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		<title>Foligno &#8211; Tales of Court</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foligno &#8211; Tales of Court The Palace of the &#8220;Canoniche&#8221;, dwelled in 1226 by the Trinici in order to control both the square and the Dome behind it, tells the local struggles for power in Foligno, and the leadership acquired by the family by passing from the faction &#8220;Ghibellini&#8221; to the faction &#8220;Guelfi&#8221;. On the [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Palace of the &#8220;Canoniche&#8221;, dwelled in 1226 by the Trinici in order to control both the square and the Dome behind it, tells the local struggles for power in Foligno, and the leadership acquired by the family by passing from the faction &#8220;Ghibellini&#8221; to the faction &#8220;Guelfi&#8221;. On the second floor the apartments of Costanza, and in the older part, the Hall of the &#8220;Liberal Arts&#8221;, also known as &#8220;Chamber of the Roses&#8221;, due to the iconography on the walls.</p>
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<p><a title="visita il sito" href="http://www.provincia.perugia.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img id="image53" title="Provincia di Perugia" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Provincia_di_Perugia-Stemma-74x104.jpg" alt="Provincia di Perugia" align="left" /></a>&#8220;<strong>Court Stories, power and its places: guided tours among forts, castles and palaces from the Middle Age to the Renaissance&#8221;. </strong>The <strong>Assessorship for Tourism </strong>inaugurates the third edition of the event that contributed to acquaint the <strong>History of the Communes of the Province of Perugia</strong>, through territory, architectonical beauties, the artistic patrimony, traditions and typical customs of Umbria.</p>
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		<title>Montecastello di Vibio &#8211; Tales of Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montecastello di Vibio &#8211; Tales of Court The fortress, already in the hands of Catalano Degli Atti, an ally to Pope Sisto IV Della Rovere who donated it to the nephew Jacopo, returns in the 15th century to the Commune di Todi, whose tax burden roused the rebellion of the inhabitants of Montecastello. In 1808 [...]]]></description>
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<p>The fortress, already in the hands of <strong>Catalano  Degli Atti</strong>, an ally to <strong>Pope Sisto IV Della Rovere</strong> who donated  it to the nephew <strong>Jacopo</strong>, returns in the 15th century to the <strong>Commune  di Todi</strong>, whose tax burden roused the rebellion of the inhabitants of Montecastello. In 1808 they added the &#8220;Teatro della Concordia&#8221;, considered to be the world&#8217;s smallest, arrived to us intact thanks to the singer <strong>Renato Ippoliti</strong> who, in 1936, saved it from the  fascist&#8217;s aims.</p>
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<p><a title="visita il sito" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.provincia.perugia.it/" target="_blank"><img id="image53" title="Provincia di Perugia" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Provincia_di_Perugia-Stemma-74x104.jpg" alt="Provincia di Perugia" align="left" /></a>&#8220;<strong>Court Stories, power and its places: guided tours  among forts, castles and palaces from the Middle Age to the  Renaissance&#8221;. </strong>The <strong>Assessorship for Tourism </strong>inaugurates the  third edition of the event that contributed to acquaint the <strong>History  of the Communes of the Province of Perugia</strong>, through territory,  architectonical beauties, the artistic patrimony, traditions and typical  customs of Umbria.</p>
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		<title>Spoleto &#8211; Tales of Court</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spoleto &#8211; Tales of Court The Vatican Court chose the Fortress of Spoleto as a residence and military outpost, for its strategic position: the height of the hill, on which it stands, allows dominating the whole city. Set up in the modern age as a prison, is became in 1982 propriety of the Govern Department [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Spoleto &#8211; Tales of Court</strong> The Vatican Court chose the <strong>Fortress of Spoleto</strong> as a <strong>residence and military outpost</strong>, for its strategic position: the height of the hill, on which it stands, allows dominating the whole city. Set up in the modern age as a prison, is became in 1982 propriety of the Govern Department for Cultural Patrimony, which decided to restore it: as the work was in progress, they discovered the rests of the <strong>&#8220;Camera Pinta&#8221;</strong>, the private room of <strong>Pope Callisto III</strong>,  Duke in 1457.</p>
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<p><a title="visita il sito" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.provincia.perugia.it/" target="_blank"><img id="image53" title="Provincia di Perugia" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Provincia_di_Perugia-Stemma-74x104.jpg" alt="Provincia di Perugia" align="left" /></a>&#8220;<strong>Court Stories, power and its places: guided tours  among forts, castles and palaces from the Middle Age to the  Renaissance&#8221;. </strong>The <strong>Assessorship for Tourism </strong>inaugurates the  third edition of the event that contributed to acquaint the <strong>History  of the Communes of the Province of Perugia</strong>, through territory,  architectonical beauties, the artistic patrimony, traditions and typical  customs of Umbria.</p>
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		<title>Assisi, tales of Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assisi, tales of Court The first Fortress of Assisi was destroyed by the inhabitants themselves of Assisi, who in 1198 set up a free Commune, surrounded by the ancient outer walls, still running for more than 4 km. The characteristic corbels, for repelling attacks and sieges, surmount the perimeter of the fortress. In 1459 Pope [...]]]></description>
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<p>The first <strong>Fortress of </strong><strong>Assisi</strong> was destroyed by the inhabitants themselves of Assisi, who in 1198 set up a free Commune, surrounded by the ancient outer walls, still running for more than <strong>4 km</strong>. The characteristic corbels, for repelling attacks  and sieges, surmount the perimeter of the fortress. In <strong>1459</strong> <strong>Pope  Pio II Piccolomini </strong>completed the construction of the majestic <strong>Polygonal  Tower</strong>, guarding the Valley of Tescio.</p>
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<p><a title="visita il sito" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.provincia.perugia.it/" target="_blank"><img id="image53" title="Provincia di Perugia" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Provincia_di_Perugia-Stemma-74x104.jpg" alt="Provincia di Perugia" align="left" /></a>&#8220;<strong>Court Stories, power and its places: guided tours  among forts, castles and palaces from the Middle Age to the  Renaissance&#8221;. </strong>The <strong>Assessorship for Tourism </strong>inaugurates the  third edition of the event that contributed to acquaint the <strong>History  of the Communes of the Province of Perugia</strong>, through territory,  architectonical beauties, the artistic patrimony, traditions and typical  customs of Umbria.</p>
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		<title>Gualdo Tadino &#8211; Tales of Court</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gualdo Tadino &#8211; Tales of Court The origins of Fortress Flea date back to those of the Roman &#8220;Tadinia&#8220;, yet the first written documents date 10th century, when the historian Jacobili described it as the residence of Count Vico Di Lupo di Foligno, and later, of other 3 Bishops-Counts. In the St. Angels&#8217; Chapel were [...]]]></description>
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<p>The origins of <strong>Fortress Flea </strong>date back to  those of the Roman &#8220;<strong>Tadinia</strong>&#8220;, yet the first written documents  date 10<sup>th</sup> century, when the historian <strong>Jacobili</strong> described it as the residence of <strong>Count </strong><strong>Vico Di Lupo di Folign</strong><strong>o</strong>,  and later, of other <strong>3 Bishops-Counts</strong>. In the <strong>St. Angels&#8217;  Chapel </strong>were<strong> </strong>recently<strong> </strong>found the 14<sup>th</sup> century  <strong>Frescos of the Trinity</strong>, portrayed with <strong>three heads </strong>and<strong> </strong>censored by the Vatican for this reason in the 16<sup>th</sup> century.</p>
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<p><a title="visita il sito" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.provincia.perugia.it/" target="_blank"><img id="image53" class="alignleft" title="Provincia di Perugia" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Provincia_di_Perugia-Stemma-74x104.jpg" alt="Provincia di Perugia" align="left" /></a>&#8220;<strong>Court Stories, power and its places: guided tours  among forts, castles and palaces from the Middle Age to the  Renaissance&#8221;. </strong>The <strong>Assessorship for Tourism </strong>inaugurates the  third edition of the event that contributed to acquaint the <strong>History  of the Communes of the Province of Perugia</strong>, through territory,  architectonical beauties, the artistic patrimony, traditions and typical  customs of Umbria.</p>
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		<title>Castiglione del lago &#8211; Tales of Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Castiglione del lago &#8211; Tales of Court After various captains of fortune conquered it during the 15th century, the Castle of Castiglione del Lago, reconstructed by Frederick II of Swabia and restored many times, was contested by the aristocratic families of &#8220;Oddi&#8221; and &#8220;Baglioni&#8221;, until the Pope returned it to the City of Perugia. Inside [...]]]></description>
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<p>After various captains of fortune conquered it during the 15<sup>th</sup> century, the Castle of Castiglione del Lago, reconstructed by Frederick II of Swabia and restored many times, was contested by the aristocratic families of &#8220;Oddi&#8221; and &#8220;Baglioni&#8221;, until the Pope returned it to the City of Perugia. Inside it you may find the perfectly preserved renaissance frescos, recently attributed to Niccolò Circignani.</p>
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<p><a title="visita il sito" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.provincia.perugia.it/" target="_blank"><img id="image53" class="alignleft" title="Provincia di Perugia" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Provincia_di_Perugia-Stemma-74x104.jpg" alt="Provincia di Perugia" align="left" /></a>&#8220;<strong>Court Stories, power and its places: guided tours among forts, castles and palaces from the Middle Age to the Renaissance&#8221;. </strong>The <strong>Assessorship for Tourism </strong>inaugurates the third edition of the event that contributed to acquaint the <strong>History of the Communes of the Province of Perugia</strong>, through territory, architectonical beauties, the artistic patrimony, traditions and typical customs of Umbria.</p>
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		<title>The colour of your emotions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The colour of your emotions The Province of Massa Carrara situated in the northernmost part of Tuscany, in the centre of wonderful places such as the Golfo dei Poeti, the &#8220;Cinque Terre&#8221; and tuscan art cities. Here, the nature has created a perfect harmony between the land and the sea. The Alpi Apuane, famous marble [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>The colour of your emotions</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.provincia.ms.it/"><img class="alignleft" title="provincia_di_massa-carrara-stemmapng" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/provincia_di_massa-carrara-stemmapng.jpg" alt="provincia_di_massa-carrara-stemmapng" width="86" height="111" /></a>The Province of Massa Carrara situated in the northernmost part of Tuscany, in the centre of wonderful places such as the <em>Golfo dei Poeti</em>, <em>the &#8220;Cinque Terre&#8221; </em>and tuscan art cities.<br />
Here, the nature has created a perfect harmony between the land and the sea.</p>
<p>The Alpi Apuane, famous marble mountains, overlook the sea breaking on the sandy beach, which extends for kilometres.<br />
The excellent geographical position and the exceptional variety of the territory make this part of Tuscany as a paradise, the right destination for any type of tourism.<br />
The <em>Lunigiana</em> is the northernmost part of the province and it stretches beyond the Apuan Alps. This small plot of land &#8211; one among the richest of history and tradition &#8211; takes its name from <em>Luni</em>, an important centre during the Roman Age.<br />
Following the river <em>Magra</em>, crossing the <em>medieval itineraries</em> of the <em>Via</em> <em>Francigena</em>, it is possible to find the well-preserved signs of an ancient and evolved civilization.<br />
The <em>Province</em> <em>of Massa Carrara</em> takes also is tourist importance from the <em>Apuan Alps</em>, a magnificent mountain chain which reminds, with its peaks and slopes, the morphology of the Alps in northern Italy.<br />
Fantastic mountains, which always, after long walks trough the paths and the fields, offers you a fantastic view of the sea.<br />
But the province is not only mountains and sea, here the tourist will find a variety of landscapes, different in each season.</p>
<p>The many castles, that you will find during your trips, recall to the memory the battles made for the occupation of this small part of Tuscany, which was an independent Principality under the Cybo <strong>Malaspina </strong>family for many centuries, a noble dynasty which gave to Massa and Carrara an unique mark of renaissance and Baroque Art style.<br />
The quiet <strong>Romanesque parishes</strong> in the plains and on the hills attract you with their medieval mysticism. You admire their ancient stone structures, which saw many believers stopping there during their walk to the north, to France, to England, to Spain and to all the Faith places along the well known Via Francigena (called also Francesca o Romea), which, today, represent a Pilgrimage Road to destinations as Santiago de Compostela or Reims or Canterbury.<br />
On this road, crossed by pilgrims, crowd and merchants in the past, were raised many villages, that today offer the opportunity to see many artworks, created by great masters from Lucca, Genua, Milan, Florence and from France.<br />
Furthermore, our Province offers an uncontaminated nature to be experienced at first hand. The mild and sunny climate allows the tourists to enjoy the beaches in summer and also in winter.<br />
From the Roman age, the sea of our Province represented a landing place for travellers and traders, who, from Lunigiana, exported the fine hill wine, one among the valuable product which is possible to taste in our territory.<br />
Among the typical products, you will find the popular <strong>Lardo di Colonnata</strong>, but, during your stay,  you can also taste many other delicacies such as: <em>Testaroli with pesto sauce, Chestnut honey, Panigacci, Mushrooms, Focaccette of Aulla, Torte d&#8217;erbi (Herb Quiche), Olive bread, Chestnut bread and so on.</em><br />
The ancient art of <strong>stone working</strong>, which has been active in the Ligurian-Apuan civilizations since the Roman age, when they were defeated by the Roman Army, at the beginning, was focused on the sandstone , the typical stone of the mysterious stele statues (stone idols dating back to 2000 years BC &#8211; <em>t.n.</em>).<br />
But the real thing that attracted Romans and that attracts tourist nowadays, is a white and precious stone: the <strong>marble</strong> (The fascinating quarries, the art works bearing from marble, and the most suggesting and unique landscape of Europe).</p>
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		<title>Sicily – a Revealing Land</title>
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<h1>Sicily, a revealing land</h1>
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<p>Our tour of the region starts in <strong>Agrigento</strong>, in its &#8216;Valley of the Temples&#8217; where the knowledge and still-living echoes of ancient Greece inspired the foundation of the city. From here, just before disappearing at the horizon in the Mediterranean Sea, our glance moves on to some beautiful sandy beaches like the one called &#8216;Riserva Torre Salsa&#8217;, a true site for.</p>
<p>Then we climb up the steep steps of the &#8216;Scala dei Turchi&#8217;, which were dug into the white cliffs by the century-old sea and wind-induced erosion, and we head towards the Castle of Mussomeli overlooking the countryside surrounding <strong>Caltanissetta</strong>. Fairly close is the Province of <strong>Enna</strong>, which keeps the mosaics of Piazza Armerina, another masterpiece considered World heritage value.</p>
<p>Heading East we reach <strong>Syracuse</strong>. Its Greek theatre of the V century BC used to be the stage for the tragedies of Aeschylus. Adjacent is a series of rocky caves which Caravaggio defined &#8216;Dionysus&#8217; ears&#8217; because they are shaped like an &#8216;S&#8217;. In the outskirts of the city we find <strong>Noto</strong>, the finest example of Sicilian Baroque Art.</p>
<p>After an unmissable stop in Caltagirone, known as &#8216;the city of pottery&#8217; since the Norman times, we move on to <strong>Catania</strong>. In the main square, along with the Cathedral and the Sant&#8217;Agata Church, we find the Egyptian Obelisk and the &#8216;Liotro&#8217; Statue, the imposing elephant representing the city and symbolizing its victory over the Carthaginians during the Punic Wars.</p>
<p>The province of <strong>Messina</strong> treats us to the marvellous sea floors of Tindari and the timeledss beauty of the Aegean Islands. Among them, the <strong>Island of Vulcano</strong> strikes us with its black sand beaches, sulphur dioxide geothermal baths and nature&#8217;s gentle massage.</p>
<p><strong>Palermo</strong>, the capital of the Region, will definitely meet the needs of those who are more fond of art. The Massimo Theatre, the Politeama Theatre, the Norman Palace, the Utveggio Castle and the Arco Cathedral will entertain us while visiting the town. It is worth going outside the city centre to have a deep look at the <strong>mosaics in Monreale</strong> and to taste some home-made ice-cream while sitting on the water&#8217;s edge.</p>
<p>But our journey cannot end without visiting the Province of <strong>Trapani</strong>. Erice, a town built on a rocky cliff just outside of Trapani, treats us to some unique and romantic landscapes we will remember for the longest time. And these unforgettable memories will stay with us, as we promise to come back to this Earthly Paradise called Sicily as soon as we can.</p>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="logo_parco_veglia_devero" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/logo_parco_veglia_devero.jpg" alt="logo_parco_veglia_devero" width="100" height="123" /></a>The Parco   Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a   “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between   1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of   environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the limit of   the larch wood, which is a typical pheasant mountain habitat. The   different seasonal stages stand particularly out: from left to right we   pass from the icy winter to the hot summer.At 2000 m of altitude the   climate is very rigid and the soil is covered with snow for more than   200 days a year. In Fall, most birds migrate towards a milder climate   but some species stay and are able to resist the harsh winter climate.   The mountain pheasant is among those birds. The nostrils and claws of   the mountain pheasant are covered with feathers and a thick layer of   thermal plumage that protects him from the cold. Its toes are sideways   spread by means of epidermic scales, which allow it to waddle on the   fresh snow without sinking. The diet of the mountain pheasant consists   of blueberries, rhododendrons, larch and juniper wood easy to find even   in the winter. In order to save its energies and to hide from predators   the mountain pheasant spends most of its winter days in holes dug out  in  the snow. The temperature in this “igloo” stays always at a constant  0  degrees while outside it can sink up to -25 degrees.<br />
This species is characterized by spectacular “wedding parades” that take   place in spring, between April and June, in the so-called chanting   arenas or “leks” where several males fight against each other every   morning for their females.<br />
When moving to the right we can see in the diorama a missal thrush and a   finch, who a re trying to nourish themselves with and gentians and   spring anemones sprouting where the snow has melted. Between the twigs   of the rhododendron that hides the nest of the mountain pheasant there   are a citril finch and a sparrow. Further on a rock, we find a wren and   on a larch trunk an alpine tree-creeper in search of insects. Between   summer flowers and blueberries there is a pheasant family composed of a   female pheasant and three chicks, we also find different kinds of   butterflies, including a beautiful white Phoebus Parnassian with its   characteristic red spots. On the lower right of the trunk we find a   viviparous lizard.<br />
The larch is the only conifer to make up the purest woods in the park.   Between an altitude of 2000 and 2200 a moor of rhododendrons and   blueberries replaces the last larches.<br />
In order to make it through the winter at this quote, the plants adopt   different strategies: the soil is hardened by ice and the larch looses   its needles through respiration in order not to loose its water; the   rhododendron, ever-green, always stays covered underneath the snow, the   alpine azalea, the silene acaulis and the stone-breaks make up compact   pillows, which create an inner micro-environment that is much more   livable than the outside one.</p>
<h1>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero</h1>
<p>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero a été constitué en 1995;   il sauvegarde 11.000 hectares d’environnements typiquement alpins, entre   le 1600 et 3552 mètres de la cime du Mont Leone.<br />
Cet environnement reproduit une localité de l’Alpe Devero à la limite   supérieure du bois de mélèze, l’endroit particulier du faisan de   montagne.<br />
Comme nous le remarquons tout de suite, le diorama représente des   moments différents des saisons; de gauche à droite nous passons du plein   hiver à l’été déjà avancé.<br />
Dans cet endroit, à 2000 mètres d’altitude, le climat est très rigoureux   et le sol reste couvert de neige pendant plus de 200 jours par an. La   plus grande partie des oiseaux, à l’arrivée de la mauvaise saison, ils   abandonnent le Parc pour des zones au climat plus doux, mais il y a   quelques espèces parfaitement en mesure de résister aux rigueurs du   climat d’hiver. Le faisan de montagne est une de celles-ci.<br />
Les narines et les pattes du faisan de montagne sont couvertes de plumes   et d’une grande couche de plumeaux qui l’isolent du froid. Les doigts   sont plus longs avec des écailles épidermiques latérales qui lui   empêchent de s’effondrer dans la neige fraîche.<br />
Le faisan de montagne se nourrit de baies de myrtilles, de rhododendron,   de mélèze et de genièvres, qu&#8217;il trouve facilement même dans le  paysage  complètement enneigé.<br />
Une bonne partie des journées d’hiver, il les passe dans des trous,   creusés dans la neige poudreuse, cela pour épargner ses énergies et pour   se cacher des oiseaux de proie. Comme dans un “igloo”, dans ces  refuges  la température est d’environ zéro degrés, tandis qu’au dehors,  elle  peut descendre aussi à moins 25.<br />
Les caractéristiques de ces espèces sont les magnifiques parades de noce   qui se déroulent au printemps, entre les mois d’avril et de juin, dans   les surfaces de chant, les “leks”, où, chaque matin, de nombreux mâles   combattent entre eux pour les femelles.<br />
Nous nous déplaçons vers la droite, dans le diorama nous voyons une   grive et un pinson des arbres qui cherchent la nourriture à la limite de   la neige qui est en train de fondre, où poussent des gentianes et des   anémones de printemps. Entre les branches du rhododendron qui abrite le   nid du faisan de montagne, il y a un venturon montagnard et un  accenteur  mouchet. Plus loin, sur le rocher, un moineau et sur le tronc  du mélèze  un grimpereau alpestre à la recherche d’insectes. Entre les  fleurs  d’été et les myrtilles, il y a une famille qui picore, elle est  composée  d’une femelle de faisan de montagne et trois petits, de  différents  papillons parmi lesquels sur le rhododendron, une jolie  petit Apollon  Parnassius phoebus blanche avec les caractéristiques  taches rouges. En  bas à droite, à la base du tronc, un lézard vivipare.<br />
Le mélèze est le seul conifère qui constitue les bois purs dans le parc.   Entre les 2000 et les 2002 mètres les derniers minces mélèzes laissent   la place à une bruyère de rhododendrons et de myrtilles.<br />
Pour franchir l’hiver à ces altitudes, les plantes adoptent des   stratagèmes différents: le terrain est aride pour le gel et le mélèze   pour ne pas disperser l’eau à travers la transpiration, il perd ses   aiguilles; le rhododendron, toujours vert, il reste enseveli sous la   neige: l’azalée alpine, le silène acaule et les saxifrages forment des   coussinets compacts qui créent à leur intérieur son micro-endroit, plus   favorable par rapport à celui qui l’entourent</p>
<h1>Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und Devero</h1>
<p>Der, im Jahre 1995 gegründete Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und   Devero umfaßt 11.000 Hektar typisches Alpenmilieu, in einer Höhenlage   zwischen 1600 und 3552 Metern vom Gipfel des Monte Leone.<br />
Diese Akklimatisation erzeugt oberhalb der Grenzen vom Lärchenwald der   Devero-Alpen Umweltbedingungen, die ein typisches Habitat für das   Birkhuhn begründen.<br />
Wie man sofort bemerkt, weist das Landschaftsbild unterschiedliche   Jahreszeiterscheinungen auf: von links nach rechts wechselt man vom   tiefsten Winter in den Spätsommer über.<br />
In dieser Umgebung, auf einer Quote von 2000 Metern, herrscht ein sehr   hartes Klima und der Boden bleibt für mehr als 200 Tage im Jahr   schneebedeckt. Der überwiegende Teil der Vogelwelt verläßt den Naturpark   bei Einbruch der schlechten Jahreszeit, um sich in milderen   Klimabereichen aufzuhalten, aber es gibt einige Arten, die perfekt in   der Lage sind der Rauheit des winterlichen Klimas standzuhalten. Zu   einer dieser Arten gehört das Birkhuhn.<br />
Die Nüster und Füße des Birkhuhns sind mit Federn bedeckt und eine   dichte Schicht von Flaumfedern schützt es vor der Kälte. Die Zehen sind   durch seitliche Epidermalschuppen verbreitert, um zu verhindern, das es   im frischen Schnee versinkt.<br />
Das Birkhuhn ernährt sich von Heidelbeerknospen, Rhododendron, Lärchen   und Wacholder, leicht auffindbar auch in einer gänzlich schneebedeckten   Landschaft.<br />
Um Energie zu sparen und um sich vor Raubtieren zu verstecken verbringt   das Birkhuhn den überwiegenden Teil der Wintertage in, im Pulverschnee   gescharrten Gruben. Wie in einem „Iglu“ beträgt die Temperatur in  diesen  Zufluchtsorten konstant um Null Grad, während die  Außentemperatur auch  auf minus 25°C sinken kann.<br />
Ein Merkmal dieser Vogelart sind die eindrucksvollen Brunftparaden, die   im Frühjahr zwischen April und Juni stattfinden, in den sogenannten   Gesangsarenen oder „Leks“, in denen jeden Morgen zahlreiche Männchen   untereinander um ihre Weibchen kämpfen.<br />
Wenn wir uns weiter in östliche Richtung begeben, können wir in der   Landschaft eine Misteldrossel und einen Bergfinken betrachten, die sich   ihr Essen am Grenzbereich des sich schmelzenden Schnees suchen, im dem   frühjährlicher Enzian und Anemonen sprießen. Zwischen den   Rhododendronzweigen, die das Nest des Birkhuhns schützen halten sich ein   Zitronengirlitz und eine Heckenbraunelle auf. Etwas weiter entfernt,   auf einen Felsen, ein Zaunkönig und auf einem Lärchenbaumstumpf ein   Waldbaumläufer, auf der Suche nach Insekten. Zwischen den Sommerblumen   und den Heidelbeeren, wo ein Birkhuhnweibchen mit drei Jungtieren   scharrt, befinden sich die unterschiedlichsten Schmetterlinge, darunter,   auf einem Rhododendrenstrauch ein bildschönes Exemplar von einem   Alpenapollo (Parnassius phoebus), weiß mit den charakteristischen roten   Flecken. Rechts unten, an der Stammwurzel, eine Waldeidechse.<br />
Die Lärche ist der einzige Nadelbaum, der einen Reinbestand begründet.   Auf einer Höhe zwischen 2000 und 2200 Metern machen die letzten hageren   Lärchen einem Heideland aus Rhododendron und Heidelbeeren Platz.<br />
Um den Winter auf diesen Quoten zu überstehen, bedienen sich die   Pflanzen unterschiedlicher Listen: der Boden ist auf Grund des Eises   unfruchtbar, und damit die Lärche mittels der Transpiration kein Wasser   verliert wirft sie ihre Nadeln ab; der immergrüne Rhododendron bleibt   unter dem Schnee vergraben; die Alpenazalee, die silene acaulis   (stengelloses Leimkraut) und der Steinbrech bilden kompakte Polster, in   denen sie ihre eigene Mikroumgebung erzeugen, die hinsichtlich der   wahren Umgebung wesentlich günstiger ist.</p>
<p>Si ringrazia il <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank">Parco  Naturale Veglia Devero</a> per la gentile concessione delle immagini e  per i testi.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps</strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="logo_parco_veglia_devero" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/logo_parco_veglia_devero.jpg" alt="logo_parco_veglia_devero" width="100" height="123" /></a>The Parco  Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a  “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between  1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of  environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the limit of  the larch wood, which is a typical pheasant mountain habitat. The  different seasonal stages stand particularly out: from left to right we  pass from the icy winter to the hot summer.At 2000 m of altitude the  climate is very rigid and the soil is covered with snow for more than  200 days a year. In Fall, most birds migrate towards a milder climate  but some species stay and are able to resist the harsh winter climate.  The mountain pheasant is among those birds. The nostrils and claws of  the mountain pheasant are covered with feathers and a thick layer of  thermal plumage that protects him from the cold. Its toes are sideways  spread by means of epidermic scales, which allow it to waddle on the  fresh snow without sinking. The diet of the mountain pheasant consists  of blueberries, rhododendrons, larch and juniper wood easy to find even  in the winter. In order to save its energies and to hide from predators  the mountain pheasant spends most of its winter days in holes dug out in  the snow. The temperature in this “igloo” stays always at a constant 0  degrees while outside it can sink up to -25 degrees.<br />
This species is characterized by spectacular “wedding parades” that take  place in spring, between April and June, in the so-called chanting  arenas or “leks” where several males fight against each other every  morning for their females.<br />
When moving to the right we can see in the diorama a missal thrush and a  finch, who a re trying to nourish themselves with and gentians and  spring anemones sprouting where the snow has melted. Between the twigs  of the rhododendron that hides the nest of the mountain pheasant there  are a citril finch and a sparrow. Further on a rock, we find a wren and  on a larch trunk an alpine tree-creeper in search of insects. Between  summer flowers and blueberries there is a pheasant family composed of a  female pheasant and three chicks, we also find different kinds of  butterflies, including a beautiful white Phoebus Parnassian with its  characteristic red spots. On the lower right of the trunk we find a  viviparous lizard.<br />
The larch is the only conifer to make up the purest woods in the park.  Between an altitude of 2000 and 2200 a moor of rhododendrons and  blueberries replaces the last larches.<br />
In order to make it through the winter at this quote, the plants adopt  different strategies: the soil is hardened by ice and the larch looses  its needles through respiration in order not to loose its water; the  rhododendron, ever-green, always stays covered underneath the snow, the  alpine azalea, the silene acaulis and the stone-breaks make up compact  pillows, which create an inner micro-environment that is much more  livable than the outside one.</p>
<h1>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero</h1>
<p>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero a été constitué en 1995;  il sauvegarde 11.000 hectares d’environnements typiquement alpins, entre  le 1600 et 3552 mètres de la cime du Mont Leone.<br />
Cet environnement reproduit une localité de l’Alpe Devero à la limite  supérieure du bois de mélèze, l’endroit particulier du faisan de  montagne.<br />
Comme nous le remarquons tout de suite, le diorama représente des  moments différents des saisons; de gauche à droite nous passons du plein  hiver à l’été déjà avancé.<br />
Dans cet endroit, à 2000 mètres d’altitude, le climat est très rigoureux  et le sol reste couvert de neige pendant plus de 200 jours par an. La  plus grande partie des oiseaux, à l’arrivée de la mauvaise saison, ils  abandonnent le Parc pour des zones au climat plus doux, mais il y a  quelques espèces parfaitement en mesure de résister aux rigueurs du  climat d’hiver. Le faisan de montagne est une de celles-ci.<br />
Les narines et les pattes du faisan de montagne sont couvertes de plumes  et d’une grande couche de plumeaux qui l’isolent du froid. Les doigts  sont plus longs avec des écailles épidermiques latérales qui lui  empêchent de s’effondrer dans la neige fraîche.<br />
Le faisan de montagne se nourrit de baies de myrtilles, de rhododendron,  de mélèze et de genièvres, qu&#8217;il trouve facilement même dans le paysage  complètement enneigé.<br />
Une bonne partie des journées d’hiver, il les passe dans des trous,  creusés dans la neige poudreuse, cela pour épargner ses énergies et pour  se cacher des oiseaux de proie. Comme dans un “igloo”, dans ces refuges  la température est d’environ zéro degrés, tandis qu’au dehors, elle  peut descendre aussi à moins 25.<br />
Les caractéristiques de ces espèces sont les magnifiques parades de noce  qui se déroulent au printemps, entre les mois d’avril et de juin, dans  les surfaces de chant, les “leks”, où, chaque matin, de nombreux mâles  combattent entre eux pour les femelles.<br />
Nous nous déplaçons vers la droite, dans le diorama nous voyons une  grive et un pinson des arbres qui cherchent la nourriture à la limite de  la neige qui est en train de fondre, où poussent des gentianes et des  anémones de printemps. Entre les branches du rhododendron qui abrite le  nid du faisan de montagne, il y a un venturon montagnard et un accenteur  mouchet. Plus loin, sur le rocher, un moineau et sur le tronc du mélèze  un grimpereau alpestre à la recherche d’insectes. Entre les fleurs  d’été et les myrtilles, il y a une famille qui picore, elle est composée  d’une femelle de faisan de montagne et trois petits, de différents  papillons parmi lesquels sur le rhododendron, une jolie petit Apollon  Parnassius phoebus blanche avec les caractéristiques taches rouges. En  bas à droite, à la base du tronc, un lézard vivipare.<br />
Le mélèze est le seul conifère qui constitue les bois purs dans le parc.  Entre les 2000 et les 2002 mètres les derniers minces mélèzes laissent  la place à une bruyère de rhododendrons et de myrtilles.<br />
Pour franchir l’hiver à ces altitudes, les plantes adoptent des  stratagèmes différents: le terrain est aride pour le gel et le mélèze  pour ne pas disperser l’eau à travers la transpiration, il perd ses  aiguilles; le rhododendron, toujours vert, il reste enseveli sous la  neige: l’azalée alpine, le silène acaule et les saxifrages forment des  coussinets compacts qui créent à leur intérieur son micro-endroit, plus  favorable par rapport à celui qui l’entourent</p>
<h1>Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und Devero</h1>
<p>Der, im Jahre 1995 gegründete Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und  Devero umfaßt 11.000 Hektar typisches Alpenmilieu, in einer Höhenlage  zwischen 1600 und 3552 Metern vom Gipfel des Monte Leone.<br />
Diese Akklimatisation erzeugt oberhalb der Grenzen vom Lärchenwald der  Devero-Alpen Umweltbedingungen, die ein typisches Habitat für das  Birkhuhn begründen.<br />
Wie man sofort bemerkt, weist das Landschaftsbild unterschiedliche  Jahreszeiterscheinungen auf: von links nach rechts wechselt man vom  tiefsten Winter in den Spätsommer über.<br />
In dieser Umgebung, auf einer Quote von 2000 Metern, herrscht ein sehr  hartes Klima und der Boden bleibt für mehr als 200 Tage im Jahr  schneebedeckt. Der überwiegende Teil der Vogelwelt verläßt den Naturpark  bei Einbruch der schlechten Jahreszeit, um sich in milderen  Klimabereichen aufzuhalten, aber es gibt einige Arten, die perfekt in  der Lage sind der Rauheit des winterlichen Klimas standzuhalten. Zu  einer dieser Arten gehört das Birkhuhn.<br />
Die Nüster und Füße des Birkhuhns sind mit Federn bedeckt und eine  dichte Schicht von Flaumfedern schützt es vor der Kälte. Die Zehen sind  durch seitliche Epidermalschuppen verbreitert, um zu verhindern, das es  im frischen Schnee versinkt.<br />
Das Birkhuhn ernährt sich von Heidelbeerknospen, Rhododendron, Lärchen  und Wacholder, leicht auffindbar auch in einer gänzlich schneebedeckten  Landschaft.<br />
Um Energie zu sparen und um sich vor Raubtieren zu verstecken verbringt  das Birkhuhn den überwiegenden Teil der Wintertage in, im Pulverschnee  gescharrten Gruben. Wie in einem „Iglu“ beträgt die Temperatur in diesen  Zufluchtsorten konstant um Null Grad, während die Außentemperatur auch  auf minus 25°C sinken kann.<br />
Ein Merkmal dieser Vogelart sind die eindrucksvollen Brunftparaden, die  im Frühjahr zwischen April und Juni stattfinden, in den sogenannten  Gesangsarenen oder „Leks“, in denen jeden Morgen zahlreiche Männchen  untereinander um ihre Weibchen kämpfen.<br />
Wenn wir uns weiter in östliche Richtung begeben, können wir in der  Landschaft eine Misteldrossel und einen Bergfinken betrachten, die sich  ihr Essen am Grenzbereich des sich schmelzenden Schnees suchen, im dem  frühjährlicher Enzian und Anemonen sprießen. Zwischen den  Rhododendronzweigen, die das Nest des Birkhuhns schützen halten sich ein  Zitronengirlitz und eine Heckenbraunelle auf. Etwas weiter entfernt,  auf einen Felsen, ein Zaunkönig und auf einem Lärchenbaumstumpf ein  Waldbaumläufer, auf der Suche nach Insekten. Zwischen den Sommerblumen  und den Heidelbeeren, wo ein Birkhuhnweibchen mit drei Jungtieren  scharrt, befinden sich die unterschiedlichsten Schmetterlinge, darunter,  auf einem Rhododendrenstrauch ein bildschönes Exemplar von einem  Alpenapollo (Parnassius phoebus), weiß mit den charakteristischen roten  Flecken. Rechts unten, an der Stammwurzel, eine Waldeidechse.<br />
Die Lärche ist der einzige Nadelbaum, der einen Reinbestand begründet.  Auf einer Höhe zwischen 2000 und 2200 Metern machen die letzten hageren  Lärchen einem Heideland aus Rhododendron und Heidelbeeren Platz.<br />
Um den Winter auf diesen Quoten zu überstehen, bedienen sich die  Pflanzen unterschiedlicher Listen: der Boden ist auf Grund des Eises  unfruchtbar, und damit die Lärche mittels der Transpiration kein Wasser  verliert wirft sie ihre Nadeln ab; der immergrüne Rhododendron bleibt  unter dem Schnee vergraben; die Alpenazalee, die silene acaulis  (stengelloses Leimkraut) und der Steinbrech bilden kompakte Polster, in  denen sie ihre eigene Mikroumgebung erzeugen, die hinsichtlich der  wahren Umgebung wesentlich günstiger ist.</p>
<p>Si ringrazia il <a href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank">Parco Naturale Veglia Devero</a> per la gentile concessione delle immagini e per i testi.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between 1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps</strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="logo_parco_veglia_devero" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/logo_parco_veglia_devero.jpg" alt="logo_parco_veglia_devero" width="100" height="123" /></a>The Parco  Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a  “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between  1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of  environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the limit of  the larch wood, which is a typical pheasant mountain habitat. The  different seasonal stages stand particularly out: from left to right we  pass from the icy winter to the hot summer.At 2000 m of altitude the  climate is very rigid and the soil is covered with snow for more than  200 days a year. In Fall, most birds migrate towards a milder climate  but some species stay and are able to resist the harsh winter climate.  The mountain pheasant is among those birds. The nostrils and claws of  the mountain pheasant are covered with feathers and a thick layer of  thermal plumage that protects him from the cold. Its toes are sideways  spread by means of epidermic scales, which allow it to waddle on the  fresh snow without sinking. The diet of the mountain pheasant consists  of blueberries, rhododendrons, larch and juniper wood easy to find even  in the winter. In order to save its energies and to hide from predators  the mountain pheasant spends most of its winter days in holes dug out in  the snow. The temperature in this “igloo” stays always at a constant 0  degrees while outside it can sink up to -25 degrees.<br />
This species is characterized by spectacular “wedding parades” that take  place in spring, between April and June, in the so-called chanting  arenas or “leks” where several males fight against each other every  morning for their females.<br />
When moving to the right we can see in the diorama a missal thrush and a  finch, who a re trying to nourish themselves with and gentians and  spring anemones sprouting where the snow has melted. Between the twigs  of the rhododendron that hides the nest of the mountain pheasant there  are a citril finch and a sparrow. Further on a rock, we find a wren and  on a larch trunk an alpine tree-creeper in search of insects. Between  summer flowers and blueberries there is a pheasant family composed of a  female pheasant and three chicks, we also find different kinds of  butterflies, including a beautiful white Phoebus Parnassian with its  characteristic red spots. On the lower right of the trunk we find a  viviparous lizard.<br />
The larch is the only conifer to make up the purest woods in the park.  Between an altitude of 2000 and 2200 a moor of rhododendrons and  blueberries replaces the last larches.<br />
In order to make it through the winter at this quote, the plants adopt  different strategies: the soil is hardened by ice and the larch looses  its needles through respiration in order not to loose its water; the  rhododendron, ever-green, always stays covered underneath the snow, the  alpine azalea, the silene acaulis and the stone-breaks make up compact  pillows, which create an inner micro-environment that is much more  livable than the outside one.</p>
<h1>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero</h1>
<p>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero a été constitué en 1995;  il sauvegarde 11.000 hectares d’environnements typiquement alpins, entre  le 1600 et 3552 mètres de la cime du Mont Leone.<br />
Cet environnement reproduit une localité de l’Alpe Devero à la limite  supérieure du bois de mélèze, l’endroit particulier du faisan de  montagne.<br />
Comme nous le remarquons tout de suite, le diorama représente des  moments différents des saisons; de gauche à droite nous passons du plein  hiver à l’été déjà avancé.<br />
Dans cet endroit, à 2000 mètres d’altitude, le climat est très rigoureux  et le sol reste couvert de neige pendant plus de 200 jours par an. La  plus grande partie des oiseaux, à l’arrivée de la mauvaise saison, ils  abandonnent le Parc pour des zones au climat plus doux, mais il y a  quelques espèces parfaitement en mesure de résister aux rigueurs du  climat d’hiver. Le faisan de montagne est une de celles-ci.<br />
Les narines et les pattes du faisan de montagne sont couvertes de plumes  et d’une grande couche de plumeaux qui l’isolent du froid. Les doigts  sont plus longs avec des écailles épidermiques latérales qui lui  empêchent de s’effondrer dans la neige fraîche.<br />
Le faisan de montagne se nourrit de baies de myrtilles, de rhododendron,  de mélèze et de genièvres, qu&#8217;il trouve facilement même dans le paysage  complètement enneigé.<br />
Une bonne partie des journées d’hiver, il les passe dans des trous,  creusés dans la neige poudreuse, cela pour épargner ses énergies et pour  se cacher des oiseaux de proie. Comme dans un “igloo”, dans ces refuges  la température est d’environ zéro degrés, tandis qu’au dehors, elle  peut descendre aussi à moins 25.<br />
Les caractéristiques de ces espèces sont les magnifiques parades de noce  qui se déroulent au printemps, entre les mois d’avril et de juin, dans  les surfaces de chant, les “leks”, où, chaque matin, de nombreux mâles  combattent entre eux pour les femelles.<br />
Nous nous déplaçons vers la droite, dans le diorama nous voyons une  grive et un pinson des arbres qui cherchent la nourriture à la limite de  la neige qui est en train de fondre, où poussent des gentianes et des  anémones de printemps. Entre les branches du rhododendron qui abrite le  nid du faisan de montagne, il y a un venturon montagnard et un accenteur  mouchet. Plus loin, sur le rocher, un moineau et sur le tronc du mélèze  un grimpereau alpestre à la recherche d’insectes. Entre les fleurs  d’été et les myrtilles, il y a une famille qui picore, elle est composée  d’une femelle de faisan de montagne et trois petits, de différents  papillons parmi lesquels sur le rhododendron, une jolie petit Apollon  Parnassius phoebus blanche avec les caractéristiques taches rouges. En  bas à droite, à la base du tronc, un lézard vivipare.<br />
Le mélèze est le seul conifère qui constitue les bois purs dans le parc.  Entre les 2000 et les 2002 mètres les derniers minces mélèzes laissent  la place à une bruyère de rhododendrons et de myrtilles.<br />
Pour franchir l’hiver à ces altitudes, les plantes adoptent des  stratagèmes différents: le terrain est aride pour le gel et le mélèze  pour ne pas disperser l’eau à travers la transpiration, il perd ses  aiguilles; le rhododendron, toujours vert, il reste enseveli sous la  neige: l’azalée alpine, le silène acaule et les saxifrages forment des  coussinets compacts qui créent à leur intérieur son micro-endroit, plus  favorable par rapport à celui qui l’entourent</p>
<h1>Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und Devero</h1>
<p>Der, im Jahre 1995 gegründete Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und  Devero umfaßt 11.000 Hektar typisches Alpenmilieu, in einer Höhenlage  zwischen 1600 und 3552 Metern vom Gipfel des Monte Leone.<br />
Diese Akklimatisation erzeugt oberhalb der Grenzen vom Lärchenwald der  Devero-Alpen Umweltbedingungen, die ein typisches Habitat für das  Birkhuhn begründen.<br />
Wie man sofort bemerkt, weist das Landschaftsbild unterschiedliche  Jahreszeiterscheinungen auf: von links nach rechts wechselt man vom  tiefsten Winter in den Spätsommer über.<br />
In dieser Umgebung, auf einer Quote von 2000 Metern, herrscht ein sehr  hartes Klima und der Boden bleibt für mehr als 200 Tage im Jahr  schneebedeckt. Der überwiegende Teil der Vogelwelt verläßt den Naturpark  bei Einbruch der schlechten Jahreszeit, um sich in milderen  Klimabereichen aufzuhalten, aber es gibt einige Arten, die perfekt in  der Lage sind der Rauheit des winterlichen Klimas standzuhalten. Zu  einer dieser Arten gehört das Birkhuhn.<br />
Die Nüster und Füße des Birkhuhns sind mit Federn bedeckt und eine  dichte Schicht von Flaumfedern schützt es vor der Kälte. Die Zehen sind  durch seitliche Epidermalschuppen verbreitert, um zu verhindern, das es  im frischen Schnee versinkt.<br />
Das Birkhuhn ernährt sich von Heidelbeerknospen, Rhododendron, Lärchen  und Wacholder, leicht auffindbar auch in einer gänzlich schneebedeckten  Landschaft.<br />
Um Energie zu sparen und um sich vor Raubtieren zu verstecken verbringt  das Birkhuhn den überwiegenden Teil der Wintertage in, im Pulverschnee  gescharrten Gruben. Wie in einem „Iglu“ beträgt die Temperatur in diesen  Zufluchtsorten konstant um Null Grad, während die Außentemperatur auch  auf minus 25°C sinken kann.<br />
Ein Merkmal dieser Vogelart sind die eindrucksvollen Brunftparaden, die  im Frühjahr zwischen April und Juni stattfinden, in den sogenannten  Gesangsarenen oder „Leks“, in denen jeden Morgen zahlreiche Männchen  untereinander um ihre Weibchen kämpfen.<br />
Wenn wir uns weiter in östliche Richtung begeben, können wir in der  Landschaft eine Misteldrossel und einen Bergfinken betrachten, die sich  ihr Essen am Grenzbereich des sich schmelzenden Schnees suchen, im dem  frühjährlicher Enzian und Anemonen sprießen. Zwischen den  Rhododendronzweigen, die das Nest des Birkhuhns schützen halten sich ein  Zitronengirlitz und eine Heckenbraunelle auf. Etwas weiter entfernt,  auf einen Felsen, ein Zaunkönig und auf einem Lärchenbaumstumpf ein  Waldbaumläufer, auf der Suche nach Insekten. Zwischen den Sommerblumen  und den Heidelbeeren, wo ein Birkhuhnweibchen mit drei Jungtieren  scharrt, befinden sich die unterschiedlichsten Schmetterlinge, darunter,  auf einem Rhododendrenstrauch ein bildschönes Exemplar von einem  Alpenapollo (Parnassius phoebus), weiß mit den charakteristischen roten  Flecken. Rechts unten, an der Stammwurzel, eine Waldeidechse.<br />
Die Lärche ist der einzige Nadelbaum, der einen Reinbestand begründet.  Auf einer Höhe zwischen 2000 und 2200 Metern machen die letzten hageren  Lärchen einem Heideland aus Rhododendron und Heidelbeeren Platz.<br />
Um den Winter auf diesen Quoten zu überstehen, bedienen sich die  Pflanzen unterschiedlicher Listen: der Boden ist auf Grund des Eises  unfruchtbar, und damit die Lärche mittels der Transpiration kein Wasser  verliert wirft sie ihre Nadeln ab; der immergrüne Rhododendron bleibt  unter dem Schnee vergraben; die Alpenazalee, die silene acaulis  (stengelloses Leimkraut) und der Steinbrech bilden kompakte Polster, in  denen sie ihre eigene Mikroumgebung erzeugen, die hinsichtlich der  wahren Umgebung wesentlich günstiger ist.</p>
<p>Si ringrazia il <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank">Parco Naturale Veglia Devero</a> per la gentile concessione delle immagini e per i testi.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between 1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps</strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="logo_parco_veglia_devero" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/logo_parco_veglia_devero.jpg" alt="logo_parco_veglia_devero" width="100" height="123" /></a>The Parco  Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a  “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between  1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of  environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the limit of  the larch wood, which is a typical pheasant mountain habitat. The  different seasonal stages stand particularly out: from left to right we  pass from the icy winter to the hot summer.At 2000 m of altitude the  climate is very rigid and the soil is covered with snow for more than  200 days a year. In Fall, most birds migrate towards a milder climate  but some species stay and are able to resist the harsh winter climate.  The mountain pheasant is among those birds. The nostrils and claws of  the mountain pheasant are covered with feathers and a thick layer of  thermal plumage that protects him from the cold. Its toes are sideways  spread by means of epidermic scales, which allow it to waddle on the  fresh snow without sinking. The diet of the mountain pheasant consists  of blueberries, rhododendrons, larch and juniper wood easy to find even  in the winter. In order to save its energies and to hide from predators  the mountain pheasant spends most of its winter days in holes dug out in  the snow. The temperature in this “igloo” stays always at a constant 0  degrees while outside it can sink up to -25 degrees.<br />
This species is characterized by spectacular “wedding parades” that take  place in spring, between April and June, in the so-called chanting  arenas or “leks” where several males fight against each other every  morning for their females.<br />
When moving to the right we can see in the diorama a missal thrush and a  finch, who a re trying to nourish themselves with and gentians and  spring anemones sprouting where the snow has melted. Between the twigs  of the rhododendron that hides the nest of the mountain pheasant there  are a citril finch and a sparrow. Further on a rock, we find a wren and  on a larch trunk an alpine tree-creeper in search of insects. Between  summer flowers and blueberries there is a pheasant family composed of a  female pheasant and three chicks, we also find different kinds of  butterflies, including a beautiful white Phoebus Parnassian with its  characteristic red spots. On the lower right of the trunk we find a  viviparous lizard.<br />
The larch is the only conifer to make up the purest woods in the park.  Between an altitude of 2000 and 2200 a moor of rhododendrons and  blueberries replaces the last larches.<br />
In order to make it through the winter at this quote, the plants adopt  different strategies: the soil is hardened by ice and the larch looses  its needles through respiration in order not to loose its water; the  rhododendron, ever-green, always stays covered underneath the snow, the  alpine azalea, the silene acaulis and the stone-breaks make up compact  pillows, which create an inner micro-environment that is much more  livable than the outside one.</p>
<h1>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero</h1>
<p>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero a été constitué en 1995;  il sauvegarde 11.000 hectares d’environnements typiquement alpins, entre  le 1600 et 3552 mètres de la cime du Mont Leone.<br />
Cet environnement reproduit une localité de l’Alpe Devero à la limite  supérieure du bois de mélèze, l’endroit particulier du faisan de  montagne.<br />
Comme nous le remarquons tout de suite, le diorama représente des  moments différents des saisons; de gauche à droite nous passons du plein  hiver à l’été déjà avancé.<br />
Dans cet endroit, à 2000 mètres d’altitude, le climat est très rigoureux  et le sol reste couvert de neige pendant plus de 200 jours par an. La  plus grande partie des oiseaux, à l’arrivée de la mauvaise saison, ils  abandonnent le Parc pour des zones au climat plus doux, mais il y a  quelques espèces parfaitement en mesure de résister aux rigueurs du  climat d’hiver. Le faisan de montagne est une de celles-ci.<br />
Les narines et les pattes du faisan de montagne sont couvertes de plumes  et d’une grande couche de plumeaux qui l’isolent du froid. Les doigts  sont plus longs avec des écailles épidermiques latérales qui lui  empêchent de s’effondrer dans la neige fraîche.<br />
Le faisan de montagne se nourrit de baies de myrtilles, de rhododendron,  de mélèze et de genièvres, qu&#8217;il trouve facilement même dans le paysage  complètement enneigé.<br />
Une bonne partie des journées d’hiver, il les passe dans des trous,  creusés dans la neige poudreuse, cela pour épargner ses énergies et pour  se cacher des oiseaux de proie. Comme dans un “igloo”, dans ces refuges  la température est d’environ zéro degrés, tandis qu’au dehors, elle  peut descendre aussi à moins 25.<br />
Les caractéristiques de ces espèces sont les magnifiques parades de noce  qui se déroulent au printemps, entre les mois d’avril et de juin, dans  les surfaces de chant, les “leks”, où, chaque matin, de nombreux mâles  combattent entre eux pour les femelles.<br />
Nous nous déplaçons vers la droite, dans le diorama nous voyons une  grive et un pinson des arbres qui cherchent la nourriture à la limite de  la neige qui est en train de fondre, où poussent des gentianes et des  anémones de printemps. Entre les branches du rhododendron qui abrite le  nid du faisan de montagne, il y a un venturon montagnard et un accenteur  mouchet. Plus loin, sur le rocher, un moineau et sur le tronc du mélèze  un grimpereau alpestre à la recherche d’insectes. Entre les fleurs  d’été et les myrtilles, il y a une famille qui picore, elle est composée  d’une femelle de faisan de montagne et trois petits, de différents  papillons parmi lesquels sur le rhododendron, une jolie petit Apollon  Parnassius phoebus blanche avec les caractéristiques taches rouges. En  bas à droite, à la base du tronc, un lézard vivipare.<br />
Le mélèze est le seul conifère qui constitue les bois purs dans le parc.  Entre les 2000 et les 2002 mètres les derniers minces mélèzes laissent  la place à une bruyère de rhododendrons et de myrtilles.<br />
Pour franchir l’hiver à ces altitudes, les plantes adoptent des  stratagèmes différents: le terrain est aride pour le gel et le mélèze  pour ne pas disperser l’eau à travers la transpiration, il perd ses  aiguilles; le rhododendron, toujours vert, il reste enseveli sous la  neige: l’azalée alpine, le silène acaule et les saxifrages forment des  coussinets compacts qui créent à leur intérieur son micro-endroit, plus  favorable par rapport à celui qui l’entourent</p>
<h1>Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und Devero</h1>
<p>Der, im Jahre 1995 gegründete Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und  Devero umfaßt 11.000 Hektar typisches Alpenmilieu, in einer Höhenlage  zwischen 1600 und 3552 Metern vom Gipfel des Monte Leone.<br />
Diese Akklimatisation erzeugt oberhalb der Grenzen vom Lärchenwald der  Devero-Alpen Umweltbedingungen, die ein typisches Habitat für das  Birkhuhn begründen.<br />
Wie man sofort bemerkt, weist das Landschaftsbild unterschiedliche  Jahreszeiterscheinungen auf: von links nach rechts wechselt man vom  tiefsten Winter in den Spätsommer über.<br />
In dieser Umgebung, auf einer Quote von 2000 Metern, herrscht ein sehr  hartes Klima und der Boden bleibt für mehr als 200 Tage im Jahr  schneebedeckt. Der überwiegende Teil der Vogelwelt verläßt den Naturpark  bei Einbruch der schlechten Jahreszeit, um sich in milderen  Klimabereichen aufzuhalten, aber es gibt einige Arten, die perfekt in  der Lage sind der Rauheit des winterlichen Klimas standzuhalten. Zu  einer dieser Arten gehört das Birkhuhn.<br />
Die Nüster und Füße des Birkhuhns sind mit Federn bedeckt und eine  dichte Schicht von Flaumfedern schützt es vor der Kälte. Die Zehen sind  durch seitliche Epidermalschuppen verbreitert, um zu verhindern, das es  im frischen Schnee versinkt.<br />
Das Birkhuhn ernährt sich von Heidelbeerknospen, Rhododendron, Lärchen  und Wacholder, leicht auffindbar auch in einer gänzlich schneebedeckten  Landschaft.<br />
Um Energie zu sparen und um sich vor Raubtieren zu verstecken verbringt  das Birkhuhn den überwiegenden Teil der Wintertage in, im Pulverschnee  gescharrten Gruben. Wie in einem „Iglu“ beträgt die Temperatur in diesen  Zufluchtsorten konstant um Null Grad, während die Außentemperatur auch  auf minus 25°C sinken kann.<br />
Ein Merkmal dieser Vogelart sind die eindrucksvollen Brunftparaden, die  im Frühjahr zwischen April und Juni stattfinden, in den sogenannten  Gesangsarenen oder „Leks“, in denen jeden Morgen zahlreiche Männchen  untereinander um ihre Weibchen kämpfen.<br />
Wenn wir uns weiter in östliche Richtung begeben, können wir in der  Landschaft eine Misteldrossel und einen Bergfinken betrachten, die sich  ihr Essen am Grenzbereich des sich schmelzenden Schnees suchen, im dem  frühjährlicher Enzian und Anemonen sprießen. Zwischen den  Rhododendronzweigen, die das Nest des Birkhuhns schützen halten sich ein  Zitronengirlitz und eine Heckenbraunelle auf. Etwas weiter entfernt,  auf einen Felsen, ein Zaunkönig und auf einem Lärchenbaumstumpf ein  Waldbaumläufer, auf der Suche nach Insekten. Zwischen den Sommerblumen  und den Heidelbeeren, wo ein Birkhuhnweibchen mit drei Jungtieren  scharrt, befinden sich die unterschiedlichsten Schmetterlinge, darunter,  auf einem Rhododendrenstrauch ein bildschönes Exemplar von einem  Alpenapollo (Parnassius phoebus), weiß mit den charakteristischen roten  Flecken. Rechts unten, an der Stammwurzel, eine Waldeidechse.<br />
Die Lärche ist der einzige Nadelbaum, der einen Reinbestand begründet.  Auf einer Höhe zwischen 2000 und 2200 Metern machen die letzten hageren  Lärchen einem Heideland aus Rhododendron und Heidelbeeren Platz.<br />
Um den Winter auf diesen Quoten zu überstehen, bedienen sich die  Pflanzen unterschiedlicher Listen: der Boden ist auf Grund des Eises  unfruchtbar, und damit die Lärche mittels der Transpiration kein Wasser  verliert wirft sie ihre Nadeln ab; der immergrüne Rhododendron bleibt  unter dem Schnee vergraben; die Alpenazalee, die silene acaulis  (stengelloses Leimkraut) und der Steinbrech bilden kompakte Polster, in  denen sie ihre eigene Mikroumgebung erzeugen, die hinsichtlich der  wahren Umgebung wesentlich günstiger ist.</p>
<p>Si ringrazia il <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank">Parco Naturale Veglia Devero</a> per la gentile concessione delle immagini e per i testi.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between 1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/"><img class="alignleft" title="logo_parco_veglia_devero" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/logo_parco_veglia_devero.jpg" alt="logo_parco_veglia_devero" width="100" height="123" /></a>The Parco  Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a  “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between  1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of  environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the limit of  the larch wood, which is a typical pheasant mountain habitat. The  different seasonal stages stand particularly out: from left to right we  pass from the icy winter to the hot summer.At 2000 m of altitude the  climate is very rigid and the soil is covered with snow for more than  200 days a year. In Fall, most birds migrate towards a milder climate  but some species stay and are able to resist the harsh winter climate.  The mountain pheasant is among those birds. The nostrils and claws of  the mountain pheasant are covered with feathers and a thick layer of  thermal plumage that protects him from the cold. Its toes are sideways  spread by means of epidermic scales, which allow it to waddle on the  fresh snow without sinking. The diet of the mountain pheasant consists  of blueberries, rhododendrons, larch and juniper wood easy to find even  in the winter. In order to save its energies and to hide from predators  the mountain pheasant spends most of its winter days in holes dug out in  the snow. The temperature in this “igloo” stays always at a constant 0  degrees while outside it can sink up to -25 degrees.<br />
This species is characterized by spectacular “wedding parades” that take  place in spring, between April and June, in the so-called chanting  arenas or “leks” where several males fight against each other every  morning for their females.<br />
When moving to the right we can see in the diorama a missal thrush and a  finch, who a re trying to nourish themselves with and gentians and  spring anemones sprouting where the snow has melted. Between the twigs  of the rhododendron that hides the nest of the mountain pheasant there  are a citril finch and a sparrow. Further on a rock, we find a wren and  on a larch trunk an alpine tree-creeper in search of insects. Between  summer flowers and blueberries there is a pheasant family composed of a  female pheasant and three chicks, we also find different kinds of  butterflies, including a beautiful white Phoebus Parnassian with its  characteristic red spots. On the lower right of the trunk we find a  viviparous lizard.<br />
The larch is the only conifer to make up the purest woods in the park.  Between an altitude of 2000 and 2200 a moor of rhododendrons and  blueberries replaces the last larches.<br />
In order to make it through the winter at this quote, the plants adopt  different strategies: the soil is hardened by ice and the larch looses  its needles through respiration in order not to loose its water; the  rhododendron, ever-green, always stays covered underneath the snow, the  alpine azalea, the silene acaulis and the stone-breaks make up compact  pillows, which create an inner micro-environment that is much more  livable than the outside one.</p>
<h1>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero</h1>
<p>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero a été constitué en 1995;  il sauvegarde 11.000 hectares d’environnements typiquement alpins, entre  le 1600 et 3552 mètres de la cime du Mont Leone.<br />
Cet environnement reproduit une localité de l’Alpe Devero à la limite  supérieure du bois de mélèze, l’endroit particulier du faisan de  montagne.<br />
Comme nous le remarquons tout de suite, le diorama représente des  moments différents des saisons; de gauche à droite nous passons du plein  hiver à l’été déjà avancé.<br />
Dans cet endroit, à 2000 mètres d’altitude, le climat est très rigoureux  et le sol reste couvert de neige pendant plus de 200 jours par an. La  plus grande partie des oiseaux, à l’arrivée de la mauvaise saison, ils  abandonnent le Parc pour des zones au climat plus doux, mais il y a  quelques espèces parfaitement en mesure de résister aux rigueurs du  climat d’hiver. Le faisan de montagne est une de celles-ci.<br />
Les narines et les pattes du faisan de montagne sont couvertes de plumes  et d’une grande couche de plumeaux qui l’isolent du froid. Les doigts  sont plus longs avec des écailles épidermiques latérales qui lui  empêchent de s’effondrer dans la neige fraîche.<br />
Le faisan de montagne se nourrit de baies de myrtilles, de rhododendron,  de mélèze et de genièvres, qu&#8217;il trouve facilement même dans le paysage  complètement enneigé.<br />
Une bonne partie des journées d’hiver, il les passe dans des trous,  creusés dans la neige poudreuse, cela pour épargner ses énergies et pour  se cacher des oiseaux de proie. Comme dans un “igloo”, dans ces refuges  la température est d’environ zéro degrés, tandis qu’au dehors, elle  peut descendre aussi à moins 25.<br />
Les caractéristiques de ces espèces sont les magnifiques parades de noce  qui se déroulent au printemps, entre les mois d’avril et de juin, dans  les surfaces de chant, les “leks”, où, chaque matin, de nombreux mâles  combattent entre eux pour les femelles.<br />
Nous nous déplaçons vers la droite, dans le diorama nous voyons une  grive et un pinson des arbres qui cherchent la nourriture à la limite de  la neige qui est en train de fondre, où poussent des gentianes et des  anémones de printemps. Entre les branches du rhododendron qui abrite le  nid du faisan de montagne, il y a un venturon montagnard et un accenteur  mouchet. Plus loin, sur le rocher, un moineau et sur le tronc du mélèze  un grimpereau alpestre à la recherche d’insectes. Entre les fleurs  d’été et les myrtilles, il y a une famille qui picore, elle est composée  d’une femelle de faisan de montagne et trois petits, de différents  papillons parmi lesquels sur le rhododendron, une jolie petit Apollon  Parnassius phoebus blanche avec les caractéristiques taches rouges. En  bas à droite, à la base du tronc, un lézard vivipare.<br />
Le mélèze est le seul conifère qui constitue les bois purs dans le parc.  Entre les 2000 et les 2002 mètres les derniers minces mélèzes laissent  la place à une bruyère de rhododendrons et de myrtilles.<br />
Pour franchir l’hiver à ces altitudes, les plantes adoptent des  stratagèmes différents: le terrain est aride pour le gel et le mélèze  pour ne pas disperser l’eau à travers la transpiration, il perd ses  aiguilles; le rhododendron, toujours vert, il reste enseveli sous la  neige: l’azalée alpine, le silène acaule et les saxifrages forment des  coussinets compacts qui créent à leur intérieur son micro-endroit, plus  favorable par rapport à celui qui l’entourent</p>
<h1>Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und Devero</h1>
<p>Der, im Jahre 1995 gegründete Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und  Devero umfaßt 11.000 Hektar typisches Alpenmilieu, in einer Höhenlage  zwischen 1600 und 3552 Metern vom Gipfel des Monte Leone.<br />
Diese Akklimatisation erzeugt oberhalb der Grenzen vom Lärchenwald der  Devero-Alpen Umweltbedingungen, die ein typisches Habitat für das  Birkhuhn begründen.<br />
Wie man sofort bemerkt, weist das Landschaftsbild unterschiedliche  Jahreszeiterscheinungen auf: von links nach rechts wechselt man vom  tiefsten Winter in den Spätsommer über.<br />
In dieser Umgebung, auf einer Quote von 2000 Metern, herrscht ein sehr  hartes Klima und der Boden bleibt für mehr als 200 Tage im Jahr  schneebedeckt. Der überwiegende Teil der Vogelwelt verläßt den Naturpark  bei Einbruch der schlechten Jahreszeit, um sich in milderen  Klimabereichen aufzuhalten, aber es gibt einige Arten, die perfekt in  der Lage sind der Rauheit des winterlichen Klimas standzuhalten. Zu  einer dieser Arten gehört das Birkhuhn.<br />
Die Nüster und Füße des Birkhuhns sind mit Federn bedeckt und eine  dichte Schicht von Flaumfedern schützt es vor der Kälte. Die Zehen sind  durch seitliche Epidermalschuppen verbreitert, um zu verhindern, das es  im frischen Schnee versinkt.<br />
Das Birkhuhn ernährt sich von Heidelbeerknospen, Rhododendron, Lärchen  und Wacholder, leicht auffindbar auch in einer gänzlich schneebedeckten  Landschaft.<br />
Um Energie zu sparen und um sich vor Raubtieren zu verstecken verbringt  das Birkhuhn den überwiegenden Teil der Wintertage in, im Pulverschnee  gescharrten Gruben. Wie in einem „Iglu“ beträgt die Temperatur in diesen  Zufluchtsorten konstant um Null Grad, während die Außentemperatur auch  auf minus 25°C sinken kann.<br />
Ein Merkmal dieser Vogelart sind die eindrucksvollen Brunftparaden, die  im Frühjahr zwischen April und Juni stattfinden, in den sogenannten  Gesangsarenen oder „Leks“, in denen jeden Morgen zahlreiche Männchen  untereinander um ihre Weibchen kämpfen.<br />
Wenn wir uns weiter in östliche Richtung begeben, können wir in der  Landschaft eine Misteldrossel und einen Bergfinken betrachten, die sich  ihr Essen am Grenzbereich des sich schmelzenden Schnees suchen, im dem  frühjährlicher Enzian und Anemonen sprießen. Zwischen den  Rhododendronzweigen, die das Nest des Birkhuhns schützen halten sich ein  Zitronengirlitz und eine Heckenbraunelle auf. Etwas weiter entfernt,  auf einen Felsen, ein Zaunkönig und auf einem Lärchenbaumstumpf ein  Waldbaumläufer, auf der Suche nach Insekten. Zwischen den Sommerblumen  und den Heidelbeeren, wo ein Birkhuhnweibchen mit drei Jungtieren  scharrt, befinden sich die unterschiedlichsten Schmetterlinge, darunter,  auf einem Rhododendrenstrauch ein bildschönes Exemplar von einem  Alpenapollo (Parnassius phoebus), weiß mit den charakteristischen roten  Flecken. Rechts unten, an der Stammwurzel, eine Waldeidechse.<br />
Die Lärche ist der einzige Nadelbaum, der einen Reinbestand begründet.  Auf einer Höhe zwischen 2000 und 2200 Metern machen die letzten hageren  Lärchen einem Heideland aus Rhododendron und Heidelbeeren Platz.<br />
Um den Winter auf diesen Quoten zu überstehen, bedienen sich die  Pflanzen unterschiedlicher Listen: der Boden ist auf Grund des Eises  unfruchtbar, und damit die Lärche mittels der Transpiration kein Wasser  verliert wirft sie ihre Nadeln ab; der immergrüne Rhododendron bleibt  unter dem Schnee vergraben; die Alpenazalee, die silene acaulis  (stengelloses Leimkraut) und der Steinbrech bilden kompakte Polster, in  denen sie ihre eigene Mikroumgebung erzeugen, die hinsichtlich der  wahren Umgebung wesentlich günstiger ist.</p>
<p>Si ringrazia il <a href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/">Parco Naturale Veglia Devero</a> per la gentile concessione delle immagini e per i testi.</p>
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		<title>Art In Molise</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art In Molise An untouched land, rich in tourist routes and and unique landscapes, Molise has about 320.000 inhabitants (the population including Croatian and Albanian minorities as well). As far as the administration is concerned, the region was established in 1963, when it separated from Abruzzo. Mountainous and hilly (Appennino Campano), rich in luxuriant Mediterranean [...]]]></description>
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<p><a title="visita il sito" href="http://regione.molise.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/regione-molise-stemma.gif" alt="Regione Molise" align="left" /></a>An untouched land, rich in tourist routes and and unique landscapes, Molise has about 320.000 inhabitants (the population including Croatian and Albanian minorities as well). As far as the administration is concerned, the region was established in 1963, when it <strong>separated from Abruzzo</strong>. Mountainous and hilly (Appennino Campano), rich in luxuriant Mediterranean scrub and varied savage fauna (wolves, foxes, chamoises, birds of pray), its low and sandy Adriatic coastline covers some 38 kilometres.<br />
A renowned culinary tradition includes delicious oils, home-made bread, handmade pasta (cavatello), and a huge range of desserts like the Cancelle, the Cipollati (baked ravioli with a black cherry jam filling) and the Pigna (a crisp doughnut).<br />
<strong>Campobasso</strong>, the capital of the region, has a precious historical centre with the imposing <strong>Castello Monforte</strong>, national monument and magnificent military construction built in 1459, perhaps on the grounds of an old Norman or Lombard plant. At the foot of the castle we find the <strong>medieval village, </strong> made up of countless alleys and winding stairways. The city, which has an 1800 part as well, has had different names throughout the centuries (e.g. Civitas Castrum and Universitas Hominum), depending on the historical period: a Samnite settlement in the beginning, it later became part of the Roma, Lombard and Norman domain.<br />
Then, the <strong>feudal fights </strong>and<strong> </strong>the battles between the Angevin and the Aragonese, gave birth to a resourceful and productive bourgeoisie, who guaranteed thriving financial and commercial operations, which set the grounds for a modern cultural and urban structure. Now the city has very good University, one of the best ones on Central-Southern Italy, and it is at the forefront of several branches of <strong>highly</strong> <strong>specialized medicine</strong> and high technology.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps</strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="logo_parco_veglia_devero" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/logo_parco_veglia_devero.jpg" alt="logo_parco_veglia_devero" width="100" height="123" /></a>The Parco  Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a  “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between  1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of  environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the limit of  the larch wood, which is a typical pheasant mountain habitat. The  different seasonal stages stand particularly out: from left to right we  pass from the icy winter to the hot summer.At 2000 m of altitude the  climate is very rigid and the soil is covered with snow for more than  200 days a year. In Fall, most birds migrate towards a milder climate  but some species stay and are able to resist the harsh winter climate.  The mountain pheasant is among those birds. The nostrils and claws of  the mountain pheasant are covered with feathers and a thick layer of  thermal plumage that protects him from the cold. Its toes are sideways  spread by means of epidermic scales, which allow it to waddle on the  fresh snow without sinking. The diet of the mountain pheasant consists  of blueberries, rhododendrons, larch and juniper wood easy to find even  in the winter. In order to save its energies and to hide from predators  the mountain pheasant spends most of its winter days in holes dug out in  the snow. The temperature in this “igloo” stays always at a constant 0  degrees while outside it can sink up to -25 degrees.<br />
This species is characterized by spectacular “wedding parades” that take  place in spring, between April and June, in the so-called chanting  arenas or “leks” where several males fight against each other every  morning for their females.<br />
When moving to the right we can see in the diorama a missal thrush and a  finch, who a re trying to nourish themselves with and gentians and  spring anemones sprouting where the snow has melted. Between the twigs  of the rhododendron that hides the nest of the mountain pheasant there  are a citril finch and a sparrow. Further on a rock, we find a wren and  on a larch trunk an alpine tree-creeper in search of insects. Between  summer flowers and blueberries there is a pheasant family composed of a  female pheasant and three chicks, we also find different kinds of  butterflies, including a beautiful white Phoebus Parnassian with its  characteristic red spots. On the lower right of the trunk we find a  viviparous lizard.<br />
The larch is the only conifer to make up the purest woods in the park.  Between an altitude of 2000 and 2200 a moor of rhododendrons and  blueberries replaces the last larches.<br />
In order to make it through the winter at this quote, the plants adopt  different strategies: the soil is hardened by ice and the larch looses  its needles through respiration in order not to loose its water; the  rhododendron, ever-green, always stays covered underneath the snow, the  alpine azalea, the silene acaulis and the stone-breaks make up compact  pillows, which create an inner micro-environment that is much more  livable than the outside one.</p>
<h1>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero</h1>
<p>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero a été constitué en 1995;  il sauvegarde 11.000 hectares d’environnements typiquement alpins, entre  le 1600 et 3552 mètres de la cime du Mont Leone.<br />
Cet environnement reproduit une localité de l’Alpe Devero à la limite  supérieure du bois de mélèze, l’endroit particulier du faisan de  montagne.<br />
Comme nous le remarquons tout de suite, le diorama représente des  moments différents des saisons; de gauche à droite nous passons du plein  hiver à l’été déjà avancé.<br />
Dans cet endroit, à 2000 mètres d’altitude, le climat est très rigoureux  et le sol reste couvert de neige pendant plus de 200 jours par an. La  plus grande partie des oiseaux, à l’arrivée de la mauvaise saison, ils  abandonnent le Parc pour des zones au climat plus doux, mais il y a  quelques espèces parfaitement en mesure de résister aux rigueurs du  climat d’hiver. Le faisan de montagne est une de celles-ci.<br />
Les narines et les pattes du faisan de montagne sont couvertes de plumes  et d’une grande couche de plumeaux qui l’isolent du froid. Les doigts  sont plus longs avec des écailles épidermiques latérales qui lui  empêchent de s’effondrer dans la neige fraîche.<br />
Le faisan de montagne se nourrit de baies de myrtilles, de rhododendron,  de mélèze et de genièvres, qu&#8217;il trouve facilement même dans le paysage  complètement enneigé.<br />
Une bonne partie des journées d’hiver, il les passe dans des trous,  creusés dans la neige poudreuse, cela pour épargner ses énergies et pour  se cacher des oiseaux de proie. Comme dans un “igloo”, dans ces refuges  la température est d’environ zéro degrés, tandis qu’au dehors, elle  peut descendre aussi à moins 25.<br />
Les caractéristiques de ces espèces sont les magnifiques parades de noce  qui se déroulent au printemps, entre les mois d’avril et de juin, dans  les surfaces de chant, les “leks”, où, chaque matin, de nombreux mâles  combattent entre eux pour les femelles.<br />
Nous nous déplaçons vers la droite, dans le diorama nous voyons une  grive et un pinson des arbres qui cherchent la nourriture à la limite de  la neige qui est en train de fondre, où poussent des gentianes et des  anémones de printemps. Entre les branches du rhododendron qui abrite le  nid du faisan de montagne, il y a un venturon montagnard et un accenteur  mouchet. Plus loin, sur le rocher, un moineau et sur le tronc du mélèze  un grimpereau alpestre à la recherche d’insectes. Entre les fleurs  d’été et les myrtilles, il y a une famille qui picore, elle est composée  d’une femelle de faisan de montagne et trois petits, de différents  papillons parmi lesquels sur le rhododendron, une jolie petit Apollon  Parnassius phoebus blanche avec les caractéristiques taches rouges. En  bas à droite, à la base du tronc, un lézard vivipare.<br />
Le mélèze est le seul conifère qui constitue les bois purs dans le parc.  Entre les 2000 et les 2002 mètres les derniers minces mélèzes laissent  la place à une bruyère de rhododendrons et de myrtilles.<br />
Pour franchir l’hiver à ces altitudes, les plantes adoptent des  stratagèmes différents: le terrain est aride pour le gel et le mélèze  pour ne pas disperser l’eau à travers la transpiration, il perd ses  aiguilles; le rhododendron, toujours vert, il reste enseveli sous la  neige: l’azalée alpine, le silène acaule et les saxifrages forment des  coussinets compacts qui créent à leur intérieur son micro-endroit, plus  favorable par rapport à celui qui l’entourent</p>
<h1>Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und Devero</h1>
<p>Der, im Jahre 1995 gegründete Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und  Devero umfaßt 11.000 Hektar typisches Alpenmilieu, in einer Höhenlage  zwischen 1600 und 3552 Metern vom Gipfel des Monte Leone.<br />
Diese Akklimatisation erzeugt oberhalb der Grenzen vom Lärchenwald der  Devero-Alpen Umweltbedingungen, die ein typisches Habitat für das  Birkhuhn begründen.<br />
Wie man sofort bemerkt, weist das Landschaftsbild unterschiedliche  Jahreszeiterscheinungen auf: von links nach rechts wechselt man vom  tiefsten Winter in den Spätsommer über.<br />
In dieser Umgebung, auf einer Quote von 2000 Metern, herrscht ein sehr  hartes Klima und der Boden bleibt für mehr als 200 Tage im Jahr  schneebedeckt. Der überwiegende Teil der Vogelwelt verläßt den Naturpark  bei Einbruch der schlechten Jahreszeit, um sich in milderen  Klimabereichen aufzuhalten, aber es gibt einige Arten, die perfekt in  der Lage sind der Rauheit des winterlichen Klimas standzuhalten. Zu  einer dieser Arten gehört das Birkhuhn.<br />
Die Nüster und Füße des Birkhuhns sind mit Federn bedeckt und eine  dichte Schicht von Flaumfedern schützt es vor der Kälte. Die Zehen sind  durch seitliche Epidermalschuppen verbreitert, um zu verhindern, das es  im frischen Schnee versinkt.<br />
Das Birkhuhn ernährt sich von Heidelbeerknospen, Rhododendron, Lärchen  und Wacholder, leicht auffindbar auch in einer gänzlich schneebedeckten  Landschaft.<br />
Um Energie zu sparen und um sich vor Raubtieren zu verstecken verbringt  das Birkhuhn den überwiegenden Teil der Wintertage in, im Pulverschnee  gescharrten Gruben. Wie in einem „Iglu“ beträgt die Temperatur in diesen  Zufluchtsorten konstant um Null Grad, während die Außentemperatur auch  auf minus 25°C sinken kann.<br />
Ein Merkmal dieser Vogelart sind die eindrucksvollen Brunftparaden, die  im Frühjahr zwischen April und Juni stattfinden, in den sogenannten  Gesangsarenen oder „Leks“, in denen jeden Morgen zahlreiche Männchen  untereinander um ihre Weibchen kämpfen.<br />
Wenn wir uns weiter in östliche Richtung begeben, können wir in der  Landschaft eine Misteldrossel und einen Bergfinken betrachten, die sich  ihr Essen am Grenzbereich des sich schmelzenden Schnees suchen, im dem  frühjährlicher Enzian und Anemonen sprießen. Zwischen den  Rhododendronzweigen, die das Nest des Birkhuhns schützen halten sich ein  Zitronengirlitz und eine Heckenbraunelle auf. Etwas weiter entfernt,  auf einen Felsen, ein Zaunkönig und auf einem Lärchenbaumstumpf ein  Waldbaumläufer, auf der Suche nach Insekten. Zwischen den Sommerblumen  und den Heidelbeeren, wo ein Birkhuhnweibchen mit drei Jungtieren  scharrt, befinden sich die unterschiedlichsten Schmetterlinge, darunter,  auf einem Rhododendrenstrauch ein bildschönes Exemplar von einem  Alpenapollo (Parnassius phoebus), weiß mit den charakteristischen roten  Flecken. Rechts unten, an der Stammwurzel, eine Waldeidechse.<br />
Die Lärche ist der einzige Nadelbaum, der einen Reinbestand begründet.  Auf einer Höhe zwischen 2000 und 2200 Metern machen die letzten hageren  Lärchen einem Heideland aus Rhododendron und Heidelbeeren Platz.<br />
Um den Winter auf diesen Quoten zu überstehen, bedienen sich die  Pflanzen unterschiedlicher Listen: der Boden ist auf Grund des Eises  unfruchtbar, und damit die Lärche mittels der Transpiration kein Wasser  verliert wirft sie ihre Nadeln ab; der immergrüne Rhododendron bleibt  unter dem Schnee vergraben; die Alpenazalee, die silene acaulis  (stengelloses Leimkraut) und der Steinbrech bilden kompakte Polster, in  denen sie ihre eigene Mikroumgebung erzeugen, die hinsichtlich der  wahren Umgebung wesentlich günstiger ist.</p>
<p>Si ringrazia il <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank">Parco Naturale Veglia Devero</a> per la gentile concessione delle immagini e per i testi.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between 1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><strong>The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps</strong></h2>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" title="logo_parco_veglia_devero" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/logo_parco_veglia_devero.jpg" alt="logo_parco_veglia_devero" width="100" height="123" /></a>The Parco Naturale of the Veglia and Devero Alps was established in 1995 with a “guardianship” of 11,000 hectares of typical alpine environment between 1600 and 3552 metres of altitude from Mount Leone. This kind of environment reproduces the locality of the Devero Alps at the limit of the larch wood, which is a typical pheasant mountain habitat. The different seasonal stages stand particularly out: from left to right we pass from the icy winter to the hot summer.At 2000 m of altitude the climate is very rigid and the soil is covered with snow for more than 200 days a year. In Fall, most birds migrate towards a milder climate but some species stay and are able to resist the harsh winter climate. The mountain pheasant is among those birds. The nostrils and claws of the mountain pheasant are covered with feathers and a thick layer of thermal plumage that protects him from the cold. Its toes are sideways spread by means of epidermic scales, which allow it to waddle on the fresh snow without sinking. The diet of the mountain pheasant consists of blueberries, rhododendrons, larch and juniper wood easy to find even in the winter. In order to save its energies and to hide from predators the mountain pheasant spends most of its winter days in holes dug out in the snow. The temperature in this “igloo” stays always at a constant 0 degrees while outside it can sink up to -25 degrees.<br />
This species is characterized by spectacular “wedding parades” that take place in spring, between April and June, in the so-called chanting arenas or “leks” where several males fight against each other every morning for their females.<br />
When moving to the right we can see in the diorama a missal thrush and a finch, who a re trying to nourish themselves with and gentians and spring anemones sprouting where the snow has melted. Between the twigs of the rhododendron that hides the nest of the mountain pheasant there are a citril finch and a sparrow. Further on a rock, we find a wren and on a larch trunk an alpine tree-creeper in search of insects. Between summer flowers and blueberries there is a pheasant family composed of a female pheasant and three chicks, we also find different kinds of butterflies, including a beautiful white Phoebus Parnassian with its characteristic red spots. On the lower right of the trunk we find a viviparous lizard.<br />
The larch is the only conifer to make up the purest woods in the park. Between an altitude of 2000 and 2200 a moor of rhododendrons and blueberries replaces the last larches.<br />
In order to make it through the winter at this quote, the plants adopt different strategies: the soil is hardened by ice and the larch looses its needles through respiration in order not to loose its water; the rhododendron, ever-green, always stays covered underneath the snow, the alpine azalea, the silene acaulis and the stone-breaks make up compact pillows, which create an inner micro-environment that is much more livable than the outside one.</p>
<h2>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero</h2>
<p>Le Parc Naturel des Alpes Veglia et Devero a été constitué en 1995; il sauvegarde 11.000 hectares d’environnements typiquement alpins, entre le 1600 et 3552 mètres de la cime du Mont Leone.<br />
Cet environnement reproduit une localité de l’Alpe Devero à la limite supérieure du bois de mélèze, l’endroit particulier du faisan de montagne.<br />
Comme nous le remarquons tout de suite, le diorama représente des moments différents des saisons; de gauche à droite nous passons du plein hiver à l’été déjà avancé.<br />
Dans cet endroit, à 2000 mètres d’altitude, le climat est très rigoureux et le sol reste couvert de neige pendant plus de 200 jours par an. La plus grande partie des oiseaux, à l’arrivée de la mauvaise saison, ils abandonnent le Parc pour des zones au climat plus doux, mais il y a quelques espèces parfaitement en mesure de résister aux rigueurs du climat d’hiver. Le faisan de montagne est une de celles-ci.<br />
Les narines et les pattes du faisan de montagne sont couvertes de plumes et d’une grande couche de plumeaux qui l’isolent du froid. Les doigts sont plus longs avec des écailles épidermiques latérales qui lui empêchent de s’effondrer dans la neige fraîche.<br />
Le faisan de montagne se nourrit de baies de myrtilles, de rhododendron, de mélèze et de genièvres, qu&#8217;il trouve facilement même dans le paysage complètement enneigé.<br />
Une bonne partie des journées d’hiver, il les passe dans des trous, creusés dans la neige poudreuse, cela pour épargner ses énergies et pour se cacher des oiseaux de proie. Comme dans un “igloo”, dans ces refuges la température est d’environ zéro degrés, tandis qu’au dehors, elle peut descendre aussi à moins 25.<br />
Les caractéristiques de ces espèces sont les magnifiques parades de noce qui se déroulent au printemps, entre les mois d’avril et de juin, dans les surfaces de chant, les “leks”, où, chaque matin, de nombreux mâles combattent entre eux pour les femelles.<br />
Nous nous déplaçons vers la droite, dans le diorama nous voyons une grive et un pinson des arbres qui cherchent la nourriture à la limite de la neige qui est en train de fondre, où poussent des gentianes et des anémones de printemps. Entre les branches du rhododendron qui abrite le nid du faisan de montagne, il y a un venturon montagnard et un accenteur mouchet. Plus loin, sur le rocher, un moineau et sur le tronc du mélèze un grimpereau alpestre à la recherche d’insectes. Entre les fleurs d’été et les myrtilles, il y a une famille qui picore, elle est composée d’une femelle de faisan de montagne et trois petits, de différents papillons parmi lesquels sur le rhododendron, une jolie petit Apollon Parnassius phoebus blanche avec les caractéristiques taches rouges. En bas à droite, à la base du tronc, un lézard vivipare.<br />
Le mélèze est le seul conifère qui constitue les bois purs dans le parc. Entre les 2000 et les 2002 mètres les derniers minces mélèzes laissent la place à une bruyère de rhododendrons et de myrtilles.<br />
Pour franchir l’hiver à ces altitudes, les plantes adoptent des stratagèmes différents: le terrain est aride pour le gel et le mélèze pour ne pas disperser l’eau à travers la transpiration, il perd ses aiguilles; le rhododendron, toujours vert, il reste enseveli sous la neige: l’azalée alpine, le silène acaule et les saxifrages forment des coussinets compacts qui créent à leur intérieur son micro-endroit, plus favorable par rapport à celui qui l’entourent</p>
<h2>Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und Devero</h2>
<p>Der, im Jahre 1995 gegründete Naturpark im Alpengebiet Veglia und Devero umfaßt 11.000 Hektar typisches Alpenmilieu, in einer Höhenlage zwischen 1600 und 3552 Metern vom Gipfel des Monte Leone.<br />
Diese Akklimatisation erzeugt oberhalb der Grenzen vom Lärchenwald der Devero-Alpen Umweltbedingungen, die ein typisches Habitat für das Birkhuhn begründen.<br />
Wie man sofort bemerkt, weist das Landschaftsbild unterschiedliche Jahreszeiterscheinungen auf: von links nach rechts wechselt man vom tiefsten Winter in den Spätsommer über.<br />
In dieser Umgebung, auf einer Quote von 2000 Metern, herrscht ein sehr hartes Klima und der Boden bleibt für mehr als 200 Tage im Jahr schneebedeckt. Der überwiegende Teil der Vogelwelt verläßt den Naturpark bei Einbruch der schlechten Jahreszeit, um sich in milderen Klimabereichen aufzuhalten, aber es gibt einige Arten, die perfekt in der Lage sind der Rauheit des winterlichen Klimas standzuhalten. Zu einer dieser Arten gehört das Birkhuhn.<br />
Die Nüster und Füße des Birkhuhns sind mit Federn bedeckt und eine dichte Schicht von Flaumfedern schützt es vor der Kälte. Die Zehen sind durch seitliche Epidermalschuppen verbreitert, um zu verhindern, das es im frischen Schnee versinkt.<br />
Das Birkhuhn ernährt sich von Heidelbeerknospen, Rhododendron, Lärchen und Wacholder, leicht auffindbar auch in einer gänzlich schneebedeckten Landschaft.<br />
Um Energie zu sparen und um sich vor Raubtieren zu verstecken verbringt das Birkhuhn den überwiegenden Teil der Wintertage in, im Pulverschnee gescharrten Gruben. Wie in einem „Iglu“ beträgt die Temperatur in diesen Zufluchtsorten konstant um Null Grad, während die Außentemperatur auch auf minus 25°C sinken kann.<br />
Ein Merkmal dieser Vogelart sind die eindrucksvollen Brunftparaden, die im Frühjahr zwischen April und Juni stattfinden, in den sogenannten Gesangsarenen oder „Leks“, in denen jeden Morgen zahlreiche Männchen untereinander um ihre Weibchen kämpfen.<br />
Wenn wir uns weiter in östliche Richtung begeben, können wir in der Landschaft eine Misteldrossel und einen Bergfinken betrachten, die sich ihr Essen am Grenzbereich des sich schmelzenden Schnees suchen, im dem frühjährlicher Enzian und Anemonen sprießen. Zwischen den Rhododendronzweigen, die das Nest des Birkhuhns schützen halten sich ein Zitronengirlitz und eine Heckenbraunelle auf. Etwas weiter entfernt, auf einen Felsen, ein Zaunkönig und auf einem Lärchenbaumstumpf ein Waldbaumläufer, auf der Suche nach Insekten. Zwischen den Sommerblumen und den Heidelbeeren, wo ein Birkhuhnweibchen mit drei Jungtieren scharrt, befinden sich die unterschiedlichsten Schmetterlinge, darunter, auf einem Rhododendrenstrauch ein bildschönes Exemplar von einem Alpenapollo (Parnassius phoebus), weiß mit den charakteristischen roten Flecken. Rechts unten, an der Stammwurzel, eine Waldeidechse.<br />
Die Lärche ist der einzige Nadelbaum, der einen Reinbestand begründet. Auf einer Höhe zwischen 2000 und 2200 Metern machen die letzten hageren Lärchen einem Heideland aus Rhododendron und Heidelbeeren Platz.<br />
Um den Winter auf diesen Quoten zu überstehen, bedienen sich die Pflanzen unterschiedlicher Listen: der Boden ist auf Grund des Eises unfruchtbar, und damit die Lärche mittels der Transpiration kein Wasser verliert wirft sie ihre Nadeln ab; der immergrüne Rhododendron bleibt unter dem Schnee vergraben; die Alpenazalee, die silene acaulis (stengelloses Leimkraut) und der Steinbrech bilden kompakte Polster, in denen sie ihre eigene Mikroumgebung erzeugen, die hinsichtlich der wahren Umgebung wesentlich günstiger ist.</p>
<p><span>Si ringrazia il </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parcovegliadevero.it/" target="_blank">Parco Naturale Veglia Devero</a><span> per la gentile concessione delle immagini e </span><span>per i testi.</span></p>
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<h3>Visiting Todi</h3>
<p>The visit can start from the majestic Tempio di Santa Maria della Consolazione, situated along the main road and built from 1508 to 1607. The design was suggested by many artists such as Donato Bramante. Towards the centre, past the public gardens and Via Ciuffelli, it is possible to admire Jacopone&#8217; s monument. Climbing up the stairs one can visit Tempio di San Fortunato, whose façade has not been finished and where Jacopone&#8217;s mortal remains lie. On the left of the church there are the Archive and the Public Library. On the right there is Piazza Pignattara It is close to the site of Liceo Classico and Linguistico, formerly a monastery where Friar Jacopone meditated on his conversion. Climbing up on the left there is a Roman tank called San Cassiano prison, because San Cassiano is thought to be imprisoned there and later killed in 304 A.D.</p>
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<p>So one can visit Parco della Rocca ( 411 m. on the sea level) where a temple dedicated to Jove lay in Roman times. Eventually it became a stronghold. Going downhill behind the monastery there is an arch on the right: it is Porta Libera, a Roman gate belonging to the second circle of walls. Going downhill along Via SS. Filippo e Giacomo, one can reach the church Santi Filippo e Giacomo, built in 1276 and then desecrated. Going along Via L. Leonji one returns to Piazza Jacopone.</p>
<p>Going towards the main square one can pass by Teatro Comunale, designed by the architect Carlo Gatteschi and built in 1876, and reach Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. Here the symbol of imperial power, represented by Palazzo del Popolo (1213), Palazzo del Capitano ( 1293), and Palazzo dei Priori ( 1293) and the symbol of papal power, represented by the Cathedral (11th century), superbly join together. On the second floor of the Palazzi Comunali there is the Town Museum. Under the square there are Roman tanks. On the left of the Cathedral one can admire the bishop&#8217;s building, built in 1593 by Angelo Cesi. Walking through Via Morandi one can reach Monastero delle Lucrezie, built by the Tertiary Order who lived there. Coming back to the main square, on the right of the Cathedral, a street leads to Palazzo Landi Corradi, whose portal is supposed to be made by Vignola. Close to Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II there is Piazza Garibaldi, so-called thanks to the statue dedicated to Garibaldi.. Here one can admire a building belonged to the family Viviano degli Atti.<br />
Coming down Corso Cavour on the right there is Fontana Cesia, built in 1606 by bishop Angelo Cesi. Then there is Porta Marzia which belongs to the first circle of walls. Walking along Corso Cavour a road leads to Piazza Mercato Vecchio where Nicchioni Romani lie.</p>
<p>A wooded road leads to San Carlo church ( formerly Sant&#8217;Ilario), which was built during the 12th century and which was thought to be the former cathedral. Nearby there is Fontana di Scarnabecco ( Scannabecco). The name derives from the podestà Scarnabecco ( Scannabecco) who finished it in 1241.</p>
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Then it is possible to visit Santa Prassede church ( XIV ) whose façade is characterised by white and red horizontal stripes. If one climbs up along Via S. Prassede it is possible to reach Piazza del Popolo; but the street on the right leads to Porta Perugina, belonging to the third circle of walls, the medieval one. Walking through Via Roma it is possible to admire the medieval Porta Catena. Then turning right along Via Santa Maria, the street leads to the church of Santa Maria in Cammuccia, an ancient Dominican monastery, dating back to 1394. Inside the church there is the beautiful wooden statue Sedes Sapientiae ( XII century). At the end of this street one can visit the church of San Giorgio, and Porta Amerina, or the so-called Porta Fratta ( or destroyed). Nearby there is the church of Santo Stefano and the small fountains of Sant&#8217;Arcangelo, belonged to the first Franciscan Monastery in Todi. Walking along the walls, to the east, one reaches Porta Romana, the medieval gate. On the inside along Via Ulpiana, there is the church dedicated to San Filippo and in front of it the church of San Nicolò ( XIV century). The street on the right of the church leads to the remains of a Roman amphitheatre and to the church of San Nicolò in Criptis, still existing since 1093.<br />
Outside the walls there is Tempio SS. Crocefisso, built by Angelo Cesi, where there is an ancient majesty depicting the image of the crucifixion.<br />
Going to lake Corbara, close to Santa Maria della Consolazione, a wooded road leads to the Monastery of Montesanto, formerly Monte Mascarano ( which means of the spirits), built to protect Todi from the attacks of Orvieto.</p>
<p>Le immagini, i testi e i marchi sono tratti dal sito www.comune.todi.pg.it a cura del Comune di Todi</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catania, beautiful at night The second largest city in Sicily by population, Catania spreads out over the Plain of Catania, between the Ionian Sea and the slopes of Etna. The surrounding countryside, which the volcanic eruptions have made very fertile, is mainly given up to the cultivation of citrus fruit. The close link between the [...]]]></description>
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<p><a title="visita il sito" href="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/?attachment_id=2079" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img title="Provincia di Catania" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/provincia_di_catania-stemmapng.jpg" alt="provincia_di_catania-stemmapng" width="67" height="109" /></a><a title="visita il sito" href="http://www.comune.catania.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img title="Comune di Catania" src="http://www.madeinitaly.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/67px-catania-stemma-altpng.jpg" alt="67px-catania-stemma-altpng" width="67" height="109" /></a></p>
<p><strong>The second largest city in Sicily</strong> by population, Catania spreads out over the Plain of Catania, between the Ionian Sea and the slopes of Etna. The surrounding countryside, which the volcanic eruptions have made very fertile, is mainly given up to the cultivation of <em>citrus fruit</em>. The close link between the city and the volcano is also visible in the buildings, many of which are constructed in lava stone. According to Thucydides, <strong>Katane</strong> was founded after 729 BC by the Chalcidian settlers from Naxos, on the hill now known as the &#8220;Colle dei Benedettini&#8221;. In the 7th c. the legislator Caronda gave the city a moderately inspired government, half-way between oligarchy and democracy. In 476 BC Catania was conquered by <strong>Hieron of Syracuse</strong>, and the inhabitants were deported, only to return after 15 years. During the Punic Wars the town was conquered by the Romans (263 BC) and it succeeded in maintaining a position of considerable affluence until the Imperial Age. After the decadence caused by the invasions of the Barbarians and the Byzantine conquest, the town was occupied by the <strong>Arabs</strong>, who redistributed the land and promoted agriculture and commerce. In 1071, after the <strong>Norman conquest</strong>, construction began on the cathedral, and numerous country villages were founded, each under the jurisdiction of a monastery . Under the Swabians, <strong>Frederick II</strong> built the Castello Ursino here, in order to complete his fortifications in this part of Sicily. The arrival of the <strong>Aragonese</strong> in Catania, which the Court often chose as a centre for its activity, led to the foundation of the <em>Siculorum Gymnasium</em>, the first prestigious Sicilian university. The great eruption of 1669 and the terrible earthquake in 1693, which affected all E Sicily and destroyed most of the city, annihilated an economy that was already in a critical state. Catania was eventually rebuilt, and it spread considerably; it then suffered the effect of a new agricultural crisis, before recovering yet again. It was elected <strong>provincial capital</strong> in the 19th c. and again began to expand towards new zones, until it achieved in our own days its present-day image of a modem city.</p>
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		<title>Invito a corte Reggia di Venaria</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Invitation to Court Reggia of Venaria The &#8220;Royal Venaria&#8221; of Amedeo di Castellamonte. In 1659 the grandiose project of the Duke Carlo Emanuele II came true by building a fixed abode for hunting (lett. Venatorial) in order to celebrate through the rituals of hunting the magnificence of the Duke. So he built this Palace as [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>The &#8220;<a title="visita il sito" href="http://www.lavenaria.it/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Royal Venaria</a>&#8221; of Amedeo di Castellamonte.</strong> In 1659 the grandiose project of the Duke Carlo Emanuele II came true by building a fixed abode for hunting (lett. Venatorial) in order to celebrate through the rituals of hunting the magnificence of the Duke. So he built this Palace as a design of the &#8220;delitie&#8221; of the 17<sup>th</sup> century and as a crown of Turin the capital. The work of Castellamonte, which began in 1659 and was ended in 1675, was an &#8220;unicum&#8221; and consisted of a Village, Royal Palace and Gardens and extended for an axis of 2 Km. The Village had in the center a quadrioval square which reproduced the &#8220;Collar of the order of Annunziata&#8221;. The Royal Palace included two courts and had in the center the &#8220;Diana Room&#8221;. Towards south west we can find the stables, kennels, orangerie, the &#8220;upper park of the deers&#8221; and, in front of the Village the Chapel of S.Rocco.<br />
<strong>The new project for the Royal Palace of Michelangelo Garove.</strong> The distruction of the palace in some parts caused by the French troops of Catinat in 1693 was the reason to begin a new project of restoration (1699-1713). Michelangelo Garove expressed in his project the new reference of the Court of Vittorio Amedeo II: Versailles. But only the south-west part of the Garove&#8217;s project was realized while the north part wasn&#8217;t built because of the untimely death of Garove in 1713.</p>
<p><strong>The &#8220;big dimension&#8221; of Filippo Juvarra.</strong> In 1716 the building site was assigned to Filippo Juvarra. He worked on some principal elements of the building: the arrangement of the hunting services at south east, the building of the Royal Chapel, and the formal recomposing of a single court in front of the Village. In order to define this huge space, Juvarra raised the gallery by opening towards the outside with scansion of large windows. Juvarra&#8217;s works continued between 1717 and 1722, with the accomplishment of the Chapel dedicated to S.Uberto, a building of smoothed greek cross and diagonally circular chapels (a similar building to Superga but richer and more well-constructed than it). The building called &#8220;Big Stable&#8221; o &#8220;Orangerie&#8221;, but really including both functions was built by Filippo Juvarra between 1721 and 1727 and it is situated at the extreme south east of the complex.</p>
<p><strong>The stables and the completing work of Benedetto Alfieri.</strong> Benedetto Alfieri was charged, after the death of Juvarra, to continue the work at the Royal Palace. In 1751 the construction of the &#8220;L&#8221; building, the church and the Garove&#8217;s pavillon towards the Village, the new &#8220;Belvedere&#8221;, and the large stairs to the church tribuns was started.Between 1754 and 1755 the little Alfieri&#8217;s gallery was built which connected the church to the Orangerie. In 1757 the buildings behind S.Uberto were built and they had the function of a coach house.</p>
<p><strong>(this text was taken from <a title="visita il sito" href="http://www.reggiavenariareale.it" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.reggiavenariareale.it</a>)</strong></p>
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		<title>End of a reign</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[End of a reign Vittorio Emanuele III became king in 1900, after his father Umberto I was tragically assassinated in Monza. He reigned till 1946, in the most tormented and violent historical period for Italy and the world, among dictatorships, global conflicts, fanaticisms and mass slaughters: two World Wars, the Fascism, the Nazism, the Communism [...]]]></description>
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<p>Vittorio Emanuele III became king in 1900, after his father Umberto I was tragically assassinated in Monza. He reigned till 1946, in the most tormented and violent historical period for Italy and the world, among dictatorships, global conflicts, fanaticisms and mass slaughters: two World Wars, the Fascism, the Nazism, the Communism made the 20<sup>th</sup> century the most bloody century of human history, with its millions of victims. Events of such an extent couldn&#8217;t not fatefully affect the monarchy, as well as the House of Savoy. Would he have died at the end of WWI, Vittorio Emanuele would be remembered as the King of <strong>Vittorio Veneto</strong>. On the contrary, he survived and took part, often against his will, in epochal upheavals: at first, the Fascism, and the alliance with Hitler and his racial laws; then the German occupation, the 8<sup>th</sup> September Armistice and the flight away from Rome. It is still difficult to give a serene and impartial historic judgement on events which aren&#8217;t far too remote.</p>
<p>His son, Umberto II, is the &#8220;King of May&#8221; till the referendum on June 2<sup>nd</sup>, 1946. Umberto accepts the outcome and the exile, not to harm further an already blooding country. This is the last favour supplied to Italy by the Savoy.</p>
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		<title>The Palazzina di Stupinigi</title>
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<p>The Savoy wanted for Turin the same prestige as the other European capital cities already in the 18<sup>th</sup> century, if nothing else for its image. In 1728 Vittorio Amedeo II inaugurated in Stupinigi the amazing Palazzina di Caccia, designed by the great Sicilian architect Filippo Juvarra, who also carried out the new façade of Palazzo Madama and restored the Reggia di Venaria.</p>
<p>The outstanding Palazzina di Caccia is a little realm. Surrounded by a large park, it was destined to hunting, celebrations and official receptions. As we said before, the &#8220;Bella Roslin&#8221; entered this palace as a young analphabetic farmer and became a lady-in-waiting.</p>
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		<title>Emanuele Filiberto</title>
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<p>Yet the violent social tensions in Spain would soon put the Italian ruling couple into troubles. In 1873 Amedeo realized that governing wasn&#8217;t his best occupation: along with his wife he reached Portugal and there they embarked towards Italy, to get back to Turin, where the Palazzo Cisterna had just been properly restored. Maria Vittoria died for tuberculosis as she was still a young woman. Amedeo would remarry many years later, in 1888, with his niece <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Letizia Bonaparte</span>, daughter of Maria Clotilde and Gerolamo Bonaparte, cousin of Napoleon III. That was a diplomatic marriage, arisen in the context of Plombiéres. In the meanwhile, the three children he had with Maria Vittoria had grown. The first born was Emanuele Filiberto, the future Duke of Aosta, leading the Third Army in WWI. He fought valiantly, and he was among the few generals not overthrown in Caporetto. He could enjoy a strong personal and political retinue, especially among the high military ranks; he did not hide his sympathy for the fascist movement of Mussolini. To the extent that Mussolini himself, after the successful march on Rome, threatened Vittorio Emanuele III to replace him with the former, if he wouldn&#8217;t be entrusted with the government.</p>
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		<title>Dukes of Aosta and sovereigns of Spain</title>
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<p>The Dukes of Aosta weren&#8217;t merely a branch of the Savoy family, but they also represent an important part of the history of Turin. Amedeo, second born of Vittorio Emanuele II, lead an expensive life, rich with diplomacy, travels and receptions. His marriage with the beautiful and fascinating Maria Vittoria del Pozzo della Cisterna, coming from the highly educated and enlightened aristocracy of Biella, was providential.</p>
<p>The couple experienced an extraordinary and a somewhat paradoxical event, for a non-ruling branch of the family. In 1870 the Throne of Spain was vacant. The rural and underdeveloped society of Spain was torn by tensions and inequalities, while a strong republican movement was much too pressing. Therefore the European crowns urgently called Amedeo and Maria Vittoria to the Iberian Throne, in order to prevent a dangerous void, which could give the republicans clear way. Such a balance choice was affected by the prestige as well as the smaller politic weight of the Savoy, which couldn&#8217;t surely be compared to other powerful European dynasties. Despite being little familiar with the constitutional monarchy, Madrid and the whole Spain gave the Italian couple an exuberant and triumphal welcome.</p>
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		<title>The Savoy and the Aosta</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Savoy and the Aosta The first born of Vittorio Emanuele II was the successor to the throne, and he became king as Umberto I. The second born, Amedeo Duke of Aosta, married a beautiful and noble woman from Biella, Maria Vittoria del Pozzo della Cisterna. The family tree of the Savoy split into two: [...]]]></description>
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<p>The first born of Vittorio Emanuele II was the successor to the throne, and he became king as Umberto I. The second born, <strong>Amedeo Duke of Aosta, </strong>married a beautiful and noble woman from Biella, <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Vittoria_dal_Pozzo_della_Cisterna" target="_blank">Maria Vittoria del Pozzo della Cisterna</a></span>. The family tree of the Savoy split into two: the Savoy Carignano and the Aosta. Amedeo and Maria Vittoria had three children: the first born was Emanuele Filiberto, who fought gallantly and died with his soldiers in WWI, and was buried in Redipuglia; then Vittorio Emanuele, prevailingly devoted to the worldly life; at last Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, a tireless explorer and climber. As we can see, this branch of the family showed vital and outstanding figures, who stood out in many of a chance for sport records, military rewards and spirit of adventure. The same cannot be said at all times about the Savoy Carignano.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Margherita Succession to Vittorio Emanuele was anything but easy. The young Umberto I, dislike the father, loved the worldly life and the high aristocracy, and that wouldn&#8217;t help him with respect to the people. Moreover he had an unpleasant voice and serious communication handicaps. His marriage with his cousin was providential. Margheirita di Savoia showed [...]]]></description>
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<p>Succession to Vittorio Emanuele was anything but easy. The young Umberto I, dislike the father, loved the worldly life and the high aristocracy, and that wouldn&#8217;t help him with respect to the people. Moreover he had an unpleasant voice and serious communication handicaps. His marriage with his cousin was providential. Margheirita di Savoia showed a simple, elegant and friendly temper. In short, the new Queen was equal to the role. She gave brilliant parties by opening the halls of the Quirinale to the café society of culture and diplomacy, without neglecting her public charges: she was present at openings of nurseries and workhouses, as well as at the cholera in Naples, even joining the procession of Saint Gennaro. At last, she gave her name to the most popular dish: the pizza. The public image of the Crown was for no</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The King dies Vittorio Emanuele II died in 1878, he wasn&#8217;t sixty years old yet. He was a great and beloved king, right for his sanguineous temper, his resolute manners, his impatience for the etiquette. The country he contributed to establish was now in mourning. There are many anecdotes about the style and manners of [...]]]></description>
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<p>Vittorio Emanuele II died in 1878, he wasn&#8217;t sixty years old yet. He was a great and beloved king, right for his sanguineous temper, his resolute manners, his impatience for the etiquette. The country he contributed to establish was now in mourning.</p>
<p>There are many anecdotes about the style and manners of such a popular and  audacious (on the battlefield as well as with political choices) constitutional monarch. Around 1850 he was in his official visit in London, guest of Queen Victoria. It took blood-and-guts efforts for the collaborators and diplomats to convince the king to shorten his spiked, enormous and wild moustache. And yet, as he was sitting in conversation with the Queen, he was pleasantly asked what he did see and like in London. His answer: &#8220;Lady Hamilton&#8221;. Rude, hot-blooded and rough: so was Vittorio Emanuele II.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Bella Roslin&#8221; (Rosa Vercellana), daughter of a coachman of Carlo Alberto, was among many the true woman of his life, sharing the everyday intimacies and confidences. It was true love, against all hostilities of the surroundings of the king. This analphabetic farmer was taken to Stupinigi to attend to special training as a lady-in-waiting. Entitled with Countess of Mirafiori, she became his wife in a morganatic marriage, that is, excluding any succession to the throne.</p>
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		<title>Cavour, the Statesman: realism and fantasy</title>
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<p>Risorgimento is multi-shaped and has got various faces. Vittorio Emanuele II was an impetuous and rough sovereign, he had heart and impulse: people loved him for that. Mazzini was the republican (and somewhat ascetic) thinker, he rather incarnated the ethic tension of the Risorgimento. Garibaldi was the romantic Hero, the exciting leader who set the South free and conquered the people&#8217;s heart.</p>
<p>Nevertheless Camillo Benso Count of Cavour represented the brilliant and clear-minded strategist, the refined diplomat, the rational and realistic statesman who was capable of reading the signals and preparing the national-international political requirements to achieve that suggestive &#8211; yet toughest dream of an united Italy. It&#8217;s him, thanks to the Campaign of Crimea and the Agreements of Plombières, who set up the alliances which permitted the victory against Austria in the Second Independence War. In the meanwhile Garibaldi, still on the crest of the wave for the victory against the Bourbons, was heading for Rome. But the papal State was protected by <strong>Napoleon III</strong>, a far too precious ally. Cavour himself found the solution: Vittorio Emanuele along with the Piedmont Army encountered the warlord and managed to stop him, but he obtained the central Italy. This was maybe the greatest political masterpiece of Cavour.</p>
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		<title>Enigma e spiegazione</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 05:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enigma and its explanation Vittorio Emanuele I was the first King of Italy. He won five wars: the Campaign of Crimea (1855), the Second Independence War (1859), the Campaign of Garibaldi (1860), and eventually the Conquest of Rome, with the epic Breach of Porta Pia (1870). As for his temper and build Vittorio Emanuele I [...]]]></description>
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<p>Vittorio Emanuele I was the first King of Italy. He won five wars: the Campaign of Crimea (1855), the Second Independence War (1859), the Campaign of Garibaldi (1860), and eventually the Conquest of Rome, with the epic Breach of Porta Pia (1870).</p>
<p>As for his temper and build Vittorio Emanuele I had very little in common with his brothers and father. Carlo Alberto showed off a pale and long limbed figure, aristocratic and stylized features, a contradictory and unsolved spirit. Vittorio Emanuele was squat, full-blooded, sensual and impulsive, with manners and lineaments of the common people. Yet this is the reason why he stood high in the people&#8217;s favour.</p>
<p>That is genetically a mystery. The explanation is inside an episode &#8211; something more than just an anecdote &#8211; informally assured by authoritative witnesses (Massimo d&#8217;Azeglio and, it seems, Cavour himself). In 1824, as his parents were away, the babe in arms was alone with his nanny. Suddenly a fire broke out: the woman died from the burns, and the cradle burnt. The baby, miraculously unhurt, was probably the son of a butcher who hastily replaced the charred body of the true prince.</p>
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		<title>The unifying factor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The unifying factor &#8220;Italy is done, now we have to do the Italians&#8221;. The sentence, attributed to Massimo D&#8217;Azeglio, realistically depicts the condition as it was the day after the political union. Figures such as Cavour , Garibaldi, Mazzini and Vittorio Emanuele II gave their contribution to the memorable achievement. Yet we are still far [...]]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;Italy is done, now we have to do the Italians&#8221;. The sentence, attributed to <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Massimo D&#8217;Azeglio</span>, realistically depicts the condition as it was the day after the political union. Figures such as <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cavour</span> , <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Garibaldi</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mazzini</span> and Vittorio Emanuele II gave their contribution to the memorable achievement. Yet we are still far from a true nation which may identify itself under a mutual history. In fact, Italy included heterogeneous ethnic groups with much different mindsets, traditions and dialects, yet very few common habits. Some attempts were in vain carried out, in order to find unifying events and figures, such as the Duel of Barletta, the heroic act of Pietro Micca, the uprising in Genoa of Balilla or the triumph of the Lombard League over Barbarossa. We are dealing with local events, which confirm the political fragmentation of the Peninsula, if anything. The true unifying factor is solely the House of Savoy.</p>
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<p>The Risorgimento basically rose from the alliance between the Savoy and a middle-class which needed a more articulated national State: instruction, means of communication, fiscal policy, duty dejection. A sole unitary and wide political being, under the high surety of the Crown, might assure all that. However, the ruler abdicated after he was defeated in the First Independence War. His son Vittorio Emanuele II complied the Statute and won the Second Independence War against Austria, annexing the Lombardy, consolidating the &#8220;risorgimental process&#8221;. The forerunning figures of that time admired the Savoy and their international alliances, cleverly interwoven by Cavour: beside France ruled by Napoleon III, the tiny Reign of Sardinia enjoyed  a deep regard within the international politic scenario.</p>
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