Going to tour Italy next July. I have saved so many articles from your ping list about things I want to see.
The treasure of humanity's past, can't more efforts be made at restoration?
Italy----Nothing like it (except maybe Greece)...amazing country and each region has its own beauty and cultural traditions.
You will see as well the disrespect that is shown to the cultural monuments of Italy - the disrespect that Fallaci writes about: for example, Mulims urinating and defecating in public squares and around the beautiful monuments.
I saw this disrespect when I visited. Lots more as well. Italy and Europe in general had better wake up and stop importing these people.