Posts Tagged ‘naples’

Vandals In Naples Destroy Seminal Artwork By 90-Year-Old Italian Artist

MILAN (AP) — Vandals set fire and destroyed a seminal artwork by one of Italy’s most famous living artists early Wednesday outside Naples’ City Hall. By the time flames were doused, all that was left of the installation by Michelangelo Pistoletto was a charred frame. Pistoletto’s artwork, titled “Venus of the Rags” had been display […]

Uncharted Section of Augustan Aqueduct Discovered Beneath Naples

Built in the early first century BC during the Augustan era in Naples, Italy, the “Aqua Augusta” is one of the largest and most sophisticated aqueducts in the Roman Empire. Now, a previously unknown section of the ‘Aqua Augusta’ aqueduct has elicited excitement from both archaeologists and historians. The Aqua Augusta  supplied potable drinking water […]

Naples’ Hidden Ancient Aqueducts Could Save the City from Unbearable Heat

The modern city of Naples lies on some extremely historical waterways, some over 2,000 years old. Scientists heading a novel project in contemporary urban spaces suggest that these historical water networks may provide some relief from climate change. Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source

Italian police nab woman reputed to be Naples crime boss

A reputed top Naples crime syndicate boss was arrested Saturday as she was about to board a flight to Spain, Italian authorities said. Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese praised the arrest of Maria Licciardi, 70, by Carabinieri officers on orders of Naples prosecutors. Police from the paramilitary Carabinieri’s special operations unit who carried out the arrest […]

Americans Filmed Living Life Normally In Naples, Florida Triggers Outrage On Twitter

By Chris Menahan There is nothing more infuriating for the Twitterati than to see happy, smiling people enjoying life without crippling, media-induced neuroses. As #Flordia fights community spread of COVID on a massive scale, this is a 15-second snapshot of a supermarket in Naples. Many employees and customers- even older ones- with no masks on […]

Giant sinkhole swallows cars and trees at hospital in Naples

These pictures show the devastation after a giant sinkhole opened up in the southern Italian city of Naples on Friday. It happened in the parking area of a hospital, swallowing cars, road signs and trees. No-one was injured. The 2,000-square-metre sinkhole caused the closure of a nearby residence for COVID-19 patients because it severed its […]

Naples mourns the passing of adopted son, Diego Maradona

His humble beginnings in an impoverished Buenos Aires neighbourhood did not stop Diego Maradona from becoming a footballing legend. Likewise, his diminutive stature didn’t stop him becoming one of the biggest football icons in the history of the game. And the adoration he inspired did not just remain in his home country. For the people […]

Naples outraged over visit of US nuclear sub taking part in Syria strikes

Russian nuclear subs quietly reached US coast & left undetected – Navy officer The mayor of Naples, Luigi de Magistris, has been particularly outraged after learning that the USS John Warner, an American Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine, moored at the port on March 20, about three weeks before the US-led missile strikes on Syria, local media […]

Italians Rage as The Sun Brands Negro-Ridden Naples as One of World’s Ten Most Dangerous Cities

Andrew AnglinDaily Stormer July 20, 2017 Italy, if you didn’t want to have one of your cities labeled as one of the world’s ten most dangerous, than you shouldn’t have flooded yourself with diverse vibrancy from sub-Saharan Africa. You made the decision to become the most diverse of the diverse, because you […]

Israel Tourism Ministry under fire for omitting top Muslim, Christian sights from visitor map

The map shows five Christian sites and only one Muslim site, the Dome of the Rock. For example, the Islamic world’s third-holiest site – the Temple Mount’s al-Aqsa Mosque – is not marked, although it is drawn on the map. Meanwhile 57 Jewish places of interest appear on the chart. Local tour guides haven’t even […]

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