Barzio - My Mother Native Place

Barzio is a comune in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located in the Valsassina about 60 kilometers northeast of Milan and about 12 kilometers northeast of Lecco.

Painting by: Teresa Dominici, Title: The village of Barzio, year: 2013, acrylic on canvas, commission.

Barzio lies in privileged position, dipped in the green and in front of the Grigne. Currently the town is considered the touristic center of the Valsassina and offers different opportunities to the sporting people. From there starts a cable-way, that leads to the Piani di Bobbio (2150 m) and the Valtorta an area that in the winter season is a paradise for snow lovers with its always snow-clad trails, while in the summer it’s the ideal destination for a relaxing day surrounded by nature.

Right at the foot of the cable car Artavaggio, you will find Bar-Ristoro Capriolo, Via Rancilio 29, Moggio, tel: +39 342 008 3280. This place is magnificent, thus the 5 star rating. From the time you enter until you leave, you get a true mountain ambiance, very family oriented, homemade food.

Bar-Ristoro Capriolo, in winter

Inside the restaurant one of the room

LECCOMOUNTAINS the beauty and the wildness

Title, Video, Link & Below Text By

 I Ragni di Lecco - Arrampicata Alpinism Climbing

IL GRIGNONE, LA GRIGNA, IL LAGO DI COMO VISTO DALLE MONTAGNE

LAKE COMO
GRIGNONE
GRIGNA
FASANA

Episode 1 of #leccomountains video
Producer: Camera di commercio di Lecco
Project: Ecosmartland.it

Episode 1 of #leccomountains , a lab belonging to Ecosmartland project, which has the purpose to offer an integrated proposal, based on the Eco vision, to promote Lecco' area, giving the proper value to Mountains, Innovations, Culture, Technoliogy
The beauty and the wildness", il primo video di #leccomountains, è dedicato alla bellezza, che nel territorio montuoso di Lecco si genera dal forte contrasto fra lago e montagna, con valloni impervi che d'inverno assumono vesti ora gentili negli altopiani, ora severi, come in Grigna, Grignone, Fasana e Val Biandino. Bastano poche decine di minuti per trovarsi in una wildness che circonda Lecco con paesaggi che suscitano stupore e meraviglia.

In quanti luoghi un centro cittadino è così immediatamente a contatto con la montagna?

Cameramen: Pietro Bagnara, Riky Felderer, Fabio Palma, Yuri Palma, Luca Passini, Giovanni Pivetti
Script: Yuri Palma
Editing: Yuri Palma
Visual effects: Yuri Palma
Assistant Producer: Fabio Palma
Music: The way, Lantau

EMOTIONS - LECCOMOUNTAINS ep. 2 by Yuri Palma

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVLB_Kl6Thc&t=0s

San Martino

San Martino is a small church perched on the mountain side above Griante, Lake Como. It's official name is "Santuario Della Madonna delle Grazie di San Martino", but most everyone simply refers to it as San Martino.

Once we arrived at the church of San Martino, we were rewarded with spectacular views of Lake Como. From the small plateau on which the church sits, we were able to see Bellagio, the town of Griante directly below, and the large mountains that line the eastern shores of the Lake such as Legnone and the Grigne.

Painting by: Teresa Dominici,  Title: San Martino Church, 

Medium: Acrylic on canvas, Size: 8"x10", Year: 2013

SAN MARTINO DI GRIANTE (CO)

Title, Video, link & below text by:  

Raffaele Prisco

http://www.youtube.com/user/prisco46

Dopo la chiesetta di San Rocco a Griante, da dove è ben visibile la rupe del San Martino con la chiesa omonima, seguendo le indicazioni, si percorre una strada asfaltata, che poi la si abbandona, per scendere a destra verso il ponticello che permette di traversare il torrente dei Ronconi. Sulla sponda opposta inizia la salita che si svolge su una larga mulattiera acciottolata scandita ad ogni tornante da cappelline della Via Crucis. Superata una piccola cappella commemorativa del locale gruppo Alpini, la camminata prosegue; si esce dalla frescura del bosco e ad un bivio si prende a destra, lasciando nella direzione opposta la diramazione per le Forcolette. Da qui inizia un lungo tratto a mezza costa molto panoramico che, oltrepassato un valloncello, porta alla recinzione che circonda il poggio erboso ombreggiato dalle piante, su cui sorge la chiesa di San Martino.
La chiesetta, nota anche come santuario della Madonna delle Grazie, risale al XVI secolo e fu ampliata nel seicento e nel settecento, periodo in cui fu aggiunto il portichetto dell'ingresso. Origine e denominazione sono legati al ritrovamento in questo luogo di una statua della Madonna, probabilmente nascosta in un anfratto roccioso da un abitante locale, per sottrarla alla furia iconoclasta dei grigioni, che qui imperversarono nel 1523. Numerosi fedeli e turisti, in particolare la quarta domenica di ottobre, nelle ricorrenza di San Martino, visitano questo magnifico santuario e la statua che conserva. 

Salita Serbelloni, Bellagio

Painting by: 
Teresa Dominici, 
Medium: Acrylic on canvas,
Size: 48"x36" (120x90 cm),
Commission - Sold

This is Salita Serbelloni in the gorgeous little town of Bellagio (is considered by some to be one of the most beautiful towns in Europe) on the famous Lago di Como in Northern Italy.

Poets and artists have been drawn to Bellagio and Lago di Como for centuries.

"Salita Serbelloni" is a steep set of steps which ascend from the Lungo Lario Manzoni ( in Borgo all the way to Via Garibaldi on the edge of the Villa Serbelloni's property. The Salita Serbelloni is known to locals as "il Fossato" or the ditch, because long ago it was a ditch used in defending the old town. Portions of the thick town walls in which there were three gateways can still be seen.
Today, there are shops, restaurants and hotels on the town's waterfront, and the Salita Serbelloni has also evolved into a center for activity with many shops, cafes and some small, quaint hotels on each side of the many steps leading to the top.

 

Bellagio - Italy

Title, Video, Link & below text by:  

Dennis Scallan 

http://www.tourvideos.com/

Bellagio, Italy, lakeside village with staircase streets must be seen.

Villa Borghese, Rome

Villa Borghese is Rome’s largest public park; it can be a pleasant refuge from the hectic Roman streets and offers a large number of touristy attractions, featuring a lake, temples, fountains, statues and several museums. 

The artificial lake in the park has a temple dedicated to Aesculapius – the god of health. The temple is built on the island and was designed by Antonio Asprucci with beautiful Ionic columns. 

We lived in Rome for seven years and visited the Villa Borghese gardens often, we used to rent a four person bike with a canopy, and the four of us explored the vast, beautiful grounds of the Borghese Gardens.

Painting by: Teresa Dominici, Title: Villa Borghese, Year: 2011,

  

Villa Borghese - Roma 

Title, video, link, & below text by:  
Donni Roberto
 http://www.youtube.com/user/rododoro15

The Villa Borghese is the largest public park in Rome. It features a lake, temples, fountains, statues and several museums.

The park is located north of the Spanish Steps. Main entrances are at the Piazza del Popolo and the Porta Pinciana at the end of the Via Veneto. The Borghese Park is a pleasant refuge from the hectic streets in Rome.

The area started as a vineyard in the 16th century. In 1605 cardinal Scipione Borghese, a nephew of Pope Paul V, turned the vineyard into a park. 

The landscaper Domenico Savino da Montepulciano designed a very formal park with geometric shapes, the first such park in Rome. A villa was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio after a sketch from the cardinal himself.

The park was later laid out in a more natural way. At the end of the 18th century an artificial lake was created in the middle of the park. On the island in the lake, a small Ionic temple was built. It is dedicated to Aesculapius, the God of healing.

In 1903 the city of Rome obtained the Villa Borghese from the Borghese family and the park was opened to the public. The 80 hectare/148 acres large park now featured wide shady lanes, several temples, beautiful fountains and many statues.
In 1911 the World Exposition was held in this park. Dubbed the 'park of museums', the Villa Borghese park is also home to several museums.

The Museo e Galleria Borghese is housed in the Villa Borghese. The park also contains an amphitheater (the Piazza di Siena), an 18th century arch (the arco di Settimio Severo) and a botanical garden. You might also notice Triton statues which look exactly like those on the Fontana del Moro (Moor Fountain) at the Piazza Navona.


La villa è la più nota a Roma sia per la notevole estensione sia per i diversi accessi al centro della città. A volerne la costruzione tra il Flaminio e i Parioli, area in cui sorgevano gli horti di Lucullo, fu il cardinale Scipione Borghese agli inizi del XVII secolo. L'edificio principale, ispirato al modello cinquecentesco, era ricoperto all'esterno da antiche sculture, mentre il sobrio interno accoglieva notevoli opere d'arte. All'inizio dell'800 il principe Camillo Borghese allestì la collezione d' arte della famiglia nel Casino, oggi sede della Galleria e del Museo Borghese.

Malcesine Town, Lake Garda

Painting by: Teresa Dominici,

Title: View from the Scaligero Castle,  

Medium: Acrylic on canvas, 

Size: 16"x20" (40x50cm), 

Year: 2010,  

Malcesine is a small town on the eastern shore of Lake Garda in northern Italy. It's a picturesque tourist resort with cobbled lanes and a castle, crammed between the blue lake waters and the massive mountain ridge behind, Monte Baldo. The town is framed by the mountains behind and facing others on the opposite side of the lake. The little town still retains its picturesque medieval center and nearby small harbor and castle.

Malcesine's most striking feature as you approach over Lake Garda is its historic castle, the Castello Scaligero, which is also the town's main tourist attraction. 

The second most important building in Malcesine is the fifteenth-century Palazzo dei Capitani, close to the harbor. This was the headquarters of the Venetian rulers of the area, the Capitani del Lago.