Search Results - "Southern Italy"
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Fostering a cosmopolitan scholarly culture
Published 2005“…Other than Spain, southern Italy which was ruled by the Norman kings of Sicily, also assisted in diffusing Andalusian culture to other parts of Italy and central Europe as well. …”
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'Sybaris is the land where it wishes to take us': luxurious insertions in Picturesque gardens
Published 2011“…Towards the end of the eighteenth century, the discovery of Pompeii attracted European aristocrats to include the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Southern Italy) on their Grand Tour itinerary. Similarly, Sybaris, an ancient Greek colonial polis also directed aristocratic attention to the region. …”
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In Fashion: Venues for Sybaritic Parades in Italy and Beyond
Published 2012“…Historically, Sybarites were famously believed to live luxuriously in their sumptuous city of Sybaris in what today is southern Italy. The term 'sybarite' has become proverbial and luxury remains associated with the legendary vanished city and its inhabitants. …”
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Cold War Luxury: The Mantling of Concrete Bunkers
Published 2021“…What struck me first about the Cold War was that Italy’s involvement nearby, especially Albania, was at the centre and since then, there has been the intermittent migration of refugees into southern Italy. I first present a brief overview of the significance of the bunker space and show how this design evolved from other nations and the way luxury evolved differently during the Cold War through various camouflage tactics…”
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