Tag archives: Italy

This documentary is the first part of a series about the rise of a banking dynasty in Florence Italy. It shows how they practically started the Renaissance during the 14^th century and helped giants like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo create their works. Later parts also show how they struggled in keeping their power ...

This documentary shows a positive approach to the massive amounts of immigrants that leave North-Africa and head for Southern-Europe. Riace is a village in Southern-Italy that has suffered from de-population due to the urbanization trend of the last decades.  The mayor of Riace hopes these immigrant can help re-populate the city, fill vacancies and help ...

The saints of God being martyred was foretold in Revelation. Learn some of the techniques used by the Catholic Church during the Inquisition.

Great video oh hiking and mountain biking in Italy.

After the elections of last monday it is even harder to govern italy because politics is now so divided. Before the elections the problems with corruption and organised crime where already big. One example is illustrated by the documentary. In napels the local maffia leaders have taken contral of the waste-management industry. Now they bribe ...

Wealthy Florentine banker Cosimo de' Medici's search of Europe for relics of antiquity sparks classical learning and inventive thinking.