January 2011
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A Fan is Fun!
In 1878, Mr. George Augustus Sala wrote in the “Catalogue of the Fan-makers” Exhibition “If a thorn was the first needle, no doubt a palm leaf was the first fan” And there we go, leaf-shaped fan of plaited reeds found during archaeological digs in China are related to third millennium BC. Through the ages, hand fans have been everything from functional...
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quasiumano asked: complimenti per il blog.
ottimi contenuti.
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“I won’t say another word about the beauties of the city and its situation,...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, journal entry (3 March 1787), published in Italian Journey (1786 - 1788)
Jan 24th
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“Naples is the flower of paradise. The last adventure of my life.”
– Alexandre Dumas, as quoted in “Naples and Paris, the true capitals” by Marco Cesario.
Jan 24th
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Jan 21st
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Dear Mirabile Visu, thank you so much for the beautiful message! I greatly appreciate your linguistic comment, to tell the truth, I’ve never come back to my personal message since I created it, therefore I never noticed the slip of the …keyboard :)  Still, I do have a plausible excuse: I was probably thinking Italian while writing the message, since “affascinare” in...
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