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Tourcaster - Italy - Venice - Ca' d'Oro Palace Audio Tour show

Tourcaster - Italy - Venice - Ca' d'Oro Palace Audio TourJoin Now to Follow

Great Discoveries Audio Tour of the Golden Palace provides today’s tourist with the most entertaining and informative way to visit this splendid 15th century, late Gothic edifice. It is one of the older palaces on the Grand Canal and one of the most striking examples of the uniqueness of Venetian architecture. The Ca d'Oro houses the Giorgio Franchetti Art Gallery, which contains an impressive collection of important Venetian paintings by artists who were active between the 15th and 16th centuries, including "Saint Sebastian" by Mantegna and "Venus at the Mirror" by Titian. The Gallery also contains sculptures, furniture, 16th century Flemish tapestries, an impressive collection of 12th through 16th century bronzes, some Greek and Roman archeological pieces, medals, and a small collection of old Venetian ceramics. This carefully researched tour guides you through this majestic palace, pointing out and describing the most important pieces, by the most prominent artists of their time. This is track one of a multi-track tour, to download the complete tour, visit www.tourcaster.com

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Tourcaster - Italy - Florence - Piazza della Signoria Audio Tour show

Tourcaster - Italy - Florence - Piazza della Signoria Audio TourJoin Now to Follow

Great Discoveries self-guided audio tour provides today’s tourist with the most enjoyable and informative way to visit the Piazza della Signoria. While the Piazza del Duomo has historically provided the focus for the city’s religious obsession, Piazza della Signoria has always been the civic heart of Florence. Facing directly on the square are the Loggia della Signoria, with its three arches, and the dominant Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace), the seat of the city’s governments since 1302. Close by lies the entrance to the most exalted of Florence’s spectacular museums, the Uffizi Gallery. Piazza della Signoria houses several notable pieces of public sculpture and is a meeting place for the city’s thousands of annual visitors and Florentines alike. This magnificent square unfolds like an open-air gallery in which even the statues allude to episodes of the city’s civil history. Our carefully researched tour guides you along and identifies the Piazza’s most important buildings and statues, insuring that you will clearly understand each item’s historic and artistic significance. This is track one of a multi-track tour, to download the complete tour, visit www.tourcaster.com.

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Tourcaster - Italy - Florence - Basilica di Santa Croce Audio Tour show

Tourcaster - Italy - Florence - Basilica di Santa Croce Audio TourJoin Now to Follow

Great Discoveries audio tour provides today’s tourist with the best way to visit the Basilica of Santa Croce, perhaps the most beautiful Gothic church in all of Italy. Contrary to the heavy and dark reputation of Gothic architecture, the Santa Croce is actually light and airy, a unique blend of styles and thought. The sun filters through the many stained glass windows, playing multi-hued rays along one of the worlds greatest repositories of Renaissance art and sculpture. The effect inspires peace and spiritual tranquility and an incredible awe for human accomplishment takes root. Indeed, the city of Florence Italy, sensing the perfect peace granted by the Basilica, has buried many of her most famous sons and daughters here. Santa Croce contains more skeletons of Renaissance celebrities than any other church in Italy. Here you will find the monumental tombs and mortal remains of Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Gioacchino Rossini, Ugo Foscolo, and many others. This is track one of a multi-track tour, to download the complete tour, visit www.tourcaster.com.

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Tourcaster - Italy - Florence - Basilica di San Lorenzo Audio Tour show

Tourcaster - Italy - Florence - Basilica di San Lorenzo Audio TourJoin Now to Follow

Great Discoveries audio tour of the Basilica di San Lorenzo provides today’s tourist with the most enjoyable and informative way to visit this resplendent 15th century church. This Italian Renaissance masterpiece was designed and built by Filippo Brunelleschi, the greatest of all the Florentine architects. Generations of Medici, Florence’s wealthiest and most powerful family, put some of the world’s greatest artists to work here, men like Michelangelo, Donatello and Filippo Lippi. This was their family church and for over three-hundred years generations of the great and not so great Medici were buried here in the richly decorated though somewhat opulent Medici Chapel. Our carefully researched tour guides you through the Basilica, the Medici Chapel, Michelangelo’s New Sacristy and his Laurentian Library. Along the way our professional narrator, accompanied by historically appropriate background music, points out and describes the most significant works of art and other historic treasures. This is track one of a multi-track tour, to download the complete tour, visit www.tourcaster.com.

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Tourcaster - Rome - Navona and Pantheon Audio Tour show

Tourcaster - Rome - Navona and Pantheon Audio TourJoin Now to Follow

Visit some of the most amazing churches and fountains that Rome has to offer, in this historic center. The Piazza Navona was built by emporer Domitian in 86 AD, with three fountains as the main attraction. From here, you will move on to the famed Pantheon or "Temple of the Gods", which holds the tomb of the famous Raphael. The Pantheon is the best-preserved out of all the Roman buildings and has been used continuously through history. This is track one of a multi-track tour, to download the entire tour, visit www.Tourcaster.com

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Emanuela.it il primo podcast femminile italiano show

Emanuela.it il primo podcast femminile italianoJoin Now to Follow

www.emanuela.it Con Emanuela.it nasce il primo podcast femminile italiano. Tutto al femminile. E veramente al femminile. Per suggerimenti, critiche o altro potete venire sul sito www.emanuela.it e usare le funzioni del blog per lasciare un commento o un trackback: altrimenti potete contattarmi via email info@emanuela.it oppure telefonicamente via Skype dove mi trovate come Emanuela.it e dove potete anche lasciare un messaggio vocale nella segreteria telefonica di Skype: in tal caso vi prego di specificare se eventualmente posso (oppure no) pubblicare il vostro messaggio audio con la vostra voce sul mio podcast per commentarlo in qualche puntata. Collegati a www.emanuela.it

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Ohmamma Podcast show

Ohmamma PodcastJoin Now to Follow

Il podcast di una mamma italiana

Piergiorgio Lucidi - JazzMoves show

Piergiorgio Lucidi - JazzMovesJoin Now to Follow

Italian Jazz / Blues Guitar Player, his work is based on this artists: Scott Henderson, Tribal Tech, Robben Ford, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Django Reinhardt, Chick Corea, Weather Report. JazzMoves was released on August 2006

Radio Imago - Notte in rete show

Radio Imago - Notte in reteJoin Now to Follow

Di notte, dal loro peschereccio Salome\', Attilio e Roberto mentre svolgono la loro attivita\' si interrogano sui fatti accaduti e sul quotidiano in terra ferma. Quante stupidaggini riescono a dire due uomini in alto mare intenti a pescare macro quesiti sulla Vita?

Radio Imago: TakeOff show

Radio Imago: TakeOffJoin Now to Follow

Adriano Ignoto e Luca Platania presentano ''TakeOff'', la rubrica dedicata alle emozioni del volo, al concetto di viaggio per fuggire o arrivare a qualcosa.