Italy: Rome, Florence, Venice but not just

Italy is inhabited since prehistoric times, and long before the Roman Empire.
Has had important as the Etruscan civilization - a civilization influenced both by indigenous culture, and the Greeks - that profoundly influenced the Roman Empire (the first Kings of Rome were  Etruscans) and then, the whole Italian culture as we know it today.
To know deeply Italy, for every tourist is advised to spend their holiday in a 'less touristy' of these great cities, and from there, move (by train or by private transport) and calmly, to visit museums, palaces, churches that are full of masterpieces.
From the architecture of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance, every corner of Italy is full of treasures: paintings, sculptures, to discover and see.
Every small town has its jewel.

Galileo Galilei greatest Italians

If there is an Italian who changed the course of history, this is Galileo Galilei physicist, philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Italian, considered the father of modern science, the father of astronomy and the father of physics (and sorry if it is least!).

Everyone knows the life of Galileo, here we just want to remind you that he risked his life to bring forward their ideas (he was condemned by the Holy Office), and those of Copernicus.

Below, two documentaries about Galileo, one in English and one in Italian.

History of Football in Italy

Calcio storico in Florence

 "E' calcio" (It Football), we read in the Dictionary of Crusca the seventeenth century, "even the name of a game, and its old town of Florence, like a battlefield ordered, with a ball in the wind, rassomigliantesi to sferomachia, rose from 'Greeks to the Latins, and by' us Latins".

Italian Moai (Vitorchiano)

Non molti sanno che in Italia c'é l'unico esemplare esistente di Moai fuori dall'Isola di Pasqua.
Fu scolpito nel 1987, da undici indigeni maori che abitavano in Italia.
Questa opera fu fatta per una trasmissione televisiva italiana, "Alla ricerca dell'Arca" , condotta da Mino Damato.
Questo particolare Moai (scultura conosciuta anche come Teste dell'Isola di Pasqua)  fu scolpito nei pressi di Vitorchiano ( vicino Roma) in quanto lì fu trovata una pietra molto simile a quella usata dagli abitanti dell'Isola di Pasqua.
Questo Moai é alto 6 metri, pesa quasi 30 tonnellate ed oggi é un monumento di questa piccola città della Regione Lazio.