Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Thursday, January 1, 2015
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Monday, December 23, 2013
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Friday, August 31, 2012
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Sunday, April 1, 2012
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Antonio Fogazzaro from Italy ...
Fogazzaro was born in Vicenza to a rich family.
In 1864 he got a law degree in Turin. In Milan he followed the scapigliatura movement.
In 1869 he was back in Vicenza to work as lawyer, but he left this path very soon to write books full time. Arguably his masterpiece was Piccolo Mondo Antico (variously titled in English translations as The Patriot or as Little World of the Past). This well written novel is set in his beloved Valsolda on Lake Lugano, Italy, in the 1850s. It has delightful evocations of the landscape, and strong characterizations which reveal the inner psychological conflicts of the characters.
In 1864 he got a law degree in Turin. In Milan he followed the scapigliatura movement.
In 1869 he was back in Vicenza to work as lawyer, but he left this path very soon to write books full time. Arguably his masterpiece was Piccolo Mondo Antico (variously titled in English translations as The Patriot or as Little World of the Past). This well written novel is set in his beloved Valsolda on Lake Lugano, Italy, in the 1850s. It has delightful evocations of the landscape, and strong characterizations which reveal the inner psychological conflicts of the characters.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space ...
Yuri Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human being to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.
Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash). Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when a MiG 15 training jet he was piloting crashed.
Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and honours, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour. Vostok 1 marked his only spaceflight, but he served as backup crew to the Soyuz 1 mission (which ended in a fatal crash). Gagarin later became deputy training director of the Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow, which was later named after him. Gagarin died in 1968 when a MiG 15 training jet he was piloting crashed.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Cover from Italy ...
Many thanks Giovanni for this nice cover ;-))) This cover with cancellation on 7 June 2010, was only received recently.
The stamp - "Battaglia di Calatafimi" (Battle of Catalafimi) was issued on 5 May 2010, together with 3 other stamps in a minisheet entitled "150° anniversario della Spedizione dei Mille" (150th anniversary of the Expedition of the Thousand, from 1861 till 2011). Expedition of the Thousand played an important role towards the Italian unification.
The stamp - "Battaglia di Calatafimi" (Battle of Catalafimi) was issued on 5 May 2010, together with 3 other stamps in a minisheet entitled "150° anniversario della Spedizione dei Mille" (150th anniversary of the Expedition of the Thousand, from 1861 till 2011). Expedition of the Thousand played an important role towards the Italian unification.
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