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Galleria Sciarra, in Rome, celebrates women as angels of the hearth, as mothers, and as brides. Its walls, decorated with colorful Art Nouveau and Belle-Époque motifs, are a visual translation of the bourgeois clichés that were popular after the Italian Unification. The “Scapigliato” poet Emilio Praga summed them up well in his verses: “Yet the image is sweet / of women at home: / they are Muses, they are angels / of the domestic sky”.
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This 5.5-miler descends into the Haleakala Crater circles the cinder cone, and showcases stunning colorful volcanic landscapes.
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Blue Jays are known for their intelligence and complex social systems with tight family bonds. Their fondness for acorns is credited with helping spread oak trees after the last glacial period.
Thousands of Blue Jays migrate in flocks along the Great Lakes and Atlantic coasts, but much about their migration remains a mystery.
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The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore is the main church of Florence, Italy. Il Duomo di Firenze, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style with the design of Arnolfo di Cambio. The cathedral named in honor of Santa Maria del Fiore is a vast Gothic structure built on the site of the 7th century church of Santa Reparata, the remains of which can be seen in the crypt.
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