Rome (national capital, Italy): The Seven Hills. 1  historic city and capital of Roma provincia (province), of Lazio regione (region), and of the country of Italy. Rome is located in the central portion of the Italian peninsula, on the Tiber River about 15 miles (24 km) inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Trapunto. Trapunto is a word from the Italian that means âto embroiderâ. Trapunto has been used since the thirteenth century. It originated in Sicily, and the best known early example of this technique can be seen in the Tristan Quilt, an Italian tapestry from the late fourteenth century.
[Ëpesto]) is a sauce originating in Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy (pesto alla genovese), and traditionally consists of crushed garlic, basil, and European pine nuts blended with olive oil, Parmigiano-Reggiano (Parmesan cheese), and Fiore Sardo (cheese made from sheep's milk).ometimes almonds are used instead of pine nuts, and sometimes mint leaves are mixed in with the basil leaves. Pesto alla siciliana, sometimes called pesto rosso (red pesto), is a sauce from Sicily similar to pesto genovese but with the addition of tomato, almonds instead of pine nuts, and much less basil.