{"title":"Flaminio Gundy","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"pula-with-fazana-and-bale-paperback","title":"Pula: With Fazana and Bale - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003ePula (Croatia) is the historical chief town of Istria, erected by Romans in the first century BC on the peninsula inhabited by Histri, who had their center in Nesazio, near Pula. Shortly afterwards the city was incorporated by Augusto into the X Regio Venetia et Histria in order to create a bridgehead easily accessible by sea, together with Aquileia, to defend oriental boundaries of the nascent Roman Empire from the constant barbaric pressure.It is possible that Pola, not by chance also widespread on seven hills like Rome, had to relive in the design of its founders the splendor of Imperial Rome, with the erection of the most significant buildings of the Urbe, such as the Arch of Sergi, the Temple of Augustus and well two theaters. Instead, the Amphitheater of Pola, ended in 14 AD (contemporary of Verona's Arena) was erected almost sixty years before the Flavian Amphitheater in Rome (called the Colosseum), started by Vespasian in 72 AD and inaugurated by Tito in 80 AD. These photos want to document the oldest historical monuments in Pula together with the element that determined the primary development since antiquity: the bay on Adriatic Sea, object also of commercially and militarily activities by Serenissima Republic of Venice for over five centuries.Almost all the photos are accompanied by the best recipes of the Istrian tradition, such as the very first courses: bobici, fuzi sa paprikas kokoska, jota, manestra Istarska, pljukanci, posutice, strukli, the very tasty second courses: cevapcici, peka, sarma, bacalar Istarska, dagnje Busara, lignje s krumpira, skampi na buzaru, srdele s lukom, the delightful side dishes: fritaja s divljim sparogama, punjene articoke and the peerless sweets: palacinke na refoska, pinca, strudla.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377718919391,"sku":"9781090662330","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/H7HDvv3bFR9781090662330.webp?v=1789240009"},{"product_id":"jesolo-lido-sand-sand-and-sand-paperback","title":"Jesolo Lido: Sand sand and sand - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sandy embrace that protects the Venetian lagoon from the Adriatic sea stretches from Chioggia to Jesolo Lido (Veneto), interrupted only by a few marine and river outlets. But only Jesolo Lido directs all its length at noon, twelve kilometers of golden beach, which the sun kisses relentlessly from dawn to dusk, where the tide rises and falls drawing the double damp and burning band every day.Closed between the river Piave to the east and the Sile to the west, Jesolo Lido sparkles all its jewels among the squares Rivoalto, Milan, Tommaseo, Drago, Carducci, Mazzini, Aurora, Marina and Nember. Each of these squares is linked to a district of fire and flames in the summer time, due to the extreme vitality of the holiday makers and the luminous heat mitigated by the sea air.From the mid-nineteenth century only the Lighthouse, erected on the ancient mouth of the Piave (now they flow the waters of Sile), dominated the blazing Adriatic beach, but from the beginning of the sixties the condominium Airone arose, of thirteen floors, the first of a long series of skyscrapers of Jesolo Lido.The Lido of Jesolo is considered the longest pedestrian coast in Europe, populated by over one thousand two hundred shops, bars and restaurants that give a dreamlike atmosphere to its commercial street, via Bafile above all, for all children who do not want to grow up.The images collected in this book hope to convey the same emotions that you experience while living even a few days in the magical world of Jesolo Lido.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377940398303,"sku":"9781727125504","price":20.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/j0cptT1EJZ9781727125504.webp?v=1789243634"},{"product_id":"asolo-hills-where-the-art-challenges-the-seasons-paperback","title":"Asolo hills: where the art challenges the seasons - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Asolo hills are a group of hills in the province of Treviso and appear as a chain of seven mountains divided by small valleys. The maximum altitude is reached from the Collalto mountain with 496 meters and the lowest from the hill San Martino with 379 meters. The northern slope is connected to the southern one by the Mostacin Forcella, the pass that is located towards the halfway of the chain. They present themselves as the first impact of transition from the Veneto plain to the Treviso mountain area.The medieval village of Asolo, located at the foot of the Rocca Braida, a fortress dated between the 12th and 13th centuries, is the main center and the guide from the western side of the entire hill chain.The Venetian Caterina Cornaro, formerly Queen of Cyprus, was named Lady of Asolo from the Serenissima Republic of Venice in 1489 and lived in the castle, which now bears her name, preserving the title and rank of queen. At her court Caterina attracted artists and writers, including Giorgione, Lorenzo Lotto and Pietro Bembo, who here composed and set \"Gli Asolani\", his most famous work.The favorable climate and the serenity of the places attracted over the years numerous illustrious men including the British Robert Browning, where he composed his last lyric \"Asolando\", the English traveler Freya Stark and the Italian actress Eleonora Duse, who chose Asolo to live forever, oriented towards the Monte Grappa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378048794847,"sku":"9781691658428","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/uebSy7IMfl9781691658428.webp?v=1789247780"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/flaminio-gundy.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}