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Tiberius—A Fish Story
Despite the 935,000 Google hits for “slap with a wet fish,” I was not aware that it was such a common expression. I was vaguely aware of the delightful Monty Python skit, ...
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The Architecture of Fascism in Naples
The best definition I can come up with for the “Architecture of Fascism in Naples” is “buildings put up in Naples in the 1920s and 1930s.” That, I realize, would be cheating ...
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Naples Miscellany 5 (early November, 2007)
—Capodimonte exhibit— Tribute to Capodimonte, from Caravaggio to Picasso is the title of a truly world-class exhibit now on at the Capodimonte museum and running through January ...
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Palazzo Firrao
The nucleus of this building with the remarkable façade at Piazza Bellini is from the early 1500s, although no sources from that period still exist that might let us know ...
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Naples Miscellany 4 (late-October, 2007)
—Province exhibit— There is a good little exhibit currently running in the old church of the Incoronata entitled Due Secoli della Provincia (Two centuries of the Province). ...
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Land of the Sirens
As you round
Punta Campanella
at the southern tip of the Gulf of Naples—with the isle of Capri looming large in the water to your right just across the strait—you enter ...
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Two things that are gone
Dog Racing.
Imagine trying to get the Dr. IQ of dogs,the German Shepherd, to chase a mechanical rabbit around a track. ("Are you woofin’ me, pal? That ...
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The Naples Zoo--update
If you don't like zoos, I understand. The animals in zoo posters all look, well, not too unhappy about being in prison. The giraffes look sufficiently goofy, the tigers still ...
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Of Ferraris and Turtles
I Took the Ferrari to Work Today. When I first saw one of these things (photo) coming down the tracks about three years ago, I thought they were filming another Star Trek ...
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Terra di lavoro. Land of Work?
I love folk etymologies as much as the next person. “Yankee” might be from the Cherokee word for “coward,” eankee; or a Native American corruption of English (through yengees); ...
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