The cloistered nuns they are nuns who they spend their life in the conventdedicating himself to prayer and work, without being able to go out (from this derives the word cloistered, that is, closure), if not on special occasions. Contacts with the outside world are rigidly regulated, but the precise rules change according to the orders (Benedictine, Clarisse, Carmelitane, etc.): ...
In some Mediterranean countriesas in some areas of Spain And ItalyAfter lunch Between 12.00 and 15.00 the so -called time of the siesta – Our “nursing”, a tradition that is not only synonymous with relaxation, but a real cultural pillar. There siesta (or “afternoon rest”) has ancient origins that sink into the need to escape the heat and preserve the ...
THE 44 he is 60 Years are two crucial points for the aging of our body. According to science, in fact, you do not always age with the same speed. The most recent studies suggest that our body does not age slowly and constantly but, on the contrary, it undergoes two real and precise waves of molecular changes associated with ...
Credit: Oceanix/Big -Bjarke Ingels Group. Conceived for resist natural disastersfirst of all the tsunami, Oceanix City is an interesting example of floating city modular. This 600 million dollar maxi-project will be able to host a total of 10,000 inhabitants in hexagonal islands and bears the signature of the study Un-habitatthe Mit Center for Oceanic Engineering and the Bjarke Ingels Group. ...
The layout of the Silverstone circuit, via Wikimedia Commons The Silverstone circuit is one of the 24 tracks of the championship of Formula 1 Located in Northamptonshire, north of London, England. Theater of the first Grand Prix in the history of F1 (13 May 1950), Silverstone is one of the longest and most fast circuits of the whole calendar with ...
The champion casino; Via Wikimedia Commons Italian champion is a Italian country of about 1803 inhabitants, geographically placed in Swiss. It belongs to Italy because until the Napoleonic age it was a Feudo of the Archdiocese of Milan. At the end of the 18th century he lost the status of ecclesiastical territory, but was not annexed to the Swiss Confederation. ...
In United Stateseverything seems to be “bigger”: the roadsthe housingthe carthe portions of foodi supermarkets. It is an image that affects anyone who visits the country for the first time. But why is everything so big in northern America? This trend is not a simple trait folklorebut the result of a combination of historical, geographical, economic and cultural factors who ...
When we talk about “academy“, The first image that comes to mind is probably that of a temple of knowledge: a sacred place made of books, silence, rigor and teaching. The concept of” academy “has its roots in theAncient Greecewhen a sacred wood At the gates of Athens he became the place where Plato he founded his philosophical school. Since ...
Think of a alien: probably now you are imagining a green/gray man from Large black eyes And from the bossy hands. But where exactly this imagination is born from? The idea of ”green men” was not born with the science fiction of the 1900s, but has much older roots: the first track dates back to an English legend of the ...
What’s better than a nice bath in this torrid heat? Too bad that, like every single time we are on vacation, here comes the menstruation and we can forget swims and you unwind in fresh water … we are kidding! It is a false myth: When you have menstruation, you can quietly swimwhether in the pool, at the sea, at ...