Sunday, September 06, 2009

Tweets of last week - August 31 to September 5

Monday
Do you know about the Montessori method of education of children? Fascinating story: http://bit.ly/opbJ5

Tuesday
Hadrian IV has been the only English Pope until now (1154-59). He was also the only one to place Rome under interdict: http://tr.im/xChE

Wednesday
@sooziq ... and everybody else: 5 great enogastronomic itineraries in #Tuscany http://tr.im/xHh0

Thursday
Who knows Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634)? Composer of madrigal comedies, precursor of opera. Read and listen here: http://tr.im/xM8h #Italy

Friday
Today in 476AD Romulus Augustus was deposed by Odoacer, marking the end of the Western Roman Empire http://tr.im/xQYB

Saturday
Did u know that Italian Parliament forgot to adopt officially Mameli's Hymn as the Italian National Anthem for 60 years? http://tr.im/xWan

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