Archive for August, 2008
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Buying property in Abruzzo has numerous advantages. Apart from the relatively cheap cost of property in Abruzzo, one can also marvel at one of the stupendous wonders of nature in this part of Italy. Because almost like a large wall facing the Adriatic Sea and Balkans; this is the ...
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
It's a tragic story few even in Italy are seemingly aware of – on the night of 8 August 1956, 262 mainly Italian workers were killed in a mine collapse in Marcinelle, Belgium. Now the horror has been vividly brought back to life in La Catastrofa, a novel by ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
The Pantheon, St Peter’s Basilica and Square, the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps…Rome boasts an infinite number of attractions that highlight its centuries of unrivalled history, tradition and culture. It remains one of the major attractions of buying property for sale in Rome and Lazio. Admittedly, if you’ve ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
The news gets little better for Italy’s ailing Alitalia. The Italian state airline saw the number of passengers it carried in the first half of 2008 fall 16 per cent compared with the same period in 2007. European airline chiefs point to the depressed state of the aviation market. ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
If you are thinking of buying property in Abruzzo, Italy, or have already done so, you will know of this beautiful region’s boundless attractions. Property in Abruzzo is among the cheapest in all Italy, with prices frequently a fraction of those elsewhere in the country. But as well as ...
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