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		<title>Here&#8217;s looking at you, kid . . Rome, ca. 1598</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the other incredible works of art visible at Palazzo Barberini is one (below) by Michelangelo Merisi, aka Caravaggio (in self-portrait here). While it might not be one of his most famous pieces, its impact upon viewers today (as well as those 400 years ago!) is really no less than that from his major canvases.&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/art-archaeology/caravaggio-narcissus/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Agriturismo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agriturismo may sound like an opportunity to rise with the larks to milk cows whilst paying for the privilege, but in Italy agriturismo has been adapted by intrepid farmers and land owners who want to ensure that their guests enjoy a taste of their particular part of Italy. You could choose to stay at a&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/agriturismo/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Buono come il pane &#8211; II</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(&#8230;cont&#8217;d from here) After sweeping, Mandina wiped the white hot bricks with a damp rag to remove any remaining ash, picked up the bread paddle which husband Peppe had made and gracefully slid each loaf into the oven, one at a time. She then closed the door and sealed it with mud, to make it&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/buono-il-pane-ii/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Buono come il pane</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;As good as bread&#8221; is how the Italians describe a good-hearted, generous person. For the Greeks, bread was &#8220;the food of the gods&#8221;, for the Anglo-Saxons, &#8220;the staff of life&#8221;. &#8220;Il pane e&#8217; una cosa sacra&#8220;, Peppa told me the other day as she cut crosses into the tops of the two loaves she&#8217;d just&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/buono-il-pane/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Le Neviere of Monte Lauro</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sicily often conjures up images of beaches and suntans, but once had a great reputation for ice. Gathering snow and compacting it into ice has been done for centuries, and Sicily’s high mountains provided ice not only for its hot coastal cities, but was shipped as far as Tunisia and Malta. On the flat top&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/places/neviere-monte-lauro/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gardens of Ninfa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These incredible gardens and ruins are what remains of the ancient city of Ninfa, now long gone. It got its name from a small temple dedicated to the nymphs of the headwaters of the aptly-named Nymphaeus River. Situated along the old Via Pedemontana, (lit. &#8220;Foot-of-the-mountain Road&#8221;), Ninfa held a strategic position in Ancient Rome and&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/places/ninfa/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Museo della Memoria</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to forget, in this religiously homogeneous land where politics, education, holidays, foods, and given names all seem to revolve around the Catholic church, that there are other religious communities in Italy. Jews in Italy have have had a tough time of it for the past two millenia, and the tiny remaining community of&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/places/museo-della-memoria/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>View from the Top</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GB Bernardini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Up&#8230; up you go, along il corso, past the colonna del Marzocco, past the many patrician palazzi, past the churches, the Torre di Pulcinella with Montepulciano&#8217;s favorite character up top, past the Fortezza&#8230; ..and if you are willing to deliver a pre-emptive strike against the soon to be absorbed calories from yet another fantastic Tuscan&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/places/palazzo-comunale-montepulciano/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>City (Re)-Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GB Bernardini</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Monti]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While certainly not pervasive throughout Italy, in some of the larger cities less encumbered by shall we say strong moral adherence to the laws, rules, and regulations that govern the body politic, it is not uncommon to find that some citizens often take urban planning into their own hands. Literally. While walking home in Monti&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/city-replanning/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sant&#8217;Antonio and the Malocchio</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago when we farmed here in Umbria, an image of Sant&#8217;Antonio hung in every oxen stall &#8211; and his name had to be invoked when admiring anyone&#8217;s animals. If not, il malocchio could set in. Farm friend Peppa remembers many years ago, when a farmer, Giovanni di Castellano (in rural culture, the place where&#8230; <a href="http://www.italiannotebook.com/local-interest/santantonio-malocchio/">(more)</a>]]></description>
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