Draped along the cliffs on the southern side of the Sorrento Peninsula, between Salerno and the city of Sorrento, the Amalfi Coast is dramatic and glamorous.Discover more The Dolomites and the Alps Soaring peaks, tooth-like crags and lush verdant slopes, the Dolomites are some of Italy’s mos...
The most extensive and important plain in Italy, that of the Po valley, occupies more than 17,000 of the 27,000 square miles (44,000 of the 77,000 square km) of Italian plain land. It ranges in altitude from sea level up to 1,800 feet (550 meters), the greater part below 330 ...
To continue the footwear analogy often used to illustrate Italy’s shape, Puglia runs from the very point of the heel to just below mid-calf height, where the 'spur' of the Gargano Peninsula juts out into the Adriatic Sea. The heel (the Salento Peninsula) occupies the southern half of th...
Port of Naples - The port of Naples occupies the 35th position in world rankings for tourist cruises. In 2018, it handled 17.68 million tonnes of goods. Port of La Spezia - We return to Liguria with another commercial port. Always among the main Italian ports with regard to TEU flows, th...
Bosa is located on Sardinia’s northwest coast around two hours drive north from the island’s capital, Cagliari and occupies terrains on both banks of the River Temo. Bosa’s main attractions are its historic district full of winding streets, the 12thcentury Malaspina Castle and the Malvasia ...
(where the deformation of one side is likely to be the opposite of the deformation on the other side). Thus, the retrodeformed model occupies a point in shape space that is likely to be close to that occupied by the original. More complex deformations are more difficult to restore based ...
( ti adoro, pistachio cannoli). matt ortile getty 31. cala di volpe, sardinia this winsome beach occupies a teensy-tiny piece of sardinia’s costa smeralda, one of the most beautiful – and most expensive – stretches of coastline in all of italy; in the mid-2010s, real estate ...
It has a population of under 900 and occupies 109 acres including a post office, a radio station, a newspaper, a publishing house, pharmacies, schools, and even an internet domain of ‘.ve,’ and of course its political influence is felt throughout the world. This is the true heart of...
This kind of setting influences the slope dynamics (Carraro and Giardino, 2004), and, according to the last inventory, 2,052 landslides have been mapped, including also DSGSDs (Deep-Seated Gravitational Slope Deformation), which occupies approximatively 76% of the total unstable area (Solari et...
Dearth, hunger and famine: definitions and the development of extreme hunger On close examination, Famine occupies the key position in the hierarchy of the relationships between the different Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It is Famine, when all is said and done, that the others had to contend ...