AVENA TRAVEL

Campo di Miracoli (field of Miracles), Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, originally uploaded by Ian Middleton: Photography.

Leaning tower and Duomo in Campo di Miracoli (field of Miracles), Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Dome of St. Peter, Rome, Italy, originally uploaded by Dracs.

Dome of San Pietro, Rome, Italy

naviglio grande, milano / milan - italy, originally uploaded by paolo màrgari.

naviglio grande, milan, italy

Broome Street in Little Italy/SoHo - April 2005, originally uploaded by Jim in Times Square.

With all of the interest in the tragic death of the young actor, Heath Ledger, I thought that instead of uploading a photograph to satisfy only the morbidly curious, I could find a photograph I had taken years ago that would show the neighborhood in which the actor enjoyed living. This is Broome Street on which the actor lived. This area is on the edge of Little Italy and SoHo.

Venice, Italy, originally uploaded by Jonathan Pang Photography.

Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetiae) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600,000). Venice has been known as the "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", and "The City of Light". The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 62,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the large frazione of Mestre and Marghera; and 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon.

Italy - Vesuvio, originally uploaded by RayDS.

Landscape & Vesuvio - New version of shot from Castel S. Giorgio (Campania - Italy).

Venice, Italy, originally uploaded by Blue Moment.

It was close to zero degree when we visited Venice, Italy in Jan 2005. Cold but lots fun! 2nd most interesting.

living bridge in bologna train station - italy, originally uploaded by paolo màrgari.

bologna train station italy

Lago di Braies, Italy, originally uploaded by OneEighteen.

The beginning of the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomite Mountains of Italy. Emi and I spent 12 days hiking south through the mountains from here. The trail begins at the wonderful hotel from which this was taken, runs along the right hand side of the lake and up into the mountains to the left. We stayed every night at refuges that were operated by the Italian Alpine Club or were privately owned. They are pretty spartan, but definitely a step up from packing our own food and sleeping in a tent.

Ravello - Villa Rufolo - Italy, originally uploaded by RayDS.

Garden of Villa Rufolo - Ravello (Italy) Thanks for your comments! :-)) Villa Rufolo: a group of buildings in Arabesque style built by the noble family Rufolo to symbolize their wealth. Now it is site of the Antiquarium, a precious archeoloical museum which is unluckly closed. The public is admitted to visit the Moorish cloister, the tower, the famous esotic gardens (on my photo), whose beauty inspired the German composer Wagner for his Parsifal.

Pompei - Country - Italy, originally uploaded by RayDS.

A perspective of bell tower of Sanctuary of Pompei - Italy

Rome Italy, originally uploaded by Lodoss.

Taken at Colosseum in Rome, Italy