Heavy rains flooded Lombardy, in particular the fashion capital Milan. Other northern regions - Veneto and Piedmont - were also affected. Over the past 24 hours, more than a thousand rescue operations have been carried out here, the Italian fire and rescue service reported.
Planning a summer city break in #Europe? I can highly recommend #Bologna based on my personal experience if you want to eat your way through #Italy#Travel ...
While touring #Andalusia in #Spain, I spotted a gleaming tower. Intrigued, I looked it up and found out it was the #Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant which can supply power to 27,500 homes and uses molten salt heat storage technology to keep generating power when there's no sun. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemasolar_Thermosolar_Plant - Perhaps #Italy could do with a few similar plants. #energy
This is my most viewed image on Fickr. A pov shot looking up towards the dome in the sanctuary of San Vitale in #Ravenna. Gives a good sense of the mosaic program. Over 11K views!
"in cambio dei suoi favori, l’alto dirigente della Regione prendeva, secondo l’accusa, tangenti sotto forma di forniture di mozzarelle e altri formaggi, carni, lattine d’olio, vino"
In search of laughs at the 2024 #Venice#Biennale
There may have not been a coherent thread at the Biennale di #Venezia this year, entitled Foreigners Everywhere, but Stanley Moss did manage to find true treasures among the repetition and pretentiousness
Photographed by Gioia Meller Markovicz
Italy bans planes that search for migrant boats from using airports (www.independent.co.uk)
Charity Sea Watch said the ordinance was aimed at preventing the world from seeing what was happening...