<description>&lt;p&gt;A chance visit to the beautiful Ligurian town of&lt;strong&gt; Porto Venere&lt;/strong&gt;, staying in a 900 year-old tower, &lt;strong&gt;Torre Capitolar&lt;/strong&gt;e (&lt;a href="https://www.capitolare.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.capitolare.com/&lt;/a&gt;) gave us the opportunity to meet not only with medieval history, the Republic of Genoa and Pisa, the Castle of the Doria, but also with the Romantic ports: &lt;strong&gt;Byron, Keats, Percy Shelly&lt;/strong&gt; and the great &lt;strong&gt;Mary Shelly&lt;/strong&gt;, author of the novel "Frankenstein".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to our partner, Explore Worldwide (&lt;a href="https://www.exploreworldwide.com/?utm_source=Podcast&amp;amp;utm_medium=Spotify&amp;amp;utm_campaign=History+of+Italy+Podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Exlore Worldwide&lt;/a&gt;) we have the opportunity to share with you the unforgettable trip and follow in the footsteps of the literary greats, &lt;strong&gt;from their memorable story-telling stormy night on the shores of Lake Geneva, to Tuscany, Liguria, Ravenna, Venice and Rome.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Love, death passion, lots of animals and lots of sex&lt;/strong&gt;... you'll find it all in this special episode. &lt;/p&gt;</description>

A History of Italy

Mike Corradi

Special - The Gulf of poets: Byron, Keats and Shelly in Italy

MAR 26, 202418 MIN
A History of Italy

Special - The Gulf of poets: Byron, Keats and Shelly in Italy

MAR 26, 202418 MIN

Description

A chance visit to the beautiful Ligurian town of Porto Venere, staying in a 900 year-old tower, Torre Capitolare (https://www.capitolare.com/) gave us the opportunity to meet not only with medieval history, the Republic of Genoa and Pisa, the Castle of the Doria, but also with the Romantic ports: Byron, Keats, Percy Shelly and the great Mary Shelly, author of the novel "Frankenstein".

Thanks to our partner, Explore Worldwide (Exlore Worldwide) we have the opportunity to share with you the unforgettable trip and follow in the footsteps of the literary greats, from their memorable story-telling stormy night on the shores of Lake Geneva, to Tuscany, Liguria, Ravenna, Venice and Rome.

Love, death passion, lots of animals and lots of sex... you'll find it all in this special episode.