The 23rd International Antique Biennale will take place from September 26 to October 5, 2003.
Culture: August 2003 Archives
Considered by some to be the Grand Canyon of France, this is one of the most dramatic natural sites in Europe.
Many of our clients, who have early flights out of Rome the morning of their departure, ask us for hotel recommendations near the airport.
Now that Madonna's version of Swept Away has joined the ignominious ranks of "Worst Films Ever Made"...
The Cinecittà studios, built in 1937, still attracts American and European film shoots. The Centro Sperimentale Cinemagrafia located nearby offers film buffs a wide range of services.
The esteemed Italian author, Cesare Pavese, was born on September 9, 1908 in the village of Santo Stefano Belbo in Piemonte.
The renown hoteliers, Jocelyne and Jean-Louis Sibuet, known for their exceptional properties in Megève, Lyon and Mènerbes, have opened a new hotel in Ramatuelle outside of St. Tropez.
Proprietor Ali Mdoughy, the greengrocer whose shop was spotlighted in "Amelie", now has a website tracing the steps of Amelie's adventures through Paris.
The villa and its park were designed in 1605 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V. The park was the first of its kind in Rome. It contained 400 newly planted pine trees, gardens by Bernini’s father, Pietro and a dramatic waterworks built by Giovanni Fontana.
Villa Rondinaia, in Ravello, is the home of well-known author and political pundit, Gore Vidal and his companion, Howard Austen.
During an hour-long travelogue hosted by photographer, Jeffrey Becom, I was impressed with a trio of women restoring the colorful trompe l'oeil paintings of a buildings' facades.
These three little islands, easily seen from Positano, are called "Gallo Lungo", "La Rotonda" and "La Castelluccia". They were described by Homer, in The Odyssey.
