Despite various attempts to reinforce it, Pisaâs tower continued to subside at a rate of some 0.05 inches per year, placing it in increasing danger of collapse. By 1990, it was leaning 5.5 degrees (or some 15 feet) from the perpendicularâthe most extreme angle yet.
popolo The non-noble working classes, found in Italy, that was further divided into the popolo grasso and the popolo minuto. popolo grasso The popolo grasso was composed of wealthy and influential professionals and guild members who controlled trade and civic administration. The popolo grasso eventually developed its own aristocracy as the nouveau riche became established and the old feudal nobility died out or became impoverished. popolo minuto The popolo minuto were the craftsmen and labourers who were forbidden to organize into guilds. Since, in many communes, guild membership was a prerequisite for political office, the popolo minuto were effectively excluded from involvement in civic
Panettone: The Big Bread. Panettone, or big bread, is a holiday tradition in Italy, where it is often given as a gift and brought to share. This sweet bread is enjoyed as a dessert, made up of a dough similar to sourdough, candied oranges, raisins and lemon zest. By Piergiorgio and Amy Nicoletti.raditionally, panettone is served after the enormous Christmas day feast or on Santo Stefano (that is, December 26th, a national holiday in Italy)âbut also on New Year's Eve and New Yearâs Day. There is just one caveat: apart from kids, very few have any room left for dessert after these feasts.