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Jun 22

There are days like these (sunny, fun and beautifu

There are days like these (sunny, fun and beautiful) and there are days like today when a can of tomato paste explodes in your face and paints the kitchen red. Basically my life in Milan vs my life when I travel 😅 #summer2020

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Jun 21

𝓤𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓤𝓶𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓪: 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓝𝓾𝓷𝔃𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓪 📍𝓣𝓸𝓭𝓲, 𝓘𝓽𝓪𝓵𝔂 🇮🇹 #𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵𝔂
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In the ancient city of Todi, not far from the cathedral, there is a small baroque jewel the Church of the Nunziatina, which happens to be the most beautiful church for me.
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The 17th-century building is hidden behind a simple facade, but inside the variety of Baroque colours leave visitors amazed. The small space is formed by a single nave with a frescoed ceiling and eight chapels open on the sides. Many artists worked on the original decorated coffered ceiling, of which nothing remains today due to a fire that broke out in 1700.
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All the decorations visible today, including the gilded stuccos and the decorations with angels, flowers and fruit, recall the Marian iconography. There are also several pictorial works of great value, such as the table inspired by the painting by Veronese, The Wedding at Cana, and a painting by Andrea Polinori, a major painter of the early Baroque in Todi.

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Jun 21

𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓵 𝓘𝓽

𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓵 𝓘𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓸 🕰 𝓑𝓪𝓲𝓪, 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓾𝓷𝓴𝓮𝓷 𝓒𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓦𝓪𝓼 𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓗𝓮𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓼𝓽 𝓛𝓪𝓼 𝓥𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓼 𝓞𝓯 𝓐𝓷𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓡𝓸𝓶𝓮 #𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓽𝔂𝓹𝓸𝓮𝓽𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓼
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Can you imagine the juicy stories that hide beneath the ruins of Baia? I would love just a glimpse into the scandalous lives of its inhabitants before it fell to its premature destruction. At its peak, the ancient Roman city of Baia would rival modern-day Las Vegas. What happened in Baia, stayed in Baia.
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Read about the fallen city via the link in my bio 👩🏽‍💻

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Jun 20

History has it that Egyptian queen Cleopatra "prob

History has it that Egyptian queen Cleopatra "probably" invented the first lipstick when she crushed ants and carmine in a base of beeswax to colour her mouth red. Thanks to modern technology (and this lipstick I love from Sephora)us red lippie lovers don't have to crush ants as part of our make-up routines 💋

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Jun 19

Looking for next destinations and finding it a bit

Looking for next destinations and finding it a bit hard to plan for summer. Will probably just wing it

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Jun 16

Just letting you know that Perugia once went to wa

Just letting you know that Perugia once went to war over salt. Apparently Pope Paul III wanted to put an end to Perugia's independence and so he raised the salt tax in 1538. The Perugians revolted, initiating the Salt War; however, they were crushed by a huge Papal force. As a person with a weakness for salt I can feel their pain, I'd be furious too if the price of salt went through the roof.

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