... this time I was deeply impressed by the sense of history and beauty that Trieste emanates. I scanned the buildings with a different eye, gasping at the stateliness that they were meant to transmit. And ...
... immediately outside. I’m not used to these places, and walked to the centre to visit another interesting fort. The caretaker, as knowledgeable about history and dates as they usually are, explained the ...
... plenty of motley boats and black human bodies busying themselves in the water or mending the nets.
The interest of this fortress stems not just from its beauty, but from the tremendous history that marked ...
... use becomes superfluous, but otherwise they are interesting evidence to the history and the culture of a nation. Learning a language thoroughly entails adjusting to these patterns too. ...
... alien to, I greet all and occasionally pass the time of day with some. I remember an interesting discussion with a history teacher concerning the secret scenarios of WW2, interspersed with the clangs lifting-weights ...
... local museum and reading about the history of the famous bridge.
So many things have changed in a hundred years. Reasoning like Mr Ceroni is not admissible anymore in the era of consumerism when people ...
... read word for word: “The people of all nationalities lived in harmony, learned from each other and founded the Chinese nation’s long history and magnificent culture with the people all over the motherland ...
... the crumbling houses in the old town, where the new buildings announce its imminent transformation into another anonymous Chinese town. Centuries of history will be replaced by modern buildings. The administrators’ ...
... is not Chinese at all, being the head of the autonomous Tagik prefecture hosting the country’s approximately 50,000 people of this ethnicity.
Reportedly, the official version of history found in schoolbooks ...
... lacks a basic sense of taste and proportion.
In any case, the Chinese town lacks a sense of history altogether. If it is anywhere to be found, it is relegated to tourist attractions. They take pride ...
... the Paderno bridge, has been a protagonist of Italian railway history for 150 years.
Recently, Milan Central station has undergone a massive refurbishment that, if aiming at bringing out sellable commercial ...
... of the city that stems from a passion for history.
To me, a beautiful town is like the virgin rainforest: there are tall trees that are several centuries old and represent stateliness: they are the ...
... easier for he did not need to use a foreign language to communicate.
San Pellegrino is a renowned mineral water brand marketed around the world, but few people know its history or can place the town ...
... the long tale of Lombardy’s industrial history. The river has in fact been exploited since the 15th century for the derivation of navigable canals, and in the last 100 years for the generation of hydroelectric ...
... ride I could see that the history of modern settlements in this valley dated back to a century earlier.
In fact, the landmark that struck me most were the ancient brick chimneys that mark the spot of ...
... I come from. It awoke me to 100 years of family history and made me curious to find out more about those characters.
I peered at the sepia image and tried to make out lineaments and expressions, guess ...
... village of Crespi d’Adda, built only a few decades before Dalmine, was granted the Unesco world heritage label and is visited by tourists.
Dalmine had fulfilled my expectations as regards modern history. ...
... and animals, while my grandparents lived in a wing facing the outside. The council bought the whole lot some time ago and pulled it down, which is a sad thing not just because much of the family’s history ...
... component of this multifaceted culture at Buchkovo monastery. A leitmotif that has accompanied two millennia of Bulgarian history, the orthodox Church looks as unchanged as the wooded landscape I had to ...