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☆ Garisenda Tower: Italy races to stop leaning tower from collapsing
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The 48-meter (158 feet) Garisenda tower was built in the 12th century, during a boom period of the northern city’s history, but two centuries later it had already begun to tilt. Today, it leans at an angle of four degrees, just a little more than the Pisa tower’s current 3.9-degree slant. A rendering showing how the equipment from the Tower of Pisa will be used on the Garisenda tower. Michele Lapini/Getty ImagesWhile less well known than its counterpart at Pisa, the Torre Garisenda has long been a tourist attraction in Bologna. Today the bell tower is a stable monument mainly thanks to those steel pylons which will hopefully give the Garisenda tower a second life.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Matteo Lepore, ” Lepore, Lepori, Michele Lapini, Torre Garisenda, Dante Aligher’s, Asinelli Organizations: CNN, Torre, Pisa tower’s, Bologna Bologna’s, “, UNESCO Locations: Bologna, Pisa, Garisenda

☆ Gold sculptures worth more than $1.3 million stolen from Italian art exhibition
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Nearly 50 gold pieces of art created by Italian sculptor Umberto Mastroianni were stolen from an exhibition near Lake Garda, Italy, on Wednesday night, the host of the exhibition, the Vittoriale degli Italiani estate, told CNN. Forty-nine pieces of art, worth €1.2 million (more than $1.3 million USD), were stolen, a spokesperson for Vittoriale degli Italiani said Saturday. The exhibition, called “Like a warm, flowing gold,” opened at the end of December and was scheduled to close on Friday. Images of gold sculptures worth more than $1.3 million that were stolen from an Italian art exhibition. Vittoriale degli ItalianiImages of gold sculptures worth more than $1.3 million that were stolen from an Italian art exhibition.

Persons: Umberto Mastroianni, Vittoriale degli, “ Uomo, Donna ”, ”, degli, Giordano Bruno Guerri, ” Guerri Organizations: CNN, Vittoriale, AFP Locations: Italian, Lake Garda, Italy

☆ Venice entry fee: How to pay and what to do if you're staying in the city?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

So how do you register to pay the fee if you’re just coming for the day? And how do you register an exemption if you’re staying overnight? Click on pay the fee – you’ll then be taken to a landing page run by Venezia Unica, the city’s official tourism site. If you’re a tourist, you’ll likely be applying because you’re staying overnight. You enter your details and select the place you're staying.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, CNN —, It’s, they’ll, you’re, you’ll, Venezia Unica, You’ll, you’ve, ”, Piazzale Roma, Comune, ” It’ll, “, you'll, Riva degli Schiavoni Organizations: CNN, intel, Piazzale Roma, Venezia, Comune, Venezia Santa Lucia, •, “, Venice, UNESCO Locations: Venice, Murano, City, Venezia Santa, Mestre

☆ Venice reveals first 2024 dates for charging day-trippers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The first set of dates on which the fee will be charged cover April to mid July, 2024. The program will be managed via an online platform which will produce QR code “tickets” confirming payment or exemption. Those visiting the city on business or short-term study are also exempt, but must register for a daily QR code. However, they too must book and receive a QR code for free. Not a magic money treeThe council has identified 29 peak days in the first half of 2024 to charge day-trippers.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, you’re, It’ll, Luca Zanon, Riva degli Schiavoni, Where’s, Stefano Mazzola, Luigi Brugnaro, Brugnaro, ” Organizations: CNN, intel, UNESCO, “, Piazzale Roma, Old, city’s Locations: Venice, Mestre, Murano, City

☆ Leonardo da Vinci's vineyard closed to public by its billionaire owner
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

La Vigna di Leonardo – or Leonardo’s Vineyard – is said to be what remains of the Milan vineyard owned by Leonardo da Vinci. He bought the Casa degli Atellani – two 15th-century conjoined houses in whose back garden the vineyard sits – in December 2022. The land Da Vinci fought forThe Casa degli Atellani has been bought by billionaire Bernard Arnault. But da Vinci didn’t forget his vineyard, writing notes about it in his “Codex Atlanticus” and successfully arguing for its return to him in 1507. “I hope the Casa degli Atellani and Leonardo da Vinci’s vineyard will remain open to the public,” she said.

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☆ Outrage in Italy after court rules groping under 10 seconds is not illegal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Sharon Braithwaite | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A court ruling that found a school janitor not guilty of groping a student because the act only lasted less than 10 seconds has sparked outrage in Italy. “Love, you know I was joking,” the janitor said, according to the teenager’s testimony mentioned in the judgment. The decision caused outrage among students and sparked a viral trend on social media. A local union representing high school students, ‘Rete degli Studenti Medi del Lazio,’ said on Facebook that “this is not a joke, there is nothing funny about it.”“It is unacceptable that we cannot feel protected at school. Accompanying the media are the hashtags #10secondi and #palpatabreve (brief groping).

Persons: CNN —, Rome, “, Medi, ’, ”, TikTok, Lotus, Paolo Camilli Organizations: CNN, RAI, Facebook Locations: Italy, Lazio

☆ The 7 cities you 'must visit before you die,' according to 50 travel experts—only one is in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Sharael Kolberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

As travel journalist of over 20 years, I recently interviewed more than 50 travel enthusiasts, experts and agents. New York City, U.S.Jonathan de Araujo, owner of The Vacationeer Travel Agency, calls the Big Apple "a city of superlatives." Just a short walk from the 9/11 Museum, New York City tourists can take a ferry to visit the Statue of Liberty. "It's now as much a part of New York City history as the Statue of Liberty," he says. Cape Town, South AfricaTom Marchant, founder of luxury travel company Black Tomato, calls Cape Town "the perfect destination for thrill seekers."

☆ Five centuries on, Milan still echoes with the genius of queer icon Leonardo da Vinci
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Dan Allen | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Since his death more than 500 years ago, multihyphenate genius Leonardo da Vinci and his spectacular works have inspired respect and wonder in generation after generation the world over. “Likewise in painting, I can do everything possible as well as any other, whosoever he may be,” da Vinci offered, not incorrectly. Today, his engineering genius and the advancements it inspired are showcased at Milan’s Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, the largest science museum in Italy. The museum’s Leonardo da Vinci Galleries, reimagined for the 2019 celebrations, use more than 170 historical models, artworks, codexes and installations to bring the artist’s story to life. Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" in the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

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