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Italy: History

  • Sabine Women: Peacemakers Who Shaped Rome

    Sabine Women: Peacemakers Who Shaped Rome

    Margo Lestz
    17 August 2025
    Italy: History, Wow-Worthy Women
  • Michelangelo and His Father

    Michelangelo and His Father

    Margo Lestz
    15 July 2025
    Art & Artists, Italy: Florence, Italy: History, Peculiar People
  • The Mythic Beginnings of the City of Rome

    The Mythic Beginnings of the City of Rome

    Margo Lestz
    3 April 2025
    Italy: History, Myths & Legends, Peculiar People
  • Venice Carnival in Photos

    Venice Carnival in Photos

    Margo Lestz
    17 February 2024
    Architecture, Festivals, Italy: History
  • Truffles, Truffles Everywhere

    Truffles, Truffles Everywhere

    Margo Lestz
    12 November 2023
    Food & Drink, Italy: History, Myths & Legends
  • A Donkey Race in Italy: What’s Not to Love?

    A Donkey Race in Italy: What’s Not to Love?

    Margo Lestz
    15 October 2023
    Italy: History
  • The Story of Tortellini: A War, a Trophy Bucket, and a Belly Button-Shaped Pasta

    The Story of Tortellini: A War, a Trophy Bucket, and a Belly Button-Shaped Pasta

    Margo Lestz
    25 April 2023
    Food & Drink, Italy: History, Myths & Legends
  • Lovelorn Seek Help from Juliet and Beatrice

    Lovelorn Seek Help from Juliet and Beatrice

    Margo Lestz
    12 February 2023
    Italy: History, Literature, Wow-Worthy Women
  • Michelangelo’s Graffiti and a Peeing Lion: Two Curiosities From Florence

    Michelangelo’s Graffiti and a Peeing Lion: Two Curiosities From Florence

    Margo Lestz
    15 September 2019
    Italy: Florence, Italy: History
  • Unusual Punishment in the New Market

    Unusual Punishment in the New Market

    Margo Lestz
    16 September 2014
    Italy: Florence, Italy: History
  • Dante’s Neighbor, but for 715 Years

    Dante’s Neighbor, but for 715 Years

    Margo Lestz
    22 February 2013
    Italy: Florence, Italy: History
  • Palazzo Vecchio, Sailing Tortoises, and a UFO

    Palazzo Vecchio, Sailing Tortoises, and a UFO

    Margo Lestz
    14 October 2012
    Italy: Florence, Italy: History

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