Category: Mikhaila’s Memories
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Artist + Architect + Sculptor + Genius = Michelangelo
Read more: Artist + Architect + Sculptor + Genius = MichelangeloIn renaissance Italy, as well as today, Michelangelo is considered a master of the arts. He was a painter, a sculptor, and an architect who was respected and admired by many people. Last year, I did a project about Michelangelo, so I was really excited to see all the works of art I had learned…
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Our highlights of the Uffizi
Read more: Our highlights of the UffiziCan you think of a single word to describe some fantastic Italian art? Some might pick “Uffizi”! The Uffizi Gallery in Florence is the home to works by Italy’s greatest artists – Michaelangelo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael just to name a few. We each took it upon ourselves to share our thoughts on…
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The Most Important Italian Family….
Read more: The Most Important Italian Family….The most powerful Italian family in the Renaissance era was the Medici family. They started as bankers and were such good business people, they were eventually the leaders of Italy for 350 years. Four Medici men were so powerful they became pope! The Medicis had a palace built for them to live in that would…
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Tasty Tagine
Read more: Tasty TagineHave you ever tried Moroccan tagine? We have, and it is so yummy! While at our riad in Morocco, Latifa, the customer relations person, arranged for us to do a cooking class in the kitchen to learn how to make tagine. We are really excited to add this to our global field trip recipe book and make it…
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Marvellous Moroccan Medina!
Read more: Marvellous Moroccan Medina!Welcome to Fes, a city surrounded by a wall in Morocco. The wall was put there in the city’s early years to protect the citizens from invaders, but today it serves as a city border. Within the walled city is a medina, or a walled market place. Around 200,000 people live there amid the houses and different shops.…