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Cluedo in Picardy

27/12/2012 19:33
Fields have an indefinite colour in early fall between Corbie and Vaux-sur-Somme, in French Picardy. Plowed surfaces, ready for sowing, alternate with the remains of rapeseed and maize crops. Gentle hills following one another in the landscape with meandering Somme have a radically different...

Egypt The Megalomaniac Pharaoh

27/12/2012 18:35
Usermaatra Setepenra, the chosen of Ra, born to be a god, otherwise, he was deeply convinced. Son of Seti I and Queen Tuya was the third Pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty. Rule Egypt for nearly seven decades between 1279 and 1213 BC with the name of Ramses II or Ramses Meriamon. Under his reign...

The Celts, A Mid-Winters's Morning Dream

22/12/2012 19:02
The Celts, Concerto in O minor for Harp and Nitroglycerin,1918; Monasterboice, Ireland, 1986  The Celts, A Mid-Winter’s Morning Dream, Stonehenge, Wiltshire, 1918; 2010 The Celts, A Mid-Winter’s Morning Dream, Stonehenge, Wiltshire, 1918; 2010 The Celts, A Mid-Winter’s...

The Celts, Under the Flag of Gold

22/12/2012 14:03
Caporetto On 23 May 1915 the Kingdom of Italy had joined the Western Allies of the Triple Entente declaring war on the Central Powers: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. Isonzo river stream, in the Julian Alps, was the border between Italy and Austria, and the key that must...

The Ghetto

22/12/2012 11:01
Near Guglie bridge, and besides fondamenta della Pescheria, there’s a small porch that easily goes unnoticed. A small yellow plate in the manner of those pointing the direction to San Marco or the Academy, indicates the entrance to Venice Jewish quarter. Just crossed the bleak threshold, on the...

The Celts, The Angel At the Window of the Orient

21/12/2012 22:18
The Celts, The Angel At the Window of the Orient, 1917; San Francesco dil Deserto, Venecia 2008  The Celts, The Angel At the Window of the Orient, 1917; Casino degli Spiriti, Venecia 2009  The Celts, The Angel At the Window of the Orient, 1917;  Malamocco,...

From Ethiopia to Hong Kong

21/12/2012 19:51
The Ethiopian, In the Name of Allah the Merciful,Yemen, 1918; Tassili N'Aggahar, Argelia, 1991 The Ethiopian, In the Name of Allah the Merciful,Yemen, 1918; Gizeh, Egypt, 2008 The Ethiopian, In the Name of Allah the Merciful,Yemen, 1918; Between Riad...

From Gizeh to the Andes

21/12/2012 18:26
The Early Years Gizeh, Egypt 1903;  2008 Ballad of the Salt Sea, The Hidden Island 1913/1915; Moorea, French Polinesia 1999 Ballad of the Salt Sea, The Hidden Island 1913/1915; Palawa, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2005 Ballad of the Salt Sea, The Hidden Island...

The Land of the Long White Cloud

21/12/2012 14:24
Is Ao Tea Roa, or New Zealand. At bird's eye view and if weather is clear, is easy to understand why Maori give some names to the islands. The South Island is Te Waka or Aoraki, the canoe of Aoraki, chasing the North Island, Te Ika a Maui, the great fish of Maui. To the south, now called Stewart...

Maldives Paradise is Shorty

19/12/2012 11:25
In fact, at its highest point, does not exceed more than seven feet, while the average stays at five. So there is a good reason to worry about rising sea levels in a climate change scenario. Moreover, recalling the aftermath of the tsunami of December 26, 2004. Its three hundred fifty thousand...
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