and                bordered by yellow marker buoys. Zone B:   Covers two areas. The first one represents a zone A. The second one surrounds the "Capo                di Montenero Zone C:   includes and links the two most distant headlands and allows both the oberservation and                protection of a wide area characterised by alternating...

Villas in Padova - Italy

Villa Savioli :, built in the 17th century and extended in the following centuries, houses the extraordinary Amleto                     and Donato Sartori International Mask Museum. Villa Bassi Rathgeb :  built in the 16th century and restored in the 1700's, belonged to the noble family Dondi                                  dell'Orologio. Inside the frescoes are by Antonio Buttafuoco. Villa Rigoni Savioli:   (ex. Malipiero) is a beautiful  Palladian villa built in the 16th century. Villa Mocenigo Mainardi:   this complex, where Giacomo Casanova also resided  in 1779, includes a small                                          oratory facing over the road. Villa Sette :   (late 17th century with some early 19th centu...

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