"...The traditional elegance contest, dedicated this time not to women, but to 50 beautiful vintage cars, built from the 20s to the 70s, will start at Villa d’Este on 25th April...."
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Monday, April 07, 2008
brochures about Lake Como
Do you need a brochure about holidays on Lake of Como ?
Here they are...
http://www.holidaywizard.co.uk/countries/Italy/Lake-Como/index.htm
Here they are...
http://www.holidaywizard.co.uk/countries/Italy/Lake-Como/index.htm
Saturday, April 05, 2008
not only George
From Boston Globe
By John Powers
"...Julius Caesar founded the city of Como (as Novum Comum) in 59 B.C., and in the first century A.D., Pliny the Elder had a spread in Bellagio, on what the locals call Lago di Como.Virgil called this "the greatest lake," and Franz Liszt honeymooned here. Benito Mussolini, fleeing to Switzerland, was caught and shot here. Henry James marveled at "the swarming shimmering prodigality of the landscape."
By John Powers
"...Julius Caesar founded the city of Como (as Novum Comum) in 59 B.C., and in the first century A.D., Pliny the Elder had a spread in Bellagio, on what the locals call Lago di Como.Virgil called this "the greatest lake," and Franz Liszt honeymooned here. Benito Mussolini, fleeing to Switzerland, was caught and shot here. Henry James marveled at "the swarming shimmering prodigality of the landscape."
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