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First of all, I wanted to greet everyone and tell you that I am proud to be in your country; being Italian, I decided to offer you an article in which I speak of the beauties of my country that holds the world record of property protected by UNESCO (over 50 buildings and landscapes).
I state that it is also an article slightly different from those that trait usually because suddenly the geopolitical situation, but that of eRepublik.

So I hope you enjoy the article and happy reading!

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One of the highest waterfalls in Europe is located in Umbria. Around the waterfall hangs a legend. A nymph named Nera, fell in love with a handsome shepherd Velino. But Juno, jealous of this love, transformed the nymph into a river. Then Velino, not to lose his beloved, threw himself headlong from the rock of Marmore. A jump, destined to be repeated for eternity, that of the river Velino into the Nera, or the cascade of marmore.

The appearance of the waterfall is actually due to human intervention that since antiquity is dedicated to deviazioen the course of the Velino to facilitate the descent in Black and to exploit, hereinafter, the energy.

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Vallone dei Mulini was originated about thirty-five thousand years ago, when a violent eruption of Campi Flegrei, covered the area between Punta Scutolo at Capo di Sorrento of debris: the spring water that formed from the low-flow streams, called Casarlano and Sant 'Antonino, who meet just before the start of the valley, dug a deep and narrow gorge, looking for an outlet to the sea.
Sorrento was joined to the rest of the coast by a narrow bridge that exceeded the valley: in 1866 it was decided to remove the bridge and replace it with a square, getting the space required for its realization.
So it was that the Vallone dei Mulini found himself divided in two: on the one hand, the outlet to the sea, occupied then by road to the port, the other small industrial complex that ceased to operate in the early twentieth century, both for the lack of water, channeled, both for reasons of climate, as the total absence of wind and high humidity, which constantly hovers around 80%, due to the artificial barrier, made ​​it impossible for any form of human life.
However, this has benefited the proliferation of numerous plants, some considered rare or almost completely disappeared, as the Phillitis Vulgaris, as well as various forms of carnivorous plants.

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The historic citadel stands on a spur of tufa between Martorano and Riello, two tributaries of the river Isclero, forming a spectacular crossing of very deep valleys, geological era in the epicenter of a violent earthquake; the whole city is spread at the foot of Mount Taburno (1394 m), along the creek Martorano.
Bishopric seat from 970 until 1986, had among its bishops Felice Peretti, bishop from 1566 to 1571, then as Pope Sixtus V.
In 2004, together with the town of Cerreto Sannita, was one of two municipalities of Campania to be awarded the quality label "Orange Flag" Touring Club. Trademark that still holds today.
Since 2012 it became part of the association's most beautiful villages in Italy.

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The park of Bomarzo was intended not to please, but to astonish, and like many Mannerist works of art, its symbolism is arcane : examples are a large sculpture of one of Hannibal's war elephants, which mangles a Roman legionary, or the statue of Ceres lounging on the bare ground, with a vase of verdure perched on her head. The many monstrous statues appear to be unconnected to any rational plan and appear to have been strewn almost randomly about the area, sol per sfogare il Core ("just to set the heart free") as one inscription in the obelisks says.
Allusive verses in Italian by Annibal Caro (the first one is of him, in 1564), Bitussi and Cristoforo Madruzzo, some of them now eroded, were inscribed besides sculptures. The reason for the layout and design of the garden is largely unknown : perhaps they were meant as a foil to the perfect symmetry and layout of the great Renaissance gardens nearby at Villa Farnese and Villa Lante. Next to a formal exedra is a tilting watchtowerlike casina, the so-called Casa Pendente ("Leaning House").

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Civita was founded 2500 years ago by the Etruscans. It stands on one of the oldest streets in Italy, joining the Tiber (then great waterway of Central Italy) and Lake Bolsena. Situated in a secluded, is only accessible by a pedestrian bridge in reinforced concrete built in 1965 The cause of his isolation is the gradual erosion of the hill and the surrounding valley, which gave rise to the typical forms of gullies and that continues today, threatening to wipe out the village, this is also called "the dying city" or, more rarely, "the dying town". The village is now home to twelve people.

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Sammezzano, or the Castle of Sammezzano, is a building in Tuscany notable for its Moorish Revival architectural style. The original palazzo was erected in about 1605 by the Spanish nobleman, Ximenes of Aragon. In the 19th century, Ferdinand Panciatichi Ximenesinherited the property and, between 1853 and 1889, remodeled it into one of the largest examples of Moorish Revival architecture. The king of Italy, Umberto I visited Ximenes at Sammezzano in 1878.
The building served as a luxury hotel in the post WWII era, then was vacated and closed. A committee called FPXA (1813-2013), acronym for Ferdinand Panciatichi Ximenes d’Aragon was organized in 2012 to attempt to restore and preserve the palazzo which has 365 rooms, each with unique, Moorish decoration.

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The Royal Palace of Caserta is a former royal residence in Caserta, southern Italy, constructed for the Bourbon kings of Naples. It was the largest palace and one of the largest buildings erected in Europe during the 18th century. In 1997, the palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, described in its nomination as "the swan song of the spectacular art of the Baroque, from which it adopted all the features needed to create the illusions of multidirectional space".
The palace has some 1,200 rooms, including two dozen state apartments, a large library, and a theatre modelled after the Teatro San Carlo of Naples. A monumental avenue that would run 20 kilometers between the palace and Naples was planned but never realized. The garden, a typical example of the baroque extension of formal vistas, stretches for 120 ha, partly on hilly terrain. It is also inspired by the park of Versailles.
The park starts from the back façade of the palace, flanking a long alley with artificial fountains and cascades. There is a botanical garden, called "The English Garden", in the upper part designed in the 1780s by Carlo Vanvitelli.

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The Christ of the Abyss is one of these places. It is a bronze statue that, in 1954, was placed at 15 meters deep into the seabed of the Bay of San Fruitful, between the towns of Camogli and Portofino. We are in Liguria, in the natural protected area of ​​Portofino.
The idea came to Duilio Marcante that, in 1950, he wanted to put a statue of Christ in the seabed that was a place of death, during a dive, Dario Gonzatti. Four years after the statue was moved to the picturesque bay of San Fruitful right in front of the Abbey of San Fruttuoso.
Two and a half meters of spirituality that, under the water, takes on an even more unreal.
To see it up close immersion is certainly the best way. The Ligurian coast organizes diving excursions tours just to see the statue.

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This lake is one of the most played for artists from all over the world, and also the inspiration for many poets and writers like Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed in this place dedicated to the beginning of a chapter.
This lake is located in Lombardy, in the province of Como and its basin, settled many of Italy's most beautiful stately homes like Villa d'Este and Villa Erba and many picturesque villages such as Cernobbio and Moltrasio.
Actually
A few years ago even George Clooney has bought a house in his central island.

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How could I end without a real beauty Italian, the one that makes your head spin to most foreigners for the first time they come across in this new experience: the Italian girls.
With the classic beauty of the Mediterranean were able to bewitch men most rich and famous of the world; with their character would be able to cope with whatever the difficulties that lie ahead and at the same time know how to be gentle with children and husband.

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That's all from Italy, i hope you enjoyed the article and good luck! 😃

corol