XII – 2010

Bologna – Emilia Romagna

Italian sophistication at Christmas
Trento – Trentino-Alto Agide
Xmas Tree in front of Santa Maria - the Church where the Council of Trent was held
 Bologna – Emilia Romagna
Christmas is coming and Bologna is getting ready...
Assisi – Umbria
Christmas Eve – The Mass of the Rooster will soon begin
Capri – Campania
The Piazzeta, even more beautiful by Christmas lights
Milano – Lombardia
Xmas decoration
Cesenatico a Natale - Emilia Romagna
The whole port area has become a Christmas Crib (Presepe) disposed on old boats
Bolzano – Trentino-Alto Adige
Christmas Market
Firenze – Toscana
Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) at Christmas
Grazzano Visconti - Emilia Romagna
everybody busy in the kitchens cooking Christmas dinner
Genova – Liguria
The Mazzini Gallery
Milano – Lombardia
The Duomo - Santa Maria Nativity Cathedral
Napoli – Campania
detail of a Napolitan alley - which is not a city but a state of beeing!
Milano – Lombardia
one of the streets with the city’s best commerce
Modena – Emilia Romagna
Christmas lights projected on the building at Piazza Grande (Large Square), Modena
Napoli – Campania
Struffoli - typical Napolitan Christmas candy
Milano – Lombardia
Christmas snow in Duomo Square
Napoli – Campania
The Umberto I Gallery
Napoli – Campania
Tree of wishes - a fine tradition at Umberto I Gallery
Palermo – Sicilia
Theater Massimo
Verona – Veneto
Arena
Napoli – Campania
Old Naples – La Pignasecca food market
Palermo – Sicilia
Vicolo Burgiò at Christmas
Pompei – Campania
Christmas little market
Milano – Lombardia
At Moschino’s window shop in Via Sant’Andrea – Santa Claus in Psychoanalysis
Roma - Lacio
Piazza di Spagna and Via Condotti
Ravenna – Emilia Romagna
Merry-go-round
Roma - Lacio
Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City
Milano – Lombardia
Duomo Square - Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery
Milano – Lombardia
Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery – Milan's most elegant shopping mall
Milano – Lombardia
Vittorio Emanuele II Gallery – Christmas decoration – detail
Roma - Lacio
Coliseum and Christmas tree
Roma - Lacio
Santa Claus at Piazza Navona
Sorrento – Campania
Christmas in Tasso Square
Roma - Lacio
Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City
Udine – Friuli-Venezia Giulia
San Giacomo Square
Roma - Lacio
Pantheon and Christmas tree
Salerno – Campania
Christmas decoration
Vicenza – Veneto
Santa Claus with white horses – Italian creativity
Sardegna – Autonomous Region of Sardegna
Cagliari, Sardinia - The Bastion of St. Remy
Torino – Piemonte
Christmas time
Trento – Trentino-Alto Agide
the Christmas tourist little train
Taranto – Puglia
Downtown at Christmas
It’s Italy... Alfa... enough!
Trieste – Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Christmas rain
Venezia – Veneto
Gondoliers as Santa Claus
Roma – Lacio - Basilica of Santa Maria at Trastevere, Rome – Christmas Lunch of the
Sant'Egidio Community with more than 700 needy friends
Verona – Veneto
A romantic Christmas tree
Murano – Veneto
A Christmas tree in glass, Murano of course
Venezia – Veneto
Venice in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve
Torino – Piemonte
… and after Christmas dinner ... delights of a bakery...
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Images: from the Internet, with credits to the authors

Music: Bianco Natale - White Christmas – Andrea Bocelli

Creation, research, compiling and formatting : Delza Dias Ferreira

delzadfer@hotmail.com

Review of the Italian and English version : Flavio Musa de F. Guimarães

Technical collaboration : Claudia Ricci

Brazil – São Paulo – XII - 2010

www.culturesandart.com
 White Christmas
Music and lyrics - Irving Berlin – 1942

Bianco Natale - Irene Grandi

Col bianco tuo candor, neve

sai dar la gioia ad ogni cuor,
è Natale ancora
la grande festa
che sa tutti conquistar.
Un canto vien dal ciel, lento
che con la neve dona a noi
un Natale pieno d'amor
un Natale di felicità.
Tu, neve scendi ancor lenta
per dare gioia ad ogni cuor,
alza gli occhi
e guarda lassù,
è Natale non soffrire più.
Quel lieve tuo candor, neve
discende lieto nel mio cuor ...
Tu, dici nel cader neve
il cielo devi ringraziar,
alza gli occhi
e guarda lassù,
è Natale non soffrire più.
Fine