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It’s hard to describe Rome in a few words; a city so vast and rich in art, monuments and exquisite views, a historic city, which has preserved its charm and independence throughout the centuries.

Rome’s history can be read in every monument, and palazzo; in fact, each and every stone bears witness to the periods of splendour, decay, wars, and numerous architectural styles. The city could be described as a gigantic open-air museum, visited each year by millions of tourists, scholars and pilgrims from all over the world.

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Mainly of Alaska’s glaciers are retreating or thinning or mutually, a new book by the U.S. Geological Survey news.

About 5 percent of Alaska’s area is enclosed by more than 100,000 glaciers — that’s about 29,000 square miles (75,000 square kilometers), or more than the entire state of West Virginia.

While a few of Alaska’s large glaciers are advancing, 99 percent are receding, the book, “Glaciers in Alaska,” states. The book was written by USGS examine geologist Bruce Molina.

A USGS project to take pictures of the glaciers of Montana’s Glacier National Park also showed significant retreat. Based on these photos and glacier recession rates, scientists envisaged the park could lose its namesakes by 2030.

Greenland, which is covered by more ice than somewhere else in the world outside Antarctica, has also seen significant melt of its glaciers in recent decades.

The new book on Alaska’s glaciers used satellite images, aerial photos, maps and other studies to document the retreat of the glaciers, which began as early as the mid-19th century. Some glaciers have even disappeared since being mapped in the mid-20th century, the report found.

The account also said that glaciers in Alaska saw “important retreat” in the last two decades of the 20th century.

Sicily is an autonomous region of Southern Italy. It is known for the island’s triangular shape. It is a major part of the Mediterranean trade routes, giving it a rich history and culture. Archaeological sites in Sicily include the Necropolis of Pantalica and the Valley of the Temples.

Sicily is highly agricultural, with large orange and lemon orchards. It is also known for its wine-making and the variety of cuisines, hence the nickname “God’s Kitchen”. Ingredients are all-natural: fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs, citrus, spices, and sea foods freshly harvested from the surrounding coastline such as tuna, sardines, cuttlefish and swordfish.

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The Florence National Archaeological Museum houses some of the collections of Etruscan art and Roman remains, which is in the Palazzo della Crochetta. The museum was established in 1870, and transferred to the current location in 1880. One of the interesting sections of the museum is the Egyptian collections, which has the second largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in Italy, next to the Museo Egizio in Turin.

The museum was first opened in 1855. Today, it contains more than 14,000 artifacts in nine galleries and two warehouses. Collections contain mummies, amulets, bronze statues, a New Testament papyrus and other historical artifacts.

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Big Ben, what? Overrated? Why not go to Palazzo Vecchio Instead?

Situated in Florence, Italy, it serves as the town hall of the said place, and look, it also has a clock on the tower like Big Ben. It once served as a palace and also a fortress, and it is actually the one of the most significant public places in Italy.

It was originally named after the Signiora of Florence, hence calling it Palazzo della Signiora in its inauguration.

Inside the Palazzo serves as the home of prestigious art pieces of the world, such as Michaelangelo’s Victory and the famous bust o Niccolò Machiavelli, one of the most influencial Renaissance Philosophers.

This, too, is open for the public to visit the place..

Source: Wikipedia, Palazzo Vacchio