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Grappa
2 weeks ago we visited to Bassano del Grappa, which is a beautiful city in northern Italy, where they make Grappa. It is a small town and they have a grappa museum. It was good to see, because I did not know how grappa is made. In earlier days it was the poor man's drink, because it is made from grape pomace, meaning the skins and seeds. Basically the leftovers of the winemaking process. This pomace ...
Padova Over and Out
... more challenging. We did find one little Trattoria and had cappuchino (typical and delicious!) and some wonderful Bruschetta. I snapped a few photos around the rest of the area as we wandered. We did go into Palazzo Della Ragione, a 2 storey loggia built in 1219, housing an enormous wooden horse, as well as hundreds of floor to ceiling 15th century frescoes. Of course, as usual the pictures just don't do things justice, but I ...
Days 304 to 305 - Padova
... The small building could accomodate a congregation of only 150 or so people but was adorned with early renassaince paintings by Giotto that have been vividly restored. It was protected with limited access including the strict environmental technology.
CULTURE:
Padova was a nice city, rich in a history that defines it more than its contemporary traits. People here (the personal connection with our hosts ...
Padua Day #2 WOW!
Today we got up a little early for are appointment at the Botanical Gardens of the University of Padua. It was built in the 1550's and its primary purpose was to provide the students of medicine a practical garden of herbs and spices from around the world that would enable them to use natural ingrediants to cure remedies. Of course, it also had its political motivations considering the fact that Padua was under Venetian control and the Venetians used it as a place to keep ...
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