Mon, 7 Jan 2008 03:20:00 GMT Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday en-us 1999-2008 by Tour of Italy for the Financially Challenged/touritaly.org Tourism 5000 http://touritaly.org An Italy visitor's guide. Pictures, Culture, History, Translation Dictionary, and more. 23 Pre-defined locations, Links to tourist information, and a 'Search the map' feature to help find hotels, restaurants, and tourist attractions on the map. Maps for Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Alghero, Agrigento, Amalfi, Capri, Casamari Abbey, Florence, La Madda lena, Montecassino, Mt. Etna, Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Palermo, Sicily, Pisa, POsitano, Pompeii, ROme, San Gimignano, Capua, Taormina, and Venice. Zoom in on Italy and look around. http://touritaly.org/maps/ItalyMaps.htm Five pages of excellent pictures of Positano and the Amalfi Coast. Huge Panoramas. History with chronology and timeline. How to get there by car and how to find the beach on arrival. http://touritaly.org/tours/Positano/DrivingToPositano.htm History and images of the Sistine Chapel. Ceiling art of Michelangelo. http://touritaly.org/tours/vaticanmuseum/Vatican08.htm Page 1 of 8. An informative history of the Vatican Museums begins an illustrated tour of the vatican with an itinerary through the Gallery of the candelabra, the Gallery of Maps, the Galleries of the Library, the Braccio Nuovo, the Court of teh Pigna, the Chiarmonti Museum and the Sistine Chapel. http://touritaly.org/tours/vaticanmuseum/Vatican08.htm Mt. Vesuvius is one of the worlds most studied volcanoes. It has an altitude of 1281 meters and covers an area of about 480 sq. km. The most noteworthy event in Vesuvius' history occurred in 79 AD. That is the year that Vesuvius brought an end to the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. http://touritaly.org/misc/vesuvio-pre.htm History of Venice. Information and Pictures. Covers St. Marks Square, The Grand Canal, Basillica S. Marco, and the history of Venetian Masks - Gondola Photos http://touritaly.org/tours/venice/venice01.htm Below you will find a short list that hits upon the basics of Italian culture and some of the inferences that I have made based upon my experiences in Italy. This list just scratches the surface. 1) The family is at the heart of the Italian culture. It is the most enduring and the strongest... http://touritaly.org/magazine/journal/entries1999/journal05.htm Detailed History of Pisa. Pictures of the Campo dei Miracoli and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Fun things to do and see in Pisa. http://touritaly.org/tours/Tuscany/Pisa/pisa01.htm News links updated hourly. http://touritaly.org/news/NewsPage.htm Excellent night lava flow images as the lava approached Nicalosi. Daytime eruption picutures too. http://touritaly.org/tours/MtEtna/ A collection of weather information from accuweather.com http://touritaly.org/links/weather.htm Narrative description and photos of the beautiful Amalfi Coast south of Naples. History, Culture and things to do. http://touritaly.org/preamalfi/preamalf01.htm Many links to sites of interest on the topic of all things Italian. http://touritaly.org/links.htm A tour fo the ruins at Pompeii. Pictures and History. http://touritaly.org/pompeii/pompeii-main.htm