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Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Vicenza
No, not Venezia (Venice), Vicenza! A lot of people apparently get these names mixed up and the fact that they are located not far from each other doesn’t help! The school organized an outing to Vicenza for Saturday so … Continue reading
Padova (Padua to you Yanks!)
The school organized an outing to Padova on Sunday which I very much enjoyed. Padova is known for such things as being the setting of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, for having a University more than 800 years old … Continue reading
Posted in Dante Alighieri, Donatello, Galileo, Italian language school, Siena, Verona
Tagged Basilica di Sant'Antonio da Padova, Basilica of Saint Anthony, Cappella degli Scovegni, Cappella degli Scrovegni, Dante, Donatello, Galileo, Galileo Galilei, Giotti, Italian language school, Jerusalem, Marcus Aurelius, Padova, Padua, Piccolomini Library, Piccolomini Libreria, Shakespeare, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, The Scrovegni Chapel, The Taming of the Shrew
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Basilica di San Zeno
Several weeks ago I wrote a post about meeting an Indian (from India, not an American Indian!) and we had a discussion about religion during which he told me that there are literally millions of Gods in Hinduism. This was … Continue reading
Posted in churches, Romeo & Juliet, Verona
Tagged Basilica di San Zeno, Hinduism, patron saint of anglers, patron saint of children learning to speak and walk, patron saint of fishermen, patron saint of newborn babies, Patron Saint of Verona, Romeo & Giulietta, Romeo & Juliet, Saint Zeno, San Zeno, San Zeno che ride, Shakespeare, Verona
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La Casa di Giulietta
The house of Juliet / Juliet’s house. Depending on your outlook, or current state of affairs of the heart, this visit can be extremely corny, or …. extremely corny! Per my post on Castelvecchio, Verona was a commune back in … Continue reading
Posted in Romeo & Juliet, Verona
Tagged Capulets, La Casa di Giulietta, Montagues, Romeo & Giulietta, Romeo & Juliet, Shakespeare, Verona
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