Tag: Made in Italy
Savonarola’s Visions
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It seems that Gerolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) conquered Florentine’s hearts with the prophecies pronounced in his furious preaches, some of which become reality. Admired and feared by the Greats of his age, from Lorenzo ...
Galileo, the real history
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Both a scientist and a man deeply rooted in his times, and determined to change them with his discoveries and inventions, GG engaged a tug of war with the catholic inquisition, that he eventually lost having to give up s...
The Ideal City – Sabbioneta and Vespasiano Gonzaga
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In the second half of the 16th century Vespasiano Gonzaga realized his dream: an ideal city. Sabbioneta (Mantova) is a hymn to harmony and architectonic perfection, built however by a violent (he was a soldier by profess...
Saint Francis of Assisi
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Francis of Assisi, one of the most important and influent Saints of the whole Christianity, honored by the new Pope when choosing a new papal name: Francis I. His life, from the early youth and his knight aspirations thro...
Saint Rita of Cascia
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The extraordinary life of Rita of Cascia: believer, wife, mom, widow, nun, healer and saint. Venerated by milions of believers all over the world, Saint Rita is one of the most popular icons of the Christianity. Margheri...
Botticelli e i misteri della Primavera
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Simonetta Cattaneo è un nome che non dice nulla ai più. Eppure basta vedere per un attimo la “Primavera” o la “Nascita di Venere” di Botticelli per far capire anche ai profani di chi si parla. Della giovane genovese, del...
La vera storia di Santa Rita
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In bilico tra storia, antropologia e apologetica cristiana, la vicenda di Margherita / Rita da Cascia ha attraversato oltre cinque secoli per fare di Santa Rita la donna più venerata al mondo dopo la Madonna. Tra la nat...
Mussolini, una morte da riscrivere
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Qualla di Mussolini è una morte da riscrivere: le più recenti tecniche medico legali e digitali portano infatti a conclusioni molto diverse dalla versione ufficiale a proposito della morte di Mussolini ufficialmente avve...
Giovani, belle e spietate: le Brigantesse
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Si chiamavano Michelina, Filomena, Maria, Marianna… donne passate alla storia come le “Brigantesse”. Donne giovani e spietate, con vaghi ideali politici, che dopo il 1860, in un’Italia appena unita dal Piemonte dei Savoi...
